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dush on Hable ang -7 . .....sam.. The a teasof esgeitemnent in rand-o a great I anti 4isto to i~ esa of cm Sand denestic and, of con- i r n evuontss it.- c Te sales oftbe public domain in odiam c din ae rgulaed by ISied laws, which -o deeer bmis in a demand aograest I ely in the do of the increase of popula dso In an to e statistics con- i wootd with this ,r it will be perem ved that, for a* of te years pneed- I i83 . the ara a amount of land sae.i 'no exceed- $ 2,00 0 * fur the increase wib took ipla I 18M3' and '6, we are to look to that pe-4 culiar conditio of the contry wbieb grew atm of the most extr aord Taseismeo in basinth and speclation that have ever 'ocrd in the bestory of commerce nod c1rre18y. it wa the fruit of a wild mpir I of adnte, egeodred by a vicious sys rm of credits, under the e pila of whih ch country is sti laboring, and which it is fondy hoped will not sooo recur. Con oidring he mvat ame nt of investments a b ivate individuals in the publie landsdung those three years, and whice = $&3,000,000.0 (equa to more tha yency p wrebase,) taking the ava gerof soles ofthe en preneedg yavis my to safey aeted tha the result of the land sales can hold out nothing to irm the maufacturer with the idea of nsrtq in the revenues, and cohseqet ly in the course of the Goverameng . U der what apr to me, theiefre tbe soudestconsederations of publi o ey, and in view of the interess o4 tvery branch of domestic Industry, I return you abe bil, wi thoan my objeions to its be '00 a law. 1 2o occasion emphatically to_ repa my anious desire to co-operae wito n -y in the pasing of a law whie , while t de assist in supplying the wants of the thessiv, and re-estabhsh public redit y ban rd to the manufaturinter estsever of the co uy all the inidental protection thyrequae. S alLthe ee t o what I do is sub stamially cali on Cogress to reconsider do sm t Ifi nof seb ra ---i-ation, a 'sLs of two-thirds of both Houses rbe io favor of the measure, it will beonoe a law, noutihstanding my ob jectios. to a case of elear and manifest re on oter of the President, the proe se&m 'l effCocstituio is, that sb _t es will be found. Should t be so= in this case.having conscitan l hdin a own duty, I s all ber - en te to the resent. JOIN TYLER. Wasiogton, August 9th, 164. propstukw of* MCerhsste NcAkmg WAsmausoz', Aug. 15. --t. Cafbtan pr ane a - friackao se cs , Flnia - b6admission of as it the Uaion. A. bilt.'a s eth4si i d e The billfor the atodithe~lr laws of 1830 and 1638, were several lj read a third time andl passed. O. moo by Mr. Raves, the Senate ent in.. Roetive Sees., teorseeive the report of the Comamittee em Forela Bela tie.s, oa the treaty lately negosated lord Ashbuutoo, piriated copies of w* were laid on their tables. The further ,oesleration of the subject was postponed ntil to-morrow, and the doors wore again Mr. Young called up the House resolm. - ~tie,5fo the adj' rameat of Congress on the 22d. Mr. Pretee moved to ay the resolution on the table, expresmin the hope that by Thursday they would heable to dispose of it. Mr. Wright was inkfvor of Suing the day at once. Mr. Bochannan would notcosent to 6u a daoAr sdjuurn ment until the House had full power to act on a revenue bilL. The questuou was taken on lavinag the resolution on the table and caruieJ in the adirmative-ae 23. (21 Whigp, 2 Democrats;) noes 12 (10 Demnocratc and '2 WVbigs.) SSeveral privaLabills were considered as in omitee f heWhole, adordered to athird reading. The bill for the relief of Charles F. Sibbakl was discussed at much length, bus before disposing of it the Beuate adjourned. Rouse ofI traotims.-Mr. Win. C. Johnson ask yeae to introduce a bill with a very long title, purporting to be a cure-all for the evils of the body politic, but it was objected so. Ho moved a sue pension of the rules to enable him to o~or a resolation foar the appointment of a select committee with instructons to rprt the bil. The motion was rejected al -s nanimousl . The H~onse went into Com mittee of teWhbole, and Mr. Arnold mo vod to take up the bill for the reduction of thopay of members of Congress, &c. This was negatived-ayes 56, noes 79. The bill to prvide further remedial jus tie in the 'ederal Courts (Mr. Berrien's bill) was taken up-ayes 79, noes 76, and after being debated at considerable length, enslaid aside to be reported. A bill res *etn professors of Mathemiatics in the v1ay, was also considered and laid aside to be reported. A motion was made so take up the bill respecting navy pensions, and the vote being taken tk he appeared 