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THE WHIG STANDARD.
?' Fl?? of I lie free J thy fold* sl??II fly,
XI;. ?iKn of hope and t*i?impl?
FOR PRESIDENT,
H E iM K V C L A Y,
OF KENTUCKY.
WASHINGTON,
MONDAY MORNING, JAN. 29, 1S44.
MR. RITCHIE AND "THAT LETTER."
Never, since the days of the veritable Don
Qui.xotte, has there been a knight of the rueful
countenance to rival the editor of the Richmond
Enquirer ! He comeB up to his work with all the
gravity imaginable, and yet, according to his own
admission, he is fighting against nothing ! When
Mr. Rives's letter first appeared Ritchie looked
puzzled?the furrows on his forehead stood promi
nently forth, like a raised geometrical book we
saw the other evening for the use of the blind ;
presently the brow grew calmer, the muscles of
the mouth twitched downwards with strange con
tortions, and his face was elongated several in
ches ; then he resolutely stuck both his hands in
his breeches pocket, walked backwards and for
wards the length of his sanctum, and whistled
forth, " There's nae luck about the house 1"
Thus whistling to prevent a lapse into his state
of fear, he sat him down and penned an article,
saying Rives's letter was no great shakes after
all, not worth regarding, and would be a nine
days wonder. But strange to say, with all this
apparent contempt for that letter, Mr. Ritchie has
hardly allowed a day to pass, without talking and
prating garrulously about it. Never did the me
lancholy Prince of Denmark refer more system
atically to the condition of Jeptha, Judge of Israel,
who had " one daughter and no more," than does
our venerable opponent continually " harp" on
that letter. Why, neither " that sword" of Tom
Dorr's, " those papers" of the snatcher Mayor
Morris, nor "those last cards" of the memora
ble 1840, were ever so trumpeted, with all the
orchestral flourish of partisan chorus, as is this let
ter, which was to fall so harmless and still-born
into the grave of forgetfulness !
We have waded through the columns of his
editorials on this subject, and our passage through
them was as dry as that of the children of Israel
through the Red sea. The author arrayed hie
facts with all the solemnity of a good old pastor,
well remembered in our youth, who never closed
his exhortation under " nineteenthlyhe gives
the letter as many heads as Hydra; jittacks each
in turn, and cotnes off from the rencontre puffing
and blowing and pretty essentially worsted ! Now
in the name of all the gods in his political pan
theon, what is the use of all this fuse, if Mr.
Rives's letter is so harmless 1 Does Mr. Ritchio
see in it a cloud, the size of a man's hand only,
which he fears will overshadow the Old Dominion?
Docs he, like Sheridan's Tilburina, see the enemy,
although they are out of sight? Does he retract
hi6 first hastily formed opinion, and now confess
that the letter of Senator Rives is a calm, logi
cal, comprehensive, and unanswerable argument
against Van Buren, and does he, therefore, put
extra ammunition and wadding in his guns, that
they may make a loud report and produce plenty
of smoke, without any particular regard to the
execution they may do ? It really seems to us as j
if the Enquirer were about to collapse under the
full head of steam which this letter of tho Virgi
nia Senator has seemed to kindle up ! We shall
look daily for an account of" an awtul explosion,"
and seriously advise our venerable colleague not
to " wood up" so ferociously?for fear of conse
quence?, disastrous to the country and the great
" republican party!"
PRESENTATION OF NAGLE'S POR
TRAIT OF HENRY CLAY.
The Philadelphia Chronicle of Saturday last
says that the largest, most brilliant, and most en
thusiastic assemblage that we ever remember to
have witnessed, was gathered in an J about the
Musical Fund Hall last evening, to witness the
presentation of Nagle's magnificent painting of
Henry Clay to the National Clay Club.
