John Jnmrs And niton,
A few ycara ago there arrived al tho hotel
reeled near tlio Niagara Falls, an mid looking
man, whose appearance and deportment were
quite in contrast with the crowd of well dres
sed and polished figures which adorned that
celebrated resort. lie seemed just to have
sprung from the woods; his drees, which was
made of leather, stood dreadfully in need of re
pair, apparently not having felt the touch of the
needle woman for many a long month. A worn
nut blanket, that might have served for a bed,
was buckled on his shoulders; a large knife
hung on one side, balanced by a long rimy tin
box on the other; and his beard, uncropprd,
lang'ed and course, fell down upon his bosom,
ns if to counterpoise the weight of the dark thick
locks that supported themselves on his back an J
shoulders. This strange being to the s pei-ta-tors,
fecmingly half civilized, half savage, hud
n quick glancing eye, and elastic, firm move
moiit, that would no doubt cut its way through I
me orahcs, uoui 01 me wiweruc.s ana 01 no- ,
c"'t3r'
lie pushed his steps into thesitting room, un-
strapped ins uuic ouraen, quietly looked round
for the landlord, and then mnde.-tty asked for
I t . nt t. i i -
i ... i .. . . .
Ili,hml- Ane nos,Mnw,,,pw Ui,rK wm,ev" (
dent rcpugnace at the apparition, which thus ,
proposed to intrude its uncouth form among the i
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ins ear specuny saiisncd ins (Uiutjis ; the siran
tier took his place in the company j some sta
img, some shrugging, and tome even laughing
outright.
Yet, readers, there was more in that single
man, than in all the rest of the thrnnrj. lie
was an American woodsman as he called him
self; he wad a true genuine son of nature, yet
'A ho had been entertained with distinction at
the tables of princes ; learned societies, to which
the like of Cuvier bi longed, hud bowed down to
welcome his entrance ; kings had been compli
mented when he Foke to them ; in short, he
was one whose fame will be growing brighter
when the fashionable who laughed at him, and
many much greater even than they, shull be ut
terly perished. From every hill top, and every
shady grove, the birds, those living hlo-oms of
the air, will sing his name. The little wren
will pipe it with her matin hymn about our
houses ; the oriole carol it from the slender
gir.ss of the meadows ; the turtle dove roll it
through the secret forests; the many voiced
mocking bird pour it along the air; and the im
perial eagle, the bird of Washington, as he sits
in his craggy home, far up the blue mountains,
will scream it tothe tempest and the stars, lie
was John J. Audubon, the ornithologist.
Accidents on Kaii.road. The late dread
ful accident on the Paris and Versailles Rail
road has elicited several papers on the causes
sud extent of similur catastrophes in England.
Among these documents is a report to the Sta
tistical Society of London, quoted by the cor
respondent ot the Journal of commerce. The
following are the important particulars of it,
v hirh ore curious and interesting :
The number of persons conveyed by rail
ways in England, in the first half year of l-ll,
amounted to 9,ll?i,fil3. The number of trains
employed was 91V.23'.!, giving 0 1-3 persons to
e;:eh train. The average speed was, including
stoppages, 17 !M miles per hour exclusive of
stoppages 22 -2 miles per hour ; average speed,
exclusive of stoppages, varying from Sti on the
North Eastern to '!" miles per hour on the
london and Birmingham. Accidents for I"-11
on 5(1 railways collisions 27, killed 12, injured
l'-Iii; engine or train breaking, 9 killed I -l in
jured; run oil' the line 12 0 killed, oS inju
red ; run over 4 3 killed and 1 injured ; fell
uti'u I killed, 4 injured making u total of 2
accidents 'Si killed ond 39 wounded. But
this is traceable to casualties only over which
passengers had no control. The accidents at
tended wi'h the personal injury to individuals,
wing lo their own Jicgligencc, were 31 run
over lr killed and 14 injured; fill oil" .j v.'
killed and 3 injured ; jumped oil" 1
M killed
and 13 injure J ; crushed by engine 1 killed 1
injured 0. Total o'2 accidents '-!3 deal lis
oO injuries. The personal injury to the ser
vants of the companies, amount to 35 ucci
ileuts 10 deaths and 02 injuries Taking
liiu number of passengers at I"
cnlents are only 1 in 1 1.VH.13,
1")'JJ the 11c-
It is well wor-
thy of consideration that Mr. Weld's able paper
states that 4-wheel engines are more unsteady,
subject to oscillatory movements, and particu
larly to vertical movements, which, as a matt.-
I, , 1 . ,
of course, produce minpings; while 0-w heel
.
engines have had and can have mi such ri.-ks,
, ...... , ...... i i
lor out ot tue total number of ".'.i 4-wheel on-
.... , .
gities, J accidents occuried from their running
r
..ti the rad, hut no accident of the kind occurred
to fi-w heel tuirines.
