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THERE IS REJOICING ELSE
WHERE.

When we see an infurated Polkite
rejoicing over the election Of Polk we
cannot help thinking Of his associates in
joy--the enemies of freedom and of our
Country. See the following whic h have
come to hand since the election:
From the Montreal (Cauada) Gazette.
$50 far as we can Judge from the
American papers, the Presidential cleo
ton is going decidedly in fayor Of Mr.
Polk. This is very important event
1t decides tie opinion Of the democracy
of the United States in favor Of the relax
alton of their conme-ci1i system, and the
admission CT foreign, that is of British
manufacturers, without reference to the
protection Of the domestic producer In
all its results It cannot fail to have most
important influence on the relations be-
tween Canada and the Neither Country"
Fran Tie Charleston Is @ Mercury.
The mails O. yesterday removed all
doubt The Empire State has giYcu
Polk and Dallas majority ofthousauds
and, with the expectation of North
Tirulin1. and she too shows decided
9,Taiilg back 10 the night, the whole South
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of the Polk and Texas party, addresses the
following admoni:ory languageto the success
full candidates.
MIR. Polk, tits true, has not been so close
" identified with the manufacturing inter-
ests as Mr.. Clay, but it must be recollected
that he has been sustained, and nobly sus-
tanned in This State, under many adverse Cir
cumstapces, with full confidence that he
would sustain the manufacturing as well as
the other interests of the State, according to
the promise every where made by his own
personal and inhuentialfriends. MIR. Polk is
a man of high character and spotless integri-
ty. He, therefore, cannot, and we think VIII
not, basely betray those who have placed
their confidence in him. He will recollect
that without Pennsylvania he could never
have been elected. That the People OF
Pennsylvania are almost unanimous in favor
of Tariff, aflording protection to their
manufactures. That it was with frm be-
lief that he would foster these interests, as
as they had been assured by himself and his
friends, they gave him their support. To be-
tray them now would be rorse than Arnofd's
treason. These we know to be the feelings
of almost the entire Democracy Of this sec
ton of the State, and we might say ofthe
whole State. The four counties of North
cumberland, Columbia, Schuylkill and Luz
zerne, gave him majority of 4,651.-Ihese
counties possess almost boundtess ,CeGth IN
their coal and iron, and are, therefore, deeply
interested in the Tariff. They have given
this large vote under the most positive assur-
ances that their great interests would be pro-
tec;ed. and ,coe be 10 the man tcho shall attempt
10 betrqu hemi!
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belief that Polk was as good Tariff man as
MIR. Clay They would have been beat by thou
sands. What folly then to desert stan
dard the very counterfeit ofwhich in the re-
cent struggle was the talisman of success to
your opponents. What narrow policy to
do homage to lone star either of Nativeism
or Aboli.ionism when the noble galaxy of
Wing principles command your devout ad-
miration. No Wings, every attempt to mar
row the broad grounds which you occupy
will lessen your chances ofvictory in the end.
Cling to the noble banner under which you
conquered in 1910, and except under very
untoward circumstances would have con-
quered in 1914. Once abandoned, the party
is broken into fragments which can never a
gain be united under any other standard. In
our apprehension even the. name wing is OF it
selfa host. 1t is already hallowed in the minds
of the people who glory in the appellation,
and would loose their attachment to the prin-
ciples which it embodies should it be discard
ed. 1t is this name under which the venera-
BILE fathers of the revolution successfully
fought for independence. Under it then let
us never dispair, but drawing close the old
cords which formerly bound together the great
wing family throughout the Union, let US again
and again rally until victory pefches upon
our standard, or the country falls an irrecov-
cradle prey to the whitening curses which Lo-
co demagogues will surely indict upon it
Bitter as is the reflection, that at present this
would all be in vain, yet the future is full of
hope and promise.
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Mr.. EDITOR 4:

