.light of water,
(if i tiPster exceeding sixteen Feet in the largest class
vintset) w.ll of our riutithern tiarbors (to nme of
which Our.hirger whips can now have access) will
be rendared available end open for protection or
odaTence.
• &bl. This floating force, possessed of celerity
' • lntl rosin /Wye/ movement, can, with the rapidity
of nu express, be concentrated at any given point
of attack, and the expenditure - necessary to its
entire creation will the country absolutely
less than the fixed defences for Hampton road and
the depot at Nurfulir. alonit
Theca position; conclusively established, as we
regard them to be, illustrate the inca!eulable ad
vai2tages, in pint of usefulness, effi:iency, aid c••
ennorny, which this system present* over our
present means of defaice, whether emplurd in
protecting our euinmerce in the reinot•ust quarters
of the earth, or used as a defence for our fire
sides and h imcs from foreign invasion.
All of which is reppectfullv.t.unmittect,
WM. W. HUNTER,
Lieutenant of the U. S. Navy •
February 26, 1843.
As enumeration of many of the oiT.ontage. of
Hunter's ateettner over all °fliers.
1. The machinery and paddle wh els are en-
Way protected from shot and the irregular ac
• thin of the sea.
2. The entire lrngth of time. deck is available for
battery.
3. By means of the shield deck, the vessel is
rendered a life boat, and cannot be sunk by shot.
4. This vessel can out manoeuvre all others, Ly
- reason of the lateral or horizontal action of her
peddle sor.ei.l , -, which enable her to turn on the
centre of a circle. She can, therefore, at any
lime readily give or avoid a raking firs'; and for
the same reasons, can, in a narrow cliannel.way,
keep under way with her broa'iside again...t or a
cross the tide: and thus, by a vibratory movement,
without advancing or receding, can in a channel
way only her length in breadth, coma.and her pn.
shine, modifying it as may be necessary, and pro
long her fire at pleasure. She thus is equal to
line of batteries of the same i.veizlit of metal, as
great in extent as the navigable lengli of the
channel.
5. This vessel requires no ru Ider to direct her
course, being steered by the throttle vaives and
starting bars of the engine.
The action of her paddle wheels and machin
ery beinz noiseless, she is fitted for surprise.
7. Having neither wheel houses, guards nor
cross ahafis, in paint of tonnage she eaves their
~weight, and that of the paddle wheels, which float.
8 The simplicity of her machinery, the conse
quence of her paddle wheels and their cases being
made to serve air pumps and condensers, and thus
combining the atino-pherie auxiliary power, and
allAhe advantages of the low pressure engines
with the simplicity ann lightness of the high,
grime a vast available amount tonnage fur the
transportation of fuel, and reduc a the actual
weight of the engines full three fourths below that
of those at present in use.
9. The power of the engine being imparted in
a line with the keel, and not at, right angles to it,
as is the case with the ordinary paddle wheel, the
advantage is gained of applying the motive pow
. em at the junction of the centres of gravity and'
tottion, and, emisequenlly, - at the pout where n
is most available to propel; and the propellers, act
ing en a 'continuous resistance, being always sub
merged, the vessel and machinery are subjected
-.c-to less wear and tear than that consequent upon
the ordinary action of the paddle wheel, which is
applied to the surface of the water with the me -
chanieal power of the hammer, and in subject to
the gravitating influence of the water in emerg
ing from it.
• 10. As a cruising steamer, using her sails to
lisolong her supply of fuel, her ern eta subject her
tatiicareely any perceptible diminution of speed,
toseauFe they are mainly within the body of the
vessel, and when di-connected from time engine,
dial. and, corwtriently, revolve readily °Nicol
selves. ..
11. The propeller beloming more effective by
the denser remit ince of its inc-ea s ed sobniersion,
thn vessel may be laden to the extent of her great
est capacity of displacement, whilst other steam
ers cannot be laden beyond the dip of their paddle
wheels. This advantage, in fact, doubles the re
lative available tonnage of the vessel.
12. When built of iron, her propellers acting
• below the floating ice, elie is perfectly adapted to
the nue of an ice breaker.
- 13. A vessel thus propelled cannot, in a heavy
sea, broach to or bring by the lee, unless through
the grossest negligence, because the propellers
being in the centre of the vessel, disconnected and
lateral in their action, the vessel can readily be
brought out of the trough to head the sea. the
ordinary steamer is ever liable et such a time In
these dangers, because then her paddle wheels
cannot be disconnected.
