The miners' journal, and Pottsville general advertiser. (Pottsville, Pa.) 1837-1869, August 12, 1843, Image 2

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P.OTTSVILLR„
iATUR DAV MORNING, AUG. 12,11E43.
ltztukamee
The subicribr, Agent for one of the best fnsur
tince'ofsc4s in Philadelphia; is prepared to. make in.
slimness on all descriptions of properly such a
Houses: Mills, Stables, Goode, Furniture.
at the very lowest rates.• • 13: BA NN;AN•
EX V. B. PArner, No.. 56 Pine Street.
- Philadtli!hia is authorised to act as Agent to teceive
subseriptiona api-advertiserneutt for this Or.
:‘-'• . LocoYoe° Consistency.
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We rinota,tho felltiWing !from among : tho Togo- ,
littions passel) at the lam L'oeofoco meeting in Or ` :".
isigalorg.. ~ •
- , "-Resoicfd, That we arc oppmcd to swiandcr.
ing .a-way our pbblic domain, by giving the pith
ceeds thereat -, the different it ans, because such
a measurei would be uncoustitutivnal, wfrild have
alondenq to make st ttes rely tipon the, General
Goveinme-nt'br the payment of their own debts
—would, produce reckless extravagance among
' the different states, and would deprive Cie General
tiovernmeint of the means of raising large a
mounts of-money in cases oleviaordinary eiticr
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geney, (hereby leading to the impositton of direct
taxes and buitliens upon the people.
. Relayed, That upon the tilli.j.:il: ofa era, ne i
will hold east to what have arways been the view's
of the Democracy of PcnnavlVania on this impor
tant
subject, and will Ma he no'colicesAiohiol prin.
ciple in this respect, fur (he purpose of geatifying; t ,
the political ViCetb or designi of others'. 1 'is
`Rese4vidi That .we will put in nomination and
sr:ppo'itSno man as out candidate for oongress Mil
" the coining election, who is not knoivii, ito be Mil
able and efficient fitend to the intercids of the
' *people of this district, and none but sileh's i b ore
as will adyucati and vote fur mein:urea fuidlie, two:
port and protection of our azricititnral 'inirk,, ufa:i.
turitig and mining Mteie,ta."' cr
Nowfss the period ie fact hrrieing'wh It the Fin
riplee patties will be to he scale of
public opititonose . ,inaite the.attetifion if our citi
zens to the 'aigurneWt of the above
Gist they profess themselves oppoiardt to the
dietithution of the proceeds arising fionv thle,salcs
'of the Public L todp, while they in flielltistdiraid
,//./ own theweives in foyour of vott!.ili4 In this
ithCy but use tfie Sou'liern subterfr; ter the .
tiro encastfred ' i, :iirtfitisep.trub.o in this character, as
- the-ptisiage of a_aufliturtit tutifflewb l)uppLyitig
o (avenue for . governrnent, , eterioteu thh; necessity
of the land fund, and the pioceeds' b i ting the Is: .
gal 4..tf righif al property of the States ,auld theft-
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fore:;evertlo them.
!lithe s:cood of the resodutions ell i pse copied,
t Wel:profess to eni •s the a4me vivWs of a tariff us
that ,holilen by the Dem icaFy of Pt nnsylvailia,
and : Would' desire t , ..urm\,
'mit the qUestion of
t!'nneiple in this indo,tinet - iiil iiiiliiiitte , nionner.
Now-taking it avowal li eially, to i v:hat deco II
amount? • Why that they are the 'allocatto of
fnuo.trati,U, that they are ini ical to prtection;and
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that in this principle , they in follow' Its ample
.of their lecofoco l ; retlioen, ho uponeVery legit
lativeirial have been found,enrolled r 1
deterMinedi
reposition to the measure -fothe lao4, l Welve years.
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But the lai•t resolution h i ts an enti ely‘lith.rerit
rolOring,..nnd taken us the contextof tlie two'pre
ceding' oriTs, m a kes a strange contrad (lion which
nothing b?l'lhe late etidentipolicy °l:that party
con salve.; We'rec.ignise in it .finoilior instance
of that shifting non.coninottal timidity, widely-li=
• now everywhere iduirkferisiic of their Movements.
They will vote for fiti'one who will n l ot protect the.
Interests of this district whilst in the l , tiame Oreath,
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'' they aims , them.4olv l es inimical to a :tariff. Are
they so-ig norant air not to,..know that the mining
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nterested Pennitylvruiia, flourish oriry with the
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:increasing welfare of the many other larancheof
trade!' Of .vettiai :_beliefit2 would a atieeial toriffino
the , articie.if cMol-he to us, shouhl.the; manufactu.
ring and ether intete , t.s be promoted 4 the want
of Protce , ioh; and what does such lan ' avowal a:
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• mount tit, but a weak evasion of the niain principle,
' The truth is ihat
_the • Locefoco p6icons of the
I - North feel,afraid that they will halm a;Southem
1 candidate with nullification principh i s:thiewn into:
' their arms, and they 'are now pursuing' this shift
ing course 'of non-corninittalism, selaiito be yeady ,
f a the emergency when it may arriv. If other
'. Wise ; why n.d,'corno out boldly, and. 'not only a
vow themselves friendly to the.meai l mie, but open
-9 ly and fearles4y-ailvocate it! •
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. It is understood that several p.erar . 3 who: Attelf
'i dad and pailticipa•ed in said meeting-4:nd desirous
• . of receiving the .enatoirial . nominaton; and fondly
hope 'to secure the whig supporteif t - the county in
- - furtheratge:.ol their election. The Warning will
therefore come in time, that no ininwho is not a
firm•and unswerving frirMil and advocate of pro
tection, and'in favor of the distriliutien of the'pro.
ceedsl,of the oohs of tb . iiipublic Innis; can ever re
volve the sopport of the ,whigs, h4e, and that of
course will iacluile the names of al! . those who as
sisted in the passage, of the above esolotidns..
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T, E 'Am —The 'Ladtts of. i ith t e Episcopal
b_
chur.opened their Bat tar ort . liurt-day morn
ing last, and
,during the day we we 4 :6-' 9duced to.
pay th , na a visit. i
A.! we entered the ronm,..two fair janieers ac- I
Costed us with the m .st. provokin'g l'enuttesy, of. I
feti4 to ien us a email piece of paStibirard for a
shilling, which, after we had reco'Ve : red from our
surprise,rrwe fmrid to be an adinlisiou ticket.--
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• . Psssitlg
.y the , r Post Office IS'elierttnerit;'we
were hailed from thence with tho information
. that there la , s a h ttet tn.our has, and then, away
went nether shill.ng. :. The roun l as'•is wo .
moved
- r aroinatl, striving. to dodge the . iling t erou . s'Io:Is of
' those at ilia .tebles, Were' crowdsd 'with 'visitors,
and the fair salesvirmnen were. aJilbnsily engaged
in iliTpoSingof their wards with afrthe el9quence
and envretsinviii of smiles and4Katity. The re
• ce'pt4, up yi the period of our entrance, had been
quite ilattring e - and the most ,tta;,tiioe imtit'ill'a•
' ..ciort4 were enter ained as to' the 'SuCcessful result
-- ofthe amdert:tking. Ntuelt trouble and labour has
beer eTpended . by the Idd es, itr pr eparing their
----articles for 'l4 rdir, and -as the rut; h.dy
j
on; .t f diseneumberingithechurCh from
,debt, we joity our w:slies to,thcies that it may
.iticieed equal ,to‘ their trtermosttkures. The In.