In half an hour after the doors were opened,
however, the entire hall exhibited a condensa
tion of human beings seldom witnessed ; every
foot of vantage ground was occupied, and short
ly afterwards hundreds were vainly attempting
to gain admittance. The spectacle was truly
brilliant Not less than twenty-five hundted per
sons were crowded into the saloon, rather more
than one-half ladies, presenting an array of beau
ty, fashion, and intelligence, which beggars des
cription.
The meeting was addressed by J. G. Clarkson
Esq., who made the presentation, and was re
plied to by Charles Gibbons, Esq., President of
the National Clay Club. He was followed by
Joeiah Randall, W. B. Reed, Joseph R. Chand
ler, and Morton McMichael, Esqs., each of whom
seemed to be even more ready and eloquent
upon this than upon other occasions. The life
and character of Henry Clay, his characteristics
and principles ; the principles, hopes, and suc
cess of the Whig party, were in turn descanted
upon by the several speakers in a most happy
manner. A national a r from the band, and a
Whig song, set to the most popular music, pre
ceded each address, and a great portion of the
audience of both sexes, joined in witb a hearty
good will. The meeting adjourned at a lew
minutes before 10 o'clock.
\N hig National Convention.?The Whigs
of the 31st Congressional District of New York,
comprising the counties of Cattara_us and Cl.au
tauque, have appointed Porter We ch, of Lodi.
as their representative in the Whig National
Convention, and Fra cis H. Ruggles, of Fredoiiia,
as substitute.
The Tkue Spirit.?The Columbus (Georgi;.)
Enq irer thus speaks of the approaching canvass :
/'J ^je is nothing very alarming in the name
o the Magician. Twice has Georgia placed the
seal ot condemnation on his small pretensions;
and again I er sons are ready, willing, and wait
ing to confirm their oft-rendered verdict. Let
the W higs then be up, and doing. Form Clay
Clubs in every city, town, village, neighborhood,
lrom the mountains to the sea shore; and let us
come up this fall with a majority for our leader
that will make old Kentucky herself ashamed
of her vote."
It is a happy suggestion which is comprised in
the following resolution, passed at the late Whig
State Convention in Alabama :
Resolved, Fhat the Whigs of Alabama meet
at the court houses in their respective counties
ir .1 !f e iay of February, to celebrate the
Birthday of George Washington, ?the Father
of his Country;' and that such meetings be, aud
are hereby requested to appoint delegations to
l mens. Mass Ratification Convention
to be he.d in Baltimore in May next."
| COL. JOHNSON AND A GERMAN VOTER
^ The Louisville Journal gives this anecdote of
Col. Johnson:
I A respectable German called on us yesterday
and repeated a conversation that he had at Frank
I fort, last winter, with Col. Johnson, to whom he
was introduced by a friend from Harrodsbimr.
Colonel, said the Harrodsburg gentleman, ?0et
me introduce you to Mr , a German, and a
?W^?Mer r"' not of y?ur Politics."
i ^ * 8,ai(Lt,he Colone'. "a German and not
IS?*1 ? ,Thkat '8, strange." " It is very true,
Colonel, said the German, " that I am not of
I your politics. I like you very well personally,
but I am opposed to Mr. Van Buren, and would
?ii7L re miles to vote for Mr. Clav "
4 What is your objection to Mr. Van Buren*"
said Colonel Johnson. ?I dislike him for his stand
mg army scheme, and for his sub-treasury " re
plied the German; ?Ther? it is!" exclaimed
Col. Johnson, turning to his friend from Harrode
burg; a hundred men could not remove from
m:!!Lge eTnvrB ^'nd 8tronff impression
made against Mr. Van Buren by that standing
I army project; and there are thousands of other!
ike him; and Mr. Van Buren, if he were to be
the candidate in 1844, would fee 1 the effects of it."
, A New Member.?The New York Sun says
that a country paper thus notices the receipt of
intelligence from Washington that the member of
Congress from its district, who in rather inexpe
rienced, had been making a speech :
There was a great stir here one day last week.
