Current:

Northern Star (1837-1852), 30th November 1844, Edition 4 of 6, Page 6, Untitled Article

Page 6
Page 6
6 of 8

On this page

  • Departments (3)
    • JFa rr igjt- H&oto'tmtnt*
    • MARKET INTELLIGENCE
    • $hrftu!tuvc
  • Text (7)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      Jfa Rr Igjt- H&Oto'tmtnt*

      JFa rr igjt- H&oto'tmtnt *

      - - FRANCE . SuidDX axd Mcbdek . —The Gazette des TrSninavx 'gates ihat on Wednesday last a deplorable event JCBBBfed » considerable excitement amongst the inhabitants of the house 2 \ o . 2 , in the Rue des Fflleatfal-CalYaire . Two young persona , lately married , were foraddead from snffocationin tier bed-chamber . Xhe husband , who was a clockmaker ; sentMs apprenticewith a message to a distant part of the town in . order to have time to carry his project into execution . "IWhen the apprentice returned , he found the door closed , and after having in rain knocked for some Sme he determined to apply to a locksmith . When ; £ he door was opened the unfortunate couple were fbunddead on their bed , locked in each others ' s arms .

      A large chafing dish , containing , the remains of a cmsairtv of charcoal , ttos fomjd in the centre of the chamber . Tlie cause of this double suicide has not been ascertained . Their furniture showed that they were both affluent and orderly . The same journal stales that ; i considerable- multitude assembled on Saturday last at the Court of Assize of Melun . The serk ; : s nature of tlie charge to be investigated , the talenx of the public proseentor , and the number of ob't- -: < -n-hu-h -rrere to be produced in evidencean mgst the rest a lar ^ e earthen dish , in which w-. s preserved the head t > f the victim—stimulated the curiosity of the inhabitants of Melun . The facts , as stated bv the Attorney-General , were as follows : — An aged "woman , named Xeven , a widow , without children , harine conceived a warm affection for a family named Mercer , sold her property and divided it amonsst them , reserving for her own iw an au .

      nniry of 200 f . and a capita ] of nWf . Alwut ei § ht montiis after the widow ISeven went to reside with the family of the Mergers ' , enriching the family with her money ; and by her attention to their atfairs , she perished , the victim of a horrible murder . On the 19 th of July last the lifeless bodv of the widow 2 \ even was found in a welL attached to the house of the Mergers . At first il was considered that her death ¦ sras the effect of accident , but on a closer exam i nntion it was discovered that she had been shot through the head , Suspicions then fell upon tlie son of Merger , who had remained -at home alone with the widow on the -Jay of her death , and who was known to have purchased pocket pistols , which fact he denied . A long chain of circumstantial evidence having been established . Merger the yonuger was found guilty of the murder of the widow Neven , and sentenced to hard labour for life . He was removed from court uttering the most solemn protestations of

      innocence . Distress nr Paris . —It would seem that every year at the approach of winter the Parisian operatives suffer severely , and this year the rigorous season is announced by facts which ought to awaken the solicitude of the Administration ^ The withdrawal of so large a proportion of the deposit * lodged in the savings ' -banks : the state of the hospitals , which arc encumbered with sick ; the extraordinary number of children , women , and even operatives , seeking for employment , who are found begging in the streets of Paris ; all these facts demonstrate the existence of great distress .

      SFAI >\ PSOGKE 5 S OF THE EfSUBRECTlCX . The advices from Spain fully confirm the intelligence which we were enabled to give-last week of the rising of Zurbano in Old Castile . Subsequent accounts . , though they are by to means full , enable us to state that the insurrection is rapidly extending . The news produced a great sensation in Madrid , thongh the Government had endeavoured , by di-darations in the Chamber , to HfminisVi iis importance . Narvaez stated , in reply io questions addressed to him , ihat Zurbano was merely at the head of a few brigand * , and that he expected a few hours would terminate the rebel ' s career . The following article , from the Journal des Dtbau of Saturday , contains aL that was known at Paris , or on the frontier , of the vroceedinjrs of Zurbano : —

      At the first news of the march of Zurbaao , the Captain Genera ] of Bnrgos marched at the bead of two battalions . Zcrbaro bad assembled his followers to the number « . « f 50 cr « r > . ki the emiron ? of Logronn . on the south bank of tbe Hbro . and had suddenly entered the little Iobd of 5 ajera , between L < -CTono and Santo I > oniingo de la OaLrada . On tne 14 th . tfc- ? Commandant General of Logrono , having advnnced in nJl lis ^ te on 2 » 2 jtra , Zurbano evacuated ii , after bavin ? received a sum of-50 dourvs fi- >^ Lj as part of a contribution which he had levied on the plac * . He here added abom 12 or 15 horsemen to bis band , together with . a few young men wliom Be cjmptrll « rd tu join ^ = troop , which he desiffnated bv tbe ritlr "" Ateqt for the restoration of the constitution . " During his stay at Xaiera , he proclaimed the goTt-nunent « f Espartero . and shot the zii-vnt of public security , an office newly creau J , aijd Trhich answers to our cijinnussarr of police .

      rhrricg hi * short sta . x Zurbano took possession of al ) the hordes which were in a staie for service . disnus > ed the different authorities , and established a new municipalitr composed of Esparterists and republicans . All the young men -who could effect their escape from- his forced rt-cruitment . fought Tefage at Logrono . or in the mountains , where they soon spread the alarm ef what had taken plac ^ . The province of Logsono has been declared in a state of riege . The same step has been pursued with rt- ^ ard to Santander , but the reason of this has not li ^ zispir—13 _ J > t a . Jlova 3 tlrtrree , counter si ^ Bed t > y San aez . General Zurbanois deprived of his rank , his honours , and hit decoran-jns , a > :. rullry of high treason . An order lias been giT £ -n that if C 3 usht lie shall be immediately sh ^ it . without aaj otber deiaj than that required to confirm his identitv . TLe fallowing I * the proclamation issued by Zurbano on Lis taking up arms against the Spanish Government : —

      ^ o ! oi-. T and Comrade ? , —let us risi- to coraba : despotasm for the fourth time : Lf-t us rise u > bt u : to the esrtii »" tt ever that scour ? f t-f hair-Knrtj , a tii ^ usaxid &nes i : r . infam-ius tlin . E that which , a ; tin- cost of the hlocMl _ ¦ : " The luvers of trt-wl . jjn , you fnisb-. l / jd iht- j ^ aics of ya- _ -7 Y ' . Believe ir , ~ oldiers , that what v ., u i ; mw behold i » a uisui .-n chain ; .- " ! to the earth ^ ml ' ^ r < miiinj uiirW the m < .- - dradlv oppression , without rights , wi : 2 : r > ut li-Tx-rt ; -. r rib ^ ui a future : ¦ nith a Tt-neraUv code c-tiiiced , - uliich . ut the cost of streams of blood , it pleased Heaven to griLiiz ; --n _ A ri 5 t- and lostard facrinn is iuht thi- arbiter . : * the d-j = iii ! ies and irti 3- <^ sts of tiiis ma ^ niSct-nt Ti nri . iT > -v Avhieli the = park •• ilif ^ that j ^ t remai ns is more sad rh-i death it = el £ . SjjaJJ 3 53 J that \ vu xire uol ht-r sons , bt-c ? ju « e von have been deceived , and that t * ju have been t-cl as instrnments in then- liberticide plans ? No .