Jfi'es ',tele garnished with vvartO-k• of the ino,t
beautiful and costly ar:ici;:s, end E'llory tdiiiig that
could tertipt , a poor nmrtat to part with his small
chatige,was gathered there in the 4eh.st profusion
The Fair-viai eontinu-d through - yes erdaY, and
will n.it•clot tint'' at late hoar iii. plening,
when the remainder Of the gook rs ilt , be disposed
cif at adction. = . •• '
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' ': '67l: , We,shoultl like 10' know formhdt purpose,
end by what authority, a kind oil'eenalrship
, has
been establi•thed over ourpaekag,Oo7 those eon
, nectelwith the Philadelphia and P,,ttsville Rail.
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-Road, Since'theiSth of Jul!, fplfilten packages
-of Papere directed to us Mt& lettkt the Dept in .
Philadelphia,havenot been , recei•t•e3, %hire packa
gen from the Faroe &Vs, and'dAlivcred at the
time time, have come regularly ; tit hand. This
' tilanv/4 conclusively that our pack"aies have either
i.,
bean secreted tn . destro . :ycd, by soln,i person or per
_,.—aettoanected with . the Road L•arid, we Ito2e.that
the ic.7..p.m i aany will now eonsider;A, their duty to
' pay some tate tion to a puti'F. rem onLv.ranee,
i .' since' trecrtent private complainii - havo not lied
' • the erect ofretn•xvin: the evil , :'Lfriiplain_ed of.
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palfrey. ForrtwelCone of the men who wos•
so severely injured by the late'ciAlt , i - on on the
Riallog pld Pot:v.:W.o'l 4 4i PoO, is since 'dee!.
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In
Comp Ile
We ore now enabled to give our readers' a fa.
voutrable and full aeconnt of - this . grand earning
display. The- Committee _ assurer us that their
prdspecta ale of the most - flattering kind. and have
turns hed us with the hit of foliating companies
whci t haie signified the'ir determination - to_ join in
he Enc-impment : 1
Reading Troop,
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Reading
'1 - Washington Grrja, Reading,
i; National Greys; Beading::
Union Greys, Berks,courity,
Millerstown
• - Berryville Troop! .
• Cattawii•saßifie, l
German Yogers, l Philsdelphia;
Msnersville Artillery,
: • Ortvigsburg Grelys, - • •
Independent Blues, { ,
_ _ New'Hanover Artillery;;;‘ . .
lianabriig Troop; . ,
Hamburg Artillery,
Pinegrove Guer i ds,,
Mlllerstovvn Trcinp,
(tiller: town Infantry,' .•
Mahantengo Guard,
Schuylkill County Cavalry,
National Light Infantry;
•Schuylkill HriverGreys,
Washington Yr.gers,
• Minersville
This Makes twen'ty four normianies who have
given the Coannitteessurances 'upon which they
Can rely ; and in addition to ;these, they have re
ceived intimation - freni a Highland Corps of- New
York City—several companies in Philadelphia,
1 . 10 'elsewhere, that them' to depend upon
'a greater number being 'present than •those above
enumerated. Maier General Keim will -revievr!
the Troops: - on . , S.inardry, the 19th, -and it is ex-1
pected that General. Scott will' review them or ' il
Friday, the 1 t3lhc The' attendance of the Geyer ! l
nor is - somewhat doubtful, although he may ar-i
range -it so as to he present. The Conimitteei
have ordered a- splendid, exhibit:on of fire works,
terake place et:lug:top Saturilux.or Monday evenf
ing; and perhaps on both.
,The target firing for
the five splendid gold 'medals will he had on Mani
the :Ist, and as we have seen. and examined
them. we •, , ronbunee them to bp well worth the
exertion„ necessary to secine them; .
The tents will be erected, and all the necessary
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preeata'iims made n 'Monday a . ..nd Tuesday, the
ldth and 15th instl • A LlattaliiM parade has beep
ordered lan Wednesday morning, When, the , troops
will march into camps and enter at one upon the
duties appertaining to it.. 'Visitors from all rails
of the Stale are ex ptety.l, - and"; we stit - ipoi,te that
the week will be One of 'unrestrained 'gaily and,
excitement. : !1- • , • ,
• 71 its LATE S.vittot LA
IC : E4 K]iturday evening; August sth;.
the country at Pliiiadelphia
_was visited with of e
of the most sudden and siiderit storms that has
!Ken ever known Ito occur there.: Muchalamage
wasilone to goads ,and property in • the city liy
-the inundation, but tint mast 'severe losses toOk
place, in the viartity,..; At Chester, Delaware
county, the flood-was tremendous; the water - in
Chester. Creek was abOut 8 feet abuse thO; highCst
'tide ever knOwn.l TWe'nty lives were -16 st, eitd,
-the amount of property deztr t iyed Was immenie:
The loss sustained by ono person, Mr. 'Cron
jti estimated at fr j ont 50 , to . ,;;i::,0070, and the whale,
loss in the county is computed at Vi 09,000.
;At Valley Forg , ;Darby, and in rievyal pats
of New Jersey, the storm Very ‘riolent,
the destruction of property ecinhiderable.
'Ore - l'hiladeli"hia train (dicers was delayed:
err Sunday`, and did tretarriiioThere anti[ a late
hour on • Monday afternoon, it consequence of
several breaks upon the : road,' oeLtasioned by the:
rush of water. - j 1 -
•• Great damage was. sustained; by the -vessels) in
'and out of the harbor, arid several lives were \lost.
The great bulk! of the storm rested - user and a,
. yith:vs the rain wa4so
'slight as to be nothing
nth ReYENUE.—Thi Editor of the Nevi York-
Tribune, thus administers a :strong practical eor
rection to the 'foolish degmai so long sported iby
the anti-tariff party in their oppo.iition to the mea
sure. Tho argument is unanswerable, and nark t e
nothing but the calm, sober re f lection of the com
munity, to convince them oil its force. It
thie quiet and convincing way that the noisy friith
ing,s of deningogues should be hushed, and-a few
men like ll'or r ace: Gieely An the community, would
do more by their tpspassirmatia statement of facts,
than could be effected -by lilt the denunciatory
force of the reoa burning eloquence:
epf the two consistent arguments against a Pro:
teciive TarifT, I. That it will diminish the Reve
nue from imports so as to render nbcessary 'a' re
sort to Direct Taxatron, 'eniF2. That it will cre
ate so-hirgoM -Revenue from Imports cucto tempt
the Government into all kinds of extravagance,
the Lamer has been the favorite fur the last year
,or two.'- Wo are happily able to do something
toward's' dissipating- apprehensions emboth aides.
The Revenue accruing at this port during' the
Mmth of Italy, (after deducting for drawbacks,_
&e.)"amounts to something
: over
The.revenbe accruing at this slngle' pint in the
sultry, stagriant month t)f . J edy , ought not certain-,
rl to be More than one tweimieth of 'Ole amount
l i collected in twelvemonths throughouttke Union,
Which would make the Ahnual Revenue $22 000,-
006: E'siimating at one-twenty-fourth, which we
think would be nearer the Mark, our Annual Re
venue would. be $26;120,000,---enough-io defray
all the ex4fiditures of the Government and pay
oft the exiTsting Debt in the course of five years!!
