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delusions and humbuggery of 1840, and that he owes his present elevation to them while Mr. Van Buren, consistent and unwaverlng democrat, with the whole democratic party, was defeated by them.
 F We cannot forget that the independent treasury bill-a measure for divorcing bank and state, on which the genuine democracy of the country was united-reeeived its death at the hands eff John Tyler.
 We cannot forget that "uncompromising hostility to d national bank,o in any form, and by any name, is fundamental clause in the democratic creed; and that John Tyler declared his willingness to sign NIT. Ciay's bank bill, if it was divested of the absolute power to establish branches in the several States, without their consent.
 We cannot forget that iIe recommended to Congress an exchequer scheme, which in- volved, essentially, the most obnoxious lea- lures of bank, and which was denounced by the democrats there as being more eXcep- tionable than the bank bill he had vetoed.
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A BLAST FROM THE RJIGrEt

The whig organs in the city of New Y orb are somewhat out of unison with each other The New York Courier touches up the Commercial and the Express, and seems to doubt their inflexible loyalty to Mr. Clay. For itself, il goes doggedly and unchangeabiv for Harry of the West, and it assures it's less determined brethren that
 "Ihe wings are in no mood to be second tune cheated, and their abiding vengeance Will follow whomsoever attempts 1t, be he Judge Mclean, Judge Gaston, or candidate rom the East This thing, however, will not be- Judge Mclean, and not Judge Bur net for him, as the Commercial seems to think, has announced his determination not to be candidate Judge Gaston's name is solely for the purpose of crea- llng dissensions in our ranks, as is evident, rom the fact, that, ill the same article. Judge 1
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country, under which il had eminently flour ished and prospered'-meaning, we presume, the protectige policy, or what was once called, by Mir. Clay and those who were Tn favor oi that policy,s the American system policy which, it may most truly be said, IS the only policy under which the country ever did, or ever can, eminenty flourish. Now, we have nothing to say in favor of the leading meas- ures of the government during the period to which Mir. Clay refers; but we would re- spectfully ask Mr. Clay when it was that the hardest and most fatal blow was aimed at the American system? and by whom was that blow given Let the projeetor and the sue cessftll advocate of tho famous compromise bilP of 1853 answer these imterogatorles- We can almost fancy that the following sen- tence in tine lester-yz :-' Our experience Tn a season of peace will, trust, inculcate an important lesson: that ireachery and per6dy are alike detestable at all times and will de- monstratc still more clearly that invaluable but too often neglected truth in public afiais, that honesty is the bes policy'-was written while the purpose for which the compromise bill was proposed, and the means by which 1t was car jed through the Senate of the U. States, were fresh and vivid ill the mind ol
 the writer.o Globe
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any sort of accountability on his part? Hom trust the honorable Secretary of War. o, Brodhead memory, with his army requjs
 tions, to draw on the treasury at will How trust John c. Spencer with the treasury itself and such subordinates as Curtis with tb, custom-houses, and forget their hue-and-cr set up against honest men?
 We have heard there is good ground {. believe that purloining of portion of tn. S40,000 for the China mission, has happen ed. It is known that system of fofgerl believed to have its root in the Treasur Department, has already begun extensna depredations, by alterations of treasury note, And here new and wide avenue is opepea to official peculation, in a way to baffle scnl tiny, even as to the amount of the pubN losses, and giving perfect impunity to a, official managers, if any such are engaged h it. And yet whiggery sleeps, after thrown, every thing into the hands of men 1t pre nounces unworthy of any trust, and putin, all at their disposal, without check, guari or penalty. They dare not now admit tn
 real danger to which the public funds an exposed, because they themselves, with tn aid of MT. Tyler, repealed the independen treasury, to open the way to a national banE It is this that chokes their exclamation c this subject, although they know that neye was an administration in this country of
 character so capable, orin circumstances $ tempting, to abuse the great trust of the ma tior's purse, committed to them without leg, regulation. Globe.
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From Me Hampaen (Mass.l Post.

IS JOHN TYLER A DEMOCRAT?
