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FRANCE . Iberc is a complete dearth of political news , in tlic ^ en <» of ichwen » ystatetnattheFrencH Governffl are engaged in ferreting out the hordes Of ai jsercante , murderers , and thieves with which . Paris ja notoriously overrun . On Saturday last a conaderable military force , placed under the direction I0 f three commissaries ofpolice , surronnded two public e tabhshments on the Boulevard du Temple—the Cafe dnPuy-de-Domc and the Caveau—the haunts 0 f malefactors andreceivers of stolen goods . Upwards Df 290 individuals were arrested andmarehea to the prefecture of Police , in hands of twenty and thirty at atinie . a ?
PORTUGAL . Lhbos , Febhcakt 4—Doctor Kalley , the person who has of late made such a stir in the island of Jladeira , as a Bible Society Missionary , arrived here last week from Funcnal . The ohjecfc of his visit , I tB jderstaod , is to make personal application to Lord Howard on the subject of his claim for compensation for the imprisonment he suffered . That claim , there is every reason to believe , has fallen to the ground , 23 the Jsir-Officers ° f the Portuguese Crown , and the Supreme Tribunal of Justice , have decided that the imp risonment was perfectl y legal several overt acts against the established religion of the country , such a ? turning its principal doctrines publicly into
derision , having been fully proved against him . Setting aJlrelii £ ous considerations apart , it is a fact much to be deplored—and I have it on the authority of persons who have lately come from Madeira—that Dr . JL ' s interference there has gonefar to destroy all the friendly feelings which the people of that island cherished towards England . Baron Suarce , a French ofScer , who had served in Don Pedro ' s army , during tec Miguelite contest , was last week arrested Inorder of the Government , and very unceremoniously shipped off for England on board the Royal Tar . M . Jose de Silva Carvalho , a peer of this realm , Mid formerly Minister of Finance , died last night , after a & hort illness Caused by indigestion .
WEST INDIES . Southamptox , Moxdat . —The DSe ? Royal mail gteam-ship , Capt . Hemsley . arrived tins day , at one o ' clock , from the West Indies , with the usual mails , with & e exception of those from the interior of Mexico . These , from some cause or other , had not arrived when the Dee left Vera Grnz on the 2 nd of January . There is no news of importance from the IPest Indies , 'flic reason of the delay in the jmra ! of the Dee is , that on the 22 nd ult . she encountered a heavy gale from the W . N . W ., which continued for three days . A cross sea struck her and carried away her vaAstc-Hoats .
UNITED STATES . Itvshpooi , S . m'iuur Evexixg . —The packet ship Yorkshire , under the command of Captain Bailey , lias arrived here this evening from Jfew York , whence she sailed on the 16 th nltimo > and by her arrival we haveheen put in possession of papers from that city two days later than _ those received on Saturday last by the Stephen Whitney , but the news they contain is meagre and unimportant , in a political point of view , hut not so with commercial matters . Tbs Qcestiox of the AssEsxnes or Texas continued the subject engaging the almost exclusive attention of Congress , with about just as much prospect of the matter being settled as on the day it was
Br et mooted . The question appears to have resolved itsdl into the simple proposition whether Texas shall be aooittcd as one of the United States for the pur pose of perpetuating slavery , or whether she shall be admitted , and after admission her ter . itories be equally divided between slave-holders and freemen . Trcvionsto the 13 th , many attempts had been made to bring the debate to a conclusion , but without effect , and on that day Mr . Brown , of Tennessee ^ offered a ioini resolution , declaring the terms on which Texas ' may be annexed as a state , and it was read twice and committed . The house then went into committee of the whole on the joint resolution reported from the committee of foreign affairs for the annexation of Texas .
Wa learn with regret the death of W . F . Hamden , of the firm of Harnden and Co ., who died at Boston . He was the founder of the popular system of expressing , and was much esteemed . Coiscsneuu . matters in the States were drawing rapidly to a crisis . The New York Herald gives the following as the condition of the commercial world : — "The recent xuovementsin the commercial world , both in Europeaud America—the fall in the price of -cotton , the vacillations in the position of the banks , and the currents and counter-currents in operation , present every indication to the philosopher and the statesman , that a storm is anproaching in the eomzacreialworM , partial , perhaps it may be , but spring ing from the same causes , and producing similar
results as the great revulsions of 1 B 3 i , 1839 , and 1841 . There is no useinmincuig the matter Jwheii danger is ahead , and the only way to get through the difficulty is to meet it fully in the face . Let n * come topartieulars . Our money market reports , for some tame past , have given evidence , by their daih record of events in Wall-street , that there were at work , - in the commercial world , some great and primary elements of disturbance . These symptoms hare now developed themselves in such a degree that wearc able to trace them to their origin , and to show the causes of anticipated danger . From the great revmsion of 1837 , up to the year 1843 , efforts were made hmvivc the trade of this country , bat commercial affairs were so mixed np with political
matter ? , and the conduct of public bodies m the repudiating states was much as to prevent any real or positive convalescence from taking place . In 1 S 12 . during a certain condition of the English market , a large number of the speculators and merchants of London , Liverpool , and Havre entered very largely into the export of specie from those countries into the United States . By this large export they were enabled to conic into the American markets , and . in a great measure , to monopolise them , to increase the current prices of * the day , and thus realise immense pnjfe . During this movement they availed thciuseh-cs of the rise of prices produced by the very specie which they exported to this country to get rid . of the stocks which they possessed in the old world . TJii * exlrsorainary rise in the cotton market , mwduced by tie application of immense masses of specie exported to this country , created life and activity throughout the whole southern , western , and northern
countrygars an impulse to the banking institutions , and seemed at length to convince persons in commercial life that " good times" had again returned . Under this impulse the merchants of this country , of all classes , entered into the same movements ; and believing that the country was bare of goods , they commenced a vast import of foreign merchandise , even in the face of an increased tariff , which laid the foundation of many of the subseqent effects that are now beginning to be Mb hy many of onr commercial men . The extraordinary increase of our foreign imports during the whole of 1843 , together with the hiCTcascd product of cotton , occasioned b y fJiehigh prices of ' 42—the immense amount of specie still remaining in the country , and thereby enabling the banks to extend their circulation—all concurring together , produced a slight over-action in trade and commercial affairs generally , which has been the fercdation of the present re-action . "
