I.niclligencer St , 3ounial.
ancaster, liecember 14, 1552•
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR
The Printer Wants Money.
Now: that the Presidential election is over and
e Derno l dracy every where triumphant, we hope
r patrons will not be offended when we tell
. l em—we mean those in arrears—that we need
i ONEy badly. Those indebted for subscription,
dvertOing and job work, or either, will confer a
feat favor by paying us what is justly our due.—
he approaching Courts will afford a favorable op
hrtunity to many, who cannot come to town, to
: I nd it with their neighbors. Those living out of
e County or State can remit by mail at our risk.
The Cuban Disclosures.
The New York Star, in noticing the recent injus
ifiable act of the administration, in making public
be private correspondence of our government, in
elation to the purchase of Cuba, expresses our own
'ewe, when it says: "One of the most remarkable
eature l s of the politics of the day, is the disclosuer
. 1 f thelCuban correspondence, by which it appears
bat tfie annexation of that island has been a cardi
nal irinciple of the government, since the day that
the flaited States .were first able to walk alone.—
We are amazed, however, at the publication of a
'portion of the letters, especially those of Mr. Brien
.l3/5; which, though right enough.for him to write,
never should have been made public, exhibiting as
they do, the private opinions of many members of
the Spanish Cabinet, uttered under the seal of con
fidence and secrecy. We believe that this publica
tion, apparently uncalled tor, has caused an inex
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pressible obstacle to our purchase of Cuba to arise
and made a peaceable acquisition of the island im
possible. It really looks as if an administration
Which might have gone out in a blaze of glory, not
1
only Wished to retire in disgrace, but also to throw
all possible difficulty on the powers that are to be.
The publication, gratuitously made by this admin
istration, has offended our own people, has offend
ded the Creoles, has offended Spain, and will offend
Great Britain. So much for Mr. FlLL:gong."
TUE LIEUTENANT GENE.UAL. — We trust that
there is good sense enough in the Unitbd States Sen
ate to reject the proposition of Senator CLEMENS
Ito confer on Gen. SCOTT the empty title of Lieu
!tenant General. Gen. SCOTT is already,by seniori
ty, at the head of the officers of the army, and con
ferring on Lim this title will neither put more mo-
Iney, in his purse or make him greater than he is
IGod knows we are approaching the aristocracy of
Europe fast enough without creating new titles and
privileges. We• trust that the Democratic pass of
the country will speak out boldly and freely on this
subject. As a Democrat we consider this a great
innovation, and are surprised that it should,emanate
from one who claims to be a Democrat. We are
' opposed to it from beginning to end—Pennsylva
nian.
ilar So are we. There is about as much use for
a Lieutenant General, especially in time of peace,
as there is' for a filth wheel to a wagon. Although
the project has been started by a Democrat in the
Senate, we hope the Democratic members general
ly of that body will not give it countenance. We
fought and conquered in the wars of 1812 and
1846, with officers of no higher grade than Major
General, and for the life of us we cannot see the
use of creating a new and higher rank at this time,
when we are at peace " with all the world and the
rest of mankind."
ED — Onr contemporary of the Pennsylvanian is
respectfully informed that we are neither" leceiious"
nor !'fastidious„ nor did we change him 'with "crib
bing," as he intimates.- Ourcomplaint against him
wai, that he is in the habit of copying articles
that originally appeared in the Intelligencer
and' crediting them to another paper published in
this place. It the article relerred to was "common
property," as he alleges, why did he credit it at all ?
Weask fair play of the PennSylvanian—nothing
more—and that we intend to have, although our
contemporary seems reluctant to yield it.
1:13" The Congressional Library apartment of the
National Capitol at Washington is progressing rap
idly towards completion, but such is the extent of
the architect's plan's, rendered necessary by the
dama;e done by the late fire, that three months
will probab'y elapse before the room will be ready
for the reception of the hooks, notwithstanding that
the workmen are pursuing their avocations Ahere
day and night. The galleries, pillars, alcoves,
shelves and ceiling will be all of iron. The whole
will be at once beautiful and durable.' Mr. T. U.
Walter, of Philadelphia is the architect.
It appears that John Quincy Adams was the
father of the proposition to annex Cuba to the
United States. Writim: on the subject to the Amer
ican Minister in Spain, under date of 2Sth April,
1823, Mr. Adams, then Secretary of State under Mr.
Monroe, concludes a summary of the attractive fea
tnees of Cuba by saying that, "in looking forward
to the probable course of events for the short period
of half a century, it is scarcely possible to resist the
conviction that the annexation of Cuba to our fed
eral republic will be indispensable to tl - 1e continu
ance and integrity of the Union itself."
it The Registration Law, framed by the last
legislature, works quite as well as could be expect
ed, when it is remembered that there is no penalty
attached for a neglect to comply with its provis
ions. In this county, since the books have been
open, about 700 marriages, births and deaths have
been registered by Mr. RICHARDS, nearly an equal
number of each.—Express.
Mrs. PIERM—The Lowell News says : We can
endorse Mrs. Pierce with a hearty good will, from
our own personal knowledge, whatever may be our
politics. As a kind, affable, and unostentatious wo
man, Mrs. Pierce has few equals. She has all that
intelligence, dignity, and purity so necessary to
make up the wife of an American President, and
will shine at the White House not a whit less bright
than any of those who have preceded her.
Pt The Lewisburg (Union Co.) Democrat has
been greatly enlarged and otherwise improved in
appearance.' it is now one of the neatest papers in
Central Pennsylvania, and an able exponent of
Democratic principles. Friend SHREINER deserves
to succeed, and we hope that he may pecuniarily
and otherwise.
Ili The Post Master General reports about 'id,-
oclopoo deficiency under the new postage law, but
there was nearly three-fourths of a million surplus
under the previous law which is appropriated to li
quidate in part this million of expenses over re
ceipts.
EU" A New ILLUSTRATED PAPm is soon to be
commenced in New York, by :Messrs. Barnum &
Beck, with a cash capital of $40,000. The pub
lishers pledge themselves to make it the best illus
trated paper.in the worhi. BAlilit:A is the man to
do it—and no mistake. He has abundantly suc
ceeded in every thing he has yet undertaken.
TI Philadelphia
EU' The receipts of gold at the ... laL
Mint for the month of November amounted to the
enormous sum of $7;250,000. Included in this was
a large parcel of Australian gold.