 It is claimed by his friends that he is; but we must see better evidence of his democracy than we have yet seen, to admit the claim So far as his administration is concerned. we are disposed to yield a generous support to such of its measures as are purely democrat lc; and this, without in any way endorsing the democracy of the man. Beyond this. we cannot go. Should Mr. Tyler, through the residue of his administration, pursue a strictly democratic policy, he will scarcely atone for the defections of the past. For his vetoes of the bank bills we thank him: but the merit of these acts cannot sanctify his errors; nor can we, as yet, discover any very strong evidence of determination to make hls administration democratic one True.
 he has called two democrats to his Cabinet but the restless spirits of 1840 have still the preponderance there. True, he is appoint- ln99- democrats to office in different places put It IS equally true that, other qualifications oehg sufficient, In many instances 1t is re- equlslte that man be something more than a mere democrat to entitle him to favorable eohsfieration. In dispensing executive ia vors, instead of evincng his affinity to the whole democratic family, he evidently aims. III me nam, to conciliate but one branch of it. m New Hampshire, he has thrown himself. influence, patronage and all, into the arms of a !, man who has done all he could do to ruin the democratic party, and who is now wield- Ing the Presidential power to crush and pros trate the lron-nerved democracy of that mo- pie State. There, true and worthy democrats, who never bowed the knee to Baal, have been thrust from office at the beck of this same re- 'reant Others may. overlook this; we cannot.
 We cannot forget that Nr. Tyler acquiesced n the frauds and ialsehools, the miserable
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From Teras.-By the arrival at New Orleans, of the steam packet Sarah Barnes, advices from Galveston have been received 10 the 22d of August.
 A correspondence has been published be- tween the agent of the Government of Yuca- tan and Commodore Moore, late of the Texan navy, in which 1t was stated that the Con- modore was paid $4l,976 for the services rendered to Yueatan, all of which was spent in the repair of the Texan feet Commo- dore Moore has further received S2,900 as a compensation for his services.
 The British Charge d'Aflares, Captain Elliott, has made formal acquisition, in the name of his Government, upon that of Texas, for 3,0O0,000 acres of land, in the section of country designated on the old maps, as Cameron's and Beaie's grant. This claim Is preferred for Mir. John Woodward and others, subjects, it would appear, of Great Britain.
 It is stated that the claimants have expend- cd SG0,000 to secure their claim. The Houston Star denies the justice of tic demand, and states that the matter will be suel fitted to Congress, who will doubtless reject the clam. Ball. .Aseer.
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JUDGE MCLEAN AND HENRY CLAY.

There are indications that these politicians are likely to be rivals for the whig nomina- ton for the Presidency. It is unquestionable that the ultra partisans of Mir. Clay are very sore at this suggestion; and, therefore, wher the. Argus made the remark, that the whia party of New ork might abandon Mir. Clay in the Harrisburg convention, it was received in the spirit we anticipated. It ignites then like torch applied to a powder magazine.
 But the indignant denial of the Clay presses will not avail. The doctrine of availability though at present disguised, is still theil leading principle; and to this, the manager. may be willing, as they have before done, te sacrifice their most gifted leader.
 In the minds of the political calculators who guide the whig party, the elections since March, in New Hampshire, Connect cut, Virginia, Louisiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana, show the utter hopelessness ot electing Mr. Clay. Connecticut, Louisiana and Indiana, were relied upon as certain fo1 him; yet they have just made an unanswer- able demonstration against the measures oi Mir. Clay.
 In this event, what is to be done' Will not an individual be selected, who may draw out the entire whig abolition strength of Ohio as well as of New York; And who can that bel Is it not John Mclean of Ohio?
 The following letter from Judge Bumet, of Cincinnati, may be regarded as a feeler. His sagacity and orthodoxy the New York Commercial thus heartily endorses
 This gentleman, our readers need not be told, is one of the oldest, most respected, and most honor- able citizens Of Ohio. He is one of the old-schooi Whigs-the Washingtonian school-and was among the early settlers of Ohio He has shown himself able In the Senate, and wise in council His words are consequently words of wisdom.'
