H 1221 Mil itribi brought poosimo oPee—•ean rtin for ward to Import yur,_ Irtertattientl" biotite& he. t7'44f.kepi not; rld bars miser sion, him since --0 Hier viol' I, . ; Ibo. Pit ties( d ,811%Ad covet rimmed till ebb. the hue f - - _ -. • orange.- knew his name, did you not pNO in th e if :of the 1310M014 1 lowa to make that items': `l, • _ • . An inersdol4ornila sat on the features doll love Napoleon, who l oilipped front his'eltair, placed himself Wore Me,,iind 'throwing back his hair from his foie bead, said, in O . tone softened by-emotion. P Do you recollect that @earl" . IOW fit sMazement. The lapse of nineteen years, had indeed made it' wonderful change, and it was dif. gicuit to trace in the full, handsome countenance of the First' Consul, the eickly, htirsh-featura linea mon* of the briyiwhorn 1 bad snatched from destroy lion. there was no doubt of tbeir identity His etsiOnS offuture glory had indeed been fully realized. Tho poor •orphiricadet of the Military School steed beforti me in tito .iierson of Napoleon Bonaparte! rate need scarcely odtto this, that he obtains not • only pardon, but, ret a rd.] MMali POTTSVILLE. Sfatardio _Atorning, .ibv. 21. A few aye since, a little Muck fingered, daybed,- imp ilia boy, handed' us a hastily wiitten note from our friend Mr. LIAVIAIt, requesting us to - lake charge of the editorial department of the Journal, foi this week, giving: us full permission, (in his own words.) " tollonrish es much as you please, but avoid committing wean any important matter." New be it known to.yagentle reader, that the idea has often canted into our head, that, if we were an editor. tho • nutoner urn/. ich we would use our sceptre,would be entirely CatirioitarY to all evil doers in Politics and Montle, astem.bing to our brethren of the quill, and the 'subject of :admiration, to all who might have the hsppiness to peruse our lucubration.. • we thought with H am let, a I am a Native here, land to the manner born," and in e'anty, on the Perusal of our friend's note, determined to show him 114 read to fame, and by a first rate lead. ing article, do something towards We/easing his sub scription list. [With the whole range of the Literary, Moral, Physic 1il,• Scientific, and Political world be. fore us,vitit tle single restrictionoo avoid commit ting the Journal , in any important matter , we could he at nri loss for l subject on which to give free play to our genius. W ith considerable accession of im portance in bar manner, we walked into the Sanctum, and Seated ourselvei its the editorial Chair, on the lest day on which any matter could be insert ed in the piper. Now, said we, leaning back in the Clivir,with our' eyes fixed upon the ceiling,we entered upon. that profission for which wishave often - thought ourselves destined by nature, ;and to. create a sen sation in our leader, we must choose a subject that Will attract attlntion or it may escape notice in despite of its isisisiimp excellence. Subject afteX subject presented itself to our mind, but some bOvri or 3thor we could not get our ideas to bear upon it. invite which seemed sr , perfect in the distance, became confused and blurred when more closely examined t and in matters, which, we vainly . thought, we clearly understood. we found•oinsclves Itricifilitiki h iPtAritlirpiar atutn to give way as the day edi t tinced, and we e,nekseendedto take up • fese-of the llte papers, in ordir merely to setssome of their etlitinfal.—As we looked over column after colt:ion, , fled with common placed-articles, we Auld not heldwishing with Olympus Pump ! *Oh fur an intellectual figery four," to catch the splendid itleaS that warn floating through our brain when - tive ; entered the,ot 4 t fice.—We began to grow di kieratc; our' eye fen unonf the words, 0: K., at the head of a ( coluinill'ithe thought flashed upon our brain, and _, wo made a.se,ection, trembled with eagerness as we assumed en erect position, end draw towards the r table; to cornmeoce writing, when we were startled by . ' the tippearanete of the aforesaid little imp, withoi we want a coliimn of copy for the inside, Sii."—Our edittirial 'irfas not began, and time pressed, we laid down the pen and took op thr se is ire; their copy was -iurn i tahed, and the sprite departed. The pen was resumed, but the halo. which enveloped our chosen . ; t•otubjr, t ; o the infloance of the Election of Gene,al Harrison on the future destiny of the United States," . ' hod grown slim —our views hal became indistinct, end were soon entirely di..ipated by the entrance of a lusng'w tolhear the nitwit. It was now growing lute,; we got tid of our visitor, and again turned.to the table, but unfortunately the brilliant visions which had .vanished the thoughts which thronged so'thick; could not 'now heawed to a tangible shape Again did _the imp appl fend the editorial copy demanded, with the earful . intimation that it *Ss now ao late that if • it was not , red y in ten minutes the paper could not appear in the aims! tune.' Before the ten minutes bad expired, the above was written,, and the imp de parted, and as, he left the room. we lould not help thinking, ;with a sigh at.the disappointment of our hopes of fame, that if we hadmot made a decided hit. jet we had complied with the request J our