% UTh or THE KEPCTBLIC—THE AMERICAS
REFORMERSUSMBG PHOGBESS OF THE AJOT-BEXT WAR , Jmjte of the Republic . —We have been requested to publish the following letter { extracted from the Kav York National Reformer ) , addressed by a citizen oi 2 ? cw Yorkto ^ a friend in Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Erghmd : — Tea have no aotion of the spirit of rivalry—I will not * ay envy—that exists among oar politicians . Almost e « ery one of them enters the field with , a view to establish las own individual greatness , rather than the prosperity of the Bepublic , The reason is obvious . Place and persists are within flic reach of all ; hence their incessant strU ££ fe for them . In England the honest Beforracr is siiVectea to the ordeal of no such temptation . There is , as vou liave doubtless seen by the late numbers
W & tXorthtra St * . ; much wrong and " out o ' joint , " in tti- - country- The two political parties are amusing the Pfe 3 > ie with issues of the most frivolous nature . The main Suuiinn now thrust under the public nose is , whether wc ^ laSljky our indirect taxation with a view to revenue , or to *' V «> tertion . '' Bothparties agree that indirect taxation * aU be o ,, system of grading , as it is the system of Insdins throughout old despotisms . The only qncs-* s- * , rffifiei-encc 1 have stated above . Hve millions of oii ^ .-5 a yearwouldsupport a Government such as would wtyjs as ; hut , what between extravagance in our de-? ' -ssots - immense practical bounties to our cotton and wis » aaaafacturers , sugar planters , ic , —and a bite out of u * 5 Wie smuggler whenever ie can get in his mouth twam-sur isma ™ ua water frontier of fifteen thousand
thjl ' ir * ^ «* ^ these appliances the people of J ~ f - * PobTtt pav awav every annual swing of the earth in a- / wlat o ;! e hundred millions of dollars , instead of five r ^ osl For the balance—the ninety-five millions—they | 2 - * f"Hu ;? . smuggling , corruption , pipe-laying—rowl ^ 'fcflm die lowest to the highest in degree—flogging » e & sn , andhaniring them at the yard-arm without judge " ; J ^ v- . Xoi to W a word about lynching by wholesale ^ retad . rioting , aud rebehion . v ^ f Gn , * " "• we are going down , down , to social and P ^ 'Jralrjeraiuou . ^ % }« . oaie- descenoing oodies , our | ^* - « n is geomctricaL A vouug female cannot m V = j- exm > ^ ituher neeale , * what would pay for her ^ -dins a , ^ seated joflgings . gnicides Apm this rr * ^ -e *« ak «» place , andseductionsinnumerable . The ' f ^ - arc crowded t «« . tl . pr—not fellv eroploved at the in of
j , : !" , ^ mes-whilst winter a full half them are - » £ r ^ - « fituteofemployment Thepauperestabhsh taVtS , ^ Ywk dry is now doubtless as large as was ~ - ^ n olcpauperestabnshmentof theT / nitedStates thirty ; J ? ^ The boss manufacturers ( the machinery ^ f'' aremaldng annual dividends of 30 to 40 per cent ., urtf ? contingent funds of clean profits , whilst the operaof fr / rese , 'dhig their wail of lamentation from one end < y . yt ?^ nent t 0 the other . Prisoners are murdered in t £ eh m ^ t back wood-lands , liveries are making W _? W > earaDce in open day in our cities . Society is isasTf ^ ^ tlasive , smikmg , repulsive thing—coiling f ^ vpw gra > les—and pressing as a leaden weight upou e ^ J « rt oi those who , approaching each other for the » EieS ; ? loss totaiowwnefter they belongtothe t o $ « r ^' ? , nar fi : eeh / convereeto S eU , er ' S eatl l * e vflit : l we are " gomg" down into perditioii , and sahs ^ f 50 raJ ^ ttretrievahry " oorc , " if some mighty "on uoesnotui terposeandstayonravalanchecareer . sr - ^^ i * *! amovementin New Torkcity whicb . if —S wonld stay our downward career , aud establish
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the : Republic on a foundation that could never bt- shaken , isuttneprogress of that movement is slow , while the career towards ruin is rapid and overwhehning . However we way succeed . ; and , if we do , it will he the greatest success that ever was achieved since the world hewn . It will close the accountof slavery aud the past . It will open the account of freedom and the future . What the Amehicax Refobmers "Want . —Keep IT BEFORE THE PUBLIC . —We extract the following from the Jfew York Working Man ' s Advocate •—1 The public lands ought to be made free , and all further traffic in them prohibited , as proposed by the Mtional Reform Association . This would provide tor all who might be thrown out of employ ment bv the other measures neccssavv to bf > p . Wipi 1 " 9 . Th *
expenses of government ought to be reduced to ten millions a year , by abolishing or greatly reducing the navy ( keeping up , however , the fortificatious ); by entirely abolishmg the army ; by reducing about three fourths the 9 , 000 dollars outfits , and 9 , 000 dollars salaries to foreign ministers ; by abolishing the West-Point Aureery ; by reducing the salaries of mcinlsrs ol Congress , and all other officers to what the same talents would acquire in ordinary business , and by a general economical regulation of all the departments that would tend , in connection with the first-named measure , to put an end to office-seeking . 3 . A mode of keeping the public money in the hands of public officers should be devised , and all use of it for other than government purposes should be prohibited . If
the public money is loaned it is insecure , aad , what is worse , it g ives the borrower a privilege at the expense ot the public . 4 . As the reduction of the army and navy should be gradual , as temporary measures , the cruel and anti-republican practice ^ of flogging should he . abolished : the pay ef privates and officers should be more equalised ; the pay of officers as well as privates should be stopped when off duty ; and officers should in all cases be promoted from the ranks , or elected by the men . The tariff should be abolished , or a gradual abolition of it should be commenced , but not unless the hind provision is made for the workmen engaged in trades fostered by it , and who might be thrown out of employment in consequence . If the land was free , a tariff between one nation and another would be just as absurd as a tariff between one family and another ; but free land must precede free trade . If the tariff should be reduced below the expenses of
Government , the deficiency should be made up ( as * he whole amount should be when the tariff is emWy abolished ) by a direct tax ; every man paying in proportion to what he is worth , clear of the world . ' If forty millions are raised by the tariff tax , and if domestic products are raised in price for eighty millions more by the " protection" af jbi'dcdt that is eighty millions , or about twenty dollars for every family in the union , and as the tariff taxes the poor man ' s goods higher than the rich , the probability is that the poor man now pays about tncDty- & vc dollars a-year by the tariff tax ; whereas if the tax was direct on property , the poor man would contribute his mite , and the millionaire possibly his hundred thousand dollars . Government isjfor the protection of property , and why should not property pay the tax ? Air . Rhett , of South Carolina , is the only member of Congress who has made a common sense speech on the subject ; though , doubtless , others besides him have advocated direett axation .
