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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-11-12

A LETTER FROM HENRY CLAY-HIs OPINIONS
ON THE WILMoT PRovIso.-These are the times
which try mems opinions. The election
which is to take place next year, brings every
one out on the great questions of the day For
twelvemonth the whole republic, from stem to
stern, has been tossed and agitated with the most
important questions contested with the colored
race and the Wilmot prsviso. Some great men
take one side, and other great men take other
sides; and if there were twenty sides to IT, we
believe every position would be occupied, 80
numerous are the asprants for Office among us.
John Van Buren, and the barnburners have
ranged themselves with the sable race
Great anxiety has been manifested OF late
relative to the opinion Of Mr.. Clay on the subject.
BY one of the most fortunate accidents In the
world, we have been put in possession of
letter from him, in which his opinion on it, to
certain extent, is given, with calmness and
cearness that, we think, entirely place HIM in
favor of the Wilmot proviso, before the coun-
try. Some time ago, company Of Sable Har-
monists, as they are called, gave him beautiful
serenade at Ashland, (which produced such an
effect on his mind, his feelings, and on his po-
iucal principles, as to bring forth the following
admirable letter on the subject
Here it is -
ASHLAND 18th June, ls45.
DEAR Sra
I cannot permit the Sable Harmonists TO leave Lex
ugton without expressing my great obligations fer the
delightful treat they Voluntarily gave as at my resi-
dence My family and company were all highly graft
Aed with the music with which were complimented.
without pretending myself to be skful critic In such
matters can say with perfect truth that the effect
produced upon all, on that occasion, was highly
aerseabe My best Wishes attend the band, wherever
ID may 90; and hope that wherever 1t exhibit Its
M arr and talents emotions similar to these which
experienced may be produced.
am, With great respect, your obedient servant.
H. CLAY
Mr. GEonaR YouSsseN, &o.
This is the epistle Of Henry Clay on this ques-
ton. If doubts are entertained Of it's anthem
ticty, it is only necessary to refer the unbe-
isvsrs 10 the Sable Harmonisu themselves,
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Clty Intelll9eucc.

TIE WEArHER.-We were threatened with heavy
storm during the greater part Of yesterday The
day extremely COOL and the wind blew from the ~
W. Towards evening the atmosphere cleared of good
DEAL and the thermometer began to rise At IL O'clock
M, It stood - low as 30 degrees
ACCIDENTAL lad named Williams, about IL years of
age fell yerterday at the corner Of Madison and Oliver
street, from cart He removed to his residence
his arm being dslocated at the time from the OF
the fall. He was . hne looking lad.
COMPTON GuARDs-Ths excellent company, belong
ing to the 9th ward passed our ONCE yesterday after
noon with their target which appeared to be pretty
we'll riddled their return from . target excursion
Dodsworths splendid brass band led of the company
and fully sustained their high musical reputation the
occasion.
FREyLANp GuARps.-This company also parsed our
once last evening" accompanied by very superior band
target appeared also well ridded They are fine look
ing body Of men.
FOUND IN WATER-Coroner Walters was called
vesterdsy to hold an inquest at Terby Hook Landing
on the body Of unknown colored woman, about 40
Years old who found floating In the water at the
in tho water for time and in such advanced
stste OF decomposition that it impossible to
tain the cause Of DEATH
Wa have received the annexed letter relative to the
recent military movement In Broadway i
673 BROADWAY, Nov 9th, ls47.
ENRON Nyw YoRx HERALD
Sir In an article in your paper of this morning. head
ea CONTEST between the New York Hussars and q
Dutch Grocer, the name OF Captain Marks Is intro
duced Az IL may be imagined by some that am the
person alluded TO- think proper to inform you that
not on parade yesterday and know nothing OF the
occurrence stated by you to have taken place You viii
be good enough to insert this in tomorrow mornings
paper, Henry y mA ~ s,.
Sd Regiment n, Y, s, NJ
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ter refused give permission and they proceeded and
made q forcibly entry. Verdict for plantn SIX cents
damages
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Board OF Supervisors.

