a Allentoint, Pa. WEDNESDAY, DECEiBER H. 18.42. To Our Readers. In accordance with an old established cue. torn of the members of the "mystic art" in this Borough, no paper will be issued from our office next week. This being the last in 1852. The - next paper will be issued on the 5111-oflanua -----riv,-1853. A Merry Christmas to you all, and a nappy New Year when it conies. To ourselves - many new subscribers. CHRISTMAS Its Enjoyments and Duties. „ Lo! now is come our joyful'st feast! Let every man be jolly, Each roome with yvie leaves is dress, And every post wilt] holly. Now, all our neighbors' chimneys smoke, And Christmas Blocks are burning ; Their ovens they with bak't meats choke, And all their spits are turning.” The compliments of the season ! A happy, happy Christmas! Haypy in thought, in word, and in deed. This is our wish, gentle reader. For you and yours, may the day be onErof sunshine—mental, moral and social sunshine cloud to dim its brightness, or to mar its becilitAwitheet a tear to moisten the cheek, or a are to ti'oubleAhe heart. Nay this to you and yours, be a . birat and joyous day—joyous in the_present and in th - eleuret- 7 71 - happy in its pleasures and in its duties—an 4, ever reverted to in the coming time, as a green spot on the way-side of .existence. It is well that we have returns of_such_seasons-and-festi-- vals—well in a scocial and a religidus sense well-for our domestic enjoyments, our manly friendships, our gentle affections. Otherwise, the heart would harden, the feelings grow cold, the milder amenities of our nature lose their spiritual magic, and the world become a mere mart for commerce—an arena !or ambition—a thoroughfare for trade and selfishness, for pow or and pride. But it has been wisely ordered otherwise. Our faith is one of hope, of love, and of joy; and thus while celebrating the ad vent of the Founder sof the Christian Religion, wo are taught to indulge in all that is pure and blissful in social and domestic life. The hope of Heaven anal the enjoyments of earth may be said to meet and mingle. Buoyant youth and tottering age join hands and hearts —parent and child, husband and wife, the lov , ed and the loving—all give utterance to appro priate feelings in a becoming way—all rejoice in the blessings from heaven, the abundance of earth, the progress of light, knowledge and civilization, for the happy, the humanizing, the refining arid elevating influences of the Chris tian It is right, therefore, that we should raise our humble voice amidst the general jubilee— that we should utter wishes and express hopes of sympathY, kindness, congratulation and grrod will. Arid this we do in a light hearty spirit. We would have no tears, Ile sights, no sorrow, no suflering on a day sacred to all thin is dear to us as thoughtful, social, responsible and im mortal beings. The whole world should, if possible, be happy—the millions, the masses, the poor as well as the rich. The laborer should throw by his axe and his spade, the mariner should pause even midway upon the ocean, the miner should ascend from the deep pit to the light of day, the factory should pour out its inmates, and man-servant and maid servant, the halt, the lame and the blind should be afforded an opportunity to rejoice aod be nappy. But more, gentle reader.' These are dutie s as well as pleasures. The day should be mark ed and consecrated by some good act, some generous impulse, some heart. warm manifes tation. It is not for us to dictate or designate in your particular case, for we do not know your history. Your position, means, circum stances, errors and frailties are as a sealed book to us. But of ono thing we aro satisfied namely—that you are not perfe,et, your life is not sinless. You "have left undone those things which you ought to have done, and you have done those things which you ought not to have done." Envy, and pride, and jealousy, and malice, have sometimes disfigured your conduct. Slander and malevolence are not en tire strangers to you. Petulance and passion have more than once found an abode in your breast and an organ in your speech. Is it nut 1 sc.!? 1 1 41 1 .esoli_nutillus_ _wslitutted e sensible spirit, wronged a friend or neighbor, and viola led your own sense of courtesy and right? If the response be in the affirmative, what more fit ting season could be chosen for amendment, for generosity, for magnanimity ? Is there tio heart that may be gladdened by a kindly man ifestatiorp on this delightful holiday—no wound that may be healed—no smouldering embers of allection that may be fanned into new life? • Pause and ponder for a moment, recall and re -new the past for a brief season, and thou act . promptly, kindly, with a warm heart, in a gen erous spirit. • Lot this sacred day not pass by unimproved. Brighten and consecrate it.