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THE DILEMMA.-The Washington CORES
roudcnt OF the Baltimore Patriot writes as
follows, in relation TO subject deeply inter
esiing TO the American people;
Can any one tell when our Government is
10 get out of The war with Mexico1 1t is an
easy matter for an ambitious, weak or uu-
wise President TO get the country into war
even without the aid Of Congress, although
the Constitution prohibits the aci,-but TO get
il out Of a war when once in is not the most
feasible task in the world! Will we consent
after what has happened, without a slice Of
her territory Aud surprising she yields as
much territory ~ agree to be satisfied
with. will that end the matterl Let the irea-
" be made and signed and sent to the Senate.
it must receive The appreciation of two-third,
ol that body, or it will he > dead letter blown
Ia the inds, made null and void viii two
thirds of the Senate vote for it. unless there
shall be in il a clause prohibiting the exist
.nce Of slavery in the newly acquired terrific
~ ! On the other hand will rwo-Ihrds OF
the Senate vote for the treaty ifit does con
tain clause of such prohih' tory nature
IL i. well enough TO lnok this hole matter
full in the face. and for every lover Of his
country and the prosperity OF this glorious.
but shockingly abused. Uniuu. 10 ask himself
what dIngers this war with Mexico was
fraueht with lit shall result in the disso-
luton Of the Union-which Heaven forbid =
let him who brought il OH be Overw helmed
with the terrible responsibility of the act.
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anamoly Of a people stripped of the right To
most selfish and destructive policy which
might be adopted by foreign nations. Til,
surely cannot be the case; this Indispensable
power thus surrendered by the States, must
be within the scope OF the authority on the
subject expressly delegated to Congress.
In this conclusion | confirmed as well by
the opinions of Presidents Washington, J,f
ferson, Madison and Monroe. who have each
repeatedly recommended the exercise Of this
right under the Constitution, ne by the uni
form practice Of Congress. the continued az
quiescence ofthe States, and the general un-
Outstanding of the people,
According TO General J1cksou. when the
power goes. the duty attached TO the power
goes also. 1t appears to me thatthese extracts
from Gen. Jackson read very differently from
those Of Mr.. Polk at the opening Of Congress.
IL this measure means any thing. it means
that the sole duty of Government is TO get all
the money it can for the purpose Of revenue.
IL any advantage accrues TO the manufacturer.
it is accidental only. Touched by the solid
principle OF Andrew Jackson, the whole docu
ment explodes like gunpowder.
Ii is true that in very excited party times
President Jackson did ueto the bill for the
Maysvlle road; but think the people Of
New York and Pennsylvania, and Ohio and
Indiana. aud Illinois, aud Missouri and NlirlI-
igan, and IN a word. of all the West, will see
in the veto of Mr.. Polk, the principle of OPP
position TO such works carried 10 much
broader and greater extent than General
Jackson ever asserted.
The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1846-12-15

~ While waiting 10 hear Mr.. Folks sio
ry about Texas, lin his new message) and
the consequences Of annexation, letus call
In mind wha. he said one year ago. In his
Message of 1915 10 Congress, he said,
This accession TO our territory has been a
bloodless achievement. No arm Of force
has been raised TO produce the result. The
sword has had 10 part III the victory. We
have not sought 10 extend our territorial pos
sessions By conquest, or our republican insI-
tuiions .ver reluctant people. II was the
deliberate homage OF each people TO The
great principle Of our lederaiive Union.
III we consider tie extent of territory IN
volved in The annexarion-iis prcspe ciive IN
huence on America-ihe means by which II
has been accomplished. springing purely
from the choice ofthe people themselves ia
share the blessings of our Union,-ihe histo-
ry oiIhe world may be challenged 10 furnish
parallel.
The Jurisdiction Of the United States.
which. al the formation of the Federal Con
stituion, was bounded by the 81. Mary on
The Atlantic. has passed the CaPes OF Flor
da, and been peacefully extended TO TIC
DelNorte In contemplating the grandeur
of this event, il is not 10 be forgotten tina
The result was achieved in despite OF The d.
plomalic interference OF European monarch
icsi
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THE BLACKWELL ISLAND VOTERS
AT TIE LATE ELECTION.