friend. and had not otttmitted the Janinal on any important . miter. : i.; ' - ri-It will he seen by the proceedings in another column, tha', the Der:reran:: have made very ea . ten:dye prepalutions in way of Committees, to celo. brace the glorious victory that hes been cattail* by the people —hi event , as imPortant to the existence , of- out Free Institutions as the Revolution which . gave them birth. For the laseeis years there has been a constant Waggle for i power on , the part of GovernMent ligainst the People—and the party. which. aupPorted the Goiernment was rapidly degen. era tag into .a fiction. Although the good of the ltr . ulty was los,ten4bly professed by the _Federal L ,31 o s Poem, frt. all the measures of the flovernment protteeding from their influence, had the direct ten denier 0 ini4e our Nationntprosperity, and to m ere:lse the strength of their party or faction. and to ceperate thenilita interest-and feeling from their ippo. vents. It ,wakan openly avowed rule of action, that no mien conkl be employed on any of the Nation al- WorliS;4'euPplY any of the Public contracts, unless h h:eliinged to the party in power, and wait willing to eappop theii measurer on every occasion. Fitand and,okruption in obtaining the maitrity in popular eleettins was considered as legitimate means, end the want of -honesty was no aisle/air:canon far arryoTrze in the,gi:t of the . Grttverninrh,t. Already , ha di!ter party adopted the ma tint, near porly.r;ghr or iitrong,", and many were . found so lost to their o .eties as Eim4i...!an eitizlns es to adopt this infant oaelmotto as i s gattrring cry preparatory to an es , , P* olll ' lll af,thtT popular will. The inane at the late electron. as, made by the I,oerri, was the patty against ;., t'idiPeople; a r d had the Parry succeeded, mit histco.- 1 ry for!the net fifty yeari would hatie - -prohatly ex hiltitad the: as e melancholy featnrei of the' violence 1 • of 4 tyrappi &nil succeetful faction as are found in theihistusry'oftlis Italian Repirtdies. , =lean N wapeoe.—The number of Nampa ,csablithe4' in Medea is fifteen. They are all of 014, The prime to tient 1e ;Wu SU ect 130 peripsions. . The Barbecue, • Between their horns the salted...belle, threw, And with their heads t_ia Heaves.the victioi slew, The OX ibpb swig OA; and entrails dreised," The asaletints pert, trattarts,'lind roast the:rest; Then ipreed the tab!" the repast - emirate... -, pleb takes his seat, no ascii receives, his share." • ‘-j . ' Houses ILLIAA The Os is to Is roasted in Market Square, and will be served up at .1 o'clock, P. M.- In thhavelting Fire-works will be discharged froni the surrounding hills, and au ilionainition of the lowa will take ' - - lExecuiien of Robert AP Cana/T.—Prom the Phi ladelphia Sentinel we espy the subjoined interesting account of the ex - mid:in of Robert WConaby,fot the murder of too strewn family hi Huntingdon county, Pa.. last spring: (This wretched man 'suffered the awful penalty of the law at Huntingdon.owthe 6thinstant. He was executed in the jail ytWd, a few minutes before 3 o'- clock, P. j The ilositig eircum!tanees of hii guilty and miser able career were peculiar: down to thelour of his execution, nay to the'very moment the drop fell, be stubbornly persisted in asserting his Innocence. AU hope of his making an' acknowledgement was entire ly removed by his dogged conduct. He was taken uProi the scoff ilii.:—evOry thing adjusted—the moment arrived. the drop fell! and not a word confessed. But the ,rope bloke, and instead of hanging. very nitteh to his astonishment, we suppose, he found him; self Open the ground. under the galloWs ! He thought ho was oelear.";but the illusion was present with hink but a moment. He was immediately taken up on the gallows agairii every thing made ready ; the drop about to fall, when he begged for •• time to talk a liute," and proceeded a to make a full and detailed confession of his crimes to the clergymen present. Mr. Brown and .Mr..Peebles.. who reduced it to writing in his own words, as helmade it." and who will cause it to be pwlilished kir the benefit of his wife and Children. His confession, is said, casts yet deeper and darker shades of cruelty over the bloody affair. ' He had scarcely concluded his confession, when the last minute Wei the execution could be delayed arrived, and he was again swung oft and paid his life a forfeiture for his crime Below Par.—The6 is a bachelor living at Gene. ca. who fancies himself a ebinplaster, and will not offer himself to anyly for fear of being refused. FO3[3[ll3[ll3ATED.] litelancholy.—A respected citizen by the name of Roomy'. Bszvonn; who resider' at Port Carbon, was drowned on the lath inst. He was returning borne, 'awhile gushing his boat rp the river, his pole elipt, and he` fell overboard, under the Market St. Bridge, and was drowned. His corpse was brought upon Sunday, and intered at Port Carbon on Monday. He has lift a wife and siz children to mourn his loss, Minister to Au s tria.—Benjamin C. Howard, o, Baltimore, has been appointed Minister to Austria. A Curious Fact.