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, » From the Ontario Repository Damages to Caual Contractors. The Argus and-Rorhestor Daily Advcitiser are annoyed because the Evouiug Juurn.d and tiie Address of the Whig members, have drawn .public attention to that feature in. the MADISON COUiNTY WHIG. \CAZENOVIA WEDNESDAY, JUNEi 'lT\ „ . . . , OCT* iMr.H. Williams, of Petcrboro, and A. stop -and tax poliGy of 1S42, \yhere,by the 1 Scott Sloan, Jr.,, of Be Ruyter, are authorized State is obliged to pay contractors for viol.i-1 to receive subscriptions rind money for the lions of contractual) amount th.it would have I Madison County \Yhjg.'?~. ' none, far, if :ipplied to that purpose-, to die | — . completion of the contracts themselves. And^j.^ Mn-iiyn f'nj. <J>1 KA .o Vflor they assert that the amount of thesi damages; * »V IHQ 1U1 t?l)dU Or 1 tell i they is unduly st.ued, botli by the Jourti;il and m the. Addi esj. Tho Journal speaks of them u- amounting lo a million of dollars, mid the Ad dress characterizes the poHrr nfjs^s, tis pledging the taxable propeity i.f the State, for the navinent of million of dolhus to contrai ^ - — ... » ~~ tors as a compensation for doing nothing. Now we do not understand cither the Journal or the Address as intending to state the pre eise amount to bjyjajd,_as ^ajnaggs,. locoa \tracFois for vToTaTroiis'of contract on tlic pari On and after -the first day of July next, under the ne w postage law, subscribers re siding within 30 miles of the place of \publi cation, wiTI regsive their newspapers; free of postage. Th^will enable our subsenbors, residing in any pert of this county, nn d in several towns of adjoining counties, to re ceive their papers- through the mails, entirely exempt from any charge for postage. - -In-osdcr-to inoUico^our -fTicndtr 'to• pure tho home manufacture, rather than the low of the State. 1 ho Legislature of 1343 open- j d shc£ts rintcd m the..cities, w.e pro ly violated the engagement-! of the St.ite with ' , 0 furn]sh the . whig,' the largest tfapcr contractors on the public worit*. thus giving in ^ counU ;.a\. one dollar a,td fifty cents a to them the pledge of the State.hat their dam , when - d striel j and literally,™ a K es should bep.ud. Iris well known that, „ ^„„— This is a n indispensable condition, ages should be p all these claims for damages are not yet liqui dated, tnaliy of them ace now peud ng, unad justed before the cuuul board. And the Leg- islalure has been pressed, und will continue to be pressed for years to come, with the claims of contrnctois under these violated en gagement;, of the State. \\ hen all these claims' shall bo settled, the l»<s to the State mayor may nut amount to ' millions ofddll.irs' that it will be enormous- every b idy knows, and* the form ' millions' was evidently used in the Address so to^represent. Prior lo Januury last, ihe canal board settled and allowed cl.iims of contractors foi damages to the amount or $36i ,000, (see Giunpii-ollci's Bcp. for lSij. p;igo 16.) In , the same report, page 10, the Comptroller! says, ' there aro now claims preferred of near ly a million of dollms.growing out of the refu sal nf the State, lo permit acrl.nn contractors to finish the jobs thev had underjak-en..' '1 In Comptroller confesses to damages and* claims exceeding a million of dollars, and ho nbjo admits, in Ins repoit, that contractors have furnished proof that they could have mado a , clear profit of over a million of dollars if thev had been allowed to complete their contracts I The^statements of tho Journal and \ddress' upon this subject of damages accord substan tially with thuse of the Comptroller. But there is another feature in this case. Those to whom damages to tho amount of $362 000 have been awurded, do not acquiesce in the justice of sui Ii awards, and ore urging their ] claims before the Legislature for relief, RS 1 well as for a general.I.iw giving them an ap- 1 peal to ilio Supreme Court from tlicaw.ird of' the caual bo.wu*. M.my of these spe< ijttl.iim-, i were allowed .it tins List session, and limo is .Lo disclose when .nid ,it what cost to the State I advance. and when not, precisely complied with, two dollars will be charged - . 0 • To Clubo who p.iy in advance, in otic pay- ment, td be sent to one post office, we will put ten copies for Sl '4,00; twenty copies for §2G,GD ; liftv copies for-§60,00; one hundred, copies for S100'. Those who find it most convenient to pay us in the production of their own labor, at any time during the year, will of course, be charged the usual price. We hope, however, that many will find it agreeable to them selves, as it certainly will be to us, to proceed on the ready cash principle. We hope our friends who arc now subscri- -bers to the 'Whig,' will bring these terms to the notice of those who take no county paper, and urge them to aid in extending the circulation of their local newspaper. \We shall endeavor to make the ' Whig' n wel come visitor to the families of our patrons! fcj^ We copy the following notice of Cass.us M. Clay's new paper, from the Albany Evening Journal. .As Mr. Clay lias disavowed any con nection with the fanatical liberty party, nil sin cere advocates of the abolition of slavery can but wish him \Godspeed\ in his glorious under taking :— . \ Tlic True American.\ The first number of this Paper, puhhshed at Lexington, Ry., by Cissies MS CJ-AV, is before us. It is a large, beautifully printed sheet, and is to be \ Devoted to-Universal Liberty ; Gra dual Emancipation in Kentucky; Literature; Agriculture; «*lie Elevation of Labor, Morally and Politically ; Commercial Intelligence, &c.