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lNacnifeem Procession Of The Coons from the Gu
TI,nse. on Mcir rnv 10 fork!

.llagnifcem Procession Of The Coons from the Club
H,nss on tier rav 10 fork!
Yesterday afternoon this splendid pageant came
off. The Wing Of the morning said, "'rhetown
is FIJI of strangers on their way 10 the great
Yorktown Convention, and full, too, of entap-
si0sm. Richmond ought 10 be represented there
in STYLE worthy Of the Gibraltar Of Wing prin-
ciples.' Go 10 Yorktown every man who can.
The Delegation meets al the Club House at two
o'clock. with ce'oys St,tdmiag, and 1"Hd gtortog,
music" hturlLer ''hoped, that large delegation,
mot less than two hundycdD would report them
selves as ready"
Full Of expectation, We took our stand in front
OF the Exchange The procession slowly ap-
preached but we must confess our disappoiii-
ment al seeing less iian hundred men in line
4 portrait Of The grea, embodiment was borne
in front, and then banner with CLAY, the Pco-
PTS candidate" (The late elections show that The
peoplc have very little 10 do with Clay) But
where were the enthusiasm, the huZzas, the am,
nation of the olden time of hard cider and
gourds Nothing of this sort was to be seen
This slim procession looked like The very ehost OF
the Whiggery OF 1910. All the fire OF that me
Iaorable year seems 10 be dead. The "embodi-
menl" is in lis las, stage.
II was The grand failure Of The canvass, and Inc
Locos present, seemed vastly amused. The 'iishy
District need not fear for this small force-even
with General Coombs of Hunting Shirt and
Single Speech Memory" at its head. II, as the
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The "New Orleans Tropc" does the gross
est injustice 10 Aristarchus, as well as 10 orr
selves lie has been guilty of no fraud and for
gerry" His only transgfcssion is III extracting
from the pages Of Thomas Cooper certain cx-
tracts. which he had no doubt were copied rcyia-
tim from Adam Smith There might have been,
and AriStarchus himself concsses thai there was,
some rcmi>snc>s in rot consulting The work OF
Adam Smith, instead ot coaidn9 III the quota
tons of Mr. Cooper THIS is the head ana
front Of his o!iendin.-No more" There was no
haad intcnded-no focecrv committed. This is
now obvious to every man-who will have the
Justice 10 study The facts, ard the candor to con-
icss the differences TO which they will conduct
every impartial mind. As soon IA Aristarchus
discovered his r,YJQl mistakes he made The aEcndc
hoaorabic 10 Mr. Riyes-and i'll his private letter,
which he addresses To ourselves, ne comes forward
io disclose his real name, and 10 make all The re-
narration towards ourselves which circumstances
seemed TO require from man Of honor. We are
satisfied with his explanation. But at The same
time he makes this amenGe 10 Mr.. Rives, he shows
distinctly that The main charge which he origl-
nally brought forward against the Senator from
Virginia is still unshaken-and that Mr. Rives
has really avoided the true gist Of The impeach-
ment Mr. r. indeed attempts 10 escape, under
the smoke he has raised ont of the verbal misiuo-
tationS OF Smith, from the charge that he himself
has sarbled A. Smith. and thus misrepresentation
true principle Of the author The charge, there
fore, sill remains against the Senator, 'that h.
has imposed upon the crcduli,y of Tie living, b.
niss,atng and destroying the wisdom OF the
dead"
As for ourselves, the "Tropic' is welcome 10
involve us in the transgrcssion Of AristaTchuS
Bu, We care not for his criticisms. We have
made the amcndc boaoraJie 10 Mr. Rives-and il
is now for lin 10 make it 10 his country.
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''S,uM Carolind:-Hmp far Traitors"
The Bulletin throws of this Ball from the Gill
zcns of Lousiana-says that it originated, as well
as the motto, in Mssissippi-and adds, that no
Thing has transpired 10 warrant the iinpu'auon
conveyed in the words We have quoted above on
any portion of,hc citizens OF The State nluch less
on the noble and venerable commonwealth liseii;
which passed valan,ly through the fire q! the re-
roluon, and whose public and private honor l.
Ia this day undimncd.'
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-19

