State journal and political register (Columbus, Ohio), 1837-11-17

              STATE JOURNAL AND POLITIC AIL REGISTER. EDITED BY JOHN M. GALLAGHER. PUBLISHED BY SCOTT & GALLAGHER, AT THREE DOLLARS PER YEAR IN ADVANCE... .J. D. NICHOLS, PUBLISHING AGENT. JOURNAL Vol. 27, No. 13. CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1837, REGISTER Vol. 1, No. 22. I r SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1837. ; ' WEEKLY LITERARY REVIEW. ' , Groesbeck's Address. "Address delivered at the second anniversary celebration of the Alpha Delta Phi Society of Miami University : by Herman J. Groesbeck." Mr. Groesbcck Is a gentleman of handsome talents, liberal education, and very superior oratorical powers. He distinguished himself a couple of years since, fay an addreBS on Social Elevation, before a literary society of Cincinnati, of which city he is a native and resident; and he has Bhown, by two or three contributions to the periodical literature of the country, that he is abundantly able to win distinction In the wide and fertile fields of American Literature. ' Of Mr. G.'s present effort, however, we cannot find it in our conscience, agreeablo as it would be, to say one fuvomble word. The subject of the Address, as stated at the opening, is the Immortality of Superior Mind; but the theme is treated neither ingeniously nor ably, nor is there much evidence that the orator had any clear idea of what ho was striving after when employed with his pen in the composition. A few leading but undigested thoughts are spread over (tome twenty-two pages of exceedingly handsome octavo print; a fine illustration here and there is buried in an enormous mass of verbiage; and now and then a Btray idea flashes out from the general vagueness, but is almost instantaneously extinguished by a shower of sounding expletives. A more ambitious production than this, it has not been our disagrecablo duty to read for many a day; and a weaker one, we sincerely pray wo may never bo called upon to peruse. Has Mr. Groesbeck any idea of tlio outrage he does to coned taste, and the violence he of fers to ovory English scholar's notions of good not to say elegant composition, in employing, as he has done in almost every sentence, such college-scribbling phrases as brilliant dazzling 'uhimngS sublime,' 4 great 'glorious, and grundV We trust he did not think about this matter at all ; for wo are loath to believe that he consulted either his taste or his judgment. What, then, will he think when we tell him that in his little Address ho has used each of the words quoted above as often as ten, fifteen, twenty, and even thirty times? We hope he will tli ink that he has richly merited the notice here taken of his a (Tec tat ions, and at once resolve to do better justice hereafter to his cultivated mind. The principal and pervading idea of this Address is, that Wind is Immortal by reason of the dependence of one nge upon the intellectual mo numents, as exhibited in literature, science, and art, of Me preceding and every preceding age. And well built upon and illustrate.!, this idea had redounded much to Mr. Grocsberk's credit; but the production he has given us is either 'brilliant,1 'dazzling 'sublime,' or 'great,' only in worth,- and this is a kind of excellence j which we arc not greatly given to admiring. It i pains us to cast a cloud upon the honey-moon of any literary aspirant; and wo here avail our-self of the celebrated apology of Dr Pangloas, "Xccatify, and not my will, consents." There u a necessity, and a groat and crying one too, for purging American Literature of some of the affectations of the nge. Among these affectations, and conspicuous, is the employment of sounding phrases to hide barrenness of thought, and also the use of parlor preltincnses instead of the bold and idiomatic expressions of the masters of English composition, Vetcrn Literature h as yet but little faulty in this respect; and we intend to iimo our influence, ho it great or little, to prevent it from becoming more so. Wallace's Pokms. "The Battle of Tippecanoe and other Pocm-a: Hy William Wallac e." This is a small volume on the eve of publication at Cincinnati. The author is a native western man, and his genius does great credit to our Buckeye soil. There are many passages of fine poetry in bis "Tippecanoe;" and several of his minor pieces possess much energy, and great beauty of versification. Wo subjoin one of them : " JERUSALEM.. QtiiTtinf Judca' strickrn html, Thy ffitrland, fnilctl from thy brow, Lien withered on the dmcrt'ii nnnd And trampled by the Arab now. Tho Imirel bough n of Lebanon Htill brush the blue uiupoiird nkyj Thrir pint ned mill quiver in the nun, Which lii;hts thv ruiiiR from un hiiili; But on thy brow no denotnte, Kccmi itnmpcd the blnitiiig seal of futc! Bripht Keilron'f brook Mill flown along In odors, 'nenth the pnlnt tree's shade, Unmindful of the nilrim'n onjr, Upon il bnnka there weeping hid; And Oethnenirnr'ii spicy bower Trail their low vines upon the ground ; Withered nnd hlnxted are its flowers, Which once did lull their fragrance, round; Nought greens tho cursed nnd stent n clod, Have whore perchance the Snviour trod! But nought upon thv gtiill-stnincd brow Will rwnr its vcnlanl, blooming head ! Nought but tho pnly meteor's glow Light up the 'city of the denip! Thou fallen Queen! thy lyre is broke, Which thrilled to thy own (tod olonu! No longer to th inspired stroko Of monarch minstrel on the ihrone Its chords of grant ude resound, Or breathe their hallowed notes around. Above tho sculpt ured column form, The mournful cypress twine in git torn, Whilst in the glistening suuheainswurin The feortion biisk upon the tomb! Tli mitrhle hull w hen' music rollM, The silent street the holy dome, Of tbousntal spirm of gh'nining gold, Are now the snvngn jneknll's home! And o'er the lemide snered shrines, v A wreoihol' death, the ivy, twines: IroVr thv brow, Jcrnsnlcm, Pnlv'rvK aininiit liriirlit in viirinnrr Inwcm- The blood which dropped trout Jexsc1 stem, Htill redden iu (Irihcmene' bower's. But shnll the desert's sun no more Shed its bright ntys round nn hire's tomb? Shnll nut tho star which glittered o'er The besthen night of blnckest gloom, Agnin gleam round it emerald light, Again dispel Judtnt'e night) Rise ! llise, Imperinl Sslein, rise ! I.ol on thee dawns .Millennial morn! Look up! look up, upon tho skies! Her sen, its herald slnr. new bom, Ilnngs o'er thv brow nbnllinnt token, That the drend eurss spell in broken! Tim muter will mYoM In five tlio ruUJ nronunclt tnn hy m ml ln nil iho sylUMci." Mr. Wallace is a young man of undoubted genius. His faullH, though one or two of them aomcwhat grievous, are very few, and will be abandoned before he shall have seen many more years. His versification, in especial, is worthy of much commondution. It hns great energy and smoothness, and flows, not like a purling rill, but like a deep full river. Wo earnestly hope that his volume may secure the approbation of the public, and that ho may bo encouraged to future effort. Wo are well convinced that he can win distinction as a poet. If he have encouragement, aint will only rely mora upon his own genius, ami do himself justice. James's Address.