l J-J.
Tin: cARiunirs address
TO THR
patrons or TUB "AMBKIOAN.''
Jnnnarjr lit, 1913.
A hippjr New-Year to yrni aTl,
Friends and pttrons, grriit and small 5
Here, before yon, stands your Carrier (
Let tiim not too long hcie tarry, or
He may, perchance, thus lone in time,
A much as half your silver dime.
Give him omrlhing, and quickly too ;
It's but giving the Devil hi due.
If time is money, and time are hard,
Then all, I'm sure, are well prepared.
Dot oilier things t have !i lett,
3n which I must a moment dwell,
First, lei rogues claim our attention,
Who have nail a new eitcnsion -
A kind of Legislative lean1,
To cheat or pay, just as they please ;
Fit which, they're laughing in boir tls's.
At our modern 1'kilanthropiit.
Make honest men py all their due,
And rogues pay their '1 just when they choose.
This code of morals is surely just,
Ifrogues wvnt pay, the honest tnust t
And surely nature ne'er deigned.
That lazy roguca should l confined.
Rut hold 1 let's take a noUer theme,
The coming presi.lcntial scheme.
Van Buren first, let's take in hand ;
His echemes are always ably planned,
Which, should his friends hut carry out,
His foes will find "(ho Fox is out."
One term, however, should suffice
A moderate man, thsls our advice,
Decides, why should we run o'er the course
A 'broken winded, distanced horse.
To little Van, we'd therefore say,
Be satisfied, you've had your day.
Next Johnson comes, brave, blunt and plain,
Who fought his way through heaps of slain
Teeumseh lilled, ns some suppose.
The Chieftain of our savage foes.
Who, with his savage ally, Proctor,
Drenched out hearth wuh Maud and slaughter.
;ielhe 'Colonel 'but an open track,
And little Van he'll lay on his back.
Next comes Calhoun, thai man oMren mind,"
Krstless and wayward, vthereVr ronfiued ;
To no Convention will he trust his fate,
Bui wrapt around himself, hii- little relate.
Thus panop'iieJ, he fans tho Southern fire,
And stands before the world "a tuillifier."
His little Stale he deems above them all,
Before which the other mu-t rise or t.M.
And as he rules her with despotic sway,
He'd have -them all, his iron will obey.
Next comes John Tyh r, whom unhappy fate,
Flared in a kind of doubtful, middle statp.
Without friends or party, to approve his deeds.
He hears no plaudits but from tho-e he feeds.
Unhappy man 1 to think the cares of elate,
Could ever make him happy, wise 01 great ;
TJesolved, loth whig auJ l.icoa to eschew,
His measure, still-born, fall between the two.
Uuelianan next, majestic, slow and sure,
W ith cautious tread, fir! sees 1 le.it all's seen ro ;
Strong in himself, strorg in his na'ive Stare,
He moltes his rivals feel his p nd'ruus weight.
His indecision let him cast untile.
And grapple measuics with a bolder stride.
If thus he'd act, (it's no unequal task,)
for him, bis friends luiglU claim w hate'ecthcy
ask.
Then, last, not least, we nmst not pas
The gallant statesman, Lewis Cast ;
Tho' late in coming in the field,
Hie friend will be the last to yiel.L
His country ranks him among her ublcst men,
Who wields, with equal skill, a sword or fen.
Thus, DemoiTTits, it's deft with you to say,
Who shall contest the raoe with Henry Clay.
On Tuesday next, the good, the wise, the great
Anfl small, at Marpshurg will corvgreg ite.
What vhrious measures w ill tve suggested,
How many wild-fire schemes eoiil.steti,
Jlrav'n only knows; but we trust there." fl be
A I least concord and unanimity,
In adopting measures, that will restore,
The ftejetoue Slate's prosperity once more.
'These, then, are our wauls, and these oat ar
dent wtwhe,
flrant us rhea'-firutr" but save us from your
''Issuks."
' A Wokd rROM TllAUMAH 'jKrrtJvSMlN. "We
have cxpcrkwcct, .whut we UJ i.at Lcliip,
that there exists b.(h riullifavy nnd ,KiWt r c
noU"h to exclude tin fniio Ihfl I'n hl ol'i-ntcr-
chatie itlj utiiy natior.s. Tlit.t, to be indi'
jienileuttbr tbe couilorts ofiife, we tun, fthri
culc them ourselves. We wnA now ? ir
the nianulnctiirer by the eidc ot fhe n"rn-sjltor-ibt.
