True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-10-12

ffeede1n OF EIectS0nS-lt any man oouot tnat u
Is settled principle with the l"co.ocos to use vlo
once at elections, when they cannot carry them
by COW teton, let them peruse the incendlary opn-
ions Of e. J. lngcrsoll, the government candidate
in Philadelphia. These mscalled legal opinions
are reprinted and scattered in thousands all over
the state to excite the VIOLENT aud scare the ,imid.
:If assaults your property with force
may defend yourself beat him of by force the spot aud
bound to wal, what the law itself calls the inadequate
remedy future process OF law If your asaian hurt
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the KIN caught cheating you of your property
VOTE y voting WIN aud where lie knows no hn" 10 right,
olnting destroying uthc'
tauis man. right Of ruff may prevented by
force esary IL toond be useless to iet hm do the
and then prosecutor it, after the mshf done and
cQRnUt be remcdted.
All say is that stand passive and SUI
init to have rights of suffrage vIoe by fraud, any more
than by ,rcc but resist aud prevent such the
spot dmius the election because process Of lao is in
adequate remedy for the nro"g.."
For what, hut urIus, at outrage, can such $50.
, cious reasonings be circulale,i! The Whig parry
even under epea,cd defects HIS never made these
appeals frUm reason t, violence! They have ne
yer struck a blow al elections, although they may
| nave returned one. l., the whole history of VIC.
ence elections the cause is always tracrable to
our opponents, and well i, may when such inc, n.
diary doctrines as the above spread about
among them. But we trust that the firm and cen.
sisent citizens OF Philadelphia will SO guard iher
sacred rights Of franchise tina, violence itself shall
fail to disturb theirs uiet enjoyment.
Block and Hood Parements. The Phila del phia
Gazette says :-"l is now precisely one year since
The wooden pavement in Wanu, street in front
of The exchange has boon in use, and the expert
ment appears to have heen entirely successful.
The surfnce is hard US floor, and we understand
that no time have any Of the flock WORKED out
of their places. We do not |. now how durable n
block pavcmen, may he, blu, it is very ceri ain tina,
| years friction on tho Walnut street pavement
with much more travelling over i, than there used
to be over the stone pavement that previously ex-
listed, does no, appear to have worn it away in tho
least"
We learn with pleasure that the fever has ceased
to ra se in Alexandria, D, c. The physicians II.
part the city healthy.
In Baltimore c0pinus rains have fallen and SD has
fresh butter. grasses are putting out. and sois tho
,aIl business.
The President returned to Washington on the
81 from his ysi, 10 the Virginia Springs, and Mr.
Rives.
The carmun who made the wan,on attack on ths
returning troops near New York was well enough
to walk next day alter giving bail.
A severe hurricane visited Rum Key on the 5,h
and 9th ult which blew down some houses, and
blew gu, sloops to sea. The slooPs were bonnd
To Nassau, and have not since been heard oil
Three men on shore were killed, and sevsrn
wounded, and 100000 bushels Of salt destroyed.
South .qmer,ee-The invading (nsurgenl)
army made an attack on Mon'evideo, on the 18th
August, but were repul.ed, after five hours, with
considerable loss. A letter dated from tha. city
on the 18th, says:
Sinre our last we have had several arrivals from
the United States with lumber and assorted car
goes, which have supplied us generally at present,
but they brough. -four, and from other parts we
have received only $500 bbls so that breads'uffs
continue to be- scarce; wholesale price has been %
dollars, and by retail 26 % while % 25 dol.
lars may be quoted as the rates at present. Wheat
ha been sold as high as Is dollars per ls5 lbs.
Rice has declined TO 10 20 rls. tor Carolina lum-
Der 81 DOS per thousand feet.
Mr. w. B. Hodgson has arrived with the ratified
treaty between tho United Sales and the Peru.
Bolivian confederation. Hos,illties still existed
between Peru and Chill on the 18th July, when
Mr. Ii. left Callao. Tho invading expedition OF
1000 men was 10 sail about Goth July. lis desl-
ration was some po,l OF Nor Peru. The Amer
lea squadron was at Callao, which Por, had been
for some weeks blockaded by the CHILEAN squad
ron.
e.r Lhas. f. Hozey, Esq. the new sheriff, has
appointed VIM. E. Murphy, as his deputy. MI
Murphy has been long known in the office, and
from his experience is likely TO give every satisfac.
ton IN his new appointment.
TO DRUGG SITS.
UST received per Ship OreanS from York,
| % 60 groce black Court Plaster,
40 do Flesh cold do
| . do Henry's calcined Magnesia