-" An Address delivered before the Springfield High-School : by John II. James, Esq." Tho Springfield High-School is a very flourishing institution, in the county-scat of Clarke. Besides Mr. James's excellent little Address, the pamphlet before us contains a catalogue of the officers and pupils, a historical notice of the School, and a report of the visiting committee for the second year. The High-School was incorporated in 1834. "The charter provides, that instruction shall be given in the higher branches of English education, the learned languages, the liberal arts and sciences, and such other branches of a polite and liberal education, as may be prescribed by the trustees." The institution went into operation in November, 1835, under the charge of Mr. MUo G. Williams, a good and an experienced Teach er. During the first year the number of pupils was small, but the second the various classes were well filled, and are, we understand, aug menting now at the commencement of the third The School is located in a very healthy and ad vantageous district of country; has ample buildings and capable preceptors; is liberal as regards the terms of tuition ; and if properly patronized for a few years, will, without doubt, become an important institution. The hrief, hut energetic and manly Address of Mr. James, is devoted to a consideration of the superior advantages at this day, in somo respects, of local academies over colleges. That his views on this subject are correct, is manifest from the following extract : . M Tho systems of instruction now prevalent, are of too narrow scope, and conducted with too much haste. Tho local academics and high schools arc ton much regarded as of temporary use, ami sb mere preparatory scuouis, lor an entrance into some distant college, to which tho student is often hurried with untimely haste, for the want of adequate instruction at home,. The various round of studies, through which he is required to pass, when at college the attention to each branch being measured by a certain lapse of time, rather than bv the extent of acquisition, has tcnilcu to nring eoiieginto education into disrepute. The frequency with which degrees have boon conferred, on those who have merely practiced n routine of study, hns at last prevented the degree itself from being regarded as evidence of scholarship. The decline of colleges is manifest, and there arc many causes why they canuot prosper, as their history shows they have done in former days. There seem to be no reason why the system should bo longer persevered in, when cheaper and more thorough knowledge can he had in schools of humbler nnme and less pretension. All the branches of learning tnught in any of our colleges, may be, and should be, taught in our village high schools: and if the proper price be paid fur competent instruction, tho knowledge of the pupils will he more thorough and enduring. I do not underrate the vnltie nnd proper use of well endowed scats of learning, such as may bo the proper abode of men who devote their lives to study nnd rcsenrch; or who aim to qualify themselves specially for teaching others. Largo nnd valuable libraries can bo secured at only a few points; and at such place, with the united aid of well sustained and learned professors, the aspirants for knowledge may pass their day with profit. Hut such am not the colleges of thi country. The number ha no greatly multiplied, nnd the patronage ot each been so much reduced by Hub-division, that their professors often possess hut moderate skill db instructors; while their libraries arc too inconsiderable to afford an in ducemcnt for the abode of resident graduates. liong experience shows that the students who novo passed through their college career with credit, possess but a moderate acouuintancc with many of the branches they have numbered iu their list of studies. Unless it were found that the graduates of colleges were possessed of superior attainments, by reason of superior opportunities nnd modes of study, the inducement to train a youth at college, is at once gone. But, if tho Incihties fur acquiring knowledge nt such institu tions were dccidtdly greater thnn nt private schools, and the instruction were moro complete, there are strong objections to the college system ; first, on tho score of expense. To sustain a youth nt college, will cost, at the verv lowest, $.'11)0 per annum, exclusive of book. To many, this is at once a barrier to tho enjoyment of a college course, llut if those who can, without incon-venienec. afford it, and who feel it a dutv to nro vide the instruction nt any cost, would unite their expenditure in one sum nt home, thev would procure n better school in their own vicinity. Hut (ho hnzard of sending n youth from home, before his character in duly formed, remote from the watchful care of a parent's eye, is an objection of more force thnn anv consideration of money. The superior ediency "f pnrentid discipline, the security which home n fiords against the infection of bad firineiples, and against imbibing false notions of tonor and duty, arc of morn value to the son, and to societvat large, than nil the intellectual culture of the schools. Without this, what avail the knowledge of books, the skill in arts, tho master ship in science, or nnv development ol mere intellectual power! When the parent remembers. that not only his own peace oi mind is involved the virtuous lire ot ins son, nut mm it is tnc rrreeate force of the moral habits of individual that secures the welfare of society, he will decido in favor of (hut system which best secures these ends; nnd he will not lightly sullVr tho glare of n name to sway him in his purpose1 In tho following paragraph thero are some sad truths, which wo intend one of theso days to dwell upon at considerable length. At present, we merely ask the nltetitiou of our legislators to tho subject, as briefly presented by Mr. James : its consummation in fostering the powers of mind ' which gives to man his pre-eminence here, and points him to his nobler destiny.11 Tub Evening Visitkb: Mrs. P Rise ill a W. Ball, Zanseville, OhioWeekly f;i per annum. There is beauty in the subjoined, from Ma- dmoji all's Evening Visiter, and there is power the beauty of language and the power of truth. He who has tasted of the cup of poverty, and has not forgotten the bitterness of the draught, will acknowledge that the writer has not drawn on fancy for her sketch. Benevolence adds grace to the splendor of riches, as a smilo of pleasure lends the enchantment of beau ty to perfect features. The possessor of wealth, who dispenses comfort to the comfortless, alono understands the secret of enjoying the gifts of fortune; while he who guards his gold with niggard care, and weighs his happiness by the avoirdupois of his purse, may be likened to one who lives in MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1837. 