American Iffliiiitto:. ' '■ ’ ' -S' ' 1 ■ ' '■ ' ' • BY. JOltN B, B&ATtON. VOii. Election Proclamation. ■ | WHEREAS' in'and by an attt of the Generali Assembly of.theCominonwealth of Pennsyl-1 vania, An act’rotating to’the elections of (his CommoqWe’ajdi,” of July, ' D. 1839, it; is, made tlio ’duiy.of ilie Shlifm .of every county within this Commonwealth*-to give: public notice of ,lhe General. Elections, and in such notice to enumerate:, :• , , . • [ 1. The officers lo ; be elected. - | 2. Designate the place at which the election is* to be held.- '-, 1 1 James Hoffbo, High Sheriff of the county of; Cumberland, do hereby make known and give this; public notice tb lhd electors of the county of Cum- 1 berland, that on the Second Tuesday of October, i ni-xt, (being the lt}th day oftliojmohlti',) a Gene-1 hd Election will he hold at the'several election 1 tlislricls established , by: lavv. in said county, at,, tvbich time they will Vote hy.ballot for llio several oflicors hereinafter named, »ylz; • .1; ONE!PERSON , ■ for Governor of liin S>n U-'pfi Pennsylvania. ' ONE PERSON ' for Canal Cornmissjoner of the Stale of Pennsyl vania. ■ ■■ • * 1 ■ ” ■ ' ■ - ■ ONE PERSON in represent thfc counties of ( 'Cumberland and Perry, in the Senate of Pennsylvania. TWO PERSONS tn represent tho couiily of. Cumberland in the House uf Representatives l jjf Pennsylvania. , >#ON(SPKRSON for TaMsiifcr of Cumberland. ' /' ONE PERSON . for Commissioner of Iho county of Cumberland. ' D*NK PERSON;. for Dircclof of* Ihn Poor and of the House of Em ployment of tbo comity, of Cumberland* , ONE,PERSON Inr Auditor to settle tho public* accounts of* tlio bounty of (Cumberland. • Tlio said election will bo bold throughout tliti ttountyvas follows t ' - - The election in lh« election district composed of Iho Uorougli of Carlisle, and tlio townships of N. Middleton, South Middleton, .Lower Dickinson, Lowci Frunkford, and West IVnnsborouoli, Will y lie held at the,-Court House, in the Borough of ** Carlisle* .... The election.in the election district composed of Silver Soring township, will he held-at the.public house of George Dueyf in HogestoWtl, In. said township. Ay an Xct of the General Assembly, passed the fllsi day of April, A. D.‘ 1840, the election ih the election district composed of. Hampden toWnship, Will bo iiold at the house now occupied by Henry Jlrf-sslor, in said township* By the same act Iho plectjon In the election dis- Ipct composed.of Lisburn and a part of Alien toWu sliip, known as the Lisburn dlsiHUI, shall hereaf ter hold tllelr elections at the public house now, occupied by John G. Hock, is Lisburn* * . Tim election In (be election district CortipoSoij of . ivist (Vnnsborough township, will bp -hold at tiio puLVto Uouho now occupied by Samuel Rennlngor* flt (he west end of the Harrisburg bridge. The election in the election district’ composed of NeW Cumberland, Will be held at tlio public house of Lewis Ybung, in the RpfoUgh o! New Cumber* land, ' Tho election in (lie district composed of that part of Allen township, which election was heretofore held at tho public house of Win. Hnghps; in the Dorough of New Cumberland, will ho hold at the Tenant* House of Ocorgo Deck, now occupied, by Hubert Coffey, in sold township. Tho election in the district composed of that;port of Allen township, not Included in the New Cum* liefland, Unorgo Heck and. Lisburn election dis tricts, will beheld at .tho public house of David SheaftW, in.&hepherdstown, in said township. The election in the district composed of tho Bo rough of Mcchnnicsburg, will he held at the public Wise of John Hoover, in said Borough. Tho election in tho district composed of Monroe township, will be. held dl (he public house of John Paul, in Churchtpwn, in said township. Tho election In tho district composed of Upper Dickinson township, will be held at tho houso of I’liilip Weaver, in said township. The election In tho district Composed of the Bp fough of NcWvllle, and townships of Mifllin, Up per Frankfort!, Big Spring, and that partof.Novv- Um township, not included in the Leesburg elec tion district hereinafter mentioned, will ho held nl tho Brick School House In tho Borough of Now ville. Tho election in tho district composed of Hope well township, will bo held at the School House In Newburg,inlaid township. Tho election in the district composed of tho Bo- Tough of Shipponshurgr, Shtppenshurg township, Jim pan of Southampton township, not Inclu d'd in tho Leesburg election district, will ho held »t ibu Council Hopsc, in the Borough of Shippcns liurjj. And in and hy an act of. tho General Assembly ?f this Commonwealth, passed the 2d July. 1839, 11 is thus provided, “Thai the qualified electors of pints of Newton and Southampton townships in . 