Nov. 1.-THE Mayor presiding
The minutes OF the last meeting were read and sp-
Petitions OF sundry persons, for the correction Of
tsxes-Referred 20 the Committee on Annual Taxes
Report of Committee on Annual lakes, recon-
msnding that the following assessments should be re-
duced the personal tax on the New York Marine In
surance Company. capital Of $500 900 be remtted
the tax OF Robert Dickinson be reduced from valua-
ton of $40 600 to valuation of 00o the assessment
of $4,000 to 500 the personatax of Henr5 Hall to be
reduced from valuation Of $4,000 to 1000 the valuation
of store and lot % Pearl street bs reduced from $6 900
to 10 OOO the tax of James H. Storms So 500 be
mtted Of John b. Steples be reduced from valuation
Of $1,000 to 100 the assessment Of John Cook on $500
trust by Felix Ingoldsby be remted the petition Of
Charles Gren to be relieved from taxes denied
"A communication from the Trustees OF the City Hos
p tai in relation to the correction Of tax Referred to
the Committee on Taxes.
communication from the Secretary Of State recon-
mendng Patrick Cullmane to be admitted to the nsti
tuition for the blind and that appropriation be made
for his support
Various bills presented from the police depart
ment, amongst which one of $50 for carriages to
convey the grand jury to Blackwrll's Island.
Ala MEssERoLE said he had had the honor OF havnga
seat In this Board for the last five six years. and he
heard of such charge before. He would not be
Jury turned round and indicted the Board of supervi
He hoped that II reference was made to Con-
mttee instructions would be given that they should
qure and report to the Board whether the grand jury
dnsd that day the Island elsewhere what kind Of
wine they drank, and the amount Of the bill of fare
Alderman PuRsER thought the bill ought to be paid
Alderman FRANKLIN differed with the last speaker
He hoped that the bill would go to committee. The
grand ury paid the Common Council the highest
Compliment tnat could paid to public body for the
improved stat, of the Institution on the island He was
therefore, under the impression that the object OF the
gentleman of the Fourth to cast slur On the ma
jorty of this board a, set of to the compliment paid
them by the grand jury.
The bill afterwards withdrawn it net having been
certified
On petition Of Of the assessors committee Of
five appointed to investigate and equalizs the com
pensaton to be allowed the for the lS47
after which, the Board adjourned.
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beyond dispute superior other gold made
They perfect
.acton ,yey pen is wsIIantsd 0ad # the Point
can be returned The Rcheeu pes SO only and are
sold exclusively bv B. Il. Watson Co. IS William street;
quality Gold and Pencil in variety the
prices Gold at ST. 81 2 and 81 30, with silver
pencils Gold pens repaired
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or consumption after short but severe suffering on
the 18th inst, ANN, wife Of Thomas Whesan aged So
years.
The relatives and friends Of the family are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral without further
tice from her late residence, No 2l6 Elizabeth street,
on Friday, (this day. at 81 P. M 90 New Orleans
papers please copy.
On Monday morning the 18th inst, after short and
illness Miss MARIANA DUNBAR in the 23d year
of her age,
The friends Of the family respectfully invited to
attend her funeral from her lateresdence LOT Prince
corner Green ss this friday afternoon, at half past
O'Clock, without further nvitation 90 Philadelphia
and Montreal papers please copy.
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Married,

Married,
On the 18th instant, by the Rev. David Dellamy Mr..
LEWIS 8. HosBs Esq formerly Of Exeter, N. H., to
Miss CoRDELIA BLAKELY, daughter of Capt. John T.
Blakey, Of this city.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-11-12

Now II the Time to Fur Upland Knox, ISs
Fulton street. is prepared his customers with
the best and cheapest Flu KS be found tbs CITY, For Jur
Their particulars call at the counter of KNOX
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-11-12

Metallic Tablet Razor Strop-The attention
of dee this article being made Of the best ma.
era city manufacture and under the
They have in all cases. rendered
the perfect satisfaction For sale at
@, SAUNDERS SONS. lit Broadway,
Opposite Howard Hotel
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The GOODYEAR Rubber Warehouse,

Broadway keepss heretofore the most extensive
assortment of shoes cloak GOATS pqnchos bunting
Those who have been the habit Of
cha ing their shoes this establishment will be asonh-
the ovemen made IN tho article during
the year. SUPERIOR they then to any other in the
mar
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-11-12

MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.-Wires are up from
Mobile westward to the Pascagoula river. The
posts mostly erected through the whole length ofthe
line from hence to Petersburgh with the branches TO
Charleston and Savannah-in all thirteen hundred
nas toward Charleston The registers and battsres are
put up In Charlss3on Columbia, Camden, Fayetteville
and Raleigh and the operators in mt hose
paces II an additional supply Of the iron cord Is re-
oeived from New York In season. the line may be
put operation from hence to Mobile the at
Of December When IL IL remembered that all this has
been done since June last and during such summer as
that ust past not disposed to show any impa-
oopsummsted.- Orleans Pic, ID inst
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-11-12

The cheapest and best place In the city to
get your boots shoes, CATERS, is al Jones' Ann street
Museum good boots Tor - %
be esewhsr. for 81 Quite saving ne also
Double soed water go 90 and IS co. Jones
has the true system of doing busneslight expenses aud
small profits All goods purchased at Ann street are war
ranted give entire satisfaction
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-11-12

Fine Cutlery.-rhc Subscribers nave paid
TO this anch of their business and have
hand present the beautiful and well .eIesd as
and act AZ ' a. SAUNDERS SONS,
III Broad,vav few doors above Courtandt street.
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The Italian Nlsiicated Soap, prepared by D.

