Strong'. rthinli that alba debate may' as
well dome now as, at any other timeonci.l
that flab Aineridanjicart mi,ly be Awaltcritt*'
it has been slutrib'eiing.' We of the South
feel that , we ore weaker than the North.—
But ;ithe.n gentlemen . talk, of organiting
partieS upon the principle of, attatchinent
of the Union, it may as well begin on the
principle of justice, •
Would you- have us to be a mere-ap
pendage to your Union ?—to submit to
aggression taller aggression 7 Ido not in-
tend - to debate this question hero to daffy ;
but I tell you,, before that God that roles;
the universe, - that 1 would rather the
southern country, with all her Flutr2smcn!
end all her great spirit, was c;fli , rod tip tan
homirable sacrafiee, than that fihau)ii
submit one instant to degreclution. [Groat
applause]
I would say in the language of Kossuth
to that one who would - not stsr:tl up by
his section, may the curses of the eternal
Grid rest upon his head I
ELECTION OF SPEAKER-ORGANIZATION OF
THE HOUSE.
The House of Representatives, on Sat
urday last, 'after eighteety days' labor, and
on the 63d ballot, finally- effected an on ,
ganizatian by the election of the Hon.
HOWELL POl3ll, (democrat,)a Georgia.—
The Democrats.and Whigs each appoin
ted re'committee to confer with each other.
The Committees tact; and finally agreed to
report in favor of a plurality, instead of a
majority, as necessary to a choice. This
was bitterly opposed by the . Free Soilers,
end :also by a corresponding number of
impracticable Southern members, but was
finally adopted by the House. We have
only.room for the following short sketch
orthe last' days proceedings, as reported
by telegraph in the Daily News of Mon.
dat
WASHINGTON, Dee, 22.
rr.,-11 D ti!y Nt•s.
Mi e staiitcin, Tennessae, offered tiv,
resorption :agreed to by the caucus rem.
:Aden; that the House proceed to the se
lection of Speaker viva voce, and that if,
after calling the roll three times, no mem
bers :shall have received a majortv of all
the votes east, the roll shall be again call•
ed t and the member receiving the largest
number of. votes—provided there be a
majority of-a quorum—shall be th! next
Sitetilcer.
Meade,{ Dem.) of Virginia, moved
to amend the 'resolution, by striking out
and 'inserting after the vote shall he falcon
for'spertker---after.the adoption ofthit3 res.
oltition;the House. shall proceed to !7e I !ct
fr?m the — fotir 'Candidates who shall re
cely9:thel)ikbest number of votes—ifnei
thei-receive n pajoritv., then they shall
vote, for. the three - highest—if no choice,
then from the two highest; hod no votes
shall 'be . counted which are but given V.)
'the one or e Oily:A. of the two gentlemen' s r - ,
leeted..
motion, was rtndo to his the rosolu
,
tirk.cinthe table.
. •
Mr. Baylv, (Dem.) of Virginin, called
for the . yeas and nays,
The.qucStion being taken, the motion
was decided In the negative—yeas PO,
nay,s 124. '
An ineffectual attempt was then made to
adjourn ;until Wednesday.
Mr. Kattfrnan; (Dem.) of Texas, offered
alireOnble, 'concluding with a resolution,
that, for the purpose ofenablin o rr the House
to diScha'rze its constitutional functions—
if,On the.rie4t vote, fur speaker, no incin•
ber Shaln^ce . e:iVe'tt.majarity of all the votes
cast, the're is tote Ito election. But on
the second vo'e, if any mernbc.r iv
withjdono vote cf n majority of all th..!
votesc:rit, theri i he shall be declared sPe7,
ker: - • On the third vote, if any tneinb(!r
have twovotes-wlthin a. majority—he shall
be declared_ elected, and so on requrinz
one vote less on every trial, until a spea
ker shall be elected. 'Provided, it' at any
time, any two members have the • same
number of,yotes, it shall be declared a tic.
No member shall be elected, unless he
receive 'at least a majority of the quorum
or the' House, end—
Resolved, That this rule shall be np.
plied' to the election of the other officers
of the House.
Mr. Johnson, (Dem.) of Arkansas, ma
rod an amendmeet by striking out the
preamble,. which h 6 said was in the nature
of a speech:
Mr. Kaufman acquiesced in the amend
ment'.