Direct taxes , too , might be collected by the same officers as now collect the State taxes , and thus a most expensive and troublesome class of tax-eaters , the Custom House Officers , might be entirely dispensed with . 7 . Last , though not least among the measures that I think ought to be carried by the coming Congress , is the adoption of such means as may be in the power of Congress to abolish slavery . I am fully aware that it is just as inconsistent for the northern land monopolist to ask the southern slaveholder to give up his slaves , as it is for the slaveholder
to ; ask the monopolist to give up his land ; for land monopoly is the root of all slavery ; but the spirit of the age * requires that something should be done towards the suppression both of land-seHing anubouyjjelling . If abolitionists have been imprudent ; if they nave shut then * eyes to the white slavery around them ; ij they have actually upheld white slavery by monopolizing and trafficking in the soil , that is no reason why their sins should be visited upon the blacks . Congress has power to arrest the land traffic , which was the parent of slavery ; and if it has any power to prevent the traffic in human flesh , between States or otherwise , it oucht no longer to lay dormant .
THE ANTI-REKTERS . Some weeks ago we gave a brief account of the doings of the Anti-Renters in the state of JVew' York . We have now to " report progress ; " and our readers will See that this question of the People verms the Laud Robbers , is assuming a serious aspect . On the 5 th of December a large Anti-Rent Meeting was held in the county of Otsego ( N . Y . ) . The meeting was addressed by Major B . D . North , J .. W . Reynolds , Esq ., and B . M . Kemp , Esq . This last gentleman ; Mirered a truly eloquent speech in vindication of man's natural right to the soil ; and the meeting , iiaving chosen a committee of nine , adjourned to meet again on the 21 st of December , at the village of Lodl . The correspondent of the Working Man ' s
Advocate prefaces his report of the meeting with the following remarks : — " There now appears to be a general upheaval of the toil-worn producers of Otsego and the adjoining counties ; and they are now casting about for arguments and measures to down ivith the rent . There are many lease-lands in these counties , and of the worst kind , too ; three life leases , which in many instances are expiring . George Clark , a voung man , lately of age , and a descendant of Lieutenant-Governor Clark in this state in 1742 , claims to be the owner of a great portion of these lands ; and as he claims his title from a grant from George 11 ., King of England , & ., he is not unfrequently called King George II . The people here say , That , as the patriots of 1776 , having gained their independence ,
inadvertently left land monopoly , as a thorn in the tfesh , to bear dewn and oppress their children , the same spirit and love of liberty which impelled OUT forefathers to action , now calls upon their descendants to expel this blighting relic of feudal despotism from our common country . ' " The Albany Argus o f the 17 th of December gives the following from a correspondent , announcing that resistance to " the rent" had commenced in Columbia county : — " On the 1 st of October the first rent became due , and about that time several emissaries came from Rensselaer to preach rebellion among the people of this county . This alarmed no one , as it was supposed that the condition of things here was too satisfactory on all hands to be disturbed . About
thirty days passed on , and no rente being paid , distress warrants were issued by ike guardian , and put in the hands of the sheriff . The sheriff made the distress without any opposition , and subsequently the appraisal , but he was theu informed that the rents would not be paid , and that the sale would be provented . The sheriff probabl y did not believe these threats , as he made no provision to repel any opposition , but went with a single attendant to make the sale . He was met by a body of Indians before he reached the place , escorted to the place of sale , and there , under a threat of personal violence , gave up all his papers , and they were burned in his presence . The sheriff reports tluit there were on the ground over 200 men in Indian dress , and 1 , 500 citizen
spectators , called there by the novelty of the occasion . When the papers were burned the whole assemblage g ave three cheers , and the sheriff left the ground without any adjournment of sale , and there ends the distress . " Another correspondent of the same paper writes as follows : — "Delhi , Dec . 10 , IS « . —Dear Sir , —The anti-rent excitement has been on the increase since the election . Under various pretexts it has been started in more tban half the towns in this county , and in many of the adjoining towns in Scoharie , Greene , and Ulster . The organization is most effective for mischief of all kinds . It is highly uuportaut that oar new executive should be corrcctlj' informed as to the real nature and extent of the evil . If he should
shrink from the duty of acting energetically in this matter , it will be impossible to foretell the end of the armed and organized rebellion that is now committing outrages and setting the laws at defiance in many parts of the State . " Ahbesi of "Ixduxs . "— On the ISth of December , two of the " Indians /"' Big Thunder" and "Little Thunder , " were arrested and lodged in gaol . The Torn Budget of December 20 th , has the followin ' : — " A ~ partv of thirty of the Anti-Renter * , ' dressed in Indian disguise , yesterday assaulted Mr . Elijah Smith , of the town of Grafton , in this county , not far from See-place , took him from his waggon , and wantonly shot him . We have learned no particulars beyond these , except that Smith and the 'Indians ' have had difficulties for sonic time past . "
The Nov York News confirms the above : — " In reference to the murder of Mr . Elijah Smith , of Grafton , by the 'Indians' of Rensselaer county , the Albany Argus learns , that Richard Enowlson , of Sanalake , had purchased some wood-land in Grafton of Mr . 1 . Van Rensselaer ; that timber had been cut thereon by trespassers and some carried off ; that Knowkon employed Smith to remove the timber so cut-and 1 then ly ing on the grounds , to his mills ; and that Smith , in attempting to do the , came into collision with the trespassers , and was IdeKberately shot . The persons guilty of the outrage were the Indians kept under pay by the Anti-rent Association of Rensselaer county . A letter dated Hudson , Dec . 25 fli , written by an enemy to the Anti-Rcntcrs , says : — "Last evening
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a messenger arrived from Albany , informing us that «» .., e . i > ^ cars of to-day ttie Burgess Corps , with J 0 D stand of arms , in addition to their own , would come to our aid ; and-if we can fetch the 1 st of January , I shall then have full faith in our new brovernor elect , as he will probablv at once declare these several counties in a state of " insurrection , and r « v troops in every infected district . " ThelSewrprkiVatioii ^ fie / ornicr . of Januarydth , has the following : — "A Mr . Reynolds , and Ms son , have been arrested m Columbia country . The press give brilliant accounts of the feats performed at the capture of these men . Feats which , if true , show that the authorities are destroying every vestige of law—shooting at men who are running away for their lives—pinning their hands to the wainscot with a bayonet in order to secure them . In one case a