News, it seems, had come on direct from Wash
mgton that " the Doctor" had made a speech !
Of course the brethren were a good deal aroused,
and began to collect in groups to learn of the
matter. Some declared that the phenomenon oc.
curred during the debate touching General Jack
son s fine; others said not so, the Dr. had ex
pressed hie opinion in regard to the snags jn the
Western rivers, and their bearing in a national
point of view, &c. It was certain that the M. C
had broken loose somewhere, but nobody knew
with any certainty what he had been at The
New York papers were full of murders and other
trifling occurrences, but said nothing of the speech
I his was tantalizing?this was. The Washing
ton papers were scanned, but for a time nothin.r
could be gathered from them even to satisfy the
public curiosity. It seemed to be a case. At last,
the following paragraphs were found in the Mad
da?yPweegkV,ng * ?f ^ Procced"'tf? of Mon
I r ma(1? some remark?, which were
inaudible to the reporter.
" Mr' 7 7 ma,le S()me remarks in relation to
printing, but they were not understood "
Doctor, if you are ? Mr ," we shall take
leave to say that this sort of thing won't do at
all. iour remarks may not. be "understood"
under some circumstances, possibly, but don't let
them be ' inaudible." Speak up, man, and don't
be afeard. Blow .t out straight, steam or no
steam ! Let em know " who has come to town."
Congressional Statistics.?A down East
man. a relative no doubt of Major Jack Downing,
or Sam Slick, in writing to his friend of the New
Orleans Republican, gives the following unique
division of the House of Representatives :
Members talkin' sa?sy - r
^ tryin tu skeer folkes - g
" wantin tu know whether the hon
orable gentleman inent what he said - o
44 callin tu order - .
" would'nt come tu order - - 51
" hollerin out "set. down" . 12 j
44 wantin tu come a strong frame
over the rules of the House . ! o7
could n t du it, no how - -
44 fist fights . _ -ft
44 gougin - . I J
44 pulhn noses . _ - 0
The above "statistics" will not answer (nordo
we suppose they could be intended) for the past
week of the session. The two first ifemp, par(i.
cularly, have been largely increased, but to no
purpose. And as to the " fist-fights," they are es
pecially "on the rise," as some of the majority
seem to prefer that mode of enforcing their argu
ments. ?
Rhode Island?The legislature of this State
on Thursday proceeded to chooise a United Stale*
Senator to fill the place of Hon. William Sprague,
resigned. The vote stood?
For John Brown Francis, (Law and Order). . .67
" Christopher Spencer, (Dorrite) 26
Majority for Francis 41
So Hon. John Brown Francis, formerly Cover
ner of the State, was elected a U. S. Senator fo'
the term whjch expire* on M^rch 4th, 1845.
Maine?A Special Election for Member c
Congress whs held in the VH'h (far Eai-terp
District of M;nne on Monday, 22d inst. Th'
Bangor Whig of Tuesday evening has returns
from 25 towns, showing a gain of 184 for Robin
;on, the W h'sr candidate. The vo'e is heavy.
Mississippi?Gen. Jessf. Speight was on the
8th ins;ant elected a United States Senator from
Mississippi, for six years, from the 4th of March,
1845, when the i?rm of the Hon. John Hender
son, V\ hig, will expire. The vote in joint bal
lot of the Legislature stood :
1st ballot. 2d ballot.
Ro^er Barton, Loco, 44 43
Jesse Speight, do. 35 74
C. P. Smith, Whig, 45 6
Joseph E Marshall, 3
So the Whigs, as a choice of evi's, threw their
votes for Gen. Speight, and elected him.
The New York Tribune says that he is a dull,
heavy man, full six feet six inches high, and the
most ungainly mortal on the continent?in noth
ing else remarkable hut as a bigoted Locofoco.
Death of Judge Gaston.?We stop the press
to announce the death ot the Hon. William
Gaston, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court
of North Caro-ina. He expired very suddenly
(ut the residence of Mrs. Taylor, in this city,)
last evening, about 8 o'clock.?Raleigh (N. C.)