ID — Ovid F. Johnson, formerly Attorney General
of this State, has been arrested in New York, on the
charge of obtaining money underjalse pretences.
117 The Canal Commissioners have appointed
Mr. ROBERT SPRATTS Dispatcher at Columbia.—
This is an excellent appointment.
Ilrit is rumored that SANTA ANNA 19 about
placing himself at the head of, the Revolutionary
party in Mexico.
The Keystone--Agstn•
Mr. BUCHANAN seems to be the evil genius of the
Harrisburg Keystone. In the estimation of the
writer for that paper (of course we do not mean
the ostensible editor thereof, fot nobody would
slander that gentlemaxso much as to charge him
with writing such twattle,) nothing that the ,. " ex-
Premier" did was right, and everything that heleft
undone was a neglect of duty on his' part... ,. .The.
logic of the keystone is admirible. Mr. BUCHANAN
is to be made the scape-goat of all-the sins of omis
sion and commission of the Por:x administration,
and yet, forsooth, " that striking avoidance of just
responsibility " has ever been his " foible r ,
The Keystone has not pretended to assail most of
the positions we assumed in our issue of the 30th
ult., and that, too, we presume, for the very best
reason in.the world—they cannot be successfully
controverted. 'Tis true the writer talks about the
offer of $100,000,000 for the Island of Onba, and
also respecting the "accidental" acguisition" Cal
ifornia; but he has utterly failed to show th kbis
article of the 24th ult. is any thing else than a dis
reputable attack upon Mr. POLK'S administration
in general, and a covert and cowardly assault upon
Mr. Bucusarsx in particular.. And in this lauda
ble work, he has secured the co-operation of a val
uable adjunct, a Washington correspondent, who
signs himself " Rittenhouse," but whose Swiss-ish
propensities are too well known to mistake the
man.'
Whenever the Keyston evinces a disposition to
argue fairly and honorably the policy of the Por.x
administration, and refrain from calumny and vitu
peration, we shall cheerfully meet the writer and
defend, to the best of our feeble ability, the acts of
an administration which, in our humble judgment,
(lid more to promote the welfare of the people and
the glory of the Republic than any of its predeces
sors. But we cannot consent to imitate the exam-
ple of that paper by abuse or defamation of any
of the distinguished statesmen of the Democratic
party. We shall leave a clear course to the Key.
stone for that purpose, and permit the writer to
gratify hie propensity unmolested
Whipping in School
A case of some interest to: Teachers, as far as it
decides to what extent they may lawfully go in
whipping disobedient scholars, was tried at the late
Court of Quarter Sessions of Montgomery county.
It is thus reported in the Norristown papers:-
- Coniinoniceanh vs. Nary Roberts.—The defendant,
a young lady, is a teacher of one of the Public
Schools in Norristown, and was tried for an assault
and battery upon William Dunning, about 9 years
of age, a pupil in her School. William, upon the
occasion mentioned, in disobedience to Miss Mary's
orders, laughed out loud during school hours; he
was told to be quiet, but continued to laugh; the
teacher called him upon the platform and bade him
tell what he had been laughing at, but he did not
answer her; she then whipped him with a rod, the
size of which was variously stated by the witnesses,
and after giving him a few blows asked him again
as to the cause of his laughter; the boy was still
quiet, and the castigation was still continued by
Miss Roberts, she stopping at intervals to ask the
same question, but receiving no answer. After this
course ot things had progressed for some time, Miss
Mary ceased flogging the boy, and school was short
ly afterwards dismissed. The mother of the boy
testified that up in his returning home, and telling
her he had been severely whipped, she examined
his body, and found it marked with black, red and
blue stripes, "from the head to the heels." Other
witnesses corroborated her testimony. On the part
of Miss Mary, it was shown that she bore a gen
eral good character for amiability of temper, and
the School Directors all testified as to her good con
duct as a teacher. Children from the school de
scribed the punishment as such an one as would
not have produced the effects described by the wit
nesses for the prosecution. The prosecution then
offered evidence going to show individual instances
of the exhibition of improper temper on the part of
the defendant, to rebut the evidence offered by the
.defence.
The Court charged the jury . that the defendant
had a right to inflict corporeal punishment in her
School, and was not amenable to the laws for a
whipping even severer than the occasion de
manded, unless the excess of punishment was such
as to amount to cruelty, or greatly disproportion
able to the offence committed.
The jury were out fifteen hours, and returned a
verdict of NOT GUILTY, but directed the Defendant
to •pay the costs.
The Public Domain of the United
Slates
By an examination of the books of the Land
Office, it is asscertained that the number of acres of
public land in each State and Territory unsold and
undisposed of the 30th of June, 1851, was 1,400,-
305,48, distributed as follows:
States and Territories. Acres undisposed of.
Ohio, 302,195 62
Indiana, 1,049,680 91
Illinois, 8,219,6.3 72
Missouri, 26,635,569 3.2
Alabama, 15,466,849 23
Missitisippi, , 8.849,165 11
Louisiana, 13,679,334 47
Michigan, 20,011,143 77
Arkansas, 22,303,746 72
Florida, 32,863,518'66
lowa, 25,661,550 27
Wisconsin, 24,506,294 83
California, 120,447,340 00
Minnesota Territory 50,075.931 85
0reg0n'206,349,333 00
New Mexico, " 127,383 040 00
Utah, 113,589,013 00
Northwest, 376,040,960 00
Nebraska, " 37,438,000 00
Indian, 119,789,440 00
This stupendous Public Domain, at $1,23 cts. per
acre, the lowest rum for which the Public Lands
are sold, is worth -upon this statement, $1,750,600,-
3SO. No nation ever before had anything like such
a prize at its disposal and if it could be managed
as it has been in the main, since the session of the
States, which begun the creation of this Public
Domain, it would go far to pay our taxes, and to
keep us clear from all national debts.
THE JAPAN EXPEDITION. - It is now stated that
the expedition of United States government vessels
to Japan will sail for Jeddo on or about the Ist
proximo ; under command of Commodore M. Per.
ry. The squadron will comprise the following
vessels :
Tressels. Guns. Men.