Mike Walsh. in his 'Subterranean' Of last
week, after devoting column TO a review, in
his peculiar vein, OF the election, in " hich he
was chosen to the Legislature, undertakes
TO put down certain rumors, which, he says.
are anoat, relative to his having been the
means of exposing and procuring to be ar
rested the CONFLICTS, brought hitler 10 vote
at the election. Mike denies this, with many
reservations, and with as much earnestncss
and warmth as il the act he said was charg-
ed withal would not have been one Of the
most mertorious deeds of his life. But
while doing this helets out several interesting
facts; not the least important Of which is the
avowal and declaration Of One Who Knows.
that this internal scheme was deliberately
projected, and in a great degree perpetrated
We make some quotations from Walsh's ar
icle.-lExpress.
Adveriing TO the charge of having been an
instrument in the exposure Of the enormity
he says:-
Had felt a disposition 10 do any such
thing could long since have shocked the
moral portion of this community with horror
could have annihilated the most cowardly
and vindiciive portion of my Prosecutors, OF
which fact they were as well aware rs they
were that from me they had not the slightest
danger TO apprehend of an exposure, aEd
could on the nigh, in question have exposed
twenty gangs of reporters instead Of one
And lie thus closes his article:
sThe very circumstance which they allege
has led some who are personally acquainted
with me TO listen 10 The absurd and contradic-
tory tales in regard 10 il, would. were they
not the veriest blockheads in existence, have
a Numerically opposite effect 1t is this
While in there, about an hour or so before
| the arrest. as nearly as can learn, an ind
vidual said 10 me, Mike, there will be three
| or four hundred good votes out Of thar party
| to-day, and every one of 'em will be- good
for you too The party 10 which he pointed
in the back room consisted Of some II or 4
poor forIorn, half idioiic looking wrei, hes.
and promptly and indignantly replied thai
rather than be elected 10y The vote Of ever
one periured dupe or villain, ] would gladly
prefer defeat, adding that if conscious
vile. Infamous and damnable means. the first
honest, virtuous or patriotic sentiment
should attempt 10 utter would choke me-
then lelI in disgust in the company OF those
with whom | came, and with them re
manned until after the arrest oil the whole par
ty took place.
The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1846-12-15

LIFE PREsEGvERs.-We have seen stale
meuts in some OF the papers that the Life
prcservrrs on board The Atlantic proved
worthless beirsyIng the trust reposed in them.
This * exactly contrary to the truth. Thu
Atlantic wis supplied with eighty Lie Pre-
serving Mattresses. manufactured by II. IL.
Day each mattress having enclosed III it fifteen
cylendeis of India Rubber. each calculated
10 act as a Life Prcserver in case Of need.
To these Life Prcscrvers nearly every one
who was saved owes his life. What more
could be asked II any one ev1rcfS Life
Preservcr 10 warrant the safety Of his brains
" hen he is whelmcd in III wreck of steam
boat and hurled against ragged rocks by ire
mrnduus surf, we apprchcn he must wall
till it is invented. But that such rs we have
were of great utility in the. Iate disaster, saving
many valuable lives, there can be no question
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SUMMARY.