10 county of Cumberland, hounded by tho follow l‘l2 Hites and distances, viz: Beginning at the Adams county line, thence along the lino dividing jhc townships of Dickinson and Newton to.the turnpike road, thence along said turnpike, to Ccn- Jro.bchool House on said turnpike, in Sorilhamn on township, thence to a point on the Walntll B<3 oin road at Heybuck's, including Jleybuqtfi fitrm, lp noo a straight directly to tho Saw Mlllbelong /!* lo tho heirs of George Clever, thonen along yysher’s run to the Adams county, line, thnnCc . 0n ? the lino of Adams county to Che plndo of bo- Ruining, bo and tho same is hereby declared a now nd separate election district, tho election to bo held I I tlu public house of WlJUam Maxtfoll, In Lecs rS* Southampton township. Notice la- hereby given, j, ‘Uial every person, excepting Justices of the _ e «cc,.\vho shall hold any office or appointment of I oU or trust under the United States, or of lids iato, or nny city or incorporated district, whether ‘ oinimasionod officer or otherwise, a.subordinate j * c ® r 0r agent, who is or shall bo employed un . 1,10 legislative, execuiivo, or judiciary doparl anv • l^9 or oh tho United Slates, or of H-f, cu y or of any incorporated district, and also j .°. Ver y member ofi Congress , and of the Slalo ' gWaturo, and of the Select or Common Council (li ‘jycny.or commissioner of any incorporated j n „ 'PI’, 1 ’, lj y law iucapablo of holding or exercis ing 1 • 0 Bmne time, tho office or appointment of tJom°' ln3 P c °tnr, or clerk of any elections of this and that no inspector, judge or H lPn Huc * l election shall bo eligible lobe lathi?/* 10 ! Ba y act Assembly entitled an actre juI V 01 ?* unt * o, }B of this. Commonwealth', passed ‘Ti * , 9 ‘ further provides as follows, to.wits tlio m ,nl . Inspectors and judges shall meet at lion * places appointed for holding the elec* l„i,, r . ‘ r ,n districts to which they rospoclivoly bo- Tues,i, ur J 9 o’clflck 0 ’ clfl ck in the morning of the scoond shall a y • Ool °hor, and each of said inspnoiors v ou. r «F 9 ° ln , 1 v on ° olerk, who shall !bo a qualified III 0 ’ «*ucb district,,. ! . P otson who shall have received ihe "ghost number of votes for inspector, shall I not tend on tho day oi* any election, then tlio per fcon-who shall have received the second, highest | number of votes for judge at the next proceeding election, shall act as an inspector in his place. And !in case tho person who shall have received the highest nltmner of votes for inspector shall not at tend, the persbn'cleclcd judge shall'appoinl an Im* speetbr (n his place; and in case the person elec* Lied ajudgebhajl not attend, then tho Inspector who received the highest number, of votes shall appoint a judge-in his place; or if any vacancy shall ddri; tinue in the board for the .space of o.nu hour aftef the time,fixed byjaw for the opening of the elec tion, the qualified voters of the township, Ward or district fot vVhiSh such officer shall have been elec* ted, present.at the place of election shall elect one of their number to fill such vacancy. Vlt slfatl be.the duty of the several assessors, re spectively to-attend at the place of holding every general, special or township election, during tho .whole time said election is kept open, fur the pur pose of giving information to the inspectors and judge when called on, in relation, to-the right of any person assessed by them to vole at such elec lion, or such other matters in relation to the assess ment pf voters ns the said inspectors or either of them shall from time to time require. No persnn'shall be permitted to vote at any | election ns nforcsatd, than a white freeman of the age of twenty-one years or more* who shall have resided in tills State at least one year, and in the election district where he offers to vote at least ten days immediately proceeding such flection, and within two years paid a state or county tax, which shall have been assessed at least ten days before the.election. * But a citizen of the United Stales who lias previously been a qualified voter, of this elate, and removed-therefrom and returned, and who shall have resided in the clection dislricl and paid taxes aforesaid, shall bo entitled to’vote after residing in this state six months. Provided, That the white freemen, citizens of the United States between the'ages of uventy*ono and twenty-two years, and have resided in the election district ten] dflys ns aforesaid, shall bo entitled to vole, although thby shall hoi have paid taxes’* “No person shatl.bo admitted to vote Whose name is'nbt Contained,in the list of taxable Inhab itants furnished by the commissioners, unless, First* he produce a receipt for Iho payment, within two years, ofasialo or county tax .assessed agree ably to.the constitution, und give, saiisfactpry.evi* dencc either on his own oalh or a(firmation*.or the oath oialfinnalion of another that he has paid such a tax, or on failure to produce a receipt, shall