Vermont, 3000 tons, 96 800
Mississippi, steam frigate, 1,700 tons 375
Susquehanna, do. 2,600 do. 350
Princeton, do. 1,500 do. 190
Allegheny, do. 1,500 do. 190
Saratoga, sloop of war, first class, 22 190
Si. Mary's, do. do. 22 190
Vincennes, do. do. 22 190
Razes frigate Macedonian, 2R 450
Brig of'. war Porpoise, 10 120
Storeship Southampton, 32 ib. guns, 4 120
do. Lexington, do. 4 120
do. Talbot, do. 4 120
Total number of men,
To the above number of men are to be added
700 mariners, which, with the complement of the
storeships, officers, scientific corps, and others at
tached to the expedition, will make 4000 men all
told and above 330 guns, mostly heavy ordnance.
GREAT OYSTER TRADE.—In illustration of the
extent to which nag -item of the trade between
Baltimore and the West has advanced, and
that item, too, which has not been considered of
commanding importance, we may mention that one
of the largest and most enterprising concerns in the
oyster ; trade is now forwarding daily to the West,
by way of 'the Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad,
and the Pennsylvania improvements, eight tons of
oysters in cans. The operations of this one concern
comprise the opening of tiro thousand five hundred
bushels of oysters per day, giving employment to one
hundred andfifty men and boys.— Baltimore American.
A. Goon Ellx.—Our western brethren. excel in
good hits while telling the truth. A publisher out
in that goodly country, thus apologizes for his sub
scribers in withholding their subscriptions:
"Our subscribers are all good, but what good
does a man's goodness do when it don't do you any
good? We have no doubt that every one thinks
that all have paid except himself, and as we are
clever fellows, and this is is a small matter, it will
make no difference. It would not, it it were con
fined to a dozen or a hundred cases, but when the
slow fever seizes most all, the complaint is alto
gether too general."
ity and County Items
ILA RICHARD J. Tunrcza, the great American
Ballad Singer, will give concerts this evening and
to-morrow evening, at-Fplton Hall.
Er The Lancaster County Temperance Society
will hold an adjourned meeting, in . this City, on
Sitturday the Bth of January, at 11 'o'clock, A. M.
1113,14. William Hays has heen appointed Post
triasterll-at F'eque, in place of A. S. Henderson, re-
117 Dr. N. B. Wedsl has been electod President
of the Columbia Fire Engine and Hose Company.
He will make an efficient officer.
I 13:7 The Union Dorcas Society, of this city, ac
knowledges the receipt of s27—a dona'ion from
Lancaster, Monterey and Fulton Lodges, I. 0.0. F.
DJ Rev. Auras]) NEVIN is to be regularly in
stalled as Pastor of the Seccnd Presbyterian Con
gregation of this city, on Thursday next. The ex
ercises will take place in the room at Fulton Hall,
for several weeks past occupied by the Congrega
tion as a place of worship.
ROBBEFIT.—The trunk of Mr. Eli Hamaker, re
siding in Rapho township, near Hachman's mill,
was robbed of about .1312.0 in gold and silver, one
day last week. The trunk Has in Mr. , Hamaker's
room. The robber in some way obtained the key,
and the robbery was not discovered until the trunk
was unlocked. The criminal has not yet been ar
rested.—lnd.
Ll:r Fulton Hall was crowded every evening
during the past week, to witness the extraordinary
performances of the great "Wizard of the North,
Professor ANDERSON, ‘ He is unquestionably the
Magician of the age, whose exploits throw into the
shade all others that we have ever witnessed. His
exhibition of the " Inexhaustible Bottle alone,
which is truly a mysterious operation. is worth the
admission lee, to say nothing of his numerous other
magical teats which astonish every body,
Professor Anderson closed his engagement here
on Friday evening, and will next give his enter
tainments in Charleston, S. C.
KIDNAPPING.—The Columbia Spy gives the fol
lowing particulars in regard to the charge of Kid.
napping, for which John Anderson, (colored,) was
committed to prison last week. Employed by others
Anderson went to Baytown and urged the boy to
accompany him to Marietta, where he stated a
wedding was to take place, at which they could
have some sport. Not suspecting the plot that
awaited him, he consented to go. Whilst on their
way down, in the evening, a carriage drove up
alongside of the one in which they were riding,
when several persons jumped out, secured the boy
and drove off, since which time nothing has been
heard of him. Anderson was arrested and taken
before 'Squire Anderson, of Marietta, who commit
ted him for trial. During the examination several
respectable persons testified that the boy was free
born, that they had known his mother for many
years. Who the persons associated with Anderson
in this infamous business are, is not known, though
we hope that they may he discovered and punished
for their crime to the full extent of the law. An
derson himself must be an abandoned wretch. It
is bad enough ihr whites to turn kidnappers, but
infinitely worse for a black man to betray his own
color. No punishment scarcely is too severe fur
such a wretch.—Express.
Eloquent Remarks
Hon. WILSON :11cCANDLEss, the President of the
Elecjoral College, after the business had been dis
posed of arose and delivered the following address,
after which he declared the College adjourned :
Electors:—We have discharged the duties en
joined upon us by the Constitution and the laws of
the United States and of the State of Pennsylvania.
We have represented the express will of the people
of this ancient Commonwealth; in voting for a
President and Vice President of the greatest power
on earth.
Allow me to congratulate you—permit me to
ask you to rejoice and he glad, in common with
the masses upon the American continent, that such
is the consummation, and that it has been attained
without riot or bloodshed, and in peace and tran
quility. Upon the Europem continent. how sad
would have been the contrast. Civil strifes, border
%values and internal cornmotions, would have
moved and agitated the whole substratum of socie
ty ; Kings and Kingdoms, Emperors and Empires,
would have been upheaved and laid low am id such
a political convulsion. Thanks to wise republican
lathers, who teamed the constitution of the United
States; thanks to George Washington, the Presi
dent of the Convention which moulded it ; thanks
to the people who have ratified and siistairoql it;
thanks to the Revolutionary officers and soldiers
who preceded its adoption by their gallant and in
trepid assertion of independence ; and thanks to the
Congress which preserved it intact by their fear
less and resolute passage of the Compromise meas
ures.
The present day and generation exhibit that the
sons are not unworthy of their sires—that the spark
of liberty which burned early, has not been extin
guished late ;,and that this government is destined
to outlive the duration of the ancient republic S—
. I do not speak to you in the excitement
of enthusiasm; but calmly and deliberately. 1
feel what I speak. As your ballots have shown,
Franklin Pierce. of the State of New Hampshire,
is the choice of the people of Pennsylvania for Pi esi
dent at the United• States, and William R. King, of
Alabama, for Vice President. Read their political
characters—every one—al whatever hue, creed or
complexion, and you will admit that they will ad
minister the Constitution of this Government in
truth, in wisdom and fidelity to the whole people.