*' These are noble aiuis, and there are few men be+terqualified- to-promote theon CASSICS M. CLXY is an cnhghtencrir-plidanthropic, fearless man. His heart glows with generous sympa thise, fn him the cause uf BJIIANCIPATIOR has n pure, high-sobled Champion'/^ But we tremble for his personal sajety. T/he advocate of the .Abolition of Slavery who utiftrffs his banner in a Slave State, incurs a fearful responsibility. Al ready, it will be seen, is violence threatened. ROBERT WICKI.IFFE, jn a Letter .of response to his nomination for Senator, says :•— A few months more, and the people arc assur- 1 that in LoBington an nhnlitinn.paper n in he CT7*The Morrisvillc Observer_n,<Jgises the farmers to \ hold avejj'-' their wool, until they can obtain better prices. There's consolation for the farmer who is in debt, and who.has depended on the sale of his wool to liquidate the demands against him ! Why don't the Observer request the loco-foco wool buyers lo pay the same prices as Inst year? Should they do so, they would only be fulfilling the promises made last fall. The Whigs nd- \ised the farmers to vote for \..Projection W1IK.1I would be more likelsyo, secure them a good price for (heir wool ; but many of them went for \ Jin idental Protection,\ and thev ihey are to be adjusted. - ' 1 j Arc rca;iiiii; the \first fruits of 'incideiitalism,' This que-tion of d..magcs for luuja.cjie^if, bv a reduction in the price of wool, of from ^hel .rom' 3 ' !S h ™ mmg , r b '- ,OI, - e|c ^''^'^'vo cents per pound, to Hie blate olhcers and those most activo in ; ~ * 1 started, when the cause of abolitionism wdl be openly advocated ; and if the people bear that, then the slaveholders may expect every leading wing organ in the State, to- openly demand ifre Emancipation of their slaves. * - A writer in the Lexington Observer and Re porter, who signs himself' Junius,\ avows him self in favor of a resort to \ outbreaks,\ rather than tolerate the discussion of the question of Emancipation. The follo'wing is an extract from the communication of \Junius\-:— It is \ n part of jhe unwritten common law of the country,\ that respect shall be paid to public opiuioo,-and, although we are opposed to seeing us decrees enforced by n riots, mobs, and rowdy disturbances of public meetings,\ t« would rather that the peace and order of society should be in terrupted by such cntbrtaks, than that its estah- Ljulimt-^n^.auftnnieuwt nv »<1nn .of il.Snl a.n .1 art. lug should be treated with contemptuous indig nity by every fanatic or fool who may fancy he has been specially sent to reform mankind, by summarily eradicating oil that is ancient in ha bit and custom, and subverting all that is vener able To these and other threats, the editor of\ The 1 rue American\ hurls back a scathing defiance —a defiance which, we earnestly hope, may check those who threaten to restrain the Liber ty of the P-css • Since the proposition to publish this paper -was. jTUidc. events have Transpired which sink our or itur.! fl'sgn, important as we deemed it, in uttgjc m<i;:uificanee, compared with the great pr'inci- pk s winch arc now at issue. The question is now no longer, whether 8.x htiiiilreil thousand Kenturkinns eiiall postpone their true prosperity to the real, or supposed ili cit? by his nif'imy, may wcIJ aspire to become a cut-throat, if number* should ensure him his wonted impunity in the perpetration of crime. I should rather juJgc \ Jl fyiiig,\ from his hesitat ing tone,, to be a taraeund harmless villian, -and we can hardly waste indignation enough, to re peat, ' - \ T]>o!i cream faced loon, _ « What solicit Oiou that goose look '» Of nil men hvmgi Robert JVickliffe should bo the last to speak of popular vengeunce. He, siamlsrn living, but-ungrateful monument of the Ibrhearinir mercy of the' people. Thi victims of incendiary publipaiions have not y<^ Imbrued their bands in the blood ofthis man, \who for years has not scrupled in aggrandize his political pow er bv the most dangerous insinuations against the hves<ind property of the community. The armies of men, women 'and children whom he has robbed by the dishonest jugglery of the law ; men who have SSf U the beds stripped from sick and helpless women—bread from the mouths of crying infancy—the plough-share run sacrilegi ously over the buried nshea of their fathors,. ninth- ers, brothers, sisters and children, by lhisine ,\ : J orahle tieliHoTttle'/ftierliuvmiut tuuni uuui m in their great a'id \remediless woe-, and-thrown Ins torn limbs to the dogs; and yet he stands, at the age of sav-enty, advocating violence. Let this old manbeware! Docs he want anotherCi- mily piclurespread out upon those walls, built up by the tears andJilnodof the poor and oppressed, whose cries for redress q\nd vengeance, he con fesses, shakes, him in his guilty home ? ' Here ! rn.idst the settled gloom which rests up- removal of Van Ness—and hence what will yet t;ake place,, the removal of Morris, Moore and ultimately, of Cornelius W. Law rence. • ITEMS, . O* Wb Jiave been authorised too/Tor a re ward of ten dollars to nny^ersqti who. shall give such information as Vvill lead to the con. vigtion of the pcrson-o> persons engaged in picking or breaking the^ock on the sail boat; on the lake. * John P.'EUlo, it will be recollected, abandoned lh\e*Democratic phalanx in Congress on Ihe voto for annexation. .For this dereliction of p.ulllic duty, lie was forthwith discorded by the unndr- ! chnsablo and patriotic Democracy of the Granite tState, and thn Hon- John- Wnnilhury tnken up in his plaqo.