— Adorn and beauty it by some good act. Add to your own happiness by contributing to the happiness of others, and thus create in the mind and the heart, a source nut only of present but of future felicity—ono to which memory may turn with pleasure in the evening of life when the faithful soul is impatient to burst its earth ly bonds, and soar to the regions of the bless ed, where all days are as one, and all a heaven ly ! Daguerreotype Likenesses The Holidays are at hand; and our friend Bur, caw, one door east of our office, is prepared to take likenesses by Skylight. lie is a practical and experienced operator and takes magnificent intim. Ladles and Gentlemen recollect the ow is your lime! . Business Nolicis. A New Landlord.—Oar friend Charles Noll, has rented the Tavern, lately occupied by James Fuller, Esq., in Catasauqua, extensively known . as the "Catasauqua Headquarters." The build log is well calculated for a public house, is large and convenient, with very extensive stabling.— Charley, is well known as a.kind and obliging gentleman and well calculated to superintend a house of this kind. Woodland Jim ,Sate._--,The_administrator.s—of- John Helfrich, deceased, will sell at public sale, on Monday the third day of January next, two' sepaiate tracts of woodland, one I I, and the oth- !ME acres, grown with the . best• chesnut timber, situate in Weisenburg township. Persons wish ing to purchase lois of this kind, should not fail to attend the sale. Thinks it necessary-to-remind-his-readers-that he will be about on Neu, Years' morning, with his Annual Address. He expects his patrons to be prepared with a little Califirnia or a little Spanish in the shape of a half—quarter—levy or a fip. He will introduce himself with the com pliments of the season, accompanied with a graceful bow. The compliments of his exit will depend upon the donations received. Musical Festival We are pleased to be able to inform our readers that the musical amateurs of our town, have united for the purpose of giving a con- cert of vocal and Instrumental music, in the Odd Follows' Hall, on New Years' night, on _which occasion, seine of the most beautiful music of the day, consisting of choruses, airs, I l duetts arid quartetts, will be performed. From our—knowledge of the musical skill of those who are • ; aged in this mattcrove_anticipate a rich treat. N. The ,Shekinah. We received the eiietond number of volume ' 2,. of this monthly pertedical, conducted by Messrs. Partiidgc & BrillT . 1, No. 3, Courtland Street, New York, at $3 perNonurn, or $1 50 for one complete volume,_ too finished in six months. The year's subscription will thus form two volumes, containing some six hun. Bred pages of fine letter press, and twelve por traits. This magazine is chiefly devoted to au inquiry into The Laws of the Spiritual Universe, and a description of those mornentuods ques tions which are deemed auxiliary to the Pro• gross of Man. It will treat especially of the philosophy of Vital, Mental, and Spiritual Phe nomena, and prehetti, as far as possible, a clas sification of the various Psychical Condictions and Manifestations, now attracting attention in Europe and America. (* -- Persons wishing to examine the work, will please call at our office. tVill the pub lishers oblige us by sending No. 1, of volume second. , Winfield Scott as Lieut. General. We confess surprise at the evidences of op position in the House of Representative to the proposition to confer the title of Lie'utenant General upon Gen. Scott. In the Senate, says the Dai!y Sun, Mr. Clemens has' renewed his joint resolution for this purpose, in considers. tied of his brilliant and glorious services in the last war with Great Britain, and in the late war with Mexico, and also in various Indian and border troubles in the interval between Lundy's Lane and Chepultepec. We agree with the Herald, that this is right. Let the brave old soldier hayp the rank which he has so fairly and honorably wan. Let him be as sured by it that the late overwhelming election involved no want of appreciation of his milita ry services. Mr. Clemens is also the proper man to move the matter. He is a Southern Democrat, utterly hostile to the National Whig Baltimore nomination, "and the resolutions annexed," and .all concerned, as a politician, but standing in a totally different relation to General Scott as a soldier. Mr. Clemens was a volunteer Colonel in the Alexiean war, and did good service in both celumns of the army. We believe that the public sentiment of the country is decidedly in laver of conferring up on General Scott the title, with all its perquis ites, if any, of Lieutenant General Winfield Scott, U.S. A. Let the eld soldier have his title mportant Discovery !Tere is a discovery said to be made by a professional gentleman of New York, which ho thinks "bids lair to restore health to many who are now in want of it." We copy front the Courier and Enquirer: Sulzer observed, that when two pieces of metal of differeakindB, as Connor Lan°, are placed one above another beneath the tongue, as often as the projecting .ends are brought into contact, a remarkable metallic taste is perceived• This led to what is called voltaic electricity, and also to the galvanic