MR. EDITOR
l have noticed with no small qualification
the provisions Of the License Law, published
in your last paper. 1t brings the whole sub
ject of the sale Of intoxicating drinks within
the control of the people, and no man, whose
convictions on this subject have reached the
point that the sale of these liquors is an I'M
mingled public evil, need hesitate now what
course to pursue to exterminate it finally
There are but few who are interested for the
protection of this tradelnd these generally
desire its profits without respect to the moral
condition of society consequent upon it, the
sacrifice Of health and property of its victims,
the injury suffered in families by the tebase
ment Of beloved members, and the response
bility of the public in the end, for the loss of
health and money and moral principle which
it occasions. Another class desire to encour-
age for its own sake the RIGHTEOUSNESS of the
cup. They have satisfaction in the loose
ness of morals which it occasions. They
would preserve a leviiy of mind TO themselves,
without respect to the waste ofhappiness en-
dured by others, and value their own priv
ilege Of indulgence also as the first good
The number in both these classes, who as yet
resist the progress of Temperance truth, is
doubtless small. 1t will be jealous body,
however. apt in managementas INSCRIPTIONS
in their aim. They look for pay, also, and
as they suffer some disparagement in under
taking the service of the rum King among
US, will distinguish themselves by aspersing
the character and motives of others. 1.-THE
frmness of the principle of the Temperance
community remain what it has been, howsA
err, the beneficent provisions of the law win
be carried fully into effect Commissioners
will be chosen who would abhor the encour-
agement of an iniquity, too long exempliied
in our country to be misappreheuded now, who
will set themselves to carry out the conviction
of an overwhelming majority ofvoters,and of
the community, that safety and proprieiy de-
maud its extermination.
TEMPERANCE.
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Magnetic Telegraph,

We ANNOUNCED scme days ago that ar
rangements were in progress for estsb-
fishing a Magnetic Telegraph between
New York and Boston. We have since
been informed that LEONARD GALE and
F. ]. o. Smith are the parties by whom
the enterprise is undertak en-, they having
purchased the privilege from Professor
Morse. The electrical wires viii be
carried through Westchester County and
along the Connecticut shore, passing
through Hartford, New Haven, Spring
filed, and Worcester, to the capital of
Massachusetts.
We also learn that similar commune
cation between Albany and Buffalo is to
be established during th9 next year by
Professor MORSE and another party.
1t will be recollected that bill is now
before Congress for the continuation of
the telegraph from Baltimore to "such a
point opposite 10 the city of New-York
as may be found most practicable for the
exclusive use and direction of the United
States-provided the same shall consist
ola line of six wires, and shall not exceed
the cost of S46I per mile-the same to
be paid out of any moneys in the Treas
ury not otherwise appropriated; and the
said telegraphic cOntrivance, when con-
structed. shall be assigned and made ap-
purtenant to the Post Office Department,
under the superintendent of S. T. B.
Morse, and under such regulations and
tariff Of charges fer communications made
thereby for private or Government: purpo-
ses as the Postmaster General shall insti-
tute. and until Congress shall otherwise
order" If this bill passes, as we hope it
will the communication will soon be COM
plete from Washington to Boston What
shall hinder the extension of the Tele-
graph still further East. say to Portsmouth,
Portland, Augusta, and Bangor, and
finally to Madawasca? And then why not
extend it to the West and South 2 The
benefits to be derived from this new ap-
piication of magnetic power are incalcu-
liable, battling even the imagination of the
widest enthusiast in his efforts to con-
ceiye ofthem. Brother Jonathan, we be-
lieve, is ahead of all the rest of the world
in this matter, and may Justly feel some
pride in circumstance which indicates
so high degree of inventive genius, sci
entific knowledge and idomitable enter
prise,
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the prices to little or nothing, to force
Western power-Calhoun proposed to
give 10 most of the lands for little or no
consideration to the States and Territories
and Jackson went for the unconditional
urreudef-but Mr. Clay, himself a Yves
tern man, withstood this wickedness; thus
gross injustice; this bartering away the
public domains, the equal property, ac-
sording to representation of all the States.
lie fought manfull, the battle of the
WHOLE couxrAT, (not even excepting the
best interests of South Carolina hcrself,)
FIR the protection of cur labor and indus
try. lie has resisted the Stare interest
and the TtIan scrip interest, which John
TYLER vas base enough to hug to his
bosom-and how has he been requited!
The two great States most deeply inter
es,ed, have, by fraud and misrepresenta-
ton, united with foreign influence and
the hypocriticaI pretenders of the slaves
friend, (when their conduct shows they
love political party first Of ally Ne"
York and Pennsylvania, have gone for
tho slave candidate, and the South Caio-
lima "free trade" candidate too. Tell it
not in !SaginGu, lest Birney himself be
forced TO blush-tell it not I'm Manchester
and Leeds, in Sheffield, lest English joint
stock companies reproach US, and say
that :clOQ geo well Disturbed, is more
ten: in the United States, than all their
boosted patriotism.-N II. Seminal.
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LECTURES ON EUROPE.