' The question was taken, and the substi
tutecofibrod by Mr. Kaufman, decided in
the negative—yeas 51, nays 148.
The question was then taken on Mr.
Meade's amendment and rejected—yeas
12; nays-120.
The question was then taken on Mr
Stanton's resolution.
. Mr. Giddings, (free soil) of Ohio, then
offeredis a..substitu'e the following : .That
ilia election of Speaker is one of the high
est importance; owing to the ()Porous du=
ties devolving upon hire, and
Whereas, by cojmnon consent, every
House 'of- Representatives of the - United
States; since the adoption of the constitu
tion, has regarded a majority us necessary
to ti choice; and
Wpereas, the freedom of speech is-re-
OrdePti. the 'safeguard of liberty, there
tpre;
''Reblved, That a change in such niede
of election, to place the power in the hands
have
pric , ty
lathy;
;, tnd
ly condemned a principle--ho would raise
~,,
n question on that point.
;Mr. Holmes, (dem.) of South Carolina,
asked for the yeas and nays on that point.
IThe yeas and nays were not ordered.
'Mr. Holmes then moved that the House
:adjourn till Monday - next.
Cries on all - sidcs—"Call the roll on the
!adoption of Stanton's resolution."
1 The noise having somewhat subsided,
the clerk commenced calling tho roll.
1 Mr. Holmes—l rise to a question of or
-1 allir.sfif'call the roll 1 4 t , e4tho roll I"
'To Cu 1" •
.. -
. .
Mr. Holincs—l want to know whether
the have had a vote on the resolution of
!
Gyred by Mr. Giddings o not ? I will
stand ep for it. The , house only refused
to °Moe the youti and nlys.
Another scent! of confiition, cries of , lor•-
dor P' "you aro right 1" ,
Mr. Holme: , - , -4 ask; where is the rule?
Mr. Vinton, (Whig) of Ithio—lt has
been decided a hundred times.
Renewed cries of "call the roll 1"
The Clerk Awi, on culling the roll. Mr.
Holmes again raked the question and fre
quently interrupted hum
Mr. Holmes, continuing—The 'resolu
tion of Mr. Giddings wins in order, (laugh
ter.) and turning to Mr. Giddings, he ask
ed, "Will you give it up 7"
Mr. Ciddings—Yes
The Clerk then finished the roll without
thrther interruption.
The question being taken on the reso
lution offered by Mr. Stanton, it was adop
ted, yeas 11:3, nays 100.
Cries of "calf the roll I" "order !"
Mr. Ashmun, (whig,) of Massachusetts,
moved to reconsider the vote just taken.
The motion was laid en the table, and the
House proc.oeded to vote viva voce kir Spea
ker.
Mr. Stanly, (whiff,) of North Caro
I;ttid, he supposed both parties would have
the best poll they could. lie hoped no
person would tt!, , ,ain vote for him, but cast
it in another direction.
Mr. McClernand, (L)em.) of Illinois,
said that he had at no time been an aspi
rant for the Speaker's chair. Flo thank
.ed those who had voted for him, and with
drew from the contest.
Mr. Carter, (Dem.) of Ohio, said that
Mr. Levin had been called to Philadel
phia by sickness in his fnmilv, and he
hid agreed to pair oft with him.
The clerk then callecrthe roll.
SIXTIETH 13.1LLOT.
Robert C. Winthrop, (whip) Mass.... 90
Howell Cobb, (dem.) Clr.:!o . 95
All others .... . . . 3;3
During th'e calling oithe roll, Mr. Le
vin Appeared in and both he Hod
Mr Carter vwed.
Tll , :tu_t being no choice, the House pro
ceeded to the
SIXTY FIRST 1 L
Winthrop 92
Cobb 95
•
All others 32
There being no choice, Mr. Baker
moved for an adjz)urnment. Lost.
It is now live o'clock, .and the chande
liers arc lighted. The galleris are crow
ded with persons who tut watching every
move with an ciiger eye.
On motion the House prr)ceeded to the
XTY •SECON D BALLOT.
IVinlhrop.
Cobb . .
All others
The House, though crowded to excess,
was exceedingly quiet while taking the fol
lewing vote. All seemed to think that it
would be the last ballot, and the utmost
interest was manifested.
