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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-18

TYLER e. Co. undisgui.edly for the exten-
s;on and forihcatioD Of the Slave Power Ia
our Union. Gen. Hamilton commended u
TO South Carolina as measure that would
give a. Gibraltar to the South :; and South
C.robu. for thot cause, went unanimously
f., polt-a man. she always depsised. The
.,.vebolders throughout the Union went
for Polk on that ground, giving him every
State South Of North Carolina and Tennes-
see. The Wings as a party opposed the
Annexation Of Texas; Mr.. Clay, their
candidate for President, opposed 1t. lie
did not, indeed, maintiia that he would,
under all conceivable circumstances,
persist in his opposition but he
did, very clearly and fairly, place that
opposition on grounds which could not
have been obviated without satisfying the
Anti Slavery sentiment Of the country IN
the conditions of Annexation. We do most
undoubtingly believe, therefore, that II Mr.
Claw had been elected, no such Annexation
as ,cos effected could have been-no An
nexation that would not have secured the
larger part of the Texan territory to Free
dom and that the War on Mexico subse-
quently waged would have been impossible
under Mr.. Clay's Presidency; because the
preposterous pretensions to the Rio Grande
boundary which melted it would never have
been set up.
MIR. Birney affects to make "a large
allowance for the warm party man." we
waive the allowance, and beg leave to set
forth our opinion that no men ever more
clearly sacrificed their essential principles
to their party organization then did Messrs.
Birney & Co. in 1914. Had they been as
unainchingly faithful to their cause as South
Carolina and the Aave-traders were to
theirs, the election of that year would have
resulted in substantial Anti Slavery In
stead of disastrous and fsr-reaching pro-
Slavery triumph.
MIR. Birney talks loudly of " mis-
statements" of his course by The Tribune,
but specifies none That his persistence
in disappearing Mr.. Clay's views and
position was among the potential causes of
Folks election we have always maintained
and. if that is deemed a favorable termi-
nation of the canvass, we have always
given him the credit of doing his utmost to
| produce it.
We have no more desire than MIR. Btr-
new to revive all the details of the canvass
| of 1874. The essential facts are already
generally known, and the public judgment
thereon has been made up. Messrs. Birney
& Co. defeated the Wing party in 1874, but
in SO doing they ruined their own. There
has never since been day when that party
could have polled the vote IN our State
which il did in lS43. And it had very gen.
orally lost ground in the Country before 1t
was merged into the new and broader
| Free Soil organic alton. Men whose
loathiDg of Slavery was deepest recoiled
from that party when they saw it used to
facilitate the triumphs and extend the con-
quests of. Slave Power. And they did
right.
MIR. Birney's Colonization views do not
demand any comments from US. The only
thing remarkable about them is the mis-
taken presumption that they are original or
peculiar. We consider them in the main
very nearly correct. Ed
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-18
DIFFERENCE OF A DEcApE-Sir pert;o,

DIFFERENCE OF A DEcADE.-Sir Pertinax
Macsycophant, (R. J. Walker,) in 1912, wanted
to secure lrishmen's votes for Polk and Texas,
and he sent the following toast to a Repeal
Meeting in Pittsburgh. inclosed in a letter.
dated Senate Chamber, March IL, 1912:
Irtlana-The hour approaches when her zloriaus
name thsl be written by the God of battles in the
blood OF her opPrsssOrs upon the scroll Of independent
Republics"
In 1852, this same Mr.. Walker is blarneying
England, as paragon, and proffering American
bsyonets to defend her Queen from an ina ginary
attack by the Continental despois Il is the
gold Eot the blood Of the "Oppressor' be is after
now
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-18
CITY ITEMS.

BILL OF MoRrALrrY.-The FOLLOWING !.
the Weekly Report Of Deaths in the City ana Con-.
of Ne~-York, from the 7ih Of February TO the la
Of February, ls32
Men, ie4 Women, So Boys, So Crib, la
~
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-18

The whole number of deaths for the week lse
year, was 800 this year. 424-increase IS, or 1, ps
cent. on the figures for 1851. Probable inereass n
population, s per cent.
The comparisons by age show the following N.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-18

Philadslpkia.-Death for the week ending FEB. n,
1852 Adults, IS Children, Il9. Total, 2s7. unda
10, l06.
Boston.--Deashs for the week ending Feb IA, 1873
Males, 81; Females, %. Total, g. Children undsf
s. rs.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-18