Electors, the purpose of our assembling here is now
ended. Thanking you for your kindness to myself
personally, and the aid you have afforded me in
the discharge of my responsible duties, I bid you
all, sincerely and affectionately—farewell.
1,900,632,305 4S
Congress—California—Cuba.
The North American of Friday has the follow
ing editorial remarks:
Yesterday was another virtual holiday for mem
bers of Congress. Neither branch was in session
for any considerable time, and while in session ac
complished very little. In the Senate, Mr. Hale's
resolution repealing the rule witholding funeral
honors from members who died during the recess,
was taken up, and, alter a brief discussion between
the mover and Mr. Cass, was negatived. After a
few minutes spent in Executive session, the Senate
adjourned.
In the House, Mr. Duncan, of Massachu
setts, announced the death of his colleague,
Benjamin Thcmnson. Mr. Chandler joined in an
eulogium on the deceaced, and alter passing the cus
tomary resolutions the House adjourned.
. .
The news from Califoruia, received by the steam
ship "Philadelphia," at New Orleans, with dates to
the 12th November, is unusually interesting. It
announces the almost total destruction of Sacra-
Matto city by fire, with the loss of many lives—
also disastrous conflagrations at San Francisco and
Marysville. From the same source, we learn that
the steamer Illinois, which left,Aspinsvall in com
pany with the Philadelphia, is on her way. to New
York, with $2,250,000 of gold. As regards the
statement of the result of the Presidential election
in Calflo. nia, it is probable a mistake in the figures.
Mr. Pierce - s majority may be fifteen hundred, but
cannot reach fifteen thousand, the amount reported
to us by telegraph from New Orleans. The news
of the burning of the fine steamship ' City of Pitts
burg," at Valparaiso, on the 20th October, will
cause much regret here.
In our telegraphic news from Washington it is
stated that the negotiations with Spain, under Pres
ident Polk's administration, relative to the purchase
of Cuba, were based upon representations made by
Senator Soule, who had unofficially sounded the
Spanish Government upon the subject during a
visit to Spain in 1846.
Tan Wen ov ISI2-160 Acnns of LAND.--The
proposition presented by Judge Sutherland, in a let
ter, some time since, relative to granting land to
those who served in the war of 1812, or other wars
of the country, has met the approval of Mr. Wilson,
the Land Commissioner at Washington. Recently ,
the subject was brought to his attention, and he
has recommendeitto Congress to give 160 acres to
every man who was out in any of our wars, or if
dead, then to his widow or children. Those who
served their country in this and the other Slates,
should hold meetings and pass resolutions in favor
of this grant of 160 acres, and send them to Con.
gress, that a bill may be passed during the present
session.—Ledger.
Registration Laws
The following are the material provisions of the
Registration Law passed by the Legislature and now
in force throughout the Commonwealth :
The law makes it the duty of every clergyman,
alderman, justice of the peace, clerk; or :keeper of
the records of the religious society. of Friends, and
of every other person, or society, by, or before
whom any marriage may hereafter be solemnized
or' ontracted, to make at once axecord of the same
in a book kept for that purpie, and within the
space of thirty days after such marriage, to return
the same; in the form of a certificate, duly signed
by the persons so certifying, to the Register of the
county in which such marriage shall have been
solemnized or contracted.
Section three makes it the duty of every physi
cian, under whose care a birth takes place, to make
at once a record of such birth, in a book to be kept
for that purpose, and return the same. duly signed
by him or her, in the form of a certificate, to the
registerof the county in which such birth shall
have taken place, in the manner and within the pe
riod directed in the section relating to marriages.
In case such birth shall have occurred without the
superintendence of any person, and should no phy
sician or other person be in attendance upon the
parent immediately thereafter, it shall then become
the duty of the parent or parents of such child to
return the same to the Register.
Section four provides that every physician or sur
geon who shall be in attendance of the period of
such death in a book to be kept by him for that
purpose, and return the same, duly signed and cer
tified by him, to the Register within thirty days
after such death. Any other person than a physi
cian or sexton having knowledge of the death of an
individual, is authorized to certify to the same.
Sectiofi five authorizes the registry of any mar
riage contracted, or birth or death happening pre
viously to the passage of the law, within the limits
of the State, and of the mart iage, birth, or death of
any person or persons, who may have married,
been born, or may have died elsewhere, but who
were the child or citizens of this State; and ofany
marriage contracted previously or subsequenty
to the passage of this act in any other part of the
United States, or their territories, or beyond the
limits of the same; provided, either of the parties
married were permanently residing in this State,
at the time, or at some time previously or subse
quently to such marriage.
The Register has no authority to grant letters of
administration, or testamentary upon the estate or
effects of any person hereafter dying within this
State, until the death of such person shall be duly
certified to him, that it may be properly registered
as required by the act. The books. or registers in
his charge, are to be admitted in any court of this
State, as prima facia proof of any marriage, birth;
or death, and, on the application of parties desiring
it, the Register is authorized and required to.make
out duly certified copies, from the — rimrds, authen
ticated by his seal of office-
1J The Battery at New York, one of the finest
public promenades in any American city, is to be
enlarged forthwith by the reclaiming of acres
of additional ground from the East and North riv
ers. When thii is done, the Battery will consist ,
of 24 acres. The enlargement will include the °titer
edge of Castle Garden, and go 200 leet into the East
River to the line of West street. There will be a
River front of 2100 feet to the Battery, in place of
1620 feet, as it is now. Originally the area of the
Battery was seven acres; but in the year 1624 it
was enlarged, and became tea acres and a fraction.
The contrast for the work has been entered into,
and all legal difficulties removed.
Hoos.—The excitement in the hog market still
continues. All the houses are in full blast. Jack
son, On•sley & Co., killed at their house on Saturday
7,562, Jervis & Co., killed 1,400, and the other
houses killed also their quota. It will be seen from
our commercial report that some very large trans
actions took place on Saturday. Among the sales
was one of 4,000 head of hogs at $5,75 net.—Lou
isville Journal, Nov. 29th.
IE7 The ... . Editor of the Nashville (Tenn.) True
Whig is the author of "these ere items.''
When your wife begins to scold, let her have it
out. Put your lest up cozily over the fire place—
loll back in your chair—light one of your best ci
gars, and let the storm rage on. Say nothing—
make no answer to anything.