14. This vessel may run along:ide a wharf,.
,
'.i7r..bioard, or tow, in a sea-way, situ entire pro , ee,
=,; , 4,045n to the propellers, inasmuch as they are under!
7)itheiter from the projec ion of the vessel's wales.
; rThe ordinary steamer cannot do these, because
her paddle wheel shaft would interfere to unship
the wheels and the wheel houses of themselves
would unfit her for the service.
15. In a sale of wind, it would never be at
tempted to heave to an ordinary steamer, ultiess
she could display in proper position more canvass
than the surface oilier wheel houses, whiolt is al
we's impoSsib'e, whilst this vessel can be hove
to with perfect safety, either uoaer canvass or uri•
der her lee wheel. Through a head sea she may
be driven with nearly the same velocity as Uri,'
smooth water, because the propellers arc in eith
case equally efficient, being always submerged.
Not so with theA
or-maty steamer; at such tones
she always has one wheel too deeply immersed,
whilst the other is revolving almost entirely in
the- air, and the impossibility of disconnecting
them, in consequence of the irregular action
parted to the machine, renders them both, at such
a time, not only useless but extremely dangerous.
AVM. 111. HUNT ER.
Lieutenant United Sta:es Navy.
FrDRUART 26, 1843.
era—By your direction, I have the honor to
submit the following statement, exhibitilig in de.
tail a plain poetical way to et...0n0-mad v,,,tly i n
the expenditure or money and tuna in the dis
charge of oeve-a' duties indispensable to the na
val service.
A small iron steamer of light draught of water
with submerged horizontal metal propalle:3, should
be appended to each depot; her dimensions adap
ted to the ready passage of locks in canals, with
power for towing, and capacity to carry at least
one hundred tons, This manner of propulsion is
ascertained to be, beyond, all question, perfectly
adapted to the navigation of canals as we'l as the'
sea, and for the service of towing end despatch,
as well as for the uses of an icebreaker. Such
a vessel can be built entirely of iron, complete for
-.operation, for *21,000; and, when it snail be desir
able to use her for purposi aof assault, lookout,
st i mpire ur asy pivot gun will be moan
MI en her, which shall at all nines be kept in
readiness for this service at the depot to which
she is'aseigned.
in the event of hostile fleets in superior force
occupying parts of onr bays and sounds forming
the common navigable highway between distant
petal. of our c iuntry, this sir WI. steam no iy
with safety pass beyond the range of their guns,
feast of Fortress Monroe, at Old Point
;Cotniort $2.030.284
Cott oT Fo%Calboun, at the Riprapa.,ko3,726
.jaini4;°/°
e luineied pa.
1.
t from cannon
fire.
Washinglon City,N.N. 18, 1842
because . the ostensive eats in our Days and sound*
airnit of WI passage of vessels of light draught
of water, fur Must part, beyond gunshot range of
the channel d thu. maybe eff..cted the impor
tant service a a rapid, economical, and safe trans•
partation,th-ough canalsoboal waters, and over
flats, from the lakes to the seaco tat, from depot to
depot, and along the entire line of our Atlantic
seaboard, of heavy ordna ice, and ordnance stores,
troops, seamen, anchors, chain cables, ships'
tanks, provisions, end all the munitions of war
that it may be necessary to essein'de with des•
patch at n given point, as well as coals for the use
of steamers, eec.
The present imitable usefulness of these little
vessels will be found in the facility and despatch
they will afford in the t:anep'•rtation of seamen,
pri.visians, ordnance, and other weighty s'ore's.
such us anchors, cha n cables, iron tanks, blocks,
rigging, Ste.--ilie freight money on which, paid
yearly by the Government, will more than build,
tqnip, and defray all the expense of said elearners.
Besides this, their giving to the Government in
towing national yeast's to and from sea against
adverse winds and currents, and the facility and
economy with which they can supply vessels
!with water and provisions, will save yearly a
hires a rm.unt, of money.