—Tho statement of Mr. Wise. the reronauf, if it be a fact is a curious one. It is well known that almost every one on biokicg down from a great heighth feels affected by vertigo—giddi. ness of the head—and a sensation of sickening in security. But be avers, froin repeated experience, that this only occnra when the individual is sitting or standing upon something connected - todh its ground even if it be only by a rope, or any other slight communication with the earth. But that en tirely isolated from the earth, no such feeling or gen _ The Savannah Georgian says, that, by the sadal returns accompanying the vote of the Congressional ticket, it appears that the voice of the people is in favor of Biennial Scums of the Legislature, by a majority of upwards of 30,000 votes. Census of Bfi learn from N. Snider, Esq. Marshall. that the census of the f ,eity of Bad. more, has been completed, end diet ri te total ['mule. don is 101.490 souls—being en increase of 20,885 since 1830.—Belt. Am. The Cleaveland Herald says :—How very anxious Mr. Van Buren most be far a standing army, now that his lying army has been so uttcrly put to the IBM Too-Prevolutian in this country bears the strongest possible testimony to the value of Republican Institu tions, and the permeneuce of our constitutional sys tem. Men had become apprehensive that our gov ernment could sustain itself by corruption; and that the more corrupt the stronger it would be. The be gan Co despair of purifying our administration by pacific agencies ; and it was feared that an appeal to force would be ultin.stely Indispensable to the resit, nStion of our system to its old integrity. When they yaw tha violence of administration, its disregard of public opinion, its, assaults upon State credits ,end State institutions. and its general bearing of insolent and arbitrary absolutism; they could not hesitate ds to the verdict which en honest an unbiased jury in the people would reader upon, its merits. But the patronage of government was immense. It paid and fed more than an hundred thousand individuals. in terested to sustain it whether right or wrong. These men were a standing committee of vigilance, with their ramifications and correspondence reaching the most obscure villages of the country; and were all to be moved to harmonious and co-operative action by a word or sign from the Central Power stWash• ington: Under ordinary circumstances, such a pha laux would be quite invincible. If government were honestly and wisely administeted, the office-holders might have every . thing their own way without um leistation or rebuke. The only interest of the People is in tieing testi ocivanerm. As brig as they are protecti4.-inlair personal rights and liberties, and .iteri the Institutione they have inherited sustained in their original 'oigor,, i they care not whether one man or anotber way bebe.Cbief Executive Magistrateof ids the country. 'A pentestruggle has taken place of late between the Constitne4end the Crown.— All the resources of corruption Imre been applied 11 the elections; the influence rind Omega of Go vernment have been exerted to the. inmost ; all its jinissaries have been under full pay ersain-fttli em ployment; end the hante of the people hai been glo nouely win. The experiment of sustaining eliiiee by CORRUPTION has been triedrby Mr. VAN Bunier.. , and has ',signally fail. 4. It has been demonstrated that the honesty and intelligence of the people amen odermateh fur the l i mes and seduction of official pat .i.magel'anti power, The ovenvhelming majority by which the citizens Of this Republic have condemned 0:elf weak arid prelligate rulers, teaches us that a .orrupt administrati in cannot stand in this country; and that what 'the:Peoria writ Tali CAN ARCM& PURR. ' , . • Another gratifying indication of the recent t!ec ton is the evidence it furniiihes of an improved mu. teal understanding between the different sections of the country. It. has been a part of Mr. VAN Br aveti policy to conquer the' Viraros by - 'uvulas.— He :has fostered looal , prejudices. jralortides and °glut; tions. lie has . spared no effort to incense the South against the North On the question of Abolition, and the Tariff. His emmisaries in. this, quarter' have been bUsyin exciting ill blocal against , the South; land the vain hope was entertained atcnating a se. films diversion from the , Whis tenkeby the Anti. Slavery nominatinn far the Presidency: The ms -4iii*.4 - iiiiiintsintleiti -: - - -_. - _ .:. •,:- „.,.. . • • -. . ,_ Wee"; o r _Beetle nn-Pe t 441 (44 -- -7" fb r -' the last two or , duns ran . i liell been tiiiinolmt with - reference to this Auestion. IThe SaiOniarmy, tieee Oiled; on ibe-exieteefflieunktbitit.:#o l- * ' !meads! to =the South' at the rstitiie: - er the Diorib , • . In every. gnar:nr thern hasibemi i mevedient intend ed'. ta array islection against i eictiOni. anti.interest " againstintemit; in balk : id:that' the Witteekqeht be thus brokers :air and: tonipmed; while than bond of common "interest would/ be strong enougl to keep ' the Tonne ander. , i . •• : , •-. , What iesprOved by-the:nisulti ' How sit highs to scorn'the factious tirades of Mr.ifin Beaks in the columns of the Wtiahingttm Globe 7_ I. Bose lit: tie hair been effected bY the, wild outcry of the liiik. mond Enguirrr.egaint the Abolitionisin of General HMIIIIIIOII ; Newutterly unavailing hiTe heeTi the , appeals of Cairtuee, ideDuress, Pintail and their associates to the feanilend interests of the,Bordhl