Standard.
Old Age and Temperance,?The Schenec
tady Cabinet says: On Thursday last, the 19th
inst., our esteemed fellow-citizen, the venerable
Mr. John J. Van Voast, entered upon the one
hundred and fourth year of his age. Gifted by
nature with a healthful and vigorous constitu
tion, Mr. Van Voast has lived a life of activity,
sobriety, and temperance. A few years ago,
when conversing with a neighbor, he observed,
that during the revolutionary war, from his aver
sion to ardent spirits, he commuted that part ot
his rations for money. Though he is now en
compassed with the infirmities of age, we hope
the time is slill distant, " when the pitcher shall
be broken at the fountain or the wheel broken at
the cistern."
Annual Report of the Superintendent of
the Onondaga Salt Springs to the N. Y. Leg
islature.?We find from this report that there
have been manufactured of salt in the town of
Salina the past year, 3,127,500 bushels, being
an increase over the preceeding year of 835,597
bushels. The cause of this increase is stated to
be the law of April last, giving a bounty on salt
delivered at certain points, thus securing to the
manufacturer markets hitherto excluded from
him. Had it not been for some unfavorable
causes, not likely to occur again, it is thought
300,000 busheles more would have been manu
factured. Several improvements have been made
in the salt, and more are anticipated.
The net revenue collected from all sources for
the yenr 1843, is $112,074 54, being an increase
over 1842 of $30,255 01. The gain to the canal
fund over last year, from salt arrived at tide
water, is this year $10,217 97. The gain over
last year of salt delivered at BufFa'o and Oswego
is $9,471 97.?Albany Evening Journal.
A Tree in England Older than the Pyra
mids of Egypt !?A fossil tree has been discov
ered in a quarry at Birmingham. The discov
er assumes that it has been there " /housands ?>/
yenrs before the materials of the Egyptian pyra
mids were consolidated !"
Flour.?The Detroit Advertiser gives the an
nexed extract from a circular addressed to their
western customers by the house of Suydam,
Sage, k, Co., of the city of New Y'ork, and ex
tensive dealers in (lour. The great increase of
the quantity of flour consumed in 1843, among
the manufacturing population of Massachusetts
and other Eastern Stales, is a fact that speaks
with strong emphasis in favor of manufacturers
and the importance of their prosperity and growth
to the farmer. The circular is dated December
21st, 1813.
" It would appear from the above table of re
ceipts and exports, that although the arrivals of
wheat and flour at tide water, have exceeded
the i revious ye-ir 512,000 barrels, and the ex
ports have not equalled tlios of last year, still
the stock on hand does not exceed that of last
season more than 20'),000 barrels; showing that
there has entered into consumption over 300,000
barrels more this than the previous year, (as we
are advised, the stocks at the east are not now
larger than last season,) while prices have ruled
upon the average full 25 cents per iiarrel higher.
This increased consumption may be attributed to
the general prosperity prevalent among the man
ufactories ot he east, causing the employment
of a larger number of hands, and consequently a
greater consumption of the products of the west."
Daniel Webster?We mentioned some time
since that Mr. Webster designed to make New
York his residence, an I prosccute here the pro
fession of the law. The arrangements have
since been completed, and Mr. Webster expects
to be here early in March. He associates with
him Joseph VV. Moulton, Esq., and Edgar S. Van
W inkle, Esq., members of the bar of this city?
the first taking charge of the chancery, and the
second of the law practice. Mr. Webster con
fines himself to the duties of a counsellor and
barrister Their offices are to be on the second
floor of the Exchange, above the post office.
N. Y. Tribune.
The St. Louis Republican &<iiin to tlio list of
those wlio lust their lives by the accident to the
steamboat Shepherdess, the uamcs of the Rev
Elijah Gates, of the Baptist Church, his wife arjd
servant, of Kentucky.