— rfrgusJ Thus talks tho State. Paper in nn article relative to tho movemonl9 of the New\ Hampshire \Do- When wo call To mind the course of tho 'Argus | about the timo of tho publication of Mr. Van Bu- fe3)'s anti-annexation latter, wS think the aboro is about tho coolest specimen of impuJcnce we ever met wilh— Mlb. Citizeiu DOX'T SWEAR !—Tho'wool growers who vo ted for Polk should try to keep cool: Wo lienrip)these ono yesterday swear terribly because he only ro oiigluaihi',' the policy ol 1842. '1'lieTc is nn .i/iparent engernesi to cover up everything , . , n . • ., . r T rel,ti..g Co the cost of that policy; and to Itcep , tlon - ilC ^ \' C '\ 1 ,nna \' ,n the m0M,h of June . from view it, it>j<irious. cflVcts upon the inter- 'S3^, a Report was presented against the or- rsts of the Suie. l\ur these icasoiis elfirt.s' gnnization of a/political abolition party, which teresis ol some tnirty-one thousand slave'hohlers, but whether they are prepared to yield up, nlj- gnl'itcly, all their liberties, and submit themselves willing slaves to a despotic and irresponsible mi iiuriiy. The slave ptiriy hnve iitidcrtakL 'n irt say, not that they claim the Constitution as the title- deed lo their slaves, which no man can cancel until-the very ft ))»ntlatiort?ef-the-Government- forcibly overihrqwn, or peaceably ch'anjrcd bv le- gal means, through the omnipotent will of the majonH—but themselves trampling unJer foot all the vital principles of that Ccnilituiion— thc>- set at deOsncc t's spe C ;-; ^junctions, by an nn- \U'ua -oi and revolutionary power—violjting natural right, Divine Revelation, and 'the con- si ienCe or the Civilized world. The representatives of (In? faction, u Junius;' in the Observer 5c Reporter, and \ . J Whig\ and'Ilebert U'iekhjjSf, in the KentuckjiGazeiie, whose li ttrrs we publish to-day. have more or less taken the ground thai the subject of slavery shall not be discussed, and that violence shall suppress our press. Here, upon this issue, then wo take our stand, and ate.ru» J y to\*^try conclusions\ with these •gentlemen, before a gallant people, in- the face of the world. We most frankly admit that we are 'lot one\ I n°t so Quixotic as to seekji fight with a imjb ; UitF.cKEKniDGE, returning after a king exijc of pniient wron^ and unresisting persecution, .and whJT-onc fell blow, crushing into the lowest ileptiis oi iniarny, Th? nian wtihm Hie sincere fol- luwer of the long, suffering Martyr of Judea could no longer look upon and live unavenged. Here is H Exit Y CLAT, of-Ashland, his friend in thcdavsaPhis deepest woe, who saved the only one of his race worthy of sudh a champion from a felon's death—the bipod flows from a thousand wounds inflicted by the tooth of cruel and re mifrselcss slander, foremost among the blood hounds who thrust their insatiate muzzles into his very life's blood, js Robert Wickhfle, H^re isn great-and-gaitant and confiding par ty, who have stood by him in good and cvU re port, through a-long iife, conferring'upon him its repealed, though undcs'rryed honors, nt last, in 1 844, in the day of its greatest trial, he basely deserts and goes off. he auJ «° »he enemy ; anr) yci tic, with a face of more than metal, dares insult a virtuous community by talking ofdoubli dealing in politicians ' Here is a yoiinjr- and lovely girl raped by a ruffian negro. When her imploring nniHtwim- ing eyes were upturned lo him as one of the propounders of the law, asking venseance for the violated purity of a virgin soul, he dared to strike a yet more deadly blow, by insinuating that this humble daughter of the people was a com mon prostitute. How can he talk of a mob, at ihjs^ late day, without trembling at the remem- beronce of the popular indignation whioh had then well nigh executed on him the vengeance which his crimes so richly deserve When n citizen of Fayette was poisoned by that degraded population which Tie would make perpetual among us, who rnvcrllv and insidiojis- Iv pnicyrcd her pardon of the Executive of the State ?, And yet he ventures to impute to oth ers thcTncouragcmcntjif rape and p-uson ! Old ter, the nvcnjrcr—remember Russell 's cave—and if you still thrist fin- bloodshed and violence, the same blade'that repelled the assaults of assa 'isin- ceivvd <£4U lor Ihe same <ju3Mlty'oT \Vo6l 1)6 last j-enr sold for $60: If be (tad known this before I election Jie would have voted differently ! This fmoyboibut-wo-counsel-him-noU (O.»RWOHP. Lot-| him grin and bear it like a man.— Rochester Dcm. OnBGow.—The party that enme in wilh Cap tain Finch, slate that the whole track from 15 miles beyond-the Big Blue to tho State lino, was lined with emigrants to Oregon. In ihaHlislnnco Ihey met.ot least 500 wogefts ondtho usual propor tion of emigrants and cattle. This is the way to fortify our right to Orcjjon. Actual possession and occupancy by the right kind of men will bo tho best guarantee for our rights to that region.—St. Zout's Ne\o Era. Fon -WISCONSIN, no !—A dotachment of 100' Vermont farmers aro taking shipment to day for the bright plolns of WUconjin. They but follow thousands who have preceded them already this season. All.New England seems inclined toward the now territory.— Boston Com. Adv. June 13 DISASTER Ai»nToss-oT\\LiFE.—The whal ing ship Maria Theresa, Capt. Fisher, which sailed from New Bedford May 1, for tho Indion Oeeafv returned again on tho 9lh insl.Jiav\ her 1st ofitcer, n boot-sleerer nml three of hermcn washed overboard in a W. N. W-. gnlo-on tho 14lh in which the sbip was (brown on her Ifenm ends, last mizeh mast, main rail on both sid«s, bulwarks arid stanchions, all her boats but one, and sus lained other damages. Capt. Fisher and four of Ihe crew were also washed overboard at the samo time, but succeeded in regaining the ship. The following nre the names of the persons lost • Henry J. Tucker, boat-sleerer, of Cambridge; and Oli ver C. Roberts, of Grafton. N. II and William Goge, of Buffalo, N Y., soamcn.