26, nos15; total 41 members out 2dB. Acall of the Hoase was moved and rejected-ayes 40, noes 77 ; still no querunm. Afler an hour spout in calling, yeas and ays, &cc., a quorum was an nounced, and the bill oseeto be taken tsp After considerable debate, without question, the Committee rose akd , adjorned.i Mr. Adams wi l make his report to saorrew emernag. Is has been in the Uesse all day, buthbe report of Mr. Gil-1 amer for the m'srt was met Anished. - I Mustrs. C. S. lugrmland Roosevelt, it Is 4 sMd, will each sbmit reporisom their n bek.T imtm e agn gea Wpspsaoiror Aug. 16. - semob-4hb making appropria lon r feepeunes of the Do- r rsment, adfor other purposes, com ponbcaled the omnibus bill, was w 7 p, questn being on oUcurring In he amendments made in Committee of be Whole. The consideration and du :usson of the numerous itemsoccupied al nes the entire sitting, but are altogether Ac i local interest. The bill having been V srdered to a third reading, the Senate P ok up the bill r the relief of Charles F. IN libbeld, which, after being amended was a' wdered to a third reading. The Senate tt ben udjourned. 'A House ofRepreseratWes.-Mr. Adams a, tonounced so the Chair that the Select a' ;omagueroa th0 Veto Message was pre pared to report, and said be desired to 8 vad the report himself. Considerable ' -b o was made to this coumse, but the g gendeman evinced his usual obinsey c and the opposition was withdrawn. With Cl portentos aspect, and solemn tone, as If 0 pening the seventh vial of his wrath, he a :osmenced the reading of the report, and d seeupied about three quarters of an hour q in its delivery. There was litde of novel- b y ni, being mostly the speeches ofBotts, P Arnold, and his own boiled down, and con- * sluding with the expression of belief shat a from the President's abuse of authority a case has occurred for the exercise of the 0 power conferred on the House of impeach ment, but from the situation of the coun- g try. and the circumstances by which they . were surrounded, it was unadvisable to II recommend it. The whole matter is there- o fore referred to the people. and in order di that the Veto power may be restrained. c they snhbnit a resolution that Congress re- 1 commend to the State Legislatures an a. ti medment to the 7th section of the frst m article, so as to enable a majority of the t whole number of the House of Congress, t instead of two thirds, to pass a bill when b returned with the President's objections. 0 Mr. Gilmner then presented a report by 51 way of a protest do bis own behalf against h ~h the report of the mauariy. He examined i1 at length and with much ability the pow- t4 er of the louse to institute such a Com- I mistee, and proved conclusively that they I bad exceeded their constitutional functions [a reference to the remedy proposed by the '' majority, besaid if the Executive Veto was destroyed, it would still exist in the Judi. 5' eary ; and if that was destroyed, it would a still exist in the people. P Mr. C. J. Ingersoll rollowed in a report r on behalf of himself and Mr. Roosevelt, t in % hich powerful argument, effective sar- C eas and brilliancy of thought and ex- I presmon were most happily blended, and I all parties joined in the merriment exi ted by the fidelity with whic he was ac- I quitting himself of his former obligations 1 to the venerable agitator. The three r wih the Tariff bill, t and the Veto were ordered to be r printed, and the whole subject postponed t until to-muurow. * Mr. Wirse oved that the House proceed seeanssider the Tarif bill now on he 8 able, which bad been returned with d l Prthesergnsions, an. the yea s and nay eslat it was adcided bin the Pesid s aeo em a. By dthe it of the rt M ill ahe condegibe a hat Drahon is to was copete1 ade the i :bshe~rebgnesaunof sh regmynth Ri emen; the number of privates in each el Company is reduced to d; the number of military storekeepers is to be reduced on sad after she ls October next so 10. bus h hose dismissed to receive three maonths ' ixtra pay. Mr. W. Cost Johnson again endeavored tI ose in his -relief bill," and the yeas and o says being granted him at his earnest so- 5' liestaion, the voste was-Ages S. Noes 106;. a lMr. Barnard ofl-red a Resolution so limit n' ebate on Mr. Berrien's habeas corpus bill I l two bourn after is shall have bieen taken. sp in Committee of te Whole, hut be. 51 orue she question was taken. a motion for a adjournment sas carried-Ayes 60, Noes a The Whigp met in caucus immediately a after she adjournment. The effort now n~ d' o induce the party so support Mr. Bar- ti ards bill imposing a duty of 20 per cens. ' ad valorem on impors. This will allow fr he Distribution 'bi to go into efrect, and ' ill kep the Tarilquestion open for Mr. el Clay. Is will be rather a hazardous expe- tI imons for the manufacturers so try, as two g? w three years experience by the people of 0l tn abundant revenue with low duties, may 0 ake them averse to changing it fo a sy.