We find Giiinota allying herself to fiss, ; and taking her stand sid braide with Mass.:causerra —Norms Canottr4 echoing back the Whig thun der from Nazi! Yonni The efforts of administration 1 to sow discord and animosity have not only complete ly failed—tbay have brought -sheet a resale the very opposition, of that which was intended. kora close ly than ever before am the North and &Mtb united —in lading hopes. They have rallied in a COMMOLf ground of nasronarton and strain; CATION—awI are willing to lay aside all less worthy copsidemtione, devote themselves to the trecomplisb meat of thiiigreat Fork, and adjust all inest.ons of difference and dissent at a more fitting.period. Ne ver before have we witnessed throughout the country • spirit that augurs so well for the perpetuity of the Girton, as that which now animates the beart of the great-Ware party. ' As nulling but a mighty necessity could have pro duced this extraordinary state of the pulthe mind— we have no fears that it will be lightly disturbed. The sympathy end union between the now dominant' party of the Olouth and the North, will-give a tone and color to the policy of General HaaritiMies' Ad ministration,l and will cement interests end l• attach ments too strongly to be easily dissevered. Great conflicting euestions will be adjusted in a syirit 'of concession end compromise. We shall see no ,vio lent wars waged of local prejudices - and passions.— We shall hear nothing more of reducing free labor of the North . to the level of Southern slavery ; nor of letting le t ose upon the South the Floated= of Northern Aolition. We may look forward in ex ulting confiOenee to an era of Peace, Union and Peosrsarri.—N. Y. Cour. New Spreses of Potalo.—The Maine Cultivator has a curious article, on this subject, the amount of which isi,atbiat a whart-like excrescence mit the staUt of the giltai4wer, being planted, produced a neW spe cies of potatO. The name of Gest, Hannrsow has bees given to the fine Brig, recently launched. at Brooksville. Me., which i Was at first reported the Boitzaria. New Counterfeit.—Ono Dollar notes of the Beni of Wilmington and Brandywine, Latter B, No. 45314, dated Wilmington, March 30th, 1840, paya ble to M. Botta. Badly executed and are readily de tected on eieminition. Ganttling.—A man named Chaney has been con victed at Annapolis, Md. of gambling, fined $5OO, and sentencid to thirty days' imprisonment. A Yankef'.--The following pictured a real, genu ine Yankee, is from 6 poem read before the Historical Actiats—at iistrtfasa_ rausagballi..4— _ “ He would , kiss a queen till he ramed a With his arm round her neck and his old felt hat on; Would address , the king with the title of Mister, And ask him the price of the throne that he sat on THE DEATH OF PROFESSOR DAVIS. A letter from Charlottesville. to thei-edidnuor &ha Richmond Whig. announces the melancholy fact of the death of Professor Davis ! , He died on Satur day from the pistol shot he received on the Thus day previods. The letter 'referred to gives the ful lowing particulars of his death: ..The 1241 November is the anniversary of a eel. ebrated rebellion which tt,ok place in the Univerei ty come thiee or four years ago. It has been CUP. 'ornery, with some few of the students, to Celebrate that day ever since. Thursday nighglast. the 12th, there were j only two or three who could bo found to commemorate the event. They went' forth about 9 o'clock at flight, armed with pistols. and disguised with maskit, Arc. After making a good deal of noise upori the Irwin of the University, they er. preached Professor Davis' residence. with the de. , tign, es he believed, to insult him. He went out with the vjew of discovering who they were. He Immediately came upon a very literal person, who had a mask on. and who was otherwise disguised. He approached him. and reached out his hand to unmask him. The individual, without uttering a word, stepped tack one or two paces. and fired the fatal shot. ' Thus has been cut down, in the vigor orintellect and the prime of manhood. a gentleman Who was an ornament to society and the pride of the University • "It is cat yet known who was the perpetrator of this diabolical deed. A stolen! was, arrested yes terday, and after examining a great many witness. ea, the mite was adjourned over till tomorrow. The evidence against him thus far, consists of the vaguest sort of guspicion. Another student dieap neared from the University on Friday, the day after Professor Davis was shot, and has not been seen or heard of since." RIOT AT LANCASTER. On the election day, Cameron's gang of bullies committed ;many assaults of an aggravated character at the polbi. The Gazette,. neutral peper.publish. ed in Lantmster city says, 4e in the use of Mr. Mid. dleton, (editor of the Ezamiter & Herald,) we are compelled to record one of the mostinfamnus .and cowardly proceedings that men might conceive or be' guilty .of perpetrating, which deserves the reprobation . of every. lancet man.