.The New \ ork Tribune gives the following
lccount ot the celebrated '? talking machine."
Send it .down this way, there are some more
machines about here tiiat can repeat what they
re told Oeiter than that:
" 1 he sounds issue Irum the lips of a mask thai
S they open and shut reveal a tongue that play
i?e the living member, though not so ? limberly.'
It is really laughable to see this bus! placed up
right, witli a turbanod head and whiskered lace,
slowly enunciating in a whining tone Founds
which we have heretofore considered as belong,
tiig exclusively to our species. It beats the par
rot out and out. It will go through our alphabee
and numerals with great precision, and say "thren
hundred and thirty-three thousand three'hundret
and thirty-three" as a German inay despair ol
ever saying. It speaks with a decided tone, as it
i' had lost its palate, arid with great deliberation.
If Mr. Faber himself could speak English, we
have no doi.bt his wooden pupil would improve
rapidly, and enunciate much more readily. The
grave, solemn countenance never changes, no
matter how funny the words may be. Tjricivil
as it may seem, one cannot help laughing in this
mysterious creature's face when with head erect,
and glassy eyes fixed on some distant object, he
says, " Good-mor-niri?gen-tle-men and la-dies."
He undertook to sing "Hail Columbia, Happy
Land," but we cannot say he was a Grisi or a
Clara Novella; however, he stopped now and
then, and peformed some 4 shakes' admirably.
We thought he sung better in Dutch than Eng
lish. The perfection of the instrument may be
seen in the correctness with which it pronounces
not only the full vowel sounds, but the middle
sounds. Mr. F. has been engaged on it seven
teen years, and it took him seven years to get
the sound of'e'alone."
In the memoirs of Gerald Gritfin, the author of
that admirable novel ? The Collegians," the fol
lowing passage occurs relative to London prin
ters, who have the powers of Champollion in the
decyphering of hieroglyphics:
Decyfhehing Power of London Printers.
You tax me with my illegible writing, but I fear
I cannot amend it, for I must not stay to shape
my letters; and 1 have, I believe, got in a bad
habit from the facility with which the printers
here make it out. I verily believe, if I shut my
eyes, or flung the pen at the paper so as to make
any kind ot mark, the London printers would
know what I intended to say. They always send
me back my manuscripts, with printed proofs for
correction ; and I actually have repeatedly been
unable to make out what I had written until I
had referred to the same articles in print.
The following paragraph fs from the Sand
wich Island Temperance Advocate of July 17
1843:
" It is now four years sinco Mrs. Lowell, at the
suggestion of Mr. Milo Calkin, instructed a na
tive woman to make tj^e first sugar bag. Since
that time not less than 65,000 bags have been
made, and sold for $6,500, or ten cents each. A
very handsome sum for female industry. It i6
but justice to remark that most of this labor has
been performed by females connected with the
Rev. L. Smith's society in Honolulu. During the
first year the females contributed about $400 to
wards the erection of their house of worship.
The natives in the other parts of the islnnds are
now following the example of the members of
Mr. Smith's congregation."
The lower House of the Legislature of Ohio
have refused, by a unanimous vote of all the mem
bers, to make any change in the law which re
quires the Auditor of the State to levy annually
such tax as may be requisite for the paymont of
the interest on the public debt.?Bait. Amer,
Affray at Nashville.?We learn that an
affray of an extraordinary character occurred at
Nashville on the 2d inst. A relation of the cir
cumstances of the affair was made to us last
week, but we refrained from noticing it in our
columns, disliking upon mere rumor to give pub
licity to an occurrence so disgraceful to the iudi
nil character of our State. It seems that Jud?e
I urley, one of the Judges of our Supreme Court
had offered a wanton insult to a highly respecta
ble and amiable lady of Nashville, whose name
we forbear mentioning. The facts were commu
nicated to Major Turner, clerk of the Circuit
Court, who being a relative of the lady, made her
cause his own, and meeting 'he Jud^e as he was
leaving the courthouse, inflicted UDon him a ca
nmjr so sound and hearty that he will have reason
to remember it for some time to coinc?Knoxcil/e
Register.