NUEKk FhuN.
Hose Bellevue 81 Randahs Island Black wsps liza
Iunstie Asylum, lCity HI spsai. 3lCol. Or Aulun
Blackwells Isld lAlms House, lColered Psrsoss
Interments returned from Wards leland ......u
Fifty-three per cent. Of the deaths were chldrs,
under 10. The progress OF the principal epdeni
diseases, as compared with the same week last ysu
has been as follows:
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-18

Some Of the other principal causes Of death cos,
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-18

Mr.. Birney labors to forget that his posi-
zion in 1874, deliberately taken and relte-
rated, was that the Annexation Of Teras
was MORE likely TO take place if M. Clay
should be chosen President than If Mr.. Polk
should BE-. That was an assertion which
the facts did not warrant, and which events
have since disproved. We submit that,
judging from this letter, Mr.. Birney does
net now believe what he uttered in lSi4
Mr.. Rmey would seem desiroas to make
this issue with us shat We remember with
indignation his course in ls4f because he
persisted in running against Mr.. Clay, and
30 secured triumph TO Polk But that is
not the case. We complain that, being him.
self candidate for President at that time,
ne had not the decency to abstain from pub
lie and gross misrepresentation of the posi-
ton and views of rival candidate, whereby
that candidate was defeated and the Country
irrepsrably injured, He might have been
ever so steady representative ofhis own
party's opinions with impuniW; but we pro-
test against his standing forth representa-
tive Of Mr.. Clay's opinions also.
Mr.. Birney does not see why the DEM
esrasic party Of 1874 had not as good right
70 his sympathy as the Wing. OF course
not. The only essential difference was
this-the Democratic party was fully, pub
hcly, undeniably committed to the Annexa-
t'on Of Texas, which measure had been
plotted and matured by Calhoun, UPshur,
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-02-19
WESTERN RAILROADS.

The Southern Michigan Railroad is now
completed and the cars running TO CaIu-
met river, which is about - miles from
Chicago. The mail from Michigan City
to Chicago is now carried in four hours
The receipts Of this Road during last month
were for passengers $4,000; for freight
$4,000. |, is proposed to have jubilee
when The Road is finished to Chicago.
Within ninety days the most of the Iii.
nois Central Railroad will be under con
tract, embracing from Cairo 10 Lasal!e
thence TO GaIena and from Chicago to the
Kankakee. A loan Of S4,000,000 has
been effected, all Of which is to be expend
ed otherwise than for iron.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-02-19
R. /. AND CHICAGO RAILROAD.

We are pleased 10 sec our Contemporary
Of the r. ]. Republican speak out in regard
10 the course that the editor Of tho Dixor
Telegraph has thought proper to pursue in
respect TO the above Road He says:--
''Whilc we conccde all this, and promise
the active cooperation of our citizens, as
Tar as they are able, to carry the work
through TO successful completion, we
would at the same time inform our Dixon
friends that tho people Of this city have moi,
relinqushed the idea Of building the Chi.
cago and Rock Island road, as is so au,hcri.
lively stated in the Telegraph; on the con.
'rafy, the prospects for its speedy and en-
tire completion were never more natternp
and its immediate construction is regarded
as matter Of primary Importance, above
and beyond that Of all others.
"lt the Telegraph expects TO make CAPT
tai here for the Rockford road by msropre-
sensations as to the character and pros.
poets Of the Chicago road, il very much
mistakes the temper Of our citizens.
1--WE would advise our ueighbor Eus,acc
70 rub some Of the Rock River sand out oil
his eyes, and take another peep at thu
elephant" before INDUCING in any more
speca'a'ions on the subject Of railroads, Of
which he evidently knows nothing"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-02-19
COLD WEATHER AT THE SOUTH.