The italian N1sdlcated Soap, prepared by Dr..
Gouraud certainly the best article for veautfyng
young males old that the world ever
saw positively eadcates taa pmpe. ffeckes morphew
blot surbuns. and gives 10 the
kest skin smoothuess and briliancy vang the purcs
marble FROM the Paros Found osly at the original
Washington street.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-11-12

From Sr. Unconstitutional the kindness Of
Captain N. w. Henlon, at Norfolk, we have
accounts from St. Thomas to the Oath ult The
only item of news contained in a file of the
Tidemde, received via Norfolk, is the following
paragraph t.
royal decree has been promulgated, proclaming the
abolition Of slavery In the Danish colonies All slaves
under sixteen years Of age by this decree declared
absolutely free from the 18th current Sept and those
above that to be held in the condition Of apprentices
for four years from that date
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-11-12

ST. LucA.-The weather at this Island, up to
the 9th of Sept, continued favorable to the work
on plantations, and cultivation had been greatly
extended. The Palladium, of a recent date,
speaking of the resources of the place, its pro-
gress, and interests, makes the annexed state
ment of the last seasons produce
Tho whole crop has not been shipped yet but We
have date the exports upon which
duty has been paid number 1855 lbs sugar exclu
sve Of what has been taken on board Of two briggs now
loading or molasses there have been shipped 800 pun
cheons rum lat punoheons coffee, 81 0lo lbs ooooa
40 sOI The quantity Of sugar already shipped though
O3 $50 lbs over tho entire crop Of lo46 and exceeds
the average Of the last sixteen years BY about two mil
lions of pounds weight.
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FROM THE CHRISTIAN TIMES.

Who pays the expenses of the in the first instance
he people, the taH-payng people. In what In money,
m blood and IN They are and are to BE- taxed to
pay the money out OF the earnings Of their toll They
drawn upon furnish their ranks Ere to be sacrificed
the field and camp and they have to bear for countless
years the alb nabe social influence which the corrupted mo-
rails Of returning army always bring back TO poute
and poster that society which foolish enough to engage in
The people, then, pay in the first instance But,
how are they reoatd Theoretically, by receiving land
Land repay their outlays of money! lives and morals
But does the widow whose husband slain in battle receive
the price of his blood in land Do they allow so many acres
for every life Does the State balance life and land in this
wise How many Of land pays a family for i hus-
band and fahe, Alas the family suffers but il has no
share rewards The husband and father dies but the
wife and children DO not get the land Does the taxpayer
ge, any land He pays the The Government deter
mines to fight its II refuses to settle
without ample reimbursement, gets of the
aboer, wastes lives making additional widows and
Phans spreads the Pous con,agon wider and WIDER and
because the piece Of land offered not big enough 10 pay
the outstanding cost And yet after ALL the man who paw.
the gets no land
The moral INJURY OF the war cannot be estimated nor can
the loss be said TO attach 10 particular individuals Il will moi
cease to be felt for fifty years Tint caanot be paid for
The family cannot be compensated the loss Of husband
aei SUD- hbu ooeT though the berea we'd family might
its equitable proportion othe land But thct loss the Govern
ment will not try to pay for The taxpayer might be repaid
perhaps The Government might sell land and give him the
proceeds or it might set of the land to him But that IA
never done Our Government proposes no such thing NOW
Il will not think OF returning the PAYER his tor ht
like to make out his bill p his proportion r he
expenses OF the Mexican war and baud to the Secretary Of
the Treasury, TO be cashed, when tie war il over Ia a
learn, them the richness Of that irony which calls the ,,t
prosecution Of the effort procure indemnify f u,
expenses and loss.
The monkey swallowed the oyster and the silly cats took
the shells The people spend the money, fight die and 70,
above ground beeayc their homes. and destroy their peace
and their virtue. The Government makes treaty. at las,
for Indemnity IN land but who gets il Not they
Perhaps after ALL there land unsold in the whole oc
gured domsinno public iand Then not dollar uoes int
The public treasury. But suppose there is. VIII the Go
vennent get enough for Ightentaxes years 10 come
enough to pay for the outlay Of the war Never neve
sell land for much than take car. Of il,
Besides, have much land n9w--as Government,
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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
SOUND MORAL SENSE OF THE PEOPLE.
PROM rHE BALTIMoRE CLIPPER.