11 It niav, pcrhnns, ho urged, that hitherto. schools like litis have been of tronsient ehuroclcr, nnd lliol no unit' reliance enn tt) placed upon tltein for a rcgulur course of instruction. The ulijoe-lion is trno ot tho print, ami will continue to he true of tho future, unless public opinion he duly enlightened nnd tnniln nc-tivo to the necessity of sustaining competent instructors. Tho chnrgn ol your schools must be made tho propor subject of limit's ambition, nnd men must letirn to value knowledge ns a menus of being hnppy, nnd being useful ; not ns n mere prop to fortune, or n fiiciHty for nionov-inoking. It is a lontr cherished error, thnt college learning is npproprinte only to those who nro designed for a priifessiimol career; nnd for tlloso wlio nro destined to t'lo pursuits of commerce, or to prnrliee the mcchiinie nrts, or to eultivnte the soil, nn inferior grade of knowledge is sullicient to enable them to discharge the duties of their stations and to make money. Tho sumo Iircdiimiuanl spirit of gain that deals restricted inowlcdge to those, not destined for the liticrnl professions, hns meted out to tho professional lonelier an emolument so slender that he is constantly allured from the business of instruction to other pursuits giving more adequate rewnrd for his labors. The world professes to bo nrdeut in tho cause of education, nnd yet the profession is not sustained by correspondent cnorgy ot action. Laws are passed ordaining the existence of common schools frco to all, und llm menns of their support is not provided. Academies reeeivo grant of empty privileges. In all else, tlicro is mniiifcstniioii of unbounded liberality and enterprise. At the expense if millions we dig navigable canals for the transportation of our merchandise; mountains nrc leveled nnd vnlleys raised for tho pnssngo of ronds, nnd giving enso to travel -, rail mails uro constructed to givo wings to the speed of intercourse. In short, while the energies of government nnd tho enterprise of individuals unite in improving our physical condition, tho mimlnlono remains nlmnsi unenred for; tho well snrinus ure choked in the desert, und feebly spread their waters in tho thirsty plain; nnd no living strenms for tho mind nro mnde to How broadly through tho land, on whoso bosom precious mor-chnniliso ninv bo borne. Hut tlio activo spirit which hns achieved physical improvement, will also work an amelioration of the mural. The example here set, is evidence of the onward progress which individuals havo made, in creating tho sentiment thnt inspires action, and like tho stone cast upon tho deep, which cnusea its circle to roll wido and wider round it, Ihisexnmple, and every other, which the enl of knowledge mny produce, will work an influenco thnt shnll speak and show the common will in legislstivo aid to this benign spirit. The progress ol political powor is to this irlorioiis ond; and government from being a eom- binntion of military force to win conquests or rcDel airirressinn, is lured Irom the toils ot war hv tho arts of peacot and amid tho long practice of IIS onergiea 111 giving security 10 moor, .no in cciiuiiting the bonds uf civil union, it will yet find Of ilropplnj: Iiurkels linn oiiiply wells, And growing old In drawing nothing up!" " The Inst roso of Summer has fnded away." The bright tints of Autumn have deepened into the sere russet of Winter. Tho white hour frost is carpeting the bare earth, and tho cold winds are sweeping away the fallen foliage of the forests. The Autumnal Bitn is shedding his last bright, glorious, mellow radiance over the vnpornry bills around which the Indian summer is wreathing hia gossamer robes. " The household circle nrc drawing around the blnzing hearth, nnd the thrifty housewife, the cares of the day over, is, while plying the busy needle, pouring into the attentive ears ol her young auditors, many n lesson of morality nnd virtue, that the man will remember between the busy scencsof afterlife. Happy the home whero the smiles of pure domestic affection are shedding the "light of life" around the fireside thrice happy whero connubial, nnd parental, and lilinl love are inuulging tnc tree interchange ot tearless confidence, and social enjoyment. " But nil nro not so blessed. Now is the senson when the rich nnd the happy should remember the poor and the indigent. The lioiipy children, leuncss nun iree, who nil summer long, ronmeil the wild hill side, bathed in the pool, or stretched on nuturc's verdant carpet, and canopied by her arching skies, cared not for gorgeous hall orsplcn- uiu onnqiier, wnose musical voices were ringing in merry laughter ns they drew the tinny treasure to shore, or scaled the rock to gather the blushing wild plum, nrc now gathered beucnth the shelter of homo. The frozen enrlh is too hard for little bnro feet tho thrcadhnre summer gnrinent is flultering in the cold searching wind. Their subdued spirits, and half satislied appetites are giving to their infantine brows tlio thoughtfulncss and lorecast ot uge. And tlio mother the sorrow I ul mother is plying her busy task of household work to keep her blood w.ar.ui, tlint these beloved ones may huddle around tho half filled grate. Alt! the rich never realize the sufferings of tho poor tho virtuous poor whose life is one long weary struggle to rear tho offspring bo numerouslybestowed. 