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FROM ST. DOMINGO.
news.

The brig Gen. Marion, Capt. Shepherd, a,
New York, brings news to the Oath ult Gen.
Riviere, the President, was at Azah, within thirty
miles Of ST. Domingo with one division of his
army, consisting uf $4,000 men. Several schoon.
ers had gone round with artillery. The insur.
gents force is estimated at from 5000 to 10000.
The Presidents son, Col. Herard, who has com.
manded one of the regiments stationed at St.
Domingo, with all the force who sided with
him, were liberated on parole, and the COL had
arrived at Port au Prince via Jacmel. A Col.
Pimental took possession of a town bordering
on the Spanish port, in the name Of the insur-
gents. The town was mostly inhabited by ma.
hogany cutters, who were away. On hearing
of the march of the President, they assembled
by night and took the Colonel prisoner, with his
papers, and sent him to head quarters. Among
these papers was one purporting to be negoiia-
ton between the insurgents and the French
General. The French Consul lately offered to
supply money and arms, with 10000 men, il
necessary, on condition that they were to receive
the Island SANTANA, at the east as Naval De-
pot, and have the original French part of the
Island restored to them This of course excited
a vast deal Of indignation.-N. Y. Tribune.
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AN OUTRAGE AT BRooKLYN-The New York
Courier states that g the Native Americans had
meeting at the Sixth Ward House, in Brooklyn,
on Tuesday evening, and the room not being large
enough for their accommodation, they adjourned
% the street. While engaged in the regular pro.
ceedings there, a number of individuals, hostile
20 the object of the meeting, began disturbance
BY shouting and hootng, which led to regular
fight and the dispersion Of the meeting Some
persons were somewhat injured, but none Of them,
We believe, very seriously"
ANorHER.-A similar outrage to the above
took place in the Fourteenth ward, at the For
rest House, which resulted in a fight, in the
course Of which the Native Americans, who were
assaulted in the first instance, smashed every
window in the house, did other damage, and then
marched on with their procession.
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ITEMS.

The steamer Caledonia which left Boston on
Monday last for Liverpool, carried out 10000
letters.
The gazettes Of fashion announce the comfor.
table assurance that high-heeled boots and straps
to the unmentonables are abolished. :.
Eighty sheep, belonging to VIM. B. Hill, Esq,
OF Prince Georges county, Nd, were DESTROYED
by dogs few days ago. Twenty more were
manned and injured SO severely as to be of little
value.
The story of two Irishmen finding $4,000 in
The wainscotting of an old building in the Bowery
is an April establishment. The Irishmen would
be glad to get 5000 cents.
a short time since negro in New Orleans
fell from the top Of four-s;ory house to the
street, and happily he alighted on his head and
sustained no injury.
The Hon. Sargent S. Prentiss addressed the
No. Clay Club of Boston on Wednesday evening
last. He was also invited to attend mass meet.
Ing at Andover, Mess.
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A BREACH OF PROMISE.

On the 9th Of March, l841, (says the Repub-
lie, Mr.. Calhoun's organ in New York; Mr.. Van
Buren,, in letter to the General Assembly Of
Missouri, made the following declaration in re-
ference to his again becoming candidate for the
Presidency:
ono ONE can erpect or should desire 10 be
ALWAYS IN OFFICE under Government and
institutions like ours, and hare enjoyed the pri-
ciiege long enough u satisfy my utmost ambition.
My political friends every where will, hope and
believe, do me the justice to regard this declara-
ion, made in the fulness of grateful heart, as
indicating, with absolute sincerity, the feelings by
which am actuated. THEY are made upon a
confederation Of the subject so full and mature,
IS to exempt the rse'os and opinion they e:rpress
rs far as belongs to human determination, from
III liability to change"
Mr. Van Buren, wrote the letter in which the
,bove self-denying expressions are contained i'm
nedatey after his overwhelming defeat IN 1910,
When he had been consigned to the shades OF
Lindenwald by the almost unanimous voice OF
the people. The grapes then being evidently be
,ond his reach, the fox of course thought them
sour; but the subsequent detection Of Mr.. Tyler,
~ which the Wings were for time paralized in
their operations, has had the effect of reviving
his hopes But he will find that the grapes will
sour again while he reaches out his hand to pluck
them.
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SANDs's SARsAPARILLA.-This invaluable medicine
has won its way in public favor until it has become
the only acknowledged preparation that be relied
upon for the removal and cure of all diseases orir-
mating in an impure and depraved state of the blood
and other funds 1t is not reduced in medicinal value
by the addition of sugar, and is prepared by pecu-
liar process, entirely new. The principle which
renders this root valuable is wholly prese we'd.
This Sarsaparilla is extensively recommended and
proved to be highly beneficial for purifying the blood
and removing unhealthy humors, Graduating the
&c. is also used with the happlcst effects in rheu.
matism and neuralgia.
For certificates, and numerous testimonials. see
pamphlets and various papers,
Prepared and sold, wholesale and retail. by A. n
4 u. SANDS, Wholesale Druggists, ~ Fulton st.,
;, Agents Tor Washington city ROBERT FARM
HAM Bookseller, corner of Pennsylvania avenue and
18th street, and r. s. PATTERSON, Druggist. cor.
ner OF pennsylvania avenue and 9th street
Price NJ per bottle; bottles for S5
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FROM AFRICA.