The Kac fr IWos. The New York Spirit
of the Times states that lloston liss now w
at four mile heata alone, twi nty eight times,
and has netted toliisowners in stakes, ptirsi'S,
&c, theenornioussurfl.f!is.V.,ti(HI. Theumount
added to his lung od,li np.n Iris thirty-seveu
winning races by "the lUtmi Party" exce, .1-
NKHt.(HH). He is u.Miuestionub'y an astonish.
in-animal. His legs are vet sound as a c..!,V
nnd it is said that his lale taring has only sh-
eoned him f r a more gloiious exploit, which
will he heard ofiu the full.
At a late Ilible diss examination, the master
having anked, "w hut is said to John the ft i li
tis t V received tho following answer: "Ami
tins ere John came up out ofthe w ildeniess,
and he was clothed in commomiles hair, and he
was girt about the neck with leather bridle,
and Ln meat wa locoe nd mid onions."
l M...I yqyqwaMW I
A Herd of nuffalota.
It is said that a Yankee's ingenuity is adequate
to uny emergency, and whether coaxing a con
sulship out of Congress, or catching coons, his
brain ever teems with some huge plan, to cir
cumnavigate the globe in a mackerel smack, or
convert sawdust into anti-dyspeptic pills.
Some such unique scheme must have entered
into the head of the hunters having possession
of the butlaloe herd now in this city. The
history of their taking, as gathered from the
owner, is substantially as fallows:
In April, 141, a "native" residing some
where this side ot sun down, in Missouri, ga
thered together a company of seventeen men,
twelve horses, four wagons, and fifty-five cows
and calves with an intent to traverse the im
mense plain near the base of the Ilocky Moun
tains, in search of young buffaloes.
After reaching the scene of operations, the
I hunters would select half a dozen of the fleetest
am, (lasI ()T; Anib.,ikCt t0 tll0 plain.
.. a h(iy W01lM ,,ol( up mlJ c(lu.
tiouslv approach the animals, keeping well to
, n .......p.. to nr,.Vcnt the ani-
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muls from taking alarm, which they easily do
when the hunter is to windward. Once near
enough, a rush is made among the herd, and by
nil,,Mof ,,,, lIie .Ml.x can IIlole f catching
, .. , , ,, ,
eat'le wnh a rope, several of the creatures
'
would be secured. I he hunters aimed at tin
calves, hut if they missed them and happened ,
to catch a tartar, that was likely to prove on
ugly customer, the rifle was brought into re
quest immediately, and the animal despatched.
Such of the young as were secured, would
be taken buck to the encampment, nnd domes
ticated by killing a calf belonging to one ofthe
cows which they took with them on their depar
ture ft 0111 home the cow and her young oil
spring, ot the same time, having been fastened
to a stake to prevent escape. In a week the
young bulllilo w ould become so much attached
to 'lauley,' that it would be loosened and suffer
ed to run at large with the cow, and from that
time the two were inseparable. In this man
ner, after a period of tour months, the whole
were taken and domesticated.
When the hunters hud secured 37 young
buffaloes, an antelope, and an elk, the whole
returned ogam to their homes. The locution
ot tlie r operation wis on the Arkansas, some
M) miles V. S. (rem Independence, Mo.,
tar beyond the present bounds of civilization.
The animals are now some fifteen months old,
and are particularly fond of oats or other train,
hut eat with avidity well cured hay or grass.
One ofthe cows used in the hunting excursion
is still with the herd, and acts as a kind of bell
wether, the one to go ahead, and is followed by
the buffaloes in a drove from one point to ano'
ther, where the proprietors deem it best to ex
hibit. In a few weeks they will reach New
j York, where if not disjroscd of, they will be
i shipped to Europe. Hn'ulu Com. AJicr.
Ritlrpntlon of the Pur olid Gland.