- U tem of exactions for the beneit of the gree- 0 ly manufacturing monopolists. From the result of she deliberations of a he representatives of she "old thirteen," as presented in Mr. Adam's report, it is vident that the WVhig~s are a used up par-a y. After the preliminary flourishes of an appeal so the God of Battles," she re ~ommendation to propose an amendment o the Constitution, does very much ap sear like a repetition of the mountain in3 abor. If there were no obstacles in she b ay, it would require as least two years o carry out this recommendation, and the proposing of it is an acknowledgement hat the President has acted constitution lly. A short time after Mr. Clay profo tr od as the extra session to restrict the Ex penive Veto, Mr. Adams denounced it as i rpositine to destroy she Government, and Mr. Adams I suppose has adopted u ci s the last method of accomplishing that . seacably dimslution of the Union which ; s threatened some time since if slavery te was notabolished- at Nzw Orawss, Aug. 5. se Imprecemet s ou er Paiper Courecy-U We learn that a marked improvement has l skein place so day in the current value of . beoseof most of the uspended Banik; st wich have, in some instances, risen ten ec >quet n ' gotations. Wheth- ci wr his ris ' ettibu ted so the spe- t isisa ih sotto tak pla or cio heUioesigoetp ltot nebwe trutili.be NEw oss he Great tyo Gun. Yetrd a ermoon,q re two olock, we r-.e CIO MNesage of a resident of the United f an hour. it was issued i k Etra Herald fromjbis ensand sold in leis san ur o'clock a eePlid edidonas ad sent to all parts of the ad east, by the aferio' Toe eaatement k d Buildings was hole aiernoon. reat gua ofthe Capin t ats and speculators there, o of gre and briM1toe Ost st to be named. ln thParo lI the popular Iecions of'e le working men "am do ,as received like a frisk pea-M presge of a morals. Tewards as let $potaneou l in the. to Tatmmlatt o tbe~pest y Iousands. ''b. big guns ma, and I wenty-Ave were Ed bs ret breath for the ghreotr'4 ntleman named E. E. C ected with tdisofes -whohad! kr i his hand, wseaglt by empelled to meant one ofthe iere to read the message wtte rowds. After he had a :ream of delight roes ie assembled mass. ILT ik e gamr Falls, andt rushell a a the gonn and 6!e ole e. Irlthe last,'the grtest, a ildea stand,e yet take. I r the United Sw essg secnlators, politieans mas e digraced. d we country. Durig 1he , midnight. the erowde 'ammany Hall, the Park. letrld Baiklings. Such is The nuexpeeted-aid ception of the Veto M e people of New York. self will be found in di P I a plain, sensible. aper, evincing a : msolutenee,, thatesa onl w iron nerve of"Otd M 3e crisis in he trggle n 'yler and the w ' the 'resident is beart and ndfeelings of the dem - 'bere can be no mistake. Is ow irreconcilable. What Congress may e > tell. Someesy ibsy nr, and leave the. a trif-without wot doubtful hich ich ihe merebsats d valerem, *iih a e d e ad earning elesties so, the ceuntyde-- a~N seal iank-eaat a thesB b and revenue-against dkirf gnainst an asumptioni bE5~ ts.. gainst the whole -oijo heII ad favor of the whe.pl~If~mO rats.-ilerste. TarifDisuionia g~ hmaui ave been observed b1 i h Aay. stched the late discussions Taril Cogress that the p' which mat bill was opposed,-mu ffree trade, have be.. 'maaIdwith ogniar ability. We lad good re. arks in this subject in the South Caruli inn, wbich we estract.-N. Y~seniad 'ost. . V - All impartial account. in sta og, that thme opposition mae~ ablesi ad most effective debate.r sist Taria ad Free Trade principles, h,as eve. een presented to Congress. * and guments, however, were mhli isregar. :d by the dominant party,; WIuich oi em as have fall..en mn iggieogale, ill sprn up and bear their spproprate i. eaguished fiend leCoogres. ritee tie: - One hbgly imporiant daler see, between the deat onuthis bill, and ose on stmilar occains, 'lagtms more mndemsen from the Nenr,. Staes havs penly taken the free trade mlii than were rer known before, and teamqan' that we will now havos heari' Nort fthe Potomac. Heretarsuedm1Uand 2, it was a debate betwes the North ad South. It is now as hgasection. question. butmaquetIonh pro. active labor and the profits dpower ofssoeistediredt1 enmesi sw triumph. N. ata:fe saro. etion, can ever again he tune poee. hy an AmericmC4p .Even psh this crre and bg ma rity of 49 in Hos ny ,en ableto geteamajouity (lon dti ~ii. -- 1nessuAs Near~er asis. k CHAPTER OECALAMITIES. Webster defines Cmsd7 a'y great isfortmnes." "a easse s er." Be at alarmed goo seag thiseminous aplion, as we e..a ass to' dstryr movngacidents by Souiod"nor deed ofaof the "Its es shIs heir .