The New York Herald Newspaper, June 9, 1852, Page 7

hose oficial station iplic ‘ The Tenth Avenne Sewer. Alderman Dewsian presented the fllowing eoramunies- pm inrelation to the atlegatt@s heretofore made and | bliched. under the signatuce of Mc. Oraven, Chiof &n- cr,relative to the ‘Tenth avenue sewer, to the Board Aldermen. Juae 7. 1852 ‘ In the Now York Tydune, of the 34 inst or the signatore of A. W. Uraven ardof Management of the ol w oiksr foe arsicte h f the ove vo iis doel ‘a8 one of tho members of this Board, dnd more pe ly as one of the members of the comuitter ¢ rd to whom the matter therein referred to Was ¢ attoatioa of Le ebirge | ody Wo Ure who hes mate i, 208¢ to Wa pijiair ty he mule, oo wed, as it ia, tothe | ‘ties asseasod, Witla all its iadamcnv'ory os, | \ | pon men whore reeritude of intention, 1f not their offical aiion, sb: them agiin toveh wicked assauits, as Dum. and as 1 believe the nit to let myself and other be thus falsely charged, aud anain gilent fon of Which had to be taro : the Street Departinent, to geade th chin the same streets or limits as Ub hade. which grading requived a. nideved (ies pe than u q 4 bo wi wom special dif nted iteclf. the perta a mr, Pol; mber st emdred fect of the b | Meut and ready tor ik reception | he Department tor the wait pe resi lows, delny, and nse, not oaly Winlor (he sewer under U act to urate th in was stopped; and the elty, to, and the | nthe, the certainiy of yreattajury by the fact of the tion of the avenue. ‘The above is a statement of all the violation o! jade by Mr. Craven. ho performed the work? ied tothe Croton Water Board hey refused to do 0, not because it was n jell done, but only bee pur of business, viz. twoe'clock im tl ere not, either of them, in the Jepartimes ere all the witne cient to justify the report the: tbsequently the Bourd of Assistants adopted the re- he en juilding were ke public, from the delay c Inention that after nditg. as they do, to the embarrossiae ry proceedings been true, candi r this artic fers untruths, eee mi ons upon procerdings whieh w ming sweeping, UMveCcomi nye » Loos, unaterial con atin good omar um 3 chores | au ene of day im- I will wot eon. The tacts of the case, i mmr of 1851, Jani reality, are these :—In th made two several ¢ ctx—one with the Croton Water Depuiment, for he struction of from Forty-secoud to Forty. y the Tooth aveuue (the entir h gal and regolations ot chat de ad voek. Us ewok of th the hee essity of eatsl ua Well as of the grad mance of the coatract slo ec mmon roton Aequeduet Board hud proseribed a regdla. own anthority, wit prk alter the bre un of the 8 60 i thym to be © id With sufficient strength; bul it was ao lerstood, tied Goon, that unless ber was too rey bough other contracto el permission he : thus had before him the certauty of | enue, in that part, e winter aud War il spy him-—no cause for Uhis « k. under the cireumst proeceding with thy di be complete iy without preju Street Commis rondered inipassable daring xtraordinury refusal, himself ju but with by the Uro.oa Water Hl have stated that the ork could not have been better done than it was, ab any m of the year. and, if it had not been then the nu could not huve been used during the winter; and e Street Commissioner added, thas the complotion of 9 sewer Was absolutely necessary to the comple! et, by Mr. Pollock—of all at al spirit andl letter of the piract. y. really, of a violation of e spirit of the contract—ot the regulation binding il— e department who refused permission, or Me. Pollock Who, truly, were most faith he who saved the public 1 to the public intere om los @ permission which was desired?” Jt is true he vio- ed, dircetly, the letter of the ordinance governing contract, in the point in qnestion; butte did aot olate it io spirit. _ On the completion of the sewer work, Mr, Pollock ap- to accept the work niiviontly with afcer t, s, or they who, without Rood cause, withheld hy it. was proc ¢ first of December, withont their Peing thus without remedy « Common Couneil for relic rd being first ms Atte, they, in good faith, proce the ea: After previous notice of the meeting. tl fice ofthe Chief Kagineer, at the place designate’ by im in the publication, as the appropriate aud usual ee of the meeting of Sach comiuittec, and at a asual fa i¥o 6x ay They. had no witoenes and relied, and moant to rs employe | the ease for plied to ion to this mot at the y devigunted. with the por Officers of the departmen 4 of the ci ly. prin planation ‘On assembling, inquiry and seerch were made for the ident and head Engineer of the Board, and the com- jittee took the trouble to obtuin their attendance; bat on inquiry, the committee were informed that they silding. eyor and (nspector, who, by the Croton Water were employed on the work, and also the The si rect. Conimissioner, attended, and Were severally ex- mincd. and gave the information above stat who were exumined. The facts pers connected with the affair, whieh th [then deemed, and yet doem, suf- supon made, ably to this Board, anct em, and the p mittee obtaiy The cointnittee did report fi ution recommended It is true the Mayor vetoed the resolution, on the ons, of its being an illegal in- and it is also true, that Boards of the Common the resolution, It is true, t it was a righteous and legal act, 1 voted for its ange. Wnt, then, is true in the article put forth with euch ve asverdons, such flourishes of his declaration, ofi- ly aud personally, of his sense of responsibility—his de- ve to perform his full duty, and to protect th nd preserve the integrity of the department, with s eeping denunciations, such bold and slanderou mation? Why, i hat the contract: was made. he regulation applicable to it was violated in the lett nly that the assessed will be called upon to pay the price ipulated—that the Croton Water Board refused to accopt he work, which ix necessary before the assexsmeggean be | portioned; that application was made to the Common neil, and the resolution was passed, vetoed and ro- ved, as above mentioned; that the Committee on Sew- s meet always in his office, for the reason he has stated, ‘an additional fact he adds, which no doubt is urue, 2: that the return of ihe work has since been made to he Assessor's office, with ihe resolution annexed. Bat ¢ assertion that the sewer was built in direct violation the spirit of the contract, is untrue; the assertion that o work for which the assessed will be ealied upon to pay not the work Which by the same contract they are en- receive, is untrug; the assertion that the in- of the committee was unjust, partial, and