SorTH CARoLiNA.-The election for members
of Congress, and Of the Safe Legislature, COM
menced on Monday last,
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NOTICE TO COUNTY COMMITTEES.
gJWe advise the Democratic COMMITTEES 10
obtain AMI circulate forthwith the Electoral lex
els. They may be procured at all Inc Democrat,
ic printing offices in the State. lhey may! VI
course, be obtained al the Enquirer Office. Price
ritty cents per hundred
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-19

TN Y.-NmGiNr,:-At rules tesi
/ in the Clerks Office Of the County Conr o..
buckingham County, Oh Monday, the q day Oh
September, 1914
Archibald Bigbic, Pia'ntn'
against
George Bgbe, in his own right and as admin
is,raor Of VIM Bigbie. deceased Joseph Bigbi'
Jeremiah D. Turpin, and Be;scy his wife, Jost
Bigbir. John w Walker and Jane, his Hiit
Nance Bigbie and Sally Bisbie, Defendant.
The defendants, John Blythe and Joseph Bug
bic. no, haring entered their appearance and e''-
or security according 10 he &C; Of Assembly and
the rules OF this Court, and il appearing by sail'
factory evdencc tina, they are not inhabilanI, d
this Commonwealth |, is orGercd, that the sas'
absent defendants do appear here on the irsl 5at
Of December Court next, and answer he bl.i Oh
the plaintiff: and that Il copy OF this order -
forthwith inserted il SEINE newspaper puo!iste"
in the City OF Richmond for two months >uct''
2vely, and posted at the front door d. the Io'i
House Of this county A Copy-Tcsie,
Oct 4-w2m X. ELDRlDuf.
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The New Orleans Bulletin ofthc 10Th, rebua cs,
with Just severity, one OF the notices which was
on HE "Big Ball" that was exhibited al Ike late
Baton Rouge Whig Convention:
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1Uro cTpIyGS TO HIS BOW !

4p,A.r Daniel Come 10 Judgment
Nothing shows more distinctly The fears OF the
Wings. than their sending d. Webster TO Penn
sylvania and New York, to enlist them, IL pos
.Ille. in The ranks of II. Clay. lie has made st.
ycral of his Guessing speeches in New forii-and
four in Pennsylvania But he has operated proba-
bly more efiecluallyas an inlriguer Than aSan ora
Tor. lie is said 10 have contributed, along with
NIarkle and Harper. (Mayor of \. York; and
the noted Thurlow Weed, OF Anti Mason and
Roorback memory. 10 consummatc the coalition
between the Wings and the Natives oil Phlladel-
min The blow was well aimed, but the Demo-
cracy of the country turned il aside, and baed
1.-The iplriguers. TO show the Importance which
Daniel Webster attached to the Governors Elcc-
ton in PENNSYLVANIA, hear what he said IN his
speech al Valley Forge:
II came among you, only 10 tell you The
deep interest feel in yonr ensuing State election.
The election Of President OF the United States
depends on the next Gubernatorial vote oil Penn
sylvania."
The Governors election, however, went against
hni-and thus ends his first prophecy. From
PENNSYLVANIA he passes on 10 New ork, and
there the Godlikc Daniel makes his second pro-
phccy on The steps of the AsOr House. Al the
close of his address 10 the surrounding Wings, he
says:
"And now, fellow citizens | go back from
some ii,le attention 10 public affairs, 10 my own
State Of Massachusetts. shall tell my fellow
citizens there, what have seen and heard in the
cities South oflhis, and especially will tell them
what have seen here tonight | will Tell them
ofthis yast assemblagc of your DISTINGUISHED pa
triotism, and OF the fixed determination 0! thou
sands of resoute men TO carry, for the WhiS
cause, this great, had almost said imperial, city
of New York. Aye, and they will carry IT, and.
in carrying the city, they will carry tie State,
and in carrying The State they will secure The cle-
walton of the Wing candidate 10 the Presidency
Of the IT, States"
Not so, Mr.. Prophet you will not carry New
York; and il the Wings were Ia succeed il would
be like the victory of Philadelphia. The interior
would turn il 10 dust and ashes in your hands The
Gin of New York is not yet quite The St0te.
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WHO ARE TO BE BENEFITED