SIXTY THUD BALLOT
Winthrop.
Cobb, .
Ail othors
One of' the -fciiers now arose and an
flounced that lloymn o r Ge o rgi a ,
was cicentql Speaker or the hiotis...
c:sciteni, , n• riv. , ng the inenib..rs,
clapping of hands in die gal!erv, and a
ganerid stir.
In a few rno:r.ents order %vas demanded
and nthtored.
After the result was announced, -Mr.
Conn was conducted to the Chair b}• Mes
srs. WINTHROP, of Massachusetts, and
McDowELL, of Virginia, and the oath of
°ince administered by Mr. Boy o, of Ken
tucky, when the neuly cleated Speaker
returned his thanks in a neat and appro
priate address.
Fr n flI
The Boston Tragedy—ham( - Developments..
Of the sixty and more witnesses that,
have been examined, sonic fourteen or'
fi hen were from the west part ofthe city, I
either tenants of the late Doctor, or persons
who resided and lylioe business lay in the!
neighborhood oldie College. There were!
several police officers, including the chief,
of polite. The examining physicians, &-,1
officers of the College formed another
large class of witnesses, and the friends
and relatives of the tinnily of the deceas.!
cd, of whom quite a 'hurnhor Were sum.!
moned, completed this Unifsual array.--.!
Reside these," there were Mr: Hall, 'on
Dedham, the gentleman who waited ;at
the College,'on Friday, Nev. 23, upward
of two hours, for the reappearance: Of Dr.
Parkman i whom he had seen enter the
atid)Olin Roach, the Irishman
who found the 'check signed 'O. P. Bow
man; but filled ',up in Dr. Parkman's hand.
AS 1 itt ng
As stated, the eyidence fills eighty pa
ges of large . paper, closely writ
ten. A very, large proportion is .compo
sed of documents that have been , found,
and papers that litive Passed between'Dr.
Webster and the murdered man. It has
been thought that
,these doeutnents--the
nature of the correspnndence between thp
parties, the exciting
,subject of it,. :taken in
connection . with other eircimistanceS—
cleitrly indicate that Dr.' rleorge Pdrkman
'order,
could
q ger.
d 111 r.
n on,
was foredoomed, some days prior to - the
fatal Friday when he disappeared.
The following extract from the Spring
field Rep etilican of Thursday morning,
seems to show that there was cause for an
ext•ibition of malignant feeling toward Dr.
Parkmen.
The extract is from u letter written in
Boston, end is es
Now I hair() a fact to give on the "best
authority," which certainly has consider
able bearing in the ease. Some time
since Dr. Webster persuaded ILbert G.
Shaw, as a liAver to him, to buy his cabi
net of minerals, and to take a bill of Sale
of them. Mr. Shaw, however, having no
use for these, ailnwed them to remain in
Dr. W.'s possessiori. : 'The latter, a short
time after, gave Dr. Parktnan a mortgage
for $4OO on these MOM minerals, and
‘vhen the forther sale came to . Dr.. P.'s
kneWledge, he became considern bly -exti !
ted, and declared that Dr. W. was
lain, and he would expose him. ThiS .
threat he lately repeated to Dr. IV.
We have learned smile curious
particta
•lars in relation to the check that was [build
in Cambridgeport, on Saturday morning,
Nov. 24. The explanations concerning
it differ from what has been published.—
We now give its true history :
Oliver P. Bowman, grocer, in Cam
bridge st. is one ofDr. Perlman's tenants.
On the 31st of Oct., Dr. George Pnrkman
called for his rent, which was then due.—
The Doctor, us was usual with him, was
in a burry; and filled up the check him.
self. The following is a copy :
STATE BANK.
BOSTON, Oct. 81, 1949
87 dolls. 50 cts
Pay to or bearer, eighty-five dol
lars 50-100. OLIVER P. IiONVISIAN.
To the Cashier.
This check was not presented to the
bank, hut wits paid into the city treasury
by Dr. Pa rk man tiff taxes. Mr. Dunn,
the treasurer, after keeping, pos,es ! „i o n o f
it for two 'r three days, disecieered the
disc repancv between the fc;.tires and the
written amount, and then returce.d the
check to Dr. Pa Hunan. This simple ex.
planation is a perfectly satisfitetory an
er to the inquiry why the doctor retain
ed the check in his Frio t eo long a time.,
It is fully proved that Dr. Parkenan was)
in the vicinity where the check wa s r o u n d
the day hr tore he was murdered, although
it was not picked up 'until the morning al:
ter the murder.