The material of which they are constructed, be
ing imperi'hable' end i,:cornbastible, will render
repairs for many u inceeasary. 'Chu water.
tight iron bulkheads of the vessel. divided her in. ,
to distinct sections, r.nder I cr a life boat; for, al
though idiot or other injuries may cause one sec
tion to fill with' water, yet the buoyancy obtained
fro ri the r. t! era will still keep her afloat. Thus
are obtained these t'.ree i.nportant ends; I it, an
insigolfleant cost, if any, for re,lairs; 21, a guar
anty against destruction by fir,-; and, 3d; an al.
meet entire security from the rinks ofsiiikiug.
The c-ist of maintaining and prying her crew
will be iilmo.t molung, bezaiise it could not con.
gable streams shutting out vessels that were '
prcpellcd by canvass and the winds. Now
they are open to the movements of the war
steamers, and our vulnerable extent of ter
ritory is thereby more than trebled. The
naval powers of Europe have already applied
this powerful auxiliary to their fleets. It can
If it is riss'red to supply Speedily a shipsoi-i ha be wet only by itself; and in the controling
line (in Hampton road, for instance) %Hu 103 000 I
gallons of water; the manner in which it will be change in the mode of naval warfare, the
done by this vc,sel is this, which will at mice I ascendency and power must abide with the
evince the great economy of timno and money
consequent upon its as Her crew (viz, t h , as- intion that shall keep in advance in the
e:
sistant engineer and three men tr..n, the depot) applie lion of this tremend 005 agent to the
will be directed to proceed to the Di•mal Swamp I
canal with the steamer. her fuel will cost nosh- purposes in q ue s t i o n. I t is In t his v iew
because it will be abmindan:ly supplied by the that we ask the attention of our readers to
cuttings and chips of the navy yard, whic'm for t
n' •cat.,,
n oliente ant Hunter of
other purpoms would be or. value. whin in
i
the canal, a e , c k in the side of the vessel 19 turn • the United States Navy, on the propel mod•
ed, and she wi l soon take in 1'5,090 galhms of
el of a war St amer. The advantages of
fresh water. The cock is then shut, and the !ink
steamer proceeds to the sh p. When a longstie, ; Lieutenant Wiliam W. Hunter's war
instead A' requiring th lab it of the whole crew steamer over al others, are enumerated in
of the ship for a day, with the w .ar and tear or
cordage and water casks, to hoist in th: se 25 000 his communication made to the committee
gallons of water, as well as the wear and tear of ;of the Senate and House t t Representa•
boats, spars, sails, rigzinfr, &c., the engine of the',
steamer works a force-pomp, to which is attached rives of the United States, which we pubs
a hose leading to the ship's water casks or tanks. lisp this morning. They are numerous,
and, with the expenditure of a few chips, the 25,-
000 gallons of rester is placed in the ship's water i and so strikingly important, that they
tanks; and the steamer, in all weather and against promise to place the navy of his country
any tide, when boats could not perform the ser•
vice, will rep at, with certainty, the operation, un on the vantage ground of the navies of the
tit the vessel is watered, whilst the crew of the world. The application of steam to useful
Ahip may ba otherwise employed in preparing for
I gea purposes has put in action talents of the
,
It is a truth, that the cost of wear in riggiri2 highest order. 'flue improvements of Lien.
and anter casks, in the uperatien or hoisting in tenant Hunter have placed hint in the high•
the tenth part of her water, together with the ' ,
wear and (air of the slump's boats, ours, sails, ; est p-isition of a public Benefact .r, and
used for the conveyance of the same, would more have reflected honor on the state of his na
than pay the whole expense of watering the ves
sel by the plan proposed, to any nothing of the j tivity, We ere proud to claim hilt as a
aist of mae than four person , . When it is deal.
redto use the vessel, an assistant engineer
three men should be detail d from the dep.t for
her crew. When her service shad have been
performed, this crew will reaurna their rigular
duties at the depot, arid the ve, , sel may.be t•ecured
to The wharf, where she may ternaiii without the
coat of attend.,nee, ie, as twfwe stated, the
mat• rial of which the is constructed is not perish
able.
loss of time. labor, exposure of the crew, and de.! native Penn3vlvattian. We are gratified
tension of the vessel. By the same means, the
veesel, which. might he otherwise kept rr,m) her to know that the tuainn has availed itself of
cruising around by advorsa w•nd and tides, nifty tlo itlcrlti of Lieutei.ant Hunter. That
be towed to sea at cdrnplrativelv no exiiense. I
dby prig . the war •, , teamer, Utoon, now fitting oat
This same service, as it now perfurin.