jolation of the rights of the own € property sed, 18 grossly untrue; the assertion that the did not avail themselves of the testimony of neer, Without stating that he was not there to be amined, and the manner in which this assertion is convey agross untruth; the assertion that they incd themselves $0 the statements introduced in be- of the contractor, ually untrue; the assertion hat while it was found convenient to have witnesses from ry part of the city, those in behaif of the people inthe ignorant of the proceedings, is wholly ntrue, and manifests a fecling utterly unworthy of a man wiming to be respected. ‘ Ree ission to state in the article the fact of its be: z erualitg grant the permission to do sewer work after et of December, unless in cases 1 have mentioned; he omission to state the existence of the two contracts— the one to grade, as well as the one to erect the sewer— p state the difficulty of the Mies et ao eee \¢ 08s to Mr, Polloc! Hing it the lay conseyuent to stich. refacal 2 he permission; the absence of and explanation for poh refural, operate, and seem so meant, to convey im- reseions prosely false. Where is the fairness, eandor, or aeity of an officer who can in his statoments, «uppress ta so materint as are these? That the work was well too—why was this fact omitted? An additional fer to this fact #8 the circumstance that before the layor's veto was to be considered, tho sewer was opened nd carefully examined by Messrs. James Harriott and Joweph Tucker. ‘hey inspected the work criticatiy, ant tind and certified the work to be well done; and their rtificate remains on the files of this board, Why did e not state this fact? Again, it may be well here to the passage of the report, I had a con- with Mr. Craven, Be ate I Gee what he wished Mr. Pollock to do in the caso, pswered, that he would have him to take the sewer up d rebuild it. I asked him if he so would require account of the inferiority of thy work. He replied, he ould do 80, because the contractor had disobeyed nis ders in proceeding with the work; but did mot ntimate that the work was inferior. Aé to tle positions ions of the Croton Water partment are binding; a violation of them, in the etter and spirit, warrants the non-acceptance of the ork; that the resolution in question is, as has boen erted by be Legh: - iteya Intrferetce ha Ca jea, I am not a lawyer or a casuist, and porhaps ay nee be as familiar with, or as skilful in dealing with ion en that the rules and | THEPRESMENTIAL EXCITEMENT. | rival, that the troops had fallen back upon Boston; | the iseuing of paper mene: eepting the work, fer the reason that it had refased th» sion. had exposed the eity as wot as the contrac tor. unnecessarily. to danger of loss. and inconven teace— I have advocsted and yoted therefor, and yet approve Yor, unwilling at Tam to permit any officer of the eity governmen’ won so ia lammatory, une true avd un! » ong in question. tending. a it does, 10 bring (he city authoriiios aul it members Mave dieurace, Tdeom it my duty to ak that the sub cet may be ubmities » for eond | nation, Uf elud sd proved det th guilty of Wlact be pun oh §€ the charges are uatrae, then 1 do trast that ihe cfiicer who has hazarded this act may moot with his | reward. A A. DENMAN, | EEE ALD ABOUT THE PIBRCR FAMILY, jographical Sketehes of Governor Benjamin Pieree, the Vather, and General Franklin Pierce, the Son. The Reception aud Speech of Gen. Pierce, on | his Return from the Mexiean War. THE EFFECT OF THE NOMINATION N@W HAMPSHIRE. &e., Ke, Ke. Biographical Sketch of Governor Benjamin Proree, the Father of General Franklin Pierce. Wis BARLY REVOLUTION—“NE TO NEW HAM MAJOR—SHERIPE ELECTED NOK—RETIRES FROM PB Dik HILLSBOROUGH — His CHARKACTER—LIS MONUD Benjamin Pierve, the futher of General } Vierce, the democratic candidate for Pre: the United States, was born at Chelinsford, a town near Lowell, in the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, in 1757; and, as he was the sen of a farmer, early life was devoted to agriculture. He was fed from a respectable Irish family, who ly emigrated, along with many other Lrish emigrants, from Londonderry, in the north of Ire- land, and settled in New Londonderry, in New Hampshire. On the memorable niuetcenth of April, 1775, the revolutionary committee of Boston sent | out couriers in every direction, and one of these messengers came up to the door of the farm house, while Pierce, then only eighteen years of age, was plowing in Ins father’s field; and having | delivered a briei message, hastened on to arouse the covntry to action. It was the news of the battl» of Lexington which the stranger was commissionedto | proclaim, and whieh, like a trampet’s voice, roused | all the inhabitants of the land. Young Pierce left the plough, and, shouldering his musket, proceeded on foot towards Lexington, wheve he found, on his ar- IN LIFE—HE ENTERS THE ARMY OF TITE and he proceeded to Boston, and enlisting as a pri- vate soldier in the Army of the Revolution, was as- signed to the regiment commanded by Col. Brovks. In the battle of Bunker Hill, which occurred Jith of June following, Pierce took a part, and that time to the close of the Revolution, he con tinued in the service of the country, and followed the fortune of his regiment, fighting when it was called into action, and attracting the notice and | winning the commendation of his superior officers for his gallantry and good conduet, by which means hevose grudually to the command of a company, so that at the disbanding of the Revolutionary Army, in 1784, he held the rank of captain. The leaders of the revolution had been driven, by n ity, to sand in that currdacy, already depreciating, the troops were paid olf. Pierce’ was amongst th ror d when be s out to return to lis native village, he found the con- tinental money whigh he had received from Con- gress vo far depreciated, that the whole amouut in his possession, the arrears of his pay for of service, would not sufiice fox bie pus farm fv wad obliged, like mifiny other ott the Revolution, to go into the wile Jands were cheap, aud begin the enlti land. He removed to the State of into the town and county of Hillsbo ing made aclearing, erected a rndy habiraiv the trees with bis axe, and procuring food for with bis gun. In that town hi ree, was born, and there lived ua resides In the autumn of 1786, General John Sullivan, who was then President of New Hampshire, and whose grandson, John Sullivan, is now Attorney General of that State, determined to form the mili- tia of the county of Hillsborough into a brigade, and having sought