it 4e Ec1)431) ticgister. Allenlown, Pa. NOVIUIBER 6, 1661. ligrln our paper of last week, in the article on Free Banking, it should read . James River Bank, 25 instead of 75 per cent. discount; New Rochelle Bank, 25 instead of 75 per cent. dis count; Western Bank, 10 per cent. instead of 90; and Farmers' Bank, Mina, 25 per cont. instead of 75. • Presidential Aspirants. Now that the State elections have nearly all been held, the different Presidential aspirants, are building their platforms and preparing for he es-ntrtheimlitioal—chess.be in order is Jamis Buchanan, whose nomination by the Democratic National Convention, his friends consider secured by the result of the recent Pennsylvania election, has adopted for his platform the "Alissouri Compromise" line to the Pacific— prohibiting slavery North, and guaranteeing it South of that line. On this ground the secessionists of the South are urg. ing his nomination with great earnestness, as it would gi've thorn all they ask, including a devision of California, and would again bring the "Compromise measures," settled by Con. gress at its last session, into the arena of pot. ides. George 11. Dallas, also nn aspirant of Penn • yrvaniu,-and one of its "favorite sons," ties watched the movements of all other aspirants with much ease, has finally settled down upon the platform of the late John C. Calhoun, that is, to "amend the Constitution of the United States to secure to the Slave power what they desire," and in order to advance this darling ajecd, he is out in a long and able letter to flon. George M. Bryan. Mr. Dallas in his let ter says, the Compromise measures have fail ed to tranquilize the country, and unless the constitution is amended to give the South what it asks, the "Union will continue in danger:" Lewis Cass, of Michigan, who was defeated in 1848, is ugttto a prominent candidate in 1852, and it cannot he disputed has many ar• dent admirers in the old Keystone State, who will not silently allow hint to be pushed off the course. Ili% platform in 1848 was the "Nichol son letter," in 1852 it will be the ' Compromise measures" of last Congress, although one of the planks broke out, w hen it came to a call of the Ayes and Noes on the Fugitive Slave Law, by a sudden dodge of the General in this question ; this damage, however, will all be repaired in time. S. A. Douglass, of Illinois, is ,pushed by the "Sachems of Tammany Hall." Ho appears to be the favorite candidate of the "New Y ork Democracy," although "Old Buch" and For ney were among. the "Sachems" in that Ciiy, to arrange Presidential matters some feW days ago. Tney, however, did not succeed in break• ing up the Donglass platform of "Free Soil and Land Reform." As for the Whigs, they as O. party, at present appear to be in rather a bad fix. in many States, such as Massachusetts, Connecticut : Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Ohio, they have lost their ascendency—owing to disagree ment on the Slavery questions, with President Fillmore, arid the great mass of the party—the abolition portion joining those more affiliated in their extended views anti measures. The South on the contrary, both Whigs and Demo crats, stood firm in the support of the Presi dent and his measures, and we can therefore say that • ws. Millard Fillmore, of New York, the present incumbent, will again be brought before the Whig National Convention, upon the platform of his own making, the "National Compromis es" of last Congress, under which the IVltig party has for a while suffered temporary de• feat, and under which it is bound to lock for a permanent ascentleney—their watchword will be "a Union of Sentiments for the sake of the Union." Winfre/11 Scott, also a prominent vanditfme for the Presidential chair, is unquestionably al present the strongest candidate ill Penns) lya. nia, Ohio and New Jersey, but as Presidential platforms have become the order of the (la), and the General not having established one, and in unswer ton late letter to him, upon this point, only refers to his former "character and principles." phis necessatily leaves many of his friends iu doubt us to his course upon the f •Comproniise measures : " and may eventually be the cause of giving these States in the National Convention to President Fill : more. Next ti)on the list is Dahiel Wthster.