Mr. Polk A Slaveholder

The charge agninst Mr. Polk of being a Duellist, and of haring killed his man, is now abandoned by the Whig papers, and he is stigmatized ns a "cowardly, nosetweaked candidate," because when heset on a rartain occasion in Congress by some armed souihern ru(fians,he did not fight. This aflair ihose who are interesfed can senle to their tasie. We are not acquainted with lis deta.ls. Fogjftr part, we think a quarrel some contentioifejadling character whorepeatedly tries to kill liiigor.ist with d"adly wenpons, is quite as undeserving of public support for the Presidency, as a peaceable, harmless, timfcJ man. who quarrels with none. But we prefer a candidate who is neither coward nor bully - one i:who daresdo all that dolh become a man!" But we took our pen to eay that so far as we have seen, the allegation that Mr. Polk sa Slaveholder, is not denied by auy person haHng competent knowledge of the facts. The Free Press quotesa retraction of thts charge from the Boston Morning Cbronicle, which retraction we cannoi find in that paper. The article of the Free Press is extensively copied, and we beheve tells a story contrary to the truih. The last number of the Cnronicle lias the following items:Poi.k's Connection with Sr.AVEHY.The Polks ore among the largest slaveholders of the Soath. Lucius. the brother of James K.,marrrd a Iarfy who owned two thousand of these chntiels. James K. w idso he oioner f a great numl.tr. whoin he hires out through the State, bargaining wnh the emploxera for so much a year, genernlly from $100 10 $150, with board,' clothin;, and pnyment of the doctor's bi. The first is posiuve- the otherdepends on the pleasure of the employer. - Pitslmrgh American. We suppose Leónidas Polk. the splendid slave holding bishop of the south-wcst, is of the Bame family. - Bost. Chronicle. So it seems that the free voters of this Union are offered their choice between fur candidates tor the Presidency, threeoi whom areconfeaeedly living down the foundation principies ol Republicanism and Christianity!Oí?3 A Detroit correspondent of the Jast Signal of Liberty annonnces the conversión of the Hou. Ross Wilkine, U. S. Districr Judge of Michigan, to the poütical abolition or 'Liberty Party." Judge Wïlkins hns heretofore been a leading and nfluential member of the Locofoco paity, by whom the loss of so able and eloquent an advocate will be severe]y felt.-Det. Adv. O Bishop Onderdonk, of Philadelphia, of the Episcopal Church, ia about to reaign, ostensibly on account of his health. but the Baptist Advócale says the true reason is, that he is inordinaie y addicted to the uso of spirituous liquors - thai he is a frequenter of the bars of hotels and steamboats, and after drinking copioualy, has committcd indiscretionswhich have disgraced the sacred office. Henee the clergy of his own denominaiton in a body have requeted him to resign.