vale steamers, costs twenty times as much, and is 'at the navy yarl, at Washington city, un„
attended with risk of injury to I hti ves.el b• ing
tier his direction and control, and that one
towed, because these ate liners arc not suitakl ,,
constructed for such service, and their command- of the Revenue Cutters, about to be con
ers not being amenable to naval law, they. in fact
and in praelt.te, command the time and manner of , s lructed in this city, under the direction of
exec utirg this service. Captain Howard, of the Revenue service,
The foregoing statements are the most cortfi
an officer of distinguished merit, will be
derely su'imittcd for your consideration, tram the
tact that I have already performed a pat t (tithe built on the clan of his improvement.
services herein related with my litile r zuerim , n.
tai s.eumer the 'Germ,' Fir/yelled Liti the plan de
scribed. And I take this occasion to state that,
in the course of my experiments with her. she h a s
tun throu h ocean, lakes, t fiver., and canals, over
10,000 miles, with a crew of-three persons, t nd a'
a cost of five dollars p. , r day, inclu•ttiag fuel. 1
have the sati.faction further to acquaint you that
I have taken the first ves:•el (viz, the 'Germ') by
, steam power from the Atlantic seabaard to Lake
Erie, and thence back to her starting point in
North Carolina, and, in so doing, have practically
shown that, as soon as the work of enlarging the
Erie canal through the State of New York, now
jin progress, shell be completed, armed steamers
of 203 hundred tons, of this construction, by reit
. s on of their peculiar adaptation to canal nuviga.
tion (they cau-iing no injury to the bank) may, at
the pleasure of the Department, be despatched
from the Atlantie to Lake Erie.
I take pleasure in developinz falts.w . tich
appear to me, in a military and o her pointy of
view, va'uable to our country.
Respectfully, your oh't. servant ,
W. W . HUNTER,
Lieut United States Navy ,
[lon. A. P. UPSHOR
Navy Yard, Waihington city
Miller.—The N. Y. Express says tha
a letter was received in that city from
Bro. Hines, dated Albany, N. Y., March
25, who says:
"I have received news by a messenger
sent on express from Brother Miller, that
he was sick, and confined to his room. On
the receipt of this intelligence, I went im•
diately sto see him, and if need he, to min
ister to hi , : wants. I found him at the
house of D....acon Dubois, in Ruck City,
'about 6 miles fro•n Ballston Spa. He has
the erysipelas, and is deeply afflicted other
! wise, being worn down by his incessant
labors for the past four months. But he is
I not in any danger atqjs time; I think he
• will get up in a few weeks."
The Chartists.—The London corres
pondent
of the Journal of Commerce in a
late letter says, "the Chartist trials are now
'proceeding at Lancaster. Fearcus O'Con
nor and fifty-seven others, who formed
the Chartist Executive, are indicted for
having conspired together, by large and
tumultuous assemblies, to proJuce some
fundamental change in the constitution of
the country. It is expected that the pro..
ceedings will continue over a week. The
defence will be an attempt to fix upon the
master manufacturers the guilt of having
Warmed the strike, for the purpose ofaid
ingthe purposes and designs of the Anti-
Cern Law Lestle;
,
'.I I IIIIR
JAMES BUCHANA N
subied to the derlslon of a National Convention.
DAILY MORNING POST.
TSB. PHILLIPS 4- wm. 11. 111111'11. RDITORII &ND PR OPRIICTOI.II
NVEDNE-;DAY, APRIL 12, 1843
See First Page.
war steamers.
The application of steam to the purposes
of man has changed the state of the world,
and altered the relations of civilized societ y.
The Steam Engine has been called the
lines( present ever made by science to the
arts. Through its instrumentality steam
has become a universal agent, and whether
we consider its applications to purposes re
quiring the utmost delicacy of manipula
tion, or demanding the exercise of the most
tremendous power, there is not one over
' which it is likely to exercise a more con
troling influence than that of naval warfare
—in which the protection and glory of our
country arc at once involved. Formerly
our maritime coast was alone exposed to
i the operations of naval war, the narrow
channels and toritious courses of our navi-
Prof Lovering.—lt will be recollected
that some time since Prof. Lraering of Boo_
ton was publicly whipped by her brother
for trifling with a lady's affections, and with
whom it was said he had sloped in the Co—
lumbia. The Boston Bulletin says:--The
Mr. Lovering, whose name was on the Co
lu obi is pasenger list, has resided in Paris
several years, and is a partner in the house
of Edwards & Cu. The bona ficle 'Proles-
sot' is ri , )w in or about Boston, and it is
nAerstood that he intends shortly- to lead
to the altar the vety same lady who was
recently defended by her brother. Truly
the course of true love never did run
smooth!"