      Snajl 1 saj that yoa are not aware of belonging to that oppressed people whose rights yon are chargt-d to defend ? yo ? I ihaD no : do von so much injustice . To yon belongs that liberty of which you hav-i betn deprived ; to von it belongs lo regain and protect that constitution , now ¦ woundfc-a to death , -which , - with solemn oaths-, yon have so often Fworn to defend . On it ^ depends the security of your families and your interests . If you allow it to perish , ; ou are forging the chains of your country , and in iavcTir of the most detestable of monopolies . The choice between the slavery and liberty of your fatherland cannor !> c donbtfrO- A slight effort is ouJv j- ^ juired , because tyrants arc always cowards ; and tyrants are not worth ; , ti m » ng a nation so noble and so valiant as yours—that nation of which yonr oppressor ? became possessed > .- means of the blackest infamy , l >\ abusing in the m .- » : infamous manner jour credulity , your generosirr , sid v £ mr good faith .

      J * oldier 3 and 5 afionals' . —Come and join my ranks ; ¦ where yon know that 1 have been , and shall be , ever the Jbremosr in tlie Ixour of dauber , Corae ! and I sliall soon proudly lead you to victory ; and our watchvrord , our rallying s % n shall be , as in the pother provinces— " fira la ConstitvOcm .. '" " lira Isab&a U . ComtUueionoI . '" " lira Za Jvr&a Central . * " " T"Jm Gtnernl Etpartero . ' " Jlro la Jndrpendeuee yational . '" Your General and Comrade , Maxtis ZrsBA 50 . ^ aiera , Xov . 13 th , 1 M 4 .

      Addition . —I ani authorized by the Supreme Central Junta to jrrant immediate promotion to every chief and officer who , heing ^ recognised as such , may join the ranks of the army of liberty : as also to diminish by two years of service , those soldiers of the conscription of 41 and 42 who shall present themselves to « me ; -whilst the whole of those of the present conscription , on account of its Illegality , shall bv sent to their homes , J > ecause the usurping Government had no faculty to raise them , as it had not the auti-OTtj of the Cortes . Saba&ossa . —The intelligence of Zurbano ' s revolt reached Saragosaa on the night of the Uth , and pro duced an extraordinary sensation in that liberal town- The inhabitants openlv svmpathised with -the

      rerdlters , and on tbe 3 6 th thf public excitement rose to such an extent that ( general Dreton declared the place to be in a state of siege , anil distributed his troops in commanding positions . On the same day the political chief issued a bando , directing evei-y citizen to deliver up , within twenty-fonr hours , all the arm * , offensive or defensive , in his possession , under pain of severe penalties , SeTerail domiciliary visits -were made in the course of the 17 th . On the evening of that day ( the time of the departure of my advices } Saraeossa ' was in a very agitated state , and there is little doubt that if Zurbano can maintain himself a few days longer the cap ital of Aragon will pronounce for the eonstitution of 1 S-3 ? . General Breton has applied to his Government for reinforcements .

      On the 18 th the two villages of Castillo de Echo and Casfiflo de Ans , between the valley of Roncal , Upper Aragon , and the Pyrenees , compelled their ajrmtanuentos to resign ^ and pronounced for the constitution of 1837 . Some troops and the Custom House officers in the neighionrhood have been dis-SHned wMlonljany difficulty bj the insurgenis . Baeciloxa . — -A Barcelona letter ' of the 16 th . states ftat lbej « Qiorities having made « everal domiciliary raits in search of arms , most of-flie inhabitants who hj ^ retained any had -taken-alarm , and night after Wffiit Tnncikptfl , --jirfWlHj ic ., were thrown ., into the streets .. Sercn persons were arrested at Rnes , on the llti , on * charge < rf eongpiracy , * and removed to ^ Efferent pointa -far imprisomoent .

      SiBnrs * a Abbi 605 . —Letters from Bayonne of ihB 21 rt , fuBj confirm the preYioos accounts of ihe rapid yiv&em makinf by Zurbano in Upper and

      Untitled Article

      jovrer Arraeon , and « ve the lie completely to the stories circulated br tne Spanish Consul at Bayonne , of his haTing taken refuge in Navarre , On the 18 th General Zurbano and his troops entered the town of Soria , where he was well received by the inhabitants . He , however , found that proviousto his arrival the p olitical chief of the place had issued a bando , ordering that Zurbano should l > e shot , if taken pr isoner , upon Ms simple identity being proved . Zurbano , upon this , ordered the political chief himself to be snot , as an example to all persons in authority not to publish such atrocious and sanciiinarv mandates .

      These orders were at once carried into execution . A battalion of the regiment of Saragossa " haspronounced , and gone over to Zurbano , and it is expected that the example will be followed by more of the troops . Information has also been received that a rising has taken place in the province of Guipuscoa in favour of the constitutional cause . Two towns , A ? - cotia and Aspetia , have pronounced , and General Iturbide haa placed himself at the head of the movement . It is reported that a further rising has taken p lace in the province of Galicia , which is ltnown to be in a state of disaffection .

      Madrid , Nov- 19 . —General Araoz , a distinguished officer , has been arrested and thrown into prison , for no other apparent reason than that he was some years ago the commanding officer of General Prim : General Ramirez , thoutrh with the weight of eighty years upon his shoulders , is ordered off to the Canary Islands , and , on his remonstratinsr , is arrested , thrust into a coach , and carried to the castle of St . Catalina , at Cadiz , till an opportunity offers of sending him beyond the seas . Even ill health it ? no protection asrainst such men as the- airents of Narvaez in Madrid .

      General Espinoza , in the faeo of a medical report tliat he is unfit to !> e removed , is sent off under an escort to Porto Rico , while General Airistnzabal is sent in a similar summary manner to Cuba . Such proceedings would , in any case , be harsh and arbitrary : but in the present instances , there bein c in fact no charge against the officers in question , and no reason for their arrest and banishment , but a vague and guilty fear on the part of tbe Government , their deportation can only b » lookpd upon as the grossest tyrannv and oppression .

      Prim . —The greatest attention was still excited by the condemnation of General Prim to an imprisonment of sLx years in a fortress out of the Peninsula . Tbe result of an appeal to . the Supreme Council of W ; tr and Marine was anxiously awaited . Siate of the Insurrection . —The silence of the French telegraph in regard to Zurbano's movements —the false iutelligem-e propagated by the Paris Ministerial journals , and notably by the Debate , Globe , andWf . 'jf—the fact of seven provinces in Spain being declared in a state of siege—the bnndot of divers Captains-General decreeing the penaltv of death to be

      eniorced at their -will and pleasure—the cruel and oppressive eonduet of the French authorities at the frontiers towards all liberal Spaniards—all these matters , we say , indicate pretty clearly that the insurrection is progrevinir , and that the cause of liberty is gaining strength . The more Narvaez boasts of bein ^ able to put down the revolt , the more are we satished that the reign of his power is at an end . We cannot furpet the significant langTiace of MeiidLzabe ] when . iddressing recently one of the attaches of the Spanish Legation in Paris— " In thr ?? muMh / tim > : you will r .-rivr vour ortiert from m <\ ' '

      The ikHtiiulli dr . * Pyrenet * , in announcing the movement of the two towns , Castillo de Echo , and Castillo de Anso , adds that the insurgents had disarmed 20 )> troops of the line , in addition to the carbineers and < "ust-om-house officers . The same journal also declares that the valley of Tena has also made its movement , TLt- Bayonne correspondent of the Xatiwjl writes on the 2 lst instant : — " ^ Vhile Zurbano was believed to bt in the hands of his enemies , or a solitarv wanderer on thi- mountains , the intitrjiid cuief has h \ a bold mancvuvre got into the rapital of tin .- pnninrc »> f Soria , as I am told , and finding , on enteriug . a proclamation of thv politii-al chii-f posted uj > in the stretti . irivini : ordt-r . < to tire on the insurgent