out Benjamin Vierec, commissioned him as a brigade m an jo | soldier, immediately took the necessary ste | perfvct organization and discipline of the 8 giments. He hud alrendy served eight yeurs in th regular army, aud he continued for twenty in the militiu, leaving it finally in the sia adier general. i. Muller and Gon. Joon Me Niel Sart was a son-in-law of Benjamin Piovee), both of whom served with so much distinction in the war of | 1512, and the latter of whom recently dec Lat the city of Wishington, both belonged, when the were young men, to the militia regiment comm by the father of the democratic nom said that several other valuable off distinguished themselves, have been proud to de- clare that they received their first lessons of. mili- tary discipline from Gen. Benjamin Pierce, in the militia of Hillsborough. Froim 1789 to 1802, he was a rep: people in the Logislature of the St was first elected a member of the Governor's council, where he continued six ye five of which wero passed in the council of the celebrated Governor John Langdon. This brings us to the year 1809. Soon after that time, he was appointed Sheriff of | the county of Hillsborough, which office he held till { 1513. In that year, at the June sossion of the Le- | gislature, a change was made in the judiciary sys- tem cf the’State, which resulted in abolishing the offices of the existing judges, and gave to the domi- nant party an opportunity to appoint their succes- | sors upon the bench. The name of tho highest court of the State,which had been styled the Superior | Court of Judicature, was, by the new law, changed to the Supreme Judicial Court. Arthur Livermore, Chief Justice of the former court, was retained as an Associate Justice in the new one. Je- remiah Smith, of Exeter, who had resigned his seat on the bench to accept the office of Governor, was again appointed chief justice. ‘The remaining seat was filled by Caleb Mllis, of Claromout, a young but distinguished member of the bar. This nominal change in the courts was made, as the re~ publican party contended, for the ole purpose of | getting rid of the old court, and was unconstitu- | tional, A warm controversy ensued, and both courts sat and claimed a right to. administer the law; during which time the public business was thrown into confusion, by the jurors and witnesses sometimé? obeying the summons to attend one court and sometimes the other. In consequence of the confusion resulting from this unsebtlod state of | things, Governor John Gilman, then chief magis- trate of the State, convened the Logislature on the 2ith day of October, several weeks earlier than the | day to which it had been adjuurned. At an carly period of this session, Josiah Butler, sheriff of the | county of Rockingham, and vA bat Piorce, sherifl | of Hillsborough, were removed by address. Pierce, however, was elected four years successively fo the Governor's council, and plo! again appointed | sheriff of Hillsborough county. While holding that office an event ocourred, which strongly marked his character and erected for him an enduring monu- ment in the hearts of the people. It was in tho year 1818, at the time when the enormous abuses of | the creditor over the debtor were exciting the at tention of the people, and calling forth execrations from the philanthropic and liberal everywhere. In some instances the father of a poor family was for years immured in a dungeon for the amount of the prison charges, and his family, meanwhile, were re- tive of the ad, in 43 | crime, in a captivity nals of the Preuch Bast {hh | of the county, 1 have a duty to por | Senator, and is the shire town of th | distinguish theme | eounty of Hillsborough. | Brewer, was committed, I | yen. Isaac Lawrence, was coumitted, December 27, $15; and you, George Lancy, July 2, 1317. “My unfortanate fellow citizons:—Che feelings excited by a view of your sitaatioa are inexpresm- i That those heads, silverod by ag ul bacd- ship, and those hearts throbbing with kindly emo- tious, should be held for this lang pociod of time by their fellow citizens, without ths imputation of a aratieled even in the aa- ways viewed by us with horror, is more than my Toe immured in a dangeon, standing on the soil Of liberty aud in the midst of mea bo high privileges, is, in my mind, w ideas and the value of woven, infinitely worse than to be ea reign land by éuemies and b nothing better could be expe either be governed by the liw-and suf to remain, the devoted victims of une misfortune and honest poverty, shut out the genial light of hed and the v God’s equal gitt to all; to eudare, porha under the privations incident lo you the stern ravages of approaching wiater; furlor and destitute, with no friend to comfort, no society to cheer, no companion to console yoa—or, | masi be directed by the powerful impulse of humanity, pay the debt myself, and bid you leave this dreary and gloomy abode “sy untortanate fellow citi self will not suffer longer to r companion ina who fuaght which he is deprived, for no poor. My duty to my ¢ deeply iniplies of my first wis ne y dut main here x the libe me but that of boing uiry, Whose hovor is ul it is one dished— abo my to my- 2 old of ould be unt . WoO has pat it istibly ury 3, Lum ney; however, th m it is my bh vie; if not, none x ht to reproach m they will do no move than rous to a fault. To this contamivated air which is diffused abvoad tor the rt of m go to your fuimilies and fri i eany. Be correct in ubils, and if your tott nl ome’ » fr exhausted as event your got+ to the good poo of heaven's bles- nainder of your » Was olected Gov hive; bat North bes e of Aan w amy in the partisaus of General J the republ between thi Quiney A mn and Jolin stainun Jams, the part the hero of the her cendant in New Hampshire ative ent, on borough, At the commence with Great Britain, his spirit 4 he lived in in HY Hs- ment of tae last war aterod into of bis sons, with his cor tthe ‘ent vilvico, en | public service Endowed by natura with & Pierce had overcome the obsti want of eduvation, and, by rance, had acquired a kuow skill in the conduc from his Ligh publ commanding influene character, his benevolence, justice. Cheerfitl in his disposition, aud dulightiag to contribute to the hapy of all wound pia, youthful vivacity fonnd in hia a congenil spirity while sedate manhood and sober age diseovered in his conduct nothing to veproueh. “When he wi moved by death, the public felt the Joss of a man who had sincerely loved und faithfully served bis fellow men, and his country. of Hill 1, and over them 2 monument of plain hewn granite hus