41 What a smull portion of the luxury of the rich will crente comfort and huppincs nround tho hearth of the poor; and who would deny themselves the luxury of bestowing happiness, when they possess the power." IWANiro-MtniOAi. Recorder: A. Cuutis, Columbutf OhioSemi'monthly $2 per annum. Western MeTIcai. Heeormer : By the Me dical Professors of irorlhinghn Cocgc, War- thingon, OAro Monthly $1 per annum, THE GREAT MAIL ROntlERY! A man calling himself John J. Inoai.i.s, has been arrested in Detroit, Michigan, on suspicion of having; been concerned in tho great mail robbery which occurred some tinio sinco West of this city, tlio perpetrators of which have thus far baffled all tho exertions of justice to ferret them out. Tho circumstances which led to tho arrest of the prisoner, are these : Ingalls attempted to procure from tho Dank of Michigan cash for a post note for ono thousand dollars, drawn hy tho Morris Canal Company of New Jersey. Tho suspicions of tlio Cashier were aroused hy the hailing manner in which Ingalls accounted for his having tho note in his possession, and that officer had tho prisoner arrested without delay. It has since been ascertained, that the post noUi iu ijueslion wns mailed at St. Louis, Mo., hy a merchant of that city, on the fourteenth of September. Advices have since reached the merchant, that his remittance had failed. As the rubbery occurred on the lOtlt of September, thero cannot bo a doubt hut that Iiurulls was concerned in it. Wo shall await further disclosures with much interest. 0-The members of tlio Methodist Kpisenpal Church of the United States, number fi5H, 157 being an increase of about 5,000 within tho past year. Qjr Wm. Pcnnistoii, of Ilrown county, a substantial farmer, hung himself in his ham on tho i!0th tilt. fjr A firo recently occurred in Daltiniore, hy which property to tho amount of 20,000 was destroyed. J7" An inexhaustible lied of rich iron ore has been discovered in Putnam, county, Indiana. FOR Till'. LADIKS. Five-sevenths of the prisoners in the Ohio Penitentiary nro DuchtUwt, NF.W YORK. Eitrnell from Itio New York CorrcRPfinilenro or Ilia Nn lliuinl Intelllgenrcr, Nov. 4. "Wo have no news in the city. Tho Loco Focos are stirring heaven and earth for the coming election, which begins on Monday. Wo are to havo a threo days' revolution nnd a hard fight. my terlnin inmvlnli't, nd Ihr fml can be prureil, if nrrumry, Mr. Van ISiritEN Arn tent teller after letter In this city, within the few peut wceki, mi'tig that the fate rf hitmelf ami hii party depeiuktl upon the mull of the tltetion here and in the. State! Mr. Van Huron has written personally to many of his friends, promising nnd exliorliner. threntenintrand entreating, his politi- cal friends to support tho TammanyUnion-Loco Foco Fanny Wright Ticket. Money lias como in hero from Washington, thousands upon thousands of dollars. 4lTho Loco Foco papers are distributed this morning, nnd will be through tho election, gratia. Tho Destructives nro positively mad with aoal and exertion. To night tliey iinvo a great procession, which will march through tho streets with banners, music, torches, &e. Tho Whigs nrn firm nnd determined, in spile of the interference of bo many ullico-holdeni and so much money." Kxtrsct from tlio Wntlilnnton Corresponilenca of tlio Baltimore Patriot, Nov. 4. "It is not easy to hear the footfalls of the Spoilsmen before they take their spring; but I am informed that no pains and no moneys are to he spared hy Government to secure n largo majority in New York nt the Stato Klection. Some of tlio ollice-holdera tVog- tho Party can buy votes onough ill Now York to balance the Whig majorities in two or three States. I trust the citizens of New York will duly appreciate this delicnto compliment, mid prove at tho polls thnt they do so. I admit the length of tho administration purse, when occasion requires, to ho great enough is always ready to bo "planked up" when a party victory depends on it. Hut lot lis liopo Unit New York will bn proof both against bribes, and tho delusion practised hy thosu who huve been bribed." WHIG CONSISTENCY THESUB-TREASURY SCHEME IN 18.11-5. The consistency of tha Whig party proper, In reference to the divorce of the Government and the Banks, has become a question of much interest. We remarked upon it some days since. We feel called upon, by the strictures of our correspondents "Truth" and "A Consistent Whig," to resume tho subject. It is contended by the Washington City Reformer, and hy our correspondents, that tho Whigs supported the Sub-Treasury project in '31-5, and are therefore inconsistent in their present opposition to that measure. With the Reformer, we shall not just now exchange words. With our correspondents, wojoiti issuo upon tho question of fact. f " Truth," alluding to a Washington City letter republished by us from tho Baltimore, Patriot, remarks : UI have no means of knowing what the Mer chant has said upon the subject, theeriticism of tho futriol's correspondent may be lost, tiut it he intended to convey the iden, thut tha vote upon (ien. Gordon's bill wns the only vote jji uTercnce to the divorce of lunk nnd Ktate.or thutthecharge of inconsistency against tho Whigs is founded upon tho vote of that bill entirely, lie is certainly mistaken. Gen. Gordon drew up bis bill hastily, acknowledging it to he imperfect. Mr. Robertson. ot virginiu, movcu that the wtioio buojcci dv referred to a select committee, with instructions to report a bill nrovidinrr for tho collection. sufc keeping, and disbursement of the Revenuo with out the uid of Hanks. Upon Mr. Robertson's motion, every Opposition member voted in tho allir-mntive, und every Administration member, except one, voted iu tho negntive the vote standing 111 for, and 115 against tlio motion. Tho Whigs being out-voted, the question recurred ujion Gen. Gordon's hill, nnd notwithstanding its acknowledged imperfections, it recuived thirty-threo votes." And "A Consistent Whig," referring to our languago on a former occasion : "Next you say : "Hut they" (tho Whigs) "never did, ns a party, nor did any considerable portion ot tnc party support or approvo ot tlioduo-treasury expedient, or give it their slightest countenance. That measure was proposed by Mr. Gor don, in tho House of Representatives, ns a sub stitute for tho Deposit Hill, then pending; and, if our recollection is riglil, it receivea not more tuan twenty or thirty votes." In reply to the above, the reader is referred to nn extract from the Journal of tho House, which will be given when I come to your correspondent, in which it will be found, that instead of "JO or 30 votes," Mr. Ron-. ertson's motion to divorce the Government from the liuuks, bad a vote of Ul Whig members in its favor, and 115 Administration members against it." Tho following is the extract referred to, with tlio introduction and comment of the writer: almost in the same hour in which a decision was had upon the first of these propositions, was the vote taken upon the second; and if, as urged, ninety-me Whigs voted for the divorce NEW YORK THE WHOLE WHIG TICKET EI.BCT. ED IN TIIK CITY NEWS FROM T1IECUUNTIE8 L'HEERINOI Notwithstanding the desperato exertions of when presented by Robertson, how was it that t'ie Loco Foco faction notwithstanding the fifty-eight of the ninety-one