cousin of Mr . Reynolds , against whom no charge even was made , in running away was fired upon by the troops , and would have been murdered only he chanced to stumble over a log , and fell just as the bullets passed over him . In several other cases the sound of horses' feet was the signal for discharging vollics at the riders . We ask the Executive , are these things true ? Are they sanctioned by authority ? Are the drilled companies to exercise the functions of judge , jury , and executioner ? Are they to lake no trouble in arresting men , but shoot them down like wild beasts ? "VVomeu , too , are arrestedflung into prison—treated with indignity that would disgrace a Turkoman . For what ? For nothing under the sun , save that the-v were found in the neighbourhood where some Indians had deposited ( heir disguises . " s
The following comments Of the editor of the New York Working Man ' s Advocate , appear in that paper of January 4 th . " Has there been a revolution , or have we been dreaming , jmd are we yet under the government of Great Britain ? Veril y , I could hardly believe my senses , when I read in the papers that troops had gone from Albany and from this city , companies of foreigners , too , to take part in a civil war in defence of feudalism ; but so it is . An Irish company , the ' Emmett Guards , ' has been sent from Albany , and a German company from this city , to arrest and convey to gaol American citizens , whose crime is ooposition to the European system of Land
Monopoly , which has driven millions of foreigners from their native homes . Any foreigner born who will not throw up his commission rather than engage in such unholy warfare , deserves to be pointed at and execrated by every one of his countrymen , and by every honest man . The case , however , is not so bad as it has been represented to be by the papers .. I learn that of the two companies , Krack ' sanJ Heath ' s , ordered to Hudson , but one could muster enough men to go . Of Heath ' s company only twenty appeared , and therefore they did not go when called for , though some of them will probably be off before this paper goes to press , as another attempt was to be made to muster the men . "
The writer adds : — " If men cannot combine and consult together to get rid of an intolerable relic of monarchy , clearly at variance with the Declaration of Independence and the spirit of our Government , without being hunted and shot at , it is evident that the right of suffrage heretofore has been exercised to little purpose , and that the time has now come to set all other questions aside at the polls till the question of Land Monopoly is finally settled . " The following are extracts from a letter from the " disturbed districts" which appeal's in the same paper . "Claverack , Col . co ., Dec . 24 , 1844 . Mr . Editor—Your paper of Saturday last has just been put into my hand by a friend from New York . You deserve the support of every Anti-Renter for the
stand you have taken in defence of their cause , more especially as nearly all the papers of the cities have enlisted against us , with a ferocity hard to be accounted for . However , we shall return the fire . Whole packages of papers that hare taken a stand against us and totally misrepresented our motives and actions , have been , vctefttu with the word "stop . " We are determined , as the war has commenced , no longer to support our enemies . And we have determined on one thing more : and that is , to carry the war into the enemy ' s camp , and cut off their supplies . We will not trade , even for sixpence wortli of calico , with any city that sends troops to collect rents , and there is no need for troops for any other purpose . * * * * We will defend the
homes of our fathers , where ( if anywhere ) we and our children have a rite to 'life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness , ' ' peaceably if we can—forcibly if wc must' Our motto is 'Alillions for defence , not a cent for tribute . ' We have paid tribute long enough for the use of the earth on which we were born , to which , as you well say , no man has a just title to more than enough for his use . The idea of one man sticking a flag up in a country , and by virtue of that act assuming the power to parcel out the land of that country to his favourites and their heirs to all eternity , js an absurdity behind the age . And as to pretended purchases of the Indians , the Indians here say
that * their fathers never claimed anything more than the « mc of the land for their day and generation , and the t « c of it , they say , was the equal right of all . ' Every man among them had an equal right to land for his use , and no one ever thought of assuming the power to sell or rent it . * * Rest assured , that the sending of troops from your cities is a folly that will recoil on the cities themselves , in the shape of increased taxes . Are your taxes not high enough already ? It is dangerous too . If your young Hotspurs should shed one drop of Anti-Rent blood , our allies , the Indians , threaten to have sca ? jw to pay for it . Down with the Rent . "
"Some people may think , " says the Neiv York Working Man's Advocate , " it will be a nice frolic to go to the Heidelberg war . " The following letter , published in the Herald , may tend to undeceive them : — " Middletown , Orange County , Jan . 1 , 1845 . —In the first place , wc doubt , in this region , whether Governor Bouek has the authority to call out a single regiment to act against these men ; and nothing will be done , on an extensive scale , until Governor Wright assumes the chair , when a special act will be passed for the raising troops , if necessary—providing of arms , provisions , & c ., & e . Secondly , there are not organised troops enough in the State to conquer the Auti-Rcnters , and for this reason . These men know every nook and corner and crevice—every by-place—every
cover and place of ambush within their boundaries , and to meet them in open fight , upon a fair field , will be impossible . If we have war it will be after the manner of the Seminoles . Whoever is acquainted with the localities which they inhabit , must see at once the truth and force of these arguments . Again , thev arc much stronger , have greater resources , and are ' under better discipline than has been ever thought of by those residing at a great distance . For the last three years they have been steadily at work preparing for ' the storm with which they are now threatened ; and it is said by those who . know , that they have a fund of more than 80 , 000 dollars on hand , which they will know how to use when the moment comes for " action . This money has been raised by a voluntary contribution of one and a half cents on every acre of land on the domain . In the counties of Greene . Columbia , Delaware , Schoharie , parts of
Ulster and Sullivan , they can , at the shortest notice , call out an army of more than fifteen thousand of able bodied and determined men , who , fighting after the mode at which I have hinted , " would make disastrous work amongst the strongest force which can be sent against tueiu . What th & vs . is to be done , supposing that the worst should come to the worst ? All that can be done effectually , is to proceed , in open day . to their cleared lands , take away their wives and children to a place of security , drive away their cattle , destroy the implements of husbandry and take other like steps , and depend upon it they will shortly sue for peace , and come to terms . It is useless , in my poor opinion , to expect that these men will ever be put down by the force of shot and cannon-balls , it it is attempted manv a poor fellow will find daylight shining through his earthly tabernacle before he dreams of it . "