      General , or . if takc-n ali \ e , t <> > hoot him -within on hour , Zurbano ivtfnt innnrAiatch to tlie resident of tin- i » - > litii-al , : trre » ted him , and apphiu ^ t » him the Uj t < Hu » iit . had him shot HitLin the hmir . 1 am ulso informed that the troops in tlie rity of Soria havt- joined the insurrection ; and it i > likewise jdv < -n to me as a positive fact tliat a battalion of the Saragossa regiment , stnt out in pursuit of Zurbano , has pass ^ -d in a lx-d y uht to hi .- fau . sr . No one can tell a : wlia : point this terrihK-and indefatigable leader lnav appear on the morrow . A letter frm : i St . Sebastian has Wen communicated to me , ivliirti > tatcs that ( iviu-ral Ivj-K- , who iiihaburd Guijiuscou . has dcclarcil hiniielf , and ilrawn vrith him the towns of Aspeitia and Ascoitia . Movements are also said to have been made in Galicia and AndahLria : and , according to reports from travellers

      arrived : rum Spain , thi ndihtv ut the Queen ' s troops is tottering in all parts . An official account has arrived here , aaEOunriup that the «} i <> J < - of I ' pper Arragi > n has pronounced itself , and that the carabineers and other parts of the lr-H > ps ha'se niadr cimmon cause with the insurrection . In fine , I am enabled to .- \ s uri- \< -u that the report published here in tlie iuini > UTial journal , that the movement is made in the name « f E ? p < -irt <" r > i , i- completely false . Zurbano , and those who second him , raise no other cries than ' The Constitution of 1 S 3 ? I" * ' Down with the tyrants : "' Th <> flairs of the liberating army bear these words , ' Isabella II . and the Constitution . ' " Soinp soldiers , on joining Zurbano , have cried . " Lonjr live Espartcro ' . " but this was a s >> uienir , and not a political act . It is false that Espartero has been proclaimed . The insurrection is made in tbe name of the-Constitution , and in

      hatnu of the All-lent counter-revolution , and has a character of nationality in whicb lien act from principle . Madrid , Nov . 2 < i . —The correspondent of the Time . " says , " 1 have it from a good soum ? tliat Zurbauo , undistur }> ed and undismayed , continued to proceed right on in the direction he bad orijiinally , as it now appears , and as I believe I already .-witieipated . he intended , towards Sam : ; os * a : and that lie had arrived in the neighlxiurhooil of Tudeln . clo > e to the Arra-£ roi'e > e frontier , at the head of . V _ > u infantn- and liiju hor > e . lit- liad sent a messenger to Suragossa , U 3 infonn hL friends there of his intention to move

      on thai place . The messenger was , however , uiken and shot by order of the Captain-General . A person who arrived here last night , on foot , brought the abort- account to thoit much interested -in the ruovemeut . One fact is certain , that two expresses airived here last evening , one within jui hour or two after the other , with despatches from some of tlie military authorities in that part of the country to the Ministers of War and for the Interior ; and that the Government has not published them up to the present hour—and it is now half-past eight o ' clock p . m . This of itself looks a * if news were not of an encouraging

      kind-It is added that Narvaez , after perusing the despatches , sent for the couriers who brought them ; and using the very significative sign of placing his finger on his lips , and drawing his hand across his throat , intimated to them the danger they would incur by blabbing . The fact , however , that despatches hare been received , and that thD Gazette , llerahlo , and other official and semi-official organs are silent , is in itself most suspicious .

      GERMANY . Distcbba-vces . —Berlin papers of the 20 th ., state that troops were despatched from Sehneidnitz on the preceding night to the weaving districts of Silesia , and that it was believed that disturbances had again occurred there . The inmates of the prison Brieg , in Silesia , made a desperate attempt to escape on the KKh . At the request of the governor a battalion of infantry was sent by railway to the above-named town from BrcsLin .

      SWEDEN . Reforms . —The King of Sweden has approved of all the modifications by the states in the fundamental law . The principal modifications are : —Convocation of the diet every three years . The right of the king to gi-re or to refuse his sanction to projects of law adopted by the states during the sitting of the diet . The suppression of all distinctions of nobility amongst the members of the supreme tribunal . The abolition of the right of suspending the publication of journals .

      CTRCASSIA AND GEORGIA . Glorious TiirvMPHs or the Mouxtaiseers . —The flying reports which during the la . » t few months have successively reached Constantinople from Bngbestan authorise a belief that the disasters of the Russians and the triumphs of Shamil Bey have , this campaign , been to an extent hitherto ¦ unkno-vro . An individual from that country , just arrived from Daghestan , sayg , that during the last spring and summer no less than seven or eight severe battles had been fought , in which the Prussians lost , besides an immense number of men , no less than forty-five places or positions So reduced yvere they , that the bonds of discipline were loosened : and at a place called Bassil Bay , two generals , with all their troops , came over to Schaniil

      < - > n this , the Russian jreneral-in-chiof called a council of war , which was held at the baths of Stdjak Sou ( this was probably earfv in September ) . It was there proposed , that the whole army should make a grand attack upon the mountaineers ; " but many of the officers asserted that their men could not be trusted , and it was finally determined that overtures should be made to Schamil Bey for an armistice . Schamil , who was rather short of provisions , consented to this , on condition that , during the interruption of liostilities , the Russians should furnish his camp with food j and on these terms an armistice was concluded up to the day of Kassim ( 7 th November ) , when the Daghestees

      intend to renew the war with augmented -rigour . A letter irom that part of the world staiea , that the losses of the Russians , between killed , wounded , and miBsing , amount to 60 , 000 men ; whilst those of the mountaineers amount to 12 , 000 . This may possibly beirue ; but had the numbers been more moderate , one would have been more likely to give credit to the assertion . Certain it is , that the forces of Russia have been concentred in the neighbourhood of Daghestan . In fact tie lines of the Koubar are now so badly guarded , that the Circassians of Abazek and Cabarda are constantly crossing !; the border , attacking Russian Tillages , and bearing off rich spoils in filaves ; iorses , catue , sheep , and other property .

      Untitled Article

      test for the Presidency in America lias filled the Tory press of England with loud mouthinga against popular rights ; andasfbul practices of every description have been charged npon the Chartist siipportei-s of Polk , we beg to present the enemy with the following account of the manoeuvres of their American partisana . We extract the following from the Democratic Camqaign of the 2 nd November : ~ - Impobtant Detection . — We stop the press to announce the astounding discovery which has just been made of a plot of the Whigs to carry the State by a system of douule ballots . We have a package of them before us , printed on thin paper , procured from their central source of supply , with peculiar marks , and ingeniously folded with a little flyleaf to catch together , so as to appear but a single ballot , and to part whea thrown do-vvn into the baUot box .

      They would deceive all but the most vipilant scrutiny . The law is , that when an excess of ballots is found in the box above the number of names on the poll-list , an equivalent number shall be drawn out by lot—a process by which , in such a case , the democratic party alone must suffer . These have been sent uniformly nil hvit the State ; and in counties wherv the tickets had been already priuted , tho latter are di-stri ^ cd , auJ the fraudulent double ballots substituted . There is no deception nor mistake in tiii .- information . The same system is doubtless extended to other states . It may , perhaps , Vie too late now to counteract this vile treason ; but wherever this paper may reach in season befure the election , we summon rmr friends to bt on their guard , and to insist that tlie inspectors shall examine eaeh ballot before it gi > es into the box .