The Lectures on Europe from the Rev.
J. d. Butler, one Of our most talented gradu-
ates, for few evenings past have furnished
the citizens of Middlebury with fine intel
lectual banquet. The author has been a
keen interchangeable & somewhat enthusiastic
observero of the things Of the old world which
so much surpass those of the new, particu-
larry in the works of art and the remains of
antiquity. In his first lecture he dwet upon
the beauty and splendor of the city of Naples,
the enchanting sublimity Of the surrounding
scenery, and the numerous and magnificent
ruins which every where present themselves
TO the eye of curiosity. There too is the
neurological region of Virgil so hallowed in
the imaginations of every classical scholar
and our traveller rambled about the dilapidated
temples, cities, villas, sepulchres and
grottos which every where abound with
associations which impaired the liveliest in
terest to every object before him. In his sec
ond lecture he represented Rome, sill the
mistress of the world in architectural great
mes, tand the masterpieces of sculpture and
painting. No traveller either European Or
has American, hitherto, so minutely andinge-
niously depicted the beauty aud magnificence
of ST. Peters Church which has been justly
enumerated among the seven wonders ofthe
world.
The subject of the lecture on Monday
evening was Pompeii, that paradise of antI-
quarian5 and complete museum Of the old
Roman world. While other cities have de-
lapidated into heaps of ruin, here is one
which has as il were risen from the dead.
About one third of Pompeii has been dis
humed, aud appears with its its houses.
its forum, its temples, its fountains, its STAT
uary aud painting, as it did upon the very day
seventeen hundred years since, when it was
overw helmed and buried by stream of lava
from the bowels Of Vesuvius. But our
space will not allow us TO speak more ofIhe
varied objects of curiosity to which the vivid
descriptions Of Mr.. BUTLER lend sort of
pleasing enchantment.
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VINO nInT 7 !" no elected James X.
Polk Il" says the Free Trade man of
South Carolina 81 did it IIurrah for
Free Trader
No" says the AnneSationist Of Mis-
sissippi, Alabama and Louisiana, at was
that did it who went for the enlarge
ment Ct the territory Of slavery.
"Not so fast" responded the Annex
a;ionists Of the North at WAS we who
did tive who went for getting rid of
slavery by taking Texas, and thus enlarg-
inG the boundaries of freedom
Ma, no." declare tie Tariff men Of
Pennsylvania eve did it, and did it By
shouting for the Tariff Ct 1912. But for
tn: Tariff, there would not have been
iet in orr Democratic Key Stone one
stone upon another"
Don't boast too much" says the Ty-
Ter men eve did it. The Post Office
did it, and the Custom House did it; we
did, by giving you public office and pub
10 money"
And these are not all who say they did
it The friends Of Silas Wright and Mar
tin Van Buren, in New York declare it
vas their work. The Irish say they did
1.-THE Germans say they did it, and the
A5olltionists Of the Locofoco creed ex-
ultng proclaim, we did it.
Gentlemen, all you may share the hon.
ors of the triumph among you, if you can.
The people will see in your discordant
cla;;ns who and what have done If Free
Tiade and Tariff men-Texas men and
an;i-Texas men-men Of all minds and all
priaciples--you have combined by foul
means and by fair means to defeat the
why party, and if, amid the din of your
general discorj, you can restore order
out of confusion, you are welcome to do
Cd. There is mach more occasion for
pi,,ying your forlorn condition, than for
being alarmed at any probable unity of ac-
ton among yourselves. New York Elk.
press.
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FIRE IN NEw-HAvEN.-A gentleman
from New-Haycn informs US that the Pub
lie House formerly known as the Quinni-
piac, but more recently as the City Ho-
tel, in that plaee, was destroyed by fire
yesterday morsshg. The fire commenced
in the dining room about ? o'clock A. NJ.
and all efforts to extinguish it proved fruit
les. The house was fully insured,
though the property of Mr. Hotchkiss, the
landlord, was not. The Law Institute,
standing contiguous to the hotel, was
with great difficulty saved
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character Of the Senate depends upon Vir-
ginia, and as the joint ballot will be close and
not at mosst for theWhigs but by , majority.
The whole matter must remain in doubt I'M
til trial in the premise. If Virginia elects
a Wing Senator the Senate is Wing, other
wise not; as Mr. Dallos is ex-ofIicio Presi-
dent and will give the casting vote. 1t re-
ported that member of the Wing Legisla-
ture has changed sides since the election of
Polk
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HIGH DUTIES AND Low PRIcE'