Modern times have not given birth to
more magnificent scheme of aggran>
dizing and enriching few individuals
than that now on foot Of annexing Texas
to the United States. With a portion of
the people the enlargement of the territor-
ial limits of their country is always IA
vorite idea it carries with il the notion
of grandeur, and those who favor it in
dulge the vague hope that they are to be
benefited thereby. The Roman people
INDUCED the passion for acquisition to such
an extent that they seemed unwilling
there should be country in the world
which was not owned and governed by
them. The great mass of the people of
that overgrown empire were poor and
down.trodden by the rich they were ev-
er ready to join the army for the purpose
of conquest. with the hope Of thereby &C.
curing land, and improving their pecun.
iary and social condition. But did they
ever, in any instance, realize thor hopes !
Did conquest inurs to their benefit ! Did
they share in the distribution Of the coun.
tries conquered by their bravery and &C.
quired by their bloodl No. The con.
quered PROVINCES were allotted 10 the gen.
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try, to the consuls, senators, and the ar
istocracy generally. Now who would b.
benefited by the annexation Of Texas t.
the United Statesl Will the poor mar
who, in the case of war, would be called
upon to do the fighting. and who, whether
obliged to join the army or not. would BIZ
taxed to pay the expenses Of the war
No, not at all. 1t is the rich man. the
speculator, who is to reap the benefit, and
he alone, 1t is they who own some ten
fifteen, twenty, and fifty thousand acre:
of land in Texas-principaities and duke
doms--comparaiively nothing now, but
which would become immensely valuable
were il annexed to the United States. II
is they who have purchased for song, land
now hold hundreds of thousands and mil.
lions of dollars Oh Texan bonds and Tex
scrip, who are to be benefited. To them
the scheme of annexation is the philoso>
piers stone which is to make them mil.
llonaries fit succeeds. Is it at all sur.
prising, then, that they should manifest
so much feeling and anxiety in favor Of
this disturbing project.
Look at it in whatever light We will, il
is presented to US as grand, a magnifi.
cent, desperate scheme of speculation
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, Mr. Tyler seizes hold
of it as the mighty springboard from
which he can vault into the Presidential
seat which, having tasted ofpower. he is
reluctant to leave. Mr. Calhoun grasps it
for the purpose of orga nizing great
Southern party of the South is to be their
leader, and which he hopes will place him
at the head of the nation. Others join it
with the same personally interested and
ambitious views, expecting to come in for
their share of the honors and emoluments
of office, should their leader be placed in
the position which will give him the pow
er of dispensing them while the land
spectators on large scale, and the stock
jobbers who hold scrip worth nothing now,
but which is to be turned to gold in their
hands by ann exation. actuated by the
same interested and unworthy motives.
All these it seems to us, care not whether
annexation is to involve the country in
war, or inhlct dishonor upon US or not.
Self-interest blinds them to every thing
save their own profit or ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
All the land Speculation can see is, his
princely domain, and his splen1ed baroni-
cal castle; all the scrip Spectator can see
is, his hundreds Of thousands or his mil
lions of dollars, the interest of which is
guaranteed by the United States and
all some others can see is the glittering
robes and parophernalia of office. What
are the mass of the people to gain? We
ask for information, and pause for reply.
[Whig Standard.
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VAN BUREN ILLUSTRATED.