Dlcputx Coes-m-11m County 'Conveption l
for the pt p 'se of nominatinga ticket to Bel, sup
ported in this county, at'the ensuing . election
assemble at Ilargisburg, on Monday last,! and;
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we learn, have taken , •
up :an E ixeellent ticket.
r Alexander RamEey, Bag , was nominated for
-L'unires.ii On the Third ',Ballot, th'e vote stoTiid
as rullow : :I
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Fair Rainse.i . 23
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Eckert,. eri,..
Jordan - 4
Cot; George T. Humm4 Thomas Worley an
Samuel T. Williams, were appointed Goingrei
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bional,conferees-.
A c Orli ER :Ran ROAD! ACC I DENT:-.—WC
compelled to record ono.her accident wht,th
ctisned : ie . % the i'oitsville and. Reading Railtßol
last weikl f threugh the Fnailvertance or negl g,er.
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of the person to whom the
,responsibilit4of
tention was.delegated, The man to whose care
tha s.sitciteS at the , turn - out:from the main road
to Richaton I is entruted,j neglected his charge,
and before the engineer upon the laden triin.go•
log kawn, Could Stop the head Way, the cars ran
off, and the locomotive tender undone ear w i re pre
cipitalcd Llewri a steep bribk of seventy or, eighty
fget,into the Schuylkill. No lives were lost as the
engineorl gav'e the alarm, and after reversing the
action of the engine, jumped end savedhinnself.
new penny paper, entitled «The Intle•
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pendentr and:pledge'd to advance the inteteste of
11E111- pi..ks, Las b'een lately started in IPlaila
delihia, by an association of practical. printers.
We' wish it every success the. :good object de,
ser44i, do4pp-r.that it ineet vyitli fil' and
ilatttriUs; encouragementfroM oar 'Whig . friends
of that +tarter. 1-
s Fraily, FN.; ha+, been reccom ended
as a Canal - Comiu-sionei in the ilitrishuig 110-
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.'i•Ttt Oasis, Wsa, AT pistos.—:The J.te
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high Cansl"Company finding that thereis,rwittOpe
a ; compromise withlhe 41mereitt. boatanert-7- -
as .
army'of 900 resolved to_ 'Prevent:by force.the
passage or any ,Pentasyliania boats-•-•ort Saturday
drew off the water and discharged their haride,.so
that the canal is now dry, and all convection With
4e 'minas at Mauch Chunk and its yieinityis cut
off.' lip to this step,ithe Mor!is Canal taints;
Which did not fall under thi ban nf.the stkis s ding.
Outboatmen of Pennsylvania, were able to go to ,
the mines and Supply the market. this resource
is now also cut off.. We learn from Easton that
both the civil and military anthoritietrateadily re
fused to interfere, so that the boatmen, who heep
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constant guard over all the'boats under blockade,
are able to drive, off any :'force which ;be
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Companies could command to release them."--
IPhitaria.Chroiiide. : i
:The aboile is a beautiful'. commentary upon our
republiean institutions.- ' haie arrived at a
degrading pass, truly! when a mob like this in the
midst oftenniylvania, can carry out their illegal
lintentions with imprinity, and when the Civil ar.d.
authorities refuse to interfere or prev,ent
the ou(Mge. We understand that a deputation
from the boat nien have visited this Borotiih; with
the endeavor An create some sympathy or assis
tance ; hut as far as we, can learn, they Wive met
with a cel.l reception. purviiet, iavalovin l g citi
rens. can have no detilings with rioter's, and the of.
feet of illegal foreO is top well known here i to re•
ceive any enconragement in our midst. , •
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'We find the full owing in the bit Rea(
zette: • •
riTni LANCASTER SrPALL Nores:—Last week,
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one of our business firms sent over to Lancaster
a laige: amount of the rag moneyissuedhr the
authorities of that city,te.ha.e exchanged for bank
paper, or, if that . could 'not be got, new antes' of
the same description; those tent being seltern and
mutilated, as to be entirely until' for cireulatirig.-7%
But they_ could get neither. The answer was,
that theri:is as no money in the treasury, ,and no :
new ncr.es to give. So all this trash will: be 'ell-,
tirely useless to the holders, until leis the plr'ssure
of . the 'Lancaster city authoritics to milt:ern
• When that will be, nobody knows." . •
Those who take and circulate such site: trash'
as the 'Lancaster and Harrisburg Shin Plasters,'
here ought to ho held responsible for all the losses
this cdrunaunity will unquestionably' suslain - by
their continued circulation. t • • ; .•
. 00-; , :We refer our readers to the repotk upon
the effect of the Tariff in England, lately ;submit...l
ted to Parliament, which will be found, another
column. In - conneetien.with tlliyvithin i the last,
year there has been imported into ibis, country $l3,
.000,000 in specie. The English complain of the of-i .
feels of this measure, and assort that it is throwing
the balance of trade in [emetic of this country ; and
yet with all this evidence of its beneficial results
forcing itself upon the people daily, Melt Can-be
'found' even in our oi,vn neighborhood' Who from'
'party , ' policy,would oppose a tariff: It :Is a Masi
degraded feeling, that would thus induce a man
to sacrifice the best interests of his• country, at
'tie unholy alter of faction.
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Rerr.tsysf.—on Thursday last ns thiostlcr at-.
tached to the:Hall, 'Was driving it' One horse be
longing to Gen. Harnmond from thontahle; to the
front of the Hotel, the animal, bccomMg fright
.encd ' from some- cause, dashed like lightening
down the alley, into the street,' and•had not run
50 yards *fore he ,precipitated the carriage with
the man in, against One of the irort . pests in front
- of the Bank, and becoming disengaged-ran at full
speed down the road, with the shafts attached to
him. .-"l'he vehicle, e light and beautiful one, .was
literly dashed to 'pieces, and was turned' corn:
pletal over upon the ostler who crept out front
benea h the ruins ahnost ent-ireli uninjured. .:.
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Aec in sigT.—As the stage from NtirtliUmber 7
land was . descendilig the hilt at ?.vlount Laughee,
on Friday evening Of last . ' Week,' the brake gai4
way, and the, horses not being, able to bear the
weight, started and run down at fun speed. . The
age was Overturned after a shortrun#!and sever.
I passengers along , with,the driver, were yely . l3CH
verely injured ; one gentlerrian had his shouldci .
dislocated; and another from Philadelphia ? , named
'Evans, who was s'itting with the driver at the
time the accident occurred, was serionalY bruised.
NOIIT - 11 Clllol.l7A.—The election ,news from
this . State is highly encouraging to the
Raynor, (Whig) a's far as heard from; has 1,006
majority, arid the twospect for, his re-election is
certain, as the reinairlder.of the District gave alo.
co foco.rusjority of-only 556 last year. •
7th thatrietz—Full returns have been received
from the county of, Halifax. The vote stands-'-
For Plesh, W., 569 ; for Daniels, L. T., 266: a
Whig gain 0146 krktes since last yeai.,
Great preparations arc gain. on at Green
wood Hill, in anticipation of tho approaching par
ade there. Refreshment stands are being erected
in every direction, and for the last ten days the
carpenters have been tusy at preparing' wag!'
stands, pickets, sentry's bridge, &c. ;No expense
has been spared by the Committee to overcome
and surmount the inequalities of the ground,'ind
everything has heen done,
.which• ceuld in • any
way contribute to' the comfort or better display
of. the troops. , - ,
Ouvax‘r,F.--,—A ,camp. meeting, held nisi Glou-;
center Point, New Jersey, was latelyldistutbcd by
a set of )tafers, drunlilaids, and persons of the
most abandoned chase, who conducted themselves.
in ,aMost shameful manner. The habit of holdingl,
camp meetings near our cities is gradually grow
ing out of.repute; in consequence of !the great ,
abuses which always atiend..such gatherings.