— Boston Posf. WHAT NEXT?— An ingenious musical com poser of this city has invented a machine, for which he is about to take out n patent, by which a chmpnser con discover, after ho bus played off an «nii«, once more iu self-defence, ix rrmly lu drink HnjLhtn OK Mn. CT-AY.—Thp Xouisville- Courier, *of t Ihe. 61th inst-. says—\Mr. Clay was sIigh11y i iitchsposed from Iho -effeclsof n bad cold, whim be arrived hero last week, will) tho intention of visiting'Sl. Louis. Exposure on tho river at, French Island bar, where lie was delninod sovorah days, increased his cold and indisposition so much,, -that he deemed H prudent to return, and to posl- pono his visit lo St. Louis for I lie present. Wo- aro happy'to learn, that altliuugh ant ontiroly ro- covorcd, hisjjgallhlms much improved; His gen eral health was never better, wo learn, than it bns, been for sovcral months past, and ho now looks and walks as iirro,.exccj, and vigorous, as he did,four teen years ago,' when he first saw him.\ They \way Hon: JOHN P. HALE is making (ho. fur fly among tho New Hampshire Loco-Focos-ls awful in Iho highest degree., The Concord Polriot of Saturday^lcvotoslho whole of itTTeocohoTinUi third pages to the annihilation of (bit gentleman. Tho worsl of it all la. ho does not scefn to-gta\v*artJ '' -< • » r» , _ •._,/* __, l r . nihilplcd.. Sovcnand ahalfcolumns,,uppnan.op- poncnt powcrlcs»a(Ttlioso pro siaveri/'dougHfaces iVqfess to regard Dr. Ilaje, is rather a. waste of. ammunition.— Boston Atlas. '_ 1 '' \ Tho words \foylfioPrinler^' it .'ujlsaid, enn bo arrango'd so as lo read (wo thousand''ways. There nro a'great many who fcoro not to. hayo the \hang of 'em\ after reading Ihera mora woy» than.thaU - jtj-' It ha9bcen.asccrluined Ihaf.tho w^olejura., her of houses destroyed by (ho late firo/inT'Que^cJB is iixlccti hundred and-thirly. Tl.iein'suranqejjoij, buildings amounted *tb g-JlJ 1 3'40; ( Tho^p- surance companios Jiayo mado arrangements .with original composition, ihni It U nil written for him on paper—notes, liars, rest, lime, expression and all, so thoV.any musician can play tho piece from tho machine-made MS. It is simple in construc- iid,uni be up tiuti, easily ultuclied lu u piaiiu, uu cheap.— N. Y. Mirror. . . RATHER Ono.— What would folksfifty veors. lese-fnert ^vho^mntfCSs-baseW^iijvo Jaljlf nskjllio Pittsburgh\ Age, Iraailityf frotii our purpose or avoiding, j reccired a London paper with an engraving of a | in Pittsburgh, befure the ruins had ceased smoking, yet such i9 the case now We received a paper of the kind on the 4ih, and lit o scgar among the ruins on the same morning A Loco Foco paper observes, \our friends ih TOXOJ ore actively engaged in the cause,\ (an nexation.) Tho editor ought to have 9 informed his readers whether tho \fntnds\ spoken of, are die. banks to mcolall.clmins against Itiqm lor .lpsspi. Any kind ofhrush, such Vis pino brspruoe boughs, or other, sorts of fine limbs that will! lie somewhat compact, if laid upon rpcj ^jwhijo being blowed to pieces by powder, willj£<HiipIqtcJy.'pre.-° vent fragments from flying, strthot you may blast rocks in tho vicinity of buildings,, or even under buildings, with perfect safely. • ' A.voTiiErt roor ITACE is to he-rup, on the Bea-. coo Course, on the last doy of this month.. Sev eral competitors, ampng whom ore some f/o'm, the other side of the ocean, and Major Stan Bard, the veteran pedestrian, and the vvonderful Gil- derslceve, of our cily,. arc already in Training, and .the proprietor of the Course is 'piKting'his place in good repair for the occasiun.—JV\. F. Express. The cily dcbl of Philadelphia is §2,475,- 200, exc lusive of 400.000 belonging lo the Sinking Fund. A reduction of g200,O00 will be made in January next. ff>> Six\hundrcd Immigrants''arrived at Boston, n Sunday, tho Sth inst. ijxThe Charleston Courier stales that orders have boon received to put the forlsin that harbor in a compUlc state of defence at once. Some Ion new Unitarian churches have been built or commenced in Boston and neighbor hood, the last year. (Jc3»Tho U. S. Journal understands thai, the. Secretary of the Navy Deportment ha? determined to discontinuous far as possible tinder existing laws, the infliction ofcorpural punishment for pct-> ty offences in the Nary. Great Britain has forty vessels of war upon, the cost of Afrira, corrying 500 guns, and upoa the coasl of Brazil, tu>eloe t carrying 250. — A Dirr.ujiAiiM IA Uiuiiiiw Thr Me.\icj|i -<— rubbers between Vera Cruz and Mexico, took 'roni Mr Elliott, the British Minister, every or- tide of property and dries, except his undergar- • --Jt- --- > • • • • - • wic/if nml'n-iu'g/it tap ! —A gentle hint ID retire. Tho Charleston Intelligencer, a Methodist paper issued at Georgetown, Ivy. decjdjedly np. poses a division of the Melhoilisl Church on ac count of slavery. The Editor, in antwer lo a cor respondent, says • ' We even yet indulge a faint hope Hint the; Ken- lucky Conference ivill veto the action of the ma jority of her delegates, in the organization of a separate ecclesiastical jurisdiction; and if ihe' confirm that action, and attempt lo transfer the membership of (ho Methodist Episcopal Church into the Church South, we know some who frill not go ; who can neither b\B irdby p? isOailoTi trar coerced by threats and persecution, out of llie mo ther Church; and wo believe there, are thousands fin whose veins'not a drop of Abolition blood pul sates) who will remain,precisely .w hero they- Jnow are, end in all. probability Providence.wid Inko- carc ol them as sheep in tho wilderness, and if they cannot form a large Conference,* 'Ihey may a small one, and follow (ho leadings of Hiot 'Provi dence, if it should bo ton martyr's stoke.' RUSH POK OREGON.