      If the Wln ^ b should democracy out th " election by such tneans ah this , we would not answer for the contsequ ' iicen . That it » .. ul , 1 N 44 .

      I readied this town yesterday , in the- stage coach from Nashville , forty miles , on a good turnpike road . This is one of tho finest counties of land in the State , und inhabited by au intelligent and wealthy class of people . As you are aware , Oov . Polk , the Democratic candidate for President , resides in this place . T hud the honour of taking tea at his house last eveniiiK , and of en joying the society of himself and his amiable and splendid hidy . His features are strongly marked hy evidences of intellect , blandnoRS , firmness , and benevolence . His head would be esteemed a splendid model by phrenologists , in which the intellectual and moral faculties are larjjelv predominant . Hia forehead is high , broad , and fu I , and perpendicular , if not projecting . The upper part of the lu-ad rises hifih above the ears . The organs of benevolence , veneration , and firmness are prominently developed . Col . Polk ' s character , through a long public life , is known to correspond with these characteristics of his mind .

      He represented the Congressional district in which he lives , for fourteen years . While he has at all times had strongpoHticiif opponents in Tennessee , he is without a personal enemy in the f ? tate . AH , with one accord , declare , that they know of no spot or blemish on Colonel Polk ' s whole private life , that a better neighbour , a kinder master , a more indulgent and faithful husband , or a more upright , honest , benevolent and moral man , thev never knew . When the Roorback slaniKr reached Tennessee , eved the Whigs cried out , " Slianie , —nil . ' for shame . " Of all the slanders ever started against him , this was the most unlike the truth . All his opponents in

      Tennessee admit that there is not a kinder man to his servants to be found in the State . Col , Polk is not rich , llu has a moderate proporh , jiiiil owing nothing , in independent . He doet not own forty slaves in the world . What he ha . \ consist of fntnilie * , many of them small . h . 'U ing inherited them . principally through his lnd \ . Hi- has parted with some of his best senants to gratify their wish to be with thei r wives , fn other instances In- has purchased at high rates the wives of his men from other parties , and also the husbands of hi .- women , in order , a- far as possible , to keep families together , and by that means to make them more comfortable avid h : ii > i * v .

      His lady is both beautiful and accomplished , and is a consistent member of the Presbyterian church . There i ' not a human hring living that i < an enemy of In rs . Il i > painful to tind that ii m : \ n like Colon . 1 Polk , whose whole life has been pure anil without reproach , should b « so shamefully assailed as he has been . l > uring liis whole life he has been strictly a temperance man in e % er \ thing ; in liijiior > tobacco , in eating , iindjin ; dl ru . tpects . lie iiorr gambled . In all liis lift he never gave or accepted a challenge to tight n duel . He is an anti-duellist on Christian principle .-. II < - believes duelling to be morally wrong , and has the moral courage to put in practice the moral principles he professes . Jle is a much greater man , and a much better man , than the world , and especially his opponents , ha \ e cut given him en dit for . lie is a modest und retiring man , but bold and firm in the discharge of liis otticial duties , when called upon by the people tu cxercisi ? them . I-should say the most prominent trait of his mind was that of moral courage—a rare and valuable trait of character .

      He made a good and faithful representative , an uble and efficient Governor , a prompt , able , and impartial Speaker of the House of Representatives ; and , if elected , will make an able , judicious , sound and safe President of the United . "States ; one that will aim to maintain the rights and honour of the country in our foreign relations , and secure , as far as practicable ,, the peace und prosperity of our pc-opk- at home . I have not hud time as yet to call on Gen . Jackson , but am happy to learn that the old patriot enjoys better health of late , exhibiting tokens of a calm and contented

      green old age . Tlie political excitement in the We-t , and especially in Tennessee , is tremendous . The whol- country is studded with hickory and asli pules . Whatever may be said ot Tennessee , it eertainly i"i"odui-i - the tall , st Uiikory ] iol , s in the rnion . At Clarki ' -rillc , I saw one continuous stick . " /> feet high . At Slielliyvillf . I sau one stick l" . > feet liijrli . ami ftt l . Mwlyfcuyg , IWiKnyu , \ > nw one single stick 117 feet high ! ! b . ing 1 . inches in diameter mar the base . It was drawn into the vilaj ' i bv : > 7 volte of oxen , escorted b v

      a uniform company called the Hedtord Hickories . The low .-tatc of water in the Western rivers , combined witli the i »> liuenl exiit > 'vii <» t uttout the lVv > ideiitinJ election , ha- * almost suspended business . C ' ArTUUK or Bt h < . k . sk , the Bhitisii Foroeh . —This villain was captured on Light-house [ stand , in Roston harbour , and was safely lodged in Levant-street gaol , ready for delivery to the British authorities . Neville , an Irislmian , living on the island , and at whose house Burgess stopped , received 300 dollars reward on the spot . We subjoin the following particulars : — Burgess , who was apprehended soon after Elder strangled himself in tho gaol of Boston , in a most miserable condition , in a small island 15 miles from Boston , is now on his return , in the custody of John Foresterthe officer , to England .

      , It appears that when Burgess escaped from tlie hotel at Nahant , a small peninsula joined to the main land by a neck of land about four miles in length , he rowed In the dark for a considerable time , and at length , after having been tossed about , he landed , and made the best of his way ; to a small cottage in which a poov Irishman and his wife and three children resided . From thence he sent to the waiter oi the hotel at Nahant his keys , with directions to take possession of the money contained in his bags , and convey it to him . John Forester , who managed the whole" business , with the ready assistance of the officers granted by the authorities , with consummate skill , took care to cut off the means of escape by land , and met the bearer of the money on his way to a

      plac « of appointment . The bag , which contained £ 126 in gold , and in dollars and notes £ 4 t $ 8 , was directly sent back to thfe hotel , while the pursuit was continued . In the most wretched condition , with no more than a half-crown or a couple of shillings in his pocket , and half naked , the unhappy Btirgess , after great exertion , reached another lottage , at the distance of about eight miles across the water , and there remained injeler shelter for neari . v a night and day . lie then sent the owner of the cottage with a note to a Mr .-Grant , who had had some transactions with him in a pecuniary way , requesting money . Mr . Grant , who had been duly informed of the forgery and robbery of the Bank of England , immediately

      gave the information where it could lie made moat available , and the person who knew the place of concealment of the fugitive was prevailed upon—but not without a great deal of persuasion , and a reward of 300 dollars—to give him up to the police . It was evident from the whole of the proceedings of Bui'gess and Elder , after their-arrival in America , tliat they looked with the utmost eonlidence to permanent * security from arrest . Burgess had been lodging about a ' fortnight at the hotel at Nahant , and hud purchased a piece of ground of Mr . Drew , the landlord , on which he was about to build a house , and it was odd enough that before the foundation was laid he purchased carpeting , bed-linen , glasses , and other ar ticles of furniture . . .

      An inquest was held upon the body of Elder before Mr . Pratt at Boston , and it was stated before the jury tliat the deceased was found dead in the gaol by strangling himself with his silk handkerchief , the same handkerchief being fastened to the grate of the window of the ' room of the prison . The Mormons . —More troubles amongst the Mormons were anticipated , and it is said that 200 ot the sect were encamped within a few miles of Carthage , but for what purpose is as yet a matter of conjecture . Much excitement prevailed at Carthage in consequence . It ia said that this movement was made by order of Governor Ford , but this is very improbable . Sidney Riordon has established bis branch of the church at Pittsburgh , and publishes a paper there .