—While offering his vote it was objected ts } ,, end he was shortly a ft er beaten and mat. treated by e number of individuals who infested the polls with disorder and noise daring the wide time of eenvassieg ; and this bad scarcely subsided ? when witneved a scene of violence upon our re per:ea townsman, George Font, jr. that made us tremble and ask ourselves, is there no law or order! Heiwast thrown open the pavement and curbs of kits street, end kicked i and violently struck upori the head by persons whiv are notorious for their disorderly can. duet. Mr. ford's father, an aged man, was also ill. treated." It is to be hoped that the Legislatere wilt take speedy measures to rid the state of the corrupt. ing influences, which now disgrace the public works, under the charge of Cameron.—Telegraph. 'ncrf , FrieOd Chandler discoursed' :dine about a . Ritier. which is frequently Wand to; by 'ce r t a in party, now's-days." I • u. 1 , 44 arebappy to state to our Vain Buren btethren that tlioavigation of Salt river isin excellent order —the %SITIO stream perfectly ovatebk.!' We found it very pleasant corning down s few'daye lance; and vie doubt noethat; all things considered, the upward nis vigationlii(l bo safe. As it tepid, the settlethedt. We may *from a giest may years' residents, thiu it is comfriUtable'snd ritirfdl . The qtiarters:whiCh our 'pakrOccupied—i party-'proverbial for 'making Monroe:hie :comfortable—will be opened to the Van 1111411 pleql And we comment] to them' that agreeable philosophy which we learned and prakisedin those green retreats ; and as it' evade our, future' TOCAIAN. enents.'•tee spy that, having rowed up the Sidi River our ap* i inerita; t e reserve the seine 'capes for'imriel , eel whinewir our country's awe shall so need opt owlog r ip.l •: • -• , We obeli Rive our readeis the admitii the State elections as fist as they come to • - - , Whig. No. 1. CONNECTICUT, 8 ; No. 2. 01110. - 21 No S. MARYLAND. 10 No. 4. RHODE ISLAND. 4 No. S. NEW HAMPSHIRE, No. 6: NEW JERSEY. 8' No. 7. NEW YORK, 42 No 8. GEORGIA,..' II No. 9. MAINE, - 10 No. ID. PENNSYLVANIA. 30 No, 11. ,MASSACHUSETTS,. .14 No• 12. INDIANA. 9 • No. 13. KENTUCKY. IS No. 14. MICHIGAN. 3 No. IS. VERMONT. 7 N0.`15. , TENNESSEE, 15 F0..17. DELAWARE, 3 No. 18 LOUISIANA. S No 19. MISSISSIPPI. 4 No. 20. NORTH CAROLINA, 15 riecessari to a amide. OHIO. The official returns from this State f. sl election, aro as follows.— Benison. Van Buren, Harrison's majority, Abolition Ticket, In 1836. the vote stood, Harrison, Van Buren INDIANA. Returns from 47 counties, give the foi widen : Harrison, Van Baran, Harrison's mej. Harrison.' gain, ILLINOIS. AI the counties but 16 are heard from. They give a Whig majority. of 182. VIRGINIA. The Von Buren majority in 'l6O counties officially heard from is 1622. The unofficial result in the whole State-is a Van Buren majority 0f 1 1406. Near ly 80,000 voice were polled, being 3u,000 more than were ever polled before. NEW YORK. Harrison r e majority in New York, 3 counties to be heard from, is 14.515. Seward's majority 6,1321. VERMONT. From 16 towns we have retums which show a majority for Harrison of 10.740 votes, end a gain of 3556 on the vote of September last. The majority will be near 15,000 ! ! Peant.ssa.—Every county in Vermont gives a Whig majority. - The town of Woodstock gives 586 majority for Old Tip. And the town of Eden gives 66 votes for Harrison, and not a solitary one against him. Don't you think Vermont will get the flag. TENNESSEE. Whig majority .so ferns heard from, In East Tennessee, In Middle Tennesse, In the Western District, Hurrah for Jaekeon. Returns from all the counties except flee, show Harrison majority of 12,440. NORTH CAROLINA• My Dear Sir:—l avail myself of the first mu. went, that has exchanged doubt for certainty, to as sure you that North Carolina has gone for 0 Tippe. canoe and Tyler too," by a greatly increased ma jnrity. We have only heard from 12 counties, but the people have turned out co folly (the only thing we feared) and the Whigs so increased their vote every where, that the tesult may be set down as absolutely certain. In the 12 counties heard from. Harrison s'Majority is 2.100—a gain of 700 votes since August Election. the 54 counties, to come in, increse their gain in the proportion of the 12 heard from. our majority will he 12,0 . 00. ALABAMA. In Mobile, county the Harrison ticket received a majority of 432—being a gain over the Whig majority of August of 334 ! Tuscaloosa county gives Harrison 1207. Van Buren 980. Shelby gives Harrison 660, V. B. 350. In Pickens, Harrison' has 1000, V. B. 616. It is stated that Gen. Harrison runs better than Thornton in Greene county, although the vote for the latter shows a gain of 600 over the late election. The Tuscaloosa Whig says —n We do candidly believe that Alabama will give Gen. Harrison it least 3000 votes over Van Buren." The Charleston Mercury rays—o In Alabama the Whip have gained smite votes about Montgomery. We begin to feel a little wolfy about the neck." inoloo Miaaloai m rr m h This State has most undonbtebly givn her Elcc toral vote to General Harrison. We welcome her to her the great Whig sisterhood with heartfelt joy Returns from twenty-seven counties show a. Whig gain of 4,258 votes on the election of last summer, There are twenty-eight counties to be beard from, and only a majority of 150 votes to overcome. She Will do that and much more, LOUISIANA• The New Orleans correspondent or the Baltimore A inericari writes as follows, under date of the 10th hist: “ What think you of 3,500 majority in pallint