The arrival Of the Latrobe, at Baltimore, from
the coast of Africa, has brought intelligence from
thence as late as the Oath January. The La.
trobe sailed from Baltimore with 72 emigrants
for the State Colonization Socie,y's settlements
at Cape Palmas, on the 18th November last and
| was not reported until the steamboat passed her
| IN the bay, on her return to Baltimore
The emigrants were all landed in excellent
health and spirits, and found the Colony in a
prosperous condition. Recent palarers with and
among the natives, have been beneficial in theI
effects.
1t appears that in November last King Free
man and the headmen of the surrounding native
tribes had agreed among themselves to double
The price Of palm oil and rice, which the Colo
| nists were in the habit of purchasing from
them; and, lest this might be Intellectual in the
| event OF the Colony having pply, las was in
truth the case,) they resored to. the additional
measure of prohibl ing their people from re der
ing any servrce to the colonisls, commanding al
the same time, the return Of their children from
the schools.
When this became known 10 Governor Russ
wurm, he informed the King that it was equiva.
lent TO declaration of war, and he accordingly
ordered the colonists under arms. This was a
measure that appeared TO take the King by sur
prise, for he strenuously insisted that it was only
trade palaver," Ia scheme to get more for
thSh iiCc,J anu Hol d Wal pdldVcI, (Ot IudlLeT 10
bring about blows.)
At this time the Squadron under Com. Perry,
appeared off the Cape, and most potent negotia-
tor was thus added to the discussion going on be-
tween Gov. Russwurm and King Freemen. The
Commodore sent Lieut.. Poor at once on shore,
with directions to King Freemen to re-convene
the members of the Council that had laid the Ia
riff and the embargo This was accordingly done,
and the business was entered upon in due form
The native headmen were told that they had
perfect right to put what price they pleased upon
their property and that, if the colonsts did not
choose to purchase at their prices, there was 10
harm done. But that the system of noll-nter.
course which they had established, was, under
the circumstances, hostile one, not justified by
the refusal of the coloniss to purchase at prices
which they deemed extravagant, and that it must
be abandoned forthwith. Without much difficult
ty this was agreed to, and the usual peaceful re-
lations between the colonists and their neghbors
re-established.
The presence of the Squadron of the Uuited
States upon the Coast seems 10 be rendering i'm
portant service, and creating feeling among the
natives that will prevent future aggressions upon
American commerce.
Upon the whole, intelligence more gratifying as
to the health, condition and prospects of the Colo
ny at Cape Pamas, has rarely been brought to
this country.-Bah American.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
THREE DAYS LATER FROM FRANCE

IHhEE DAYS LATER FROM FRANCE.
The ship Silvie de Grasse, Capt Thompson,
tiavre packet Of 9th March. (says the N. Y Sun
# Saturday, arrived here yesterday morning
The news is quite unimportant. The Partisan
press was still commenting ON the vote in the
Chambers to restore the native sovereignty Of the
Island of Tahiti. The King of Sweden was bet
er on the Goth of February, but not yet out Of
LANCER.
The Director General of the French Post Office
has issued formal notice relative to the new line
of Packets between Marseilles, Malta and Alex
andra, stating that there are to be four steamers
viz: PEgyptus, POsiris, lie Cairo, and pAlexan-
lrie. each Of 22Ol horse power-one leaves Mar
sees on the 18th of every month, touching at NAL
ia on the 7th, and arriving at Alexandria on the
18th; returning from the latter port on the Goth,
touch at Malta on the Oath, and arrive at Mar
settles on the 28th.
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RHODE ISLAND ELECTION.