* Such psil h~d veach ad all their haavdmJ isfor ,ne, but they secue amedalhn. and a f sew oaths since best 'isea og irreearble gdefu as ofsome mr fraed, has to natualpuistoms eries ~pk a far dibrat ' Bt lL. -Cr ef6ects in thb body politic and mral work, which it will require ma of patient add enduring toil to cailemities that have been the of eztensivd individual distress. and have contributed mainly to the uni adestruction of private and public nce', which is so essential to indi ai or national prosperity. w li remembered by many of the as Otbispaper that the years 1836, '37 edstinguished, in this city par by the most extensive and gi rations in what was then called zoaks"-or, by the more signit 6fet more euphonious appellation dhlautities." Let us glance at the eperandi by which these -securi or "representatives of value " were ad it will throw a little light up .0oe"tle incipient and most powerful paoses of the unexampled distress of the present day. The prolific brain of the speculator of the period to which we have aded readily taught him that the spirit of the age was peculiarly social or incor porate, and that any species of security which bore the impress of a corporate seal with the imposing names or a president and treasurer, or the equally potent guar antee of a number of private associates, men of of soi-distant repute for boundless estates and extensive financial talent, could be used to great advantage with the dredulons and unsuspectig.-For exam pie : A tract of stony land in a neighbor tng state, utterly valueless for any purpose that the ingenuity of man can suggest, is purchased for a small nomiual considera tion. The purchaser comes to this city of humbug and fancies, and represents to his associates and through them to the com numnty, that be has procured the mo-t "val uisle granite quarry in all ehe length and IreadI of this great Union. An associa tion is formed, probably with chartered franchises, an office opened, a president, directors, secretary, treasurer, and all the parphenelia, of a respectable community, with capital ad libitum and inuitituan duly provided. Next appears a splendid en graved certificate of stock, handsomely signed and countersigned by the constitu ted authorities, and most formidably seal ed with the corporate seal of the associa tion. Thus the altar is prepared-bring forth the victim. The tried and mercenary agents of this tapendous fraud are sent abroad through the country, seeking whom they may de votv; and, prepared with certificates of the present value, or certain appreciation of the worthless stuff, and w ith leters of introduction or recummen'!ation procured by fraud or falsehood or rurgery. they con idealy approach :he unsuspecting land-I holder, who is moved by desire of change or pecuniary embarrassment, or probably i thq very large amount which i6 offerred to-eschange his valuable property, piirhaps the happy homestead of his fath er, or 4h patrimony of his wife, for the stock of the new corporation. le is false ly idid that it is amply secured beyond the possibiity ofoss, by a pledge of real estate olaimof inestimable value. As the de glare of the treachercus whill-of-the b' iles the traveller from the high 0 the neighboring quagmire, so the glitterng.hoge of ontune lures the utsus '- aBtsar of the and est specidiator. The ____ 2 T is signed of Intrinsic value haa been excbnedfr that which is utterly worthless, and he who but yesterday was happy and com furtable, has been cast upon the world im poverished and heart-broken by the artful designs of a band of swindlers. This i no faney sketch, but a true and faithful picture -of one of the many dishonest schemes by whbich the credulous property holder itr eapitalist has been robbed of his estate or piilferred of his money. It is a well known fact that very large amounts of sucb stocks as are above de scrihed, were imposed upon the comm un aity by every species of falsehood and misrepresentation; that they havo since proved to have been utterly worthless at the time of their creation ; and that their worthless character was well known to' the official functionaries whose names ap peared upon the certifeates, and also to -the