make bath to the payment thereof, or Second, if he claim a right to vole by being an elector between theago of twenty-one ami twenty-two years, he shnll de pose on oath or affirmation, that lib hits resided in the slate ni least one year next before his applica tion, and make such.proof of residence in the dis trict as is required by this and that, ho docs .verily believe, from the accounts given him that he is of the ago aforesaid* and give such other evi dence as is required by this act, whereupon the name of the person' so admitted to vote.shall be in scried in the alphabetical list by the inspectors and n hotq made opposite'thereto by writing the .word “lax;** if lie shall bb admitted lo,yole by reason of lin’vipg paid tax, or the. Word u .agq M if he shall bo admitted to vote by reason of such ago shall be called out ib Mlc Clerks, Who. shall mako llie, like notes.in tho lists Of. Voters kept by tllein. “ ; In at! cases whore, the name of the. person claiming to vole is found on tho list furnished by the commissioners and assessor* or his right to Vote whether found thereof! of not, is objected to by any qualified citizen, it shall bo the duty of (he in spectors to examine slidh person on oath as to his qualifications, and. if he Claims to have resided within the stale for ono year’of itfdrbi tils oath shall be sufficient proof thereof, hut shall make proof by at least one competent witness, Who shall be u c|unlified elector, that lie has within the district (br.moro than ten days next immediately proceeding said election, and shall also Himself swear that, his buna fide residence, in pursuance of his lawful, calling, Is within'the district, tind that he did not remove into said district for the purpose of voting therein* “ Every person qualified as aforesaid, and who shall niukti due proof, if required, of his residence and payment of taxes, as aforesaid, shall bo admitted tu Vulc in the township, ward, or district, in which ho shall reside.. « Ifany person shall prevent or attempt to prevent any officer of any. election under this act, from hold, ing such election, o t uso or threaten any violence to uhy such,officer, or shall Intcnupl or improperly iiilcrfcro with him in tho execution of his duty, or shall block up tho window or avenue to any window where (ho sumo may bo holding, or shall riotously disturb tile pcaco at such election,-or shall Use or practice any intimidating threats, force or violence, with design to Influence unduly or overawe any or to prevent, him.from voting or to restrain t|io freedom of choice, such person on conviction shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars and bo imprisoned for any time not less than three nor more than twelve months, and ifit shall bo shown to court, whero tho trial of such offence shall bo had, that tho person so offending was not a resi dent of tho city, word, district, or township where the said offence, was committed, and not entitled to vote therein, then on conviction, he shall bo senten ced to pay a fine of not-less than ono hundred, nor more thnn ono.thousand dollars, and bo imprisoned not less than,six months nor more than two years. «* If any person or persons shall make any bet or wager upon iho .result of ,any election within this Commonwealth, or shall offer to make any such bet or wager, cither by verbal proclamation thereof, or by any written or printed advertisement, challenge lor Invito any persons to make such bet or wogor, upon conviction thereof* ho or they shall forfeit and pay three times the amount so bet or to bo bet. •h |f nny person not by law qualified* shall frtidii lontly vote at any election in this commonwealth, or boinjf otherwlscqualiflcdf shall vole out ofhls proper district, of Ifany person knowing tho want of such qualification, shall aid or procure sUch person to Vote, tho person offending* shall on Conviction* bo fined in any slim not exceeding two hundred dollars, and bo Imprisoned for any term nolcxcoodlng throe months. '‘•lfany person shall Vote at more (hart one election district*or otherwise fradnlcntly vote more than ontfo on tha same day/of shall fraudulently fold and dc liver to tho inspector two tickets together with the Intent illegally to vote, rise and procure another so to do* ho or they offending shall on conviction, bo fined in any si/mnol less than fifty not more mart five, hundred dollars, and bo Imprisoned for arty Ccrpi’ Wot loss than three nor more than twelve mtfntiis. > Ifany person not qualified to vole in this Common wealth, agreeably to law, (except the sons ofaualifl od citizens,) shall appear at any pln’M of election for tho purpose of Issuing tickets or of influencing tho citizens qualified to vote, ho shall on conviction, for feit and pay any sum exceeding one hundred dollars for every such offence, end bo imprisoned for any term not exceeding three months* - Agreeable to tho provisions pfllto sixty-first section ofsuid act, every General and Special Election shall bo opened between thd hours of eight and ton In the forenoon, and shall continue without interruption or adjournment until seven o'clock in tho evening, Whort the polls shall bo closed* •* 'And Iho Judges of tho respective districts afbro. •said- are by the said act required to mcol at the Court l!o .sc r in Iho Borough of Carlisle, on ,the third day »lto.