wore found voting tr'ant struggles of the many-headed oflice-mon- against the divorce when presented by Mr. ter at Washington aim notwithstanding the Gordon i I interference of custom-houso officers and their The truth is, the Sub-Treasury Scheme was I mercenary troops tho Whigs of New York not involved in the simple, single, naked propo- City have gloriously won the great fight! Tho sition to re-commit the Deposits Bill, else nine- loHowtng slip by last evenings hxprcss, is from ty-one Whigs and State Rights votes would the offico of the Now Yorker, a neutral print, never have favored that motion ; and that it was aId, so far as it goes, may be relied on. Flat-plainly expressed in Mr. Gordon's bill, is equal- tcring as aro these early returns, we confess that ly evident from the fact that the State lih'hts we have no hope of carrying the State at large. party were almost alone in the voto on the last The political chains of Van Buronism are too mentioned measure. ponderous, and too firmly rivetted upon every The examination of this disputed question, limb, to permit of the giant rising in her strength then, so far from convicting the Whigs of in- and shaking them off. Wo have no such hope consistency, relieves them from the charge, and we look for no such result, nxes it conclusively upon tho Administration, From tlio Now Yorker, Eitra Thursday Nov. 9, who in '35 voted in a mass against what they RESULT OK THE ELECTION! now are almost equally unanimous in advocating. Tho voto for Senator was canvassed last cvo- THE EX-SENATOR STATE PRINTER. This individual is again meddling in the pri vate business affairs of this office. Ho appears to be as ignorant and regardless of the rules of propriety which should govern the conduct of one oditor towards another, as is a Turk of the principles and observances of tho Christian reli gion. In his paper of Irtday evening he un- qualiftedly states that "tho individual who fur nishes mail bags for the Post Offico Department lias lately entered into contract with tho Regis ter, and advanced eight hundred or a thousand dolhrs for that concern to extend its material to carry on its busiuess;" which statomcnt wo as unqualifiedly pronounce to be falte. Tho allu sion to " material" no doubt has referenco to mng. It is variously stated, bat the lollowing is something near it'. Wards. Verplnnck. Whig mnj. Ferris, V. D. innj. I.. II..., III. ... IV. ... v.... VI.... VII.... VIM..., IX.... X. ... XI. .., XII..., XIII. .., XIV. .. XV. .., XVI. .. XVII... ,...074.. ....632 001 ....218 ....405 ....305 ....274 .912.-, ..3(HI ..3:11 ..605 ..22:1 .. 47 .. 50 911 Total 4 141 Vorplanck'l nmjorily. . ,.2,610. This is most probably n shndu too high, but it it., i- ii , mm n'i. in.:.. new power-press wo are just receiving, as that cn" l,ardy r.11 ,l!cl"w 31",u- The ""irc )V'M . .. . . , , . ,. Ticket 18 probably elected byan overngo majority " "' ... icaueia ui o( ltr(() .j.ne lllnl vo,0 JjJUU tllO InrgCSl the 'yfeguer" will no doubt remember the an- I ever cast in the citv except in the fall of '.14, and iitinciation tho editor tnado prior to tho union of n!"ch lh? 1"5t cnT' '"'"""'"'"i! '" ;' ,. , ,. , .... .... citv has been depopulated to the amount of 40,000 his establishment with the Journal, that ho Aail inhabitants. ordered a new power press. Tho press wo are A'mr County is said to havo elected the Whig now on the point of receiving is tho one then S.1' uvr.' ,-.a" y.'!"r'.v"n uur"n. '" ordered. It formed part and parcel of the Re gister material set oft" against the material of tho Journal. Tlio editor alone was concerned in its purchase-. To fasten the falsehood upon cm, Whig by 250 last year, V. D. by 253. lUehmnna, (hlatcn Island; also wmg. Tho reports from Duchess, Westchester, and the river Counties generally, aro favorable to the Whigs, but nothing certain. P. S. Further returns down tho River assort Tho French aro mnrchiiig 11,000 men against Coiislaulinc. " I come now to your correspondent, who asks for "the proof of tho charge" that tho Whigs aro acting inconsistently in now opposing the "Sub-Treasury Scheme." Here it is, in bold relief, in the annexed extract from the Journal of the House of Representatives, in 18.'!5: "Tlio IIoiim routined tho conildcrntlan of Die liilt n filiating Hie ilcxit)trf of tho money of the Untied Pistes. In rertain loral bonks. The question recurring unon Hie mntlnn mnde hy Mi. RniiKicrsnN, Hint the tfllil Mil ho rc. committed to tiie ronintilteo of Ways nnd Mesne, wild Inelnlrtifliis Ml to nmeiid tlio tnmn ne Mditpenit with tAe itffliey or inatmmeHtality of Bank tn tho Aieot optra. (lost of the u-orcniMcat, the vote stoodYeas 91, N'sys 115." " Now, anv one who will take the pains to exa- mino the yeas ond nays on this vote, will find it supported, almost, if not entirely, by tho Whig and State Rights members; while the Administration members, with the same unanimity, op posed it." And to all this, we deem it unnecessary to oppose any thing more than a simple narrative of the proceedings to which reference is mado by our correspondents. The ides of February, 1835, found tho House of Representatives engaged in a heated discus sion of the Deposito Hill. I ho Administration had violently wrested the public money from tho safe-keeping of tho United States Bank, and had brought forward a proposition this Depo-site Hill to divide the money among such local banks as might ho selected by a partisan Secretary of the Treasury. This measuro was intolerably obnoxious to tho Whig members, who viewed it as lifting up tho sluice-gates of Executive patronage, nnd permitting the swell ing tide of corruption to roll over nnd sweep nwny the independence of the People without dam, cheek, or restraint, mid ngniiiBt it they waged "war tn the knife." Sixteen days but two brief weeks befure the constiiutioiinl closo of the session, Mr. Gordon introduced his famous divorco hill. Pending its consideration, Mr. Robertson moved that tho Deposito Hill be recommitted to tho coinmilteo which reported it, villi imtruetiom such ns aro stated in the abovo extract front tho Ilnuso Journal. Tho peculiar position of the business of tho House ut tho lime Mr. R. introduced his motion is worthy of particular remark. The public mind, and tho minds of tlio members, wero just then painfully engrossed hy tho threatening difficulties with France ; tho session was near its close, and all the great measures yet to bo disposed of; tho Deposito Hill had been long before the House, and its friends, hy frequent calls for the Previous Question, evinced a disposition to push it to a speedy decision. At this particular juncture in tho legislative; drama, Mr. Robertson nppeared upon tho