Books Notices
- -
NORTON'S LITERARY REGISTER, for 1553, has
just been issued, in pamphlet form, at 25 cents.—
It IS a very useful work, and contains, in aidition
to an almanac, a largeamount of useful information
in relation to the literalure and literary institutions
of our country. It is emphatically, what it purports
to be, a complete and well-arranged " Book Buy
er's Almanac."
113 Dickens' Household Words, the American
reprint of which has become as popular as its fa
vorite title, has recently passed under the manage
ment sad proprietorship of Thomas M'Elrath, late
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Important DeCiSlOll.
We publish below a highly interesting and im
potent opinion delivered in the Supreme Court of
this State by Judge Etirs LEwis, on the law rela
ting to judgments, assignments and preferences.—
It is marked by all that clearness and cogency of
reasoning which has made this able juristso emi
nent, ant will be read with interest by all classes
of the community:
SUPRERE COURT-MIDDLE DISTRICT
Worman ¢ Stonebath vs. Philip Wolferaberger's
Ex
eeutors.—Error to Common Pleas of Dauphin
county.
Lewis 3.—This is an issue between subsequent
and prior judgment creditors of Levi Wolfersber
ger & Co., for the purpose of determining the rights
of the first judgment. It is admitted to have been
given for a just debt, but the objection to it is that
t was given by the debtors when in tailing cir
cumstances, with a view of prefering the plaintiffs
therein, the debtors knowing at the same time that
they were insolvent. The debtors never made any
assignment for the benefit of creditors, and the only
title of the plaintiffs in this issue to enter into the
contest is founded upon their subsequent judgment
and execution.
At common law, a debtor, in (ailing circumstan
ces, on long as he holds dominion over his property,
has an undoubted right' to prefer one creditor over
another. Many debts are Contracted with a knowl
edge of the existence of this right, and upon the
full confidence ttiat it will be exercised to secure
those who have the strongest claims upon the con
science, and even upon the , gratitude of the debtor
Loans made from motives of Iziendship, and en
dorsements and other liabilities incurred as surety;
with - tit expectation of profit, are of this character.
At least they are so esteemed by the community
in general, and any enactment which takes away
the right of a debtor to them, would produce a sud
den change, so extensive in all business transac
'tions, that its policy is somewhat questionab'e.—
The,project is supported by a tenement in morals,
which is certainly in advance of the commercial
spirit of the age in which we live. At all events.
a change so important, in the commercial dealing ,
of the people, ought not to be put int) operation
by the Courts, until the Legislative will', to that ef
fect, be plainly expressed.
The act of 1543, prohibiting preferences in as
signments for the benefit of creditors, make no
such extensive change in the course of dealing.—
It goes no further than to forbid preferences, in and
by the instrument by which the debtor surrenders
to his creditors all dominion. over his property.—
In such a case, it is provided that the assignment
shall enure for the.benefit of all in proportion to
their demands. This was the construction given to
the act in Blakey's appeal, .7 Barr, 451. It was
there distinctly declared by this Court, " that it is ,
only when a man loses dominion over his property.
and transfers that dominion to another, that the
right of the creditors to a pro rata dividend attaches.
Whilst a man retains dominion of his property, he
may encumber and convey it as he pleases. if not
directly lorbidden by law, and prefer such credi•
tors, by payment or transfer as he chooses.' And
it was there added, "if it were not so, an individual
could not get along with his business." This con
struction, limiting the prohibition to cases in which
the debtor surrendered his property to others. was
but the judicial acknowledgment of an inevitable
necessity. If the dominion -be not surrendered by
the debtor, who shall deprive him of it, for the
purpose of making a pro rata distribution among
' Iris creditors? It cannot be taken from him "unless
by the judgment of his peers or the lavr of the
land.' That is, by due process of law — by . judg
ment and execution; and in these proeeedings, the
maxim applies Vigilantibus non doimientibus
servit lex." The first in time being the best in
right, the only effect produced by vacating one
judgment, because voluntarily given, would be to
let in another, whose vigilance, more than any pe-
culiar equity in his claim, placed him next in pri
ority on the record. The second judgment would
get the whole fund, instead of the first; and thus the
equality in which equity is said to delight, and
which it was th'e main object of the Legislature to
secure, would be defeated ; and the act of 1543.
with this construction engrafted upon it, would be
made an instrument for securing preferences instead
of defeating them. In the one case,'the favorites
would be the severe and exacting creditors, who
pursued their rights by adverse proceedings at the
costs of the debtor—in the othsr, the confiding
friends who advanced their money or incurred lia
bilities froM motives of benevolence alone, and
whose judgments were obtained without the harsh
ness of adverse proceedings, by the voluntary con?
sent of a grateful debtor. It can scarcely be sup
posed that the Legislature desired to produce a re
suit so unimportant in its general policy. and which
has at the same time so little to recommend it on
the score of justice. It follows that the only ad
missible construction of the act of .1543, is that
which confines it to cases where the debtor exe
cutes an assignment for the benefit of his creditors
The act of 1849, being in part materia, must be
construed in connexion with that ot, 1843. Judg
ments obtained for debts honestly due, are not to be
defeated "by the subsequent discovery of tne insol
vency" of the debtor, "unless they were obtained
with the intent to evade the provisions of the act of
1843. The "intent to evade" the act of 1843, is
what vitiates the judgment. That act, with an ex
ception, in favor of wages, m Ikes provision for an
equal distribution among all the creditors in pro
portion to their claims where an assignment is
made. The' intent to evade" an equal distribution,
is what is forbidden by the act. Where no assign
ment is made, there is no provision for equal dis
tribution; and, in such case, the confession of Mdg
ments can have no tendency whatever to defeat
such distribution. Its only tendency is to change
the order of preference. from those which wouid inev
itably be produced by a passive submission to the
recovery of judgments by universe proceedings ac
cording to law. To say that a debtor may not vol
untarily do what the law compels him to do, and
punishes him with costs for not doing, is to expose
the justice of the country to public contempt and
According to all the decisions upon statutes enact
ed to prevent frauds upon creditors, the party who
obtained a, security or conveyance in good faith
was not 'affected by the wrongful intent of the
debtor in giving it, unless the former participated
in it. This was the construction of the English
statutes of lath and 27th Elizabeth, upon the
clauses which made void grants, &c.," mode with
intention to deceive, 84c, purchasers and creditors.''
