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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-29

tion has hitherto been the nais ssUe Of sns'r
defeat.
In another part Of tho paper win DO found . f1a
report Of the inquest upon she body Of Mr. Loo
s.sarnes. rumor got abroad en- Friday morning
that this gentleman had committed suicide BY
taking some sort Of poison. We are glad to find
this was not the case, stated in paragraph yes
terday morning. The peculiar course Of practice
pursued towards the patient was we suppose, main
cause of the origin of the report. We could not get
the dispositions taken before the Coroner on Friday,
through some slight oversight Of his clerk, and
hence our publication Of the paragraph.
The attention of our readers lie directed to various
Geographic dispatches and great variety Of reli-
gious, local, and other interesting intelligence,
with which our columns, this morning, abound.
The general Importance of the matter renders special
references supernuous.
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Marine Affairs.

The STEAMSHIP SouTHERNER Capt. Foster, arrived yes
terday morning in sixty hours from Charleston She
brought US q full supply of late Southern papers.
The STEAMSHIP FRANKLIN, Capt. Walton left her dock
at yesterday for Havc touching at Southampton
with 1O1 passengers whose publish in another
column. Her specie amounted to Si021A 90.
LAUNCHED AT Somerset 26th inst mt schooner of
about 200 tons called the william Allen owned by Capt
Staples and OF hers Of Taunton.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-29

ARTISTIC CONVENTIONAL public meeting Of the
American Musical Fund Society, and Of the mem
bers of the musical profession in general Of this
city, is called to convene at Metropolitan Hail. to-
morrow afternoon, for the purpose Of consulting on
musical affairs, and consulting as to the benefit
which the society is to take in Castle Garden, on
Saturday. While the members and friends of the
profession are assembled tomorrow, would it not
be proper for them 70 consider what to he done In
the way of giving grand complimentary reception
to Madame sontag, the Queen Of Song, who will
shortly arrive in New York; IL is tribute which
ocnus such "A hers deserves and Is entitled to en-
rect, from the musical associations Of this great
city.
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Now, why cannot the distance Of 227 miles to
Washington be run in eight hours well as the 23S
miles to Boston! All the natural advantages are
in favor of the former route; yet it takes one third
more time than the trip to Boston, and one third
more money. The right Of way, and the cost per
mile of railroads in the New England States, will
average $4,000 mile. South of New York the
cost does not exceed an average of $4,000 mile.
The country is level the soil is cheaper, and is
free from those hills, and beds of rock, the
excavation Of which is such heavy item of expense
in the grading Of our Northern roads.
There is sort Of joint stock specializing compact,
however, between the railroad companies of New
Jersey and Mary and those States, which IS the
great drawback to the reduction of the fares, and
the increase Of speed on the road to Washington.
The aforesaid companies, for the monopoly which
they enjoy, pay tax upon each passenger into the
State treasury, and thus, through an unconstitutional
exclusion Of all competition, the company is pro-
tected on the one hand, while the other the
State is supported by shameless tax upon the cti
zens Of other States. Each paying railroad passcn
ger through New Jersey pays fifteen cents towards
the payment of the debts Of that State and in Mary
land, we believe, he pays fifty. This wiz account
for the arocious extorton and imposition Of nearly
uNe Genus Mic IoT Tue loTty uihcs uStMStH Ddti-
more and Washington; and this is the result Of
chartered monopoly. If q competing road were al
lowed, we should soon have this FIVE cents mile
duced to two cents; and as Congress has power
over the subject, it is to be hoped that, for the
cheaper and speedier transportation Of the mails, it
will authorize the construction, by government con-
tract, If necessary, Of new railroad post route
through each of the States of New jersey and Mary
land. BY this means we shall soon bring Wa shing-
ton within eight hours distance Of New York, and
cut down the fare from 81 80 to four or five dollars
for through ticket. The time for these aforesaid
railroad monopolies has nearly expired They ought
not to be any longer tolerated.
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p.-.onnl Intelligence.