• of Massachusetts, the pre sent able Secretary of State. "Black Dan" has been a kind of a standing candidate for the last twenty years. His popularity is up one day and down the other. Ile is an ardent sup- porter of the "Compromise measures," and his brflueoce went tar iu its becoming the law of the laud. He deserves the thanks of the, friends of the Union. But "Dan" stands accused of doing had things in Pennsylvania, and we fear if he should be the candidate in 1852, the "Johnston men," meaning of course the whole Whig party of Pennsylvania, would make bad "chowder"' of him. Gleason's Pictorial It cannot be said of Gleason'sPietorial, - that there is the slightest lalling•oti in the charae et., style or ioterest of its beautiful illustrations. The twenty•seventh number, issued this week, if not an improvement on those which huve preceded it, is at leitst equal to the be.t nt . them. Among the engravings is a eapital wontl•ent representing-4111eatister, the celebrated magi cian, in the midst of t i ye' tt f i tr amees; th e Bateman tii-tom . depicted : to tl :he , :!:ei.er , (.1 q..t Ile' is raid to he the , tv. Plop MEE "411' UI fiefs. )n the nemberq FIRE ! On Saturday night, at about 1 o'clock, as Mr. Eshenbach from Salisburg was retuning home from Allentown, his attention was attracted by a peculiar smell in passing the Store house of Jacob S. Hillegas, near Kichline's tavern, and which he perceived proceeded from near about there. Ile looked about the house, and into the key hole of the Store morn, but could not see or hear anything. He started to on, when it struck him that all was not right, he again returned and listened at the key hole of the Store room, and thought he heard a crack- Mg noise of fire, he awakened Mr. Spinner the next neighbor and they juintly awakened the family of Mr. Hilligas, and procured the keys to the Store, and when they opened the door the Store was in a perfect blaze, but being well prepare( wt, 1 a s op i rly—of—water—suceeede in laying the fiery element. Much damage is done to the goods. From five to seven hun dred dollars is totally destroyed, and the bal- ance of the stock, which is said to be from four to five thousand dollars, damaged in such a manlier, as to become nearly a total loss. The Goods were insured in 'the uSancon Mutual Insurance Company." Whether the insur ance will cover the loss we have not heard. A Hint to Subscribers The C as h System.—The evils of the credit system, in minor transactions. em the experi ence of almost every one. The remarks be low apply a: well to most kinds of business as -to publishing:— With publishers of newspapers, in common with business men generally, the cash system is preferable to arty other; to publishers who rely, or neatly so, upon their subscription list for support, for the prosecution of their busi• ness they must necessarily be the loser.-1 There are thousands of well meaning men,; who subscribe for newspapers and intend to pay for them ; but the idea of writing a letter to an editor enclosing two dollars never en ters their heads—though if called upon for the amount due would probably be prepared to meet the demand. But the publisher of almost every country newspaper knows it would be out of the question for him to em• ploy a collector out 01 the profits of his sub scriptions ; so many of his patrons continue year after year taking dm paper without ad vancing a cent, while he is paying cash for his printing material:, cash fur paper and la bor and everythmg else necessary to carry on business. Here then is a loss—not at tributed to any design on the part of the sub scribers to defraud, but the fruit of a worse than worthless system. They would pay it waited upon, but the printer (-tempt afford to spend five dollars for collecting three and nev er gets his pay. Again Mr. A. has the paper sent to his ad dress ton For five years; his bill by this time amounts to ten dollars; he dies, runs away, or perhaps• becomes tv bankrupt, here is another "profit and loss" neeonnt for the printer. America in England The London Shipping and Alercantile•Ga- Zen e, in a Iwo number, has this paragraph, in the course of an article upon the future of America: "We have no desire at present to enter upon any question of disputed policy; bin we wish to record our opinion that the empire of the seas mint before long be ceded to America ns persevering, etitermise, its great commerce, and its :teeming wealth ,4ire certain to secure this prize; nor will Englatid be in a situation to dispute it with her. Wiihout this crowning capital to its power, the onward march of the United Slates to what we believe will be over_ whelming greatness might not be so speedily nccomplishecl; but America, as mistress of the mighty ocean, nim,t. overatrido the civilized I world. "Forty years ago," Faye a cotemporary, "E,a rope sat In astonishment and terror under the shadow of Napoleon's gigantic. empire. At that lime, in a debate in the Bri..kh Plulin ment, Foinethieg was said of •the Amerit'an navy, when a member remarked that 'the American nai7y consisted of six ressek whew upon, Faye the paper amount. "the Mori! burst into: a fit-of laughter." It would be in• wresting to know how