• a:y. A boy by the'riarhe'uf Kelly; who resided
in Port Carbon, was killed upon a canal boat, in
the Delaware, dUring the early part Of the week:
0:7 -The weather has ,heen quite variable if 'i s
the past sleek, Without being at any time 'int.;
pleasant. Frequent Fhowers and heavy dews ,-
have aided to ih4,appearance, of verdure, and nv,
cry thing in nature wears a cheerful -and refrelsh
log look.
G , . ,
. The carrier of the Newark Morning Post
was: attacked by a mad'dog, and escaped by thrus,
tirig, his bundle Of papers into. his mouth.. Wl3
suppose the animal ran off howling! , i
re kuair A 12 Ls.4-.The “Pluaderers; Union," , pub
fish- - ed at Harrisburg, gnat° .the Ernporitizti as
d, authority. This is really laughable in! this neigh
co borhuotl. Very few of the Leeofneos believe any
.1 thing that comes from, that quarter,:anil the Whigs
dia'nt think it worth the troub:o of evein a contra.
illation. • ,
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( • . o"..The crops Lin New York, Virginia, OhiO
and Arkansas ar l saiJ 'to wear a illttering . pioni
peel. •. !
oj-News fron New Orleans; state that th e
Yellow (ever has "nada its appearance there, si'l' l ,
that several deaths have, occurred.,'
Co/orre/ Wallace was lecturing on Temperance:
in Beading, ono Thursday last. This certainly
cannnt he the Ce/onetWallace wha lately mile : , a
political speech at Lancaster 1 • °
The Reading Gazette man • bas been invited try
one of his neighbors to eat some capital ice cream,
and in return tells how good it time. • Pleasant
way of asking a puff, that
,
-on , Monday 'pest, the Lebanon, County Con.
vention will be held for the purpose of forming: a
County Ticket, and appointing Conferees.
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Veneiiii, 'Bebe%alas is Ttiesday
The picket ship 4. Queen: of the West,'" was I
launched in' Niow York on Bathiiiay.afternoon.
...
The Fl4atejeavannah is to go Ito the Pacific,
commandekby Capt. Hollins: $lll3 . is, tole the
flig-shiP of Commodore Dallas. !'l ; ,I- .; 1
' At Pitt...,buig-, 1 on Saturday. thri, Ohio River hid
two fee t of water'in the channel:
The amount of Treasury 'Nr;tes outstanding
, .
'on the Jat•inslant, it is olAcially.stated, Was v , :
225,1271 39. ! - 1 1 , -
Prig. Gen. Morris and suite arrived at St.
Augustine on ;the 21st ult. frona Tampa. -; ,;
! ' • - ; I ; • i
The;BostoU papers annonnUe the,death of the
Rev. William FrancisJPitt tireenweold, plister , of
King'sChape in'that city. i : 'L.^ • ;
A than nanicsl-De Witt 'C. Baker, New York,
'was d,angerUet'sly, if, not moats*, stabbed in the
I neck :with - a! dirk, by a woman 'mined Eratita
Richardson. - 1 . ; • I I
: .•
t 1 I ' • '• -". '
. : The letter Which appeared in ; several - papers,
from!Atintrotits, the naturalist, Which describes 0
singular aninial said to have. been diadovere ‘ d by
hitn, is pronarneed to be a deci ded Iforr;.
. 1
The Rorester Democrat C says the Canal Boat
'torrent N . . ',2, arrived hereon ! Friday, from, Al-
bany, with 1106,200 ltis. of merchandise, upon; ,
Which $338 :82 toil was paid.' l ' 1
i 1 1 I
The Roc hester Democrat says thist, the tfaiti
from Auburn on Saturday aPernotin, ran over a
child in crossing Joiner street, land so, much in
jured one Of.iis legs as to require autputition. - '
. .
Counterfeit three dollar ricitcs on the Bank of
Brunswick, Maine, are in circulation in Boston.
• Two-thousand sheep passed (through Cat-,
arangus CoUnty, on Wednesday, 26th ult. on
their way tokhe prairies of Plinois.
The Vren'ch Government retytt $240,000 anntr
ally in support of opera hotieei,, theatres, &c. ,
' OAT c 554 .—A letter clasell with; the whits of
an; egg, cannot he'opened b o y Mo bteatri of boiling
water, like cl common wafer; s 1 the heat only adds
Wits firmness. I , • . •
• 1 , i, 1 ; ,
..The Whigs of Wisconsin held a' corviention at'
hisdison. on': Tnesday the 25th of July . . -
Four Mails from New Ytyk, were due a Noe
Orleans on the 284 h. • 1_ . .
. 'The Somerville Whig, N. ~ is enlarged.
. 1
: A Me.sin schooner of;war left Laguna on the
12th int., ivith the. Coniruijionera for Mateo.
to treat forßrace. ',•. ;. I '
smg
WiTis f — iti of-3i441:t... , .. -
:c 6iiiii ! ni and g;Gti4e4::-';
MEE
NV I. LT A, 1 31 ftrli,Nr:e„Of Goihlerlood, Albany
Co., a natiio,orfretand aiid n sOhlier of . the Rev°.
tution, died *,t 7 his home the rat, in his 81st
,-,
year- _ • .'!
fellow has been ar
ir counterfeitii;e4roeh
of those fish to the
• YANKEtem BEAT 0UT.77 - 1
I.fileti at gavvego N. Y. i for
Perch by lowing the heeds
bodies of euckers.
•
Three fires loceuried in Ne
but Ivithott any serious tlemagf' r
llon. i c.col . ge Plainer . of Vyei-taioreland Co.
fatirci I of Hon: Aroolk "I" Nine!, hi; C. end
ape of ilicl pioircors of tbtr!Sirebt,died on the 81h.
Joit4rincy i'idntns has coniCoted to tisit. Cin
cinnati mist November, to bC present at ilie'l,y
-,,,
ing of• tile - dower-stunt! of the quicinuati Ohberva-
P:)!,Y. • .
Gen. gheriee M. Reeil . of Brio, haA ben nomi
looted firi Congret:'; by %he t Whigs- of the Erie
District. 1 -• . I'
Thu Secretary of the Treasury has declined to'
confirm C ollector
appointluentriflEphiaim F. Miller nit
it
Pepuly 'ulleutor at the pot of. Salem, !dung, . .
. Thera' were 1 4,n0n pern s at Saratogrt!cM Sun.
day; t,1)00 at Caitellares Concert on Saturday
evening;
The yaterland Watchman; a German paper
poblistid 'atyLarrisburgitis come out fO i r Henry
,
A 111llitary flncampmeg is, lobo heldjet 4lan
nver, l's , to, commence on the
Five ! 'dollar counterfeit !bills bii tho Bank of
Y.,100 I ' o
'C . ITC.OIaIIOI2..
$1970 in ;specie arrilied i of Orleans from
sisal, on the 34th ultimo.‘
Tbe flow James Buchaaan is' on a visit tolled
ford Oprin6.