COLD WEATHER AT THE SOUTH.
We make the following extract from
private letter received from friend, mail
ed at Cairo about tho LIST inst:
.What winter! suppose you have
hoard all about i, through the papers, but !
you have not, know that we had SIX O.
leich, inches snow at n. Orleans; abou
TOUR inches besides, supposed to have melt
ed before any remained on the ground.
i .Thc snow commenced falling about
la'clock one afternoon and continued unit
abou, 2 o'clock the next morning with
fury that would have done credit TO YOU
lprairies.
i "The snow remained on tho gronnt
without much diminution for three days
and traces Of it we're visible on the ht,l
lday. You may imagine tho excitement
sucila rare occurrence produced among The
Creoles, TO most Of whom i was but lite
lime occurrence, and among the northern.
Iers TO whom il was a rcviver Of memories
Of bye gone days.
"Weather there, after the snow storm,
was intensely cold for three days and
suffered fully as much from i as did du
ring the cold spell we had at Cincinnati
before leaving.
"Then the weather moderated but turn
81 cold AGAIN before we reached NatcheZ
"The morning after passing there and
before we reached Vicksburg, thin coat
II ice was formed over the surface Of the
river. |, was about quarter OF an inch
thick. The like was never known in that
region before. Ice increased in thickness
until we were forced to lay up on account
Of il for two DAYS, $50 miles above Vicks-
burg, then getting little softer we started
gu, and have been running in it over
since.
ssWe are now two weeks out from N
Orleans and had we been sunk into the
bowels of the earth for the same length oil
time we should know quhe as much Of
what is going ON in the world as We know
now, excepting that there had been p:et-
~ hard freeze up. For have seen neither
paper or letter since then as all means Of
communication have been effectually cut
,Tn
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-02-19
INSANITY OF SEARS C. WALKER.

Accounts from Washington state that
this distinguished astronomer aud mathe
matician has become insane A cores
ponden, ofihe Baltimore Republican, IN
der date Of the 18th, says: "Night before
last, while sitting late at his labors, Mr.
Walker made discovery, BY which loga
rilhms are rendered useless in mnthemati
cal calculations. The most intense excite
ment followed and he could neither sleef
nor converse. lie continued in this con
dilion until yesterday at noon, when hi:
glorious mind gave way. |, is hoped that
the misfortune may be temporary, but the
worst is feared"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-02-19
MIR. CLAY ON INTERVENTION.

We perceive that some Of the Locoioco
papers, by publishing garfield extracts
from Mr.. Clay's former speeches, are try,
ing to prove that over quarter of cen.
fury ago be favored doctrines akin TO those
now advocated by Intervention men. Ad.
mi, even that be did, will they not give
him The benefit OF twenty five years ex-
perieuce? Is il TO be supposed that man
OF bis mind never changes his opinions
rha, the progress Of time and change o.
circumstances have no effect upon master
minds?
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-02-19
nIsEPACEEi1I. NOES.

Our CITY was the scene on last SATURDAY
and Sunday nights OF rio,ous proceedings
tha. were disgracelul to tho good character
which i, has ever sustained for morality and
strict observance ofthe luws. Believing
Ii, always better that fair aud true state
men, Of such an affair 60 from the pub
Ilic press, than il the msgnitied form il as
mmes in its passage from one to another
we give the facts 50 near as we have beer
able to obtain them.
In accordance with their duty as law-ot
serving aud pcacc-loving citizens, Mr.. >
N. Whiting and |. Hall informed upon Ger
Itain Germans for violating the laws oflhei'
adopted country in selling liquor without
license. Tho former complained upon Mrs
Bomberg and The latter upon Mr. Eyser
The Germans who were in the habit offre
quen,ing those places vowed revenge.
During Saturday night last the house Of
Mr. S. N. Whiting was attacked with stones
and other missiles, his windows broken, ETC.,
and note placed where be could obtain il,
stating that upon repetition Of bis con-
duct he would be shot. or something to tina,
effect.
Turing Sunday night the dwelling Of
Mr. /. Hall was attacked in similar man
per and the following note, enveloping Z
stone, was thrown through window:
HrgRAH FOR EysER.
Mr.. Hall, and all whom it may concern:
You have TO be paid for your service, If
you like to earn some more, just try your
game again, and we will not fail 10 be
prompt in paying you.
o. "LYNcHi'
Monday reward Of 500 was offered
by the mayor for the detection Of the mis-
creants who perpe,rated the ouirages, and
the officers Of justice were active in the
endeavor TO ferret them out
On the afternoon Of that day handbili
was posted around the city calling meet
ing Of the citizens at the Court House.
VIVA, was the object Of the meeting or who
posted up the bills appeared to be myste
~. The procedure was almost univer,
sally condemned, but as large number oil
citizens were in attendance, il was deemed
advisable to organize and pass resolutions
npho!ding The laws, which were done, a few
speeches made and all quietly adjourned toI
their homes.
The great majority Of our German citi-
zens are order-loving and lax-abiding PEG
Die and sanction no such unlawful proceed
Jugs, but they, as we, have some hotspurs
among them who would be benefited by Q
few month. service in the Penitentiary.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-02-19
WASHINGTON ON INTERVENTION.