      One of Sidney ; Rigdon's men had addressed a meeting of the sect hi New York , and , after a long , rambling , and rather incoherent narration , descriptive of the early part of Joe Smith ' s career at Nauvoo , the elder went on to speak of a " vision" which Joe had ten days before his death . He and Iliram went out , he said , to the prairie to call on the name of the Lord , and then Joe beheld in vision the tragical scene in which he was soon to take a part at Carthage gaol . From that moment Joe was an altered man—ne lost all spirit , and , as the elder said , "his

      Untitled Article

      countenance fell" from that moment . The elder went on ito argue that Joe ' s death was ordained of the Lord ^ on account of Jus transgi-essiona ^ thathe did not apostatize , but he " wrought abominations , " arid was therefore deemed unfit to direct " the kingdom , " and sharp in its triumphs . The transgression was in introducing the " spiritual -wife system . " On this subject it was expected that the " elder " would hare gone into the details , and exposed it fully . But he contented himself with a general denunciation of itsaid that ; it was universally prevalent at Nauvooand that ! it was to free " the Church " from that evil

      that Sidney Rigdon had taken a separate stand . Elder Winchester called on all the faithful to come out and separate themselves at once from their corrupt brethren at Nauvoo , which was , he said , doomed to destruction , and was fast falling into decay on account of jits iniquities . The " Twelve Apostles , " as they call ] themselves , were very busy at Nauvoo in the ' very jdelectable business of defaming and slandering one I another . It is estimated that the recent Mormonhvar will cost the state of Illinois 20 , 000 dols ., and that ! the aggregate expense incurred during the vear on account of the Mormons would not fall short

      of 50 , 000 dollars

      CANADA . Thk iEi . KrTio . N 9—Victory of the Government I ' artv . —furious enough , while the States were agitated from centre to circumference by the Presidential election , the elections in Canada were going on at the same time . The result has been the triumph of tlie Governor-General ' s party . From the latest-returns wtj are enabled to state , that 42 Conservatives are elocttd , 23 Radicals , and 9 doubtful . This leaves 10 more ] returns to come in , but whatever be their nature thev cannot affect the general division .

      The wintkh seems to be setting in very early tlas season in Canada . A heavy fall of snow had occurred , and in many districts the roads were impassable . A letter from Buffalo states that the shock of an earthquake , which had extended into Canada , had l > t-en felt , ami U described W all who heavil it as resembling the no ;*; made by a heavy waggon driven rapidly juver frozen ground ; the rumbling preceding and following the shock , it says , was smart enough to shake windows ., stores , and crockery upon the shelves . ) In one instance , it threw down a store , and in another , it cracked the walls of a brick buildin-r . It was noticed by persons residing in various places over a territory of at least 100 square niiles , and how niiwn further I have not learned .

      v MEXICO . Our Mexican advices are very seanty . President Santa Anna was married to Senora Dona Dolores Fostangi ( iomos , on the 2 nd ult ., in the National Palace . Iwith all the solemnity due to . the occasion .

      I TAHITI . More Kioiiting . —We have received intelligence from Tahiti , hy way of the United States , to July l /> . It appears , hy a report given by the captain of the whale-snip Martha , which had arrived at Rhode Island , tliat , on the 2 ' > th of June , a body of natives having ^ assembled at Point Venus , and their proximity l > eing considered too near for safety . Governor Briiat had marched against them at the head of 400 French / The natives , havinir received intelligence of their approach , placed themselves inainbusli , and allowed the main body to pass : but as the . roar-trnard were passing- in front of the English mission-house , they opened their fire upon them in a direct line with the house , and Mr . M'Kean , one of the missionaries , who wa , s walking on his verandah , was struck by a ball , aiid instantly killed . The native loss is unknown . ¦ The French loss amounted . to three killed and five wonnded .

      At the same time , on the south side , another action took place , in which the natives were routed . In tlm ; action five French wore killed and seven wounded . Tho native loss on this occasition is also unknown ; but the day following the natives again advanccjd upon the town , and succeeded in burning the French mission-house , chapel , Ac . "

      Untitled Article

      . 11 i . lien has opened Covent Garden lheati-e , for promenade concerts , for a month . MAXv ' jroiwTKKFKiT sovjiHEiG . vs , lxviring the image of Queen Victoria , are in circulation in Brussels ; they ari ' . datcd 1 ^ 37-Hkti rn or Emigrants . —Bythe last outward-bound packet-ship from Philadelphia , 2 ( H . ) Irish emigrants returnee ! to Ireland . I . ouuiDi'NDONAi . D ' s I'ATiAT for his rotatory steam engines ( has hpea extended for tlie further term of fourteen years . Pnu . / r Baths . —Tbe town council M Hull have granted ' fyWI . to make public baths , adjoining the new water-works , 1 \) imt > tiox . —According to the last census , the population of Bohemia amounts to 4 , 1 ( 57 , 120 souls .

      Polan"i > . —A letter from Warsaw says , that four fortresses in Russian Poland have cost . 'KK > , 000 , 000 francs . ' Byhos ' s Statuk . —Thorwaldsden ' s statue of Byron , excluded from Westminster , is about to be erected in the Cenietery of Kensal ( Ircen , Postage . —Tlie total nmnl > er of letters despatched through it he Post Office in 183 . ^ , was 75 millions ; in 18-1 . 3 , upwards of 230 millions . Qief . r Memorial . —It is proposed to erect a lunatic asylum f < y Cuvnlierland and Westmoreland , by way of a memorial to the late Karl of Lonsdale . F . i . kctro-Mag . vetism . — A new electro-magnetic lijrht has been invented at Cineinati , of such power , that one of them , at a height of 200 feet , is expected to illumine tbe whole eitv .

      Francis Qtenisskt , the bravo , who , as our readers will recollect , attempted to as . ^ assinate King Louis Philippe , was arrested on the 22 d ult . in New Orleans , lor : i similar attempt on a citizen of that city . At Ti > rns , » ne of the finest of its historical nionuiiicnt * , tin- Atiliey Church of Saint UiHcn , of thedntc of the twelfth century , and in pcrtVvt preservation , though serving just now as cuach-hnuse and stables , is otfciTi . l t ' nr sale or hire . A ( Jn-jisT Tiikashep . —Last week , a fellow who had terrified- some of the inhabitants of Ilnmlsworth by personating a chost , was waylaid by six men , who thrashed him so severely that he had to lie taken to tlie hospital .

      WiumBoails . —The Journal ilv * I >< Int .-- states , that for soino time past troops of wild boa its have appeared in the forests of St . Ainit' and De Fossard , in the Vosgea , ' and have committed much injury in the surrounding country . What's in a Name : *—Chloronaphthalohyposulphuric and ( : hloronaphalosohyposulphuric are names proposed by M . le Dr . N . Sintn , for two acids . formed bv the action of sulphuric acid on corresponding combinations of napthaline with chlorine ! Soi . itahv Confinement . —The Revue de Paris ,

      commenting on the system of solitary confinement , says , that practical experiment is not favourable to the system ;| and that , during the six months it has been pursued ] in the prison of Senlis , two suicides have been committed . InTERESTiMi to Farmkrb . —Some merchants have despatched ships to Ichaboe , ballasted with plaster of Paris aud umber , both of which are used in the adulteration : ot * guano . The cost of loading and detention to get a ; full cargo is thus saved . About fifteen cwt . of limber mixed with five cwt . of Peruvian guano makes a fine-looking article .