been erected, w ands ina prominent. posie tion, in the burying ground of tho t : on the brow of a hill, and in full view of ti ‘ong mind, Governor lge of business, i ie of publie heret to Hillsborough ch isn faithful outline of the iovoreor Benjamin Pi "ranklin Pieree, the nomin Democratic National Convention, whi fifo more seusbled at Baltimore on the 2d day of Juno, 13> and selected its candidate on forty-ninth batios. Elographical Sketch of General Eraniciin Mor A PRIVATE GENEROUS TRE, SOM—MILITARY CAREER~ } TRES AND RESUMES HIS PHOS h OF WIS ORATOKY—Privacs MIVALROUS SOM—PERSONAL Cot ABILITY AS A COMMAND At THE BALTIM( BY TUE General Franklin Pierce was the son of Governor Benjamin Pieree, whose biography is given above, and was born in the year 1804, in the towa o Hillsborough, in the county of Hillsvorough, ia the interior or rather the western part of the State of New Hampshire. Hillsborough is a farming town hilly, as its name imports, having no considerable Village, and has long been distinguished for its un- flinching devotion to the principles of the demo- cratic party. After eompleting his acadomical studies, he entered college, and graduated at Bow- doin College, in Maine, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Immediately on leaving college, he en- tered the office of Judge Gould, a jurist of distine- tion at Litchfield, Connecticut ; but Sibsoqaently returned to his native State, and finished his studies at Amberst, the residence of Hon. Charles H. Atherton, father of Hon. Charles G. Atherton, late eounty of Hillsborough. He was admitted to the bar, and commenced the pract@ of law in his native town, Hillsborough. But he-Bad not been in practice two ars, when he was elected a reprosentative ia the Legislature of the State, and during his second year eof service in that body, was elected Spoaker of the louse, in both of which positions he manifested so much talent and so admirable a capacity for iogis- lative business, and so thoroughly won the conti- dence of the democratic party, that in the year 1833, while yot hardly more than a youth, he was elected to a seat in the House ef Representatives of the United States. As a member of the House, he was net of that number who appear to desire to ives hy much sponk Ho was rather quick to Lear and slow to speak: modust and unassuming, but attentive to business, an | stroaugly marked oven then by what ho has ‘displayed so 08. much of in bis later life—that is, common sense. He was an unwavering suppo: demovrat- ic measures—was areedy though not a treqaent de- hater; and, during his four years continaance in that body, steadily advanced hitn ship of ey rosePhy pifin the warm friend- all with whom he came in coutact, ¥ in the genoral conilenes ant good plo of Now Hampshire. Int waselected, by the Legislature, « Senator that State. In allthese various aud responsible stations, and during the succeeding five years on the floor of the Senate, good sense, ,crulion, prudence, modesty, attention to business, and a certain chivalrous and lofty tone of manners, with kindness and good temper, rather than frequent speoch- making, enabled Gen. Pierce to quit the Sonate in 1812, with an amount id dalam which few men have ever posscseed on leaving the Senate of the United States. He bad now heen more than tea years in public life, and having entered it very young, felt the necessity of devoting himself to his private affairs, which had suffered while he was absent. He resigned his seat in 1842, one year be- and will of the pee | fore his term expired, with the frankly avowed par- pose of devoting himself to his profession, in order tocar a het ate for his family; and with this view, removed his office to Concord, the capital of the State. In the Senate, Gon. Pierco ranked duced to pauperism and beggary. No age, no con- | dition was exempt. Tho poor and decayed voteran, | whore best years had been spent in the service of | legally accomplished. But it seems to me h nt it Moonee by the amended charter of the city. to sive the Common Council the legislative control over tho partm * that by any law of ordinanee, they, in mod ena actty, ond in no other, may confer authority a ba tet duties to perform without mitting the act of illegal interference with executive juties ; and that all the departments, and their rules dl s, even when valid, are subject to the con- of the lative power whose laws confer the au- fhority and heir legislative cay po impose the duties for the executive depart- to perform; and 1 doubt whether rules ond regula. ons, unless sanctioned b; Vd Common Council or wrescribed by them, can be binding. In this cae, considering the resolution as # legislative 4, not ilegally an interference with the executive Lowers of the department; that it was a righteous ; that the department ‘acted wrongfully; had olated the splrit, though not the letter of its own regu- ton, ip eerusing the permission desired and in mot ue- his country, was often confined with felons, and year | rolled on’ after year, leaving him in hopeless | imprisonment. In Amberst jail there were threo | aged prisoners, one of whom had groaned in | confinement almost four ron When Pierce | ‘Was appointed shoriff, he gave these prisoners no- | tice tae they were to be talenadd, and appointed a \ dey. for their dolivexanco, the 20h of November, | 1818, the more grateful to the prisoners that it was to occur just at the coming on of winter. The in- | habitants thought the occasion worthy of public do- monstrations, and when they had assembled togo- eclen iy wing vines mereee, the sap a | njamin Pierce, havin; ned tl ri thus addressed the three pelsowersi— eet | “ Moses Brewor, Isaac Eawrence and George Lan- cy—By the return made me by Israel W. Kell; Esq., my predegersor in the office of sheriff for ti amongst the high-minded and honorable mon of that body. In private life, seldom has a political man been more beloved, even by his opponcats ; and very scldom, if ever, has a retired Senator boen able to look back with more satisfaction on his career. Integrity, business habits, industry, and magnanimity, wore the great secrets of his success in all the various and high stations which he had occupied. His speeches were generally short aod to the point—he never rising unloss he had som>- thing to say, and leaving off when he had done. When he resumed his practice at the bar, it was with a firm resolution to be withdrawn from public life, aud the offices of Governor of the State and Senator, which were more than once offered to him, he declined. President Polk urged upon him the acceptance