The Irishman, Roach, who found it,
!says it was rolled into a E.mall roll. On
looking at it he did not think it (Zany val
ue, but put it into his pocket and showed
it to his employer. They told him it was
worth nothing; he thereflov made no fur
ther inquiries about it. The name olDr.
Partin= not appearing on the check, of
0 0 1115 e 110 One unacquain'ed with his hand
writing or Bowman's franSaCtiulls with
him, could possibly trace any cormcc.tion
between it mid the dreadful tragedy.
Roach incidentally showed the paper
to the tollman on Cambridge brid: ,,, , ho,
being acquainted with Mr. Bowman, advi
sed him to call upon that gentleman. A
full explanation then took place, and the
check heroine part of the evidence in the ;
already lengthened chain.
The pciatliar circumstawes tinder which
the check was found have no d ou bt bff.n
the subject of closest in% estigaiion. Wheth
er any evidence against Dr. Webster can
be deduced from it, we are, of course, un
able to say.
It may not be improper in their connec
tion, to state that blankets and other d o .
thing have b:.:en discovered in Dr. Web
ster's apartment at the college, 11 hick arc
known to have been sent thither from
the professor's house in Cambridge, after
the disappearance of Dr. PR roan. It
does not clearly appear what rilry.se these
vere int , iliird for, or NO:ether the, had
any connection V ith OP' crime that is sup
pi,•;ed to lime been committed. I . n the
supposition that they Nven- intended for
scr...ens to tile 1% . ndOWS hich oyerluuk
97
97
2.1
100
102
21
the TAMA ar hospital, an examination of
the windoNN frame has l‘ecii made, but no
sign has been disr:oyered which would in•
dictate that they had ever been fastened
there.
After the verdict was rendered, deem
ing it perfectly proFr to seek informa
tion from members of the Jury, we call
ed upon one of the gentlemen n ho corn
po3ed it. lie told uc that the seal oise
erccy had not been tali n ofT; that it vas
for the highest interest of the cause of
public justice to Irtep the investigation
from the public eye, and that, When the
full particulars of this inconceivably dread
ful were disclosed, public opinion!
would, with one aceord,sanction the course,
which the pro'seCuting officer, .the Coro-!
ner and thc,Jtiry :had thought - Pieper to'
pursue. Thejuryinan was exceedingly!
anxious to stand well with the public. • He:
deprecated Censure; their ,object, besides!
the triumph of law and justice, was, he!
said, to allay public excitement, by keep-{
inn facts which were developed under the
veil of impenetrability until the wholei
could be satbly published in an authentic
form:' As a sufficient excuse fur the hi-,
rY, ho told us that our •innigination
,could
not be g in to realize half the. , horrors of this
traged.: FactS of startling moment Were
centained •in their proceedings,' which,
when known, would thrill through the
veins of bvery reader.
.I.'n4.Taictun—A man named Wm,'Ben
der, residing in Perry county, in this State,
was murdered by his own brother, Benja
min'Bender; Ceri the 25th ult. The mur
&ref had an -Altercation with his sister,
and• the deceased,' on attempting to inter
fere in her behalf, .was' stabbed by the pris
-1
oner with a knife in his body. in four dill .
ferent places, which in a short time
,after
war& proved fatal: The' prisoner is said
Ito lie about 24 years 'of ago ' and the
ceased was about 18. Shocking
Why •are four roods like •'a dpcayed
tooth? Because theY'are ncre"(acher.)
4t.
From Ihi. flow 'Voric Join at or l'emigiu tee,
"Vote Yourself n Fortune."