many of those lauldt• inglegislutors are now living. The gie.antie empire of Napoleon has crumbled to dust, and . the despised nation of six vessels 'has now within her grasp the empire, of the seam and the dominion of the civilized world. Daring Rcbbery We learn limn the ReatlMg Journal, that last Saturday .evening, shortly atter 7 o'c•lock, the dwelling of an aged .farmer vaned Henry Sotintag, in Greenwich township,,on the S ate road near Klmesville, was entered by three men, one of them ma•ketl, who blew out the and after covertly heating the inmates, proceeded to the chamber of Mr. Sonntag, broke open a chest which stood there,.and robbed it of a silver watch and over 5200 iu money. The money consisted of 550 in notes of the Circleville Bank, Ohio, $5O in notes of various other Banks, and the remainder of gold and silver coin, amongst which were six or seven whole silver dollars. • When the robbers made their attack, a girl belonging to the family escaped, and ran to Klinesville for assistance, but before !he neigh bors could reach the house, the rascals bad lepar ed. Mr. tionntag offers a reward of SlOO for the arrest of the rubbers and recovery of the mon• ey and watch; or S5O for the arrest of the rob bers'alone. It is believed that at least one of them Was acquainted with the hotise, from the fact that they knew where•the old man kept his money. Whig &nodal Concention.—The 'Western pa nel-. are urging the selection of Cincinnati as the place fur holding the Whig National Con. ;voltam Protect the Laborer The Cumberland bliuing Company,• has been compelled to pot their property in the hands of Assignees, by the failure of Treasu rer ilawdon, of New York, their financial agent. The miners and other laborers employ ed by the Company, were much excited, under the suppo.ition that they would lose theirback wages—varying front S2O to a $lOO per man. Fortunately, for them, the Legislature, at its session of 1847. pa.sed a law giving them a lien upon the personal property of all persons and incorporated companies, to the value of their labor. This fact was telegraphed to the Assignees in New York, arid an answer was returned that immediate arranaemalliS P;i1011k1 he made to pay the men their back wages. This is a good Law. A chief aim of nor - r nt should be to protect the laborer in every shape and foirn, if it is possib P to t o sp. When we read of the miserable condition .of the laborer, in almost every part of the world bur our own,—it cannot but call forth an earn est desire in every man, that the laboring pub lic of Ammica may always continue to oh. min liberal wages, and be first provided for When reverses overtake the eapitali4l4. True Bills Found I'lle Daily News of Saturday la ,t says:— Yesterday morning the Grand Jai y of the United Sates Circuit Court remitted thirty-sev en nue bills against the Christiana prisoner:, whose names have been previously given.— These bills charge them with, on the first count, Obstrunting officers in arresting NgitiVes7--sec- and count, rescuing prkuners from costudy— third count, Attempting to rescue prktmers from custody—fourth count, Aiding Ingitives to escape fiord officers—fifth count. Ilarboriou and cmicealiog fugitives—sixth count, Obstruct ing Edward Gorsuch in arresting fugitives— sevent h (moot, Aiding fugitives to escape from Edward Gorsuch. A True Lawyer Alexander Hamilton was once applied to as counsel by a man having the guardianship of several orphans, who would, on coming, of age, ti %awed to a large and valuable estate, of which there was a material defect in the title deeds, known only to their guardian, who wanted to get the estate vested to himself.— Hamilton noted down the faithless executor's statement, and then said to him, "Settle whh these unhappy infants honorably to the last cent, er I will hunt you from your skirt like a hare." The advice was strictly followed, and the man who cave it was an ornament to the bar, and die age he lived in. A President for the Union Presidents, says the Philadelphia Daily San, have heretofore been elected for political par ties ; eke now think it high time to elect one for die Union. President Fillmore is the very man for such a station. In his last message to ConerfoqL he said of the series of Compromise mea•urrs, that he regarded them "as a settle-' meat in principle and substance—a final set• dement—of the dangetous and exciting sub j,•cts which they embraced. By that adjust. ment we have been rescued front the wide and boundless agitation that surrounded ea, and have a firm, distinct, and legal ground to rest upon. And the occasion, I trust, will justify n.e in exhorting toy countrymen to rally mum and maintain that ground as the best, if not the only means of restoring peace and quiet to the country, and maintaining inviolate the integri. I ty of the Union." Sorcify of Specie in California.