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Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-10-21
Mn. CoRwIN AT CINCINNATI.

FROM THE CINCINNATI CHRONICLE OCTOBER 10,
The meeting yesterday afternoon hear Mr.. CoRwIS
Ivy far the largest crowd assembled in this city, and pei
haps the largest that met sny city the continent
The choice Of lot for the place Of meeting unfortunate
being level where comparatively few of the immense audi
could hear the speaker Thousands of ladies' and
gentlemen, however, accommodated, and enjoyed the
delight instruction which the fascinating orator Of
America poured out for two hours
Long before the appointed hour thousands Of ladies and
gentlemen hrongng the streets, eagerly bending their
steps to the old orchard Sixth The stand the
around, and The adjoining streets decorated with ags
banners, and devices. The orchard filed with dense
Of men, aud the tops Of houses covered, and the
trees around from the lowest to the topmost branches filled
with Such n OF eager anxiety 10 hear orator
never before witnessed We have heard the number of
persons assembled estimated high thirty thousand But
from the o. the ground suppose not more than
thousand situated as TO be able TO hear.
The meeting organized by the appointment Of Hon
wM. X. Boxp, President, JOSIAH LAWRENCE, JoHS p.
Foorr and Col JlHis Taruon, Vice Presidents and w.
E. BRApnuRr and A. b. CORwIsI, Secretaries.
Col BoSD delivered short but highly appropriate address
in opening the meeting.
Ex Governor MrrcAIEr Of Kentucky, then present
ed to the meeting, who spoke for short time in his usual
fervid and elequen: manner.
Mr.. CoRwIx then followed in argument Of two hours,
such all those who fortunate enough to hear 1t will
in prOnouncng effort Of only oratory,
bu, Of eoquenc and logic We attempt give any
description Of il for is beyond power do justice to
it, Suffice say that added his already uneqcalled
reputation for eluence and oro, and that the truths he
uttered cnphatcaly seed in good ground We
know it produced prodgous effect which viii be and
felt at the baOboIes to-day and the 7h Of November
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A letter to the Boston Atlas gives an animated
account Of Wing Mass Meeting at Dracu, in that
State, on the 7!h instant We extract the following
'By the time the meeting organized old friends
and invited guests the Rough and Ready Club from Lowell
arrived accompanied by splendid brass band playing
soulinsprng music, filling meeting house to overflow
ing, and cranmng in every There from
four TO five hundred Of them, and and better Wings
be found in this Union. They always ready
do good service, you know, and this fall you may
assured will roll up goody majority for ON ZAcK, and
mistake We had full two thousand present.
"At "a o'clock the Hon. ABBorr LAWRENCE made his
appearance and received with cheer upon cheer till be
had ascended the platform, and introduced the audi
by the President OF the evening" The speech Of Mr.
Lawrence was, without exception the very best speech of
the in this vicinity that has been my good fortune
listen TO- His speech fair candid honest keen, strong
impressive and convincing argumen-ust of those
speeches which appealed to the hearts of honest farmers
and other citizens present. His speech has done TO
enghcn the minds Of people here than all other speeches
in this vicinity. opened the eyes of of our new
edged Free Soil friends wonderfully and he exposed the
Van Buren, humbug clearer and palmer than ever heard it
done before, and most effective in convincing Of
them Of their wrong and suicidal He fairly electr
fed his audience for two hours person left the meet
lag house while he speaking Three different times he
attempted TO stop but requested by hundreds of voices
from all paris Of the meeting house go He finished
bis address in eloquent appeal for all present do their
whole duy and get others to do their duty likewise, and
ldnt-er services elect worthy OLD ZAcK, who
surcnde and who depended in all his successful battles
his volunteers He most enthusiastically cheeed through
out bis address, especially when he alluded to the old gun in
hered from his father which his worthy sire houldored
Groton ant used Bunker Hill with good effect in the de-
fence Of good old Middlesex, and the whole country He
closed his speech amidst hunders Of applause"
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Lo,oed up the Legislative branch" And, adopting
iuiy the opinions OF Jefferson upon this subject he
.feeis uneasy al the prospect. He fears its issue,
knowing hat y must derange utterly our republican
system OF government, and break up the harmoni-
Gus relation OF its several departments He desires.
therefore, 10 bring back the Government to the prac
ice oil It's early days; to restore to its admnstra-
ion tie principles OF Jefierson-to secure fair play
or the republican sentiments OF the popular branch.