Rhode Island .
The folios ing paragraph shows the
means used by the Alget Ines of Rhode Is.
land to defeat the people. The N. Y.
Courier, and the Advouate of this city,
call a triumph spired by such means a
"glorious victory." It is such glory as
whiggery alone can rejoize in, but it must
chill the heart of every republican.
Proscription on a large scale.—On Fri
day evening a meeting of the hands em—.
ployed in the High street Furnace and
Machine Co.. was called by the agent.—
Three of the company appeared, viz: Isaac
H. Holden, Zelotus Holden, and Henry
Gardner. Isaac H. Holden (the agent)
ir formed them that he cane to discuss no
question, but to state whrt the company
had concluded upon. 'I he agent then
put the following proposition: 'We, the
company, have come to the conclusion
that all those who vote for Carpenter can
have no more work; and,thosa of the hands
that have no vote, but who aid or use their
influence for Carpenter, must expect to be
served the same " He would give them
(the hands) until Saturday night to con•
eider upon it. &vote was taken by the
hands that they were willing to labor for
the best interests of the company, but they
should vote for whom they
.pleased.—
'
Twenty-seven Out of thirty that were pres
ent, stated their minds were made up, and
they were willing, to take - their dismissal
forlhwOli.--Prev. _Express.
Another Fracas. In the Leelatatara•
4041hir - Wonder in lhi hearrens—A 1
Bloody Sickle.—The 'People's Friend' ! To say that the Philadelphia members
,
of April Ist, published at Covington, la., are butchers and dog fighters
is no longer
sayst—"We have been credibly informed a figure of speech, but, a, the Ili llowing ex
that a lady in this place of unimpeachable tract from the Keystone will show, is lit
character, saw ,a bloody Sickle' suspended erally true. Heretofore they have been
in the heavens one night this week. Have. called butchers to indicate their mr at-axe
ing occasion to get up out of her bed to dispo-ittons, bat now they appear in the
attend to her children, v. ho were indis. Legislature with all the implements of
posed, about the hour of midnight, she their trade upon them, and fancying them
selves iu the shambles—which, by the by e .
looked up and was viewing the planetary
region, and behold this extraordinury phe- would not require any great str etch of tho
nomanon rivetted her attention.—This imagination—they commence running
year has certainly been one of the moat
their "long knives" into the bodies of un
remarkable that the history of the world offending citizens. Seriously, this outrage
has on record."
is one of the mast disgraceful we have ev.
The Patrician's Davghter.—This play
has been produced at the Chatham, by
Forrest and Miss Clif on. It is a new
play, and judging from the manner it,
which it was received it will rank among
the brightest gems of stage literature. A
correspondent of the N. Y. Post, in a
critique says:—"We like this play, and
we thank Mr. Thorne for bringing it out.
Its character is most wholesome, and its
influence cannot be otherwise than salute.
ry. The republicansentiment with which
it abounds, and the inspiring lesson it
teaches, render it peculiarly adapted to
us as a people, and remind us that the
true office of the stage is to ennoble, not
corrupt—to kindle holy ambition, not to
inflame demoralizing passions. The of
fice of the man of genins, when he is made
the organ of such sentiments, is one which
must command the admiration and appro
val of all."
Canadian Wheat.—A Canadian paper
says that there has been a growing defi
ciency in the wheat crop in Lower Cane.
du during the last twelve years. This is
attributed to the importation of American
breadstuff, and that most cm-dial hater of
evzry thing American, gives its readers to
understand that 'all the cities and towns of
Canada are crammed w iih American beef
and pork free if duty' to the great injury
of Colonial Agriculture.
Hallucination.—Too imagine that a
shake of the haul or an enquiry after ' th e
wife and children,' will command a vote.
Or that a sycophant's preparation of soft
soap, can be palmed upon the poor man
for pure friendship.—frhr,g paper.
We hope the coons have discovered
this by experience, as it will be very likely
to make a 'awing impression. We have
hopes from this symptom of returning
reas,m, that the scenes of 1340 may never
be re-enacted.