WAR NEws.-An arrival at New Orleans
from BrazOs 81. Jago, brings news to 24uh
Nov. Gen. Wool had taken peaceahle pos
session Of Monciova, ;he capitol of Coahuala
and Col. Donipbon, from the SANTA Fe ar
my, had possessed himself of Chihuahua
Gen. Patterson bad left Camargo with 1000
men for Tampico.-COl. Riley had hccn or
dered TO march on Victoria, in TamauIpas
Gen. Taylor sent message to SalIiIlO, to
notify the termination of The armStice; but
there was not soldier there Northern and
Eastern Mexico is left without defence the
Mexican. forces (thc old 30,0tM repeatedly
centreing at San Luis Potos;. Ii was repor-
ted that Santa Anna had been appointed Die
tatOr atMexico. Capt. Stockton had forms
a regular territorial Government in Califor-
ria. Gen. Worth had been ordered to march
10 SaiIllo.
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NAMEs.-Mr. PoIk's Union has concur
ded 10 call all opPosers Of Mr.. Folks meas
Wes FEDERALIsTsl A very harmless pro-
cedure, and just about as appropriate az to
lesigeate the defeated party in the United
States TORIES. The character of the
Wings is truly set forth in the celebrated
Junius' Tracts, published during the canvass
in 1S44:page IS:
Who are the DEMOCRATS? The Wings
stand precisely in that position, not only on
The subject oil the currency, as those princi-
pies were avOwed and settled in 1916, and
re-asserted in 1892, though overcome by the
vote oil Democrats, as advocates of popular
rights, and as relormsrs Of Executive usur-
patton
Henry c. Wright writes from London on
the 25th of August last-'I have done all ]
could the two pas; years. TO get the people OF
Britain TO aid in bringing about the dissolu-
ZION OF the American Union and MIR. CARR
son is now doing the same Shame 10 Them
boIh.-[ Exeter News Letter.
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The War and its legitimate object, as
openly avowcd and defended by the SoUrH.
The following is copied from the Federal
Union,' leading Locoioco paper in Gcor-
gia. Read and reflect.
The Wings OF the North oppose the war
because its legitimate effect is, as they CON
lend, the extension ofSoutlRrn territory, and
oil Southern slavery. Il is true, this is wal
in which the South is more Immediately i'll
tercsted. lis vastexpendiIure must be made
within her limits. During its COZ tinuance
New Y ork, the great emporium of commerce,
must be shorn of part OF her greatness. Elk
change, usually in her favor, must now be re-
versed and in favor of New Orleans, where
the supplies are fur ished for the army. But
what force is there inthese objections TO the
mind OF Southern Wing ?-The time has
been when he knew his Government only by
lis exactions. Tits expenditures are now.
made in his own vicinity, has not The time
arrived wien he may know il from the bene-
fl il confcrs? Does he not know too that
every battle fought in Mexico, and every
dollar expended there, must tell upon the nc
QUESTION OF territory which will widen the
field OF Southern enterprise and extend the
domain of Southern powerl Docs he not
perceive that the result OF this war will be 10
secure 10 the South the balance OF power in
the coniederacy, and for all coming time, to
give to her the control OF the Government ?
Yes, lei the South now be true 10 herself
and the days of her vassalage ARE GONE &
GONE FOREVER.
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mems Chaplain at the port of Honolulu and
sailed for this port, which we reached in
twenty-three days--the distance is nearly
three thousand miles. The palace of Monte
rey is in our hands, and have been al.
pointed alcal6e-that is, Judge. have
good associate, who has read law little. and
we sit on all criminal cases that are to he
tried. Our decisions will not rival those of a
Mansfield in learning-we go for unsophisto-
Gated justice. | am The only chaplain our
here, and OfiicIate alternately on board the
Congress and the frisate Savannah. NV du-
ties as alcalde do not interfere with my regH-
lar services onIhe Sabbath though they are
very onerous. / have besides nv journal To
keep, so have no time to rest, but nv health
with all this is pretty good
The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1846-12-15

DANIEL WEBSTER AND Ex- CHANCELLOR
KExT.-Ah intimate friend the venerable
FIX Chancellor Kent. Gather of the late Cir
cult Judge of this Disiricr.) informs lis that
10 Daniel Wcbster's foresight, judgment and
Irccauiion. may be attributed ilc prcserva-
ton OF the great Juri~i iiom shocking death;
is, but for the urgent circumstances ofthe
Senator he would have taken passage in the
Atlantic. Do not trust that impending
storm said the fir-sceing statesman; there
* appalling dlnger in lis aspect We may
safely cnnfde in kind and overriding Prov
idencr,' mcckly replied The good old mar.
Help yourself first, and then Providence
will also aid you, answered the Eastern sage.
His advice was adopted; both left the YES
sci for the Railroad train; and both were
saved.
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AZ The Ereniag Post and Globe are rs
mum about The BIackwell's Island colon-
Zins ofIhcir party as oysters. John Young
provoking refusals 10 answer tire artfnl ques-
tons orhis enemies (Which they so execratcd J
was no circumstance 10 their 'wllluI stiffness,
on The subject. YET there is an Editor who
paIIiates if not i1stifes The whole conspiracy
If sworn iunctionarcs with the feIons they
were chosen 10 guard, 10 set these feIons al
liberty on condition that they would perpe-
trate new and repeated crimes against the
dearest right of Electromagnetic the very
basis of our Republican system. Who dc
you think is the man 10 do this? Who could
do il but ~ NJ Noah? See the leading ar
iicle in his last Sunday Times
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CHEESE BY MAIL.-SGme time since, MI
IIolbrook, private mail agent at the North.
bought huge cheese in Connecticut. and
sent il OIL to Washington. by The string Of
mail agents along the route, as present to
Col Cave Johnson,rhe Post Master General.
But the cheese, instead Of being semi as The
giver intended. WAS. most likely by sonr
agent who loves Cave Johnson less than he
does cheese, mischeyously clapped into The
posloffice mall by which conveyance ii came
safe 10 hand, with one hundred and twenty
five dollars postage charged on il Col
Johnson refused the present. and ordered the
cheese to be taken hack so that it might be
properly filed away in the dead letter office ;
IBaItirore Patriot.
The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1846-12-15
WINTER IS COMING.
BY ELIZA COOK.