of the office of Attorney General of the United States, and afterwards that of Secretary of Wav, both of which he declined, with a declaration that he had no desire for public office, and would in I823, when | appears that you, Mois December 23, 1814 - ail | As soon is the rucion wad | | Halls of 0 | tary tactics. | most bh 1 test, but the infirmiti fage vdmonished hin that he could hasten no move to the battle fied Lwo | veller, when passing on the stage route from Ata | and public | | | | rontine of p | sid, and Lieut. Gove, of the same of war, his eountry should demand his services. I¢ | and Jalspe, where a curtain, as it were, was shut it be asked, “ What is he as a speaker it inst | down upen bim and his brave band, and eut them be replied, General Pierce is an orator. Roason- | of from our view. Vi breeze, every whisper, ing power and pathos are the charactorist his idresnee to juries, ia waiehhe is ikaowa to beve had, during bis practice.such roarkidle sree. Those brilliant lights of imagination, for which Mr. Chonte, the great orator of che Massachusetts bar, is so much distinguished, do not belong at all to Gen. Pierce. He goes at once to convinces the reason, or to move the heart: and where the euse alinits of combining the two, be wields a masterly power. His clear, good coumon sense and knowledge of the human hoart, must lave struck every one who has | had frequen! opporiuaitivs to ment of trials beiore a jury in his forensic eiforts h made him sought after, and his professional services to be in demand, ia all the counties of the State of New Hunpshiro The breaking out of tho Mexican war brought about the contagoney for which he made a reserva, tion when he rejected the overtures of President Polk, so houorabie to him, and so duitering to his professional pride: and he at once earolled himself as a volunteer, in the capacity of a private soldier. New M i lua ta the munage- wae marked features dy i vivos till the American army e 1 tho fthe Montezumas in triumpl, have alroady been given in ail in the columas of York Hexany. His treatinent of the brave lamenied (iisom was magaanimousin the ext Ransom was 2 military mau by profession. H+ educated at Norwieh, Vt, under Capt. Alden Par ridge,who for many years kept a military sohoolthore, for tho education of young men. 1 sone of his pupils; and after Captain Partridgo retirel, cou tinued to form classes and give instruction in iili- He was ha soldier. Beave, If compsteat, nat how his militury tal 5 od upon f t of Ransom to the com ' t y 1 @ and knowing hime osition in whic! Pieree feit thi dent Polk t mand of th Iulaud regiment j Polls, b ni with a grese, knew his man, iutnission as eol rel, a a by one for m us major of the ame Ransou shot through the head while rushing on upon the enemy ia 0 dy f Ransom—the ry 8 Low we seein to see b der form, diiven ou ate in the whole war. of hy y joo mighty forthe flesh inwhich if was enc loading tp up the fatal bill, in the face of that deadly fire t which, in the” v ride and exultation of his daring, he fi Goaeral Pia Ninth on from Ve th all sections 0 tthe head of this command bo las at Vora tran, fron ave Kepler, on the 2 Juno, His career from (oat time vill oy ison army eut ty of Mexico in triumph, has all becore m remarked “ en the two republic: Picree resigved his coannis co, and ret liminaries, and honors. His per command bad bot + leaving othe quarrel over tho distri st courage and his al 1 of y to He had rendered all t eo requir him by the exivencies of the ry: he hadwon the good will, » the enthus love, of the troops under his 1. Th 2 looked upon him ws o friend a father. Dhere was no hardship which he h them; 10 allowance of sion, however somull, which ing to divide witha sick and woanded oagh few suffered more than himsy pases of that deadly cli efore the world, with heal nd honors thick upon him fer President of the United’ States; be elected, there iv one immense adv ps over General Seott, vi ffairs. As repr er of the Hous: tive to Con; in Mexico, hs nd strength a crndidcto ad should he navissioner sh the whole atleast at seen the working of the im Hoe has also seen the i ibation J and to wh nprrativ A storne f General Pigree } Very seldom. de annals aftord an ir ofa uian devliuing F honorable and Jucvative station, like that of Attor- ney General of the United States, for one like that morable one certainly) vay ‘opt but the one would not inter- phin, fully determined upoa—to parsue the practice of his profession at home; the other woud ; and therefore it was declined. Tt was then that the eloquent and almost unequalled Ichabod Bartlett, for many years tho acknowledged head of the bar in New Hampshire, began to withdraw gra- from the harder duties of the profession, and ce, by common consent, took his place at the bar, though Me. Bartlett still occasionally burats forth’ in all the intellectual glory aud ligit and beauty of other days, and no one witne ith more delight than himself the professional triumphs of General Piereo. If there be one thing more than another redeeming in poor and infirm human na- it is the reutual regurd held towards each other nen like these “General Pierce, at the bar, is one of those, who, though they do not bold with Lord 8rougham that “though the world should come to an end my client must be acquitted,” yet muke the case of a client their own, aud enter with the whole energies of their nature into the contest which the rights of a client are involved. Yet so uniform in his courtesy the bar that his deportment might be cited as an instance to show how much is uniformly guined and how little is ever lost, by observing on all oc- casions a generous, kind, and courteous demeanor to others. Such is General Franklin Pierce, the candidate of the democracy—in private lite » gentleman—in iis legislative carcor distinguished for ability, possess- ing the highest characteristics of an efficient and power ful advocate and popular orator, crowned with wurels won by fighting the enemy rather than by wrenching them from the brows of other men; and lastly, crowned, ut the age of forty-vight ra, with a unanimous nomination, which has been hailel by the democracy with one spontaneous outburst of en- | thusiasm threughout the entire leugth and breadth of the Union. The Return of Gen, Plerce from the Mext- can War—Iiis Reception aad Speech. The following account of the reception of General Virvce on his rete from the Mexican war, is tuken f.oim a New Hampshire pape Goncon Pn. HY) Jan, 27, 1348. Acommittee was appointed to conduct Gonoral Pierce into the hall. He was accompanied by