This fearful operation was mccen-fully perform
ed in the ncihtmring village of I-Bnilx rinn, on
Tuesday la-t,ly Tr. James U. Coleman r-f Trenton.
The sulject was John GiMm, a young man, twenty
eight years old. The gland was much enlarged
nnd crowded into the throat, so that the patient
could wareely breathe or swallow It was increas
ing rapidly, and must in a short time, if nni re.
moved, have caused death. It n horrid ly pain
ful, so as lo prevent deep almost entirely.
Doctor John McKuluay and Dr. 1'cti f Howell
were roerit during the operation.
The glaudlica in the ruck, Ixlow the ear, and
parses deep in behind the jnw. One of the largest
aitorics to supply the lrnin with blood is in close
contact with the glnd, and another of eyu il size
passes through it. In the or.ilion, the latter
most be cut off; but the other must not lie cut, for
it would pi o Jure almost immediate death. Yet it
it most difficult to avoid rutting it, as the gland
lo he taken out lim upon it; this and the dithVulty
of finding it is Inrre'ised by the diseased state of
the parts. Should the knife strike it unexpected-
Jly.orhyan accidental motion, the patient would
die under the surgeon's hand.
The operation was begun about 12 o'clock. The
nerk was fust nfiened, near the part rommonlv
railed .hhim'i npili; and two arteries tied up
Then an inr'sioii was made in front of the orifice
I me ear lo 1 .ke up two t'fanrnes ot one 01 tne ar
I '' r'' ta'irn "I1 ln ,"'r' ',r tbouuh t'lesc
two hranehes theie la a returning current of Mood
foni tin- nlher side ofthe head. The main in
ii-1011 was then made, beginning at this last in
einiori and extending down 10 the fust in the
u ivmuil- uaau tills ; lieues UIIU N 11.111
,
i bins :
1 1 b' cut exposed the gland to lie removed, enor-
. ' .......
i inoiifly fcwull -n. In health it is almost iiunercip-
i . , , , . ., . , ,
iiMi' ; I'Ut in tins case it was as large as one s
;,,, ,.,,,.,, ,WI1j. ,j haJ ,,rUst itself out among
I., , , . . , .. , ,
the n. ighuoiiiig parts. A portion of it lay under
' ,u' Ut nu"te l,f ,'"tk' r,r- ,l
; w s nee.-is.iry to em it mil from umUr this mu-
' ''' and tn do ibis, the operator was obligej to
' ae the incision dr.wn open with hooks, some
,l'r'c f"ur 'acUe' BM'T'" mm,
, ti,al I'1"'"-'" " a,''n """J ' dispense
" ,h" '""" knife blade, ana with the
! ,lie '"''t ,'t' f"
' --if, wl.n l, ,t was connected. In .he course
. i.t i .1.:.. .... 1 - i..ar
ot 't.e operation several small r arienea were tied
! up and rut. 8o car. fully was this done that the
p t.t tent d.d not lose more than half a pint of Mood
in the whole. Me was under the knife about three
hours, and bore t Wuh fortitude ; uileiiog few fl
cluin, iiioi.s of piin, and tho
oury when nerve
w as cut.
The i.Hialion was performed with perfect eiir.
re, and the patient ia doing well; but his lite
will not be out of danger until there has Uen
lime for the arteries to tarcome perfectly closed.
Thi fearful operation has been performed by Dr.
McClollin of Philadelphia, Dr. Knight of New Ha
ven, and one olhni surgeon (whose name is not at
command) in Western New York. It has also
been pciformi d a few limes in Europe 5 but sut
peon generally shrink from it. Hy some it is
considered imp.ible lo this day, and they insist
that there muit I some mistake as to the cases in
which it is alleged to have been done. Among the
presumptuous effort of modern surgery, it bold a
fearful preeminence. It is of course never resort
ed to, uniil all hope, except the slender rsy whirh
it affords, is extinguished, and the patient is al
most in this fangs of the Destroyer. Fearful al
ternatives ! On the one hand, certain, yet nut
inimidiute death ! On the other one chsnre for life,
among many chances of immediate desth !
It will not be improper, we trust, toconc'ude this
account with n rxpres-i.n of our private feelings
of relief and pre it gratification at the successful
re-utt of this operation ; and the numerous friends
of Dr. Co'cman w ill rejoice with us, that he ha
had s i early in hi earn r, this ojipnrtunity to ful
fil their expectations nnd gain a triumph than
which his "dreadful trade" has none of greater
magnitude to he a-complished. Trenton Stale
Gazette.