He accordingly declares that, il elected President.
he would so use the powers of his high Office as to
bring about this result. He would paw respect and
Difference 10 the will of the people, as embodied in
the acts Of their immediate representatives in Con-
gress. He would not seek to force his personal
opinions upon them as their rule of action. He
would not attempt TO coerce them into system Of
Legislation which should suif him. He would leave
them without bias or influence so far as the Execu-
tive department is concerned, free to legisate as
they should deem expedient, and would do his best,
within the limits prescribed by the constitution, to
carry that legislation into full and complete effect
Standing before the people thus, the representa-
tive Of the principle OF popular sovereignty seek
ing no personal ascendency, desiring the office from
no love Of power from no wish to control the peo-
pie or dictate TO their representatives in the enact
ment OF laws, Gen. TAYLOR frankly declares, when
beset by impertnent solicitation from his enemies
that he intends TO make the constitution and the
wN Of the people, and not his personal desires or
opinions, his rule of action if elected President;
and therefore he does not think i, " important or
necessary" to spread his opinions before the coun-
try. Nothing can be more truly republican, more
entirely in harmony with his previous declarations
than this. II commends itself TO the popular udg-
ment every where truly democratic as thoroughly
in consonance with the sentiments of Jefferson and
the early founders of the republic. Yet hear the
Unio,-the organ of a professedly " Democratic"
Administraton--declam and storm aboutit:
"And does he he rely upon the gubiy Of the peo-
pie Of this country to swallow it Can they bndy rush
the Precipce yawnng before them Does he suppose
them such mbeces such miserable dupes compre
bend what is plainly placed before them Look around
you, friends We solemny ask you look around you
it be too late Your rights invaded-your principles
ramped upon. Avoid, entrea you-avoii, by timely
resolution the fatal flung around your path delude
and enirap you" &c.
This is really heartrending. Gen. TAYLOR de-
clares that his own opinions shall not be forced up
on the country in place Of the popular will and
the organ adures the people to resist this invasion
of their rights y 1t implores them, by its love Of
spos, to beware of the fatal snares {" by which
their will shall be made supreme in the national le-
gislation! We doubt not they will be duly thank
full for the advice.
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without offending against molesty props,y say you
that most heartily wish the choice which you aude might
not fall upon me. ~ Washington 10 Gen. Lincoln
Sand could be be elected (some experienced in
State aias) would not say that would yield my preen
sions for have not the vanity believe that have any
that distinguished station but would acquesce only with
pleasure in such arrangement but would rejoice that the
public had selected citizen worthy and better qualified
than am discharge the important duties appertaning
that position and noub there thousands General
Taylor 10 j. r. IngesoH
The striking parallel between Gen. WAsHINcToN
and Gen. TAYLOR could be continued, but the sub
sequent events of Gen. TAyLoR's life will complete
the resemblance, by placing him in the same high
civil Office, where he will WELD similar influence,
not only for the good Of his country but for the
good of ofmaakind.-N. o. Bulletin.