Gen. WASHINGTON, in letter address
cd TO Gen. Lafayette, dated Mount Yer
non, Dec. 25, l79S, says, "On the politics
of Europe shall express no opinion, nor
make any inquiry who is right or who i.
wrong. wish well to all nations and to
all men. My politics are plain and simple
| think every nation has right TO estab
li.h that form Of government under which
it conceiyes it may live more happy; pro
vided il infracts no right, or is not danger
Gus to others: and that no Gorernmen
ought to interfere nth the internal con
Germs Of another, EXCEPT FOR THE sEcuRI
rY OF WHAT Is DUE TO THEMSELVES"
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-02-19

BETRAyER or NTH O'BRIES. the
evening of the 9Th Deccmber,a party Of
men boarded the brig Calao, at San Fran.
cisco, md brought ashore Capt. Ellis, hei
commander. who is alleged 10 have betray
ed the Irish patriot, Smith O'Brien, when
he attempted 10 escape from Van Deman's
Land. The capiors conducted him to neal
the Mission Dolores, some three miles from
the city, where he was requested 10 refund
the money he received from Mr.. O'Brien'.
friends, (E300. } on the occasion referred to
On his promise to do SO he was released
Popular feeling was very generally agains
him.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-02-19

The Galena Advertiser gathers from the re-
port Of the Engineer Of the Rock Island Rail-
road (now in course Of construction out from
Chicago,) that the probability is, that not a
blow will be struck west Of Rock River, ON the
road, until late in 1853, or in 1854. This is o
result not anticipated by the people OF Rock Is
land and Davenp. IT, when the road WAS let.
Dubuque Tribune
The editor Of the Gaiena Advertiser is
in error ia drawing such conclusion.
The report says that, "Messrs. Sheffield
s. Farnam have contracted for rails for the
entire Road as also for locomotives; and
are making their arrangements with y
view to complete the Road to Joliet By Isl
Of August ncrt, TO Ottawa by close Of nav
igation, to Peru during the following win
ter, and TO Rock Island in one year there
froln,'-or during the winter Of 1854
The people Of Rock Island and Davenpor
never anticipated the Road being compile
ted before 1854. Work on the Rock Riy
er Railroad bridge will be commenced th'
ensuing spring.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-02-19

1.-THE Two CLAYs.--IIenry Clay. in his
remarks addressed to kossuih, said: "A
dying man oppose Your doctrine Of inter
veniion." Cassius NJ. Clay, in letter to
II. Greeley, inclosing a hundred dollar
check as contribution 10 the kossu,h
ioan, expressed himself as follows: 81 am
for committing mysell- committing the
peope-commilting the U. S. Government
land oil free people against the dcsroiic
Intervention Of Tyran,s?--by worldly
protest-by arms IF blood must cease to
flow Let Messieurs, the assassins set the
exampler' Whose counsel is the best, 10
this exigcncy p North Western Gas.
Both these are great in their respective
spheres, and are esteemed so by the great
mass Of the American people; but Henry
Clay is peculiarly so, from long life de.
voted to the institutions and best interests
of his country; and as much greater than
Cassi,:s as the tree is greater than the
shoe ;or ms the experience OF years sur
passes the impulsivc vehcmencc Of youth.
Therefore, as our friend Of the Gazette is
in sad predicamcnt, snd as we respect
him for his frankness in making ihisdevel-
opement, advise him in order 10 he rid Of
''his cxigcncy," to swallow down, every
morning before taking his tripod, The old
Lacedcmonan pill, "Old men for counsel,
young men for war;" and We pledge our
word for it he will not inquire "who ne will
follow -Hatekeye.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-02-19
GERMAN MEETING.

We understand ii is the intention Of Tbs
Germans Of our city to hold a meeting lhi.
evening, TO express their Indignation at tht
course pursued by a few Of their country
men 10 taking the law into their own hands
This is right, we are pleased to see oul
German citizens frowning down all at
tempts to violate the laws of their adopted
land.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-02-19
CAPITOL OF OHIO BURNT.