The jrtaisd imjuiry now U, "ll " make
our own comlirV, or go without them irt the
will of a fureii'ti nntm ilf thirlire, who
is trow agHititt3otm!tic tuanutactiiTe must be I
for reducinej tis either let u. pendonce 011 for
,ir..,mtioi.8,r to be chub, d ... k..i,,and M ,
live like wild bi.stin.ietieaml cavc-rnH laM(
no, one ol llit'sc r.xpera ircc mm uj;iit me
thul n.anuJiictun ave rww ns m ccss ry in or.r
indepeiwleiice ns to our rotirllirt..'' tAltvr to
Benjamin Autt'tiiy Jan. V, Islft.
A young dandy, wli" 5ii pifUd an ctrornu os
muutituclie, aked a lady what t-ho tliiiuol.t t
his looki.. 'Why,' aid ehe, 'you l.k as if j..u
bad owalJuwed a ponry, and lelt the tail btick
tf ; c j' vt y.'ur mouth.'
- -I . .J -L- 1 .- It. . W. J 1!.X.J.
From the N. Y. Tribune.
KM OFTIIK WAR IJV CHINA.
The ftMiTi! arrived at Boston on Wednes
day afternoon, bringing Liverpool dates to the 4th
Inst. The mwt imptlnti! intelligence ts that of
the Pnd of the War in Chins, the conclusion of a
treaty of pr ice and the es'ahlishmrtit of commer
cial intercourse he'ween the two na ions. The f l
Inwing enibracea an outline of proceedings in the
Knat t
Important from Chltin.
fly the over land mail, whieh brings dales from
Bombuy to Oi t. 15th, the important newa of the
final time of the Chinese War his been received, j ing paper, similar in size and quality to the sheet
tt appears that Nanking yielded in consternation upon whieh thia is printed. Also 3fi reams nf su
to the B 1 tih wi bout etrikine: a blow. A circular , per Koyal 21 by 2S inches, which will te solJ at
of Sir Henry Pottiuper, dtited July 21th, gives the j cost and carriage, for cash,
particulars of the storming of Keang-fon and the 1
subsequent oeritioiis aaainst Nanking. Prom
il ls it appears that on the fith of July the sqin-
dron left Woosiintr, and on the 14th destroyed
some batteries which command the river. On the
80th the vessel anchored off Keang-foo, the key to
the grand canal, and on the following morning the
troops di-cinl aikcd, and proceeded to attack the ci
ty, and a neighboring enmp nf the enemy. The
hitler was carried at mice, the Chinese flying in oil I
directions ; but the city, which was strongly fortifi
ed, was di fended with dcv.iti d gallantry t one-lhi.d
of the garrison of 3000 TarNr soldiers laying down
their lives in the hopeless struggle. Among the
killed wireforty Mandarins; and the general, when
all was lost, ri paii d to his house, seated himself in
a chair in calm and brave derpair, and making the
servants set the building on fire, was consumed to
Bshco. Onthepart of the Urilish ihe.e were kil
led four officers and tl wounded, and 13 4 men , K
were killed and wounded. The fleet llieti ptoccid-
cd towards IN atikinp, took up its prsiuou there on!
the 6th of August, and immediately prepared for
an ns.-atilt on the city. A strong force was Undid,
and operations were about lo commence, when sud
denly the Chinese solicited a truce, intimating the
approach of a delegation from the Emperor. Three
Commissioners, one of whom was of tlie royal
house, arrived on the 15th, and on the 2!)th of Au
gust a treaty was signed on board H. l. S. Corn-
wallisby them ami Sir Henry Piilliiiger, of which 1 whirh is represented by some of the trustees who
the following are the articles : j attended, to have atlrded much grat fieatiou. We
s'l. Lasting peace and friendship I e.wecn the two J regret thai cirruni-t mce prevented our patticipa
rTmpires. ; lion. A Ithouiih the exercises were pnssed forward
. China to pay $21,000,000 in the course of'
the present ami three succeeding yearn.
"X The ports of Canton, Am ie. Poo-chow f '
Ning-poo, and Shrngbai t. b. ihr wn open t i lln- i
tish merchants ; consular , fficeis to be appoint.-,! ti,
reside at them ; and recul .r and ju-t larilV- of im
port and export (as well as inland transit) duties
to be established and published.