Frvm the iVfie York Tribune.
Two Duels.
Gentlemen nnw-a-dnys find g.eat difficulty in
vindicating their honor. They see that their neigh
I I....M lnrnni.1 i Im.. ..Cllintn I. n.Hn hi...
. .' . . ,
that it i- not in quite as good condition as could
he desired. Ofonirie th y feel concerned about
it, and set themselves to repair the hreaeh. Now
many very simple people would suppose that the
proper mode of i ff. cting this di sirahlo object would
lie to do something worlhy of honor : to evince
in daily life such a manly bearing, such a high re.
gaol lor truth anil t or dealing, aiu b an u'ter de
testation of every tiling base tinJ ignoble, and so
profounJ a ie-iect for all the demands of Law and
all ihe deceneii's and humanities of life a should
shut the mouth of slander nnd compel Ihe homage
of every man who.-e praise was worth the seeking
They would fill into a grievous error. This is
just nn way (it till ; and a all 'honorable m n'
will alKrm w.uilj inevitably gain them more
kirks than coppers. -There is but one way of
proving in the face of the whole wo ld that you a.e
the very soul of honor and that is, like a general
formula, applicable to every conceivable case
The process is very simple und consists merely in
this : tand up ar a respectable di.-tunce and al
low the first hi arkiiiarj who may request the
privilege, to shoot bullets i.t you with either pis
tol or rifle until he is satisfied, you, at the same
lime reluming the compliment. In this way
whether yr.u are cifor-iled or not (whirh is a very
minor consideration,) youi linmir is proved lo a
demonstration, and no in .n thereafter will venture
to question it. You may then art your pleasure
you may set at defi .nee every requirement of
law, Imih human and divine; you may plunge
into every depth of low disgraceful conduct ; but
if you are thus willing to shoot ut your mighbor
and allow him lo shoot buck, you are a gentleman
in spite of your teeth.
We have two note-worthy instances of this to
record this morning. We give liolh, and allow
our readera to m .ke their own comparisons. The
first ocrurrej in this wise : Two gentlemen, named
respectively Humphi"y Vainey, jr., and Tom
tiooilwin, in Lebanon, Mo., became involved in
some personal d jTirohirs, which the aggrieved
party resolvi J to settle after the approved method
as we have given it above. He theref .re sent
his adversary ihe following note, as copied verba
lim :
Lebanon June. the. S. 1H-12
"To Tom goodwin I want to have this fuss mi
lled and the sooner it is settled Ihe better and it ap
ears to be this the point Of ihe sword niusket or
pistol must settle it and Thairfore I Challenge you
for A duel and I bore you Will rxerpl this this
Cant he settled on any fairer terms So I challenge
you to meet me on this Occasion. Cume un Tom.'
Come on Humphrey Varney Jr."
Hut it seems thi 'Tom did'nt cho ise to 'come
on. He rememliered that there was such a thing
as Law in his State made npieslv for such
emergencies and he accordingly applied to it for
protection. Mr. Yarney was taken into cu-lrdy
and bound in ihe sum of ?700 not 10 shoot Tom
(foudwin. Thus ended Duel So. 1, Now for the
other.
Out readera are already aware that Col. Welti
of iliia city and 'Tom' Marshall. Member of Con
gresa, have each, for some time, been earnestly
striving to prove by shooting the other that his
limvir was above reproach. A tier a great deal of
dillieully ihey brought about a ineeiing on Satur
day morning. Tom 'rime on,' and just arros
the imaginary line which separates Delaware from
Pennsylvania, about three miles fiom Marrus
Hook, on Namaau's t're. k, at about daylight'
these twit gentlemen bail the supreme satisl rlion
of (.lowing ut each oihers brains. The following
was the prorera aawr find it recorded :
"The parliea pas-a-d through Wilmington, on
their way to the place of meeting, the afternoon
previous wiih ihe intention of fighting at thai time ;
but the number of people who were drawn lo
geiher by the preparations rendered necessary ihe
pos'p nement of the ineeiing until the following
morning. In the mean lime Col. Webb passed
over into Ncw-Jer ey, and returned about 1 1 in the
evening, sleeping in his carriage all night. Mr.
Mtr.-I.all, his broihei, surgeon aud second, slept at
Marcos Hook laiern.