rings the efficacy of which perhaps many of your readers are aware of. The important discovery is this: If a cylin. drical piece of zinc is placed near the top of a broom handle, and another about fifteen inches below, connection being made between the two by means of a wire, a person taking hold of the top piece with the right hand, while the left is placed on the copper or lower piece, forms a voltaic circle, which becomes power ful the mom the broom is used. The hands must be without gloves so that the metals are in contact, and the windows of the room Shan't! be open when the broom is used, so us to ad. mit the air freely. The discovery is invaluable to females in a week slate for want of active life, and for males it can be applied to axe. handles. Seven Mns of G'otd...—On the 28d of November, three vessels arrived in the river Thames, from Australia, with the extraordinary quantity of up wards of seven tons of gold on board. Another ship, the Dido, was daily expected with ten tons and a half. This beats California. if things go on at this rate silver will by and bye be the more precious metals of the Iwo. "Our Devil" been no frost yet, and the weather is very warm. The rainy season will soon set in, when it will be almost impossible to travel. It generally commences in the latter part of No vember, and continues until February. The crops turned oni very fine and particalatly the cotton, which is more tban"triple in quantity, than has been raised in any previous year, and command; good prices which gives a great in'. pulse to trade. They are talking of making, a Railroad from 'this point to Austin, but I am afraid it will be all talk, as there has been a rival company started in' a town called Harrisburg, five Mil t:5 below this, which has commenced operations. They have already some of their iron here and also a Locomotive and cars, and are push ing it ahead with vigor. Their road is to run the same point where this one was to have gone to, but by getting theirs under way first, it will kill this project, and ruin this place to a I great extent, as Hairisbnrg is considered a be: to shippMg, place than Houston. Yours. • STANHOPE-1 Next Agricultural Pair.—At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Pennsylvnnia State Agricultural Society, held last week, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the 27th, 28th 29th and 30th of September next, were fixed up- on (or the holding of the next State Fair, and a committee, of which Judge Watts, of Carlisle, is chairman, was appointed to receive propositions for the citizens of towns or cities desiring to have the exhibition in their vicinity. • 'old at the Mint.—From the ht to the 16th of Dec. the receipts at the U. S. Mint in Philadel phia, were $2,870,090, a large amount fur the pe• ricd, though not up to the,unprecedented depot• its of November.. Of this sum $2.210,000 were deposited yestertlay,,which shows a remarkable correspondence with the amount reported to have been brought by the Illinois, which arrived at New York on Sunday lasi. (From a Travelling Correspondent.) Houston—Texas. HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 18, 1852. Friend Ruhe.—l will now give you a sketch of what I have seen of Texas. At New Or. leans we took the Steamer for Galveston across the Guff of Mexico, which is considered one of the most dangerous passages made, and is dreaded more than a trip across the Atlantic.— 'A'e arrived safely, I saw nothing ol the-dread ed danger, but we haft fine weather, after re maining at Galveston three hours, I took an other steamer of a_smallerclaSsfor-Hollatilfr In coming to this place, we passed the noted battle ground rstereSanta Anna was taken pris otter, the battle ground of San Jacinto, besides some °there of less note. We came up Buffet. lo Bayou, which is an arm of the Gulf, with from fifteen to thirty feet water, yet so narrow - and crooked that frequently two boats could not pass each other. To see a steamboat come up this narrow stream looks very odd, I frequen ly could have jumped ashore (torn either side of the boat. Houston is situated on the banka of the Buf falo Bayou, it has a population of about four thousand and is rapidly increasing. The place for its size, does more business than any other. in the United States. The cotton brought here amounts to twenty thousand dollars per day, daring the season, besides large quantities of sugar and other commodities, that are brought here for Sale. The land in ;his immediate vicinity is a lev el prairie, with poor soil, the nearest large plan - - !mien lo this place is twenty miles. Although the land is called poor, in comparison to the generality of land in this country, yet it has good soil and produces_good grass nearly-the year round, and for pasturing it is excellent.