Louisiana, en inerease of 1,500 on a roil of 16 or 17.000 end, this ton accomplished in the midst of the fiercest end well sustained opposition? Have we °mit deserved well of onr country? Our present majority rit 3.736. Five parishes to be heard from. which can hardly reduce it 150. ♦<e have carried every Crogressional district- 1 1m firer by 'nearly 2,300 majority—the second by 14(1.oenforo in Ju— ly), and-the 'third., the glorions third, by twelve or khirtren hundred. Loccifocoism in Louisiana is dead aid baried." I lesuits of ! ; °° , d. li: 1 7 234 148 Presiden 48,141 24,780 29,361 903 105,417 96,916 wing ma Aug. 46,412 39,713 EM 24,273 • 2,312 6,699 11,961 5,262 7.841 2,027 4,874 14,742 RALWOR, Nov. IS, 1840 DELAWARE. °MCILi. RUTIIIiNS OF NSW PARTLi, AND KENT CbCNTIEIi, iON 1840. ' , - • . - _ Democratic Whig Ticket. ' Via Buren Ticket: Benjamin Caulk,, 3911 Chris. Vandegrdt l , 3289 Pete: F. Canvey, 3914 I 1 Nehemiah Clark, 3289 Henry F. Hall. 3811 Thomas Jacobs, •I 3290 Democratic Whigmajority 623 totes. ; 1 MASSACHUSETTS. , The returns; titroughout the State Ana the total vote tor Gr.vernor to have been 124 222, oflwhiih John Davin received 70,056. and }Univ.,' Morton 54,197. Davin' Mirj.rrity JOH). The Barton At. Jan Natal that fiarri.oiers majority' will eaceid 20,-; 000. . - ; From St. Augustine. 1 Office of the Newe, BT. AUGUSTINB, Nov. 8-12 o'clock, M. Inforthation has been received in this city from Fort Reid, on the St. Johns, that Col. W. S. Harney 2d dragoons had captured twelve Indians, consisting of women and children, last week in that neighbor hood. He took from them about ftn blankets, some honiespun, &c. This plunder is no doubt some that was taken when Indian Key ..was destroyed, by the wretches. Wild Cot. and his party, are still in this neighborhood, and committing depredations daily. Fort Hanson, about fifteen miles from this city, was burnt about three d ays ago. The troops that were garrisoning it (volunteers) had not left it but a few hours: before it was burnt. There a er e , eight dis tinct tracks discovered around the Fort by the scout ho discovered that the place was burnt.—One of the tracks was that of it negro, and very large.- It is the same party that are doily murdering our people about here, headed by Wed Cat, alias Coa-coo-hee ! The steamer Columbia, Capt. Windle, from Ha vana. bound to Charleston, put in here on the 7th inst., in a leaky condition, being unable to proceed any further. She has pot her cargo on board of . the schr. Stephen & Francis. Capt. Magee, consisting of 65 Ws. of sugar, fruit, &c. The steamer is obliged to keep her force Rumps going. She leaks very last She will be caulked, and proceed in a day or two for your port, The steamer Wm. Gaston, Capt. Borden, arrived here yesterday from Southern Potts, having been de tained there for some time. on account of a severe gale. No News. There has been a very severe gale along our coast, injuring a good many vessels. Ixar A 74' lklynasus.—Lieut. J mid, with Mr. Fernan do Falany, and 3 Dragoons, on Sunday morning last left Fort Seurle for this city. Near the 8 mile post they were fired upon by a party of Indiana who were concealed in the bushes alongside the road.—The Sergeant and one private were killed and Mr. Felony and one private severely wounded. Lt. Judd esca ped miraculously. He rode with the wounded men a short distance on, when the soldier fell exhausted, and Lt. J. dismounted. dragged him off the road and concealed him. among some bushes. Mr..Falany was . wounded in the shoulder—the ball lodging in the I= The bodies were Much disfigured, and that of the Sergeant decapitated and the head carried off. • The wount'ed man it ie thought will recover. Lieute. Brown, Ridgely, and Hardee, with detach ments of Dragoons. went out immediately to scour the country in nil directions. - Lt. Col. Denny, with detachments of Captain. Mickler's and Peßicer's companies went out to search for the murderers, but they have es yet been unable to meet them. The place of the !mks6 talk is ,transferred from Tampa to Fort King : MiCnnopy rind several'ehiefs, with Abram, the interpreter, it is said, will be pre sent. • SCHUYLKILL BANK Pursuant to law. and.in accordance with public no tico, a general meeting of the Stockholders of the Schuylkill Bank, was held at the banking House, on Tuesday, November 3d. 1840. at 12 o'clock, M. David Kirkpatrick. Esq.. was called to the Chair, and John Fausiett appointed Secretary. John Price Wetherill. President, reed the annual Repent of the Board of Directors, which, on motion, wee accepted, when the following resolution was adapted : Res.,!void, That n Committee he appointed in pur suance of the suggestion of the Dowd of Directors to report to a meeting of the Stockholders, to be held on this day week, the 10th inst. at 12 o'clock, M, at this -place, arid that they have power to fill any va. coney. On motion the meeting adjourned. Agreeably to adjournment a meeting of the Stock holders was held on the 10th inst., at 12 o'clock, M., at the Banking House. David Kirkpatrick, Esq., in the Chair, John Fausset, Serretary. The Committee appointed at the former meeting mode the following report, which was read, and on motion of Robert Hare, Jr. was unanimously accept ed. Being invited by the Directors