A little before daylight the next morning, the
principals, their seconds, mid a number of gentle,
men from this city, who had hastened lo the spot
upon hearing a rumor lhat the alT.ir waa to come
off, appeared upon the ground. A lino-1 iminedi
a'ely after their arrival, the a.coiuls tos-4-d up for a
thoice of position, and ihe pine falling among
the grass, oie dispute arose as t which party
had won. Uolh aeconda deli rnainedly refused lo
J yield.
It was settleJ, however, by Mr. Marshall request
ing his second, Dr. Kerr, of Washington, to yield
the point. This request, however, tho second de.
clined. Mr. Marshall then, with some warmth,
aid, 'Give it lo them. Doctor give it to them. I
came here to have a ihil tit him. ami Jo tint mean
to be baffled by trijlet. Mr. Mnrrell, the second
of Colonel Webb, tartly replied. "We ask you lo
give nothing we ask hut what is our right." The
point was yielJed.as Mr. Marshall desired it ahoulJ
be.
They then proceeded lo decide, in the same man
ner as to which of the seconds should give the
word, which was won by the second of Col Webb,
Thus Col. Webb had ihe choice of position and the
giving of the word.
The preliminaries heing thus settled, the prinri
pals were dr aired to lake their positions, which
ihey did with a coolness and alacrity surprising to
every erson present, enrh placing his left foot a
gainst a a'one, so as to stand firmly, with the rieht
leg s'ightly advanced towards bis antagonist, and
the left supporting the wriuhl of ihe body.
Dr. Kerr then desired Mr. Morrrll lo rend the
arlicl'S of agreement governing the fiuh', which he
did. This done, the filter gentleman asked in a
clear and firm tone, "fJent'emen, are you ready V
Upon which Mr Marshall answered, "So !r lam
no,-" and pausing tor short time, Jijeing a keen
and tenrchinir look upon liis antngonnt, he nnic
ly lifted hit hat from liiu litntt and Itis.'cd it light
ly frmn him, without altering hi position. "AW
sir "continued Mr. M.,' lam ready. "
The demeanor of Col. Webb during lh;s pro
ceeding was peifectly cord anJ Collected, and when
Mr. Morrrll gave the word to fire, thus "Kire
one two ihiee" the report was so nearly simul
taneous, as to induce the belief with some ofthe
sprctators that the Colonel h id not fired at all.
The discharge was upon the word"one."
A parley was then to ld by the seconds, and the
principals not being satilied, preparations were
made for a second exchange of shots, and the wea
pons were reloaded and placed in their hand The
same ceremony was then gone ih'ough, without
al'eriog positions, and iiiunedi itely upon Ihe second
discharge, Col. Webb was observed to wheel and
stagger, up in which Dr. Ken called out to Mr.
Morrell.-'Sir, your fri. ml is falling, why don't you
ratrh him ?" but without wailing for a reply, tie
stepped up and ciughl the Colonel in his I'm'.
The ball had taken cflivt in the back part of the
lefl leg of Col. Webb, and Uion asceilaining that
it was not fatal, Mr Mitnhull inxistrd on having
anothir tint, rematking, at the same time, that
Col. Webb had injured him more than all oilier
men, and, if it were possible for him to stand, he
would expert him again to resume his pnn'tiun.
The second and surgeon of the wounded man Hisi.
lively refused to permit this, alleging that l.e wi uld
be fighting under great disadvantages and this,
together wiih the interference of the fpectators, haJ
the effect to prevent any further hostilities.
The younger brother of Mr. Marshall, who had
during the ft i ing retired some two or three hundred
yards from the party, came up and was quite vche
men! in his declarations thai ihe miller should not
proceed farther rematking lhat his brother ought
not to ask it, and lhat be ought to thank his God
lhat the consequences were not more serious than
ihry were.
Col. Webb, while reclining in the arms of his
friends, said that he had not then, nor find he ever
had any unkind feeling towards Mr. Marshall.
This, however, waa not said to Mr. M., nor was il
tffiritilly enmmunirated to him, and the parties
left the ground, villi apparently, the tame hotti!e
feeling with which they met upon it.
It is understood that the wound of Col. Wibb
has severed the sinews of the leg, and il is snppos. d
will cause I imeness for life, but will not endangi r
the safety of the limb. The Colonel arrived at the
UniteJ States Hotel about nine o'clock this morn
ning, having first breakfasted al (.'heater, and he
appears lo be cheerful, and very little atf cled by
his encounter. He is, however, incapable of stand
ing without support.