The same principle was decided in 'Massachusetts, , '
Green vs. Tanner, S Met. 411 ; in New York, Sands
vs. Hildreth, 14 John 493; in South Carolina, Union
Bank vs Toomer, 2 Hills. ch. 27 ; in Alabama,
Stover vs. Herrington, 7 Ala. 192 ; in Mississippi,
Pope vs. Andrews, 1 G. & Mt 135; in Indiana,
crakes vs. Brown, -2 Blackf. 295, and in the Su
preme Court of the United States, upon the Statute
of Illinois, Astor vs. Wells, 4 Wheat. 966. But in
Summer's Appeal, 4 Harris, 169, it was held, in a
case where the debtor had made an assignment for
the benefit at creditors, that the validity of a judg
ment previously given, " hinged entirely upon the
Scieuter of the debtor, as to his solvency or insol
' vepcy at the time he gave the judgment;'' and the
"knowledge of the creditor'' did not seem "to en
tei- into the account." This was certainly a depar
ttire from the principles which bad usually govern
ed the Courts in the construction of similar Stat
utes. There is something so revolting to the most
ordinaryjsense of justice in depriving any one of a
vested right—a lien for a just debt—without any
fault of his own, that it not to be done except in
obedience to the plain and imperative mandate of a
power which cannot be resisted. The injustice of
the principle engrafted upon the act of 1849, by
the decision last mentioned, produced, without
doubt, the repeal of the proviso from which it
sprang, within less than a year after the decision.
Under such circumstances, its weight as a prece
dent will be open for consideration, when the ques
tion arises. All that the present case requires no
to say id, that the principle of that decision will
not be carried further than the case'requires—that
it must be regarded as authority only for depriving
a creditor of his lien, for the ' purpose of admitting
him to an equality with the other creditors in the distli
bution of the assets, and that this can only be ef
fected when there is an assignment without preferences,
eider the act of 1843. That derision cannot be
cor sidered, in letter or spirit, as affording any sanc
tion whatever to the injustice of depriving one cred
itor of a preference, honestly gained, for the pur
pose of giving it to another, posterior in time, and
nut superior in equity. This must be the result of
its application to cases where the debtor makes no
assignment.
There is na assignment in the case before us—
the judgment and execution obtained by the defen
dant's were for a just debt, and were prior in time
to those of the plaintiffs. The latter have not a
single plank to stand upon.
Judgment affirmed.
A San Accinzar.—A son of Mr. Bette, of Wayne.
Erie county, Pa., was heating a kettle of spirits ol
turpentine on a stove, with four younger brothers
and sisters about him—the mother in an adjoining
room—when, on the young man putting some rosin
in the kettle, it exploded or boiled over on the stove ,
tilling the room with flame and gas, and striking
every person present blind and helpless. Mrs. Betts
was found strangled, and all her children so burned
that three of them died that night, and the two re
maining were not expected to survive when heard
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10
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A Visit to the Gipsoy King;
OR, A COUNTRYMAN ikvA NEW RIG.
Countrymen, as well as the rest of mankind Who
visit our large cities, should keep a top-eye open
on the sharpers to be found at all times frequenting
the hotels, and other places of resort. Recently I
[Wade mi. maiden visit:-to the city of New York,
and though my stay was very brief, yet it was not
without its incidents worthy to - be noted.
Alter business, to see the strange sights of the
city was my first desire; so I sprang into an omni
bus, and quietly yielded myself to a course of
events shaped altogether by the judgment of the
divinity who presided on the 'box. I soon found
myself swis-ling through the great tide of human
ity that swell along thiit business avenue, Broad
way, until we arrived at the City's end ; here, afte
a short breathing time, we started again, taking
different portion of the city in our route, until we
drew up at Fulton Ferry, on the River. 'Twas
but the resolution of a moment to cross over to the
city of Brooklyn—visit the City Hall, and return
to the South Ferry—cross to Castle Garden--visit the
Battery, and thence proceed to Governor's Island .
We again returned to the City, and obtained a most
imposing view of the Metropolis and its bee-hire
industry from the top of Trinity Church steeple.—
Having thus partially gratified my penchant, I
walked to the Astor Honie for dinner, about one
o'clock. The dining hour is 3 o'clock, so I had
about two hours leisure to familiarize myself with
that magniticent'establisbtnent. Of course I visit
ed the "indignation " rooms, the " Bridal Pailors,"
and every other distinguished apartment therein
contained. Sanntering around, I accidentially met
C., a gentleman from South Carolina, who w - as
making observations with much similar motives
that actuated myself Although strangers to each
other, we soon established a partial intimacy; and
a fellow feeling made us confidants. It was agreed
that we walk around together" after dinner, and
till then,' we rest in the setting room. We bad just
seated, when C. opened up beautifully-with a recap
itulation of his forenoon's observations and adven
tures, at many of which we laughed heartily.
While thus engaged, a very bon-ton looking indi
vidual, sporting a pair of moustaches black as the
raven's wing, and of most luxurient growth, and an
imperial a,,s large as a li - tle mouse covering his chin
sat do an adjacent lounge ris.a-vis. The taut-en
semble of his personals bespoke him a titan of fash
ion; whflerhis carriagehis movement was char
acterized by that grace and ease peculiar to those
accustomed to the higher associations Of fashiona
ble life. I observed, hoWever,-that he occasionally I
manifested an interest in the coloquy going on be
tween C. and myself, and at a suitable, turn in the
conversation, when a momentary hiatus had occur
red, he interrogated—
" Have you seen the Gipsies, gentlemen P
We replied negatively, and stated we had heard
nothing of them since our arrival in the city.
"Indeed!" interjected he; "Then you have
missed,the most interesting sight to beseen."
Of course the thermemetic of our curiosity began
to rise, and we were extremely anxious to know
more of that singular race of people. We assured
Moustache that we were entire strangers here—that
we had never visited the city before—that we de
signed leaving in the evening train for Philadelphia;
and we, were. extremely anxious to male the best
use of our limited time, and learn and see as much
as po.;;sible ere we left.
Moustache's mouth opened gently like the port
cullus of a cavern deep, and a playful smile of con
descension sported around the angles of his lips, ex
hibiting a fine double column of alabaster teeth.—
His whole face spoke as plainly as mute expression
can be made to speak : "Gentlemen, I know the
ropes, trust me." At least this was our interpreta
tion of his smile. The man had really a fine coun
tenance, and so tar as I was able to judge of its im
port, I would say, "trust him, he knoweth not guile."