—Several hundred-per sons arc here anxious lo engage in the expedition that is about to be undorloken by Capt' Fremont beyond the mountains. They display on.iotenio anxiety (o engage in thai service. To-avoid pri vate interviews with such a crowd of applicants, Capt Fremont gave notice lliathe would.nn yester day morning, at 10o 'clock, at thoPbnters'Wnre- hnuse, explain publicly the objects and purposes of his expedition, the nature of the service, and the terms and conditions with which' they mast com ply who deiiro to engage with them. At the time and place appointed ho attended and mado »ri at tempt lo explain himself, but- so greet wa ».ihe crowd of applicants and so pressing and ureqnt \ ' Hhe rnopiiETu. —At an Ann Slavcrv Convcn- are made to conceal from the people the Hue Mtuaiion of these claims In lS4 -isome in formation was wrung from the canal board, by resolution, as, to the allnwnnrcs to contractoi's we find in tho \Philanthropist.\ We quote a few paragraphs, which, to our mind, borders nn the prophftic, in regard to the leaders of for damages. t?...ce that time no definite ', the mt^allc<| Liberty party .— leprescnt.iti 'ins on ihe subject have been j \ {Shall we organize ourselves into a polili nude by the S'ate offit ers, and the canal board,, col party?, No considerations of. policy or during the recent <>c»sion, found it convemoiii, erprdtoic ' to omit giving any inlnim .mon on the subject, although required to dosa, by a resohrtidii pi the Assembly. This whole matter being one to which public attention is 'directing itaclf, it is hoped-the Argus and A-dvcrtiscr will con tinue lo advert to it\ Tit is dottined to form an interesting chapter in the history of the frauds and profligacy'BY lucofucoisuij and a fruitful., source of expbniTrure und taxation to Un people of ihis Sla'.e. MORALS QK VICKSCI RGII.—The Vicks ~ vVioti of prdioicy, shoujd for one moment, bias the abolitionists towards its adoption. It should be rejected at onco and forever, as ihejjerver- sion of all moral principle and the'dpstruclion- of 'all that is pure and excellent in our glorious enterprise. The only result we could ration ally anticipate would bo, that brofcen--d<>*<>\> disappointed poltticio*™' un(1 cast-off dema g «g».r.i throughout the ' butgh Constitutionalist makes confe u strange regardtessness for human life in ili.it* uive inui- bo tra-nsformed into the most boisterous advo cates nf liberty. The hopes of obtaining po litical distinction bj this new and untried ex periment, would bring; to, pur ranks men, whose soulless rant for freedom would be the most biting sarcasm upon our principles, as it is now upon the canting professTarrs -rjtThP boasted deinocrary bf this guilty nation. Our noble eutcrprrsc would be advocated on mere part v grounds ; the falsehood, violence, and v. cophrtr.ry of party, would be substituted for rtason, truth and Chrislzanily. The con fidence of the people in the honesty of our professions would bo jusllj annihilated at a blow rand the virtuous and disinterested ol city of tioloncc and bluudshed. '*\Yi: (says lb.it p->pei j b.id several tnaU for der in the Circuit (Jourt now in session, and no perfectly ii -differcnt are .i lagre m-j >rity of us to the i-'ue that it i» really difficult to learn the vtrdirt of thf» Jiiry by enquiring ol tiny one outside of ihe Court room 1 Several - days often elap»e beloro we hear ID the street whetTler a h u man be nig lias been < oiiclpiTinpd \ to death, or acqui.ted, no his .rial ^ >>'^ ! otir f rict1 d s would shrink from us a s from a rume of innrder' Bodies are lound de.-jel , ^ slllcnc0 . Thu3 wouU vanish i hc round about and umong us, <ome prulkbJy- \ ^ rational cfTort at emancipation, in the murdered, sone s,,,, and th; Coroner f • ,, polsoncd vapors 0 f political effer and IIIN jury may li jld their inquest in peace 1 without hall a doze,, others heariutr of the »•«• j \\ho^vorst passions of the slaveholder ful facts' 1 hev are subjects so common as, , d b ^ tQ lernble act , v| b ^ jarely to excite the leust curiosity. A dead ; ,. ; mratlms whwh , nere pan.sa'ns % J 0 uld body in the river attracts hard v as much ai-• , ... . , „ „r ,i,„ „..„»,.„„ .tenUon a, a captured r,.(M. struggling lor lib n ' i,, l? t ' and llc , a ^ ™ °f r J« ? U n C r SU r ° n n erty ! We will cro^s the river in multitudes »»? ht ^ c 10 bo ma \\ ° f S t cr,0US ConCcr0 to witness a dutl, about ibe^ feelings lr - c ! t [, .' ,ho Pf acc of /he countrj. and curtosity tb.,, we intend a circus pr a < Abolitionists ought not, there ore, to desire, 'monkey show.' We d.e or are killed, buried I \ a \ instnimcn of emancipation, a power ...d forgotten m u fe>v boors; too mnnv of w hich tempts to the uttermost the worst pro the living never thinking of the dead or dcith •.iftur Mr. Yunzde (ilierjravo digser, we sup pose) has performed Ins last <-ud duties ' RtojtT ABOUT I-AOE'.— Mr. Delevan, who has devpted money and talent for the promo tion of Temperdin-e, and who has dono a- much as any ono individual in America in , ~f giving dignity and impnilaiuo to this noble j they are of.