• li.. ..W election, being Friday Hi. 16.1. duy of October, llion und iboro to perform iho things ro. lliy band ot Carlisle, this I2ll( day of A, D. HOFFER, Sheriff Carlisle. Aug. 2C, 18-17. • , . Tito Poston Whig.had the fallowing old filßltion oil Federal paragraph t ‘ .. ■> Wo tiro wiltoHy carrying on a war of and oppression, In whiph our very snooo.a mulllpV llio wrongs tyo do. Tito first movement ofllto next |:SETTEMpR g ■ 1847. ses&tibf fcongfiijJß should be to acknowledge the tru » flf Mr * Corwin’s groat nioraUposition, and to once this unjust war;’* ;* > , * is Mr. Corwin’s “great moral position!” in his own words, as fol **?S9. U n,UBI °ll your army back, you musL un lesB|you.aio willing to bo.thought a robber, ah inva dbroryour neighbor vou must recall that army. 1 If your^T^® Bl ®® o ! ftsks .of mo men and money to prose cuJa, , 0 Y ar * w God’s assistance and my own poor °bilit|dB, ho shall have neither men nor 'money to prospouto any purflpso?” • <£ Trti.tben is the groat njoral position of tho Fed- the position of their groat leader and expounder, Mr. Wobbler, who would not appropriate a dbflfr for tile defence of his country “ if iho ene my Wjj'o battering dbwn the N walls of Uio Capitol this position that party have occupied in all paEt v The Leopard iicvcr changes its spots any tho Ethiopoan docs his skin.- - . Imtbo.war of 1812, the Federal party hoped that tho American soldiers would leave - their bones to blcaqhju'ponthc Canadian sands. A Federal Whig clcrs|nan of Ogdcnsburg, a short Time since} ox presses himself as follows: ’ hope that Gen. Taylor and all his ahny will bo irillpd, or die of disease in Mexico* and liovcr set thoir .feol upon Amcricansoil again.” That (hero aro good and true republicans among Iho rnnlrlnd file of tho Whig parly wo fchfccrfblly adrfiit; Wo bog. them to look upon the pictures wo lyivo presetted, and then asklbcmselvcswbethcr they will long£Y£ally under tlioibanhcr of old fashioned Fed cransrajv | fKtaccnawmifl* THE BItACIC VOMITI Our, (florid Bradbury,-.tho %t Ex-French Editor*’ of tliq Cincinnati Sunday News; lolls a capital story on another 1 friend of ours, Denis (Corcoran, (he present Irish Editor of the Now* Orleans Delta. Wo have but. to .ijomark that we believe every word of it!— Here, is .the story. . This'lasLstage ofilio yellow-fever—‘•gcnera/ly sig nificant;qf- the separation of (he soul from tho body —hits most awful meaning in those Southern re* gions where tho terrible malady has held sway, and has subdued its millions of.victims. Tho first indi cation o|**‘‘ black vomit” in>a yellow feVer palicutjs a most ,‘distinct intimation • to (he friends of the afflicted that it is their duly to prdbttro a ''.wooden surlout,'{land - make other funeral-arrangements as speedily tas possible. Tho most extraordinary case of “ black vomit” wo ever heard of, or that ever camo linger our.ubscrvolion, occurred in New. Orleans during tho epidemic of the Bummcr.oflB-U» . . Ouroldfricml and associate, Denis Corcoran; hott one of tlie-cditors of tho*New Orleans Delta “afcl ’ low.'of. infinite jest,” and u “wild Irishman” into tho was caught with a pain both in the head nnd tho back, and was laid upas a most decided sathple of the yellow fever victim. For three days and ntalrtf he strugglcd willi Ihe .CQemy ,but in-vain. The efioriß oflns medlcbl:attcndantawoTO'l>fini,cd— no medielho could bo mado to operate upon his sys tem, and ho waß-finally-givomsipklas.a “gone coon.” The fact was annouriccd ’■ •* Well,” said Denis,speaking ns distinctly Os pos* siblo under Ids extreme weakness, “i’m satisfied; if you are ; but if I'd had decent diet and occasional - julep, or a sup of brandy and water, during the last three days, I'd been well before this time,” . A half hour passed away—Denis lay in a state of semi-torpor. his dissolution momentarily- expected, when, by accident, ho happened to bo left entirely, alone, three or four of his friends and (he attending physician being in (ho adjoining room—tho door ajar i —-and (ho nttrso having stolen away for somd orliclc I necessary- in her vocation.. Denis raised Jiinjseifj half delirious, and consequently, nearly, ns strong in the paroxyism os when in perfect good hdalth. “That’s it!” exclaimed ho,in a whisper,discover ing an old-fashioned ink bottle on tho manllo piece— “ that’s it—l’ll get a drink now.” Ho staggered towards it, raised