J. York. Ala j. II. Jones, Emira y Brown, De-
troit DR.. s l., ward Lowell IL Hall. Portsmouth,
Ky Hon a L. Acklcy, Auburn William Cunning
ham Philadelphia: L. Royce Ind and 100 others, ar
rived nj Howard Hotel on yesterday.
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DEATH or Ex- GOVERNOR VANCE. OF ONO FIX
CoyeIpor Joseph Vance di at his residence Urba
m ohio on the oath Inst. Mr. Vance old resi-
dent Of the State had served In the Legislature
r. representative in Congress- and about the year lSao
was the wing Governor He was mau much esteemed,
and posfeaed many good qualities
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for else, but who win cone down With the sssA for
The votes Of The purchased dslsgatssa
How does il come TO happen that such delegates
could be placed on ticket and voted fort Because
these have been long used by the leaders Of the
democratic party 5or their own purposes, and finding
out their importance, and elated with their sgc-
on former occasions, they come to the conelu-
sion that they are the masters, instead Of the
wants, of the men who formerly hired them.
They have accordingly set up on their own
hook, the General Committee either not being
in funds to employ them, or believing that
they weuld be better off without then ssrvicesin the
present state Of public opinion in reference to this
rum and rowdy influence at primary elections. Thus
have the rovdies become politicians and delegates
on their own account.
The tickets, generally, however, contain some re-
spectacle names, which may redeem the nominations
from infamy. These men, by their influence, firm
ness, and persuasion, may succeed in having good
men selected at the nominating conventions about
to be held at Tammany Hall. If they do not, the
wings will have the game in their own hands, by
nominating men Of character and weight in the
community and in that event we shall 60 for the
whig ticket, and it will be elected, too, by over
whelmipg majority. If both parties should
fail in nominating their best men, then
we have every reason to believe that the
independent men of both parties who have been
80 long disguised with the primary elections, and
the nominations that emanate from them, will start
an independent ticket, which will rally around it
the citizens generally, irrespective of party. and
will eventuate in the defeat of both factions, and
he triumph of law, and order, and integrity, over
violence and corruption. We, at least, will give
our warmest advocacy to such ticket and such a
movement. We do not recognise any authority in
the present organizations either of the wings de-
mocrats, any more than in any other set of men
of equal responsibility in their respective parties
and unless they do what is right at the ensuing con-
ventions, they will find that the citizens generally
win not recognise their authority, appointed they
originally were by the rum and rowdy influences
which have so long swayed these elections, and
which even for party purposes become null and void,
when they cease to accomplish the legitimate de-
signs for which such organizations originated
namely to select those men for Office most worthy
of the support of the party to which they belong,
and therefore, best calculated to the victory,
and to answer the ends for which government is in
stituted-"the greatest good to the greatest num-
ber.'
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NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON BY RAILROAD
There is not more important railroad route in the
Union than that between New York and Washing
ton. 1t has not only to meet the wants Of travel
ers passing to and tro between the great CONNER
eal metropolis and the little federal capital Of the
nation, but it is part Of the great mail route
between this city and New Orleans and is also the
great line Of the passenger travel, north and SOUTH
of the seaboard States. Yet it hangs back under
the two great obstacles of high fares and low speed
at such scale of charges, and at such q rate Of
speed, as are not only without excuse, but amount
to positive imposition upon the public. Some
progress has been made in abating the actual
nuisances Of railroad trip to Washington, within
the last year or two, for which the public duly
thankful Baggage at New York is checked
through to Washington, whereas, some twelve or
eighteen months ago, the extortions Of hack drivers
and baggage smashers at Philadelphia and Balti-
or less, often exceeded their actual railroad ex
penses between the two cities. The speed has been
improved-the fare, too, has been somewhat reduced
convenience, including the omnibus transportation
through the several cities on the route. These
ameliorations Of bad system owing to the esta
blshmcnt of our steamship lines to Charleston and
Savannah. But still, there are several draw backs
and impositions upon the public, in this business,
calling loudly for reform.
The fare between New York and Washington, in
GLIDING limited amount of baggage, is for pas
senger $3.50, di ided as follows
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rate of 10 miles to the hour allowing twelve hours
for the express train, though it frequently
cupies thirteen fourteen-an hour two not being
considered much out Of the way. Now let us see
how this rate Of speed and Of charges will compare
with our principal Northern roads,
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MISCELLANEOUS.