"They are a very singular kind of people," re
sumed Moustache, " and the four hundred now on
exhibition at -- Hall present as motely and as
interesting a groupe of humanity for study as, per
haps, can be found elsewhere. They will walk in
procession this evening; but as yon leave by the
evening, train, you will not have the pleasure of
seeing them."
" But could we not see them this afternoon,"
asked C., evidently smitten with the Gipsey mania.
"0. yes 1 but it is necessary to obtain a pass
from Mr. Wakeup, who has them under his special
care. Mr. Wakeup will be in his office about half
an hour from this time."
Mouitache then gave us the directions necessary
to find ,the office of Mr. Wakeup, and having an en
gagement to meet just then; took his leave, jocose.
ly saying, in a half admonitory tone "Look not for
the Gipsey Rig."
"The Gipsey Rig! I wonder what lie t^. eons,"
said C.
"1 suppose its some deception the Gipsies prac
tice upon strangers," said I ; " but if we visit them :
we'll have to keep a top.eye open on our pockets,
for they are reputed the most villainous thieves in
the world."
Having almost hour yet at our disposal be
fore dinner, we concluded to visit Mr. Wakeup, and
obtain our pass, so as to he ready to visit the Gip
sies as soon as we had satisfied the cravings of the
inner man. Two minutes' walk horn the Astor
House brought us, arm in arm, to the entrance of
Mr. Wakeup's office at the head of a five-story flight
of stairs, at the door of which we gently tapped for
admission. The door was instantly opened by a
pale, spare man, who held a pen iMhis fingers as if
he had been engaged in writing. His face was al
most entirely concealed by an exuberant growth of
whiskers, and his deep dark eyes twinkled in their
orbits as he gracefully bowed us into the room.—
We briefly stated the object of our visit, the inter
ruption we had caused him in his business, we re
gretted—
" No apologies, Gentlemen," said whiskers, "the
interruption is but trifling; it's Mr. Wakeup you
want to see; he will be here in a few minutes—be
seated."
Without any further circumlocution C. and my
self drew chairs to a table, on which lay the morn
ing papers. The first thing that attracted any spe
cjal notice was three little pieces of wood laying
on the table, about the size of an acorn and some
what similar in shape, with the base slightly con
caved. These C. examined curiously, and finding I
knew nothing of their use, asked Whiskers for the
desired information.
"Them," said Whiskers, "them are Gipsy Rigs,"
and turning round towards us, he continued—" The
Gipsies play a game with them."
'ibis disclosure, reminded us of the admonition
of our sui-distant friend Moustache in the Astor
Houses so to prepare ourselves against their crafti
ness we solicited an illustration of the game by
Whiskers, whom we supposed of course knew
something about it.
Whiskers, good naturedly, complied with our
wishes, premising, that "the game was very simple,
though it required a ' , srezt deal of skill to practice
it surcessfuly. The Gipsies;" continued he. as lie
placed a little sponge tit under one of the Rigs
upon his knee, "can: evade the closest scrutiny in
concealing and removing the sponge ball from one
Rig to another; and the deception is so complete,
that men frequently bet and lose money at it."
All this time Whiskers was moving the Rigs al
ternately, until leaving the ball half exposed from
Rig No. 2, he snapt his thumb and finger, and de
clared that we could not tell where, oe,under which
Rig it was placed.
C. acknowledged his willingness to bet that he
could raise the Rig under which the ball would be
found, and designated Rig N 0.2. Whiskers offered
to put up twenty-five dollars that it was riot there,
when C. called his attention to the fact that the ball
was exposed, and of course tie would not bet on a
certainty. Whiskers made a few more passes along
the Rigs, and this time there was not a vestige of
the ball to be seen.
"No. 2 agail," shouted C., as his countenance
'grew radiant with hope ; -it must be under two
"Make it interesting," said Whiskers, placing five
hall eagles in my hand. I began to smell a mice,
and told C. not to bet„ However, he was too san
guine- of success. (particularly when he learned that
my opinion tallied with his own, fur I certainly
thought No. 2 a tromp,) to be deterred by me, so
he placed a corresponding amount in my hand.
keeping up a nervous watchfulness upon the Rig in
which was centered his hopes of success. C. raised
the Rig tremblingly and
"Confound the thing," ejaculated C. "I was cer
tain the ball was under there, for I saw you roll it
out from No. 1, and you did not touch No. 3 after
wards.v
Whiskers termed to regret having won tl,e.money,
and .to .convince C. of his sincerity. after rnm.ing
his fingers in a very familiar manner among the
Rigs, occasioniy giving us a glimpse of the rolling
Joker, as a gentleman he was bound to give him an
opportunity of winning it back again: 'You cer
tainly know where the ball is now," said Whiskers
in a very winning and insinuating tone of coil
Hence, find at the same time placed the half eagles
in my hand.
C. became very much ex cited , and as he thrust
his thumb and finger into his porie-manie his whole
system seemed agitated with a nervous tremor.—
" 11l bet this time," said C., "but I'll not bet any
more.; I don'reare whether I win or not," and plac
ing the pictures in my hand, he lifted No. 2 and
--- lost again!
Seizing his bat, C. took hold of my arm uttering
imprecations not loud but deep upon the infernal
trick, and we moved to the door. Whiskers pock
eted the money, coolly, and suggested with the ut
most composure that it was not a trick, but a Rig
and bowing us out, good naturedly, remarked ; Gen
tlemen, if you call tis evening you can have anoth
er illustration of the Gipsey Rig."
Arm in arm we wended our way back to the
Astor. C. consigning the Gipsies and their Rig to
a place universally conceded to be too hot for
comfort, perfectly satisfied, however, that he had
lost more and realized less in one hour than he had
anticipated. It is only necessary to add, that
Whiskers was the Gipsey King, and that Mous
tache was Whiskers himself—a 'act we learned
when it was of no advantage to know.
Important Foreign News
HALIFAX, Dec lUD—The Royal mail steamer
Niagara, from Li%eipnol, which has been so anx
iously expected here since Tuesday, arrived this
morning. at .53.
ENGLA NP
ParlLmeilt has vonlircned the Free Trade policy
Lord Derby stated in the House of Lords, in an•
river to a yriesti , n by Earl Clauricarde, that the
object of calling Parliament together prior to the
Christmas holidays. was to close forever the con
troversy on protection and free trade.