 Here is the letter, as we find 1t in the Commercial
 'sTo the many inquiries made of me on the sub lect of the Presidential election, during my late journey, uniformly replied that MT. Clay was the great tavorite of very large majority of the whig party in the Vest that fife was my choic ,; that should support him; and that, if the whigs were united, should considef his election as certain. my opinion decidedly that there would not De whlg candidate in opposition to him and when the name of Judge Mclean was mentioned as Q probable candidate, said that he was the friend and supporter of MT. Clay, and that no influence on earth could prevail on him to oppose him, much less to become candidate against him. Ialso expressed an opinion tat maay of tle aboEtionists scouM op- pose eny cqndifafe tat migh be ogered from slaue Sfafe, md oppressed my fsars haat tfese opposers 'road be sufficiently nunsfoas 10 dssd ay canaidate so selected.
 ''I stated that the liberty party in Ohio, Ia new
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THE INTERPRETATIONS OF WHIGGERY IN
 A AEION rIl LLrCINE CQNIp

THE ApPIsEHENsIoNS OF WHIGGERY IN
 RELATION TO EXECUTIVE CONTROL
 OF THE Pt RSE AND THE SWORD," A
 MOCKERY.
 The country has hardly recovered from the fright feigned by whiggery, when Mir. Van Buren was left, for short time, in the GUS tody of the public treasure, before he could get Congress, after the failure of the banks, to regulate its keeping by statute. They did not pretend to doubt the probity or caution of Mir. Van Buren but the principle of leav- ing the purse in the same hand that held the sword, filled them with alarm. With the ut most promptitude, he proposed the independ- ent treasury, environed with such checks and guards as rendered it impossible, without general conspiracy of a whole body of public functionaries appointed under the sanction of the Senate, and immediately responsible to Congress, that any dangerous use could be made of the public means. Not farthing could be converted to any unauthorized use by public officer, without the commission of felony. The act of appropriation specif- cally granting the sum disbursed, would alone shield any functionary, from the President down; all being responsible for wilful and wrong disbursement of the public money made by them-not as breach of trust, in the sense of the common law, but as rob- bery of the treasury. This system silenced the clamor about the President having the nations purse in his brooches pocket, as was really the case with Mir. Riddle when he had charge of 1t. It silenced the cry about pet banks, and the odious favoritism which it might originate. All such pretexts for car rying back the revenues of the Union to be- come the spells of stockholders in national bank, were done away with, when Coonery made it's grand foray in 1S40. And then, the first act of these fearful adversaries of any system which would put the keeping of the pu lie money one hour under executive con- rol, was the repeal of the independent trea- sury-all its checks and guaTds-and all its penal provisions, to secure the highest re- sponsibility!!
 And, as if to mark still more signally the hypocrisy of the men who did this, the cus- tody of the nations treasure {about which they acclaimed when they admitted the Pre- sident to be an honest man., is now, by their own act wholly at the mercy of set of men pronounced by themselves every way dis honest; and yet they seem perfectly at ease, under these circumstances, in regard to the safety of the public funds. How is this How could the clamorous whigs, who un- derstand so well Mr. Webster's looseness in money matters, trust him with the dispensa- ton of the secret service fund, and all the contingent hundreds of thousands, withou,
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IHe Bearing of he Democracy in the lat Canrass.-The democracy in the seyen States in which elections have recently beer held, has not only covered itself with gor by success, but by its conduct in achieyin the victories gained In all its nomination, open, honest, thoroughly-understood demo crats were presented to the people. Not
 man among them lodged any question. Al of them had principles "for the public eye. and laid them broadly before ss the people, There was no equivocation-no adaptatic of opinions to particular regions, to obtal success by mposture. No fencemen, d conservatives, no Tyler men, fishing for vot4 with patronage, were nominated no leaneI to factions of any sort-abolitionists, antim| sons, or any other bigoted classes-we| conciliated. The same simple, just, eqd doctrines of the democracy were msistl upon everywhere by its candidates, fro| New Hampshire to Louisiana, and up t1 valley of the Mississippi to the lakes t| bound the States of Illinois and Indiall We do not believe there is single meml| returned to Congress on any democraj ticket, who will not boldly and firmly sustaj the principles of the party upon the grd questions of the independent treasury-oftl 4 bank-of the tariff, confning 1t exclusive| to revenue-of assumption and distribution and of a national convention, to hamoni the party in the effort to secure an admin tration to carry out it's principles.