agents by whom they were negociated .Many of the individuals who wero con corned in these fraudulent schemes were men of good repute for moral honor and pecuniary integrity, esteemed for their pvate virtues, and in many instances; hoding high placep in the temple of the God of truth, but their judgements were warped, their moral sense distorted by the love of lucre, and they were induced by dishonest appeals to their cupidity to sacrigece every noble and manly virtue up on the altar of the god of Mamtmon. WVhat has been the natural, the inevita ble result of these operations ? Let this question be properly considered and truly answered, and be that runs may road in that answer one of the promianent causes of the present unparalelled distress in eve rramification of society. The result is te almost universal destruction of private ad public confidence, of that "trust in the goodness of anothier," without which as a commerrcial nation can ever be prosper one, no individual or society can ever be truly happy-The lesson we are taught by such transactions has been most dearly paid for, but it inculcates a moral which if closely treasured and earnestly acted up on, will under every circumstances pro duce the most hippy results. We are taught tat fortune should not be too ea gerly sought; that to attain the happy gifis we must travel calmly and slowly through the toils of our vocatton, and while earn ing our bread by the sweat of our brow, bear constantly tn mind that "labor ormnia osici improbus." I&m aAs Ohio &aeeunal, Augu II -?iApprtionment Bill paused-Resig aatiothe MWhig Meaabers of teenate sd House f RepreentaesApeal o LAe People-It will scarce produce an emoton ofsurprie on the part of our di. tant readers to hear it announced that the business of the Legislature now in session has been arrested, and that no bill for the potoumnt of the State for the election ~tmembers of Congress has been or can oenacted. The, course pursued by the naolitical mnjority in the two hous.s ha rurther by kicking hr violently in the ab' liomen. On .Monday evening, at his o house. be knocked ber down, and ahe.Ui sed hi trom the door as high asaibrsir and let her fall. During 'a went out, and remaining- abses0 ihan usual, her son searched for ier, could no; find her ; but as she had oftei been driven from her home and fond - shelter at some of the neighbor's, it was supposed the same now. On Tuesday mar. uing she was discovered near bet house dead. A post-mortem examination was made by Dr. Cbayton, in the presence of he jury ; several bruises were visible, but the ,nost severe were those about the ab. Jomen, which were considered sufficient 10 produce her death. The jury returned a verdict of death in consequence of inju rics received from her husband, Abraham Kelly. The wretched man was taken to the prison at Newcastle, where be will await his trial." I. 0. 0. F.-Extract of a letter from Rev. J. D. Williamson, of N. Y., Special Deputy of the Grand Lodge of 1. 0. 0. F. of tbe United States, to the General .onvootion of the order in England daetd WIGAN, May 21, 1842. I left Manchester on Monday, and camo by rail road to this place, a distance f twenty-one miles. Here I have been usily employed in the businessof my mi*, sion to this country until the piresent mo ment. Although you are not a member of the raternity of * Odd Follows," yet I am onfideut that you feel interested in any efforts fur the relief of suffering humanity, and I therefore say a few words of the bo dy to which I came a Special Deputy from the United States. It is called the "Annual Moveable Committee," and is composed of about four hundred delegates from all parts of England, Scotland, Irs land and Wales. It is the representative and legislative body of a constituency of 250.000 members, and receives reports from all the Societies under itsjurisdictio. From the reports of the past year, it a pears that there has been espendedfort sick and distressed, by various ILodg^s about two htodred and forty thousand pounds sterling, or not far from one million Lico hundred thousand dellars, in the cur rency of the United States. It is a sum'for one year. and speaks well for active and efficient benevolence of the in stitutio.