Connecticut.
Our victory Glorious and complete.
In recording this brilliant triumph we
will not stop to givn the detai's but elm
up the grand result thus:—We have elects
ed every Member of Congress—four in
all.
We have Sixteen MAjnrity in the Sen •
We have about Thirty-five Majority in
the House of Delegates,
Governor Cleveland's plurality in 122
to ns is 1595 —scattering, 1033. As it
requires a rn rity of all the v a d s
ca-t, the election of Governor will de•
vulva probably upon the Senate and House
of Delegates, when he will be elected cer.
.4 Strike.—The Montreal Transcript
states that an extensive strike for higher
wages, took place a few days since by the
laborers on the Lachine Canal.
.9n Old Society. —The London Society
of Ancient Britons, lately celebrated its
120th Anniversary. The Society sup
ports 200 children of Welsh parents.
Curious Bill of Morla?iiy.—The
Charle , ton (S. C.) board of health r eports
the deaths of 11 persons in that city last
week, one while and ten colored. What
takes off the darkies so rapid lyl
Kish-ke-Kosh.—The Burlington Hawk
Eye, says that this interesting thief of tI e
Sacs and Foxes, with some others of his
tribe, have been taken to England on a
speculating expedition.
According to the Cti,thac.Mercury, the
failures a Quebec and Montreal, during
the past year, were for an amount equal to
five millions of dollars.
Great Compliment to New Jersey.—At
a meeting of the citizens of Southwark,
last week, it was goneronsly resolved,
that in consideration of the handsome con.
duct of the Woodbury Jury in the Mercer
case, the State of Jersey be taken into the
Federal Union!!! Agreed nem con.
He is not Dead.—Tbe boy whose throat
was cut in-New Orleans, by some villian
is not dead. He is recovering: He is
heir to a large estate.
The Chesnut street theatre, in Pbiladel•
phis is closed. It will not be re-opened
until September.
Escaped.—Two prisoners confined in
be New Bedford jail, on :Monday last,
knocked the turnkey down and nude their
escape. •
er heard of ia the course of legislation,
and it must. cause the deepest sorrow to
every Pennsylvanian fur the degredation
that such scenes are calculated to inflict
upon the state. The proposition to apr
point a committee to•inquire into the facts,'
speaks but little for the morality of the
other members. The duty of the coma*
mittee should have been to drag the assns.
sin from the hall and to place him in the
hands of those whose duty it is to guard
and punish such ruffians:
From the Keystone
Personal Recontie.
We regret to state that a personal Re•
contre of a serious character t ink plane on
the floor of the House of Reptes , ntatives
this (Saturday) forenoon, during its ses
sion, the particulars of which, 50 far as
we could ascertain them, are something
like the foltowing: Mr. Bretton, the Eds
itor of the State Capitol Gazette, came
into the House abont ten o'clock, and was
standing near the fire place on the left of
the Speaker's chair, when Mr. Edward
McGowan, a member from Philadelphia
county, came up to him with the Gazette
in his 14and,"and asked him if he was the
author of a certain article personal to Mr .
McGowan. Mr. Bretton replied he was,
when Mr. McGowan struck him with his
fist—Mr. Brawn., we believe, struck bark.
Mr. McGowan seized a chair. and struck
Mr. Bretton a blow over the bead with it.
Some Bole 80411. then ensued. when Mr.
McGowan thew 0 dirk knife; Mr. Bretton
ran b hind the Speaker's chair. whete Mr.
McGowan followed and struck him across
the shoulder with the dirk The instrument
how , ver, struck the bone and bent round.
which, doubtless saved the life of Mr.
Bretton. The dick was immediately aken
from Mr. McGowan; and Mr. Deford mo
ved a committee to inqnire into the facts
of the case. Mr. McGowan was arrested
and taken before Aldermon Snyder, and
held to bail in the sum of one thousand
dollars.
We regret most sincerely the personal
difficulties which have occurred during the
present session. and hope an era of better
feeling will yet arrive.
Mormonism. The Cincinnati Et qui.
rer says that since the cat eat up JoSmith's
Holy Ghost, which used to descend at his
bidding in the shape of a tame dove,
Mormon miracles are like angels' %itits in
the parts of this wicked world—'few
and fir between."