Th i o dry goods business is improving, in NM's ,
Yorki ,
• ‘!
, 4ntinues;as ab ndarit as ever in Ni!v
York. • ,
The Misses Shaw are giving concerts, in Bald
more„, 1,
The eilitOr of tho N.,Y 11 Mercury earl he th4s
,not I?elievo mosquitoes are contagious, because he
can catch Tem.
•
Ad bill has•passed one branch of the Mississippi
Legislature; to put the 'lontera bank into liquids.
~
lion:
~ , ' ' •
1.4., •
Savannah was healthy' at tire last dates, with
the{• • •
eptlon of the inlld ..
ru erizi. ; • ...
i • .•
David Lee Child, his ibecorneeditor.ot the Na.
tional,Anti.Slavcry Standard. fermeily, edited by
his wife. '
1 - . j . • •
The Yellow fever was raging at Laguna, with
torah) fury at last ailvces.
.• i
- korty..fie sheep out of a flock of two - hundred
and - fiftY,Wpre bitten by mail dog,in (Livingston
county, N, Y.;,ii few dais since. •
' If the ttrritory of the :United States was cis
deiisOly - populated as England; it would contain
lode hundred and fifty Million 41 souls.
IA man has beenarrested in:New York for steal.
ing Daguerreotype portraits of young ladies, from
Plurnbe's pallery. ; • i
0: - ,7-Father Matthew says there are 'five millions
of' total atistinents in frcland.. : -
,IDISASTF.It AT The N ow York papers
cu l t:item anaccount of, the loss of the Schooner 0-
hip, from Newport. • The captain and nap betook
tketriselves.to a raft, end with the exception of two
rtilors who attempted to reach the lend by swim
irg,'wereall saved. •
Leftenant Wallace complains dolorously of
the very hot weather, 'rind wished sonle — one to rale',
die wind. 7 Nn such eommedity e x ists about these
pluts, and should c4MO to the Encampment,
tip Will eiperience the -Xange.:
'Flit papers througkoot ,the State, eonlinue
to l speak favourably of Simeon -Guilfcird, of lieba
nletii,' as a fit person for the Office of Canal Coin
rntssioner.
tr The New Jer4ity - Frettinian states that the
Tate heavy - rain 'caused n breaCh on the Delaware
arntl Daritan Canal which will - requife„about ten
or twelii - dayirto repair. -
K - The traltiniore Cify i Court. has decided
(bat young,Gardner is insane, and wa,s ao.ahen
bo stabbed Mr. Wickliffe. t 6 Court ordered him
tr be ids Ced in the State's Hospital, until recover
ed. Mr .i .Wickliffe returned to Washington on
Pij k lay, riearly recovered fro:n!bas wound.
c.Q•-• A: correspondent of the s ideatocratic Free
xepommenda Elijah lierzuner've -I candidate
tor County Treasurer at the. ensuing election.
!itr. Hemmer would, snake geo'd an] popular of
&:er. i• • • .
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Lust ionic, Foci,' Legistnture. , 1
Testimony of a Wars Brien Priss 43:t0 if* rpin7
dering the f'ubilic - TiO,stirsr- . - 0;4 a Charge-.
• aril:tie of LoOseuisiirs. :----- •-, •••- ,1 i ,'H
• The neve Viri n Bilden" paper attatCd iii : Harts- I f
berg, alteDoninirinraretltb: eornintmigetie troths
,following article limier 'astounding factegotpg to
show that the laii legislature-:-Locefoca ridlt Ode
In bchh bretichesiorthe first time
pled itself, no little in taking advartiagia oil their
joint majority , to idundeftho Treasury of the State
in it style exceeding all -precedent; Behind. the
smoke raised by their erica of .reform' thia CON
*INGE sclps Ist' a session of I.l96 . sys, l ainliunt
to FOUR - THODSAND EIGHT- CND ED
l ii
tied NINETY DOLLARS - hIORE han th seri
-
icrri ei 1830- ,
31, consisting of 155 --- days ! l.; The
postage' bill it will bd seen is also enormous.! A
' inolig the items are a SILVERSMITH'S 1 :ILL
tor one hundred' rind thirty dollars! ', Witz' cir ,
;his for I it is rUmered also that this wife df, - ti dis
tinguished Locorrica leader in the HoUse vs4ri e
geld chitin which the: peoplb's money, bout i ! .
c And Ibid. is Locofocoism.. The party aiid the
principle; of slie party are responsible fo' i t; those
i i ,
'robberies. It is tali to charge thorn IT n the
Porter or, Anti-Porter factinn :- for they b i
•par
ticipated in then's. The amount of t h e pled der is
the more'remarkable considered in view of e no
i tJr
torious fact, that the • Democratio - Harrisd t:mem
bets carefully :avoided receiving ati - i - of, th „Tic
.sentswhich Were ,CireOlating el:national 2 from
that prolific centre, the Clerk's cleelij •-hlri - .rats,
of Allegheny t end others, indignantly awn ‘;:1) them.
from them, end paid besides most of thetr l own
postage . bilis !4. Y et the contingencidsTof the
noise : Slone reached the sum of more th4twen
ty-seien thouiand dollars ! ! besid, ea u Onstage
bill of over thirteen • thousand - dollais; arid eiclu
sive of the printing and the pay of the medibers!!! I
Let the tax paYers lay these facts by in their me
mories for action Upon at the. next electdn day.
It must be evident to; them by this ti:nci.lisai the
only way to bring about true repot is , to;sweep
Locordcoism of all fictions, from the flallS,of LeJ
.
gislation. • .
Take a Idole at the expenditures of the House,
where a member could not make , ep"!aeCh On imp
subject withotit talking about reform
On pngei 91, 200, 754872 of iIW 21.1 volume
1 : of the English fournal of the lloue, there will
be friend warrants, drawn to the emits:it. of $22,-
81:11 IA contingecies, such ea:candles; paper,
' hardtaci re, &c. On pogo 857 of the seine volume,
document No. 1117, there will bel founimmedt
ately. bekw Speaker' Wright's nape, ;in the ace
count of pay of members, this remarkable entry—
.accounts due for receipts, $5,68022/I'. •Wha•
items this was fur, %IA have not yet leen ably to
ascertain. Neither have we yet 'been cible to as ,
certain who thew die money. Tht resolution at
lacheri to the report says that warrants shall be
drawn in fiver of the persons ford he stains act op
pushes theirrespective mites. .There 1e no name,
to this. It ddjains that of:Speaker vyrwit., itj s
s part of the eontinguleies; but wbogrioney
wo do not yet knoW. Add . this FU,Ortb r the OthCP
'and the ccuitingencice for eandles; paper,kictirc.,
amount to $27,767 GG. This would 'give iih
member; as his 5hare,5277,67i4l Ahnut S2TOO
have been draw from the Treasury since the ad
[ four wizen'
~ uot included in the dhove. I 1
Crinti'hgencies; ' : - $27,767 66'
Pottage, -0130 00 for. each rneatber,j 13,001 35 1
,
Piinung and binding,. 10ir 838 98ti
.----
Ileckinen's committee, Delaware divr. ' 1 i
l
• i I 395 80 1
W 'Yea. otiaturday
Muni,
To investigate WG•iwao's fight,
Ctirn - mitteo to . invstigate printing
TrnieWe•funeral ex - pericc4, , ;
Silce~smith's bill
Pay of officers of House, 22 in nuin
, bey, -
.