Rev W c. suumsr,ille. late pastor IL tho rrcsbyte-
ran church NJ GslccD has accepted the praie .orsr
of Ancient Lauguasse q Austin college At unu,.yile
az Rome is about 10 return home In consequences OF
sudden cali lie viii be succeeded in his functions by
Rev n b. weibrool haf recently given notice # his
intention to resign The Oce Of District Secretary 81 the
American and Foreign Cldsan Union aud has ance
received call om tho Pre- bs .crsp church 81 shrrvs-
bury New dorsey lie has al been unanimously elected
pastor Of he prcsby terrain church Of Burlnztcn New
Jersey IL V not yet known whether he will accept
either
the TreslJery az Huron fuu the pastcrafe o The First
Presly terrain church in ffcmon late lover ssndusky,
O. on the 18th q june.
cepting the invitation Of the lirst church Ia Salem
Rev A. Sells viii deliver his vsledictory the
aregation q The English Lutheran church ~ cnmbcand
prof Calvin H. Stove viii be inaugurated Professor Of
Sacred Literature, at Andoyer Theological Seminary next
Wednesday September nrst.
Rev. VIM C. Pond was ordained MS o missionary &c
California, st The Hammond street Church ~ bangor
Me, On the Goth inst.
Rev ar Goodwin, former pastor Of st. johns Is cca-
ted at Elmra.
REV Henry Davis has accepted the post o. Assistant
Secretary and General Agent Of the American baptist
Home Mission Society.
Rev Henry W. Lee % D.. Rector % Il Lukof Church,
in Rochester has been appointed Professor In Divinity In
Jubilee College, Illinois of which the venerable bishop
Chase Is President
on and tho Rev. Dr TomlinsoD former Prcsi
dent Augusta College KY has been elected President
Of the Ohio University.
Rev. i. Warren (Episcopalisp), Of Marcellus. has
been appointed Chaplain OF the Auburn State Prison In
place tf y. W. lIagar, resigned
Rev. Mr. A. Bcrkcy isjust entering upon the field Of
the Second German Evangelical Mission church In De-
troit, Mich.
The Rev Mr.. Coons OF the 1st Presby terrain Church,
Memphis Tom IL expected to return In about week.
entirely res; ored to health and usefulness.
The Southern Indiana Conference Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church win meet az Rusiye ON the 9th O0fo.
Der next
Rev. William H. Brooks son OF Prof NJ Q. Brooks o.
Bsmore) who was recently ordained at Alexandria has
been appointed Minister Of St. Thomas Episcopal Church,
Mt Newark, N J.
Rev. Charles Randall has been appointed to an Agency
for the American Baptist Publication Society," and has en-
tered upon its duties.
Rev Elon Gausha. Of Lockport. New York hes been
appointed Exploring Agent Of the Home Mission socsty
for Canada West and will enter upon his duties imnedi-
ately.
Rev VIM Barnes has requested q dismission from the
Congregational Church and rocety In Foxborough
Rev. d. w. Clark. d. has declined the prossssonhip
to which had been unanimously elected BY The rfte
Of the Methodist General Biblical Institute 20 supply q
vacancy OssasOacab By the rw'gnatiop u FisboP bAkS,
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HENRY CLAY,

Among The innnmerable eulogies pro,
nounced upon Henry CLAY, with which
aur exchanges TEEN, we select the follow
ing for publication, first, because it is BY
the greatest living statesman Of the "Den-
ocra,ic" party; second, j. is BY co,empo
rary Of many years standing; third, il i.
by one who knew Mr.. CLAY long and init
mately, and lastly j. is terse, truthfu
piguan, and eloquent. Ii was delivered
by Mr.. CAss before the Senate on the an
nouncement by Mr.. UNpERwoop, of Ky,
that Henry CLAY was dead:-
Mr.. President, again has an impressive
warning come 10 teach us that in the
midst OF lie We nre in death The ordina-
nv lsbors of this ball are suspended, and its
contentious hlished before tho power oi
Him who says 10 the storm Of human pas
sions, as he said Of old to the waves Of Gal
lice, PEACE, De STILL. The lessons Of his
Providence, severe ns they may be, often
become merciiul dispensations, like that
which is now spreading sorrow through
The land. and which is reminding Us tina,
we have higher duties TO fulfil and graver
responsibilities TO encounter than those
that meet us here, when we lay our hands
upon his holy word and invoke his holy
name, promising 10 be faithful TO that con-
sttution which he gave US in his mercy,
snd will withdraw only in the hour Of our
blindness aud disobedience and Of his own
wrath.
Another great man has fallen in our
land, ripe indeed in years and in honors,
but never dearer to the American people
,han when called from the theatre Of his
services and renown to that final bar
where the lofty and the lowly must all
meet at last.
do no, rise upon this mournful occasion
ITO indulge in the language Of fpanegyric.-
My regard for the memory OF the dead and
for ,hs obligations of the living would
equally rebuko such course. The severi.
| " Of truth is al once our proper duty and
our best consolation. Born during the
revolutionary struggle, our deceased nsso
eiate was one Of the few remaining public
men who connect the present generation
with the actors in the trying scenes Of tha,
even,fnl period, and whose names and
deeda will soon be known only in the hi.
tory Of their country. He wns another H.
ustration, and noble ono, too, Of the glo
rious equality of our institutions, which
freely offer all their rewards 10 all who
Iiustlv seek them; for he was the architect
of his own fortune; having made his wa,
lin life bv selfexcrtion; and he was an en-,
Ilv ndventurer in the great forest of the
i West. then world Of primitive vegeta'
ton, bu, now the abode Of intelligence ant
religion, of prosperity and civilization.
But he possessed that intellectual supe
riori,y which overcomes surrounding ohstn
cIes, and which local seclusion cannot loni
withhold from general knowledge and ap
prccation. 1t is almost half a centur
since he passed through Chilicothe, ths
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ITO be continued
POLITICAL.