The State Capital Gazette says: A
bill has passed both Houses giving out all
the public printing and binding to the low
est bidders. II is Etippioed the Abolition.
iits of Philadelphia will get the j ib.
very Modest Hint--Chaprnan's
Sentinel says:—''Unless Armenius James
calls and settles Either with us or his late
partner, we will tell all about his stealing
six yards of cloth which we left et his
shop "
"Glorying in their Sharne."—The
'Gerrymander' is the name of a new whig
paper in Peoria, 111.
-Equal and exact justice" with a VeA.
gence ! —We find in a repott of the sen
tences by a Court recently held in Turon-
to, that a fellow who stole a horse and a
poor chap who sto'e a pair of boots, are
sent to the penitentiary for three years!
Beautiful Combination.—The_editor
the Grant County Herald (W. T.) is a
queer genius. His daddy was a Whig
and his mammy a Dutchman,
Curtous fact.—Sunday is the Christian's
day of public worship. Monday is the Gre'
eim's,Tuesdly is the P..rsuart's, 'Wednes
day is the Assyrian's Thuisilay is the E.
gyptian's, Friday is the Turk's and Satur•
day is the Jew's.
Isaac E. Holmes, a democrat, has been
re-elected to Congress from the city of
Charleston, S. C.—[Providence Express.
Mr. H. is truly a democrat, but not one
of your kind.—[Providence Chr , nicle.
If he's of your ki , o3, Mr-Chynniele, we
think he's rvo much —Vittsburgh Post.
You are rather -ievete itonn us. hut as
you give us the only , vidence which your
paper has ever afivded of any thinking.
on your par!, Mr. Editor, we shall let you
pass unhurt.—[Providence Chronicle.
Our escape 'unhurt" is not as fortunate
as was yours, Mr. Chrol,.. when the ladie'
saved you from being thrown overboard,
as you were going to the clam-bake.
The home of Gesius.—Portland, Maine,
a city of oot more than 18,000 inhabitants
and probably not that many, bas been more
productive of literary men than any , sth.
er of its size, in the United States. Among
a list, we mention N. P. Willis, John
Nest, Brooks, _Colesworthi, Ingraham,
Longfellow, Mullen, Seba Smith, Miss
Payson, Ann S. Stevens, Duct. Nichols.
Doct. Payson, and several others of res•
Fetability in the literary and political
world. This is an honor which but few
of even larger cities can rival.
4 Woman Escape! from Prison.-Tics
N. Y. Sun says that Ann Foster, convicted
last summer of forgery and sentenced 7
years, made complaint that she was sick
and got into the hospital, and from these
escaped last week, Wednesday, in her own -
clothes that she had when she went tlere
She was in the habit of hiring houses in the
c.►untry, where her and an accomplice.,
named Geo. Beardsley, who is now at
Trenton, N. J. State Prison,and putting out
large quantities of coutterfeit money. She
was the hi•ad of a gang who could raise any
amount of money to buy her out.
Lynn.—During the year'W42 one mill.
on pair of woman's morocco shoes were
manufactured in this town.
A waman waa put up for trial in Balaer
more, for whipping a Dutchman; and else
Dutchman, in testifying to the fact&, said
with the tone and air of an injured inno
cent, "M;sh•er S'iquire dish here worpan,
mit t'iree or four other womana more whip
me very nice; —she did." Poor, abused
folio w.
A C 349 of 14fanticide, p'rpetrated ac
cording to the appearance of,the body as
long ago as last autumn, was revealed at
Trenton, L. J,, on Wednesday. The
body was found in the cellar of an old
recently occupied by disorderly
per4ons, wrapped in t wi t.low cuttain and
laid in a knife box, c •vired with stones
and di t, 9 few inches bolos the surface of
the cellar floor.
Can't Mart!' a Siala, —Ore of the
S. Courts h da i 1:1,1 that aOh imam, mai
riag-, between a white man and an India n
woman, is void; that a civilized man is in
capable of coniractin,/ marriage with allay
age, and that their off4pring is illegitimate.
and cannot inherit. A very extraordinary
decision cent aiitly.