"1. the Island of Hong-Kong to be ceded in per.
petuity to Her Dritanic Majesty, her heirs and suc
cessors. "5. All subjects of Her Britanic Majesty (whe
ther natives of Europe or Ind;a) who may he confi
ned In any part of the Chinese Empire, to be un
condition !y released.
'. An act of full and entire amnesty to be nu1 I
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Ii.hed by the Emperor, under his own Imperial
Sign, Manual and Seal, lo all Chinese subj-cts, 011
account of their having held service or intercourse
with, or resided under, the llrili-h liovcrninrnt or
hi officers.
7. Curre-pondence lo be conducted on term uf S
pe.fc t equality amongst the officers of both Go
vernments. "S. On the Empeioi's assent N'ing received lo
this treaty, ut .1 ihe payment of the first instalment,
ff, 000.(00, Her Unlariic M .jesty's forces tore
tire from Nanking and the Ciraud Canal, and the
military posts at Chinhai to be also withdrawn, but
the i.-laruls of Cliu-ati and Kalaiigaoo are to be
held until tlie money payments and the arrange
ments for opening tbe port be completed."
A postsciiptto Wihncr'a A men. an News-Letter
announces that the Emperor of China has gi ten
his adhesion to the treaty, hut refuses to sign it
until Her Majesty's signature is received. This,
however, ismncly a matter of etiquette, and half of
the first instalment aure.sJ to by the treaty has been
paid. The English fie. fw 11 winter at Cluisan.
The payment of the money dtro by the Chinese
is.ilis kt ited, to lie cfli-etr l in the follow ing man
ner: immediate payment, ftvnoO.OOO ; in 1812,
fi,(KlO,000 ; in 18H, ffl.OOO.OOn ; in 1915,
$4,000,11110. His said that of the $21,000,000
to be paid by the Chinese, f :i,000,OIM are for Hong
merchant's debts, ffi.OOO.OOl) for the opium, and
thercmaining 1,000,000 fur the expenses 1 the
war.
Paoi Ai'mnititTisi the news is equally im
portant and favorable. The report that lieu. Notl
has been uUack.'d by the (iov. ru or of (1110x110, rip
pea 'S to have lieeti line ; but Smnsood. n was rc
ulse.l, and finally routed on the UOlh of Augu t.
The Hi irish loss w as killed and OS wounded.
On the Oth of September (ihuztiee was mv,i,d,
but I' it- in my evacuated it without striking a blow
wh.il this stronghold of the Allithans was enteted
by tbe U.ilish, and in a f. w day l-ec.iine a heap
of ruins. (Jen. Pollock, in his advance trf Cabul,
was opp s-d at the Tereeii Pas, 011 the l.ltli of
S. jiteniber, by 10,000 of the enemy, whom he re
pulsed with grcut slaughter. The next day he al-
vai.eed to lioodUiak ; mi the I ith he cue imped on j
.1 .I' !',.), i,.l ,,n ll,,. tfllh ll,u I
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Hull ll colors waved oici the II da llis-ar. All'
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ihe in i on, rs weie rescued w ith only one eweplion. ;
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I lie tiov. ruor lienerat nas issue, i a 1 locianiaiiou.
( .1 .... I ....... (I. il klxs li.it lull iintf lav ill niavtJ Ik U'llh.
A!nil1. ,.,..,.,.., K.,vt(n.
...,,, h tlleco.se,p,ece
(f tin ir ciimes."
reiusc to le com!,
,i it the AH'jh ins will
is,. ,,f thi'il (!, p.,rture.
At'init CuUMge. h sated m the K.port of I (Mn the note, nnd that a refusal U pay fold or dwarf and smallest idn th;'( ecr jvrji j, exhibN
the Hor i, uliural C minute uf ihe Ainencaii Insti- , iver, doe not affivt the charter ; that ihe aet of led- '",, igTe nno(ifr mal, ,v ,(, name of Nel
t .i, tbat 77 acres in Uergen township, N. J . j the 4th of May. 1811. is -legi.lsUve tonliail" ', lt,e BrPU,', rri0.i,y f ,,e ,.y, U.ni without
, ,
bage r acre. Two pstronyuuca of reel.ud and
Van Horn. teiiu.ne both, raise alv. two-thnJ-
. .... I I i I a ti ioasl nf llHrlV MIIFU Itfil Ul L'MIl
we wuuie,
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, Dec. 31, '.845
Qp We have just received aiity team of print-
tXj Our acknowledgements sre due to tlie lion.