— Wo frequently see planters with upwards of a hundred head of cattle, and yet strange to say, butter and milk is riot to be had, what little milk is brought to this market is readily dispos ed off at forty cents per gallon, and butter is worth from forty to fifty cents per pound; most of the butter we get, is Northern butter, and tells its own age. It is astonishing that some of the farmers here do not turn their attention to this branch of business. Here is the finest opening for a dairy farm that can be found; the farmers say, that they can make more at cotton and sugar, and will not trouble them selves about the dairy. Land in this vicinity can be bought for ono dollar per acre, and there is plenty of the finest land in the State for eg ricultural purposes sold every day at twelve and a half cents per acre. Our streets are completely blocked up with cotton wagons, they use oxen altogether, and have from ten to sixteen in one wagon, they bring cotton to this market, from places one hundred and filly miles distance, and take home store goods as back loading. Almost all the goods for the interior are stripped to this point, it being the head of the navigation, makes Houston an important shipping town. There is an immense German emigration to this State, they have some large settlements in the inte rior and western part of the State, and nearly all turn their attention to farming ;Alley all make a good living and may make fortunes; some of the wealthiest settlers here are Gernians.--' There is also an immense emigration from the Southern States generally, there is no doubt but that in net marry years Texas will be one of the first States south of Mason's and Dixon's line. We have game of all deseriptioris very plen ty, the Indians are the principal.hunters to sup ply the markets. They sell venison at filly cents for a side, and it frequently can be bought ler less; higher up the country they frequenuy sell a whole deer for ono shinin g Tor- 1 keys, Dneks and Geese are all very plenty, if they would only pr 'cure some of OM Northern cooks, so as to prepare them right, we could live fine, but their cooking iv awful. We have very bail water to drink, nothing tint rain -water, which stagnates very soon in this hot climate, and soon ,becomes alive with triggletails, yet its the only water we can get; so we have to dring that or none. There has The history of the Tariff is a curious one.--, In Jackson's time the Democratic party was true blue for protection. Since that the party has taken the free trade track. The Tariff of '96, as a free trade improvement on that of '92 has but fairly got under way, and the business of the country become settled under it, when a party springs up in favor of still further re. -duction. There will bo a strung party in Con, gresa from this time forward to demand a ( gen eral reduction of duties. The Democrats-in -TarifTSaft:iiii7ho battled for the tariff of '42, have scarcely come fairly into the support of that of '46, before they will be called to go a step further, Will they do it Fools if they do for a few years at least. The time is not far in the future when the Whig party will be found battling for the Tariff of '46, in opposi., tion to the party—Democrats, probably by name —which will advocate its modification, with a view to lessen duties. The prophecy is based upon signs, written plainly upon the "aspect of things" at present. Were it not for the Na- tional Debt, there would scarcely be a score of majority against the proposition to reduce du ties, in the present Congress.—Pottstown Led The Democratic Union. The Democratic Union will, as usual, be pub•. lished twice a week during the coming session of the Legislature, and we embrace the present occasion to commend it to the favor of our Democratic friends. Neither pains or expense i will be spared by the publishers, to impart to its ; columns zeal and vigor. Ample and correct re. ports of the proceedings of the two branches of the Legislature, together with sketches of the de r bates on all public and important questions, will be furnished—competent reporters having been engaged for that purpose. Persons desirous of obtaining true and early intelligence will always find in the Democratic Union a faithful and hon. est chronicler. • TERMS. For the whole year, (semi, weekly during the session,) ,$3 00 For the whole year, (weekly,) 2 00 For the session only. 2 00 llPAddress M'KINLEY & LESCURE, Har. risburg, Pa. Read. the-Advertisements. The New York Day Book has an excellent ar. ticle in a recent Issue, entitled the "Mistakes of Advertising." It points out the erroneous views which exist in the public mind, in regard to the true policy of advertising, and condemns the bill posting and placarding system, and closes with the in:lowing sensible remarks, which we coin mend to the attention of our readers; . __ __premature in reproaching America with living on a borrowed literature.