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We informed (says the Marlborough Gszs,e) by per-
from different sections Of Prince Georges and the lower
counties Of Maryland, that much larger quantity Of wheat
has been put in the ground than in former Many
planters intend cura their tobacco land with view Of
essening this crop The crop Of tobacco Of s47 far be-
low the average and gentleman recently from Baltimore
Informs US that up the let Of October instant only about
$1,000 hhds had been inspected, and Of this Of the
crop Of 1885, which had been held back account Of the
very low prices is supposed that the crop Of is47 fell short
Of an average one by more ihaa third
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HrDporHoBIA.-Dr. T. y. Hnler Of York, Pennsylvania
publishes Of cure performed In decided Of
hydoPhobs, the paen, being lad years Of age The
boy bitten in April last the unquesonabs symptoms did
appear until the ID Of October. The treatment and
suit thus described:
Drs NcIlyain and Fisher called In consultation,
and the patient ordered grains Of acetate Of lead and
two grains Doves powder every four hours drink freely o
diluted acetic acid, and have his spine freely rubbed with
treatment (athough but little hoped) he commenced in
ten hours to show symptoms Of amendmen and has been
gradually improving 10 this time He has taken eighty
grains Of each article, without producing any other sensible
effect upon bis system than anqurng the spasns and pro
ducing sound Sleep He al present very much tels,cd
but food aud water rests WE'LL and anxious 70 b.
play with his associates Should any change IN hs
case, shall send you the result"
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HEAvr DlxlsEs.-Tn the Circuit Court held at New
burgh IN. " last week, GlLHtRr w. oLrvrR recovered
a verdict Of S. 900 against the New York and Erie Rail
road Company, compensation for severe injuries sustained
by him four years ago. making him cripple for life, BY
accident to the train in which he The accident
caused by defect in one oi the wheels, which broke and
the thrown into gully
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DrsAsrRous FInE At rMAYsv1LtK.- The Maysvie Herald
mentions the total destruction by fire Saturday morning.
7h instant about o'clock, Of the large frame building
pied by T. Crook Co. for breaking unroued hemp,
geher with all the ingenious and costly machinery erscted
under the superntendence Of our friend DR. Lcavu The
Herald learns that the loss Is estimated at about ssO00 Of
which sum only $1,000 insured The FIRE is believed to
have been the work Of ncendy, and but little doubt
lists Of the FIRE having had such an origin.
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CAsuaIrIrs IN FnAScr.-The Living Age complies from
French documents interesting statistics Of casualties in
France. The number drowned 10 that country IN the year
1916 1891 crushed death by horses and vehicles
6li, fatal railroad accidents IS very favorable eompa
for the railroads The cabolss q Paris make the
creates, number Of cases or the hospitals Of the suicides
in ls46, 100 were Of persons under 81 years Of sge
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NATIONAL INTEL IGENCER.

In continuing our compilation Of speeches Of emf
nent citizens who have come forward to give the
benefit Of their counsel on the great issue which is
soon to decide the destnies of the country, we have
the pleasure to present to our readers to-day
recent speech Of Mr.. WEBSTER, and are glad that
our space permits us to give it almost entire.
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GRADUATES or CoLLEeEs-The following table presents
the number Of graduates the commencements OF the
Colleges of New ENGLAND, New York, and New Jersey
Harvard University, Massachusetts,, 80; Williams College,
do, 40; Amherst do do 80 Yale, do, Connecticut SO
Trinity, do. do, 49, Wesleyan University, do 25; Dart
mouth College, New Hampshire, 81 Brown University,
Rhode Island. 30, Vermont do Vermont "a MddIebury
College, do, 10; Bowdoin do, Maine, 80 Wserve do,
o; Columbia do, New York, % Union College do, 90;
Hamilton do. do, SO; Geneva College, New York, "a;
New York City University ~ Madison do. do Is Col
ege Of New Jersey, New Jersey, II Rutgers College, dc
IL Washington College, Pennsylvsns &c. Total IN Col
eges, 74l. The average number each IS. Union and
Yale have the largest number and Waerye and Mddebuy
the least.
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OAPrrAL PuSIsHaEST IN MIcHIeAs.-It seems that the
people Of Michigan getting tired Of their law for the abo
lon Of capital punishment The Detroit Daily Advertiser
says that in consequence Of the growing Of crime
the State since the abolition Of capital punishment and par
cusr manifestation Of the grand Jurors Of Wayne county
by the presence Of three different individuals charged with
murder the present Of court understand they have
unanimously adopted memorial to the Legislature asking
for restoration Of that penalty which alone prevents man
from assaling the lifc Of his fellow.