The Wings carried everything before them in
the election in Rhode Island on Wednesday. The
Providence Journal says: "The absence of all
opposition is most gratifying evidence of the
deep and increasing attachment to the principles
of law and order which animates the people of
Rhode Island. The Dorrites in the General As
sembly, unless they make gains in some other
parts of the State, are reduced to seventeen Ten
of those who signed the memorial have been left
at home."
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NEW YORK ELECTIONS.
THEY GO JUST AS THEY DID IN 1874

THEY GO JUST AS THEY DID IN 1910
The Town Meetings, in this State, (says tho
Albany Journal,) furnish the gratifying assurance
that Popular Opinion is running in the channels
OF 1910. The same Wing spirit is sbroad-
/" That came old Coon" is going his rounds
The February Meetings only showed clever
gain from the February Meetings Of 1925
The March Meetings, after the Wings had taken
their coats off, came in rich. They prove that
our friends had determined to redeem the State.
But at the April Meetings, as in 1910, the Wings
sweepthe State ! They annihilate Van Burenism,
That "YoUNG LION" out West, having been
:" stirred up" with long Tariff pole, roars as loud
as ever s tl@N*
New York is therefore redeemed We have
the same authority that the town meetings fur
nished in 1887, 1888 and, 1910, that we shall
carry the State triumphantly in November To
our friends abroad we say, write New York down
upon your tablets for HENRY CLAY AND A Pro
TEcTIvE Tariff.
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RATHER ODD.--James G. Birney has recently
denounced Mr.. Adams's course on the subject OF
Slavery as eccentric, whimsical, inconsistent,
defended in part by weak and nconclusve argu.
ments, and, taken as a whole unworthy Of q
statesman Of large views and right temper, in .
great national conjuncture." On the other hand
Mr.. Delle, the Wing Representative in Congress
from Alabama, has denounced Mr.. Adams as " a
dangerous Abolition Incendiary"
1.-The oddity of this contrast of opinion and po-
sition is, (says the Mobile Register,) that Mr..
Birney and Mr. Dellet were both residents OF Ala
bama IN 1926, and both electors on the Presiden.
tial ticket in favor of this same Mr.. Adams, as
President Of the United States.--Northern Gas.
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W A S H | N G I @ n.
MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 8. 1914.

Van Buren's opinion of the present Tariff.
The letter published by the Richmond Enquirer places
this opinion record without equvocaton and is well
to keep it in mnd
"ALBANY Feb. %, IS43.
"My Dear ri thank you very kindly for your
friendly letter. HAVE AT NO TINE, NOR ANY
WHERE, HESITATED TO EXPRESS MY DECI-
DED DISAPPROBATION OF THE TARIFF ACT
OF THE LAST SESSION, AS WELL IN RESPECT
TO THE PRINCIPLE UPON WHICH 1T is
FOUNDED, AS TO IT'S DETAILS. In good time
you will have my views in respect that and other sub
jects before the public.
In the time believe to be, very sincerely
your friend and obedient servant
MARTIN VAN buren,"
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UNPRECEDENTED Snow SToRM.-The neigh
'orhood Of Rochester, IN. Y was visited on Sa-
'urday, the Both u't, by snow storm unusual
or the season Of the year. The weather for a
week previous had been warm and showery. On
Friday It became uncomfortably cold, and on Sa-
turday morning regular northeaster was raging
with great violence. The snow fell from twelve
TO fifteen inches deep, and the drifts we're worse
than at any time during the past winter. The
storm extended west to Lake Erie.
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Mr.. CLAY's BIRTH DAY.-The Wings of New
York intend to celebrate Mr., Clay birth day, the
18th of April, by grand demonstration at the
Tabernacle. An address will be delivered by
the Hon. John M. Clayton, of Delaware, and ad-
dresses will also be delivered by other distinguish
ed men. tEa
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Connecticm u S. isenator.-The New York