The editor of the Vicksburg Sentinel, corres
ponding with his journal from Jackson, relates a
fumor afloat there of an extraordinary occur
rence transpiring in that place recently. It seems
a young amateur practitioner in Mesmerism suc
ceeded m putting an African servant into slum-!
ber, and in the same moment was seized with
fever and chills, which were comniunicaied at
once to the Mesmerised subject, and they are
b th Iv ng now in a pitiable s ate. The ma<met
iser is too sick to wake up his subject, and There
they lie shivering in company.
" Hurrah fok old Kkntuck."?The Concor
dia Intelligencer tells a pretty good joke of a fel
low who was walking ashore from that, splendid
boat, the " Harry of the West"?his bnndle in
one hand and five dollars in specie clenched in tho
other?on a single plank, and heedless of his way,
he tripped, and fell souse into the river. In an
instant, recovering himself, he struck manfully
for the shore, waded out in full view of the boat,
shook himself like a huge water-dog, and found'
but two of the shiners left?he was angered at
the plank, mad witli himself, furious at the loss
of his money, and mure than furious at the mon
strous Mississippi. He looked at the plank, the
river, the boat, his money, and wound up the sur
vey by venting his spleen as follows?
I've got li"e dollars in this here bundle, two
dollars in my hand?have jist been ducked?
stand five feet ten in my stocking feet tolerably
stout for my age?rather mad?and dog my rtjis
if I can't flog any man on that boat, for fist fight
or rough and lumble ! Who'd say yes ? Whoop !
whoop ! whoop ! Hurrah for old Kentuck !"
Naval.?The steamer brings accounts of the
arrival of the United States frigate Cumberland,
Com. Smith, at Gibraltar.
'1 he Delaware, Com. Morris, w 's expected to
sail tor the United .States as soou as the Cutnber
j land should arrive at Mabon.
The Congress bad arrived at Gibraltar on her
way to Rio Janeiro, to exchange with the Co
lumbia frigate.
I be ship of the line Columbus is expected to
leave the Brazil station as soon as the Kucitan
arrives out.
The United Slates brig Pioneer, T. I). Shaw,
Commander, will sail from Norfolk for the coast
of Brazil, early in the next momh.
The United Stale ship Preble sailed from
Boston on last Monday. Her destination is not
known here.?li'S'on Mercantile.
TO THE PUBLISHER OF THE STANDARD.
I at-.k, as an act of justice to me, tint you will
give the lolloping an insertion in your paper on
Monday. Very respectfully yours,
N. SARGENT.
TO. THE EDITORS OF THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
Messrs. Gales (St Seaton : I must beg the use
| of your columns to reply to an aceault upon uty
character on the floor ot the 1 loupe of R?->pre:-en
tatives to-day by Mr. V\ ike. He said, as 1 under
stood him, that 1 had made astat< mrmt which had
been proved to be false in a court of justice, and
that when called upoti in reference to if, 1 h;;d
exhibited as much cowardice as mendacity.
The statement alluded to by Mr. Wise, I pre
sume, was my account of the affair between him
self and Mr. Stanly on ftturning from the race
course in 1842, out of which resulted a challenge
of the former by the latter. The facts, as related
by me at that time, I took the pains to obtain
from the best source : not content to give any
one of the thousand and one rumors floating about
the city.
The account I had of the affray was given me
by Mr. Stanly himself in presence of the Hon.
Mr. Mangum, of the Senate. And I refer to Mr. "
Mangum with perfect confidence to sustain the
correctness of the relation I gave of the affair,
except that in one point 1 fell short of what I
might have said, having a favorable bearing to
Mr. Stanly, according to the statement of the
facts given uie. He will bear me out, I am con
fident, in saying that I manifested and expressed
at the time an earnest desire to give a plain, un
varnished, and impartial statement of the whole
affair.