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BUENOS AYRES.

Gov. RosAs, in his message to the Legislature of
Buenos Ayres, announces his harmony with all
friendly Powers and states that his Government
has difficulties with only eight different States, in
GLIDING Paraguay There is deficit in the trea-
sury of So ,294, 346 for the year lS4S The total
circulation of paper money is Sl00,O0O,000, with
out counting the S27, 100000 which are to be issued
this year. Montevdeo paper Of January the
18th says:
"The Prasin tragedy has been enacted in Montevdeo
young officer Of Spanish origin, about twenty nne years
OF age, wounded the Of the siege and
carried TO the City Hospital One of the patriotic ladies who
devoted themselves the painful service Of tending the wound
ed became enamored Of this young and epoused him
she was about sixty years Of age and possessed fortune
naicd at 900 francs In short time after their
rage dscord between Them and finally the lady
found dead in her bed She found in perfectly natural
position, with the head enveloped in large bonnet The
physician who first entered the chamber Of the deceased at first
imagined that she had died Of apopexy but having removed
the bonnet, he perceived Of blood This awakened
suspicion, and further examination soon rendered certain
that she had been shot through the head with pistol The
ball extracted was about the size of pea All the proofs
against the officer Of dark and terrible nature. He is
now IN PRISON, awaiting his trial"
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FROM LIBERIA.
PALMERsTON.

MoSRovIA, JANUARY IL, lS4s
The first Legislature of the Republic Of Liberia convened
on Monday the Sd Instant His excelency j. j. RoBERTs,
President of the Republic delivered able and appropriate
Inaugural Address, which highly credable to him
man Of superior intelligence and the chief executive officer
Of the new Government After the reading Of the address the
oath Of office administered the President and each
the Senators and Representatives in Legislature assembled
The following the Of the honorable gentlemen
who compose the Legislative body:
sEsAroRs--John n. Lewis Hilary Teage, John Hanson,
William j.. Weaver, James Brown, Edward Morris.
REPnEsENTArIvEs-Dixon b. Brown, William Draper,
James b. McGl, Daniel b. Warner, Edward Lyles Mat
thew A. Rand, Henry B.Whitfed, Daniel G. Mcfarland.
[AtJica's Luninay.
AT Sierra Leone said that within the week previous
two briggs under Brazilian color made prizes to the
English Government having on board eight hundred
slaves and the other hundred and fifty Neither Of these
vessels was over $50 TONS The slaves were landed and pre-
parations were made to cut the vessels up.
The English and French cruisers are very active In chasing
and capturing savers
The United States soop-ofwar jamestown, Com Bolton,
sailed from Monrova on the 30th November for Pinces
Island--offices and crew oil well
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The influenza prevailed TO considerable degree IN England
in l72s, 1888, l3 l7is 1862, 1767 l776, 1882, 1885,
1891, 1888, 1897 and ls47 The atmospheric phenomena
in 1898 were very similar to those Of ls47
The Sanitary Committee are proceeding rapidly as pos
sbc with preliminary measures in the metropolis The Board
Of Ordnance have commenced the survey.