 The conduct of the canvass in the variO| States, under the auspices of the candida put forward to support the cause by full { velopement of its principles, was in keepij with the character of the democratic noII nees, and in perfect contrast with that of | campaigners through whom whiggery achiI ed it's short-liyed power. Who has heard! song singing, and "commotion-motioni motion, the country through" in the reed contest Who has heard of hard-cider drin4 ing, log-cabin rendezvousing, and pipe-layin] as means oi securing denocratio vietoIJ I any State Who has heard of conservatvl coalitions, or any species of political treacI cry, being brought into requisition in a sol tary district of the Union, to secure dem| cratic triumph , Our lynx-eyed opponeIl have nowhere ventured even to make the Fl cusation against democratic candidate. NJ are proud of the glorious successes of q party but prouder still of the fair and hq orable bearing of the candidates under wh{ !
 lead they have been obtained.-Globe.
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[.N. Y. Tribune.

Ihe Grappler.-We have already alluded to this xtraordnarysteamer, whose machine " IS so lngeniously constructed. on plan eonsTiseda byT M. Ferpilleux, as to neutraiize. at small cost, the resistance opposed bv strong current, to the ascent of rivers. Its success has so commended 1t to public favor Ill France, that 1t seems destined, if not to become Tn all respects the model of boats to be hereafter constructed, for the conveyance of heavy freights up rapid streams, at least to effect complete revolution in the ma- chinery that propels them
 i'hls boat IS employed on the Rhone, in transporting iron ore from Givors to La voulte. Its dimensions must be considera- ble, as it is said to displace upwards of four hundred tons in weight of water. It resem- bles, in most particulars, the other Rhone steamboats. Like them it has wheels fitted to the sides, and moved by steam. They are not used, however, except on rare occa- slons, when the grapple cannot reach the bottom of the river
 The peculiar mechanism invented by M serpllleux, consists of huge wheel, nearly swenfy-two feet in diameter, garnished with .eetn, and fixed to the extremity of a lever rms wheel IS put in motion by a series of cog-wheels. The lever to which it is attach- ca is capable of describing an arc of many degrees, and thus raises and depresses this wheel, which it supports, accordingly as the oed oi the river, to which its teeth fasten in me ,. efIort of traction. is more or less deep. ms apparatus Is placed forward, and occu- pes space left clear in the frame of the boat
 The teeth of this wheel can reach to a depth aol twenty-six feet, and there grapple effect Hely. But should the river be deeper, whici V he khone is very rare, they put in motior me wheels attached to the Hanks, and proceed ike ordinary stealnhoats.
 This moveablo wheel, which rises ant hlls according to the depth of the Rhone, i. generally above the level of the deck, ant sSus indicates, with perfect precision, tn, flare of water iii the river.
 Journal ef Commerce.
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POETRY.
A GEM OF OLD ENGLISH POETRY.

GEM OF OLD ENGLISH POETRY Shal, l, wasting in despair, Die because another's fair? Or make pale my cheeks with care, 'Cause another's rosy are: Be she fairsr than the day, Or the fiowery meads in May,
 If she be not so to me,
 What care l how. fair she be- Should my heart be grieved or pined, Cause I see woman kind! Or weil-disposed nature Joined with a lovely feature! Be sic meeker. kinder. than Tartle dove of pelican,
 If she be not so to me,
 What care 1 how kind she be Shall woman's virtue move Me to perish for her love Or her well deservings known, Make me quite forget my own' Be she with that goodness blest, Which may gain her name of best,
 If she be not Sc to nae,
 What care how good she be Cause her fortune seems too high, Shall play the fool, and die' Those that bear noble mind, Where they want of riches find, Think that ,riih them they would do, That acahout them dare to woo;
 And unless that mind I see,
 What care though great sh ba' Great or good, or kind or fair, will ne'er the more despair; If she love me, this believe, viii die ere she shall grieye; If she slight me when woo, can seorn and let her go;
 For if she be not for me,
 What care for whom she be-
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Tue Great Forger in Londoa-Police officer B. J. Hays, who accompanied Oliver M. Lowndes to London, to reclaim and bring back hither, the man called John Clinton, who was there arrested, charged with sundry extensive forgeries in New Orleans and the Western States, has written from London, under date of August Is, to his father, stat ing, that as Clinton was to be examined on that day, at ! o'clock, he QHays,) was sent for to attend the examination that he found some forty or fifty persons in the room, and he immediately selected out Clinton from among them, whom he knew as an old offender, named John Reed, formerly of this city, who had been twice in the Sate prison of this State, once in that of Boston, and once Ill that of New Jersey, out of which he broke and escaped, and to which he yet owes five years of service. The examination proceeded, and Judge Lowndes and Mir. es-auodale, of New Orleans, were examined; the fat:er of whom deposed that Clinton was sn New Orleans, at the time of the forgeries. The evidence was, however, deemed insrfii- cient; and at the instance of the counsel m the case, Mr. Bush, the prisoner was remand edso be examined on the 9th of October, to afford opportunity for other witnesses from the United States to be produced.