—There is a great scarcity of small coin, both silver and gold, in California. One cause of this scarcity is probably the large amounts required-by the re_ turn emigrants to : meet their expenses, which keeps up a constant drain upon the specie of the country: Another reason of the scarcity is the fa i Ct that there is . no Mint in California. Many of the California bankers send their gold dust to the U.S. As-,ay Office, to he run into ingots of PIO each. The average amount struck off at this establishment is nearly equal to the sum of seventy, five thousand dollars rue day, the ten• dency of which is to drive from citeulation all silver dollars, besides all the gold coinage of the Untied States Mint. A Mint is much needed in California, as is shown Ity the fact, that while Mexican dollars are at a premium of one and Iwo per cent. the hankers charge two per cent. premium for small gold of American coinage. The President and the Abolitionists.—if any thing were wanting to prove Mr. Fillinore's delity to duty, says the Washington Republic. it would be furnished by the unceasing hostility manifested towards him by the abolitionists, who never neglect an opportunity to abuse him as the most formidable adversary they have to en• counter. Gertet Smith, in the nddress noticed yesterday under our telegraphic brad, nssails the President and his rissocutte3' because they are intlrxible in their determination to enrolee the Fugitive Slate law, and on this ground pours upon them the a hole stork of epithets of which he is master. Ile speaks of them as "attempting to murder men" ••for resisting the operation of the law ;" and throughout the whole document labors to convey impression that they, and they alone are to beheld responsible fur the Compri) mist., and for the enforcement of its provisions• Daily News, Oct. 30. Sensible flungarians.—About forty of the Hun garians who lately arrived in Chicago, have ta.. ken a job on the ehiCago and Rork Island Rail. road, about four miles from town. It was not deemed prudent for the n hole company to pro. reed to New .I.3uda this fall, and as some of them were not provided with suitable clothing for the approaching winter, Mime plan like that they have adopted, seemed necessary. House Destroyed by a Illeteor.—The English papers received by the steamer America; s tate dist a house in Westminster street, London, be longing to a carver and guilder, was set on fire and nearly destroyed by a meteor, which de scended non the ronf in the shape of a ball of fire: Teachers' Meeting The annual meeting of the Lehigh County Teachers' and Directors' Assochnien, was held in Allentown, ,, on Saturday, October 25th.— The meeting was opened With prayer by Rev. C. R. Res:4er. The following persons became members of the Association:— Rev. W. A. BriAbane, 'Michael Lampen, M. Maglathlin ; Eveline Blank, E. J. Gibbons, Emelia A. !Anon and Eliza R. Romig. Mr. Chandler read att E , say on . the best method of teaching Grammar, which a•as ap• proved and ordered to 1113 published. 'f he subject was then further discussed by the 42. soeiation. An election for officers took place, and the result was as follows: President—Rev. C. R. Kessler. t—Mseph-Rie-ha Secretary—Rev. S. K. Brobst. Cor. Secretary—F. J. Mohr. Treasurer—Wm. 11. %Volt: Standing Committee—Rev. Brisbane, Rev. Walker, and C. Pretz. In the evening, Rev. St. John, of Easton, de livered au address on the trials and perplexities of the teacher. • Official Majorities. The following are b e lieved t o b e the v orree t official returns iu full Bigler. Johnston, Bigler's msjority, 8,465 The aggregate ollicial vote'for Canal Coin missioner is as follows: Clover, Strohm, For Supreme Judges the following is the ag gregate official vote : Campbell, LEIM Lewis, Gibson, Lowrie, Coulter, Comly, Chamber,,, 173 391 172.232 Coulter's majority over Campbell, 3,199. Meredith, Jessup, Georgia The following is very nearly the total vote or the several Districts of this State at the recent Election Governor. Congress. Ms. Cobb. Mel/01010. Union. Secession 1 4268 • 3986 4011 43971 ft 2 8213 7050 8107 6985 3 6114 6122 5853 • 6011 4 7578 5392 7750 5601 5 13676 7082 13682 7481 6 6952 3037 6937 2819 7 . 4726 2134 4741 1955 8 4714 2069 • 4701 2538 ERE Toll 56262 Cobb, it will be seen. carrics every District but the 'fhicd, which gives ten majority against hint. 