(From the chicago Journal,

FROM tue chicago JOuFn1Is)
GEN. SCOTT AND ADOPTED CITIZENS
The effort to array Gen. ScoTT against
adopted citizens is receiving prompt re-
buke.
Below will be found letter from Capt.
Robert Hugunin Of this city, one Of Gener.
al Scott's veterans Of 1912, in regard &c
bis treatment Of adopted citizens, when
his aid was Of some serrice.
We might add, in this connection, that
Capt. II. has always been democrat, but
ha. now enlisted for another campaign un
der the Hero of Queenstown.
ED1ToRs CHICAGO JOURNAL;
GENrs:-In your paper Of yesterday,
notice statement concerning Gen.-then
Lieut.. Colonel-Scot.'s conduct towards
the prisoners Of foreign birth captured b,
the British a, the Battle Of Queenstown in
1918, and his heroic conduct Of the occa-
sion.
Having been myself in the frontier war
under Gen. Scott in l6l2-l3, ! am per
sonally acquainted with the particulars
concerning it, and can fully attest to the
truth of the statement referred to.
When the selection Of foreigners was
sough, TO be made, Gen. Scott was below
playing gamo Of chess with my brother
Lieut.. Dsn'l Hugunin. Hearing the noise
on deck, Gen. Scott rushed up, and learn
| ing he cause, forbade in the most peremp
tory manner, another man from saying q
word. least their accent should betray the
place Of their birth, and assured those Sc
Iec,ed that If the British government dared
10 execute man Of them, their death
should be avenged.
When Scott arrived at Quebec, he was
offered his parole, but refused unless it was
given to his officers also. II was refused
and he was confined with them in the
prisonsbp. He was likewise invited to
dine with the commander of the Citadel,
and accepted only on the above condi
| lion
The prisoners retained as hostages fol
those sen, to England Of foreign birth to be
shot for treason, were taken at Fort
George, where was under Gen. Scott's
command, and was an eye witness to his
heroism, and the kind attention to his sol
tiers. ROBT. HUGUNIN.
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HENRY CLAY.