\ fiiterp/i^e, wis, jn his youth, one of a i lub of i S o far as our knowledge extends, the. a- pensities of a corrupted nature. And, what as conclusive on tins subject, is\ that emanci pation must be effected by the blessing of God on human effort ; an d He- ha s never worked any great and glorious reform by the instru mentality of potentates and nobles. Aboli tionists who aspire to political power as a n instrument o reform, \know not what spirit bove is a truthful description of the leaders of the Liberty .pjuty. They aro men who we knnw that we can Tie overpowered by nunv bers; yct.from the defence of our own rights, we are not to-iic dcirrrrd by gagnc threats or real dangers coming from any man nrscl of men. As we should deem ourselves a base citizen of a commonwealth, if we were no: prepared at all times, ifncccssary, to fall io the defence of our cnontry against a lorcign foe. so, wc shall ever fearlessly meet the treasonable and revolutionary enemies of Constitutional liberty at home. Thonirh under the ban of popular prospr-ption, baited by the wnlc-sprcnd tongue of frlander.aiid the rilenilrss deiiuncialmns of.lien in power, t.el on bv bauds of hireling assassins, still undismay ed, phwitiui! ourvclvcs upon the firm liasis.-nf our birlhrigbt ('onslilutional liberty, and the worl wide |II inciplrs'uf truth and jnjtjge, we liui I. buck indignant defiance against these cowardly nut- laws. Wc can die, but cannot be enslaved. The Cunslilulion of the TTmfe .l Ki.nt,.^ ArtuJw 1st. a. says; \ Congress shall make no law * \ * nbridjrirg the freedom of speech or of the press ' —Article 10th, Section 7th, of the Kentucky Constitution, declares, that \ The free rommuri- lon of thoughts and opinions is one of i!,e inval uable rights of man, and. every citizen n ay frcc- frcjjly spc.ik, write, or print on any subj rt, being responsible for the abuse of that hhertv ' Nmv every tryo in the lowest attorney's olhc knows that this responsibility is fur libel or tnasoiiable mailer, (if after the definition of tre.iMi.i ui the Constitution of the United Stales, any th n\ Irssj than \ levying ivar,\ &c. could be'ronsidcred punishable, and to a \jury nf our peers\ as James Krttfhns net vHierc demet), and not tn n \mob as Junius would have it. For, if this man, grossly ignorant as be is of the great prin- ciplRs of common la w and natural richt, had of the Mood of the hireling horde ofsycophnnts and outlaws of the assassin-sire/ of assassins. ncss has turned us if possible, all personal controversies, to the great mass of slaveholders*, whom they, I know, uo CO', fairiy represent. I beg them to rememher, that the Constitution is the 6ole basis of slave tenure, as wcll-ns landed estate ; they who have every thins to lose, and nothing tn tfain by re volution, in my bumble judgment, should be the la,sl lo avow ihe doctrine, \ Satire qui pcut,\ an.l cut l.i.ise from all .Constitutional mooringa. I lhosc who „] cft ,| lcir counlry f or iheir counlry'r We are not annrchists or n*jrarinns; wc claim tn be conservatives of the lujjhesl order ; nnd for this reason and no oihcr reason,-than because We are such, we intend, if our bumble life is spared, to look into the very bottom ofthis thing of slavery, and see whether it he a safe founda tion of prosperity to us and rair children 1 ; or not We come not to hrinir war, but peace—to Rave not to deslrov. We hnve no interests separate frnm-IJmsg nf the rrrc-nt mass nf OUT fellow c.iti. zens.—We intend to share their danffers, or re- puce in their rescue ; but in jjond anil evil re port, wc arc enforced to abide the same destiny. We feel deeply ihe responsibility of our no3t ; it strips u s ol'nil personal ambition nnd private ends; we ask, therefore, ihc just nnd patient (or hearaiiee of our countrymen Far he It front us lo wound, unnecessarily. Their sensibilities, or In wantonly run counter to iheir rooted prejudices: hut we are constrained to speak boldly and hon est I v, lookinr/ neither (o Ihe ri-jht or to the left m nor search af'er truth : ndvnralintr our cause a s if ii\t Kentucky only hut all mankind were our pi'ltr,.. nnd posterity the jury of our award. If nn fad m our purpose, our friends shall not blush for us. nor our enemies lisrlitfy Irinmph fifty «h> were in thcj.abit -of mcetio? nt a room in a public house, lo enjoy themselves in'the flow ofsouV It was not long liowevor . _ - - .. -,( before Mf. Delev.m wasted to serious rellcc/havc cither _•• fattened atttaTnTWriaib Hfl^ oinauj>aivth<^Hy4rtr *TiTmTrero^ thev became so \puffed up\ with self,. lflC cause „f ihe Constitution and lab * r |y; nil on a ceilain evening, »htle on his way to \ , hat , h ' c party vv „h which thev were connect- j they inthe cause of Slavery, ID rebelhon a r ai the club, hrsudJenly stopped and exdairoed | d y ' ff or mcn „. ho have ridden ' aloud; Rir.nr ABOL r FACE' And b<; did lu 1 ' . . i i right about face, and, said he io the gentloman! every hobb\ that has been Parted, in hopes to whom he related the circumstances, the' to ride into popular favor. That first block of liuiidtngs I e\cr erei ted in AI-! looked at the very next section [8] nf the Ken tucky Constitution, he might have saved himself from the ridicule and contempt, if not from the indignation of men. If, then, Junius shall, (yngTc-handcd, fiH -upon us when alone; and take our life and suppress our public.-) lions, he will be guilty of murder If Jie shall come with numbers to back him, he will 1 most probably\ find us, too, sustained''-by tome Kenlurkians \who yet dare to be free;—the con- test in that event may aspire to the dignity of a civil war, in which we shall be found fighting in bany was eroded^ on the corner directly in front of where I formed tiiat ri -s da 1 1 <. What a mble resolve ' and h i* ir>!A h-I' ll been rewarded ' What i. ;h\ In o ) <,( h > Tame driinlcids, and m-M t' i 1 drunkard's dcatii 1 iVhit a ie*. youn^ man about lo i -u.er scenes ol biisine '-s iile ' n) f, , n .