Lieut. Thomas P, Pieree, of the Ninth infant i . Mr ogiment the ceremony of introduction, General Low, the pre- sident of the day, addresse | the assembly, in an off hand manner, substantially as follows:— Fellow Citizens—You have not come here to-day to hear me speak, but to listen to the tones of him whom you have so ofter heard with pleasure avd delight. You have come to unite in patriotic and ratoful service; not to discuss any of he great po- itical subjeets of the day, or the fitness of this or that man for public office. Ours is the more agreo- able duty of paying the tribute of respect aud grati- tude to the gallant soldier who has fought the bat- tles of our country upon the blood-stained fields of | Mexico, and to tonder to him our thanks for his | serviees, and also to express our thanks for the ser- | vices of the brave men whom he has Jed in those | actions. Of the high motives, of the profound senso of honor from which he acted, I can bear witness. | After I had been informed that he had accepted a | commission 8 colonel of the New England regi- ment, I took the liberty of asking him if it was true | that he had decided to sunder the tender ties of | husband, father, and ne. up the peaceful enjoy menis and comforts of home, which he possessed in tuch an eminentdegree. He replied-—I have accept- ed of the commission. 1 could do no otherwise, 1 was pledged to doit. When I left the Senate, it was with a fixed purpose ef devoting myself exelu- sively to my profession, with the single resorvation, that if my country should become engaged ia we 1 would ever hold myself in readiness to serve be in the field, if called ue to defend her honor ant maintain hor rights. War has come, and my plight ed word must and shall be redeemed.” id ve- deem his pledge. His commission of superseded by that of brigadier general, and he | went forth with the sons of New England. Well we remember how we followed him sud his com- wand in our minds, through the poetilential vamp os of | every report which the Naw | nd Ny desireda | | gr He now | nea | | Wight they were chee | He kept Jone! was | public y i wer of lightning could | waft tous, wag sought wil avidity | anxiety from the ancertaiuty that’s of our friends Bat rtai blaek cloud rolled away battle field tay ree vealed tous. Then what admiration and astunish- | ment did we feel! There we behold wine thorsand | troops driving before them thirty thousand of the | best appointed arn or raised in Moxies. They | are pursued over ravines aud artificial ! | by the labors of 2 haadved thousand peons, by | small but gallant army, rushing oo Tine upen ti | hillupon hull, overwholwing :doubts, stor | tifleations, capturing the capital of the enem: | planting the flag of ovr counvry upoa the prine | palace. Here we seo our fricul triumphantly lead- ing on his command. But this is not all we see of | him. Wo behold the eamp after the hour of battle Lin the si- vb the wounded, We find him passing | has pasted away. We beuuld it v | lonce of night." We see the killod | and we look for our friend. unattended through the Jong line of tents, in which | were to be seon tho palid cheek and exhausted trame | of the dying soldier To minister to them is the | business of lonely rounds He visits the tenis; | he hears th last words, and receives thoir last mortal reqitests, and exponds upon is last | shilling to procure for them nec thoy could not, in such 2 place, otherwise obtain. I4 not | suck n wort (Cheers) Turning to ( | Dean suy no more, sir You | here; and now, in the name of this meeti: my own behalf likewise, Lbid you a hearty we hone to your adopted town. And in the name of all the people in every t in this Stato, Lcongrat- ulate you upon your safe retura to the eapitul of | your tative State. | Goucral Pierce now advanced to tho front of the | vovideutly laboring with | ve of which eonld well bo topics of his torei wd Mui sion ave inte we him bicth? tad in m the tone 1 eof the mos ers in the couniry, he on this thing in the pe of spe talked right owt on matters extend his audience He said, whatever had been his portion of the puiel ren AL ed iki wich aturacting such a na- aa stool bofore and Mg was on acconat of the ullaut sous, brothers, and | ef his command. take to himself the honor of | merous and excited assem! around bim. ‘Lhe | great number of 3 ly of those who live, | but of played thor devotion to | their count gn soil, A sob | specel the lings | whieh he pe i. ltogether out of | place. It would be & tion to attempt Upoa the main ivas to Lear about, he speech. ‘they wauted to hear the glorious New England vegiment, whieh wa ombled in such hot haste, | and in such hot haste met the enemy. ‘here was not @ generous or just man in the Stat bo had not pronounced in favor of thei ives. Laying aside | ull the ties of home, aad th y promises of youth | andits enjoymenis, and suliering tie partings whieh any display on such oceasions ¢ which they must be ans | press th -blood fiow ont young hearts, they re- | sponded to their country’s eull, with a high ioral purpoze that could net be execoded. 1 g tho | three weeks at Vera caused by a want of | mules and wagons for transporiation 1 dolay ag: tod by wide-spread sickness—he nover heard a | murmur frome soldier under lis command. A more cheerfa: ave boon if they dhee own happy fires Phew i eqquent oxy n read in the official | He would not dotailthem., Onathe march, dominant teoling juestion was not, who should but which os should b Tae only di wainst the enemy in ther tents, and loaging | tor the morning, which sboald bring with it the or- der to move torward to battle. New Hanshi hind no occasion for any other ng than that of pride in regard to her sons who belonged to the command 1 proved themscl yes voted, self ras well | lowed to go. forw upon claims to be firs Yt { | cord, too, was Hon- ry C el bravest end most dewrmined oldiers in the army. ‘Chere was sergeant Stowell, wo was shor, pl the hei Churu- buseo 1 tlowed he whispered to nit it T have, we LO IY peo ’ Then chere was sergeant Pike who had his log shot of in advancing along ona causeway swept by three batteries. i qi 18 Two am- t answer L know bett and when tha oO that it will stay eut.” and be lived mM Was per dle and the others vies, the prints of any other voeation; and on aecount of nee and high spirit they have proved oldiers in the fi named B inte nly per and Swett, of rly distinguished; and Captai Cady and Licut ev und Dana, of tie old tine. Nor did ho forget sergeant West, of Manchester who fell at the head of his column; and was al Concord, as there when