it to his lips, arid greedily drank tho entire contents. Hd had hardly time to totter, back to tho bed, ond hide himself be neath tlio bed-clothes, when the nurse ro-dppeared. Five minutes elapsed, when tho patient commcnc- , cd tho process of vomiting ond purging in the most violent manned It was tho clearest cose of the “ block vomit.” “Good Heavens!” ejaculated tho .doctor, “did anybody ever see any thing so black as that? He’s gone now, sure.” Denis camo very nigh kicking tho.bucket, but ho didn’t—ho laid over os some thought, to die, but fell into a sort of sleep which kept him busy for about an hour, when ho awoke. “Bless mo,” said tho physician, “you arc much better—you are much belter—you are beyond danger —you are bound to recover. “Thai’s what I thought,” said Denis, “eversince I got that drink.” “ What drink?” “A drink from that bolllo on tho mantic-ploco there. ’ I reckon you’ll not find much’loft in it.” Tho doctor rushed tp tho bottle; it was empty* bnt the label dpon ?t read thus i - SnperAiie Record Ink* Manufactured by iIOGAN & THOMPSON/ >I^LADEI-r/fiA k . ~ . Although Iho doctor’s medicine,‘ or tlio m’cdiclno of somebody else, operated much sooner, and much more effectually, than was expected, it is undoubted, ly the most extraordinary oaao of “ black vomit”, on record, tfo are mains to do honor to. himself, and tho.editorial corps of which ho is a brlghlund shining light. But ho is very careful that the bottles ho has occasion to use are hot labelled “Black Ink.”; .; A TOUCH >UN. . A Southern paper tolls'tho following Munchausen, loh story, which, if“ not hid to Hike," is certainly hnrd to digest. Wo Imvu swallowed soino tough 'uns in our day, but tho author of this could giro on anaconda “six," and then throw Min into fits.”— Whore’s Sam Ilido 7 Many years ago a settlor on tho Macon started one day on a hunting excursion, anti after travelling about half n day. killed u noble boar. Ho then throw thu boor and gun over his shoulder, end Blurted home ward. Alter-walking about four miles ho became very much fatigued, and' concluded/to stop and take an hour’s rest, Ho dropped XJrWn on the ground, laid lifer gun by tho side of the boar, and retired to a log some fifteen'or twenty steps off, and laid down to sleep. After sleeping about half an hour ho awoke, and Was sfarltod at ftndjn'g u ftifocioiA pUhef btotwcoij, him and his gomt. Yfrhaf rtas he to do? ; HAconh i hot gel at his guri for tho panther* Cut m flw very onorofy' and fVonXy of despair, ho staffed to h and met tho bha.j m Kh iprh.gr ™ arm down tho throat of the , isij.itl.or. through sntf (hroffgh him—caught him l*y .|Jo out I— heavy jerh. and turned the h0,,.1 J " Jct If any of nur outcinporarics doubt in > thou, tell us so, Wo-voB-.tll.opapcn-J To pouring hoi ""‘“J “''Xu, - pul Ihcm Inlo glass or Ilium ,wlh a coarse° „ an ,| Caslen thceorlia wllh oarlhoujiirs.oorli llion 1 1 i|, o Jars in n 1 kettle wire or siroug ,tw >“ “ „ U.u ea k. and hull Ihu wa or, eevo „g Ihem “ 1 oxpcl | cd (Wd.o wnior inilil th« f. m |ip (i s ht wllli wax.—[ Jars, after ,wh “! , WB , P r otaln lliblr original' ?“ 401 ' 0 ufaTont yas -lollc y iuu,, whan oonhed In liy m.rer ii ( x mouths or .year uMr bb. g °,u 1 dp, a. If just' tulicn- from tho freed.' Prom tlio New York Olilorvo'r; •TcfTcradn’* House,'Death, Orave } & Monument. On the summit that commands this enchanting yiow, the mansion was built by Jefferson it’licH ho had wealth to lavish on his cultivated taste. The house is a hundred feet long, and of peculiar.fdhn qnd proportions—you enter a wide and lolly Imfl tliul was .once adorned with IhcftorkdofarltvhibH he had selected with d tnaslct’a skill in the high places'of the earth; then yoll pass on to tho spacious dining room*with polished inlaid iloor j, then lo his library l and study; and parlors j ascend this flight ofislatfs; not wide enough for more than one to walk up at a i time, and jotl find the chamber where he died on the 4il» of July, 1826. The lied was Iff ti reCcss; llio ends of which sustained tWo cross pieces and on these was thrown thfa ulrttlress on.which he lald himsclf la'l die! .It vVas tho gloomiest place—that dead room— that I was ctar Ini llifero was the strangest gather ing'of thoughts; crowding on each other and each |claiming to be the truo;emotion for. the hbitf.aml spot 1 thought of- liberty and revolutions: of hu" hiaH gfoaln.bfii.ohd glory: of philosophy and religion and infidelity and death and hereafterof tho soul ofn mighty marf struggling with the fetters of flesh and rushing away with them into the darkness ofah untried future,-into the presence of the Infinite, in. whom tho wisdom ofmen anti fff angels ia.losfasV , drop ihai falls on the ocean j bufore whom the soul 1 of-th^ unholy shrinks away and finds the niffs’of limnin glory and tho fig'leases of. philosophy to he no covering when the