to• examine fully , into the afflirs of the Schuylkill Bank, with a %jaw to satisfy the Committee or the correctness of their con clusions as stated in their report of the 3d inst. Your Committee proceeded to investigate its ern dition as amply as the time allowed them would.per mit. Every facility being afforded for the pin pose by the President and Directots. and the result has tin pressed your Committee with the conviction that-en tire reliance may be placed in the correctness of their report. In the opinion of the Committee, the value of the Real Estate and other property held by the Bank has not been overrated, and they are inclined to believe that by a continuation of the same judicious manage ment a larger amount of the doultful debtalhan was anticipated by the Directors in their RePort, will eventually be recovered. In examining the afftirs of the Branch at Port Carbon, your Committee had mach aid afforded them by the presence of Mr. S. M. Kempton, the Agent, band his communications were very altisfactory and corroborative of the correctness of the Directors state ments. In conclusion your Committee take this occasion to express the high sense they entertain of the indus try, ability and devotion to the interests of the stock holders evinced by the President and Directors, in the vat ions and complicated transactions, incident to the deranged condition of the affairs of the Bank ; all which is respectfully submitted. Signed, DAVID K IRKPAT RICK, JOtIN FAUSSET, ROBERT BURKHART; • ELTHII PICKERING, THOMAS BOWMAN. CALEB B. MATTHEWS, JOSEPH CLOUD. On motion of Charles Kinsey, Esq., the following resolution was unanimously adapted— Resolved, That the thanks of the Stockholders be tendered to the President and Directors. for the faith ful discharge of the-arduous duties that have devolved upon them during the past year. On motion, Resolved, That a Conimittee he ap pointed to form a ticket for the suppott of the Stack holders at the ensuing election for Directory,' to he held on Monday, the I6th instant. . Signed, D. KIRiteATRICK, Chairman; JON. FaQsesr, Secretary. Sr. AUGUSTINE. Nov. 7 In accordance with Os : abova . traoluti owing named, gentlemen VI eiiplieed in or Directors for the year, whir John l'ries WetUeriU Heigh Cads • Daniel Deal, . Samuel J.II Jacob L. Sharpe. • Gcorge 111: Ststyl3.Bircrolt, John brat William Yardley, Jr.; Elitit Pick Anthony S. Morris, : 'Thomas Bo - • George Abbott,. Ficm Vie New Ye .k Exprest. We hie just reeitied tbo toil , Autiew of the Fox chase, from our farad Slej9 The numerous incidents• attending sit woi.ld moire. no doubt more time and he eould.give it, especially as he has Liens, and has not the franking power. report 1,1 a victory i■ generally brief are left for more-quiet moment*: - From the Log (labial, Rend. To my fellow citizens from New Oriel; andfnin Solt Water to the • np and down the malty and cross wise: FELLOW Cream :—Ever since the all the hunts and chases tell'd en in ail ation bain't been only a mere flea bun Fox chase that has just been complete i tedStatei, bY We grace of God tree a dent at last.. It hasTheen known to every body that for the lad ten year.' it has been impos,sible: to hut h eggs, or, raise poultry, or to trust ",:ilny thing at I rgo of hat. nature—night aver night and day arse day—nest crier nest end chicken utter chicken w s destroyed by the fixes„ and they got so bold and brazen• at last they would come into the poultry yard in open day. or any where else, and kept the hull featheed tribe heckling pretty touch ell the while. At first the folks got traps and dogs; but it got so at last, that the foxes got so numerous. it was pet as much as • dog's life was wurth to attack em—and folks began to despair—especially as it wed found out that all the youn g er foxes got their dite , etions from one raie sly fox, whose yet never had been track'd or trap`d, or driven to his hole; he was eery where, in every State almost at. the seine l one. And wherever he was reported to be, there waa found all the other foxes was moat knowing add most lin. pudent. &lit was concluded that it Was no use to try and trap the common run of foxes, but if pc/Wi lde to make a general rally in - all the Statesr and give chase to this old fox especially—aid not give up till he Was run to his hole, end then dig him out —for it was thought it he was only ca ght, all the rest would be pretty, scarce. , Well, thi matter be lug agreed -ul on: the first thing next to be done was to select a good long winder leader of ;he chase— one who would not give out, and whoseiliorn could he heard furthest. And so well agreed upon Old Tip —and we got him pretty well moon ed, and ho sounded his horn. and its echoes went ui and down rivers, and across valkys, and over MO MOMS, till Milts all about creation got well aeon. tried with the-sound—and on a given day, they a sembled at all their stations and put in practice II o few,gen. oral rules el the chase, capering a WI. round and having a few chat es jist . to get nimbi , and then on a signal from Old Tap'. Born, they lall started, and such a chase as I said a fore, as then began the hull created world has never before seen—for it was an everlasting wide and long Founiry to, chose over, and no one knowing yet where the fox' would first break kiver, all hands at first went to work beating the bush.