stagu with his resolution. It is the course of the Whigs with n-speet to this resolution which fastens upon them, or frees them from, tho charge of inconsistency. Mr. Robertson moved that the Deposito Bill ho rc-enmmittcd s and, further, that tho committee ho instructed. Tho motion wm, by request, divided. Tho first branch of tho question was Shall the bill bo rc-coiuniiitcd 1 It was decided in the negative yeas 01, nays 115: of course tho question on the instructions was not then taken at all ! Now, wo appeal to the candor of the n ailer, Ui decide, whether tho Whigs, tipposed as they were to tho hill to hore-committed, could do otherwiso than vole in favor of Ibis nuked proposition to re-commit to send it back for amendment to those who g.ivo it being divested, as tho question was, of all connection with tho prineipln involved in the instructions 1 The decision to commit once carried, the instructions proposed by Mr. Robertson wero open to the most important changes, and might have been modified to suit tho Whigs, or they might havo been entirely set aside, nnd others substituted. It is a well established axiom in parliamentary usage, that the nature of tho instructions to bn giw-n a coinmilteo to whom a subject is ro-coniiuitted, does not enter into the simple question of re-committal. Where, then, is tho proof that the Whigs favored the iWi iir-fioiu proposed hy Mr. Robertson 1 And aside from the vote on this abstract proposition to re commit an obnoxious mensure, thereby delaying and endangering its final passage, and with the fac t in view that the question on tho instructions nrwT him foAfii as stated by out correspondents, what, wo ask, is thero to lead to tho opinion that tho Wlitirs ovor favored tho divorco measuro! Nothing! just nothing at all! Tending to a contrary conclusion, wo havo several fuels. Not a Whig raised his voieo in favor of tho instructions proposed hy Mr. Robertson ! Not a Whig advocated Gordon's proposition! And the Ex-Senator, it is only necessary to add, that the complete success of tho Whigs in Duchess, tho editor has not the slightest acquaintance and u,s,1;r' n" AI""nV i-ountics, anu toresiiauow a i , , , , , , like result in Westchester, Orange, Green and has never exchanged words, or had words ex- Columbia. It is further said that tho news in changed hy the medium of other persons, with I Albany yesterday porteuded the partial if not to- tho "individual who furnishes mail-bags for ml " '." ",0 n gs in Bcneneciouv, einraio- .i r .rn- t, . mm , K"i llcnsseiner ana I'nouin. it so, ino ivnigs the I ost Office Department. 1 hat gentleman, i,ve it lbut all this is to bo recoived with we understand, is a leading Van Burenite! I much allowance. What tho privato priefs of tho Ex-Senator nowourg, Lurango to. nig mnjun.y, ty John Whoeler has established a tri-wock- ly line of stages from this city to Bellcfontnine, connecting with the Cincinnati and Lower San- may be, it is not our purpose to enquire. What cause of malice he may entertain against " iho individual who furnishes mail-bags," is to us a mystery, i ncy nre brother ollicc-ltolders, and dusky iine at t10 iaU(!r p), should settle their differences, if any thev have, without bringing them before the public. The 07" Tho Columbus markot la well supplied man of tho mail-hars. we understand, has sur- with fresh venison. Our huntora have of lato plus funds which ho sometimes loans to business been very successful men of trood standinrr. and it mav ho that the Ex-Senator State Printer's cause of onnriti U7The Pennsylvania Convention have decl- to that person, arises from a like reason with the dcd (53 ,0 55). not t0 adjur" ""a 1Iarsburl.r1' one which strengthens his arm when he sends lo "au,-'l his poisoned arrows at the Banks ! But be it as it may, it is not a matter for us to enquire into. MEDICAL SOCIETY. Tho Physicians of Warren county held Convention recently, at which they organized themselves into a Medical Society. The fol- DOCTOR, OF LAWS. Kf.okuc, tho Indian Chief, it is said, Is about to receive the honorary degree of L. L. D. from Harvard University. After a similar distinction conferred upon anothor "revered Chief," tho Indian deserves it. Boitonpajxr.. Hut, it is further said, that Keokuc absolutely and peremptorily refused the degree, protesting lowing gentlemen wore elected officers for the 'hat he wns no medicine man, and would not con- . ., . I aent to bo made one. C'incimioli llatette. enanltiir vonr- I to J Vcfirfu Josiiva STErnr.Ns. Vice Praidml Henry Haker. Recording Secretary Jum VANllART.lKur.x. t orrcipoHtttnK Secretary Aaron Wrioiit. Ireaiurcr Lewis Drake. Librarian Wm. M. Charters. UniiN Cottle, Ccnwr I Ei.ias Fisher, (Musts H. Keever. Tho following resolutions wero adopted by the Convention: Hesolrcd, That, as members of tho Lebanon Medical Society, wh plcdgo our hor.:ir to each otlier to Rinrie oy tlio itulcs nml Kcgtilations we have this day adopted, and that wo will uso all lionuralile means to discountenance quackery. Jirtotrcd, Thut this Society recommend to tho profession a general atlendnuco al the Stato Medi cal Convention to bo holden nt Columbus on the first Muuday in January next. IMtr.AlinjI. PTRAMBOAT lllPASTKRTIIREB lli:N'IMli:i) LIVES LOST I The steamer Monmouth, bound from New Orleans for Arkansas river, was run into hy the ship Tremonl, in tow of a steamer, on the morning of the 31st October, somo one or two hundred miles nhnvo New Orleans, and sunk immediately! Tho boat had on board CI 1 emi grating Indians, morn than three hundred of whom were drowned! This dreadful accident is said to havo been caused hy tho carelessness of thosn who had chargo of tho Monmouth. The cabin of the boat parted from the hull, and drifted some distance down stream, when it broke in two parts, and emptied its contents into the river. The scene must have been frightful and affecting in the extreme! J7" Dr. Frost, of the Thompsonian Infirmary of New York, who was lately held to hail on a cbiirgo of having caused the death of a young man hy hia slenm operations, has got into another difficulty of a similar nature. Ho has been arrested on u chargo made hy a young woman employed in the Infirmary. She testifies thnt she was sick at Iho Infirmary, and after under going a regular course of Thompsonian medi cines, steaming, refrigerating, Vc, she par tially recovered, cm soon, however, relapsed, when she refused to submit to further steaming process. Finding her opposed to another course, they pretended to send lor a carriage to take her away, instead of which thoy pmceuded to fasten Uic windows and doora tu prevent her cacape, and make preparations for giving her another pnr-Imiling ill the Thoinpsoiiiail keltic. Immediately upon tho arrival of the oporntor-in-chief of the lobelia faculty, they scixed upon her and hy main fiirco put her into tho bolamo tub. and cuiutiirii. ced raising slcum upon bar, until sho waa done through, when thev Boused iinlf a doien nnilsl'id of cold wntur upon hur, nnd then rolled her up to iiiu ujun in n ninneii oiaimci, liku nil r.gyptinn muuimv, and put her in bed. Tho lobelia and the red ul)s were nut spared upon her, and tlio frequent potation of thesn nostrums at lcnr?ih had such an ctleel upon her as to cuuso a partial de- rnngeuicui. in me course oi a week, however, owing to her excellent constitution, she rerraineil sullicient atrengih to inform some of her fiiends of tier deplorable condition, who came and took her away and placed hor at tho New York ltnapiial. where sho was confined for nine weeks, most of wnien time alio was hi a atalo ol derangement. This story rests upon tho oath of Iho young woman. 