— "The whole cause of the false notions in re_ r_4 4,— .110n. Benjami n Seaver, Whig, was re. But, supposing the charge to be well founded in gard to advertising in fundamental; it arises, on elected Mayor of Boston, by an increased major. the case of poetry and metaphysics, (and we per. the part of advertisers, in a total misconception ity. ceive Story writes to his son, of am tired, as well Gre. C. Landon ( Whig) formerly editor of as yourself, of di° ~, ,dl toto.i•hots, by ' Ame of the value of even a single line. That line may the Advertiser, was elected Mayor of Mobile, on can peers, of the 1 , .1;11 ~ Mill ii.:l,ll:('S, and topi cs go into every direction of the country, and bring custom to the advertiser, long after he has for- Mon day last. of British poetry. It is time we had something t_V — Phe Legislature of Vermont has passed a gotten it. Every mark produces an impression of our own,) the very opposite is the fact with. law making 60 pounds a bushel of potatoes. of some kind ; and in a newspaper it meets the regard to Jurisprudence. The profession of the --,,,„__________ eye of hundreds who take the papers for busi• Tho Poor to take a Paper.—Hear what the ed t - Law constitutes its real aristocracy, the aristoc ness as well as instruc t i on . T. h e day of old fo- tor of the Vermont Mercury "talks to the borrow- I racy of character :tti.i 1.10,0. .--.........- tryistn is past; posting bills would do very well ing individuals : -Got a newspaper to spare?" in the country, where passers so seldom see any i "Yes sir, here's one of our last. Would you the New nrk Exteavegonee.—Th e New York Ex thing new that they will stop to read them ; but to subscribe and take it regularly ?" "I would press says: The extravagance the city, and the people of the city are going into, exceeds any in the city, where the eye is wearied with an but lam 10V poi, r!" 'l'llat matt has just come thing in our previous history. Costly houses of endless succession of thern, there is just as much from the clam-, which cost him fifty cents; 1i z,75,000 and $lOO,OOO with furniture. mirrors, probability of a business man stopping in the quor, judging from the smell, at least fifty cents, ' carpeting, pictures frescoes, &c., to match, ate street to read them, as there is el him stopping , lost time from his farm, filly cents—maltlng a not uncommon—but there are dinners, soirees, to whittle. Newspapers are the great features dollar and a half actually thrown away; and fetes, dresses, dm., to match. We hear of balls of the day ; the Mail who neglects them, or un - : then begging fir a newspaper, alleging that he the past year, in which diamonds and emeralds dervalues them has not one spark of the 19th ' was tot, poor 1,1 pay for it! That's what we call century in him. lie is II mistake from herrin. i saving at the spigot, and loosing at the bung tale, were worn worth $30,000, tin the presort. Thou nide to rod ; he should have been born, have sand dollar dresses are not uncommon, Dinner needrand gone the way of all the earth, years I Fine Cattle.—Mr. Thomas S. Woodward, of parties are spoken of, where ladies appear in and years ago." West Bradford township, Chester county, sold a cloaks embroidered with pearls, &c. What are pair of fat cattle, last week, for the handsome we coming to I sum of s 42 s—averaging 13 cts. a pound. Their standing weight was estimated at 5100 lbs.— Counterfeit Gold Dollars.—On account of the They were bought by Henry C. Young, of Phil- large number of counterfeit gold dollars in cir• adelphia. culation here, it would be well for the public to __.„„...________ be on their guard. They are beautifully execu. i Col. Benton on Cuba.—A late number of a St. ted, arid, except in their weight, well calculated i Louis paper contains an article by Col. Benton to deceive. l against marauding expeditions to invade earn hat the British used to— quoris and annex Cuba. He takes ground that English Newspaper extant still , aY ' W .- herein ma y be i Cuba belongs to Spain, and we have no right to y," Wh touch it unless in case of war with that nation seen the inquir o He considers the movement as a part of the And the paper goesn to inform its readers that ois George Washington I" grand scheme to form n "Southern Republic" this Groggy is an obscure militia man, who can't he'does and dissever the American Union. He thinks help meddling with matters that mercif not un• the Cuban authorities were justified in excludingmercifully re- Purser Smith. from the Island. derstand, and who will soon be =tided to obscurity in Virginia, if he does • I provoke his betters to far. Moreover, the reader is desired to judge of him by the company he • keeps, one of his intimates being a dirty prin ter's man, named. Ben Franklin." News Items. The following items of news we glean from the New York Herald: . The vote of the city and county of San Fran i cisco, at the recent election, shows the astonish ing increase of population since the cession of California to the United States, only about five years since. The whole number of votes polled in San Francisco, Was as follows : In the city, 8,130 votes were cast, in the county outside, about 400—in all, 8,530. The majority fur Pierce and King in the whole county is 67. From Austria, we learn that Chevalier Hulse. mann, now that Secretary Webster is no more, will return to Washington. Dead lions are ha rin less. Go;i1 appears to be flowing into England from 1 Australia to an extent that is truly astonishing. The equanimity of our English friends has been completely upset by their run of good luck. The result of the Congressional election in Massachusetts, on Monday last, to fill vacancies, is as follows: First Dicirict—Scudden, Whig, is elected Second=Crucker, Whig. Third.