The maddened followers of Van Buren,,
know that their prospect for "spoils" is
blasted, have become venomous. One Of
his organs in this city (not the Argus in
its desperation, and with its intultiye ma
lignity, assails Messrs CLAY g. FIRING
HUYsEN in terms so coarse and brutal as
to disgust the fair minded men of IFS own
party. Let those who read this low, ma
lignant slang attack upon two of our most
eminent and beloved fellow citizens, re.
member that it comes from MIR Van Blu.
ren's Albany Family Organ:-
THE PURITAN AND BLACKLEG.
The nomination of so siraight>laced
man as Frelinghuysen on the same ticket
with the kentucky Orator." will be apt
to remind the people of that former coali-
ton Of puritan and blackleg, which was
once arrayed against them.
The Wings in bringing Mr. Frelinghuy.
sens strong pretensions to morality and
christian virtue in aid Of Mr. Clay, thus
seeking in the combination an approach
TO the average of decent morality, forget
that however much they may gain by the
conjunction, they can not but lose by tine
contrast. Blacklegism never looks black.
er than when placed beside pd-itanism !;
purltanism never more hypocritical than
when adding TO shuttle the pack and ar
range the cards of political gamblers.
Alb. Daily Adv.
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part of the present session of Congress.
And YET, yesterday, on test vote. mas
jority Of the House decided against the
repeating bill, leaving The Tariff Of 1910
in FULL and sALUTARY OPERATION
This decision was an involuntary soon
cession" of our political opponents TO the
"wisdom and beneficence of Wing policy"
produced by the returning prosperity of
the country and the enlightened opinion
. Of the people.
But, gentlemen, have much higher
qualification than any which could be de-
rived from that decision of the House Of
Representatives. 1t is that the People Of
the United States, from the st Johns to
the Sabine, who have been so long dIyi-
ded and agitated on the question of the
encouragement of Domestic Industry,
are about 10 settle down in union and
harmony" upon the equitable basis of
raising. in time of peace, the amount Of
revenue requisite to an economical adj
mlnistraiion of the Government "exclu>
sively" from foreign imports by a "Tar-
ifi'' so adjusted as that by proper ''ds-
elimination" Just and reasonable zen
couragement shall be extended to Ameri.
can Industry. May this happy union
and harmony pervade all other great
measures of public policy. and nothing
occur TO disturb the peace, to sully the
character OF check the onward and glo-
rious march of our country.
| am your friend and obedient servant,
III. CLAY.
Messrs. Samuel II. Clark. A Jones,
David Fleming, C Kundle, c NJ Curdy,
Thomas Foster, Jr Aaron Bombaugh,
] C Wallace, Samuel Alleman, Henry
Peffe, Daniel Reic hard, P C Sedgwick
and Geo. Trullingcr' Executive Commit
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WASHINGTON, May IL, 1874.