By the annexed outline of the proceed- /
ings of a convention of iron-masters at
' Pittsburg,Pu., it will be seen that they have
resolved that $lO u ton on pig iron, $2O
on bar, and in the same proportion on oth
er'
&qualities, are necessary "toprotept thel
American market." As the average price !
of pig iron in England for thcesix months!
l ending Ist September last was less than
$l5 per ton, nnd of liar iron less than $3O,
lit follows that a duty of more than 603
per cent. on tha foreign or dutiable value
is .necessary "to protect the: American
unarket." In addition to this, about 1G
per cent. must be added for the various
charges of importation ; so that the actual
protection asked by these modest Pennsyl
vania iron-men is more than 80 per cent.l
upon the dutiable value. In regard to a
large part of the country, our manufactur-
Lers'enjoy a still lurther protection, equal to
l'the expenses ..Of carrying imported iron!
from the seaboard into the interior. This'
expense to Pittsburg is estimated at $8 a
ton, and for half - that distance $4. If; then, l
the iren-rnasters! could. have their way,
they would vote themselves a protection, cat"
one and another, equal to. 8 , 1 to $Bl,
per cent.
It is estimated that 700,000 tons of Am-:
eriean iron are produced per annum: Un
less the iron-masters design that the pro.
posed dutie3 shall be prohibitory, the price
of this whole mass of domestic iron must be
equal to the dutiable value of the foreign,
(averaging say 83(1 a ton,) with $2O add
ed for duty, and $l5 for costs of iniportt
ti in making an average of 805 per ton.
Now, let us see what will be the effect up
on consumers. Twenty dollars a ton mul
tiplied by the number of tons of American
iron suppoied to be mule, gives a quotient
or $14,000,000. This is the tribute which
Ithe lbreiers and other Goa:tuners of iron
!are expected to pay annually to the iron
' 'makers. The duty on the imported iron
I goes into the treasury, but the correspond
mg tax or enkinceincn! or price on the
( domestic article goes to the iron-makers.
IranY gentleman undertakes to say that
the price of iron will be enhanced to an ex
tent equal to 00 por cent. on the dutiable
value, we will not split hairs about it, but
will deduct $4,000,000 on account of such
abatement. This would leave $10,000,-
000 per annum to be paid by the consum
ers to tlii iron-makers—a sum which the
latter no doubt deem entirely reasonable
and proper. But it' the consumers think
so and act accordingly, they deserve to
tic made pack-hors(%s ibrover. Let it c‘a r
be remembered that one citizen has no
more right to protection than another, and
that when proteetiClQ is granted to particu
lar classes, not for'the sake of revenue,
but to enrich them at the cxpens• 'lva .
many, it is rant• ro.', , b rt y, and none the .
less so because perpetrated by law. No,
duty can be said to be laid for revenue,
which is in HIM prohibitory, or which it
is known will produce a less revenue than
a lower duty would.
i The advinnages of cheap iron to the
country, cnn r2c;trcely Le conceived. Not
' (ally does it enter largely into otir rail roads,
steamboats, ships, houses, telegraph lines,
machinery, &.c., but every thriller, every
Indy, in the whole country, requires
or less all continually. it is a necessary
of lire, almost as much rIS bread, or the,
common air. We exempt tea and coffee.
from duty because they are in such getter-,
lid use, and lane become necessary to the
:comfort of the masses. Rut thy arc
I scarcely less necessary titan into, and per.
haps not more generally used. Clive us,
cheap iron, and the country may be ex
!peeled to prosper ; hut burden it with tax
!es, and you make the rich richer, mind the!
For poorer.
It is now 1.-vident, tied the
i‘itistid to rualw a general imset ulavt 111' .
pi% sent Taritl' in the t.l.l , r,ach,tig
\VIA )1 , • ( 11tICS
mous!). high, they urge Ow importance of
stabi/ity; but NV !It'll a modern,: tarifr ex-
ists, stability los( s its elarno,, and they
clamor for a change. NVe trust that no
change will be made, except to adopt a
sliding scale in the ease of iron. Other
thi ngs are cnough, end it is best to
let well enough alone.
; their soma] ; nn example is found in .
California—the Futon. 'two of thein c and s, are mere irpetitions
Is it not time to take a sober second' of the saute sound while :1- is but a corn.
thought of this Calirorniu bubble, and to bination de. k, and s, and j is a combina
spread some plain lacts before the public
,tien formed by k-u. The other letters
mind ; 300 vessels are now in tau Fran- have names attached to them which do not
e lse° Bay ; 500 will have loft the United ci,rrespond with their sounds; and several,
States by the end of the year ; 50,000 according to Kirkham, and all other grain
persons will have gone in these vessels' ma ria ns, have several sounds. Accord
and by the steamers. Nearly an equal ing to our present system we have (exclu•
number will reach the placers by hind— ding, of course, the three duplicates, c, y,
100,000 persons will be there by or soon and 3.) but 23 effective letters, to represent
after the first of January 1850. Tlie cost the 34 sounds found in our language and
of outfit and passage cannot be less than this, sirs, has involved us in diflieurly ; for;
$3OO to a man or $30,000,000. Will it it has brought upon us the burden of an,
not cost $5OO a year to live iii California 7 uncertain and contradictory method of'
If so, there are $50,000,000 more.— combining letters, so as to form our words.