_...:Pay and mileage of members not ineluded. - ' Al ,
the membo:s• received $3 00 a .la 3 11.1106 days`
and l 6 cents a Mile, which would an ii p t to about
more. , . - - L I
ii.ow ern the eanlinn
~tnded made amountamount tO
$37,767 .66 1: 1;h gli rook at:What May be actur
ally' necessary at ayeri liberal ealcirlatio.i.
Allow each member for paper.ss 00j ;$5OOO C 0
Candles, one to each member every 1 , ' i
• night, 2,120 lbs.; at 30 cis. 36 - Ott
Quills and steel Pent, is 2 50 to eac. , l
' ! '
. member, \ 1 1 25 00
Wafers, sealing wax, seals, folders &e.; 25 00
1 • i
Fuel—there ardtwo coal stoves and two
fire plaice in the' hair of the lieise, , -,
and a wood stove in each of the tea . • !
ante-roorne, and a coal stove in irifli • ! .
of the two committee rooms, 700 00
'Wrapping paper,. • . , OO GO
Twine, tape. paste, Past-board, &rt., &,c,, 100 00 1
Stationary, books, - Ste., for clerk, ' 1
.; 300 00
Candifor clerks, committees, and ilO.. .1, .
ems,
e.)
_ 11 v 1; 160 00
Repair , - '. . 400 00
Cleaning, -.. . 1 I 500 00
Snuff; soap, and other cantingenciesi i 106 00
•
. -
We ask every' man in the 'country if this %s npt
n liberal allowance. Tithe this ationnt from $21,.
767 . 60, and what was purchased
TV-THREE THOUSAND, FIVE' HtINDRED
AND SEVENTY-ONE DOLLARS AND SIX
TY -§IX CENTS 1 How did the reform flouSe
divide this money among themselve,o Contrast
this sum for contingencies 'with Ithe session:of
1829.80 01155 days: fiontirrienCies for that F4S
sion $4,557 70 I and the session 48 days longer
than e the reform session of 1843. ;poet; not this
show that our estimate for a . sessionLar 106 dayS is
very liberal? • • • i
The postage of the House of last' session of 155
days $4,890 88. Considesrable diffcrence I We
know of one package received by a t i ff/worts of 'pet
session, [a Locofoco] on private Goalless, thelpgst
age on which was over EIGHT DOLI.AItiS!
Speeches, bociks, letters, &c.,•&c., were franked
and sent off with as little concern as if the people
were, not taxed to pay the . eipanse. :Speaker
Wright was engaged franking foe !rues at a tine.
We most not forget his celebrated Lemon Ittel
speech. It .cost the state large z tiutn of mortcy.
When the auditor general's annual report is
published, it tail( ho found that Wel h'sve not been
able to give the whole expense Gitlin House. Scime
thousands-mbst yet be added. , ; 1,.,
Total,
Total,of contingencics,
Nomi's , Lesr.—Weheard labt , week that Ma
jor Noah's new paper was dcad,aftet i ,rl 'short end
existence of only two weeks; but no, v we
trod' it in the category; not of Dcet6 but of Mar
rieges. In biiet, it has been unif i ed to the - S•un
day Tim6,and the . Major remains of helm—
We find : the following hit at the 'times in yeitnr
day's Le:ref—A Y. Tribune
.
TaeAris rar baorms.--A genteel birthing fellow,
with rathei a dandy air, carrying a .cane like , e
sheplienre crook, accosted me thus', neer the Peak :
Good Morning, my dear Judge never sawlyou
look 'so well pray how do you mend with Tyler
now?' • Well I hope—l alwriye r ,wish .to eland
well. with him.'.. My object in asking is to Fon
citjour interest, to obtain a place wrthit Custems.'•
I,Eriy, my worthy friend, did I not ?rico 'try you
far swindling r 4Me! No sit, you never did ;
it is entirely a mistalte.' t Iltev
er
nee
did try you,. I *recollect -; yon. plead guilty - t; and
I _sentenced you. to three .months in the Toritlrs'
" , f Good heaiens, my dear Jedge,lwitat memory
ycirihave ; butyric' might assist aittover fellow to
3
. get en •boocet. . _ ; , .
itectuu. olthe Tend.r, r . ori hAinceca•
ItAppears -from•ra retneri - just tail before . nulls-
newt, on the Motion of 1%1 r. Thrirpley; that the ex-
ports o British, geAds .tri..itie - yriiied States , of
'America, iu.the year 1,30; were leas in valuta by
the surn of nearly.tWelso'hniired thin:lurid pounds
than ttley wore - in any previous-year Since . 1833,
and thetthey were leis 1p more than one half than
the average annual exports of the nine preceding
ye.ars,lthe',everage yearly exports from 1833 to
1841 tbotii leafs inclusive) beitig, of , the cattle o f
7,850,0001, while those of 1842 were not of 'more.
value than 3,258,8071.' - ••
' j This alarming d..cline in the largest branch of
I .
the foreign trade of the cautitrY, we regret to say,
is not roamed - to a few or eviiio several el tideS,
hit eitends to all, with the single exception of tin
and tinned. plates; as Will- be seen'froin the
Mg statement ofthe flucttiations which have taken
Placa during the period rcfctred to:- • .!
The value of the apparel and haberdiThery 1833
was 1127 . ,,9111; in 1836; 254,2691; and in 1812,
84.893/. The value of the, brass air.lceprer ma.
Unfit:elutes in 1.833 was -158,4561; in 11836, 270;-
024; andin.lB42, 89,952/. The value or the
cottonmianufactures-and cotton yarn in 1833
teas
1,733,017/:; in '1835, 2,729,430/ arid in 1842,
4.87:,2761. ; The value'of the earthentiaro in 1833
'wag 221,661/ ; in 1836. 195,512/ ; and in 18 4 12,
168873/. !The value of the, hardware and cutlery
in fB33,Was 711,9051; and •in 18.12,'.298' ; 8811.
;The value! of ace iron and steel wrought and' unl :
'wrought, in . 1833, wos 115,515 r; in 1936,9 13 .-
381 ;. and in 1812; 274,851/. 'rho value of the
linen trfanisfoetures, including. linen-yarn, in 1833,
wr4. 832,6 ' 121; hr 183.6,1,q93,0124 and in 1842,
112,4651.1 :• ,•
• iThe value of 'the manufactuies iii 1312,
wits 251,578/ ;' in 1836, 597,0301 •: and in 1842,
8,243/ ; The 'value of the, tin and tinned Plates
in 1833, 'was 141.259/ in 1837, 246,378/;, and
in 1842, 144,4511. The. value of the woolen ma
nefectures in 1833
,was .2299,9831; in: 1 . 836,
3;19'9,1981; and lit , 1842. and the value.
of the °Myr - British and. Irish peals in 1833 Was
'09,7721;, 1,025,3981;: and in 1842,
422,401..! The total volts° of the hurrah export's
4n AnieriCa in i 8 333 was 7;579,6991; in 1836, 12,.
,425,60511; and in 18.2. 3,528,807 L
The imports from the United States into ihis
lountri, idiowa very different result., iThn It - open
pf bark has increased la tiveen/1833 and 18-12,
frotiv I 8,459.t0. 27,648 cwis.; that of butter (rots
cwt. to 3,769 cwts. ; that of cheese. from. 9 to.