On his retiring from the U. 8. Senate.
VAL for the glorious Pleiad fled
Wall for the ne'er returning star
Whose mighty music ever led
The spheres in their high home afar!
Bring burial weeds? and sable plume?
What-lift the funeral song Of wo
Such as should o'er the loved ones tomb
In Sorrows tenderest accen, fow?
Al! Freedoms kindling minstrel, no!
Strike! strike with Triumphant hand
Thy harp, and at its swelling roll
Speak, through the borders Of our land,
The might-the beauty Of that soul
Whose genius is our guardian light
through sunny ray o. darkiing night
A worshiped Pharos in the sea,
Lifting on high its fearless form
To guide the vessel Of the Free
Safe through the fury ofahe storm.
PRIDE OF THE WEsr. whose clarion-tone
Thrilled gfandly through her forest lone,
And walked to bounding life the shore
Where darkness only sat before
How millions bent before thy shrine,
Beholding there light divine
Caught on the golden chain OF love,
From its majestic course above.
sTAR OF OUR Hors. when Battles call
When, blazing DER the troubled seas,
Death came tnmultuous on the breeze,
And men beheld Columbia's frame
Scorched by the lurid levin-fame-
Thou. didst pour the pa,rio,-strain,G
And thrilled with it each bleeding vein
Until the siar-lit banners streamsd
Like tempest-fres around the foe,
Whose crimson cross no longer CLEANED
In triumph where il erst had beamed-
Blu, sink beneath our gallant blow.
sUs OF the FsEx! where the Summer smiles
Eternal DER the clustered isles
Where GREEcx unshea,hed her olden blade
For Glory in the haunted shade
Where CnisBoRAzo stands sublime
A landmark by the sea of Time-6
Try name shall, as blessing given
For Man, oh. never to depart,
Peal from our gladdened Earth to Heaven
The warm, wild music Of the heart.
PRIDE OF THIS Jrsr! what though dark Hate
Her phfenzied storm around thee rolls
Has il moi ever been the fate
Oh all this Earih's truth-speaking souls?
Lightnings may play upon the rock
Whose sar-ki,sed forehead woos the gale
While lhey escape the thunder shock
Who dwell within the lonely vale
Living pnnoted mot so thou,
Chief Of the fearless soul and brow,
Yet let the lightning and the storm
Beat on thy Iong-devoted form.
The siiyery dav- bean bursts and 10.
Around thee curls the Promise Bow.
Look on yon hight Coumb stands
Immortal laureIs her hands!
And bark her vo ce--'sRlsg. FREEMEx, RISE
Inloose the chain from ev,ry hreast.
See! see tile sllendor in ,en skies
Flashed from the bosom OF tire VEST.
Reused al the sound, 10! millions leap
L ke giants from insIoritns sleep,
What cries are here7 Whar sounds prevaili
Whose name is laundering on he gale?--
Far in the mountains Of The NORTH
Far in the sunny South away
A winged iuster bounding forth-)
The dea,hless name Of HENRY CLAY.
Ailuting TO his efforts Republican leader in Con
IS during the late War.
VINO can forget Henry CLAWS burning eloquencs
advocacy OF Grecisn and South American Inde
idence?
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ScoTT AS TEMPERANCE MAS.-Gen-
eral Scott may be placed among the very
earliest pioneers ofthe Temperance reform.
AZ long ago as 1921 he published a psmph-
let, (first appearing in the National Ga
setie, Of Philadelphia proposing plan TO
discourage the use Of intoxicating liquors
in the United States. This paper was
written with great ability, and furnished
the matter for thousands Of Temperance
speeches and addresses since delivered.
He was frs, led to this effort to lessen the
great misch,efs Of Intemperance, in conse-
auence OF the difficulties that heset him 10
the discipline Of The army
Though never teetotaller in the stricteG
sense of the term, General Scott has, new
ertheless, always been strictly temperate
and abstemious man. Indeed. 10 all bis
private and social relations, he is man
whom the youth Of the country would do
we'll to fellow as model. His moral char
sc,er gives lustre to his historic celebrity.
He has never been corrupted BY the tempt
,ions of office, debauched by contact with
lsxi,v Of principle in public men, or ssmu.
lated BY avarico or habits OF extravagance
INTO my forays, direct or indirect, upon
he nub'ic treasury. Personally, he 10
without reproach. and above suspicion.
His example has lifted others up. No OK.
ample has ever dragged him down.
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AYUIYY

not continuous chain bui
one whose parts are contiguous and suffi-
ciently Connected for the most harmonious
action. This chain commences with the
crosses. Of the series-which
approaches the mineral, and by graduated
steps, terminates ia the delicate and elu-
ding nervous ,issue-,he highest organic
structure: the one by its met,chy pow
ers approaches the spiritual--actually the
link between the body and the
soul.
fTo bo ~n1f:osc3 I
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M. p. GENTRY, Tom.
C. H. WILLIAMS, Tenn.

NOBLE TRiBurE.--Henry Clay, ia
tho Senate Of the United States, ia 1850,
spoke thus Of General Scott, and the Mexi-
can war:
al must take this opportunity to say,
that, for skill, for science, for strategy, for
bold and daring fighting, for chivalry ofin-
dividusl and masses, that portion Of the
Mexican war which was conducted by the
gallant Scott AZ chief commander, Glands
unrivaled either by the deeds Of Cortez
himself, or BY those Of any other comman-
der ia ancient or modern times"
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The editor Of the Democrat says TINT
"just such speeches ns were made at the
Wing ratification meeting on Saturday
night would kill any party on earth. -
Well, those speeches were intended to kill
the Democratic party, and we are gratifisd
to know, that, in tho opinion Of our Demo
cratic neighbor, they accomplished their
purpose.-Louisrils Journal.