On the morning Of the Is, inst, the Cap
itol OF the State of Ohio was DESTROYED by
fire, with part Of the public documents in
the Senate Chamber. The business was
delayed in consequence but one day. The
new Capitol commenced three years ago
will be more imposing building than the
Capitol at Washington, and the most ex.
pensive building in the West.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-02-19

A CoarRAsr.-The Iiungarians 10
Washington. consisting Of kossoth and be
suite, occupy twenty lone rooms in Browns
elegant Marble Hotel, ono of the most lux.
arious and expensive houses on tho Amer.
can Continent. Their cigar bill 10 about
twelve dollars day wine Lill about enc
hundred. Last Saturday they hid about
forty hacks employed The aggregate
daily expense cannot he less Than $500.
The Hungarians ID New York Number
about hundred. They are without mon
ey, aud many Of them are suffering for the
common nccossarics Of life. The Journal
IL Commerce thinks TINT donations 10 them
" prove Of more use than TO the cause OF
Hungary, eli present, and calls upon the
charitable for aid, especially upon those
who feel il 10 he wrong TO sond money 10
fomcnt war. These fIuncarians will, if
Kossnil is unsuccessful in his plans for the
regeneration of his country, probably set
lie here. His desire is to have them in
community by themselves on some of our
uncu.,ivated lands which would be suited
10 their mode Of cultivation. This move
men, canno, Ike place until Spring, and,
in the meantime, they must rely on char
ty for support. The ladies Of the party,in
particular, nre deficient in proper clothing.
and the Journal calls upon The charitable
ladies' OF New York for assistance.
Washington paper.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-02-19
ANrI.sLAvERY INTERVENTION

For some weeks We have had the idea
of indi,ing an article in The attempt !
nroyo that the aid furnished kossu,h b,
the "anti-slayery" men Of the Union y
adopting his principle Of Intervention, wa
opposed to the avowcd object Of their or
aanizs,ion. As we have before remarked
Abolition papers throughout our country
have generally adopted the kossuth doc
Urine which, as We thought, was in opposl
ton 10 tho cause for which they plead
the abolition Of American slavery. $50
Der second thought" We are pleased to sec
is exer,ing its influence upon that part,
and its leaders at the East where the ex
citemcn, is subsding, are retractlny thel'
former course.
"The Anti-Slayery Convention. at Bos'
ton,'' it is stated, con the Goth ult., passed
resolutions denouncing kossuth's slight
anti slavery principles, endorsement Of the
Mexican war, and yielding to the influence
Of slave power, as fatal to hossuth's pre-
tensions, and treason to human rigats.'
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-02-19
THE oHARMoNIous DEMoCRACY!n

On the 5th inst. a Democratic County
Convention met in Philadelphia, Alderman
Peter Rambo presiding. A resolution was
offered to instruct the Delegates TO vote
Tor Lewis Cass in State Convention, which
was subsequently amended by striking ou'
Cass' name and inserting Buchanan's. III
that shape it passed amid the greatest con
fusion which ended 10 row, the officers
esca ping through back window, the
Chairman with the loss OF his coat-tai
Quiet again being restored the Cass men
nesked back and passed resolution With
his name inserted. So the matter stands.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-02-19
THE HOG TRADE.

From an estimate Of the editor Of the
Muscatine Enquirer, we learn that only
about two-thirds as many hogs have been
killed in Iowa the present as during last
season, but they averaged 20 lbs. each
heavier, and at the respective prices
amounted to nearly as much in value.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-02-19
FIRE In BURLINGTON.

On last Sunday quite destructive fire
occurred at Burlington, Iowa. II origina
ted in the old Jefferson House, which, to-
ge,her with block Of frame houses, con
sisting ofseven or eight buildings, was en-
TREY consumed.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-02-19
PROBABLE MrRDER

Il is currently reported here that Johr
D. Bard, son Of Mr.. Richard Bard, resid
ing near lie Claire, in this county, was
murdered recently in California. We have
heard none Of the particulars and hope The
ramor may be without foundation.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-02-19
RELEASE OF MR.. THRAsHER, ETC.

The National lnteligencer of 18th inst.
announces that official information has
been received at the State Department, Of
the release Of John S. Thrasher, by the
Government Of Spain. II also contains
the official announcement Of the appoint
'nent Of Mr.. John +. Champion as Minis
ter from England, in place Of Sir Hcnr,
Buiwer.