To this letter the Editor of the ^ iwate . adds : — "Drive away their cattle , and destroy their implements of husbandry , eh ? Wouldn't that be carrying out the principles of liberty ? But what would tfic Anti-Renters be doing meanwhile ? The writer , probably , didn't think of that . " The . M'ocflfg of the 11 th of January , gives extracts from several papers announcing the capture of several of the Anti-Renters . The same paper contains a report of a most IMFOKTAXT MEEIXXG IX NEW YORK . —SYMPATHV WITH
THE ANTI-RENTERS . A great meeting was held in Croton Hall , ^ ew York , on the 3 rd of January , to take into cons ideration the best means to abolish Feudalism in the State . Long before the time announced for the commencement of business , the room was well filled , and noisy symptoms were given of the anxiety of the audience to proceed with the matter announced ; to such an extent was this the case , that some ten or fifteen minutes previous to the ' hour named , half-past seven o ' clock , on motion of Mr . Manning ; Mr . Alvan E . Bovay was unanimously called to the chair ; Messrs J . W . Beebe , Ira B . Davies , Aaron Kline , and Jesse Ferguson , were named as Vice-Presidents ; and Mr . John Windt , ' Secretary of the National Reform Association , was appointed Secretary of the meeting ., Mr . Wisnr then read the Pledge of the National Reform Association , as usu . il at meetmgsot'that body , and then the placard calling the meeting , which
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the Chairman put to the . meeting for their approval , and-wltich was carried with a few dissentients . ¦ A series of resolutions were first ' . proposed by a person named Hill in opposition to the Anti-Renters fhe feeling of the meeting was , however , so decidedly opposed to tills , that it was with difficulty the mover could obtain a hearing . Mt . Thos . A . Dbter next addressed the meeting . He said-they had met there as rational men , not to put down the motion of the gentleman that had preceded him , or of any one else , by clamour , but to discuss the matter to the very dregs . We have met to discuss the question as rational men and republicans . ( Cheers . ) We have no interest in the matter , but as rational beings j and we wish to take no part in the resistance of the law ; but us tvue republicanswe
, wish to , 860 that every freeholder is not an abject slave to the landowners . The speaker then proceeded to take a review of the history of Greece , and argued that it was . by a system of feudal tenure , such as Van Rensselaer had adopted in his leases , that ruin was brought upon that country , and the people of it became enslaved . The same feudal system was introduced into England by the Norman conquerors , which remained until the present time , and we had only to look to the starved population of Europe for the result . It is our object to caution the people of this country against this system , so as to avoid the rocks upon which they are likely to strike , and be destroyed . It is not necessary for us to offer p hysical resistance—public opinion is alert to this feeling , and will see that justice is done . As an instance of the
landowners of Europe , I will only mention the Duke of iBuccleuch he receives £ 400 , 000 per annum , and he has 40 , 000 tenants to support him m his splendour , who are not able to obtain a third meal of the coarsest food a day . Is not this repugnant both to the laws of God and common sense ? ( Jan any man here need proof that England is covered with the curse of land monopoly ? Not an inch of the soil but is cursed with such men as the Duke of Buccleuch . Such your Van Rcnsselaers wish to become ; but it was for the people to see to it . The speaker then went into the history of Rome , from the time of Romulus , and showed tliat the people , in the first instance , acted ' wisely inchoosingtobc governed by themselves , but that afterwards the patricians stepped in and possessed all the lands , and oppressed the cultivators of the
soil , who principally aidedin obtaining it : and that in resisting such , Tiberius Gracchus and his brother were destroyed . The speaker then said that the Revolution of France , and its most direful consequences , was produced by the horrible oppressions of those who had monopolized the soil . We want no revolution . ( Hear , hear . ) It is to prevent such , if possible , that we are met here together to discuss this question . We want no such evils . Such power as this always begets tyranny , and if it is allowed will oppress the people—to prevent which , it must be nipped in the bud . It was contrary to all true Christian principle , and it was time it was prevented by the people in this country . The speaker then went on to show how the aristocracy of England , even the female portion of it , despised the mass of the people—while the former
wore wallowing in luxury the latter were perishing from want—and then proceeded to observe that a younger brother of the patroon , Van Rensselaer , had come out in defence of the claims of the family , with a document containing nineteen positions , seventeen of which were false , and the other two a disgrace to man . He said that if the settlers on the disputed territory could only get a modicum of justice , they would offer no resistance , but this having been refused them they had no alternative left . He proceeded to read ' a number of extracts to support this position , and went into a long detail of the evils belonging to the tenure of the Van Rensselaer leases , showing they were founded on those of the old English barons , with even some worse features ; and showed that the original tenants , in consequence of their
ignorance , were vilely imposed upon . He said that the farmers , or holders of the land , were ready and willing to give a fair remuneration for what they held , but that they refused to perform villein service , or to comply with feudal customs , being contrary to the republican constitution of this country . ( Hear , hear , aud cheers . ) ' By the same law that authorised Van Rensselaer to receive these services , he was authorised to appoint magistrates throughout that part of the State , and what would be said if he insisted on the appointment of the mayor of Albany , or the sheriff of Rensselaer county . Yet the power that gave him one gave him " the other . ( Hear , hear . ) The speaker then contended that with the revolution these rights ceased , and that originally neither the Dutch nor the English Governments had the power to
grant such privileges . He then contended that the legislature ought to interfere in the matter , and to arbitrate between the parties . He then cited some opinions on land monopoly and aristocracy from the writings of Thomas Jefferson and Thomas OaiiylO , in support of what he had previously adduced , and then said it was through such proceedings as the Indians had now adopted , that the glorious freedom of this country was accomplished . It was the Indians that came down to Boston harbour and destroyed the tea in the British vessels , while the preachers of law and order were discussing the matter , afraid to take one step for the accomplishing of the object they so long talked about . ( Great cheering . ) He then recommended that Mr . Van Rensselaer should be equitably paid for his lands , so that he might be enabled to buy