 I.N Y Tribune
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Fire Ia Bagatelle!
Itt fW bdgUIttt6! fFrom the Fred dsricksburs Democratic Recorder.) EDITORIAL DILEMMA.

EDITORIAL DILEMMA.
 ScENE,-The Sanctum-AcT FIRST.
 (Entcr Saap.)
 Saap-Copy, Sir.
 Edit0r.-Hand me the scissors-and the Globe there. Let me see, (soliloquising) )- here's ssJohn Jones and the Madisonian''- ssJohn Tyler Traitor''-'.Van Buren against the world''-''Aeeepting office under the nistration''-s.Boston Post bought ssHenshaw's eralism''-nothing here for you, boy-pass the Malisonian
 ENTER Snap, NO. ?.
 Saap NO. 2-Copy, Sir.
 Editor-f Reading. )-ssJ ohm Tyler''-ssThe Great tGlobe''-'.The case of Weaver''--"The Presidents Popularity, per se''-sshis avail ability''-"Col. Eenton' ''@-N othing here What's that:
 Snap .No 2.-The Spectator, Sir.
 Editor-!( Reading )-''The National Con- vention''-''1Ir. Calhoun'-sVoice of South Carolina''-s'Per Capita"-"one Term''- "Calhom's Claims and Prospects'-Avail- ability, with illustrations" Nothing here, boys. .'he scissors will rust while l am hunting for sound political argument from any of these. Pass lem along.
 EHer Snap NO 3.
 Snap Mo. 3.-Copy, Sir.
 Edtor.-Well, well, don't teaze a fellow to death What paper is that2
 Snap No. 3.-The Harrisburg Argus, Sir. Edit9r.-Ah-a Cass paper-pass it. Heading g)-"Lewis Cass''-I thought sol .Great Cass Meetings in Michigan Missouri, and-2' (the moon suppose se)-'Twon't do where's the Plebeian
 Snaps, dil-Here, Sir.
 Edifor-( Reading )-''Martin Van Buren, -'.Algiers''-ssY Yankees''-s.New England and Boston''-2Sblood and thunder--what has all this to do with principlc-with de mocracy.
 (ENTER Boss Printer.
 -((Excited. )-Boys, you might per haps make yourselves useful at the case.
 Snap NO. No copy.
 Snap No. 2--No copy.
 Saap No. 3.-N c-o-p-y.
 BoSs.-Well, sir-by sending out blank paper you'll save some press work. (Exi in huf.)
 Editor-Boys, do get the Enquirer. Thai would be the very exposure for our political guidance, but for its long-winded correspon- dents. 1 do wonder that Mr. Ritchie, sc eircumspeet himself, allows such prosy, interminable partisan warfare, solely about MEN, to appear in the Enquirer. Rut here is an excellent editorial, headed ''IRe dangeg is not yet over." Take that, boys, and clear out. (Era SnapS.)
 (Editor sOliloqnises.) What world is this How often do men forget the princi- pies they profess, and hazard all, by boot less and foolish wrangle about non-essentials. Why does not every democratic cannonier direct the whole skill and power of his po- lltical gunnery upon the common enemy Why is ammunition expended where the most brilliant temporary success will only weaken us for the final onset' Wrong, all wrong If the democratic party is defeated in "A, it will be by the mdiscretion of demo- cratic editors.