Wotild not they think their time cheaply!Sometimes 'one or More, letters combined,
sold at $2OO a year, clear"' of board and represent the sound of some other letter,
clothes ? This would be_
f r '20,000,000 thus, o.u.g-h represents the 'sound of long
more, or $100,000,000 of gold—nothing o in the word through ; .p.h-t•h represents!
bat •gold must come from California to tin Phthisic ; egr is pronounctid 7 . 1 , in new;
bring the Miners °fist/mow with the w6rid. 'p
-le, is pronounced/ . in Philip ; and so on.
Who believes that half or this sum will' And 'Again,- the' pronunciation of some!
collie I $20,000,000 is Mehl rgest ration ' words is precisely foreign to the spelling ;!
td estirriate_that can be made. This will ; ruf; bo ;
be in the hands of a very•few'a the army o-u-s, -• And - still farther, the same
ofloo,ooo ;.and in one 'year, we must be - combination of words are pronounced en
prepared CO welcome back fifty thousand tfrely tliflerently—thus oge•g4t is pronoun.'
broken down,' poer disappointed tnen,'dis-: ced entirely different in bough, enough,
couraged for life.' • ' • thought, throughopc,' Nor is this all, liar
' I say fifty theu.strod-=not that the oth- words of precisely'the same pronunciation !
er fifty thou Sand will come home with for- are often spelled • very differently, thur:—'
tunes. Most of !he'll' will linger about the • bare, bear r beer,' bier ; to, too;tteo ; eye;
86616' Ofbrokor hopes, fly to Oregon, 'turn 'would,: wood, ;4..e.;
„and in many words
Indian-andshunt BnffidoeS, or die. One ; there ere shat are called silent. letters; as
..
thOuSand may return with
,prizes- = ninety the zi
,tutd in
could,, or the g, itrsigns.
nine, will be bitterly disaPpointed, and their ! • I 11110 addaced•the above merely by way !
friondth with then). All previouS. bubbles of , illustration; • for centradictionS:.more
that have'floated in- their immagination , --'- monstrous,. and combinations, •Of.: each
the South 'Sea bubble, The . Mississippi ,bub., sort, •more absurd, abound in oui.pres ,
ble•—will ho.' ibrgetten; iii the' great Wk.:, enf SysteM, .as any. person _may obServe
foink:hubble. losS the country in by careful attention , ,
laboi • duo' • to •
,fa na'the' nieithart;; .` :NOW; sirs," all, this might have-bemi
dice wasted, the houses 'forralien on the ded,,go,* remedy ie air eititplOiduit .
sands at San Francivo, and the vessels aivatter surprite that it-Was not OpPlied.
knocked in pieces and floating in the Pa. !mt . ago. We have tilready,abscrved that
ciffic,Will be not less than $150,000,000 there - nre 34 Simple sonde mour language.
to $200,000,000. Will that bring on no Now the system of photiotypy would teach`
collapse 1 Ten years of industry and c. us to give to every sound, its distinct Al.
conomy will barely repair, this
,error.. Is phribetic character,, and then spell every
it right to incrcase,this fever ?—to multi- word nccordint2; to its proper sound. Theso
ply' victims of so terrible an infatuation;?— who desire to obtain full information on
Judge ye.:7-Correspondent of the Boston the subject can obtain •, it in the "Anglo.