-Charleston jercury Sales at the Chicago Land 0X . About 115.000 acres of land were sold a,* our Land Office in May and June last. These lands were all within, comparatively a fow miles of Chicago. Of shis larp amount, not one acre was purchased by a speculatnr. The whole of it was ensaed by farmers, with the exception, as of a few tracts bought by individu'-.' iw ing in the city, but nevertheless, (OWis de voted to farming purposes. This fat of itself, to say nothing of the sales at the other Land Offices, illustrates the great importance of Illinois in an agricultural point of view, and shows how very rapid ly The stute is filling up with this class of population. Eight or ten yearsoonly have passed, since these tracts were periof o an an absolute wilderness, the &he"of the red man, and cheerless in all but its, kau riant vegetationto the white. How mrke ed thecontrast! The bewildereddiW kat of the redinas wish i i j I~ ottage, the incipient orchard, the bridge,thiemill,antechrch-te~d' work of the modern magicians, Order and ' Idusr.-Chicago Americas. Politics in a Nut shelL-T he Trenton Empornum says :-We may now eenmider ourselves in the midst of the " better tinres" of Whiggery. Gem. Jackson has been quietly domiciled at tbe Hermitage thaese five years past. Air. Van Buren has 6e come a muere "traveller of distinction." Benton, Buchanan and Calhoun--oil the demcratic ogres hzre vanished. The vet. -the specie circular-the subtreasury, are as dead ais ducks in a poultry yard, after the visit of a foz. And yet, what's she mat tr ! Where arc the better times of iwhig. gery ? The real Simon, pure Clay whitng , i it has not its own President, has'itsen ate-its liouse of Representatives-43d pap- suckers, in almost every good offie in the country. The reins of state have boen ini their handls full fourteen months. Tbe distribution bill, the loan bill, the bankmut hill-their darling schemes-are all in feD - tide of experimient. If they have notsa na tional bank, it is' not because they have not. united all their powcers to make one. And yet-where are thbe better times of wig -ervr * ince whiggery came into power', the following events have transpired: Mlore hank frauds have been committed than were ever known before. Dank failures have been more hqretnt. Mloney has been scarcer than befio. Prices of produce have fallen. Prices of labor have fallen. Priccs of stocks have fallen. Prices of real est ate have fallen. Citizeuc aire bankrupt, Corporatens are bankrupt. States are bankrupt. Giovernment is bankrupt. These are the ingredieniigentde redr whtch coustitute the "better times" of whig gery. Look abroad over the ,whole country. Look at the proceeding in bosh Houses ot Congress. Look into those va rious chroniclers. the Clay whig journaill and atiswer. Are not these tbe 'whetter~ times" of whiggery ? Are we not in the sery midsat of the federal paradise? Is not ab. thc W ebsterian golden age? Men may be skeptical about predictions -~ ut seeing. tasting and feeling, are argo'-' mets that an ass can understand. . - F armers-as you fail selling your grain fir inconsiderate prices: Mechanics-as you fail to colleet the proceeds of your hard earotags : Alerchants--as your customers are daily decresing: isrs L andords-as you see your bousosemlp Bethiuk yonrselv beesh are indeed, ho "botter timeo" of wtf60ry. Bought )artaken too glaringly of premeditated 'raud and rapacity not to have prepared he public mind for such an event. The :risis has occurred and the agony iW over! Boon after the preliminary business of Wlfe two Houses had been despatched this morn ing, the resignations of the Whig members in both branches (with one or t wo excep ions) were tendered to the Speakers, and Woth Houses were consequently Iri without a guorum. The reasons for this important step will in due time be laid before the public in de tail it will be demonstrated in the most :onclusive manner, that if the minority had not resolved upon this measure, they would Nave deserved the severest condemnation af their constituents, as faithless and re :reant to the trust reposed in their hands. Every effort has been made on the part of the minority to conciliate the good will of their opponents and avoid this collision. They have been anxious, most anxious to carry out the requirements of the Consti ition and laws in good faith. They have shown themselves willing to pass over to lhe extreme verge of the ground of con eession and compromise, if they could be there,met in a corresponding spirit as equals and peers with rights of their own and the rights of others to preserve. lut such was not the will of the majority. Exulting in the present possession of power, obtained by accident, and which they expect to lose, they had formed the daring plot of perpet unting their influence in the national coun oils by the perpetration of a deliberate and odious fraud, which struck at the funda mental principlesofall free Government, and sought to