Mr. Desraeli stated in the House of Commons
that she Adminstration had violated no pledge by
retaining office with the House opposed to protec
tion, for they bad never designed to advocate the
repeal of any of the measures of the free traders.
Mr. Bright, in his remarks upon a motion made
by Mr. Villiers, made an allusion to the United
States, and said that when General Pierce came in•
to power, England might look forward to recipro
city in trade.
In the House of Lords on the ?Si Is, Earl Malmes
bury stated, with reference to the North American
fisheries. that Mr. Webster's letters arose neither
from the Government placing a new construction
upon: the order regulating the fisheries, nor from
the use of improper languages in the negotiation,
but probably from circumstances occurring to the
American government at the time of the Presider
tial election. He assured the House of the most
friendry relations between the two Governments,
and that, with the
to
of that one letter,
everything tended to the most happy conclusion.
The shipping interest siremaking
strong oppo
sition to granting a charter to the Liverpool and
London transatlantic steamship company.
A ship has arrived from Port Philip, in 1 days
with 1:511.0c0 ounces 01 gold, valued at nearly one
million of ponds sterling.
committee of the Turkish bondholders in
London have met, and passed a resolution that the
Turkish Government is bolted for the reent loan,
and they propose to take steps to enforce their
claims through the action of Parliment.
TR.% \ CF
There is nothing important from France. The
Empire is progessing steadily.
In the recent election in relation to the Empire,
one-seventh of the voters in Paris abstained Irons
voting at all.
The vote for the Empire, according to the public
and pirate accounts, was conducted without any
show of enthusiasm. but the return will undoubt
edly show n larger majority thou any previous ap
peal to the people. The returns from eighty•three
departments, including the army and navy, make
the aggravate of yeas 7,2oi l Uin, while the nays
are but '2.sumuo.
The official proclamation of the Empire is ex
pected to be made on the tld December.
It is, reported that Napoleon will add rear one
manifesto to Franca and another to Europe, both
essentially p7acific. He has already sent a message
to the Legislature, stating that the Goverment will
undergo a change of name only.
Important from Mexico
Nr.w. OnLEINS, Dec. 10
The Evening Delta publishes Mexican dates to
the 20th ult., which are ten days later than pre
vious advices.
The revolutionary movements are extending
throughout the country. NO battle has yet occurr
ed between General Uraga and General Valdez, the
leader of the Federal troops, but the latter is sur
rounded in his fortified camp, and has been sum
mooed to surrender by Uraga. The situation 'of
Gen. Valdez is very critical there being but little
possibility of his receiving aid from the capital, and
without reintorcements he will soon be forced to .
surrender. The people of Guadalajara received
General Uraga with the greatest enthusiasm, the
the crowds flocking to hi- standard have increased
his force to nearly four thousand.
Generals Mesia and Rebolledo have also pro.
[moored in favor of the plan of-4;nadalajar.i. with
11l men. The States of Tamaulipas and GOMM'
jilts have also taken the same side.
The Mexican Congress has bees in session abont
a month. The committee in relation to the Te
huantepec propositions have ',ported a bill grant
, ing the contract to Senator Belange.
The defeat of General Blanco, by the French
Count Raousset Boulbon, has been confirmed, with
the addition that the 'tamperer has proclaimed So
nora indeprintlent, and annexed it to
Judge Conklin arrived at the City of Mexico on
the ltth ult.. but had not pre , ented his credentials
at the latest times.
Gariiner Investigating Committee. had left
the Capital for the mines.
Among the acts of Congress have been the pas
sage of an appropriation of $029.1)011 for current
expenses, and the resolution to impeach one of the
former Ministers for treason.
The Capitol.
The Washington correspondent of the New York
Commercial Advcrtiscr writes as follows:
Vast sums are in process of expenditure in this
city by the Government. One thousand working
men are employed on the Capitol extension alone.
The two new wings will stand at the distance of
forty-four feet from the main building, and be
connected with it by corridors.' The length of .
each wing is 14'i. feet. The Capitol, when fin
ished on the present plan, will be 751 feet long,
and its greatest width will be 324 feet. The
superficial area covered over by the whole of this
magnificent structure is three acres and a half,
and 652 square feet. The supplemental structures
designed by 'l'. U. Walter, and erecting by 'l'. Strong,
will correspond in their architectural proportions
with the style of the main building. There will
be no intermixture of orders. Hence in the pro
gress of this work the elements of beauty and gran
deur exemplified in the original edifice will be un
folded with greater power than has yet been per
ceived ; the effect of the combination of the original
structure with the addition will be more imposing
than—arithmetically speaking:--the sum of their
separate impressions.
The Nan shown by a minature mo•lel is beauti
ful. On a larger scale, in the reality of execution,
it will present itself in impressive grandeur. How
truly does an artist of the divinior wens in construct
' ing a great work for others repare a perennial
monument for himself! Genius is not only pow.
erfully creative, but strongly commemorative. It is
always reflecting its brightness in its posaessor.—
Hence the truth as well as the point of the noted•
inscription to the memory of Sir Christopher Wren
—" Si qua Tis monumentum, eirnonspire.” The quiet
certainty with which the works on all these public
buildings are going on is a pledge of the firmness
of pudic opinion touching the permanence of the
Union of these States. The Capitol extension is
the expression of the fact of the extension of the
territory of the United States. The dimensions of
the Hall of Representatives in the southern wing
will be 130 feet by 97, to the ceiling 35 feet, and
will contain 50 windows. Pour hundred desks
can be fitted in for members. The galleries will
hold 1,200 people.
The Senate chamber will have 26 windows, will
be 70 by 97 feet, and contain room fur placing
desks for 100 Senators, the number eligible when
there shall be filly States in the Union. A gallery.
of the same size with that of the Honse is an es
sential improvement, learned by the sad and repeat
ed inability of citizens front vatiolls and remote
quarters at the Union to crowd in to listen to the
eloquence of Clay, Calhoun and Webster, the glory
of which has now departed from that once celebra
' ted arena.
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11:r Great numbers of wild ducks are now killed
by the duckers on the Potomac, the most of which
are sent to the northern markets. On Friday we
saw on beard a sloop, just up, some two hundred
pair of canvass-backs.---Aloroadria Garotte, 6th.
[nov 22 2in-44