Among the spectators were Mr. Crittenden of
Ky., Josiah Handall, Esq , of this city, Mr. Mar
ahull, the brother of the party, and a numlier of
respectable individuals from Washington, Wil
mington and Philadelphia, who all bear testimony
tothe roolnesa aud dehlieralion of the patties.
Thus ended Duel No. 2 in a manner, in our
opinion, not half as satixfartory as the first. 'Mr.
Marshall,' it seems, 'insisted upon having another
thot t but as he did not get it we supjioe it ia
somewhat doubtful whether At honor ia yet prr
ftetly bright. As for lhat of Col. Webb we were
inclined lo believe that even he hiimelf could not
h.reufter doubt bis biinga perlrrl, immaculate
gentleman of the moat approved style. We camn
to this conclusion, however, before having read
the following paragraph ill the Philadelphia Eve
ning Journal :
"Our W ashington correspondent on Tuesday
slated that the above duel waa in contemplation
and would soon take place. Col. Webb called upon
ua on Wednesday morning, expressed indignation
at such a statement and said it was uwptalifietdy
f..t..l V. lw.ll.,.,.. i,. i I ....I.,.. I-..!,,
- ; ,,. l r
in coillcinpianoii ; i ma waa me rt-niuia vi inc
gentleman, and the paragraph containing the detail
published on Wednesday afternoon, wiih the ex.
ceplion ofthe last four lines, was Col. Webb's own
handwriting ! We make this statement in defence
of our correspondent, as well as lo show how aub
sequent events have sustained this gentleinuu't
veracity.
It has been remarked as a singular coinci
dence in the death of thu "j-reat aud good Wash
ington," that he died in the lust hour, in the
laxt day in the week, in the lust month in
the year in the last year, of the century, viz:
Saturday night, twelio o'clock, December,
I7i!.
A (laM-Avr Band. There arc in Kentucky
IMY5 ((evolutionary fiensinners, of whom 13 are
between UK) and It'll yearaofae.
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, July 2, 1842,
rjj- On our first page will be found an excellent
praetiral lale, from the Lowell Offering, a literary
publication, conduced entirely by the Lowell Fac
tory Girls. It is of itself an able refutation of the
slanders urged by the "free trade" advocates aguinsl
the manufactories of this country.
The venrcs entitled the "Golden King'et are beau
tiful. The authoress, Mrs. Welby of Louisville,
always writes well, and in our opinion, ha few, if
any superiors living.
Dr.nTisTHT. Dr. Yallerrhamp will be at
fcrlinsgrnve on a profefsionel visit, at the beginning
of July inst.
yj The Danville Democrat says, there is not a
pound of Ice in that place. Our ice houses here
were all well filled wi'h ice of the hel quality. In
matters of heat and cold we calculate we can r .ther
go ahead of any place in the Cnion. The Shamo
kin coal region furnishes us with an abundance of
fuel for the win'er, at about f i per ton. and the Sha
mokiu Darn thousands of tons of ice for nothing.
OTj" Henry C. Eyer of Union county, has been
recommended by the papers of Perry and Union
counties as a candidate for Senator, for the district
composed of Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin and Per
ry count'es. Four years ago it will be reeol'eeted.
Col. Kycr was elected to lhat oluce, but was depri
ved of his rights through the intrigue and manage
ment of Thiddeuf S'evens, Ate., who succeeded in
polling about fie hundred whig votes in Morris
low nship, Huntingdon county, a town-hip thai did
not at the time numlei one hundred taxable iuhals
ilunls. 'J'he jK-rpIc of Perry, we believe, are enti
lied to the candldale, but as Col, Kycr had been
shamrlully cheated out of Ins election in IHHH, and
as t' ry are anxious to put f.mva'd their strongest
man, Ihey aie willing to forego whatever claims they
may have, audsuport the election of llen.y ('.