BY ELIZA COOK.
Winter is coming who cares who cares3
Not the wealthy and proud, trow:
'Let it come" they cry, "what matter to us
How chilly the blaStSmay blow?
"We'll feas; and carouse in our lordly halls,
The goblet of wine we'll drain:
Wen mock at the wind with shouts of mirth
And music's echoing strain.
Little care VIC for the bitter fIost,
While the fire gives forth its blaze;
And whatto us is the dreary night,
While we dance in the wax-lights rays?
IT'S thus the rich of the land will talk;
But think, oh. We pompous great,
That the narrowing storm YE laugh at within
Falls bleak on the POOR At YOUR GATE!
They have blood in their veins, az, pure as,h'nt
But nought 10 quicken MS flow;
They have limbs that feel the whislline gale,
And shrink from the driving snow.
Winter is coming-ohl think We great,
On the roo1es, naked and old
Deal with them kindly, as man with man.
A nd spare them a 1.-THE Of your gold
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Jusr As WE ExpEcrED.-The orders sent
gu, by the President to our feet, TO seize up
on California. is anticipation of war necess-
ariy TO exist on Gen. Taylor's being or
dcred to invade Mexico, by marching from
the Neuces, the boundary line, to the kIo
Grande, are highly approved by certain dem,
ocraIic papers, as bold. successful and
happy and just stroke of policy. The idea
that Congress alone can make war. is well
enough in theory. but YOUNG Hickory has
let the world know that he can disregard
forms in an emergency of his own making, as
well as OLD Hickory, or the best Of the NJ
Three weeks after California was seized, be
IT remembered, the news came. that war.
making such an act lawful, was declared to
exist
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For the Neu Hampshire Sentinel.
SLAVERY AND INTEMPERANCE.
MEssRs. EDIToRs:

MEssRs. EDToRs:
have seen quoted lately line from a dis
Iihguished English poet. which should be
commended TO the special notice of those in
our land, who are getting so angry, and
sometimes committing ouirages on account
Of temperance movements. Tbs line is as fol-
lows
He put his anger on TO hide his shame
The above was applied to The rage and vi
olcnce of some persons nj the South, who
think their peculiar institution in danger Of
being overthrown II may, with equal
propriety be applied to those persons at the
North, or any where else, who blusiCr, stOr .
and do mischief because they fear the over
throw of the rum-lr;,l:c. They have no arg.'
ments to offer, ard no confidence in the just
ness oftheir cdus>-cAUsE, rum cause
how itsounds
But am not about TO inflct IN article up
on your readers will conclude by quoting
what was said by the writer above alluded
10 in reference TO the cXasperated feelings OF
the siaveocracy, substituting rumocracy for
sIavery.-'The sfOrmiesf proiestaiiOns and
the most violent acts generally proceed from
a secret distrusI Of the goodness of ones cause
UhGterer GodiNieRdS 10 destroy frsthe mad
dens; so said very ancient wisdom. Rumoc-
racy slavery on It's way 10 be destroyed, Ii
first demenIed with passion. We read in the
holy book that il was when the OWL spIrIi
was about 10 be driven out Of man, that II
.tare' IFS victim. fand he fell on the ground
and waIowed foaming' So these violent
demonstrations o. The rumocracy (slavery
are the spasmodic conioriions Of the doomed
and departing demon. Tits while that IN
clean spirit is undergoing cxorcism that II
PLAYS its most cravan antics, and foams out
the SLAYER of its imbecile and short-tiIned
ragged (See laie outrnges at Worcester,
Mass.)
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The Union says-'It is safe TO say
there is no man in the nation upon whom
more depends in this war, than upon Will
liam l.. Marcy The Secretary of War. The
Burlington Free Press. in reply, thinks, il
so, the nation is in worse condition than
any ofus supposed Alter all, that 80 cent
charge TO the State OF New York does not
DIsQUALIFY Gov. NJ.
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United States frisate Congress.