there was any fighting to be das in mentioning the mon of New Hamp:b or of New Engiond, he would claim for them no superi ority over ot The present ny Was made up of artifie 3 y, the old army, and the new lev'cs, representing every State of the Union. and it was not in the power of man to say which had done the best service To mavy it hud been mat- ter of great surprise that the new levies had fought as thoy had done. Bur it isin the race. He would take fromthe audi before him a regiment who woulddo the 2 nianevres and in forming combinations in front of an enemy, by wheeling, countermarching, &c., old soldiers aro undoubtedly better; but w it came to clove fight- ing, as in slorming or charging, it was tho man that cid the work, and not the mainavemg; and im such work, the men who bad never before been under five or handled a bayonet, stood well side by side with the long trai. 80 Another cwuse of the suecess of our troops, new and old, was the conduct of the oflicers, who, from the highest to the lowest, led and che lou their columns. Hence the dia- proportion in the loss of officers and men. Hence the loss of that most brave and accomplished of office the ten new regiments—Colonel Ransom. ressing np—pressing up—till he was shot dead at the dof his column, The same was true of Colonel Martin Seoit, the first shot in the army—a son of New Hatwpehive. He raised himself above the protection of a wail. A brother officer hegged him not to expose himself unnecessarily He replie@—*Mariin Scott has never yet stooped. The next moment a shot passed He fell upon his buck, deliberately placed his cap upon his breast and died. Colonel Graham, after | receiving six severe wounds, continued at the head | of his men, and upon receiving a seventh through the heart, slowly drepped fiom his horse, and as he fell upon ‘the groun id—" Forward, my me my word is alway And £0 saying be died. Having refi through his hemrt. red to Licuts Foster and Daniels, and the old army, Generel Pierce had to retract opinions h rly enteriained and expressed in relat the military academy nt West Point. He was now of the opinion that the city of Mexico eould not have been ced in the way it was but for the intelligence science in military affairs of the officers of the old army, mostly from West Point. Serviecs were vendered hy the officers of the topo- grophical cogineers and ordnance which could not have heen rendered but by men who had received the most complete military education. The force the Americans had becn overrated. Only 7,500 ofiective men left Puebla to attack a city of 250,000 inhabitants, defended by 35,000 of the’ best trooy ever raised in Mexico, 100 pieces of cannon, and the finest fortifications ever raised, in addition to the natural defences of marshes and lakes. In conclusion, he said he was not here to discuss any wattere of controversy, but to meet his frionds. Yet the subject of war was necessarily ated to their consideration by the occasion. Hefure enter- ing in it, it was his belief that the war had been irresistibly pressed upon us. If he had doubted be- fore, conversations he had had with the most intelli- gent Mexicans would have confirmed him in the | opinion that the war was unavoidable on our part. four of the Mexican commissioners were in favor of the propositions eubmitted by Mr. Trist, but they were overawed by threats domonstrations of the mob in Mexico, stimulated by oppouente to the then existing government. KEyen now the puros will Ro to the last pecan against x peace. Thoy say it | js the first time within the last twenty years that they have been under any protection, They aro the nationality of Mexico in in favor of mergin; | that of the United States. They they care nothing for a nationality which has afforded them no protection in either civil or political rights. ‘Their rights are protected by American arms, Again, the course a very large number of the sees in the United States has pursued, has created obstacles to peace. Moxican papers are | | filled with articles and epeeches from the United | | States denouncing the war on our part, and justify- | ing Mexico. The Mexican editors publish them not consent to leave his home again, unless, ip case | Vera Cruz; then stop by stop te the Natonel Bridge with the remark that nothing remains to he adde! by them to make out the justice of their course to- wards the United Stst On the same that he sawin « Jalapa paper « whole page extracts | from Ameriewn papers, he saw stuck up on the tices the proclamation of General Salas to the ghorridas, ending with the warchword—*Dewth t the Yauk wihout mercy Thos was farnished fiom ow ovn country the food which fed the feroei- Y thal pu oed the army ut every turn, and caused 1 Ce rg r r who fell into their h n the oflee of the Secretary ia Mexico, extrocts from Atmorienn papers were found filed awiy Ue nl ‘ had beea used in Cam Lonth ab vericans stand together on the ontic the war, peaoe woul follow An opportunity ia now 3 vy strengthening the e party, Having ren \ his reception, General P titude for co now sat down The Reception of Gen. Prerce’s Somination at Home, PHUSIASTIC DEMONSTRATIONS IN NLW AMP. nee {¥vom the Cor H.) Petrlot, June 7tb,J As soonas it w in Concord, N. H., that Gen. Pievec Couvention, ! the citix cation. joicing tor Ven omtee of the Balsimore cy of the United States, v gratifi- rn a general res ! the speakers was a Mr, visborvugh, Gen. Pieree’s ive town. He id:— He bad but the moment fore arrived ia town from Hilishorovgh. (sus vet ewe hours sineo when j news of Gen P s nomination to the the United States, first greeted delighted fellow-townenen—the yeo old Hilisboeugh The onvouneement te touch through the hearts of flue old town ‘Vhe schoo mat tis youth, and the ane thri theten democracy oy birth place et Pravin Vi his boyhood, the of that friends of his maturer yeas, geasped evel ovbers™ hands in ni cestuey « aud called down We upon the bh of Lina in whose honors they red as n ofa hod watehed his gre » with ou brother. They imensired de- danger endured, or the | hight. They had » fier wave of popal long 3 of those ho had | #pplause benr him oowort ‘awards the proud posi lef would have ovenrod to | Hen which i u the fice of the whole him but for he president, be had | World. As divsoldier, his praises had | been more t hy tho reception he | been recorded | ry hi fo the land; and at had met, the cousciousness of duty stop of his course, lyst men had excloim= performed. He felt an ent asmient in addressing ‘His wisdom aod vi taucs have mevited it the meetibe’ thit he sould hanllyasbouat for : is