-1 he first track 6vas struck in Louisiana, and about 3,0110 give chase there. and run him out, of that State. and he itreaked . it away North . as hard ae he could clip it, 'and know. kg all the secret by ; ways , escaped till he reached the state of Maine. 'I he 3laine boys were wide a wake, and as soon as they struck his track there, they raised an almighty shout and h'ade d him of He then shtered off to New Hempe l ire, where , they ale pritty much all fox—and therd'for • spell look breath. But healing the coming! shout he struck .Or Vermeil' in hopes the" Green Mountings" would furnish, a Meer —but they were 1 611 awake there and about SAM folks pled in the ,chase and he remained no longer in 'Vermont than he could get out un'i. ..W ell," thinks he, ••this tai l inlay lite work, and I'm off south .gin, for they must be jiiendly io me there, seeing ae how 'l tell'd all the foxes to be emit to the Suuthern Ohick i ens"—and so he slipt to Georgia. The Georgia toms, however, not liking the natur of the breed, had - already called their fox hunteri to.. gether, and on the first show of a track they all o— pened and about 5,000 give cruse there in a most. hoble style. and lie turned tail and run towards the middle States. In passing through the ' No North. State ofearolina. hu finds things too ide awoke there to stop a Minh— and pit so it co tinned 'ell the way through Maryland Delaware and Perinsyl• vania—thhugh he bhthered the huntela plagily in Perins.ilvanta, , they don't understand i x hunting 13 in that elate—except in a few CO ciully in Chester couniyond that is the in that county they alwv'4ii have good plenty on't. lie continued North.' 1 cot and Rhode Island they gave him a aerie run—and no lime to stop or doub amost caught him. As for Mamie knew pritty well he stood no chance t you.see but one strait dupe across—t bite in New Han.pshire ne tried for and run considerable well along the such a lumina met him irt the west was him and he sheered off lot Ohio, but t (tithe frying pan into the hot ashes— around him and seeing all ready in some 10,000 some 15.000, some more. • sermring the country and prepared to tt he its no use—lathe victor belong the *pi docttine of my party andil may as wel l the last" and lie made a dead track to t in at the North Bend—with about 30,001 liner him and Old Tip at the head on standing near the door and 1 seed and now thinks I here goes for Log tl and hospitality and 1 opened the don I streaked—and just - then up came Old I lather. "He is sate, says I, I Ginera got him snug at last." "Well," says the Gineral to hts frie citizens the chase to up; the old fox i 1 session, and 1 hope, that you will be .1 the Major and 1 will take good care give a good account of him. He is not jolt now to be held op by the bard run and is considerably ailed; MI mare harm,—let all go home and let out as in good times. You will not be foxes for a good spell to come r and if your fault, not mine." And with that three hearty cheers for "Tippecanoe an. —and thee. ended one of the greatest fo er heard tell'd on afure.and.l have told, am!! part °nit. Yours fellow-chi ' J. DOWNING.,Majoi Bed Bugs.—Rocent trials nave establ plant known to botanists as the Pologo l , tum, commonly called water pepper or and which may be found in great abu ditches, roads, lanes, and barn yards, and -certain destroyer of the bed bug. exercise the same poisonous effect on • strong decoction is made of, the herb, a, infected with the insect are carefully with, The plant may also With much' strewn about.the.room. Elderberry th e shelves of a cupboard, will 'fist) tltiv - es _ an d ants in a very short. time. . When shall we three meet ngerin.=B • Mtssoun, and New Hampshire.'the ha pera of the sinking and malit nont orb of What a noble, self-sacrificing _trio ! Eq their impenmations, Isaac Bill, John and Thomas H. Bonton. 4 , Like 'desolate hermits, the last of To mark where the V,ITCHILIS iota Truly o misery makes strange beilfella Atlas. - The friends of the family are incite df to attend the (anent of CEctua Strrn, daughter '4f -- Arthur St, Clair DliChols, Esq., from her fathir'a house, ai clock, on Saturday gunmen, **tont Ontheriotlaii, 11 ne, the AI- . ; • minatko i nderson. srpenter, ley. fly • MM. sty ske!eh Dowaint. h - etas! pies shin Loceopa. The first ,the details orth *to Down. ke Watery, World begun • rts of cre. I to tiro rats thane Vol . d indopett. I nties esp.. t eascon why ultry and Connect'. amazing And een. towns, he I err, and so `d taking a' New York udson. but At shiver for :at was out nd looking 'he States— ! ome ek—thinks ,es, was the go for, it to Lag r Cab. Buckeyes r m. I was iin coming abin mercy and in he ip all' of a —we have ds. 1 . fellow I in my pos. tisfied that iof him. and n condition l e has bid a he'll do no eir poultry troubled by uu are. it is all join'd to Tyler too" chases CV. only a very ens, • &C. tkia wiled that the iillfll puede• lomat weed, dance along an effectual It is Raid to be flea. A d the places • 'fished them [ dvanta9e be trea laid upon i away roach. nth Carolina, ble worship. [locofocomtn ! ailed only by C. Calhoun heir race, .een ! F' i6"--4ostosw
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