Sir E. L. Bulwer —The editor of the
Boston T,rnes has been permitted to pe*
!ti.e a letter from this distinguised author
to a literary - gentleman in Boston, in whi cb
Bel wer says—'With the last page of the
Last if the Barons, closed my carear as s
writer of fiction. You have long been e.
ware that my voter studies have be - eo
gradually unfitting me for the task of the
•RFrtancier.' The •light of other days is
faded,' and my fa nc) not longer kindks et
a spark as in ha ppirr hours ef yore. I
am too uise to jeopardize what Ilttle cred
it I may have la on alreAy, and therefore
hid farewell—a mournful farewell, it may
be, to the light labors and 11c:4in:dreams
of the novelists.
Carrying out ti hi g principals.—Webb
of the New York Courit r and Encrirer.
who paid o 0• dehte to the amount of 3200,
000 by means of the bankrupt law. fatal,
purchased a splended mansion in New
York eitv, for which he paid' $18,000.
Splendid finacering. that !
At+l- - ER . ICAN PIONEER.
JUST received from the publisher at Cincinnati. 46
copies of that excellent aria useful Historical work.
the American Pioneer, pabltslied In monthly Nos at $2
a year. The first 12 numbers bound in the present soli.
unie at subscription price, for sale, and eutseriptiona
thankfully received. at lIARRIS' General Argent'' , and IM
etlieetire cffire,Nt, 9. Firm st, ap 12
DISSOLUTION
partnership hcretocoreexisling between the sub
.l
srrit.era under the. firth of Murphy 4- Appiebe, he
this r ay dirsolved ny mutual consent; all persona-dairies
claims against thee will please present their &cements
for pay - metal, and all there indcbted are reeeeeteit to
rattle the same with either of the partners before the lel
of May next. A. lIIURPBY.
ap lar, T. APPLES&
in retiring from the Grocery business 1 . cheerfully re
commend the new firm of A Murphy* Sun, to the Moo**
of the late concern. T. APPLEBY.
A Murphy havinietaken his son, J it Murphy, late
partnership with him, the loudness lei!' in future he tee&
dueled at the old stantLeptb.r the firm of A.Murptty
Son, who will aiways lievapplieti with every awhile
In the Grocery tine, which they wilt sell very low few
cash. A. MURPHY ¢ SCH•
rtp 12-3 t Liberty st, fuel of Sib.
SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES.
R. 1. W., Mrs..and Miss 8 \ KEW ELL revert:lM.
_ally int) run their frif rids and the ',ohne t hat the meet
Quaver will commence on Monday, April 16. Silt
weeks notice wtil be required before the removal of peptl.
np 12-31
FOR sale on accommodating, terms
100 Ws rood Louisville Lime, 300 doz. all Am
window Sa.b. 100 boxes all sizes window G 1a”.30 mos
wrapping, letter and writing Paper; 40 dos corn'breamz
and wisps, 500 pieces paper hanging' , and borders to nit
for cash or approved burin' to felt comienees-
ISAAC HARRIS.
.40 and Coro Mercht, No 8, Finn
FAMILY FLOUR.
39 ARL 9 Saaerfine white Wlwnt
Just leeelved from Valley 111111 s End for sale by
J. W. BURBRIDGE
Water st between Wood t Elmdth`d.
REGULAR ST. LOUIS''
PACKET.
MASSACHUSETTS,
Isnao Rpnnett, Master, Will depart for the above and sa.
termedtaie ports on Wednesday the 12 inst. at 10 Weeds
A. M. For freight or parirnre apply on how/, or
ap CO., N 0.641 Water it.
FOR ST. LOUIS AND tvIISSOLTRI
RIVER,
The substantial and well knnwn
ALG(INQUIN.
MOM Kaartta, Master, will depart (or the aFeia sad
Inte,rnedlate parts on Wednewday We 12th iliac at go
o'clock. A. 11. For freight or orrogoaP. apply on Board
or to BIRMINGHAM # co.
■pr 10. fin EU Water at.
N. B—Tba Algonquin has eertifkalea frost the, Noma
ip f urspee, tt ?stern .tlarine and Fire I animate eolopou..
les that they will filmic on her as class N• 1.
CARRIAGES AT AUCTION.'
By SAM•L FAHNe4TOCK & CO., corner of
Wood endsth streets. on Thursday afternoon** 3 sethsek,
one superior (nearly new) two horse family earring
with harness, of Boston stannraete re.
One single horse York wagon whh hareem
apt 10
WHISKEY.
5 years old copper 114
lalltlye Whiskey on eonsliyainiol, fibt
w.imutatio4 4
ilksit Wyss& Wood mei - • -