Traveller. Saxon,', published in New York ; or tri
any Phonographic publication. Should
this system he adopted, and it must ; for
enlightened reason
,demandt‘, it; iteplhdd
simplify" the whole systcre E -- 1 - 16 Ed
nedtion; it would .make ,unnecessary - the;;
yfors of toil rattstady
,now cleVtked
acquirement of, a .it no iv 1.44 6. of 'Spejliif
and prontine,inlinn. it wouldfCrid
a uniform pronunclidlon•;--and it wilenti. , ;-
ble n person.to learn tospoIl; in- ti Inontb r
! instead of Icor. It' , Would maiarially
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SNOW I SNOW I—Last Satin-day snow lesspn the, size-of •103 - ible,pr any b00k,,,. !
fell in this region to the depth of about 18 rinted in' lll6 - 11 n1 1, :qsize,4/cliftetl - At
• cnt. _lt 'Wotild' , .enables you4ii . publish a
inches, to which has since ken added a. • - • •- - -.• •
large amomit ) oi mattizr •• 111-4. 01_1 7 —t;
bent 0 inches ,more, •Is not this courfort....l •
11111 present.
at And last, -- liiitnot least, •
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able ? • . 'Avoid(' 'abolish bad spelling s , err a ti c Dro
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• • ,:rturiclittion, and every unnaturtil , combina
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froni our Janglage 2 4rriaking
ncquirc'tl, easily printe - d• or written, and'o:
correctly and readily prenoanced..
•. Thus, sinOltrive spoken of ist few of tha.-'•
! advantageklesulting from a change; and : 1
I am confident that. we will gain all, 4 and
lose none,' hy,,the exchange.. This is no
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new-dangled liuinbug, ror it Las been tried;
and is now being taught
,cxtensivelyi& "J
New. York, New England,sind"in many
parts of England. But
. .enoUgh. I have.;
written sufficient to cause your numerous:.;,
readers to reflect; and if unjaundiced
prejudice, I know they will favor the
P,IIILANTIIIMPIST.
THE DOLLAR,
C,l ear fi cid, Pa., Pa, 28, MO,
A COLo,NhonT,—Clyktinas night was,
we thin' , , about as cold as it "had .ort to
be." —The river, although quite high, was
well closed ‘‘ith
TILE MESSAGE.
We are indebted to Gen. PArrori, Post.
Master at Ctinvensville, for politely s'ortd:
ing us a copy of the President's message
yesterday, though at two late an hour to
appgai in thisnumber. It is quite short,
and gives., in a..xery plain and business-like
manner, a bri&f Stabirneilt,,orthe condition
of tht country
Hon. ALFRED GILMORE, M. c: from this
distri t, will accrpt our thanks for several
favors
0z The political friends of this gentle
man will be pleased to learn that his vote
was given at every call of the House dur
ing the late struggle for an organization,
and that on every occasion or an organiz
ed party vote his was recorded - in favor
of the democratic Ctl mlidate.
1550
; By the time this number of our paper
reaches many of our subscribers, Old Fa
the:. l'irne will have ushered us into the
Year of our Lord One 'Thousand Ei g ht,
liundir , l and P flll. Look back, and
think of thu Past. How brief the space
situp last we hailed the new-born year I .
. Think of it, ye living mortals, and remem
ber that hut few of us are allowed to count
above Sixo of these anniversaries.
The year that is just sinkin into the
abyss ofthe mighty Pas(, has been distin
,guished for twiny remarkable events—
event3 that will mark it as nil epoch in
the world's his!orv. And as this is em
, phaneally the Age of Progress, nay
not 119r i t,N,. se.e ,lbct • grrqat ivotbs; hose
comineneem . at has thus pi, co a d,s'irl
gilishing character to the expiring year,
completed and perfected in the new—ele
vating, and ameli:)rating, the condition of
the oppressed millions of the human lam
: --:estoring to Man, CVUTV %OWN', hit
& inalienable rights- —and drivin
despotism and oppression, tyranny and
superstition from an abiding place on earth.
THE ANCLO-SAION.