| i ies, ,*) f .,r i,,. upon -hp n<-ii\f , . . 'reaspn, .truth and thrisliamty,\ has been discarded by these \ loud-moutlicd brawlers,\ is evi : <!' nr frr..-n th'ir-sp P p r l KS> 31>( j tnc coursc 0 f tK i- j' jrn.i!- both In such a content, I shall nstjear Ihe re sult :— \ Th»t point a to trtKr y which tnalits Ihe oppreiMd man •* Jlf ^ardteii of bii dwij lifr maliet htn> loo \ Lord of hi, opprcwoit'*.-'*! fftl ^ Still wc arc not men Of blood, and lr)show the pnrrfrirrhat we are economical in that precious j lluid, if nntlhng but a fibril will satisfy this ram- Wliib tiiey have \ brought jipnl kmzht nf the scalpel, we propose that be -\ n\.-nn<=t others thrvhave' s'>j>erccdes this projected civil war by the less PnAlSBWOIlTIIY hlBDHALITV -T » m ^ bets of the bur .in the city hi« r ^t ,<».J b v w ,i, scnplion nearly one thousand .loll^rs, '.„ r f, c re vS . wiao, V \n' 1 family of the hn R«, rs S Wilson, woose suicide hi Iho Park, a few week\ since, caused so much excitement They were • \rlt in a most desthulo condition. I, , 9 now happily allevialfd by ihis ^Tio 'l i .>*\ii . j„ ..r n craijLjc^^. y. Qurier, 1 i aiii ~'nidi rous epithets and thali- |i '.i-'. itions But their \sun is set- no.I th< ir [I'JWI r to do evil is depart- have extended the \area of Th-. heroic, hut more harmless mode of the duel. If i be slay u«, The press shall stop; if wc slay him, then never shalldoctor's lancet draw blood more. Here, I must ronfrss, I mnke but. blll'e shew of cournjrc, for \ fall in with the opinion which gen erally prevails among my own gallant country- shi\or , \ and the virtuous and disinterest- men, that mob-leaders are inevitable cowards., e<l f„.;,„l. t.e emancipation shrink fromthc«mf \ e ,?\' ne •'^• nw g nB l n .\ n ' l l . v cvcr . f^'\\ ' I g' tber, and a man of large chivalrir soul sfcorns as f ro;.i a l.ioj.i! pestilence. tn take odds njrnins: a sinzle foe. \ ,Vc tutor -r. , i ultra rrrjitdam \ Let Jiimns stick lo bin IIPIUB : 1 '.I -'if 'ern riundred Dollars have been appro I tt.rre is more death in his mortar than in his- l<nai>il lit tin-( ity of Ptnladrlj.hia, fur the etlft !»«'\\' ; none but i/nrr«T'/i'nsr victims mark his .^^ft. „t ^ 'ipi'iun.hiii'j -t'h of Jniy '* '\p'ow.• '•. A man on'la-.\cd I'toni tl In -.uciat ' ir- Wlii n our mission on eirth sliall liavc-emleil. il shill be «anl of 11°. if wc attained not the high mnik of our fomllv rheri^hed aspirations, we darptl mueb tn our bumble wav, for tlie vindtco- linn iiftlic hbernes of inrn ; if wo. bv the stern and inexorable decree of fate, fell ifcort of Ihe establishment of ilie right, we never, knoivingly, dc (i nd.-d ihe wrone; !\In. POLK'S SORROWS.—The following ex tract is from a Loco-Foco Icttpr in the N. Y. Ilcrnld • It is now said that, like Faust, there is a political Mephistophiles, who claims tho po litical soul of Col. Polk, undera terrible bond, from which the unhappy victim cannot es cape ; and that the President of the United States is a subject of the most dreadful oli garchy ever known, except, porhaps.lhnt of the Council of Ten. \ It rnay not be known, but such is the fact, that Col. Polk was, before the assembling of the Baltimore Convention, an aspirant for the Vice Prcsidbncy. Himself and frietrds, during last winter, regarding it to b e settled that Mr. Van Buren would receive- the nomi nal ion, opened a correspondence with tho re-j nowned sorcerer of Lindcnwald, nnd his] friend- the modern Cato. In this corrcspond- uiice, it ih -Muti'd that rhc President coiifci- ded with Mr. Van Buren in his views on the Texas question, and promised large favors t; the clique now centred at Albany. In ordi also, to make sure of the nomination, C* \ \ pared a letter, it is asserted, against thcanneXatian of Texas, and, in company with Cave Johnson, went to the office of the Nash ville Union and asked Harris to insert n\— This, when he was acquainted with its con tents, Harris refused to do. In tho mean while, olhcr counsels prevnilcd, & Mr. Polk 's opinions underwent a radical change. But it is furthermore said, that a copy of this let ter, properlj authenticated, is in the possession of the modem C.ito, together with the other letters from Mr Polk, on various subjects. \The magi, which controls the President, then, lf'lhij be »!ie* fuel, is the dread of ex posure , and by this wand, held interrorcum, lias Mr. Polk been moved of Info. The magician must have his bond-Mlic soul, and tllr- political soul, of a President is his pre- n>\-it.i\r i>f apfiomtrm nt. llrnrc the si Icet-. i \h \t C.a.kt i, 1'.id'...lid llolftiian —hente the 1 good\ during the administration of Van Buren, and emigrateddo thai land of promise CO- The village of Ithaca- hat ago/m. been Ihe scenu of a destructive fire, the work of an incendi ary. It took place early on Tuesday the lOlhinst. and extended-over-nearly-nil the square bordered bv Cayuga, Oswego, Geneva and Green-sis.— Twelve buildings burned, bosides barns and other outbuilding; in Ihc centre of Ihe square. Loss nbTJtlt ^2^0=irnrared-a-bT)ut-SoVrS0iit1lrirN-. Y. Oonlributionshi|>, Etna, Hartford and Saratoga Companies. Damages in tho removal and loss of furniture not included. Three persons have been arrested nnd nre in jail. The Trustees offer §500 reward for the discovery of Ihe incendiaries. A lirerious ntlempl to fire the village had been made that night. \WARS Arcn RUMORS OK WAR.