'Pile new Legislature of this State is political. ly divided as fullows: Slisi ITE Union, 1101:SE. 102 State Iltehts, Joint Ballot—Union majority 105. tin ion, How it is Received Ti 'is curious to mark the different aspects in which the defeat of the Whigs is viewed by dif ferent individuals. Some kl our editorial breth• ren are quite out of humor, and swear vengeance upon all who are suspected of having a hand in it. Others, with the et gan of hope largely l evel. Oiled, are for picking their flints and Irving it again; and others again moralize . upon the duty of submitting to the will of the majority. The Shippensburg News turns philosopher, and thus he talks—in quite a different vein from the South Carolina fire eaters: When a majority of the people speak nit in favor of any particular measure, it is the duty of the whole people to acquiesce in that decision. The people; under our glorious Constitution, are the sovereigns of the land, and their will should be obeyed ; and for that reason we hope that the minority will not endeavor to throw obstacles in the way. Let their principles• be tested. Let us yield without a murmer, and the day will surely come when the scales will fall from the eyes of those who have liven blind to their own interests, and the interests of the nation. Let us drink free trade to its very dreg, and we will be more willing to cast aside the bitter cup. The time is not distant when the people' will see their fulr ly ; but we should be made to feel sensibly be• fore a corrective is applied. Bursted The Columbus [am] Insurance Company, a kind of guaranteed eapi'al corn patty, but in whivh Mere was no guaranty for the guaran- tors, have burst ❑p. The Statesinao says:-"Thin Company has failed. It is freely spoken of as' a fact in our streets, and we are sorry that nothing has been said, as yet, in contradiction. Several of Mir citizens are deeply involved in this Company. but w•e cannot, of course, as yet, say to what extent. Ettim;grantv for Liberia.--'rlie prospect is fair for a liberal emigration from this port to Liberia, the present 1011. In addition to the fifty or sixty liberated slaves now on their way here from Culpepper, Va., to go out in the Liberia packet on the first of November, six quite intelligent free colored people arrived here last evening, by the Norfolk boar, front Elizabeth city, North Car. olina, to take passage in the same vessel.. One of the number, an old man, after making due ob. servation in the land of freedom and promise, is to return and make report to others of the color ed people in North Carolina, when they will de termine as to whether they shall follow his man• ly example.—Bull. 6101. We find the following statements in the Mo. bile Ilerald and Tribune, and if substantiated, the discovery will he invaluable. The quantity of the medicine to be given at a dose is not stated In the first number of the New Orleans Month ly Medical Register—whiCh we noticed a few dttys ago, we find an article by Professor Stone on the virtues of "Phosphateof Lime in Scrof ula and other depraved states of the System," which is of some moment. It was suggested by an essay in the Londoo Lancet on the ..phy. siology and pathology of the oxalate and phos.. phate of lune, and their relation to the formation of cells." "The conclusions of the author (says Profes sor Stone) are based upon careful chemical re• • Search and results from the use of the remedy. His researches show that in intim, as well as in vegetables and . inferior animals, phosphate of • • s-alu . . • absolute] essential for the formation of cells, and he con siders that many of the pathological states of the system depended upon a deficiency of this salt. The affections in which it is advised are ulcera tions dependant upon a general dyscrasio, and not a mere local affection; infantile atrophy; in those suffering from rickets and consequent di. arrahma and tuberculous diseases, particularly of the lungs in the early stage. 4." 156.499 178 031 191.021 175.-114 8.577 176 039 185.983 183.887 181.408 181.461 179 238 179.238 171 381 37699 55988 39 stale Rights, New Cure for Consumption Struck by this article, Professor Stone tested it, and he thus describes three cases in which its virtues were very obvious. The first was that of a slave, who was admitted to the Professor's Infirmary in July, with a disease of the nose, he whole system showing great progress in serail lous decay : The usual remedies were unsuc cessfully applied until August, when cod liver oil was used, but the disorganization of the stom ach Was increased by it. The phosphate of lime 1 was then applied—eight grain:, three times .a day. Its go o d effects were soon apparent. It and the oil were therefore administered together, and the patient soon was restored to health. The second case is that of a young lady, aged 24. Iler disease wa• one of "unmixed pathises which might have been expected to terminate in the course of a few months fatally." The upper parts of both her lungs were filled with tuhercles, and in some places were beginning, to soft en.