11 . cr. He is, dereivedly. highly popular among the
people, nnd there arc probably but few, if any, in
ihe district, who coulJ aucce.-a.fufy compete with
j him,
rjj The Provisional TarifT 13 ill. continuing the
present tarilf lo the fust of August next, lias passed
both houses of Congress.
fj" Tl.e President sent a message to Congress,
stiting that he had signed the Apportionment Hill,
but that tie had filed his reason fordoing so in the
"Secretary's offire, in which he slates if the district
ing sys'eui is recommendatory il is right, if manda
tory it is unronstbu ionat.
ej" Our cit lens were f ivored on Tuesday even
ing last, with a discourse from a lady of the Socie
ty of friends or ljuakers. The court house waa
crowdid by an audience of both sexes, altracted,
we presume, more by motives of curiosity than any
thing else, as if a fem.de lecturer was any thing new
in nny community. Her theme, or rather the bur
den of her song, was the abolition of capital punish
ment. Her tone and delivery, though clear and
distinct, was nevertheless tediously dull and mono
tonous. Independent of ibis, the fart thai she had
steped beyond Ihe sphere of her dolics, vr ia so ob
vious, that we soon had our curiosity satisfied. We
cannot conceive that much good would result from
the lectures of women, and God forbiJ lhat it should
ever become fashionable for ladies lo lecture in pui
lie. From their well known volubility and penchant
foi talking, we opine ihey would raise such an ex
ternal clatter about our ears, that a man might almost
envy the situation of Robinson Crusae.
Qy" The enterprising publishers of the New
World have published " 7 he Lottery of Life,"
new novel by the Countess of Ulessington, in a dou
ble extra number of the New World, at Hie rate of
right copies for f I, or 3 per bundled.
"Summer and Winter in the Pyreneea," by Mrs.
Ellis, hi an extra number by Ihe same publishers,
is an excellent wotk.
The death of Ihe Hon. Samuel L. Southard,
IT, S. Senator, and late President of the Senate, who
recently resigned his a.' at and went to Ihe Virginia
Springs for the restoration of his health, was an
nounced in Congress on Tuesday last. Mr. Adams
also announced the death of the Hon. Wm. S.
Hastings, his colleague from Massachusetts. The
Senate and Hou-e of Representative adjourned un
til Wednesday morning.
The Sunmiii Court.
The bill in the Senate, lo remove the Supreme
Court from this place to Harrisburg, haa been kwt
by a vote of 9 lo 16. Mr. GibU.ns of the Senate, who
piobahly posseases a greater share of w it and plea
santry than any other meiuU-r, gave a most humo
rous account of a feast given by Matthew Wilson,
during ihe last session, commemorative of the bill
thai had then passed for the removal, but which
was vetoed by the Governor. He reminded aome
of his biother Senators who had been then with
him, of the ritcumstauce. He eulogised in prer
terms the trt-iapint and excellent wines of "mine
host," Mr. Wilson, but avercd, that although he
"had taken the bounty, he never enlisted."
The r moval of the court lo Hairisburg would
prolong the session at that pi are during the dull
summer months, and wou'd fie quite convenient for
the landloijs, who during the recess ofthe legist i.
luie have but little to do, especially aince the Wa
sh iiigtnuiuus hate o dieadfully curtailed their busi
ness. The bill during the last session was paed
in gieat haale, and without reflection on the part of
the members. These vetues are dreadful affairs.
Latrnt Nnv from Rhode Island.
We are indebted to the office ofthe New YorV
Tribune, for an extra containing the latest news
from Khnde Island, The Governor has proclaimed
martial law. The stores and business places are
all closed. Dorr is perfectly infuriated ; has a f rr
of about 700 desperate and deluded men assembled
at Chepachet. The large and resectable body ofthe
suffrage men have publicly disapproved of Dorr's
proceedings, and disclaim having any connection.
The legislature have author'zed the calling of a
convention, granting all that the suffrage party con
ten 'ed for. They ore, therefore, unwilling to op
pose by force the existing government.
A letter to the Tribune, dated Providence, Mon
day, 4J P. M., says t
Such a Sabbath as yesterday it never lias"
been my lot before to witness in New England.
Tioops were parading ond exercising in all
directions armed messengers and others could
he met with in all quarters, and guards werd
posted in several places. In the afternoon as
bout.VMI men were despatched to(!reenville,
about halfway between his city and the camp
of Hi: Insuroeiit Army ami by thistime a detach
ment ofa like number have placed themselves
between the rear of the Dorr party and the Con
necticut line, (which is six miles from Chepa
chet.) tn intercept a retreat should any, be at
tomnted in that direction.