\—Wc learn that tho hearer of despatches lo our Govern ment from Alcxico, who jiasscd through (his cily on Sunday morning, expressed the opinion, that, in (en days wc would hear of n declaration of war by Mexico. Wc hardly believe it, (hough, if it must come t we presume the United Stales aro ready for any emergency.— Richmond fnq \0th. (@>The Floridian ssya that David Lew, who has just be^n elected to .Congress from •'Florida, will be chosen by the Legislature as one of Ihc now Senators in Consrross r and thus give placeto some one else in the Houso. (Jt^pTbo Dayton (Ohio) Journal soys (here is* rumor that Mr. Jnmes Staghl of that place, has been arrested ond* imprisoned in Madisonvillc, Ky. on a charge of attempting (o entice negroes away from their masters. Governor Wright has offered a reward of £1000 for (he apprehension and conviction of four men who, on Ihc 23J of May losl, mado an attempt ution the life of deputy fhenfT'Sedwirk ond coiJila- blcTrover* in (ho (own of Toghkanic. ,*K3\Tho books for subscription to the slock of a. Qiwegn nnd Syracuse 4lnilron (l -^roMo--be-)-tb'e -^vorTtlr opencd by tho Commissioners on tho 24lh July next, oltbo villages of Oswego, Fulton; Bnldwins- villc, Syracuso, and other places not yet made known. (JOTbcCounsel of-GoptrFlowory of Ihe Spit fire have moved for a new trial in his case on ac count of certain alleged informallics in tho former trial. _. THE FIRST Guw.—The first gun, it is said, which was discharged at the British during our revolutionary war, is in possession of Mr. John Rutlick, of Massachusetts. It was used by his grandfather, who commanded the minute men as- scmbled lo oppose Ihn British army which marched out of Boston on the 12th April, 1775, for tho pur pose of destroy ing Ihc stores at Lexington and- Con cord. WAGES IX Tim IRON WORKS.—Ills stated in tho Pittsburgh Gazetto that in a day of eight' hours a pudler mokes £2,50; n boiler, in seven' hours, S3;5C. When they work more hours they make mofe money. .Some of these men Imve saved sovcral thousand dollars and bava now turned\ out for higher wages. — TlO~ Jonsttfon E. Fletcher, of lown, has been appointed Sub-Agent for tho Winnchagocs nnd Sioux of Wabisha's band, in place ot James Wc- Grcgor, Jr. removed. (7r§>Tho Indiana Republican announces Ihc dentil nf the Hun. Jnmes McKennnn, one of Ihe associate Judges of Indiana He died nl Ins resi dence, of consumption, in the 12d year ofthis age. (t&ThB Loco Focos are taking timo by the •forelock in Texas *ffnil summoning tho people to assemble for the organizationofn Loco-Focopar ty. Tho par/yought to bo pretty strong there al ready. ' .fitC^Wiihin Iho last four years seven chinch cdt-. ficcs.of different denominations have been erected nnd oprned in Washington for public worilop, nnd lu'tr mure arc now in the coursc of completion wero their demand.) lo he engaged, ihatHheT- crowded on him and made so ranch nolle ana clamor in support of tboir respective claim*, pre=~ tensions ojul recnmmentlalinnn, Jh »t bo could fififc iher hear nor be heard, and gove up as a bad jot> Iho task of explaining hts views to t'L'oro verba)))*- He finally slated that ho would giro them (he de sired information through Ihe public papers,, and Iho crowd adjourned. This is the strongC-'l'luant- fcsiution of tho Oregon- fever that wo liovdjet witnessed. * '.Tho trxpeditioo is expected to slati from this placo during Ihe present week, and At leave Westport about the lGthnf the present-months St. Louis New Era, Jiine 3i • MAMMOTH CAVES.—Thero is a grcot dcafi said about the Mammoth Cave, and very prop«lyf for Iris ono of the most interesting curiosities of the-werrthr -The sunm geological structure which gnve origin lo that Cava has lik>wi«c caused, oth ers. Just at' the Cumberland Gop there is B'COA'G, which has never yel been fathomed or described. The land lord of the inn there jays he has gone in a mile nnd-a-half, and it is said others have gone Itinc miles! A stream of water passes Ibrouglhit, and runs out of the, mouth wilh a rajiiiLcurreriti -~Tho formatipn is sandstone, with bituminous, coal in 'large quantities'. Beyond that, on Iho, Clinch river, the rocks aro again limestone. . , To those who wish lo-(ravcl and study notnro, we can recommend (be region of country from the heod of Kentucky river to Ihe Tennessee, as ono. of tho most interesting and least known district* nt; America. -The geologist, the naturalist, and tho,. lover of beautiful scenery,—of mountain ascents and running streams,—will bo fully gratified.—, The resources of the country aro a.lso greater on*^- various. Our country is not yel half explored, cspecrolry- thal groat central region which is traversed by Iho - Allegheny and Cumberland mountains, wilh-their 5cvcr.il branches. There is a vast store-bouse, nt' unvisiled r.lirinatlipa in l|)i^*l rog^nn nflhiuynrlit—^- J ^Cincinnaft Chronicle. ART OP I LOATIKO.—Any human being whb will have Iho |>rcsence of mind lo-clasp the hands behind the back and turn Iho face towards Ihe ze-, nub, may floatat caso, and in perfect safety; ijt tolerably still water,—ay, and sleep tbere, no mot- •tcr - ' - -• - 1 - - - ou in —-r — r \ '—VJit tolerably still water—ay, nnd sleep tbere, tm^nifl ter lii>w long, ti not knowing how to swim* y< would escape drowning, when you find yourself ••» uccp water you have only to consider yourself an empty pitcher; let ynur month nmHinse—not tho top part of your heavy head!—bo the.highest part of you, and you are safe.; but thrust up one of your bony hands, and down you go—turning up lliot- hond lips over the pitcher. Hnying had tho IIODA jiincss lo prevent ono or (wo drownings by IW. simple, instruction, Jays an exchange, wo pubhsbi it'for Ihc benefit of all who cither love aquptie spoil, or dread them;