14,1197 cwts. ; that of wheat front nothing to 16,-
'll 12 quat!ters ; that of wheaten flour, front 35,659
to 381,066 cwts. that'ot hams froni 72' to 1132
11 •
c wt. ;" tiiat of lard nothing to 26 ; a55 cwts. ; that
;of pork from' 1352 to 13,468 mtg.; that of rico
!from 21,111 44 40,160 quarters ; That ef ,clo - ver
!steed from 250 to 22,632 cwts.; that of tobacco
`ikon' 20,748,317 to 38,618,012 lbs. ; that of cot
'!!ton
- . .
woolirom 237,500,758 to 414,0:30,77.9 lbs. ;
that of turpentine from 32 . 2,480,10 408,490m:e5.;
and that of sheep's wool fraiu 3J L,678 to 561,928
Its. ••
With' regard to the shi4ing, the American tan-
Ogg, (eructed) has . increased from 229;669 tons
;' and the British tonnage from 114;
20 to 193,7 4 1/ tons. , •
After, making every allowance for the more than
usual einbarrassmeht: of trade io l theUniti t! Amu's,
in 1842; the first part of the nhave return cannot
. be regarded as being othwise than most utifoiora
hie „to tie prospects of English industry, wilds the
second ,shows; that the balance of trade is Mullis!!
against this:country in a inaiMer whirls lenders it
- doubtful whether we shall not shortly - have to pay
"for At:aerie:in cotton in specie instead of goods.
Nothing.but a-very, great revival of the demand
for English manufactures can save us from this
'evil ;' and. without a reform of the A inerienn tariff,
there iii Very,little hope of any revival at all to the
lnecesslties of the ease ; brit we must Foment to
make libetal, concessions if we wish or hope tore•
cult : Jo them. ' •
.55 (10
3(10 00
1::13 56 I
105 75
4:833 00
69,550 101
• r
" !? T E .INT iEN C -rather remarkable
occurrence transpirdil a short distrince , :from this
town a few !lays ago.. While two yeang• men,
apprentices with Mr. D.,Lee, grocer end tea deal
er in bewrhuryovere taking a short Wa'k "down
the side of the river. Calder, their master's ware
house: dog, width was neroinpit4ingthem, stray
or into an adj lining field, and on seeing an ass,
which was grazing, suddenly fell npon it,. worry-.
ing il k in amost ferocious manner. A number of
men being at a short distance; sceirglihe dog
likely in a short time to worry the pl , or wi to
death, Went and commeneed.afierce attark u:non
the dog with hedge stakes, but withont.eucceet'irig
n getting bins' ea' theiss, which he •i:r as mutils
ting in a shocking manner. A horse, belonging
to Mr. George Fell, of Earlshcaten, he'd witnessed
those praceedings evilently r under most, agitated
feelings; and, as if conscious theiTthe poor ass must
perish unless ho interfered, made a rib through
the hedge„cleared off the men-who were trying to
liberate the see, and in a most furkus Manner seiz
ed rho dog willt,his teeth, and dr , gged him off,
and aimed several blows with-his fore and hind
feet; and had'not the dog made off, it is suppot'e . d'
he. would have despatched him in a few moments.
When the horse had accompliShed his feat,ll6,
with' head and tail erect, scampered about the ass
in a‘noblo and mast dignified rnatineri.' as if proud
of having, gained a 'mighty conquest, and Manifes
ted evident tokens of pleasure, as if sensibly -feeling
that ha had effected .an act of benevolence. ,All
Who beheld this wonderful deed of: Mr. Fell's
horse were powerfully struck with.lns evident in
telligence and sympathy for,,,his ("MAW brute:—
. WakeVield Jour. • '
$4,196 .4b
Ertl - miss Mer.r.--This maxim was often
lusfratedduring the time of the Frenc h Wvolmion.
Singularly enough in the instance we are about to
relate. It is well known that. the poor quadruped,
the 1114,418. been disgraced time out of niind by a
coniptrtirou with a' sari of by peas nut; uncomuion.
nmongtt the "genus honto." .Now it was a char
acteristic of Napoleon to discover anitreward
mer
it saber, others could not See or arPreelate it.—
Seeing . scimething poqi quadruped which no
one else had observed, he determined Ito place him
in bett4 comPany. - - - •
Bonopacte's fondness for the society of the !ear
ned or sevens is well known. He carried a num
ber of imams with him in his Egyptian expedition
foi the sake cf the enjoyment whichtheir society
afforded him, but they took no active 'part in the,
tdr i chly scene; of that mem 3rable 'carriptiigii. To
resist the deadly onset of the Heyptriun horsemen,
'Bonaparte was accustomed to foinr his army
a hollow Square . and place his artiltety at the_cor- .
ners. The centre Was of course .thoplace of safe
ty, Themanding order then was, when the ter
rihle Mamelultes hpproached. , •
" Form square ! Artillery et the angles!! As
ses and sevens in the centre!" •
The asldiers thenceforth called asses demi.
savaw."
A. NEAT RElllllE.E.—While Iktening ; iho, ei h .
er night to the opera at Nib a gentleman an-.
nen i pped the neighbothoo'il in Which wesaf real-
!
ciously insisting on pinging with every ono she
• •
opened his or bet m o u th' n thei stage. While
Leeolo was performing s song, nor, amatentke k t
nil his_ runt ing accompaniment. :At7en.gth,
gentleman sitting next td him reinarited with quick
petulence,4 wish Lecourt would noisir , ig sol l iudr
%;'hy !or qcminile&the amateur, .I.3ecalise he
prevenns me from-enjoyiugjour singing of this
song!'.
Thid told, !tritl ein'irocal friend t i ros '
'ttio end of thin ••• •
REM
A Goon ar-The following !story lateht pp- ` I
pcarca in this Southern Chronicle, re,genet#d
and altered So as to apply to General Jacksorr a;rid
his tailor. The last
time. we saw 'it, ' the seine
'was laid sotnewhere in the preeihts of Lo' n, •
and the host was'a itaramour of seme Main:l44e
•,.
in pointof wealth. It is aver"? ota story (Lodi .ell ' '
worth repeating, so we give it acdorditigly in ibe
•eerision of the Chronicle. ,c:,
' • . ',r• ,
iAller the termin Irian of the Seminole cimpAini '•
Gen..ikea.so7 visited Wadtington City, anti - Ou. ' ` 1
'
ring his stay therobaringoccasion to suppliitin- ,
self with a nether garment, employed a fashiotii6lll . •
tailor namedihtze nn to mkt it. Bollard) iho
was a very pompous little fellow and very- f4 p4 . of
being recognized by great men who hstthertitOis ,
c.ustoniers,'a few days after he heti finished.tileitn. ,
mentionables, seeing the General in front Of' 0n...
nison''s Hotel, in conversation 'with some iferAtle- . ‘.
men, stepped 'up and spoke . to him. IThe,.othe. ••, .