eyo of tho Holy One .searches tho spirit—such thoughts as these pressed on me us I stood in the chamber whence the soul of fled to Judgment, 'f lio mansion now ov\;ficd by,Cu|it; [.Levy, is falling into decay i it.was Sold ond all ‘the j furniture, for Ills crcditois, Jefferson-having dic'd in solvent, and almost the. only.relic left of,the man tvhOsq game Is Identified with'' hift country)? lusjory as a devoted patriot, and-a distinguished. President, is a bust of Voltaire, which stands here as n sort of tutelar divinity of this deserted and' dilapidated lioiiftc; • ‘ ■ ■ . As ydu dcscchu the mountain; you pass an cnclo fihre willioul a gate, that contamslho grave of Jed'-' erson—and a more neglected, wretched burial place yoii will seek in vuin. If Campbell's “last man” had been burled here; he fcbulll not havo been IcsS eared for.- • , , The wife of Jeflersoh, lorn from him by death” teW ycarfl after lbeif*car/y Guaffioge, lies here. A granite obelisk, battered much by democratic pilgrims, hut without name or epitaph, is doubtless the monument of Jefferson. It was herb .placed tiy his 03tqchltrr, and thc panel on which was to bo in scribed the epitaph which ho. wrote ibr himself, has never been inserted In the,slope* X was told ihnt.lt is lying with the iron gates designed Tor the enclo sure; on the hanks of, the rlv'cr \vhcro they wore lan. ded, uncf lhat.nb' rftatt has troubled lilmsulf.to see that they ever reached their destination.* . I mention these fuctallmt those who would honor 'tho memory of -the Apostle of Ifemocrncy may stir IhcmstWes to pay rbspect to his.ashes, and those who do not respect his name and his principles, may see i how both are esteemed in the region of his homo and his tomb; * * By a Into Virginia papof ii appcrits.lhst the epi taph was inscribed off a niarbfc (übfei width fs pfe* •crdcdJn ilfdnsion, +' EPITAPH, frero lies' btfrfcd Thomas' ;: Author of tho Declaration of Independence; Of tho Statute bf Virginia for Religious Freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia.’ TUB PHENOMENON t> P iftiOSTt Tho remark is Frequently made that “there will bo no frost to-night for it is too cloudy.’*. A corres pondent thus explains this phenomenon,’oO Hi miliar to all, but tho why and the wltbfci'dto of ivljicli few have taken the trouble id ascertain. ' ’ i All.bodies omit host in proportion aif flrey 6’6'rtfalVi it Two bodies of.?qut)ltemperature .placed beside each other will mutually give and. receive,equal quantities of hont; therefore one wifi not gnlnf'o'flfid other. But a piece bl' icb placed in a wafiif rrtbVn will rcccivo much more houl from fhc surrounding objects.limn it imparts; it will tlieroforo gain in the temperature and melt. The earth during the. day receives much more heat from the sun than it im parts to surrounding space In the same time. But during a: clear night, the surface of the earth is con stantly, parting with Its. heat, and receiving none; tho consequence is, that it becomes so co|d lhaf the humidity contained in the surrounding air becomes condensed, attaches itself to objects in tho form of dew, hi the same manner that a tumbler or a pitcher containing cold water “sweats,” as it is called in a hut day—the surface is cooled bylho water, and this surface condenses the humidity of the contiguous air.. Iflho surface of tlio earth, after tho formation of dew, loses heat enough to bring it to the freezing point, the dew becomes frozen and wo have a trosl. But if it bo clomiyi the heal radiating from tho earth will bo received by the.clouds, and hy them tho greater portion of it will he returned fo the earth; thus the surface of the earth very nearly retains its temperature, which not only prevents a frost, but almost always prevents oven (ho forlnallun of flew. Vdtliie iCnT Alnuo of Time* \VW M time/ A frtfg'mirtl Mfoktn off from the endless vast, upon which Eternity gazes with Intense solicitude—an isolation, singly pooled Dpqn the will of Omnipotence* a Waiting - with trp.mWfuff, anrficfy, tho mighty flat which shaft place it 6b6k ogam* with all its attendant consequences, upon the gloomy taid whence.it came.* Th'6 periodical rtfanlfcatatfo'rt of an unassooiated integral pf measureless duration, separated for a brief space from iU original putpnity, and for purposes beyond the kcn of niind, placed in independent revolution. In appliance, a drop of di vino media, taken from tho fountains of Eternal grace, in which' glitters arid glows, like the bow of promise upon the bosom of the tempest, an illumina ted pathway, planted by the hand of Morey, for im mortality's escape from the bondage ofain and death. If, minutes properly valued, are gold-drops lipon the steam ofTimo, wisdom gathers and improves—folly gazes and neglects. And lie who passes through life without enriching iho storehouse of his mind with the glorious wealth.thus placed within his roach, goes not only ft beggar to'tils grave in tho sight off men, but appears a pauper also, in the jn'cscncp ol his God* I r - FioKtino Yankkk.