The Locofocos affect TO sneer and ~
themselves exceedingly merry at the asst
that a Protective Tariff makes low Pr.
They declare that the consumer paws Z.
duty, and that it operates as "A direct tas
him. Its probable that the statemeri-
one of their ablest men, the Hon. J .
Buchanan of Pennsylvania. may open 90
eyes. That gentlemen, in a speech deii' 9,
in the Senate of the United States o. the ,
Of June. 1344, reported in the Appeal. g.
the Congressional Globe, says:
"There is one remarkable fact conn
with this subject well worthy Of consider ",
Whilst railroad iron came to lis free 0.
the price remained high in Great 81
In January, 1910, it cost in Wales g,
sterling, or S55 per ton. In Way, 40
duty of 90 per cent. had been impos
sunk to e. sterling. or S35 per ton; 9r
August, 1913, one year after the duy @
per ton had been imposed, it reach,
lowest price Of S24 per ton, at viii,-
Fitchburg Company purchased. Do
these facts furnish strong argument a.
the repeal Of the present duty! 1iaSl
article once more duty free-in this III
afford the British manufacturers sec
that thev shall enjoy the exclusive posse
of our mrrket-and will they not agall us
the price TO $50 per ton, the staada'
1910! Our railroad companies would
be compelled to pay higher price le> g.
article than the y do at present; uh
Treasury would loose the whole amor
the duties. We have been informed HI
great iron Masters of England act in core
and control prices at their quarterly ;nee =
and SO absolute is this control, that .'r..
must be governed By IT, --
comp elled TO blow out his furnace, ! --
essary, to prevent over production.
facts 90 far TO establish the principle
all our experience sanctions,-THAI ~,
CREASEDDUTIES FALL.lNA CIR
DEGREH. UPON THE FOREIGN p
DpCER, RATHER THAN THE ~
MESTIC CONSUMER"
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~ THANKsGIvING.-From having been
peculiar to the Pilgrim Fathers of New Eng
land, THANKSGIVING have become common
festivals throushoutthe Union. Even South
Carolina has adopted the examples of New
England.
HThe Legislature of New Hampshire
is now in Session.
e U. S. SENATE. The election in Del
aware has secured the choice of Wing
Senator from that State, making 26 Senators
which the Wings are sure of,whiIe the Locos
are sure of only 25. Now then, the political
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TENNESSEE.

There isn9 further doubt about Tennessee.
The Nashville Union, leading Locoloco
organ, admits the success of the Wings by
small majority. Thus is James K Polk
elected with the verdict of his own State
against him, in spite Of the influence of
Old Hickory ofthe same state in his favor.
This is the first instence in our history where
the successful candidate has failed of the
support of his own State.
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.oN.~S(C&
Henry Clay and J.K. Polk
From the Ohio State Journal