an estate in Dorsetshire , England , where he might enjoy his partridge shooting and his feudal system to the full extent , which would be a release to hba from the trouble and care by which he was at present assailed . No evil could possibly arise from this procedure , but it would do much good to all , and give your children something to look forward to . Mr . D . was loudly applauded in many parts of his discourse , and sat down amid a round of applause . , Mr . Evans next arose to propose some resolutions by way of amendment to the resolutions already offered ; and would avail himself of the occasion to offer a few remarks on what had been said of land monopoly . It might be new to many there , that an extensive movement was now going on all over the country to abolish that grievance , in" part , by making
the public lands free to actual settlers , and for the last three or four weeks not a mail arrived but brought intelligence of efforts in the cause , and a motion was already made in Congress to apportion the public lands among new settlers in tracts of about 160 acres each . No less than seven papers in Ohio advocated that measure , and there were papers in five state capitals supporting it , from one of which he begged to read an extract . [ The article read by the speaker was from a Boston paper , in which inequality of rank and property , and- monopolies of every kind , were deprecated , and an appeal to mankind made to redress them . ] These were no party views , for the papers alluded to were of opposite politics to each other . As to the resolutions , the last speaker had laid , before them the evils of the feudal tenure in
regard to the Van Rensselaer property ; but there were in various other parts of the State large tracts of land under throe-life leases , and various other feudal tenures , under which the same evils would accrue , and it was beat to meet the whole difficulty at once , ( Cheers . ) If the Van Rensselaer dispute were settled to-day , there were forty other counties which would in time be subject to similar difficulties , so that the remed y must be general . I have drawn up a series of resolutions by which I propose to meet the whole subject . ( Here the chairman made a communication to the speaker in a low voice , which was not heard by any save themselves . ) The chairman thought it would not be in order to propose those resolutions as an amendment to the previous set . He would therefore wait till those were disposed of . Mr . Hiix then read his resolutions , which strongly
deprecated the conduct of the Anti-Rent men ; denounced their principles , and pledged to co-operate with all who were willing to put a speedy end to all such resistance to right , law , and authority . During their reading , an interminable shouting , hissing , aud confusion , prevented their contents from being ncard at the shortest distance from the platform . Mr . Devtr . —Gentlemen , I beg to offer for your consideration the following amendment : Resolved— That this meeting is of opinion that injustice is . done to our fellow-citizens , the farmers residing upon the estates andmanorof Rensselaerwick . We , therefore , believe that the authorities ought to be very slow In enforcing that injustice , although ealleu law ; but that speedy means be taken to bring the whole matter before the Legislature , now about to assemble , for its equitable arbitration . Mr . Devyr ' s amendment was earned .
Mr . Evans then came forward , amid considerable applause , and offered his resolutions , which were received , during the reading , with strong marks of approbation , and some of a contrary character . The resolutions were seconded , and earned , as follows : Whereas , the various Feudal Tenures , such as threelife and perpetual leases , under which large tracts of land are held in this State , have caused , and are likely to cause , discontent and disorder , much to the detriment and discredit of our free institutions ; and whereas , these Feudal Tenures are now the cause of civil war in this ' State , which occasions the landless men of ourcities to be taxed and called upon in person to support said tenures , while themselves are suffering from land monopoly by their crowded , dependent , and unnatural congregation hi cities ; therefore That in the opinion of this meeting , the principles upon which our forefathers founded an independent go-Yemraent , demand that an end should he put to all Feudal Tenures in this State .
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That if man has a right to life , as declared by the De . claratiou of Independence , he has a right to the use of land oti which to sustain life . That no foreign power had ever a right to grant away to favourites and their heirs for ever , large tracts of land on this continent , because they had no right to it themselves . That , iu our opinion , the best method of putting an end to Feudalism and Land Monopoly in this State , would be for the legislature to pass a general law , limiting the quantity of land to be heircd , purchased , or held , by any one man or woman , after the passage of said law , to a sufficiency for a l'easonable sized farm , excepting the persons inpossession of larger tracts on the passage of said , law , and limiting said persons to the possessions then held by them .
Mr . E . said that if a law was enacted in the spirit of these resolutions , every man now holding land might continue to hold it , but at his death his heirs would he restricted . to enough for their use —( A voice—That ' s right !); the surplus would be sold for their benefit ; all further monopoly would be prevented ; Van Rensselaer would not get many more quarter sales ; land would become cheaper every day ; and the monopolists would probably be willing to compromise on reasonable terms with their -tenants . He had drawn up a short memorial in accordance with the last resolution , to Ijg signed by the officers of the meeting if adopted , which he would now offer , and which he read , as follows : —
TO HIE LEGISLATURE OE KEW VOJIK . The memorial of the undersigne ' dj citizens of New York , respectfully represent—That , in their opinion , the exigencies of the times , the spirit of the age , and the consistency of our Republican theory -demand that an end be put to land monopoly in tins State at the earliest practical period , and we suggest , for that purpose , the passage of a general law , limiting the quantity of land to be heircd , purchased or held , by any one man or woman after the passage of said law , to a sufficiency for a reasonable sized farm ; excepting the persons in possession of larger tracts-on
the passage of said law , and limiting said persons to the possessions then held by them . The memorial was adopted . Mr . Evaxs then proceeded to offer a few additional remarks to the meeting , in which ho announced a convention , which is to come off at Borne , of the farmers , to which he would propose to send delegates from their body , to be appointed by that meeting . On the motion being put for the- appointment of six delegates , the chairman declared it carried . MCSSI' 8 . T . A . D & vyr , G . H . Evans , Mr . Manning , My . Pearson , Mr . Foster , and the chairman , were then appointed as the delegates . . The meeting then adjourned .
Later IfEws from the STATES . —LIVERPOOL , TlWRS . DAY Mobnikc . — The ateam-sJiip Cambria , Captain Judkins , arrived here this morning , and brings us news from New York to the 1 st inst ., and from the various other quarters to the usual late periods . The American House of Representatives , and also the Senate , are busily occupied in discussing the Oregon territory question , and we find that in both houses a bill has been brought in for the actual establishment of a territorial government over that country . The biUs in the Senate and in the House of Representatives are of a similar character . The bill in the latter occasioned much debate , in wliicb , among others , Mr . John Quincy Adams has taken part .