"AShiNOiOEsf wa - iOfHs
GENTLEMEN: | received the lettel
which you did the honor to address to me
inviting me, prior to my return home, tc
visit the Capitol of Pennsylvania. Sub
sequent TO IFS date, thought it right &c
announce to the public my determination
TO make No visits, nor attend any public
meetings which might be deemed politi'
cal, until the Presidential Election was
decided. To that determination shall
adhere. 1t deprives me of the pleasure
of accepting your friendly invitation.
Gentlemen, agree with yon-"No
State in this Union would be benefited
more by the permanent establishment Of a
sound wing policy than Pennsylvania. u
have had the great satisfaction, always,
to agree with Pennsylvania in regard 10
public measures, whenever the genuine
feeling of Pennsylvania have been fair.
ly expressed. There was not merely a
cordial concurrence, but an intimate
friendship between her Finley, Smile,
Lacock, Roberts, Brown, and other dis.
tinguished sons, and me in the Congress
which declared the last war. | united
also with the survivors of them, or emln>
emf citizens of that State, in laying the
foundation of the National Prosperity,
after a return of peace. have no rec
collection of any important public measure
respecting which l have differed from
Pennsylvania. | was perfectly aware
that "the time was when the people OF
Pennsylvania were made to believe that
you were not their friend" Acting I'M
der the maxim that honesty was the best
policy, and upon the conviction that truth
is omnipotent, and public justice certain,
| bore the unmerrited reproaches cast up
on me, as became me. have not been
disappointed. | stand indicated, in the
hearts, and by the spontaneous acclama>
tons of my fellow.citizens. The indus
try and malignity of my enemies will no
doubt prompt perseverance in these at
tacks.-Perversions of my language, mis-
representation of course, old scraps from
tattered and obsolete newspapers-even
fabrication and forgery are and will con.
tInue to be employed to vituberate and
Willy me. But like all preceding as
saults, they will be unavailable, and l
shall remain invulnerable TO them all.
In the mean time, l congratulate you
on the bright and cheering prospects of
the establishment of that Swing Policy"
SO essential, / believe, not only to the
prosperity of Pennsylvania, but to that of
The whole Union. happened to be in
the House of Representatives when an
important part of that policy signally tri-
umphed. The Tariff of 1912 has been
bitterly denounced, and gross epithets ap-
piled to it. Its repeal was pronounced to
be a favorite object Of our political op-
ponents. They have majority of some
fifty or sixty in the House. A bill to re.
peal that Tariff has been pending great
The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1844-05-29

The hailing sign of distress of despon.
ding Van Burenism is thrown ont in last
evenings Post. 1t is in shape Of an Ad.
dress from Democrat Convention in this
City to the people of the Union-proving
most logically, that the intrigues of men,
bers of Congress are aiming to bauIk the
will of the people. which the address as.
sumes to be, that Martin Van Buren, shall
be reelected President, in order to vindi.
cate the dignity of the party, outraged by
the result of'40
1t proves, with equal logic, that avail
bility, which is now so much in request,
is poor argument in favor of candi-
date, and then urgues nevertheless, that
the aforesaid Martin IS the most available
for the party.
1t boasts, threatens, and by turns, i'm
pIores-but all won't do. Martin will,
doubtless, be the candidate, on the same
issues, as this Address boasts, as in 40,
and-or we much mistake the signs of
the times-with more complete over
throw. IN Y Am.
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Amos KENDALL's TRACrs.-There a

Amos KENDALL's TRACTs.-There are
some of the Locofoco Editors who are
above the business of praising or PeddIIng
kendall's political tracts. The Peters
burg (Va.,) lntelligencer, an able and in
fluential paper, thus disposes of Two Of
these precious electioneering missiyes:
at is useless TO ask us TO publish the
tract on Henry Clay's duels, or that emit,
tied "Providential Dispensations." the one
is UNGENTLEMANLY-the other
BLASPHEMOUS."
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A letter is said TO be IN town, from
Gen. Jackson, in which he pronounces in
advance every Senator who shall vote
against ratifying the Treaty 10 be trail
tor to his country so it seems that Mr.
Butler has not been able to take the lion
into his keeping, and that some other than
be directs his roar upon this subject
Washington Correspondent Courier &
Enquirer.
The following is given in another let
ter as an extract from this letter:
HERMITAGE, May 3, 1874.
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MR.. CLAY AND PENNSYLVANIA.

The following letter from Mr. Clay was
written on the eve Of his departure from
Washington. If those who SO fit to u.s.
sert that Mr. Clay has abandoned" the
advocacy of Protection can read this and
still persist in that calumny, they must be
brazen indeed:
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"The Senator who votes against the
ratification of the Treaty must be trait
or to the best interests of our beloved
country, whatever pretext he may at
tempt to shield himself under"
ANDREW JACKSON.
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@The present Loco Congress has
been in session nearly six months at an
expense Of one million Of dollars, and
what have they done to benefit the coun-
try1 "Echo answers what ~ The
House has fixed upon the 18th day Of
June to adjourn, but they had better amend
it SO as TO read the 18th day of hay.
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