Mr. Wise afterwards called on me in the lobby
of the House of Representatives, to know upon
what authority i had made that statement. I re
plied, upon authority i considered worthy to be
relied on. He said the account I had given of
the affray was not correct. My reply was that I
had 6een no evidence that it was not true. High
words sroon passed between us, and to some abu
sive language, I replied, " I throw that all back in
your teeth." After a few moments we separated,
1 turning upon my heel and leaving him. Whe
ther 1 exhibited cowardice on that occasion I am
willing should be decided by those who witnessed
the interview between us, among whom I recol
j lect was Mr. Toland, then a member from the
second district of Pennsylvania.
As to my statement having been proved to be
false in a court of justice: suppose there were
discrepancies between my account, and that given
by the witness in court, is such discrepancy, in
some unimportant and immaterial circumstances,
to be taken as an evidence of a deliberate false
hood on my part? If so, then every editor in the
country, and almost every individual, could, upon
the same ground, be accused of falsehood. I trust
I shall not be convicted on such grounds, having,
as I have shown, taken unusual pains to arrive at
truth.
As to the justice of assailing a man on account
of an old grudge, from a position which debars the
assailed from reply, I leave it to the cahn and un
biassed judgment of the public.
NATHAN SARGENT.
Washington, Jan. 26, 1844.
THE navy~yII57~
Washington, January 23, 1844.
One of the laigest meetings of the working
men and citizens generally ever held in this part
of the city was held this evening, when, on mo
tion, Mr. W. H. Custus was called to the chair,
and Mr. Geo. W. Clarke appointed secretary.
The object of the meeting being stated by the
Chair, the following preamble and resolutions
were presented, and after many interchanges of
opinion, were unanimously adopted :
Whereas, the editors of some of the city pa
pers have given, doubtless through misinforma
tion, an exaggerated coloring to the proceedings
which lately took place in the vicinity of the
Navy Yard in consequence of the rejection of
the Hon. David Henshaw, late Secretary of the
Navy, by making it appear that all the people in
the vicinity participated in the proceedings ; now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That we, tho resident citizens, in
cluding the few now employed in the Navy Yard,
as well as the many lately employed therein,
disavow having any participation in the pro
ceedings alluded to.
| Rrsolcrd, J hat the bonfire and proccssion al
luded to was, as we Iqarn, gotten up on the spur
of the moment by a very few, most of whom
were boys, and we, in our capacity as citizens,
did not feel justified to interrupt, though we at
the lime heartily condemned.
fte.io/v d, 'l'h t there was no general illumi
nation, or other demonstration of joy, and that
we trust we know our duty loo well as citizens
to participate in such proceedings, and that we
feel this declaration would he entirely gratuitous
had not the public papers, through misinforma
tion, made that appear unanimous which, in
reality, was vety limited.
Resolved, That, in our disavowal of a partici
pation in the proceedings above alluded to, as
American citizens, we are not operated upon by
a spirit of slavish fear, but by a sincere desire
that the truth shoald be publicly known.
Resolved, That the editors of the city papers
generally, and the Baltimore Sun, be requested
to publish the above proceedings.
And, on motion, the meeting adjourned.
WM. H. CUSIUS, Chairman.
Gr.o. W. Clarke, Secretary.
BUI 11811 LUSTRE.?200 lbs British Lustre, for
cleaning Stoves and Grates, just received at
OILMAN'S,
dfic 6 (late Todd's) Drug Store.
A POTIIKCAIUKS" II \LL MAGNESIA , superior
J%in every respect, to the common calcined, and
quite equal to the celebrated Henry's Magnesia, and
at a fesj- price. A fresh supply of the iH>ove just re
ceived ht GILMAN'S
dec <i Dreg store.

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