Annexation or Texas . —The proceedings in Congress acquaint us with the important fact of a joint resolution by the United States House of Representatives , annexing Texas to the United States . The debate on this subject had continued with little intermission for three weeks . The debate was brought to a close on Saturday , January 25 , pursuant to the uadevstood determination of the democratic members composing a caucus on the 11 th . The result of the trials of strength of the different propositions was the passage , by a majority of twent . y-t « -o votes , of
the joint resolution introduced some days previous by the Hon . M . Brown , a Whig member from the state of Tennessee , with an amendment , accepted by him , limiting the extent of slavery in Texas to the territory south of the Missouri compromise lino . The resolution , under the title of " Joint Resolution for annexing Texas to the United States , " as amended , finally passed the House of Represensatives by a vote of 120 to 98 . We defer publishing the resolutions at present , as it is extremely doubtful that the Senate will sanction them ; Should they be adopted by that body we will then publish them .
A bill has passed both houses directing the election of President and Vice-President of the United States hearafter to be made iu all the states in the Union on one and the same day ,
MEXICO . The news from Mexico , supplied by the arrival of the Cambria , is most important ; but there seems to be some little doubt as to its correctness in some points . Santa Anna is said to have been defeated and captured by Bravo and Faredes , and some accounts state positively that he has been shot . On a careful examination of the various accounts , we have little doubt but that the news of his defeat will twn out C 0 V » root . This intelligence first reached New York byway of Tanipieoand New Orleans ; but similar news was afterwards received vfo Corpus Christi , Galveston , and
Ivew Orleans . It is stated that letters from Mexico , dated the 9 th ulfc ., arrived at Tampico by express on the night -of the 13 th , giving the important intelligence that a desperate battle had been fought on the plains of Appan , between Santa Anna , on the one side , and Bravo and Paredes on the other , which ended in the total rout of the former , who was captured while trying to make his escape . Five hundred men are reported to be killed , and Gen . Paredes had been despatched by Bravo in pursuit of the routed troops of Santa Anna . Bravo himself was on the marxfn back to Mexico , with his august prisoner .
The Rev . Db . Wowf . —Captain Grover has received intelligence of Dr . Wolff to the 10 th January , at which date he was at Ei'zeroom , endeavouring to recruit his strength for the journey over the mountains to 'frebizonde . At Tehran the Doctor was received in the kindest manner by Colonel Shell , her Majest y ' s envoy , who sent a government golam to meet him . He left Tehran in a tnckrawan ( a sort of a litter ) , and by easy stages reached Tabris . Here the judicious treatment of Dr . Casolani enabled him , after some days' repose , to proceed hy a similar conveyance towards Erzeroom . On reaching the
Turkish frontier , owing to the immense accumulation of snow , he was obliged to proceed oh horseback , and after great bodily suffering he reached Ei'zeroom on the 4 th January , completely exhausted . As soon as her Majesty ' s Commissioner , the kind-hearted Colonel Williams , R . A ., heard of the Doctor ' s approach , he rode as far as the last pass to meet him , and escorted him into the town . Dr . Wolff is too ill to write to any one , and cannot move from the sofa ; it is , however , hoped that the kind attentions of Colonel Williams , which have been really beyond all praise , will enable him to proceed in about a fortnight to Trebizonde .
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NATIONAL TRADES CONFERENCE AT EASTER NEXT . The adjourned meeting of the preliminary Conference was resumed at the Bell Inn , Old Bailey , on Wednesday evening , February 12 th . There was a very numerous attendance ot delegates . Several additional representatives handed in their credentials . Mr . J . Berry , the representative of the Lancashire Miners , was unanimously called to the chair . The Secretary read letters from the Joiners of Hull and other provincial Trades , announcing their determination to send delegates to the proposed Conference . He also stated that lie had seen Mr .
Duncombe that day , and had asked him , if the Trades wished it , would he attend their Conference , and would he do them the honour of presiding over their humble deliberations ? To which Mr . Buncombe replied , that aa fas as visiting the Conference was concerned , he should be happy to attend as a listener ; but he knew very little regarding the practical workings of the several Trades . He added that as far as his humble abilities would permit , they might ! command his services ; , and if the Trades thought it woidd serve their cause ( although he was of opinion that many mechanics , from their practical experience , were much better qualified for the office ) , and the Conference at its assembling made the request , he would preside over their deliberations . The announcement was received with marked applause . The meeting then proceeded to the election of a subcommittee of seven persons , to make the necessary
arrangements for holding the Conference . The following individuals were unanimously chosen : — Messrs . Dunning and Robertson ( Bookbinders ) , Messrs . Bush and Wartnaby ( Carpenters ) , Mr . Wilson ( Boot and Shoemaker ) , Mr . Allen ( Tin-plate Worker ) , and Mr . Cox ( Silk Hatter ) . The Election of Secretary . —Mr . T . Barratt ( Corkcutter , and secretary to the Central A ssociation of London Trades ) , was proposed , but declined on the ground of ill-health and a pressure of public business ; Messrs . Bush and Dunning were then placed in nomination , but from the great feeling of respect mwhic Mr . Barratt is held by the Trades , he was again placed in nomination and unanimously elected in spite of himself . " Well , " said Mr . Barrett , " asyou have forced the honour on me I will not back out , but will do my best to carry out- your intentions . "
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( Loud cheers ) . Mr . Wakeham , Shoemaker , moved — "That the best thanka of this Preliminary Con « ference Of Trades are due and aro hereby ' given to the Proprietor , 'Editor , and Reporter of-the'ATort / tcm Star newspaper , for the able services rendered to the cause of Labour , not on this occasion only . - 'lmt on every occasion . " He observed that when he found the parties engaged-in the Star taking such a warm interest in Trades affaire he thought it the duty oif himself and his brother tradesmen to notice the matter , and let them see that their labours are appreciated . Mr . J . Berry , Miner , who had previously left the chair , . and was succeeded hr that office by Mr . Robertson , Bookbinder , hoped that they would allow him the privilege of cordially seconding that