      New Mode op Defrauding the Revenue . —A new system of defrauding the revenue has been discovered on the Belgian frontier . The officers of the customs at Verviers , who , it seems , are always wide awake , having conceived some suspicions of thirteen terrines , or earth ' enware pots , bearing even- appearance containing '' -nates de fois gras , from Strasbourg , and even smeared outside with that appetising confection , opened jbem , and found them to be filled with 980 sealed letters , which , it was hoped , would arrive at Brussels free of postage .

      A Bride , reminded of her Duty . —During the solemnization of a marriage , at a parish church , in the Fylde , < m Wednesday last , the ceremony having proceeded as far as the bride ' s promise to obey , serve , love , honour , « tc , by uttering the laconic sentence , " 1 will , " the bridegroom , who resides in' the semi-civilised district of Marton Moss , emphatically exclaimed , " Sec as ta does . " The officiating minister very justly rebuked him for his untimely remark , when the boor replied , " he bod wonted to remind her for fear hoo should forget . "

      Trial by Ji ; ry . —Not a hundred miles from Peterborough , at a late quarter sessions held in an ancient town-hall , it is saiu that a remarkable circumstance occurreil . On the trial of a prisoner charged with robbing his master of various articles , the business had proceeded so far as to leave the matter in the hands pf the jury ; and that body not being able to come to a satisfactory determination whether the prisoner was guilty or not , and not being locked up , the foreman proposed , in order to shorten the question , tliat the poker from the fireplace . should be placed exactly upright , and that if it fell to the right the prisoner was guilty , and if it fell to the left he was not guilty ! The poker so placed fell to the right , an < i the poor prisoner obtained three months ' im prisonment in consequence .

      Interesting Facts . —The following is the substance ] of a communication from Southport , the favourite watering place , about twenty-three miles north of Liverpool : — "On Monday , the 11 th inst ., after a heavy gale , which had forced out the tide far beyond ) its ordinary limits , a poor boy picked up a pocket j book which had drifted to the shore . He hastened to display the prize to his father , who , after examining the contents , and discovering that they consisted of upwards of £ 120 , immediately went to

      consultithe Rev . Mr . D ., who kindly ascertained that the treasure belonged to a gentleman who , on crossing the Mersey , at Liverpool , on the 9 thinst ., was nearly drowned , and on being rescued from his accident found that his pocket book was still in ike water . The tide must have carried ^ t down the Mersey out to sea , land thus brought it into the hands pi the worthy ( labourer in question , who , on restoring the property to its delighted owner , was presented with £ 15 , and is now building himself a modest cottage with the reward of his probity .

      Untitled Article

      r .. Jfti 8 ttJCL 4 x .. —^ Lt ajate meeting of the Ro scommou Agricultural Society , Mr . Hogg stSJe < f ~ $ liat " - *! ie prepared forty-five acres of worn-out stubble for a fiax . crop , and though without manure , the cro ^ , \ ras good . One acre which he had scutched produced a eleai profit of £ 25 , and he estimated the nett profit of aa acre of good flax at £ 80 . This was received with great applause ; but no steps , it appears ,, were taken to enable the farmers to follow out Mr ^ . Hogg ' s sue . cessful practice . Through the agency of the Agricul .

      tural Societies and Poor Law unions , with the Royal Agricultural Society as a centre , it would not be diffi . cult , if the gentry were wisely liberal , to extend the growth of'flax to every district in Ireland . , ( One acre of the fine alluvial soil of Tipperary or Limerick would yield a more profitable return , with good ma ^ nagement , than three under a wheat crop . / The pr& . sent time is peculiarly favourable to its encouragement . Railways will soon connect the most distant points of the island with the Belfast market , affording cheapness , facility , and safety in the conveyance . —Tralec Chronicle .

      EXTRAQRDI . VAILY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE . —Messrs , Toole and Mackey , seed merchants , 41 , Westmorland " street , favoured us with a view of samples of Aftringham carrots and Swedish turnips , grown by John Genty , land steward to Henry Murray , Esq ., Mount Murray , near Mullingar , county of Westmeath . It is only necessary to say , in praise of Mr . Genty ' s superior culture , that the combined weight of six turnips is 1021 hs ., and that of twelve carrots 20 lbe . Mr . Genty had forty-seven tons of the turnips per Irish acre , and of the carrots twenty ton . s per ditto . The

      latter are now selling - for three pounds per ton in Dublin . Mr . G . states in his letter , that he " ob » taincd the prize for the best mangold wurzel and Ahesden turnip , at the Westmeath Agricultural Show . " The former he had sixty-one tons per Irish acre , the latter forty-one tons per ditto ; We feel peculiar pleasure in giving the above statement—first , as we are happy agriculture is advancing so rapidly in our native country ; and secondly , that Irish educated farmers ( to which class we are informed Mr . Genty belongs ] are so successful . —Evening Packet .

      Importation of Foreign Cattxe asd She £ p .- « The Ocean steamer , Captain llast , belonging to the General Steam Navigation Company , arrived from Rotterdam , at the Brunswick Pier , Blackwall , on Sunday morning , at eight o'clock , and landed 2 head of cattle and 195 sheep , all in fine order . Cap . tain Hast reports that a brig , with 45 head of cattl ^ had left the Brill for the same wharf , and might bi expected shortly . Cattle Imports . —The arrivals of foreign cattle bj the steamers at Hull this week consist of forty-six head of \ ery fat bullocks by the Leeds , and twentr . seven head by the Victoria , l > oth from Hamburgh with sixty sheep by the Emerald Isle . The Queen 3 Scotland yesterday arrived with thirty-one cattk \—Eastern Counties Herald .

      Agricultiral Imports . —The Rotterdam steamq has this week brought to Hull 100 qrs . of garden beam for seed , with about 940 bushels onions ; sheep , swan , geese , and wild ducks—the birds , be believe , for the Zoological Gardens , and a quantity of dead ducks , in hampers , for the market . —Eastern Counties Herald , The Duke of Maryborough . —This noble Duk ? , at Lady-day last , let some land of his at Waddcsdoj , in allotments for spade husbandry . It had been " rloa

      bad" for years , and had " done up" the tenants ii stead of their doin £ that for the best . The lowest < it is let at 48 s . per acre . It is rather a stiff rent for such stiff land , but still it is very desirable to work . ing men , and will do them good . The parties did not take to their land till after Lady-day , and yet tie tlnke sent his steward up this Michaehnas-day , who 4 nianded of each tenant 12 months' rent . Sharp practice this , for poor men to pay six months in advance . —Avlesburu News .

      Thorough Diuixino . —An agricultural nicety and dinner took place in Gloucestershire the other day , which -exhibited nothing beyond the usual i-oatine of such , affairs—a good show of stock , andj strong desire on the part of landlords that nothing should be said or done to " offend" the political fat ings of our Conservative Ministers . There was , however , one exception to this- line of conduct , whiei , coming from a practical man , shows that the slice is beginning to pinch : — " Mr . Petbr Mathews said , if the landlords would drain the land as completely as the farmers had been draiaed during the past year or two , it would be most effectmil j d <» ne . " ( Ort-at lnuj ^ htvr and che-ers . ) " Captain Walters—Is that what you call thorough draining , Peter lluthews % ( Bursts of laughter . )

      " Mr . Mathews—Thorough draining it is , and no mis take . ( Continued langhter . " ) ft is satisf ' acfoiy to think that thorough draining principles are now understood by at least two agriculturists in the country .