FOlt TILE COC•tiTRY DOLLAR
Cry Ittrrrra,
llrssrs. nu, whose buNinc.3h
tw, y , al to an intimate iic,pinin
n,ni— ,kith th (rthn_rnl.ht and ortho. , py
of the Engli , -h language s no dialla havo
(i l k o 01.. served the intmv contradictions
and absurditi-s therein ; kir DO 111tePtd,ellt
Mall C.ul hllllty the sti)ject without acknowl
edging ' , resent ,system is a posit-I
i‘c hindrance in the study of the language ;1 Atcful rumor of an at,
and especilliv to those roost interested in Cul tragedy, near Xenia, reached us Oil
the case—l mean children. Some of th .dioorning. It is said that Mr. Armour*
lc tters, fr Alrhithelic characters, arc farmer, residing within a few miles of
names that have no allibity with nia, was known to have in his posesiatle
h • ' Ad dollars. -
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I REU A USABLE Rocx.—One of the most
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remarkable rocks, of which wo have any":
•
knowledge, has lately been discovered in
the middle of the inland sca t Lake SupO:.
rim'. By a gentleman wholas lately
turned from Copper Harbor, we learn that„:
:a shaft of trap-rock has very lately been:
discovered, rising in the lake from 150 to
200 miles from land, and ascending tai."
bove the surface of the water, a distanosi
of not above four feet. What renders it..
more extraordinary is, that it stands alone,
and all around it, so far 09 examinations.:
have been made, no bottom has lacet
reached by any of the Lad lines used on' l l
the lake; . and the point of the rock itself:
dot's not exceed an area of more than sis,,
and seven feet square,and as far as obser—
vation of has extended, it does not up.
pear to enlarge in size as it descends.: It
has already, he states, become a source of
alarm to the marines who navigate thit
lake, wha take special care in passing, to,
. „
give it as wide a berth as possible. ha'
to; small—too agnate , and dangerouoo . ,
admit of it light, and ilicrefi3re it removal:
will doubtless, pc rsatin to the duty of gOV;
ernment. A single blast from n boreal
sufficient depth, would probably do it; but
the surface of the rock being so mar that
of the water, and the space fA) narrow
to rorLid any a e_,ular lod L ement for work:;
ingmen, they woald have to be atteneei,
constantly by a vessel of sufficient size to.:
resist any sudden storm on the lake ; ark
would also have to be kept constantly
derway, as no harbor, or even bottom for
an an;:lia, is with:la a day's sail. The
coverers relate, that the icrAc appears to
Le a place of general resort for the
mon Croat of those Ihkes, as they Culla,.
them in alto istinealculable numbers, hatta„
inn, during their :Aloft stay, catT lit sever::
al barrels,, with no otly:r instrument thsn,,
a rod of iron, on one end of which thoy
turned a hook. They tried, with all theft..
'lines un board, for soundings immediately:,
a Ntind the ruck, bt.d. without success
Such a vast column, could it be , xpused
would laugh into ridiculo Cleoputrel
neAlo, Pompey s pillar, he Colorsuo of
Epodes, or any procluOun. of ancieop .
ißdern Press.
some two or three thousara Jolla!,
individuals, one day last week, arrived itt
the cars from Cincinatti, and inimediately
proceeded to Armor's on the ostensiblt,
pi rpose of purchasing his premises. The
induced him to accompany theta throe
and around the farm, and upon arriving It
a strip of woods, ho was brutally mini
ed' by the assassins, who immediately .sittt
ted for the house. Mrs. Armor, the wife,
seeing the strangers returning without •
husband, became alarmed, and instep•
conjectured their designs. She seen
the treasure of her husband and doe
herself in an adjacent room. The two
dividuals entered and searched the ho
but being unable to find what they dest
diseOvered the infant sleeping-in the .
which they concluded had been aban..,.
ed by its mother through fright:' •
thereupon, threw it in tijci fire; withi
hope that its crie. would attract the a •
tion ()fits mother, fronr.whom,they,'tyi
extort a con Cession 'as to AGA, ..,
of the money. .Mrs.. Armor; st •
to say,..munnged resist: the impulSat .
a sympathysing mother,.tind retention'.
place of her concealment...•. Tho rob
at length abandoned ; the: at:arches hops
—and took- the return° ;train to Is
cinnati. We are pleased to add All
the perpertrators were : captured, and Ati,
ly lodged in the Cincinnati jab to Atwa
their trial.---:Chid.
• The dice for;the:double e.aglewarll
ty dollar piece,pordered by. Congrets4
to be used lit,thePhiladelt:hitt AlinfrO
nearly;:ctorkylethdi , idid , will. ;.bo'tettW
ceitritig-.this
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!!..OV - Lur . 4a ahipmenta of, , Chiftesft,
ueip are:making frobtLivorpool.-.10 •
lir Now :York after the .Ististtuarye
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