motion . Mr . Stewart , Shoemaker , said that as regarded the Proprietor and Editor , for the service they had rendered the cause , the best return that could be made them was , to circulate their very useful journal as widely as possible . ( Loud cheers . ) As regarded the Reporter , and he could bear witness to the great service he had rendered their trade ( hear , hear ) , he was of opinion that their ( hanks to him should assume a more substantial shape . ( Hear , bear . ) Mr . Barratt said he most cordially concurred with theiUOtiOu , and as tor the reporter , Mr . Stallwood , he had opportunities of knowing that he had rendered the Trades a service , not only as reporter , but as au individual . ( Cheers . ) The motion was put and carried unanimously . Mr . Stallwood , in the name of the proprietor , editor , aud reporter , said , that he was
happy that their humble efforts in the cause of labour were appreciated . They would continue in the same course , zealously aud fearlessly advocating right , and exposing and denouncing wrong , without other fee or reward than the good opinion of their fellow-men ( Loud cheers ) .--A-resolution to the effect— " That the Conference be held on Easter Monday next , in London , at ten ojclock in the forenoon ; and that the delegates on their arrival , be requested to proceed direct to the well-known Trades' house , the Bell Inn , Old Bailey , from whence they will be conducted to the place of meeting , " was unanimously adopted . A vote of thanks was passed by acclamation to the Lancashire Minors , for their promptitude in taking up the matter , and sending up Mr . Berry , to aid and assist in arranging the necessary preliminaries . It was also resolved— "That those Trades who intend
sending delegates to the forthcoming Conference bo requested to communicate with the Secretary , Mr . T , Barratt , 2 D , Greenfield-street , Commercial-road , East , at their earliest convenience . " A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting dispersed . Bi'ttv . —The iz'on trades of this town atill continue on strike against the introduction of the " quittance " papers . They have now been out several weeks , and arc as determined as ever never to submit to the degradation to which the masters wish to reduce them . Nor is this the only war that is raging between the employers and employed . There have been several strikes for advances in wages amongst the Powcrloom'WcTv'crs of-this town since Christmas ,
and wo are happy to say that ma number of instances the just demands of the Weavers have been acceded to by the manufacturers . There arc some , however , who " , notwithstanding they have the same market for their goods , will not give the same wages as their neighbours ; in coiiseqiienco of which , about W hands are walking the streets without employment . Fkamewokk-Knitieus' Deleg & ik Meeting . —At a general three counties meeting of delegates , held at the sign of the lung George on Horseback , Nottingham , February 8 th , 1815 , for the purpose of taking into consideration the Frame-Rent Trial—the Goverumeiital inquiry—and the furtherance of the organization , the following , among other resolutions , were passed . Proposed by William West , and
seconded by Thomas Jbmmerson — That a committee be appointed to amalgamate the Nottingham and Leicester suggestions , and that the following compose a committee for that purpose—Humphries and Winter , for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ; Thomas 'Winters and John Wilford , for Leicester and Leicestershire ; Samuel Corden , for Derby and Derbyshire . Proposed by B . Humphries , and seconded by Samuel Corden —That when the suggestions have been properly arranged and approved , they shall be printed for distribution . Proposed by John Key wood , and seconded by Samuel Booker—That the number printed be two thousand copies . Proposed by Joseph Moor , and seconded by William West —That the delegates present inform their constituents that
local lecturers have been appointed , and that any locality wishing for their services must give one week's notice to tho general secretary . 'IV following persons were then rc-nppointed lecturers : — William West , Joseph Laxton , and William Felkin . Proposed by Michael Leveris , Framesmith , and seconded by B . Humphries — That the Framesmiths , Setters up , Sinker and Needle Makers , do join the Framework-Knitters in putting a stop to the spurious productions at present manufactured , and that they be solicited to join in union with the Knitters . Proposed hy Samuel Booker , and seconded by Samuel Winter -- That in the opinion of this meeting , the
stoppage of Frame-Rent under any circumstances is oppressive and unjust , but more especially so , when one employer has the effrontery to charge from sixpence to ninepence per week more than another ; and we , the delegates assembled , pledge ourselves to assist the Framework-Knitters of Mansfield and Mansfield Woodhouse in their struggle to put down so infamous a system . The accounts were then brought before the meeting and passed , and the delegates separated at half-past eight o ' clock . Yo « KsmKE . ~ The next general delegate meeting of Miners will be held at the King ' s Anns Inn , Gildersomc-stvect , near Leeds , on Monday , February 24 th , to commence at eleven o'clock in the forenoon .
LAScAsnnu : Mixers . —The next general delegate meeting of Lancashire Miners will be held at the house of Mr . Matthew Worthington , Gibraltar Tavern , Scholes Wigan , on Monday , February 2 'lth ; chair to be taken at eleven o'clock . W . P . Roberts , Esq ., will address the Miners of Wigan and neighbourhood on the same day . The levy for the fortnight is Is . 9 d . per member . Derbyshire Miners . —On Monday last , the 10 th inst ,, a delegate meeting of the Coal Miners was held at the White Bull Inn , Newthorpe , Derbyshire ; a working Minor , named John Morley , was appointed chairman , and William Duro secretary . A discussion took place respecting the fines levied on the men at Babington colliery , when it was unanimousl y agreed that the men should return to work until the fines were repaid .
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The Weatmeb . —London , Friday , —The weather yesterday was of a most singular character . The thermometer at eight o ' clock on the previous evening was as low as 19 degrees , being 13 degrees of frost , with the wind S . E . At that time the new moon appeared , surrounded by a halo , and there was much haw , although the stare shone brightly . As the night advanced , a strong wind , keen and piercing , sprung up from theS ., which continued throughout the night . The lowest point of the thermometer during the nujhfc was 27 degrees , and at eight o ' clock yesterday morning the mercury stood at 29 degrees , with the wind stiu S . The morning broke cloudy , with evident appearances of an approaching fall . Throughout the
morning the south wmd , which was remarkably cold , Mew in violent gusts , and about eleven o ' clock a falLof fine snow commenced , which gradually increased in quantity and size of the flakes until about half-past two o ' clock . At twelve o ' clock at noon the thermometer stood at 32 degrees ( freezing point ) , and shortly before three o'clock a fall of sleet and rain began , which froze immediately on reaching the ground and rendered the streets of the metropolis and the suburbs slippery and highly , dangerous . At eight o ' clock last evening the thermometer still stood . at 32 degrees , with a strong S . S . W . wind blowing , and rain and sleet still descending , This morning the sun is shining brightly , even warmly , causing a complete thaw , the snow and ice fast disappearing .
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