      Market Intelligence

      MARKET INTELLIGENCE

      Untitled Article

      Leeds Cons Market , Tuesday , iSov . 26 . —Our ¦ upplies are good of all ffrain this week ; wheat a not in great demand to-day , but the prices of last week are supported for best dry qualities ; damp and secondary descriptions slow sale at rather lower prieffl . The barfey trade continues in a dull inactive state , more particularly for bad qualities , which are difficult to work off except at a further decline in value . Beans , both old and new , as well as oats , are now offering more freely , and are the turn lower . THE AVERAGE PRICES OF WHEAT , FOR THE WEEK EXDINCi NOVEMBER 26 . 1844 . Wheat . Barlev . Oats . Rve . Beans . P > w . Qrs . Qrs . * Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrc . 4157 1137 373 0 432 20 £ s . d . £ * . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ > . d . 2 15 ' M I 14 : M 1 2 0 * <• 0 0 2 1 31 1 10 0

      Lei : ds Cloth Market , Thursday . —There appeal ? to be a shade of improvement in the cloth market ? , thoug-h the stocks in the cloth halls are much greater than they were a few weeks ago , indicating a falling off in the demand . State of Trade . —Owing to the advance of the season , the demand for yam ( wldch has been so exceedingly active during tlie last few weeks ) has nof somewhat abated , and rather lower prices were yesterday accepted for certain descriptions of warp and of cop-weft , which had previously commanded higner relative prices than other sorts . For all the ordinary shipping numbers and qualities , however , the price * remain quite as high as heretofore . For goods , the demand i * still limited , with a slight tendency to a decline in prices , in some few fabrics . — AknchesUr Guardian of Wednesday .

      Richmond CornMabret , Nov . 23 . —We had a very heavy corn market to-day of all kinds of grain-Wheat sold from 5 s . to 7 s . ; oats , 2 s . to 3 s . 6 d . ; barley , 3 s . 6 d . to 4 s . ; beans , 4 s . 9 d . to 5 s . York Corn Market , Nov . 23 . —There is great biistle and noise , owing to the fair-day ; but the business transacting in grain is trifling . Wheat , in con dition , and the best malting barley , are nearly wort ii tJie rates of last week , but inferior qualities are Is- P& qr . lower . Oats have declined one farthing perstonP j and beans 6 d . per load .

      Malton Corn Market , Nov . 23 . —We had onk a short supply of all kinds of grain offering to this day 3 market . Fine wheat and parley sold on much tne same terms as last week ; inferior ratiicr lover . « oats no material alteration . —Red wheat , new , 44 s . » 48 s . ; old ditto , 50 s . to 52 s . ; ditto white , new , o ( B . to 54 s . ; old ditto , 52 s . to 56 s . per qr . of 40 stone . Barley , 28 s . to 33 s . per qr . of 32 stone . Gats , 9 * aw 10 * d per stone . „ Newcastle Corn Market , Saturday , Nov . l * - ~ We had again a large supply of wheat at market w * dav frrvm t . hp ornwprs na wpll as a fair show of sainP

      coastwise , and the business transacted was at 8 ^ eline of Gd . to Is . per qr . on last Saturday s ««^ but duty-paid foreign met a moderate demand , *™* out any alteration in value . For barley &e " * L ruled extremely dull , and to effect sales of all e ** P tho finest malting qualities , lower prices mast fia been submitted to . Oats were in good sllPP ^ V ^ command late rates . Malt must be quoted a sP lower . In rye we had very little passing . Eean * j"J pens were taken off on similar terms to last ** The arrivals of flour are large , and prices 6 d . to »• per sack cheaper . . 0 , _ Manchester Corn Market , Saturda y , Ni » - - ' Z At our market this morning Wheat met an eXtre S limited sale , and we reueat . nominally , the quota "

      of this davse ' nnight . There continues to K ^ -jp . sence of all activity in the demand for every dft- i tion ofsack Flour , and on even the best guai « Y decline of fully Is . per sack was submitted to , wo ^ on that of middling and inferior manufactures a ther reduction would have been made had P ¦ come forward . In the value of Oats no change ca noted ; and 25 s . U . per 2401 bs may be con sian ^ the top price of choice cuts of oatmeal . ls f of not much inquiry for Beans , and the tenden c . prices was towards a decline . v 95 — Liverpool Corn Market . Mokda * . - > Ihifli With the exception of Flour and Oatmeal , 01 w ^ we have had good supplies , the imports oiU 1 * ' -pje for the last seven days are of limited ; amount . . only change in the rates of duty ° n fo re ^ J " Tnio < ie an advance of Is . per quarter on Rye . "P * ^ Hy rate demand we have to report the trade geu ^ firm ; the little relaxation as topricea fornewr * , and Oats , observable on Tuesday last , was recov on Friday ,- fine samples of the latter brougnx ^ good mealing 2 s . lid . to 2 s . IW ^ . ^ tftJrtin anA OatwAfll Aa * h nuite as well sold ., IN" cnaDB , t

      the value of Barley . Irish , new Beans ^^ . aai 40 s . to 42 s ., Egyptian at 34 s . to 35 s . per 48 M » - ft a few lots of Baltic white Peas havtibeen taken the country at folly last week ' s rates ., ' % .-Liverpool Cattle Market . Monbat , r < o ^ t < y We have bad a large suppl y of Beastaat- i ^ gLfor day , the greatest portion of second-rate ana u « fa quality . The supply of Sheep has been agJUd were all sold at an advance in price . Any ™^ er , either in Beasts or Sheep were eagerly gL t 0 and sold readily at advanced prices , aeei * . Bid ., Mutton 5 d . to 6 d . per 1 b .

      Untitled Article

      « THE NORTHERN STAR . i November 30 , 1844 .

      Untitled Article

      POLAND . : More Rcssuic Tyranhi . —It is said that tho En > > eror of Russia has issued an order by which all latives of Poland are prohibited from marrying till they have completed their thirtieth year . UNITED STATES . GLORIOUS TRIUMPH OF THE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY . —ELECTION OP MR . POLK AS PRESIDENT . Liverpool , Saturdat . — The steam-ship Great Western , Captain Matthews , arrived in the Mersey shortly before noon . She left tho wharf at New York at fifteen minutes past two o ' clock on the afternoon of the 9 th inst ., and made this port in thirteen days sixteen hours and a half , the shortest passage she has accomplished during the season . She brought thirty-one passengers . The contest for the Presidency , esteemed so doubtful , is decided in favour of Polk , foremost in whose policy are the annexation of Texas to the . United