— lii Iho Amerjiart vraf,n Jtew ' York trader was chased by a rtmifi french prfvntoer, : wiST-TS 1 itoacl ovory solioiMion 1° loud,» liptid, us being cun frury ro i-r.o.U lend., kept wrfkm* bockivard. i 'Xj i, on llio deck, withoirf unjr npporopllei r, loiYrfSf tho hpvlp ß oppro»chod olo»c to cofill rfhmportlon to hoald ivoo nmnlleotod IIJI tlii I Fro no I. rfhfcll wan very .don pot hi execution;end kcH. kofriff ph, tho look-out, iftioxprctedFy loiv.rde 11l first uinn (hot jumped on btaorl / JSd (iropidine him foroihly by tho oollur,onolly piiid, „ pv/oiid, thou hoot 110 binlnc liero, ul tlio .uiuo time lioiatintf.llhu °tor tho .h’r|i'« .hip. ' , Qnn oftho most extraordinary shots on record, bovr llm Ch»rl«Hton-(V«.) Free Press; is related in a Ivtler liDiii tip olfieor nllnchcd to the urmy, In u friend in JHlVrmm emVnly; The shot wniftopdo try dno of the Holdiurs. ul Chinn,'who was doing doty as a sentinel. A Mexican approached. him ul night, riding a mule, lending followed,by a dog. The sentinel hulled him,’and not rpdol'vVng tin answer, 1 fired. -Thb MtoxVbanway severely wounded, blip imdo killed,Dio olhor woidVdod.anq the dog kill ed., The batVldgo conVulhed'ji bull udU'lhruJ. |»Ubk* MVibtV bO dial Cudh ono look olivet . . MK VICAN WHIGGERY, ."Ariib'Hg tllb btbeK .nlftltfeli : received from Mexico by (ho steamer Fasliidnj IKb New Orleans Picayune publishes aH Article from a Mexican papbf, entitled MstanddnlH , U'i Chlnlicdietl published ; at San Luid Potosi* from which we extract the subjoined para*' graphs.-, 'i'hcy. arc nearly erjila] to some of the dia. tribcsof tlio federal press b'f (ills fcditfllfy,'against tlic war! ’ ‘ “ Peace with the odious Americans! Peace witn dUr.nSsußslns and hangifteh! .Peace wllh lhdslate dealers and the authors of infernal crimes! Peace with those who have brought death and flfeaolatioii aihbng ilH—with those' wild Have <(atrifißfefl.td'their bruUal sensuality the honor of our.w.omeh! Pbabh tfrllh lUcso camiibule, these CaribiJ this, horde of sari age beasts! Peace wUh thosb.who have.outraged humanity, who have in WMijaKy ways trampled on religion, who have In every form violated the righlS bTnallonsi Peace 'with thosb wjip HaVb bohquerea ' us| ami wlio seeß to dishonor fys !! . , No! rt .thousand .limeif no! , TliObloodof bur martyrs is yet wet upon thb balUc-fiold j the flames which have destroyed oijr cities are not yet extlrij guished) oltf banners and our cannon arc exhibited in Ihe American capital; our people hate not yet cotno forth' to tlio strife, our Internal discords yet exist, hulnunluiipns and, the ybifco of woe,' arising from so many ticlinii*,' so many orphans, so many inultifatcd, arc how heard pcnelratigff iho profound*, est depths of the Mexican heart! Willi a voice of thunder, with a voice which Is hoard from Palo Alto and Cerro Gordo, 1 everything, cries accursed of God bo the which hisUlts-tts! \Vor without a truce,' war vmhoiit ceasing, untll/our territory ts restored; otir iddcpcridcncc assured,' our injuries indemnified, our ii,nna triumphant and victorious; out forlreilbi; otfr flugd and oiir fcahnoft delivered up;tne> honor of , tho coUnlfy vindicated,’ all foreigners tho pride ol*the cowardly Americana hnmbledj whohayo treacherously conquered 1 ufl only because wo hajrb been fighting ono another in our domestic quaffbis S War nothing hut waf until wfi Kayo m,qaf power all thu artillery of the Amorjeans, until Oen. Scott, & prisoner; shall, upon his kccs lass tho hand of Santsc Anna, and until Zuchary Taylor is fastened by ft chain in tho slablc’of Gen., Valencia!!” Singular Mode op Robbery in Turkey.— Among flic convicts I noticed a young Turk* vyhose pbirits never seemed to flog,' Who was foremost in as well os in fun; and.whoso general appurance interes ted nso in iiis fuVor, 1 made his acquaintance, and Icnrncd hfo sWy, fthiclt was as follows si gcliongi or sailor. Ho had 6'ech pressed,into the scr viccjoftlio fleet at ConBtinoslo s and was allowdlo wear arms which is otherwise inter,dieted.m tho capital/ Being short of money* hb s 'find a'companion in ihb! service devised this ingenious mode of. acquiring . some. Having bought a fmo hen they went into lhs suburb ofGuluU which is situated on uneven ground and’onc standing tit the tup of tho street,.the other ot lhu hot'tmp, when a passenger went by/thqft'ftnic . {ho top of the street ohjiged hfrn tb bb'y the hen at a given price and when lie had got to the bottptn,* (hb| other toojc it away from by him force; thus selling ana sicaling lhc lien by turns, they 'reaped ah’easy vest.' They had. succeeded boyon'd (jieir expectations on tho firot fl.iy, and'determined, to continue their speculation.’ Oil the next,’ having taken their station as before, r a sfow and solemn Turk,' looking like a ► merchant/ Was deen’making Inswap * low yds thorn. Tho. manat the lop of.tho street ndmcctfateiy. übjftudg arVd cxclajmbd, “Hi'rb friend, hero is* * fowl.— “ So’ bo ft, - * 1 Bal'd tho merchant. “You must buy it, In tho qambof AlluK I** • “ haiije of Allah J will not!” Yo{£ Wirf not,” said the armed man* “tjisxi > wejdum sue." Upon which lie drew his palegao; and witli his.hancf rniscffhc Said “Buyor youidicl” M lf such is the ease, 11 s aid, I heme t6l vant,' hot i nth o least discomposed," then I buy. 0 - Upon hb I paid his money, look the fovyl in his hand, and woik . ed down tho hill. When ho. had reached the other r rbguq ho was ngayi plopped.' „V To iArprlßb,** } said (ho narrator to Osmond, I “IJiaW (he,.piprchan? I turn round and make a sign,asl thought* to me: ■I bin fp! p body■ of. four or flvq men rushed down tho I hill, and ncirmg. my companion, brio , of them dre w I hia sword; and before tho poor devil could look rouhd i his hcadwas’ciitoff as'cloaq as a pu'mkin might be [froin ita sla{lf.’ I iWnVcdFatej/ fobk tVnVy h'eefs/aoa ran for my li’fo~tlio race was one of fffo pc deajLh— until Jf dnmo M the sea, wlicn I fm’modfatcry pjung- • ed in, am/saiW myself by chambering pp tnosraoof n boat and rowing off., I found (hat-the : supposed inu/61i.irit, tias/bo Sultehm parson,’Kb hod been in formed of our trick, and had himself, come to pbni tsh it. .Orders were scnt.lib' {h'o fleet lojdiscovbf rpc; an offer of pardon, was' announced if I would ,givb myself up—l did—hbtp y Ain,. What can I so/ more?— East India Sketch BboR; v Ires.eus. Good One* From all accounts, Admiral Duke. CupUiftdTjlVO steamer Illinoh, is n a “perfect original.” dole is going the rounds which, is said loj-welt .illus trate his character. Wo comprise \i wHlluh uioshbr lot space possible,' , .' ' , A ludy 61 grout pcrsonal oV iiriaginary importance happened lo be u passenger on.b’oardhia boat during a trip (6 Chicago. Sho was over nice and over deh culo in everything. Ono morning the Admiral and (his Indy’were seated immediately opposite each oth er ot tho breakfast table. The Admiral ,tcf£ reiinr oly holpcd, himself to soipb his when tho Indy shocked beyond egression, - foudfy, cried onl, "Waller i Vfu|/cr! 6arrif ff thu ptdU •/ butter amt bring file a £Uafi fill, for i/tif diHi/ ihd'n hrls been sticking hUknijh into it." Dlakd sal'd no* thiii? but thought mo*6; PrcteAliy hcf. rtdyship rouened Jb/«rard her spoon, 1 out of whidjy sl;e had been sfppmg, 1 and (hn/st it (nlolh6,s s ugttribbw), wheW fit A Admiral oul,“‘ Waiter J carry ff ihattU’ gHr dish UHd ihimo it M thh labc % and bringJnt H howl nf clean sugar—this flirty isoifiih hat been ttick* ing her tca-spotth ifitts U!" It, may readily W Imsg. Ined thutlhe retort hud a good effect. AtfotritK Dob Srob\*.—Some ycai*« ago' ft wot nolf uncommon ?n (Jonneelicui lo employ do ga ***** tivo power to macliiiicry. A Mr. r rftfv pair ofdoga which ho worked together, oil a «K ol treadmill, lo drive aomo machlnei*. After* wMW Clio iiVotibh'ofrtto nmcliino w'u. nonccd /Vom lhne limb lb be considerably retarded, iho lender, woalcf I'o to ll.“treadmill to «e if the dog- were doing heir dulv. Every filing would bo found going ort /ttM. A'lVur a liltlo limb, houTi-’cr.'llicM 60 another interruption; the wiieed of th^.|^' ,c,,mo , would, bo considerably ilimliiishe-lf pnd «o ii continued, until the owner imgarV wore pMn* womb (Welt upon him. i,W accordingly K waldli whoro all tlio movements of the anfotoJf ® ou^ n bo seen; and the mystery wna conn ,c.yp7oft>6dj • Altar (he two dogs had Worked togolhcf/oi 1 tfbfnb l/nio, one tiflhem was seen to slop off tho frCadmlTf. and seat mnnself where ho could bafbli fho first warning of any npbVoachiiig foofslcp. Ahvf Irt had .tested awiifle, hb took Tiis place on the wheel. agaij< add* „Mowed Ids .issuciate to relieve Ininßclf; and »f,.dtf-. Iri’n’g this resting nrocoss, any noise was hoard as of ifoinb One approaching, thb resting dog would irtimb diniofy jiVm'p ityAn thb wheel, and go to work ae usual. Thus thenu sngdbi’pdb creature* had pontrW bd lo boar, one (mother's .bb'r;,,and had they hi town* a lilll6‘ tnoro about mcchMlcß, and kept the wheel In a U’llta motion,* \ho .trick might never have bebn detected.—-Bokfbh Eefl'n. TVdbV. VJa'ic of Corn.~A YntfUcb' jitosting flirotfph Mium\ valley, made UiU enquiry oTr ydiins ftrmojv wlio Uud jurJ boon rdplcnialiing tho Inner »na *..r u drpp of consolation—“ I Biiy, l l,,Bt(^’'^ IJ , J I ( r alupia. product of lliia ’oro auction o r^jj, 0 ftdro nC:nynV«ir,'‘ wm thd reply-"UV-W® Quvimly buslidla Co llio ncro* l of u'bal if —intcT whiskey. M* iiww% -; ■ [ wa.t.J fur tl.o there i" “ i" VilWi' » ftvorlto ilHeiurc. Diet ..1,,*- ifcWjfVj r^,( |’(,|, wlfo have Ihrcfl- ogga for -V 1 m» 00 PER ANSOM. -t ; • ■. m. a