overturn and reverse all those maxims of wisdom, truth, and justice, upon which rests the whole superstructure of our republican institutions. ro have sat tamely by, witnessed, any, been accessaries to this sacrifice of popular right-the right of the People to chose their OiLn rulers-TiIE LAOUT or THE MAJoRLIT To oovr.:4-would have been a craven heared surrender of the highest and dear et privileges of freemen. and would have consigned to merited infamy and never ceasing reproach those unfaithsful servants whocould have thus quailed in tbe dis. charge of a great duty. This matter now goes to the People. The Whig members of the Legislature, in resigning their seats ti preserve unimpair ed a great republican principle, take their appeal from the irresponsible concils of Caucus to the sovereign People. with whom it now remians to protect themselves against usurpation and outrage For the issue we hase not a thought of fear. From the Lake to the River, from the East to the WCst borders of this proud State, a voice of thunder will go up in condemna tion of the damning deed by means of which it was designed to degrade and en slave her citizens, and in commendation of the noble di-interestedne's and patriot. ism by which so foul a conspiracy has been defeated. Thoughts.-People are complaining of the times. They accuse the government of producing their troubles, just as one, tan expetedly struck in a crowd, rushes at the biggest man near him, (rm an instinctive idea that he alone would dare to perpetrate so rash a deed. Now we are not alone in misfortune Trade is dull all the world over--business of every kind laugnishe. manufacntrire spping, cand individuallaois laist.at as be 6i br. It has been rtnbing henilliog aid igied Itself up. An epidemic speculauiom, tainting commerce, infecting business, diseasin; the currency and distempering men's character, feelings and wishes, has swept his sirocco, over the face of human nature. The delirium of the malady has passed off -the canse of the sickness bas been eradi cated. Is it unnatural that exhaustion and languor should linger for a period with the patient ? There is a similitude in the moral and physical world. The calm fol lows the storm, and before the current can return to its original course, patience must give time for the lashed end furious waves to settle into their former quiet and peace ful security. The royal tiger makes no second hurried sprine,- but cruches in still ness until full strength braces again each nerve and muscle. Dispirited conavales cence for awhile bows down the energies of approaching health. Wild speculations and constrained business have occurred before, and have before ended in disap pointment and ruin ; dull times and gener al complaint and distress have succeeded, atd yet a healthful trade and a wise in vestment of labor havo ogatin tmade their appearance bringing plenty, prosperity and contentment in their train. Nor are our troubles without their advantages. They are the teachings of wisdom. They stand upon the plage of history lessons for us and posterity. Now that we cant ex amine them narrowly and cooly, we find their source in our own errors, blunders and follies. We do our own government great injustice when we see-k to lay our sins at its door. It is essentially our crea ture, and takes its hue and color froma us and our acts. It is now tautTring with us and had it a tongue io complain, could with every reason reproach us for its de pressed arid unhappy condition. WVe make ti our boast, in our hour of success, that we are inidependmnent of it in all our busi ness relations, and our first se-verse, has len for assistance to hands n hich wse our selses have tied. Then let us be patient un-I courageous. By the blessitng of hoed, 'ie have a soil under our feet and a sun aver our heads and a spirit in our hearts, hat can rescue us from every evil-even the heavy consequences of ouir own rash uess, weakness and fault.-Natche: Free Trader. A Shocking Circumstance.-The W il. mington (Delaware) Journal says: In he village about three mtles from this place, on Tuesday morning Inst, the wife of Abraham Kelly was found near be-r residence, dead. Upon the inquest held by the coroner, the following facts were elicited: Mr. Kelly and his wife were' both addicted to drunkeness ; and he was in he habit, when intoxicated, of treating her with violence. On Saturday night last Mrs. Kelly was at her daughter's, and Mr. Kelly came in there in an intoxicated state, commenced abusing her with rough language, then knocked her from the chair on the liocr, ad vetetd his fury still