— Edmunds, Whig. Sixth—Upham, Whig. Sev enth—Bangs, Coalitionist. Eighth—Wentworth Whig. Ninth—De Witt, Free Soil. Tenth— Dickinson, Whig. ' Eleventh—Goodrich, Whig. Total, 9 Whigs, I Coalitionist and I Free Soil. Pretty well done for Massachusetts. Steam Canal Boat We learn front the Rtading Gazette that the Steam Canal Boat "Daniel P. Shenfelter" has performed a trip to New York with 150 tons of Coal. With this burden, it drew five feet of wa• ter, and went at the rate of six miles an hour 'in the canal, and faster in the river portion of nav igation or between the dams. Should this exper iment in the use of steam power upon the canal, proVe successful, (of which there is every pro bability) it Ain saving of time and'horseflesh will be gained, and an entire revolution effected in the coal transportation on the Schuylkill Ca nal. It will place the Company in a condition to send to market double the quantity of coal per season, that they are able to ship with their pros• eat facilities. Williamsport and Elmira Railroad.—Messrs. King, Stancltff Jr, Co., ha ve taken the contract to build the 'Williamsport and Elmira Railroad, which'they are bound to complete by the lin of January, 1854. The Iron, 7000 tons, has already been purchased of 11)10140111one 'ComPany. • The Tariff Report of Major General Seolt.—We have re. i ceived the annual report of Major General Win field Scott, but its contents generally have been anticipated by the 'report of the Secretary of Shocking Accident in Union Counly.—On the %Var. We learn from it, however, that for the 30th of October, a Mr. Smith of Selinsgrove, and defence of the frontier of Texas there are now ' • Daniel Galer, of Hartley township, were hunting. under the orders of Brevet Major General Smith, , on the mountains a few miles above Hartleton. fourteen companies of cavalry, two companies ;Having killed a deer, they started to go up high. of artillery, with three regiments and two corn. Cr,bearing, their game by a pole upon their patties of infantry—in all, forty.eight compan- • I shoulders, Galer being in advance, and Smith ' ies ; and that the force in New Mexico consists i trailing his loaded rifle by his aide, When a twig of nine companies of dragoons, two of artillery, , caught the trigger of Smith's 'ride, it was fired and one regiment of Infantry. The recruiting service, during the past year, has been pros- I the ball entering Galer's heart, and he fell dead. ' ecuted with great vigor, the number of men enlis- I upon the spot. The deceased leaves a family. ted being 4,174. It is recommended that the rules and articles of war be referred to a board of officers fora ,revision Illness of W. R. King.--Serious apprehensions are entertained of the life of the Vice President elect, as he is now troubled with all incessant and harassing cough, and his lungs are far gone with disease: The Senate has been compelled to recind its rules, that he might sign bills at his residence, instead of in the presence of the Seri^ site. Ile is about 66 yearn of age, having been born in 1786, in North Carolina. Chinese in Cuba.—Thera are now said to be two thousand Chinese laborers in tio , Mend of Cuba, and six thousand more are on their way there: They are exported at a cost of $126 a head, and receive if, a month for the eight or ten years for which they are bound to their employ er, by whom the expense of their expottation is paid. Thuse .already. in the bland, it is •said, have given great satisfaction by the industry and intelligence they.disp . lay. . . GLEANINGS. tgrA youth named Julius Kane, was serious. iy cut and stabbed, in Reading, by a lad named George Eisenhower. !Jr If a person delights in telling you the faults of others, be sure he Intends to tell the others your faults. W . The Buffalo Express relates, that recently a gluttoti in. that city, in-the-space Of - forty - five minutes swallowed 163 clams, 70 oysters, and four glasses of gin. - -Ee 'A._ball_gaven-recently - in - ... benefit of the poor, brought $4OOO. Crr Hawthrone, the author of the "Life of Pierce," is after the Collectorship of Boston, with a 'fair sight' for it. 1"A cheerful face is nearly as healthful as good weather. EV^ln order to deserve a good friend we must become one. IV'Ned a slave convicted for manslaughter upon Moses, also a slave, of Natchez, Miss., was sentenced to be branded on the left hand with the letter M., and the sentence was carried into exe cution in the jail yard, by the Sheriff. larThe Pig population of the Mississippi Val ley is estimated to be 40,000,000. EtirThe greatest time In all the year Is not when May