      States , the support of the institution of slavery , and , to use his own words , " such a tariff for revenue as will yield a sufficient amount to the Treasury as will defray the expenses of Government , economically administered . " Other questions are likewise involved in this decision , given by the citizens of the United States—the bank question , the distribution of the surplus revenue , affecting the repudiating States , Native Americanism , and other minor matters . According to the New York Herald , the tariff may be somewhat modified at the next session , though it never can be essentially altered ; no bank , no distribution can take place for the present ; new negociations may be opened for tho annexation of Texas , but as the Senate will be Whig for two years

      at least , nothing can be done effectuallv as regards that matter for some time to come . This journal regards the Whig party as utterly and for ever disbanded , and conceives that on their ruins will spring up the American Republicans . In another article it reviews the effect of the election upon the repudiating States in respect of the settlement in ; the negative of the question of distributing the surplus revenue among the States—a measure of great importance both to this country and to the United States ; and considers it a result most fortunate for the character of the country and the prospects of the stockholders , as compelling them to depend solely upon themselves in order to redeem their character . The days on which the several elections took place

      were—November 1 st , Pennsylvania 2 G electors , Ohio 23 . November 4 tb , New Hampshire 6 , ( Connecticut 6 , Virginia 17 , North Carolina 11 , Georgia I ) , Maryland 8 , Kentucky 12 , Indiana 12 , Illinois !» , Missouri 7 , Michigan 5 , Arkansas 3 , Rhode Island 4 . ; November -tth and 5 th , Mississippi 6 . November 3 th , New York 36 , Louisiana 6 , Tennessee 13 . November 5 th and fitli . New Jersey 7 . November lltli , Massai-hussetts IV , Maine il , Alabama ' J . November 12 th , Vermont ti , Delaware S . December 1 st , South Carolina 2 , bv the legislature . Of these , news from the following States ha # already arrived to an extent sufficient to ascertain the result in eaeh . The figures denote the number of electoral votes to which they are respectively entitled : — Clay . Folk . Pennsylvania 0 ... 26 Ohio - » 3 ... O

      Connecticut i « ... C Rhode Island 4 ... 0 New Hampshire 0 ... ( i Maryland 8 . ! . . 0 Xfi > -Turk 0 ... 3 fi Virginia 0 ... 17 *^ cw Jcrsev t ... ( I

      18 85 STATES NOT ASCERTAINED , BTT CONCEDED . Maftsacliu .-x-ttn 12 ... 0 Vermont ti ... ( I Kentucky 12 ... ( I Maine 0 ... ! l South Carolina 0 ... ! l Alabama O ... » Illinois U ... 9 Missouri 0 ... 7 Arkansas 0 ... «

      7 * ... lol STAIES NOT ASiKRTAlNEB , NOB COM fcl » D . Delaware H North Carolina 11 Georgia 10 . Mi . s . sissipi , , (| Louisiana l > Tennessee IS 1 Juliana 12 Michigin & The total number of electoral votes is 27 < 5 ; and the number necessary to elect 13 S . If , therefore ,, the figures of the above table arc correct ( and we take it from the Whig New York journals ) , 1 'olk but requires to carry one State of not less than seven votes , and there are four such , and he is elected . James K . Polk was 49 years of age on tlie 2 d inst . We take the following from the . \\ u- York Herald of the 8 th inst . ¦ . —

      A Bat of Excitement is New Yobk . —Yesterday was one of the most extraordinary days ever seen in New Tf orh . All the principal streets exhibited a popular excitement , which had a character of anxiety more than anvtiling el » e , to a degree altogether unexampled .. In the morning the Whig papers came out \ cry boldly , and claimed the Slate of New York for Mr . ( Miy , thereby ( jiving him the Presidency . Side by side with these journals the ultra-democratic journal * also came nut , and claimed the State in the same way , by their invincible figuring for Mr . I ' olk . The respective renders of those journals sallied out in the morning—and a beautiful morning it whs —llit-sunshine bright ami warm , and the air balmy and inspiriting—; ind as liit- \ encountered ! --nli * itlu-r . Uit-rtcould be at once seen a difference of opinion—a discussion —a debate—a comparison of iote<—and all tliat variety of gesture and commotion which indicated unsettled

      minds in both parties after going tlimugh ttic discussion . What gave ed ^ c and interest to tlie speculations and discussion .-, of many on the all-iibsorbing topic of the dny , was the fact , that immense sums of money were pending on the result in the State of New York , and also on the general «{ ut .- -- > tioii . At a very low i-stimati- it may l > e reckoned that Several millions are pending in thi .- city on tlie result of local elections , and also of the general election ; and if we include in this estimate the probable amounts pending in the various cities and towns throughout the country , we should not be at all surprised if eight or ten millions were to change hands in n few days on tlie general result being ascertained . This is , perhaps , one of the weightiest ren-ons which can be assigned for the hit -nse anxiety which characterizes the present excitement —an excitement visible in the countenances of all ; an excitement differing altogether from that which precedes anelertion , when all is hope and buoyancy .

      In the streets the scenes were often indescribably amusing . Throughout tlie whole morning , at every corner , groups were collected , listening to two or three oracles debating tl > e probabilities of Clay or Polk carrying Oid State of Sew York . At one corner you would see a venerable gentleman with grey hairs , but a bright eye , leaning on his crutch , weighing the probabilities of the case , as if he were a judge of the Supreme Court , and deciding with the most consummate dignity in the world that it was highly probable that Mr . Clay would get the State , and again that it was very probable that Mr . Polk would get it ! In another corner some attache of a newspaper—some half-and-half editor would be arrested on his way and asked what liis opinion wks , and what was the character of the returns which he had in his pocket that morning .

      Throughout tbe day both parties continued to claim the State most manfully : but both admitted . that the vote was extremely close , aud that the probability was , that a few hundreds would determine it either way . In some quarters the Whigs were blazing away , in paroxysms of rage against the " natives , " for cheating them out . of a large majority in New Tork , after they had manfully and decently abandoned their own ticKet and gone for the " natives . " It appears that the Whigs had calculated on ax least from six to nine thousand majority i \\ this city , in consequence of the coalition with the " natives , " and they are now extremely furious in their abuse of their respectable allies , whom they accuse of being cheats , recreants , and rogues , for not voting—as they had given the Whigs reason to suppose—for Mr . Clay . On the other

      hand , others of the same party were equally loud and indignant in their denunciations of the abolitionists —• " the fcmatics "— "the egregious blockheads , " who were sticking by their own man instead of voting for Mr . Clay . All sorts of vengeance were indeed vowed by the Whigs against the abolitionists , because they had thrown-away their votes on such a man ns Birney , instead of electing such a glorious " feller" as Henry Clay . Throughout the afternoon it was generally agreed that the vote of the State of New York for Mr . Clay would depend on the abolition vote in the western counties : ; but whoever got the State , it was agreed that it would be byonly a thousand or two—thereby realizing the prediction we made a long time before the election , that whoever got the vote of New York would get the Presidency ; Up to a latehour in the afternoon the same doubt—the same

      discussion—the same anxiety—the same care-worn aspect —and the same immense number of groups were visible , particularly in Wall-street , in the business districts , in some parts of Broadway , at the hotels , and in many quarters throughout the whole city . About half-past five o ' clock in the afternoon the groups moved to the newspaper offices , filling every nook and cranny , and crowding up the streets and side-walks . The Herald office was the scene of grtat throngs , waiting for the arrival of the steameT from Albany with the decisive intelligence . About half-past sfoc our messengers arrived at the office with the intelligence . It was announced to the crowd that New York had gone for Polk and Dallas , and then such a shout rose up to heaven as we never before heard—gome cursing , some swearing—some hurrahing , as wild as the very fiends themselves .

      Altogether this has been a much more interesting and exciting election than even that which resulted in the triumph of General Harrison ; and the decision of the State of New York and the Presidency will relieve multitudes of a great deal of anxiety , a great deal of uneasiness , and a great deal more money than they can well spare . Rascally Doings of the New-Jobs Whigs . —A > the uses made of popular power at the recent con-

      $Hrftu!Tuvc

      $ hrftu ! tuvc

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 30, 1844, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct835/page/6/