United States Fnsate Congress,
Monterey .CALIFoKSIA,July %. 40
was delighted with the Sandwich ISL
ands they are as wild as the cones Of their
exIinsuished volcanoes. which still tower
toward heaven.and frown in savage grandeur
on the sea. The missionaries were hcspIta-
bic and attentive to us. We visited all their
schools and we're highly delighted They
are doing an immense amount oil sooc.
spoke in their great stone Church to some
three thousand persons on the Christian sym,
pathy felt in The United States for them-and
then told them Commodore Stockton was
present, and hoped he would consent TO ad-
dress them he was sitting by the side oil 'ne
king; he came forward and spoke Tor an
hour with fervency and effect Oh the dement's
Of The Christian religion. &c. The king and
b Ugh chief came up at the close and Thanked
us for our addresses. We raised two hun
bred dollars on board our ship 10 aid the Sea
The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1846-12-15

The Regents of the Smithsonian lnsliiu-
lion have assembled in Washington 10 hea'
reports, agree upon the spot and plans oil the
building, and take all other proper measures
ures TO carry into effect The will oil the donor.
The have fixed upon site OIL the Mall, a.
it is called. in Washington.
The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1846-12-15

A LOAD OF BUTTER,-Sixty three and
one baIftOns Of butter were unloaded from
one canal boat al the Western Railroad De-
not, on Tuesday. The boat was from Rome
Oneida county.
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HExRrCLAr. Alta meeting Of the wings
of Halifax county, North, Carolina. few
days ago, Henry Clay was nominated as the
Wing candidate for the Presidency in ls4s.
The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1846-12-15

An i,inerant pre- acher who rsmbIed IN ms
sermons, when requested 10 stick 10 his text
replied that scattering shot would ut the
most BIRDS
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"A writer in the True American says
that all the slaves Of MIR. Clay. who choose
to stay on tn. plantation. are now receiving
daily wages.
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H. B ELL,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
>~~~~
TERMS OF VOLUME XI.

Village subscribers, 81 90
Mail subscribers, 200
Individuals and Companies who take at the office
rs or so il paid in six months.
Those who take Of Postriders 2 90
lfnot paid at the end of the year 25
No papers discontinued until arrearages paid
oept at the option Of the proprietor. No contract
with, payment made Carriers cash, keeping, or
otherwise allowed except assened to by the Propric-
tor.
All communications must be addressed to the edit
or PosT PAID.
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SANDWICH ISLANDS.

The following extracts from letter Of Rev.
Walter Cotton, from Monterey. California,
will be read with interest:
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-09-12
J. ID. Wood, NJ. ID.

nFFERS his services, 10 the citizens of Lam
" caster and the surrounding County. as prac-
titioner OF Medicine in all its departments. DR..
w. is in the habit Of Boosting but thinks that
his knowledge of his profession and practice Of
fifteen years fairly entities him TO, at least, me-
dium portion 81 public patronage. lie will not at
tempt all diseases. s'or it is mans doom 10
de,'' but IL, by strict attention the duties of his
profession and the most soothing care at the bed
side of the sick, he does not prove himself "a com
petent to heal as others, he will retire and let 9th
ers take his place. His Office is the house form
erly occupied by L.. o. Shrader, where he may be
found at all times, except when engaged in the du-
ties OF his profession.
Lancaster, July 9Th, 1876. 1S ly.
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-09-12
Po,cer Of ImagiaQtion.-At Will

Po,cer Of imagination. AT Viii.
liams College, the other day, the Pro-
lessor Of Chemistry, while administer
ing in the course Of his lectures the
Protoxide of Nitrogen, CT, as it is com.
monty called, Laughing Gas, in order
to ascertain how great an influence the
had in producing the eff.
fleets consequent on respiring it, secret
Nv flied the lndia-rubber gas bag with
common air instead Of gas. 1t was
taken without suspicious land the effects,
if anything, were more powerful than
upon those who had really breathed
the pure gas One complained that it
produced nausea and dizziness; anoth-
er Immediately manifested .pubiislic
propensities, and before he could be
restrained, tore into pieces the coat of
one of the bystandcrs; while third ex-
claimed, this life-I never enjoyed 1t
before The laughter that followed
the exposure Of the gaseous trick may
BE- imagined.
Sir Humphrey Davy, being once
about to administer this gas to person
afflicted with paralysis, applied the
build ola thermometer to his mouth,in
order to ascertain the temperature
of his system. The patient being ig-
norant Of the manner of taking the gas,
felt instant relief, and by holding the
for short time longer in
his mouth, complete and permanent
cure was effected.