Who thinks less Of Horny Claw No.,
that the hope of seeing him President ~
the United States is lost2 Who bate
him less statesman, less an Orator I.,,
a Patriot! Who values his past ser,iro,
less and feels less pride in haYinr synn,-
ted such man Who would cher;sl
token from him less, because he has hen
defeated in the contest for the Pres;dso(a
that has Just closed! Not one-not ono,
His praises are still on the tongues IS
millions. His fair counHywomen f-e
and deplore his defeat as deeply as !, !,
possible for their fathers, husbands arl
brothers to feel it. A beYy of beautilr.
girls in our city were effected even to
tears, when the intelligence that al Ives
lost, was conveyed to their ears. The e.
collection of having contributed so secure
him the vote of this State, IS cherished by
every Wing of Ohio as something that h.
can tell with pride to his latest day
Though defeated, he stands yet in the es.
timatlon of his friends, the greatest man of
the day He is still Harry CLAW, and there
is but one. The boys sing their songs in
honor of his name and fame as heartfeltas
if he were now President elect. A thous.
ands of iresides the little ones chirp Is
sweetly as ever,
God bless Harry Clay"
"The noble Harry Clay"
The little mementos Of the campaign
Clay Portraits, Clay Breas,p!ns, &c.
are treasured as carefully and purchase
as eagerly as ever. \ thousapd th,n-s
are, daily transPiring and developing then
selves, showing that he hGs a held on the
affections of the people Of this couatr5.
that no man has secured Before, since :..e
days Of Washington.
Now turn we to lis opponent, james
X. Polk of tennessee. u no thinks mo-
of him since his election than he did b.
fore Who believes that he has enti,i5
himself to the distinction By any act of
life, or all Of them combined Who c..
point to the evidence Of his fitness D.
patriotic love ofcountry, the distinguish
services that render him worthy oftn, O.,
allied sta;ion-exalted still, though g.
by atrcitcr whose name Will go doG~ 10
posteritv connected with al! ,hat Is de.
table and vile lie is still James Il. 20.
Of Tennessee, the blind adherent Of !
drew Jackson the inveterate PartizGn
Greatness has been thrust upon him; a
high as is his elevation he viii be p,
my still. His nomination was bra
about by a shameful disregard ofPa-ty
structicns, and his election has been c.
sumated by the logIest means. Thu
President, he has not hundred dcyo;a
friends in the country, and unless he
lies the expectations &C those who non
mated iim, he will sink into obscuri.y
soon as his term has closed, remembe:
only as the f,r'orn hope OH distract:
caucus Who would not rather be He
Clay, the private citizen, thaa jams Z
Polk, the Presiden. Of the U. States
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PRESIDENT JoNE's VIEws on ANNEX
ATIoN.-The New-Orleans Republican
speaks Of the opinion Of DR.. Jones the
Chief Magistrate ofthe Texas Republic
on the subject Of annexing his country to
the United States says;
"By an extract from letter attribu>
ted to DR.. Jones, President elect of Tex
as, and which recently found its way into
the papers in the United States, we were
led to believe that that gentleman's opin-
ions regarding Annexation had been mis-
representatad, and that he was in favor OF
the measure. 1t now appears that our
original opinion was correct Dr.. Jones
is opposed to Annexation. An empa-
thatic indication OF this was furnished so
soon as it was ascertained that Jones was
elected. Mr. Terrill was sent Minister
to England; and Mr.. Riley Minister to
the United States-Mr Van Zandt hay
ing been recalled. The two first named
gentlemen have distinguished themselves
in their hostility to Annexation"
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WHAT PENNSYLVANIA EXPECTS
OF POLK.

While the Charleston Mercury at the
South and the New York PlebiGn at the
North are rejoicing over the result of the
recent contest, as deciding the question
against Protective Tariff and in favor of
Texas Annexation. there are Loco Foco pa
pers in Pennsylvania which already begin to
tremble at the possible consequences of tins
national calamity.-The Sunbury American.
warm advocate. throughout the campaign,
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is united for, Free Trade. Low Duties,
No Debt We have right now to ex-
pect equal laws-and safety to the civlli-
cation of the South-Abolitio is signally
defeated-and the mercenary Southern
treason which wooed its foul embrace, Is
condignIy chastised in the utter prostra-
ton Of selfish aspirants. Let every dis
interested lover of his own State, and OF
the Union as our fathers made it, RE-
JOICE for the redemption of the Con-
stitution is at hand.
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THE DAY OF TRIAL APPROACHES

Congress assembled On Monday this week.
We trust we shall be able to give our readers
John Tyler's Message. They must read it
with all the might they can muster. The
document will be wholly important. twill
be authority for nothing. A little like an
old Almanac Even his thunder about Tex
as will not be hsard amidst the din made by
Loeofocoism for annexation.
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The cost Of a Locotoco Uote.-A farmer sold in
this city. on Monday, two sheep skins, for
which he was paid six shllings apiece. On
Tuesday he voted for Polk and Dallas. On
Friday he is here again with couple of skins,
better than those he sold on Monday,and
gets but four shillings apiece rthem. The
wool is of hise eyes uow.-Albany Daily i'd
rertiser.
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LOUISIANA.

This State hus gone for Polk by small
majority, and probably by the illegal foreign
voters in the District of Plaqueniues. Folks
majority is about 700. Throwing aside the
fraudulently obtained majority in Plagueniues
$50 and Mr.. Clay would have majority.