Connecticut u. s. Senator.-The New York
American says:
We learn directly from gentleman wi no saw
Mr.. Niles Connecticut U. S. Senator) last week
N the Utica Asylum, that he is still lunatic
VI course, as such, he is alike incapable either of
taklng his seat or resigning it, not being respon-
sble moral agent A contingency contemplated
by the Constitution has occurred. The words of
that instrument are, I" if vacancies happen by re-
sgnation or otheraoise" the Legislature Of the
State "shall then fill such vacancies" This en-
braces the very case, art]he Legislature must
act upon it,"
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EDUCATION MAKES WHIGs.-1n Marietta Col
lege one Of the best institutions Of the West, there
are one hundred students, many of whom are
voters and all near Of age. Of this one hundred,
there are ninety Eight Wings, one Loco, and one
Tyler man.
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0T THE WEEKLY STANDARD OF to-day con.
tains all the leading political matter Of the daily
paper, including the extracts from the speech Of
the Hon. ANDREW STEWART, on the Tariff
twenty-four columns Of reading matter, at 81
until the Isl of December next. Single copies
in wrappers at 25 cents per dozen.
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CONFERENCE.-THE speaking Of the triumphant
success Of the Wings in the recent election, the
Hartford Journal says:
1t is enhanced from the fact that the victory
was achieved under the glorious banner of HENRY
G y, AND PROTECTION TO AMERICAN INDUSTRY!
The Wings went into the conflict without dis
guise, openly and manfully advocating Wing prn-
cIpes, resolved to sink or swim with them. ,rhey
had no compromises to make, but risked all on
he soundness of the measures and the Justice of
the cause They made the issue fairly, reposing
!ull confidence in the integrity and intelligence Of
the people. That confidence was not misplaced"
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FROM CANTON.

The ship Helena arrived at New York on
Thursday last, direct from Canton, having left
that port on the Both December. Mr.. Cushing
had not then arrived there We have no further
news.
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Com. w. C. Bolton has been appointed Port
Captain at Norfolk he therefore retires from the
Bureau Of Construction, Equipment and Repairs.
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Intelligence was received by the mail of Sa-
turday last, that the Hon. HEMAN ALLEN MOORE,
of Ohio, who left this city in i'll health some
days ago, for his residence, has since died.
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FURTHER REPUTATION

MIR. X. 5. HART OF Dayton, on readipn the as
saults in The Locofoco press upon thS private
character of Mr.. Clay, addressed a note TO the
Rev. N. ii. Hall, a Presbyteria clergyman al,
Lexington, Ky. desiring him to state what MIR.
Clay's moral standing was among his neighbors.
The following is the reply of MIR. Hall. Read
this clear and explicit testimony:
LEXINGTON, Aug. 81, 1881.
Dear Su-four very polite and respectful ia
Vol OF the 18th inst, is now before me- and with
o9t unnecessary delay, reply to your inquiry
on state that alt is in the mouth of almost eyery
political speaker opposed to the election of the
Hon. Henry Clay, and is heralded forth from ev-
ny Democratic and Abolition press, that Mr.. Claw
is man of desperately bad moral character, and
that such is his standing in Lexington, and
throughout his neighborhood." You desire me tc
state what Mr.. Clay's standing al home and n.
nong his neighbours is.
L have been the Pastor Of the first PRESBYTERIAN
church, Lexington, nearly % years. My frs
residence when came to this place, was ioininc
1 MIR. Clay's farm, and ever since have lived il
The neighborhood, and have known this HONORABLE,
gentleman-and it gives me pleasure to say, tina
L nave never witnessed an act, or heard an ex
| preston from Mr.. Clay, that was not in conform
ity with the sh'1ctest morality; his character a
lnong the great of his neighbours, is that of
high-minded, honorable, kind, and beneyolen
gentleman. In word, sir, believe that MIR
Clays mural character is as good and far bette,
IMAM most OF the political men with whom have
been acquainted, and consider him more pre-en,
nently 9uotftd an erery respect for the Presidenc,
OF me United States at the present crisis, thar
any man in them. And the honest and unobtru
s've desire of my heart is, that in the good prov
dence OF God he may be elected 20 that high and
responsible office
Yours, most respectfully,
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'SCOTTSvILLE ROAD.