07- Tho associated Banks of the city of Boston, have resolved to send delegates to the Bank Convention to meat in New York on the 'JTth inst. The subject was under discussion iu Philadelphia aud Portland. And therein did ho display more sense than our Ex-Chiof. A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS. Captain Alfred Hill, of Portsmouth, N. II., who was in tlio Home at the time she was lost, and was among the passengers w ho were saved, once narrowly escaped with his life, from the pirates, nn tho coast of Cuba. Ho was with Captain (irozer, of this city, at tho time he was captured hy pirates, near Matanzas, when bound to Boston, somo ten or twelve years ngo. A irW hours alter tlio vessel lelt port, a smviil, rakish looking schooner was seen tuning towards them. Mio came along stile her decks crowd ed with men. Hill, who nt that time was second mate to the vessel, assured Captain Orozer that the schooner was ono of the pirate vessols which infested that coast, and murdered the crew of every vessel they captured and that such would Immediately he their fato if they were allowed to come on board. But they had no arms with which to make even a show of resistance; and uhout tho timo the pirates boarded tho vessel. Hill went below, aud concealed himself among tho cargo in Iho hold. The pirates called for the vessel's papers, and ordered all the crew and officers into the forecastln, soon nftnr which Ihey wero taken on di-ck, one hy one, and their throats were cut by theso bloody-minded fiends. Hill listened with nn agony which mny he belter conceived than described, to tho prayers and supplications for life of his unfortunate, shipmatrs. Not ono was spared ('nptain Urozer was the last w ho wns murdered. The pirates wero aware that one of the crew had escaped, and wns concealed somewhoro on hoard, but they searched for him in vain. Hill remained in his hilling place for somo hours, supposing hy the flapping of tho sails, and otlier noises which he heard, that the pirates might still be on hoard. At last he ventured on deck, and found that ho waa the only person on hoard nnd no vessel in sight, Tho deck wns covered with tho blood of his companions, hut their bodies had been thrown over hoard. He found Hint the pirates had broken in the lumber port, and the vessel wns rapidly filling. He lost no time in constructing, ol a few spars, a sort of raft, upon w hich he embarked just as night was coining on, for tho purpose of attempting tn roach the Cuha shore, which was then in sight. Ho succeeded in his attempt, and after much ex'irlion and peril, landed on Iho coast thn next morning, at uhout 30 miles oast of Matanzas. He hastened to the nearest house, several miles oil', tlio dwelling of a Spanish planter, told his story, was treated with much kindness, and was furnished with tho means of proceeding to Matanzas.Captain Hill was accompanied by his wife when on hoard tho Home. Sho was quito a young woman, n nntivo of (!rent Hritain, whom ho rescued from shipwreck in the English channel, somo ynars since. When the Homo struck, lie secured his w ile lo a plank, and flouted Willi her toward the shore, when a tremendous breaker hurst over them, washed kis w ife from the plank, and she win drowned. Button Mercantile Jotirmil. Pointed Ii.i.t'sTn.iTion. At a Whig convention on Tuesday last a concluding address was delivered br Iho Hon. Peter It. Livingston, in which, while speaking of currency and its uses, ho made the following pointed illustration : "Theso who advocates hunt currency in preference to one of paper, assert that they do so because the coin contains value within itself; to lest this let us take two misers, tho one with ten thousand dollars in gold, the other with the saiiie amount in paper, lock them up in separate rooms, and see w hich can live tho longest upon his tnoimy alone. The result will certainly show which has the most value iu supplying our wants, beyond that which public opinion gives it." If tho people would properly consider this question, their ow n rcrloctiona would soon furnish them with s proper answer, J'aUghliCrpiic JErrjjfc. From the Plilhulolaliui Commercial Herald. TREASURY NOTES. We have been favored with t sight of the "better currency," which our wise rulers have been forced to issue to meet the current expenditures of the nation. These notes, which are of the denomination of one hundred dollars, are handsomely engraved by Rawdnn It, Co., of New York. They are much larger than a common bank note, and aro mnde payablo one year after date, with interest at two per cent, per annum. The notes are signed by "John Campbell, Treasurer of the United States," and couu-terstmied hy "Thomas L. Smith, Register of the Treasury." We cannot see tho Government of the United States obliged to put forth their miserable shin-plasters to sustain the sinking credit of a bank rupt treasury, without feelings of humiliation and sorrow. What must those foreign nations, in whoso eyes we have hitherto stood so high, think of us nowl Where are the millions which we boasted of having in our Treasury a few short months ago? Whore are tho streams of gold which the author of tho humbug promised us should run up the Mississippi! Vanished gone, no one knows whither. It is but nine) years since, nay, not so much as nine, when Andrew Jackson took the helm of State. All were industrious and reaped slowly, though, surely tho reward of their labor. Tho currency throughout the country was uniform, nnd adapted to the wants of the people. The revenue was gradually increasing, and the public debt diminishing. Such was the condition in which lie found it. Now mark the change. In an evil hour, listening tn tho insidious whisperings of a miserable, selfish, cabal, aided