lust lietins tes) mpon & noble amd | felt profoundly grateful to that Boing, who not ¢ deserving biow, and in his trinmplas we rejoice? welfare of the bumblest individual. Ho did not | Jeieed in this noaicaic the warm heart aud splendid talents of General eree had long been nized and admired shout our whole ber- vid Granite State was i tho mantle of so many to vest upon the not New Hampshire, New sturks, the Cilleys and re the patriotic detendor ihe for st in box love of ut) last received the reward be thankful that the wise dom of our Nation eution had selected Gone+ rol Pievoe for our st bearer in the campaign which had this day commence Phat be will be triumybur dential chair no one could aim of every tue mun a flagging ene until the be wecomplis Let s Preside of n wortiny the bor w Ln of our nation’s libe our glorious Union that was her due. d ly clected to the Presi- ult. Bat let is be the 13 to work with un- of eur hearts should iu to the whole world the wisuom, the virtues aod the generosity of the inn, until every boart shall be fired with the trath, und the yoiees of the whole people should come up in one prolonged shout, decluang Branklin reo, of New Hampshire, to be the next President of these United States. (Loud cheers.) Dusing all thistime, the town bells bad been i santly—their chimes being now and intervals, partially broken to the ear by the booming ofcavnon from the billin rear of the State House. ‘There were 252 guns fired—one in boner of ench inember of the conve on who voted for General Prove { for that remarkably persevering freud of Mr. Dickinson, whose vote wes cast for his faverite cundidate up to the last. balloting, solitary and alose, with one or two ex- 5S ceptic The artillery urrangements were under tho speci root Lieutenants Jease A Gove ive, Col. John Stickney, Capt JW i Mesers Underwood, Jas. Ordway, C. on, Avdrew Powell, John Foss, Hii uston, and Chas BF, Webster. Pyrotechnics succeeded tne close of the meeting in the State House yard, and any quantity of rockets wore fired off . i j vemiles ul other exple 3 to avextcnt loudly demon tates ofa disponsatione ps on lie part of (hai patrow of young. dein racy at large, Hon. 8B Baker At to clock, und by goucral consent, the rejoic~ eS were brought to a elose pro tem; bub, on they will come out ma more &, i With no wore hearite impossible under preparation. OF course. w © prepared to Lute the proceedings of y's tnceting, and publish them in on Fri ‘Vis demonstration w an ex tempore afaiy, gotten w uotice or prepara- tion. Tew ion of the feel- inge of the bs con this most gral fying event. The rece the news of General Pierce’: + the whole town ina bis t that moment up to the adjournment of the meeting, that oxe nt continued un Tho assemblage in the andthe greatest enthu- rised its proccedings tothe end. Joy beamed frem every counteunnee; all seomed to feel acd apy distinguished honor conf ‘ost eminent. 8or lon tis the certain prelude to mpbant election. And such will be found to be the cause throughout the State; and the gallant, and true-hearted detuceiacy of New Hampshire, in their heartfelt joy at this event, return their greatfal thanks to their wrethren throughout the Union, for the honor thus done them, the confidence thas re- pored in them: and the country needs no guarranty that that confidence is worthily bestowed. Cur Washington Correspondence. Wasninaton, June 7, 1852. The Dercvatic Cantidate—His Position, Prin ciples, and Prospects The Old Fogies Laid Out, and Young America Dished--The Nomination tn the Capitl--Prospects of the Campaign—Tye Whig Ticket and Platform--Captain Scott and WW. Seward. The congratulations among all the various squade, cliques, and factions of the democratic politicians and office-seekers in Washington, in regard to the nomination of Franklin Pierce, are highly amusing. Old fogies and Young America, Northern hnnkers, barnburners, and free soilers (some of them), in- ternal improvement men and strict constructioniats, tariff and anti-tariff men, Southern State rights men and Southern Union men, finality men and se- ceesionists, Cass men, Buchanan men, Marey men, Douglas men and Butler men, Housten men, Lane men, Dickinson 1en and non-interventionists, free farm mon and flihusters, appear to be equally charmed with the wisdom and sagaeity—tho Pro- vidential wisdom and sagacity of the final choiee of the Baltimore There never was anything like it} fore--there never can be any- thing like it again We apprehend, bowever, that for all practical 1 a and according to the classification of young America in the Democratic Review, there is more hide-bound strict constructionist, or old in the United States, or out of the United nklin Pierce, excepting William R. King. According to the record of the House of Jeproventatives and the Senate, Cave Johnson him- seli has not been a more vigilant wateh-dog of the Treasury than Franklia Picico. He stands reconted as going far ahead of Uld bd and Van Buren in the limitation of the powers ef Congress to spend the public money. By reference to the Congres- sional Globe, from 1837 to 1342, it will be seen that there is abundant evidence to show that General Pierce, out-and-out, stands Opposed to river and harbor corrupt and rascally bi), ine ed pposed to all rotten and rascally Western railroad speculations withthe public lands. Oppered to a high speculative protective tariff, under any disguise. Opposed to the corrupt distribution of the proceeds of the public domain among the States. Opposed to all useless or partial steamship mono- polies, and all corrupt contracts for the establish- ment of new lines of ocean mail steamers. Such are the old fogy doctrines of Franklin Pierce. Bills for railroads, rivers, and harbors, which were approved by ( Jackson, were o; and voted agninst by Franklin Pierce, as anti and extra constitutional measures. If Yor America is tatisfied with such a candidate, surely the old fogics have no right to complain, ut Low will this democratic ticket do? The Vresidential candidate is taken from New Hamp- shire. Nothing is gained there; while almost ne fair man from New York or Pennaylvania won! have secared, at least, one of those great States. ‘The Vico President is trom Alabama. Nothing is gnined there ; whereas, a good man from such a Bo” doubtful State, at best, as North Carolina, or Ten- nesece, might have been counted upon as the evar ain of albed the one or the other of those States. Thus the most important States to be gained i the North aad in the Xonth are teft completely expored to the popularity of Gen. Scott. But, again, in the