— The case was evidently a bail one. The treat,. merit of cod liver oil was at first used, hut with., out marked improvement. The phosphate of lime was then administered with the oil, and the result as in the case of the negro, was smin ap. parent. The patient was rapidly getting well. The third case was that of a child, seviin years of ay., in which the ph.isphate of lime was used with complete succe,s We can only refer briefly to tliese cases for the purpose of directing attention to the subject. Before the dreadful diseases which they describe scientific men have stood abatihed. That there is some remedy for them we can hardly doubt ; and this may, if a new thing, be the desideratum which science is in search of. Rights ( t f Parents.— Chief Justice Shaw has decided a case involving the right of parents to a child, after having entrusted it n lone time to another. When a child of the respondent's first wire was four years old, and its father in embar rassed circumstances, the child was entrusted to its grand-parents, who have for a period of 9 years provided for, all its wants. During this tioie he made no claim to the child, and the pidge therefore decided, since the child hail form• ed new attachments, as an adopted one of the orntudparents, and no advantage to be gained '" from a change, that the child should remain with its foster parents. What they Say in (he Sas:M.—The result in Georgia, says. the Federal [Ga.] Union, will be claimed by the Republic, at Washington, as a Whig victory, and a public.' ndorsement of the administration of Mr. Fillmore, while on the oth• er hand, the Union will claim it ns a Democrat_ is 11 iumph—a repu d iation of the course of the President. It will be amusing to witness the exultation of those papers over the election of Mr. Cobb, and the success of the Union party.— The one horistin& of it as a glorious vindication of the conduct 'a the President ; the other as a signal rebuke of the federal adtnintstration. The Union may as well give up . the game.— •Fillmore is the first choice of the Union party of Georgia fir the neat President. Mark what we say, Mr. Donaldson. rabtabfe.—A young lady of Philadelphia, while in the country some years ago, stepped on a rusty nail, which ran through her shoe and foot. The infftmation and pain were of course very great• and lock kiw was apprehended. .A friend of the family, however, recommended the cation of a beet taken fresh from the garden, and pounded fine, to the wound. It was dune, and the effect was very beneficial. &ton the infla. mation began to subside, and by keeping on the crushed beet, changing it fur a fresh one as its virtue: seemed to become impaired, a speedy 'cure was effected. Simple but effectual reme_ dies like this should be known by every body. Broke Jail—Several of the inmates of the Bucks County Jail, Samuel Hubbard, Conday Boyle, and two colored men, made their escape on Saturday last. The Sheriff has offered kre. ward of $7O for their apprehension. H ubbard has since been arrested, but the.other three are still at large. The Next Congress.—The newspapers are dis cussing the claims and merits of candidates for the speakership and clerkship of the next Con. Gress. Mr. Boyd, of Kentucky, appears to he the prominent candidate for the speakership. Judge Bayley. of Virginia, is also !Willed. It is said that the Free.soilers intend to go for Mr. Burt, of South Varolina, as an anti.compromise man.— Judge Richard M. Young. of Illinois, is present ed, in the Union, as •a candidate for re.electinn as clerk. Mr. Forney, of 4' 4 lkiladelphia, is. again named for that ',Bice. A Monkey Ilunter.—A French paper speaks of it gentleman who has gone largely into the monkey trade. lie has just returned to Medeah, after a long hunt, in which he had taken, by an ingenious proceeding, of his own invention, from 250 to 300 monkeys, of all ages and sexes, with which he is abo . ut embarking for France. 4,; 1 ean Inge. Oil" The Ned York Times, an excellen paper in every respect, fa, de are pleased to see,rapid ly ine.reas.ing in business, circulation and popu.. lar favor. arTwenty three paper's in Virginia have run up the Fillmore flag. WDaniel Webster, it is said, receiv tui ssooo— his argument of the great India Rubber case, at Boston, last week. er In Buffalo, the other alternator, a couple of Eiks, harnessed to a boggy, were drives through State street. . . U'llon. Henry Clay is at Louisiille, and in good health. EV'The Hartford Conrant says, that in the factory of Mclntyre & Co., at Hartford, eight Men and four girls make 100,00.0 percussion caps in one day. Gen. Scott and his Irish Prisoners: Win le t co wa ise-prisonefe. at the battle of Queenstown. The prisoners were sent to Quebec, where Scott and