by his own ungovernable passions, he removed the public treasure from the Hank of the United States, and laid the axe to the root of that itival-uablo institution. Blow after blow was struck, and at last tho mighty fabric fell. When the followers of the "revered chief" saw this institution tottering, thoy raised up, in every section of the Union, myriads of banks professedly with tho object of filling tho vacuum which its fall would occasion, but really with a view to personal aggrandizement, at the expense of the welfare and happiness of tho great body of the noo- ple. It was then that that inordinate spirit of speculation was engendered and fostered secretly hy some of those high in Executive office nnd fiver. It was then that Amos Kendall, having succeeded in getting thn deposit hanks under his control, commenced his gambling speculations in public lands, by which he has realized a handsome fortune. After ho and his brothers in iniquity had loaded themselves with as much public land as they could conveniently carry, he prevailed on lienoral Jackson to issue the "Specie Circular," the effect of which ho doubtless thought would be to prevent any new speculations from being entered into, on account of the difficulty of transmitting the specie to the West, and would, therefore, greatly enhance tha price of their lands, and enable them to realize splendid fortunes. Such, in a measure, was tho result, but the evil was too deeply rooted to bo thus easily eradicated. The pernicious example set by those government gamblers, had taken deep hold on the minds of all. Mon, womon, and children, gathered up their treasure and Hocked to the West, each ono anticipating that showers of gold would rain upon them in ret'tm for their investments. Even clergymen descended from the pulpit, leaving their spiritual call ing, to loolc alter thoir temporal advancement, allured by these golden dreams. No obstacles wero too great to be overcome. Boxes and barrels of specie poured in upon the land offices, until the east was drained of the precious metals. The merchants and planters of tho west thought no more about their eastern debts they could make one hundred to one thousand per cent, on their land speculations and why should they trouble themselves about paying their debts now? by and by would be timo enough, when they had realized fortunes. Alas', that timo has not arrived, nnd to many, very many, it nrver will arrive. Hut the mania was not confined to tho peoplo of the West Tho merchants snd traders of the east hecamo infected with it, and thought, like their western friends, that they too might acquire splendid fortunes by land speculations. Their debts to Europe wero left unpaid, and they also invested every dollar they could raise in public lands. The Government saw the evils they had inflicted upon the country. They saw the precious metals traveling from tho east to Iho west, which they knew was not their natural course. They know that fifty millions, out of the eighty, was west of tho Allegheny mountains, drained from the east vr'nero it was useful, to the west whets it was not wanted. All this they smr. and yet in spite of the solemn warning, addressed to them hy somo of the wisest statesmen of the age, they folded their nrms, turned a deaf ear to the entreaties even of some of their own friends, and allowed the storm tn burst upon the country, scattering destruction in its path. The air built castles were scattered to the winds, and ono universal shock paralyzed Iho whole country. Manufactories were obliged to be closedthe blacksmith laid down his hammer the carponter his saw, and thousands of men, women and children were reduced to the very brink of starvation. ' One would havo thought that men who possessed one singlo feeling of humanity, would have paused in their mad career that the sufferings of tho people would have melted their hearts, and have turned them from their inhuman course. Not so, however. Self-aggrandizcmont waB the object of one portion of tho Government gratifying vindictive hatred to one of the best institutions in the country, tho object of the other. Every feeling of humanity wns stifled the cry of distress was unheeded and they madly pressed onward In their destructive career. Such, reader, is the condition to which Andrew Jackson nnd his successor, pushed on by that wily intriguer, Amos Kendall, have brought the country which they found so flourishing. How melancholy the change! What a distressing picture for freemen to contemplate! To see this great Republic, once standing upon the very highest eminence of popular admiration, reduced lo Iho ignominious necessity of issuing miserable irredeemable pa- fier to meet its current expenditures. Where, et us ask, is the specie to come from to redeem these nntnfll Tho government dnas not possess it, nnd they cannot obtain it. Hanks have specie in their vaults upon w hich they haso their circulation. Government has none nothing tn go upon hut its bare credit; and how long that w ill last no ono can tell. It may ha said that these notes will he paid into the Custom Houses for duties, and be redeemed in that manner. It maybe so, but then they will have tn be issued again and again, in payment of public expenditures, and w hen pay duy comes al Inst, wo tout we shall find the Treasury bankrupt. From Hie retcrtliuri litlrlliienrcr. Wo feel a similar difficulty in comprehending the course of tho journals mentioned, with that expressed in tho subjoined paragraph from the Ohio State Journal. It seems to us almost impossible to contemplate tiie present condition of thn country, without embracing in tho mind somo scheme fur its redemption, some provision for tho future. Of the schemes offered, we havo found ourselves intuitively inquiring, which is tho host, under the circumstances without for a moment supposing that we could conscientiously reject all remedies, and sit content in thn midst of the confusion and distress with which an unprincipled government has overspread Iho laud ; "Wo confess our inability to understand tho course ol the Richmond Whig, and other prints, who reject a Nntionnl Hank, nnd are equally hostile tu tho Sub-Treasury and State Dcisisite llsnk svstein. What do tho gentlemen wish? Is it their object to leave the public moneys in tho power of the Executive, unrestricted and uncoil-ttolled as that power now ist" SitAJtr. Patterson, the Whig candidate for Senator in thn Mniinii-e Valley district, was defeated by the trilling majority of forty-nine rotes! Tho Miami of the l.akn calls it "u line picture for the Whigs to look upon." Thn picture, should crimson their cheeks with tho blush of shame. I'ttcaiid Ihruld,