sAt meeting OF citizens Of Augusta county, held at
Tor the purpose OF appointing dele gates to the Con-
venon to be held in Richmond ON the first "Wednesday
Road from Scottsvillc to Stanton,
ID. WATTS appointed Secretary
On motion Of ID. w. PArrEsoS ESQ
Resolved, Tina, Chapman johnson, GEORGE NJ John
son, WIN Kinney, Col. Jas Crawford, Thos. Niche,
James B. Trimble, VIM. NJ. Tate, Peter Hanger A,
brahsm Lynn, VIM, w: King. Daniel Fishburn, WIN.
"A. Turk; Franklin Il. Geiger, Thomas r. Blair, Lud-
g. Is: Payne, Peter &. Hogg, John ID. Hart, and DIR.
Charie Cocke be and they arc hereby appointed dele
gates to represent the citizens Of Augusta said Con-
Resolved That the Staunton Spectator and the Rich
mOnd Enquirer, Wing and Compiler, be requested to
publish these proceedings.
The NICE then adjourned.
KENYON HARPER, Charm.
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Ill seems, then, that American farmers have me-
yer yet sold, during any one year, 10 all the
world, produce to the amount of twenty millions
OF dollars! Nor is there any reason to believe
that we can sell more abroad hereafter, than we
nave sold heretofore. In fact if we examine the
returns Tor series of years we shall see that the
amount sold has actually diminished, notwith-
standing the vast increase of population in both
countries. Thus from 1890 to 1900 we sold i'm
foreign markets SO9,227 barrels of beef from
1880 to 1910 we only sold 400, 7OI, showing an
actual falling of of more than half the whole
amount! And the aggregate quantity of both
bcei and pork sold feH III 327 ,342 barrels during
the same periods So from 1927 TO 1893, five
years, we exported 7,42l 1896 barrels; from 1884
TO 1910 only 5,7O7,6e0! This reduction took
Piace, moreover, while our duties were growing
less and less; so that it is evident we can hone
'or no great extension Of the foreign market here
after. The fact is, we have no control whatever
over this market. We neither enlarge nor
contract II, by any Tariff arrangement we NAV
adopt. Great Britain imposes duties on American
produce imported into her market, as follows:
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Il II Il w III &c LICY,
AS DENSED BY MIR. CLAY

l. "A sound national currency, regulated by the will
and authority of the Nation.
3 Aa adequate revenue, with fair protection TO A
mrrican industry.
B. Just restraints the Executive power embracing
further restriction on the exercise of the veto.
L. ~ faithful administration OF the pubc domain, with
equitable distribution Of the proceeds of the sales of
it among all the States.
5. An honest and economical administration of the
Government, leaving public officers perfect freedom
thought and of the right of suffrage but with suitable re-
straints against improper interference in elections.
g. An amendment of the Constitution, limiting the in
cumbcnt OF the Presidential office to a single term
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WING ELECTORS FOR VIRGINIA.

Dist. 1 ROBERT ii. WHITFIELD, orIslc of Wight
+" 2JOHN E. SHELL, of brunswick
'' HENRY p. IRVING, of Cumberland. o
Il" 4JOSEPH X. IRVING, of Amherst
60 5GEORGE ii. GILMER, of Pittsylvania
90 6VALENTINE w .SOUTIIALL, of Albcmarlc
." JOHN JANNEY, of Loudoun.
90 8 EDWARD L. TAYLOE, OF King George.
&c RALEIGH Il. DANIEL, of Richmond City
&c 10 MOREAU BOWERS, OF williamsburg
Is IL ANDREW HUNTER, of jefferson,
90 ~ ALEXANDER III. Ii. STUART, of Augusta
90 10 WILLIAM b. PRESTON, of Montgomery
Ia ANDREW S. FULTON, OF Wythe,
&c Is ALLEN T. CAPERTON, of Monroe
&c l6 AUGUSTINE j. SMITH, of Harrison.
&c II JAMES NJ. STEPHENSON, of TYLER
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Now how can we hope, in the face If these du
ties, 10 sell to England any great amount of aori-
cultural products! She never buys ann of us I'm
less she is compelled 10 do it by the necess,,ies
OF her people; and those necessities she can, in
ordinary cases, supply far more cheapIy with
grain from the Baltic and Black Seas. than from
the United States. She has repeatedly and rc
Gently declared she will not repeal or reduce
these duties ; and though we may make laws to
admit every thing she makes into this country
duty free, it would scarcely increase the exporta
ton of our farmers products single bushel -
We cannot expect hereafter TO export to foreign
countries any more Of these products than we
have done heretofore; and that amount as we
have seen, has never yet reached $4,000 ,OOO.-
We have never yet been able, and have no rea-
son TO believe we shall be able 10 sell all Me resi-
RI Tire U0rM oNE-TweNTfETH PART OT tie suyDh,.s
productions n our JarmerSi
This foreign market, it will be seen, then,
compared with that which American Agriculture
needS is of very Insignificant value. We must
find another in addition to it,
Another is crea.cd by the American Systen.-
We have already seen lha; by this system sOO,-
900 persons are engaged in actual mechanical
and manufacturing labor; and that 1,0O0, 600 are
dependent upon them for subsistence what they
need they have to buy and pay for out Of the wa
ges Of their labor. Now every one of these H.
100000 needs a! least S35 worth per annum Of