The great procession Of sailors London with petition to
the Queen against the repeal the navigation laws took place
yesterday, and fell very Short in point Of extent and impo-
tance Of whawa expected instead Of 30 ooo spreviousy
announced did not consist Of than 5000 mems the
whole affair managed with great order and regularity
The procession was received at the Home Office Sir GEoner
GREr the Secretary Of State for the Home Department who
undertook deliver the petition the Queen The petition
is short and highly respectful contains the following pas
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ELEcTRo-MAGSETIc OnE SEPARAToR.-Thc newly -crect-
ed machine used the New York Clinton prison, invented
by Ransom Cook, Esq for picking out the particles Of iron
from he crushed masses Of stone, is curiosity The ore,
spread IN sheet moving in direction, while the cleo
o-magnes without charge quietly moving in oppo-
site one. On sight Of the these hitherto passive bits Of
iron become instantly electrified when the and magnets
embrace each other with all the ardor Of long absent lovers
Thus united they short distance together when the
electro magnets, as if seized with caprice, suddenly
lose Their attraction and drop the too condng ore which
them Ike disappointed lover pungcs into the stream where
its az drowned
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Correspondence ,Oith the Minister from the Uni
ted States respecting the Navigation Lars.
PROM 4 LATE LONDON PAPER.


Mr.. BANCROFT TO VIscoUNT PALMERsToN.
American LEGATION, Nov. 8, ls47.
The undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary and Min
lister Plenpotentiary of the United States of Ameri
ca, has the honor to inquire of Viscount Pamers-
ton, her Britannia Majestys Principal Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs if her Maestys Government is in
cnedto existing restrictions international commerce
Universal reciprocity in the widest sense, is held by the
American Government the only thoroughly appropriate
basis for intercourse between the two great nations pro-
hbon OF the indirect trade has but restrained enterprise
has done good neither country To abrogate would at
free dormant commercial wealth. without injurng
any one.
Should her Majestys Government entertain similar views,
the undersigned is prepared the part of the American Gov
eminent, propose that British ships may trade from any
port in the world any port in the United States and be
ceved proecte and in respect charges and Duties treated
like American ships if recprocaly, American ships may in
like trade from any port of the world to any port
der the dominion Of her Britannia Majesty.
The removal Of commercial restrictions while it would be
Of mutual advantage the material interests Of both
es could but give openings to still further relations Of
amy between hem and by its influence the intercourse
Of nations create guarantees for the peace Of the world
The undersigned, &c.
GEORGE BANCROFT
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GEORGE BANCROFT.
VIscoUNT PALMERsToN TO Mr.. Bancroft.


FoREIes OrrIcE, NOVEMBER IL, ls47.
SIN have lost time in communicating to my col
leagues your Of the Sd instant the subject of the nav
CATION laws which regulate the Of the British EN-
pre and that Of the United States with each other
This question had already engaged the serious attention Of
her Msjesys minister's and observe with pleasure, that
the sentiments which entertain with regard to shared
by the Government Of country with which closely
united by the ties Of extensive and Of
origin
We do not however, think that should be justified in
advising the Crown to enter into engagements which would
be variance with Of the important principles of
the existing navigation law, without the previous sanction Of
Parliament But il is intention to propose to Parliament,
without unnecessary delay, which would enable us
to place commercial intercourse in regard to the matters
which your REFERS on the liberal and comprehen
sve basis with respect to all countries which shall be willing
to act in corresponding spirit towards us
lam, &c. PALMERSTON.
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A VETERlS DEAn-The Baton Rouge Gazette announces
the decease Of Major SAMUEL YAL veteran Of ID and 5
aged ~ years Major VAIL was captain during the late
war with Great Britain in the 9TH regiment Of u $. infantry
and was present at the battles Of the 23d December and
st OF January 1915, where he CALAMITY did his duty He
died at his residence in Eas Baton Rouge the 9th instant
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The Depot Of the Raleigh and CASTOR Railroad, at Raleigh
IN VI was destroyed by fire Saturday last Several loco
motives and among them new one were also destroyed
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AS compared with 1916 there decrease ls47 of
entries into port Of
French vessels .34s but increased tonnag Of 81 43
Increase Of foreign
vessels 100. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. PIG, 6is
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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
roI,Rra DESPATCH OF MAJOR DOWNING.
[PRIyATE ]

[PRIyArE-
10 James X. Polk, President ofthe United States,
and nearly half Of Merico certain, Nth pretty
tolerable. fir chance gel for the tohoie.