This mornin'' mast of the companies march
ed out of the ci'y . towards the enemy. The
force now in the field is obout 3,(HKI men, all in
fine spirits. They hnve about 25 pices of ar
tillery, including a 'l'aixan' gun received last
evening from IVwon.
A coinpmy of Rhode Islanders who reside in
New-York, hut who have come here to aid in
this hnly cause, lias been formed, and are armed
with Colt's six-chambered rifles. About every
man I meet is armed with musket, rifle or pis-
tuts.
The accounts from the Insurgent quarters
represent them with about 7(M) men under arms,
something like '2W hanoing around. Deser
tions from them are frequent, but Dorr is repre
sented to be perfectly infuriated, and is, with a
Uuit a hundred others, as he expresses himself,
're.vly to die in the last ditch.' The Express-,
the organ of the party, has given notice it will
suspend its dailv publication for the present, in
consequence of lifiiij ordered by their landlord
to remove from the premises occupied by tlicin."
(Jj It is Slid one cultivator of strawberries, du
ring the preen' season, sent four hundred bushels
of the delirious fruit tothe Cincinnati market, nil
of which he raided from two acres. We will match
Cincinnati against the worlJ for hogs and strawber
ries. lj" Itrodhe d. who i said to have 1en the pririci
pd actor in the fUn.tKtO II. S. Hank bribery affair,
has lift this stale, and now rcmles in New York.
fj" There are rumors that the Cabinet of Capt.
Tyler will 1 broken up and remodeled.
fostnir, Jai ksoi an Irish Krrrt The
old hero was recently invhed toaltend the celebra
tion nf the Young Man's Irish Ifepeal Association,
of New Ymk. His reply has one very significant
p irigraph in il, and whirh isralcula'ed to upset the
praet.ral results of the association. He says :
' At the same lime lhat I express thus freely my
sympathies for the noble hearted and generous peo
ple of In land, and my hope that the exertions they
are making peaceably and constitutionally to reco
ver the representative government may lie success
'ul, it is proper for me to say that I do so without
meaning to transcend that maxim which teaches
ua not to interfere offensively with the internal
uffuim of otur nations. The preservation of the
principle on which this maxim rents is far more
iinjHirttint tothe good of mankind, than anyliene-
fit which can ptmsihly be obtained by a departure
fom it." Bait. Amer.
HlSBT A. Wist AU thr DiirraiarTinv
Lw. The following is an extract from a speech
in honor of Henry Clay made by Mr. Wise, in
Virginia, in Nov. 18fl!) :
"He (Mr. Clay) proposea Wgreat Land Hill
great 1 say ; for all Ihe oui Statea especially, with
out injustice or injury to the new lo distribute
the proceeds of the aalea of ihe public lands among
all the States, 1 1 1 applied by them, as they see
proper, to all the great objectsofmor.il and phy
sical improvement ; a measure which insures equal
benefils to all Ihe Si ilea, and benefits not to he
calculated in extent or value, without the least via
I. nee to ihe Constitution, and in exact conformity
to the patriotic grant of Virginia of this heritage of
domain lo the common benefit of the Union."
In a speech made in ihe House of Hepresenta
lives on Thursday the Kith, the same gentleman is
reported in the Washington pnpeis to have saiJ :
"He might see aome pailial good in Projection ;
but he could see no good nothing but bribery,
corruption and ruin in the Distribution Act. He
wanted neither a high Tariff nor Distribution ; but
though he waa an anti-tariff man, he would agree
lo give some protection, rather than letain the Dis
tribution Act, He would rather see aome portion
of the country benefitted, than the whole country
injured." ,V, Y. Tribune.
Exotics, The Live Plants, Sic, says the
National Intelligencer, from the Exploring
Expedition have reached Washington from the
Yineennes, and are deositod in Mr. IXmglas's
grei ii-house nearly opposite the building occu
pied by the Department of State. There are
over one hundred secicsirr- ones, and a great
variety of roots, bulbs, seeds, Arc., from different
parts ofthe world. It is said that the total num
ber collected by the EK'dition amount to over
10,tl0 specimens of different species,
Houim. The Madiwuiian states upon re
quest, that in consequence of ihe immense
numlier of newsapers, periodicals, &c., lc.,
who are daily directed to the President and
I'.iniilv, that none will be considered as subscri
bed for hut those ordered in writing.
It is said there are 10,000 private claims, un
deniably just, on the) files of Congress, not acted
upon j of there, UOOO probable never will be.