is smiling ; But when fresh Christmas wreaths appear, For then come back old memories dear, Our hearts of care beguiling! Milford, Mass., there arc many young men at work on bouts, who make one hundred dollars per month. c . .: . - yA'n Ohio Yankee has invented a Lath-cut ting Machine, and has sold for $59,000 three fourths of his patent for the Eastern States alone, reserving the Western. They say it will cut a large log up into Lath in the course of three minutes. far Hon. H. L. Ellworth, of La Fayette, Ohio, designs to engage in raising flax next season on an extensive scale, with a view to its being man. ufactured into flax cotton. lie think§ it will soon he a more profitable crop than grain, hogs or cattle. . fa'The graves of Hayne the eloquent, and Calithun the logical, are still unadorned. rirA good fat sheep may be had in Mexico for twenty five cents; but it is not easy to get twenty five cents in that country. LV ° The average product of butter in the Uni ted States is forty nine pounds per annum from each cow. The pay of a Russian colonel Is about sev. en hundred dollars a year; but, after twenty two years' service, he is entitled to a full retiring pension. Ir - " The South Carolina Legislature has elect" ed Hon. J. L. Manning Governor, in place of Gov. Means. The Mexican Question. The administration of General Pierce will have a knot of ugly questions to settle with Mex ico. Among these are the Tehuantepec ques t Lion, upon' which a resolution tantamount to a declaration of war is pending in the U.S. Senate —the Frontier Indian question, in which, by the treaty of Guadalupe. Hidalgo, we are bound to keep our border Indians within our limits, from the Uulf of Mexico to the Pacific, a treaty which we have utterly failed to fulfil—thin filibuster question, in which certain Texas Rangers aro implicated with tsravajal and Company—the Acapulco question, c oncerning the iecent outra ges there by the authorities upon American chi zees—also, the French Sonars question—and• last, though not least, the revolutionary condi tion of the country, and its crippled, tictoess, and hopeless condition, may bring up, within s. year or two, the annexation question. There will be plenty of work for General Pierce in. Mexico, in the settlement of all these questions, What will be done with them ? Ah, that's aria' other question.—/Y. Y. Herald. St - Louis, G MEE • Looofooo Squabble in New Jersey.. The Locofocos in New Jersey are likely to'. • have an interesting time of it in elec ting aU. 8,• Senator, one party being determined to erect the' notorious renegate, Dilly Wright, of Ne work, and the other equally determined that the honor shall be conferred upon a better, more deserving, and reliable Man than any renegate from the Whig ranks. The Trenton American has already be come alarmed, and frankly makes the following admission : "In plain English, we have been assured that treason is brewing in our camp.— ; There is a game on foot, in which some of the most prominent and able men of the - Detnocratie, party are implicated, to defeat the wishes and action of the partyin this State, in all its appoint. ments, by a Onion with the Opposition. "This may be called a bold charge—and by those interested, it may be pronounced a discour aging charge --but we have the proof, the vouch. era, the names—and if it becomes necessary, for the benefit of the party at.lirge, we will dot them down in full." Reel Aristocracy of America.— The last number of the Edinburg Revew, in a highly commenda— tory review of the "Life of the letters of Joseph Story," pays the following tribute to the Ameri" can Dar: The Virginian planter used to boast, it was said, of his resemblance in character and posi. tinn to an ancient It..man. Hut when the United States are seeking for a flattering paralel with Rome, we would advise, them to place it in the decided vocation of their citizens to the sciences of Government and Law. It may be a question whether Europe is not ----- English Du/ter in Boslon.—The Dee states that 1083 firkins of butter were brought to that port 5 by the last steamer from Europe, and that it is generally of the most delicious sort. At the same time there are tons of but ter held from the market in New Hampshire, in order to obtain high prices. Butter can be brought from the most distant countries in England, and sold at a lower price than what is demanded for that made in the vicinity of Boston. The English article too, is generally much superior; We must ins port batter if we want it for twenty - five cents a pound, retail. 'Will our dealers' look into this subject, and relieve' us from the gross imposi• ' tions 'now practised T or The North Uarolina Legislature has had another ballot for U. S. Senator, the vote stand • ing as follows : Rayner, (Whig,) 70 ; D'obbin. (Dem.) 73; scattering, 7--Rayner wanting only two votes of an election. LV" W. R. R ng, presiding ' , Muer of dic U. Senate, resigned his.sodt ou the 20th inst.'
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