We are anxious that our country shall DC always
!, he rght-and not only so, but that she shall set
an example to other nations of justice and modera-
lion. For the first time since the organization of
our Government has the idea been seriously broach-
ed of conquerng and annexing territory. It has
been considered incompatible with the principles of
our Government, and inconsistent with public inte-
rests But new lights have suddenly appeared, and
il is discovered that destiny, the necessity of eX-
tending the area Of freedom, has imposed upon us
the duty of conquering weak neghbor, and aP-
propriatng her territory TO our own use. Profess
ing to be republicans, we are urged to adopt the
plea, and resort to the course of despots; but we
trust that the dishonor will be avoided.
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FROM THE SANE.

AMERICAN INSTINCT. 1t is i'll accordance with
American instinct" to be enterprisng, brave, lib
eral and just but we apprehend that the Union is
mistaken in asserting that It is utterly inconsistent
with American instinct to refrain from doing in
Justice. Sympathy for the oppressed of all nations
is consistent with :. American instincts" and the
Americans should be the last people on earth TO
stretch the hand Of oppression over any, We con-
slider it libel on the American character TO assert
that whilst money has been literally contributed in
this country procure the repeal of the union be-
tween England and Ireland, by which the latter is
held in bondage, the proposition to conquer neigh
boring nation and seize her land can be received
with favor in the United States. Americans can
take and give hard blows in fair combat but the
cause in which they fight must be just. They do
not seek the battlefield to extngush the liberties of
other people, or 10 seize on their lands.
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FROM rur LOUISVILLE Ky JOURNAL.

The notions that prevail in certain quarters in
relation to national honor are thoroughly unsound
Who is it that determines the degree of nations
honor, and what are The qualities that enter into
It's composition! The wise, the good, and the in
elligent men of all nations sit i'll Judgment on the
conduct of the nations Of the world, and they never
award honor to that nation which outrages the prin-
cpes of truth and Justice, and tramples the rights
of its weaker neighbors. We can cause the honor
of our Government TO shine lustrously only by a
studious cultivation OF those virtues from which
flow good results citizens and mankind large
and by reputation of those vices and crimes, among
the upendous and disgraceful of which of
ron and conquest that have rendered other Governments
odous in the estimation Of all good Rome the haugh-
~ mistress of the ancient world pursued of national
raPne and robbery, ovehrowng all weaker Powers against
which she turned the of her conqueng legons and
aggrandzng herself by wide territorial appropriations until
the whole world trembled before What student of his
tory pronounces her honorable However much the
spendor Of her conquess may nfame the mind and knde
the imagination, yet the heart forced denounce her proud
be oathed Wars of conquest however
cessu they may be- hateful and dshonorabe. Notwth
standing the brany of the victories achieved by
IN Mexico may win from citizens and the people Of
other countries pauts the vaor troops and the skill
Of generals yet the conduct of Government the
time denounced for people who judgment such
between the yaor of its citizens and the policy of rulers
The supporters Of the present Administration think
that all foreign laudaons uttered praise of Taylor Scott
and their troops euoges the policy of our
rulers Nothing be false for the atrocity our
crusade against the nationality Of Mexico condemned
frequently than the valor Of our armies is extoled.
False opinions Of national honor do ncacuable mischief
They often furnish the why Governments precp
aied into the adoption OF system Of policy that utterly
unwise utterly wicked, and when such system has
been adopted they force persistence in it. II il univer
sally understood that nations honor, like the honor of
individual attribute of character that necessarily
nshed by wckeness of conduct and backened by injustice
perpetrated the weak much good might and much
evil would certainly be prevented We rejoice that
majority OF the American people at the present time have
appreciation Of what the honor of nation requires
and in favor of thorough modification Of the policy that
rulers have adopted in relation wagng the against
Mexico We hope they will be able preserve national
honor by bringing the present ruthless and desoang
scos and from rreteyabe disgrace by successfully
protesting against the conquest and appropriation of Mexico
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Newcastle is place to carry Goals TO every oushel will
lower the price So all the land the Government sells in
Mexico decreases the sales in the Northwest and in Oregon
and Louisiana And the people get no'hng at last, in
any way.
have written this for young people, not for old politicians
for independent minds for parisans There are few
who will read, ponder and value such considerations But
apphend that of the people blinded by the Peu-
dces Of party and will hear. The people OF all history
have done battle upon the field Of blood upon the most vo
ous petexs and for the sensees reasons Those of
this country have lately begun the folly and they are waiting
for the wisdom Of experience
Democratic banner., 1847-01-04

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