his fellow prisoners •of American birth were exchanged; but all who were supposed to have been born in allegianCe to the British crown were excluded' from the cartel, and ordered on board a frigate to be sent to England, to be there tried for high. trea , on• In giving an account of this transac_. lion, the Iluffalo Express snys : "The inquiry into the nationality of the prison ers proceeded on the deck of the vessel, in which they had been confined. It produced a great commotion. Some of the Irish prisoners who had been set apart and who saw certain death in a trial fur high treason refused to go over the side of the ship when they were ordered aboard the frigate. Scott, who was below, hearing the noise, rushed on deck—inquired into the facts— anti in order to save the Irish from the-fatal test of speech, immediately commanded the men not to answer another question. A violent quarrel ensued between him and the English officers, in which he was ordered below and threatened with violence. But he resolutely clung to his unfor. Innate men. He addressed them amid angry in terruptions from the 011 km—explained the ille. gality of the proceedings—and solemnly assured them that the American Government would avenge every man of them who should be execu ted on the charge of high treason. He even swore in his zeal that if it became necessary, he would himself avenge this outrage upon his I Irish brethren in arms by refusing to give guar_ \ ter to the English in battle, or by shooting them when taken prisoners. The Irish were sent to- England—hut Scott followed the matter to the end. He.efrected the passage of an act through Congress vesting the President with the power of retaliation. Under this act. he took prisoners and kept as hostage, tWenty-three Englishmen to answer life for life for the twenty-three Irishmen so unjustly separa ted from him at Quebec. On the restoration of peace, the survivors of these men, twenty-three in number, returned to the United States, and Scott, still faithful, urged upon the War Depart inent their claims for bounty land and arrears of pay, and got them allowed. Our readers will read with some interest the list of the names of these men. Some of them are yet alive, and the children of most of them are now in the land, having in lively recollec• tion the great commander's devotion to their fathers, and impatient of the opportunity to tes tify to him their gratitude. List of twenty-three American soldiers belong ing to the tat, Gth, and 13th United States Re g i ments, captured at Queenstown, in Upper Canada, on the 13,11 of October, tell,and sent to England for trial, on pretext-of being Brit. ish subjects: Patrick Mcßraberly, James Gill, Matthew Mooney, John Folsom, Henry Kelley, Patrick Karns. Henry Many, John Fitzgerald, George McCammon. John Wiley, John Dolton, John Donnelley, Michael Bondin, John Curry. John Clark, Nathan Shaley,. Peter Burr, Edw. MeGarrigan, Andrew Doyle, John Dinnue, John McGowan, John Williams, George Johnson. Dying Words of Distinguished Men.-:-The lowing were the dying words of the most noted men in America: "It is well."—Washington. • •Independence forever."—Adams. "I resign my soul to God, and my daughter to my country.—Jefferson. "A dying man can do nothing easy."—Benj. Franklin. ••It the last of earth."—J. Q. Adams. wish you to understand the true priniiplea of the government. 1 wish them carried out, I ask no more."—Harrison. ••1 have endeavored to do my duty.'—Taylor. Register of the Treasurst,—Nathan Sargent. Esq., formerly the •Oliver Oldschool" of the United States Gazette, has been appointed Re_ gister of the Treasury, in place of tha Hon. 'Townsend Haines, resigned. We moat cordi. • ally congratulate our old friend on his promo- • thin, and feel that President Fillmore could not.:. have made a more judicious selection. The Question Sellted.--Tbe Boston Courier. alluding to the movement in progress in that; State, for the nomination of Mr. Webster for the Presidency, says: "The people of the United States, distinct from. party, detached from locality, free from section. at views and temporary interests, demand in their own name and in behalf of the whole na.. tion, that Daniel Webster shall be the next Pres ident o!•the United States." 'Heart-hear !' as they say in England.- This. if true, settles the Presidential contest, and Scott. Fillmore, Buchanan, Cass, Douglass, and a host of (abets may as well knock under.. This is a great country!' Somebody.ought to 'save it' a while longer. 71) take ink out of. Linen.—Tithis a piece of melt•it, and dip the spotted part of this linen into the melted tallow 1,. the linen may ba washed, and the %pets will disappear.withoutine joring the !limn.
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