• ral, thinking him.some distinguished 4114g:that. '
very cordially give him his bawl, but not rOrn... '
bering him, in a vvhisper,lrptired his harf4 for
the pbrpose of intro:bicing him to the c•uhp4ny. •
To which Ballard replied, 'I nidr - le yotir br44es:
The dciteial, deceived by the sound, imMeifiiieli .'...
turned to the company arid introduced himligylla•-•
jor:'Breeches,--a title that poor Ballard
•_w4o.lter
, wards obliged to wear to the day of hi deat.4 •
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FAMILY” IzmosAtiz, tcconntao •TO I'l , )f Clea
ItFX r.ll.T..—Got a jug and run withiv.to whter
butt, wash out with 4 Pawn luantity of rniticoua
fluid, and wipe dry' With a'eeringla, , s . cloth4 - fpew
you may take your lemon, bling careful toickiooso
•the very best you can meet with. lice'lltr4h an
ordinary knife into a comman.plate, ant throw
the pieces smartly into the jug, taking 4althitt
they"reach ' the bottom. Seize your augt - asin.
and sweeten tit discretion, adding is Mae ;Teem
When'YOu think there' is need of it• T4e4our
kettle and pour your boiling water *ver ygui
on. etirring all the while .With the ; hatiltof a.
toasting fork. Be careful not to le4va ofTtAlrring
unlit you know your sugar is clissoliekii6ei, you
- may Pit down and wait fur Hine to cool thereah
ing beverage. Serve up in tumblere or :map; in
default of which you they tiring ot.t of thli44tcher
-
1.. , V P4ilblMONl • — thtlignani ' lqv r t,Osen
ger tells a story, tho'sreno of which to sorianivhero
on the Rhine. A man. went to, tim Mtir and
gave instructions for th4uhlication.of a ant.rriago
Intween himself and a young persOn whc4his no
med. After the feria of 'a fortnight habitant a
gain to the mayor rind statrirthat be hadidiangeik
his - mind and selected another' wife, and iahod
her name to be inserted instead of that ivhich ho
had given in. Ho was,- hov , over; informid that
-this could not be done• Without the prodta'ificin of
fresh certificates, and.tho other .hccesslo4
docu
ments, involvi4 additional fees to the' r ii:Vunt of,
6 francs, 50 C. :rhis took the . would.hoilynedict
all aback ; anil;krattr debating whe:theCiiiia .negr
•expenso could not be spared, and ;W11(11141 p to bit
tiotsPensable, he cooly male up hie miritlko savo l
it ; nri I docisled upon taking the first ailed gill'
fur' hie sp*. . • '
, .
' Par.scnrATlON ancpint phil
osopher once sail "If yoti tinil!it neee4al.7 I to
have recourse to medicines, thereareddiel which
you can make u se , of with safety; viz 'to tranquil
mind, moderate o'erCis° and temPeratqfp." • •-- 1,
The eelebriited. French physicin,Ditnrain.
'hik death-bed, when surrounded ti olOst
tingnis‘ted physicians of Faris,•who reqrgiteil
loss Which the profession woul, susti)dril in his,.
death, said—•• My friends, I leave. [rehire:One fire°,
physicians much' greater than irsyselfill Being
pressed to ennui them, each of the suppo
sing Inmsplf ti be ona of thu Ilarte, he :iaiiswere,l,.
nwater, ekercise, and diet."
----
can you te'l 05 who is the geeenesi man'
in the 'United States?' k •
'it °
' , Yes, sir, Mr. Wickhffe.'
• •Why so, sir?' • ; H .- •
•llecas, sir. Ito% at. the bearrol the iii!p4r• depart , : '
men', and . f . twant.for him therawoiiidO.lie any,
males, sir, and mates is very nee.ssiary,..j . ,air, to •a .
freo country, and, sir---! • • t,
•
Zeb, ' 0 • •
-•
•No, sir, 'iworit do at all,.eir;;beca' i t4o; if diem.
won't no mile=, sir, rho femrde s woulchi;t lira on,
coration whatever. Just vqu thir4,4eir, •fora I
moment ul,.ia the situation - of a whoiti,' riiforld, full
•of unprotected female:!' Oh, sir, it'sholceful; eir.—
Oh! olit '- • •
Here Zeb's feelings were too inanyli him, and
fiiiiied. ' I
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MEXICO.= Ily the arrival • of the .
'Plot boat.-A
-r- .
ins, from Laguna, we hnve,been furniskied by the ,
Captain w itllthe following ten of ,n' i tiiv4 from To-_
.hasco. The °lces deepaichcd lly ther t Oxican Go- ,
vernment; co siating of ~- I ,ooolmetqii order. lo :
quell the rebe i lion of General' SentroanO, entered
'Pobasco - wittiout firing a caUpou / Oentenanst.,
was on the fr nticr with a force of
o lly o 44olr.merl.:
and As soon .: the news reached 'l3ln,tritide pro.
parations for orcbing towatds.!the elickty and gi. ,
ling battle. The next accounts. fitii Tobasco,
.will, no (lout: , furnish. the issue of ili.4.onflict.—
: ! •:.
A . .. 0. Bic, 29 h. '.' ; • 1 6 : ; , '' • .
;o'..
Tor. Pites nszr.- , 7 lVe learn froqthe Noffelk
Herald of Si utday Ilat the Prei.4..feilt;ifthe UM-
• • .
led States ca. ,e up,-the day„ krevt 4l( itrorn OM . ,
Point, agreeAly to art invitation fr+he citizens!,
of, Portsmouth. He' was attetfle4 wati,
back of the Army. anti ColenylDefto# and Cat ! .
Totten of the Ungineer corps.': He vim met at thit -3
what f liy. a large.eonecturse offitiz/n gn,.l the vol
unterr Coenpanics of Portsmouth.
NEW Cor:rtEnvErrr.--Biane
,eporteron'
r.
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Tuesday describes the following ,neerigeunterfeit :;
Miners' Bank, Pottsville, Pa,—:"e f at;afiered front
Relief 'a. Vignette, three men, firtsfir &e: On
the right end, a female figure; anti'ln the left
end. naedaPion head of Washingio.X,.The.plato
of the genuine is 'altogether diffet;e4t.
Mr. Willis says;— , For my•partiJijo4k upon all
books' in the dead langriages'as aqtrieixed grape
skins, out of which . every thing-+414,1e is long •
ago expressed and transferred; and Ors,,Vermari
Spanish enough to !Doke love for an (ic4r,•l woull
willingly barter- the six or eight yetqst.'utprofien.•
lire plodding fiver th&elassies!
A PNENTLyssts. Ilan&
.C:der ! What JO you think Yoii! Vhrg Pres: .
-., '
Went •
Me'S dead, Heaven bless liimil— s tiThat JO yi
think of 5; oyar..Democralie. edv;:rimi
beco Pulled his hat over kiis eyes, and
made tracers *tune.
The followfn4 go4tl allsiee•yt!,-. clip from,
one of oer exchanges. It s iteelf to '
sundry' Persons in tliis.resi:on l 4- • •
4•Never sweep your l psrlor=i4t maKa
cotifouti-
Jed dust. • . I - •1 1 • • •
I a c
Never, hrush down comeh rt.of a spi
tlet's dwelling house, 'and of Ootir l sOli.,t cartle, and
I !!'•
therefore is sacred. 1•3;".„ •
Never pay for your newspayet'• § I looks not
well. 13n,ides the printer bath note for money
--he Can live on wind." , •
ANVoTs. Tultvki.—Among the oastpdrank .
On the laStAth of July :4 Yszooeiiy,; ; Missusg.ippi,
there Was the following : . • -.
By H. C. Lewis—ChrisropheV 4umbus, the
discoverer of America—veryinuaiijkkoil to him;
Who, alter this, vse; contend thlt'iippubuceare
utizcaleful • . 4
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