John Snyder, for valuable public documents.
(Xj On inir first pane will be lound several in
teresling articles, among them a fketch of the char
acter of Philip Spencer, lately executed on board
the biij isomers; nnd an article on the Ml leiinini.
Also an article in relation to the cotiHlruelinti of Ice
lldiims, which we commend to the attrition of all
house-ki e ers. A small ice house of this charuc
tir, woul.l be within the mi ans of almost any one.
(J jT Xext Monday our court will commence, and
as the sleighing is good, our landlords may exper t
a considerable IWve-t, especially as there will be
I considerable criminal business, always the most
profitable kind of business for tavern keepers.
$y Miiton J. Alexand. r, has her n sentenced to
yl Sf, i,ll,iriH(lmi.,ll j the penitentiary,
jV There are some among the Whigs, who
talk oft king up (Sen. Cass, asthe Whig candidate
for Piesideut, (Sen. Cass, however, is thorough
goinu 1), rnoeiut. sud if the Whig intend to sup
port him, it imi-t be a a Dcmocr it.
The Fiiiiiile Siniinnry of Smilmry.
An examination of the pupils under the instruc
tion of Miss IIiiookk, was held on Saturday last,
by the l'rmi!rr, with that abilty and activity
for which she is distinguished, we uivler tand that
tl cre w s not sufficient tto.e to proce.d through all
tbe proposed b'i nchis; nn.l 'hat, probably, a fur-
titer rxaniination may take pi ice, at some early and
convenient oi-ca-ion.
We trust the legi-lature will, as soon as or
ganized, set to work in proper spirit, ami restore,
so far as they can, the present deranged state of
our currency. Our relief currency hangs Irk' an
incubus, upon the banks as well as the p, xple.
Some measures should lie adopted to raise the value
of these notes, or have them called in and cancelled
as soon as thty -ire received. We know, much more
is often reooireil nf l'.e Irpi-bitnrn thrin rtiiot.t 1.1 bn
. , n . r , , ,
STIM-i-teil. lifit our frli'liilrf linvc nnw th. ,mt.r t.
act, and we trust they will not evade the n-sponsi-
lility.
fXj The pressure nf the times, has at last open
id the eyes of the people, to t?ie wild and icck-
I" manner in which the public monies have len
squandered in improvements and measures tf doubt
ful utility. Dumg this mania, all we-e eager to
get a share of (he puHic plunder, by adding to our
lapidly accumulating debt. Who does not remem
ber how one of :he most faithful and xealmis rep
resentatives tbe state ever had, was traduced in
this county, for his opposition to this extravagance,
at ite start 1 His advice to 'set fast on the treasu
ry chest,' had become a stcre.l)ped term of reproach,
and had well nigh, at one time, lost him his e
Icciitn. Who doe rot now acknowledge the
w isdorn of his coiiuse's ' Had out legislature htsrn
compos. .1 of a m ,j. rity cfsitvh men as Lewis Hew.
art, how different would have been tl.e state uf
afl'iirs ut pre-ent.
Cj" The Iiaiikmpt law will either be repeal.. or
considerably amended, the present ses-iou of Con
gress. The sudden opposition which it has en
countered, sud that loo, by some of tlie former
friends of the aet, has been lather surpiisiog. The
most odious fe-.iuie of the law, wis its retro-peclive
action. Thi-ob .ctio.i has, in a gieat measure, lost
J its force, from the fact that a large majority ofd.lt-
j, ors have already availed themse ves of the lienefit
of the act. The law has not been in existence long
enough to lest its rtlieacy, but we .hi not believe
that it is now generally less popular than when it
passed. We do not approve of its entire repeal, but
lliere are many leatuies in the law whu li shi.ul.l lie
ami inle.l. 1 Here urc many wno Ihink tlie voluu-
tary principle should Ire abandoned, which, 111 its
operations, would leave it somewhat siunl o to ihe
English llankrupt Law.
Q"5" Nicholas Middle H very severely handled by
some of his former worshippers, on account . f cer- i expression of opinion is absuid, mistaken and ty
t.iiu measures sug'egted in a senea of lepers, in re- j raliriical !
latiioi to the paiuiciit of "the Stale debt. His re- Of iJrse, we shan't take advantage of your
roiiiiiieiidailoii of a lax on coal, as well as the a-
Iwh-hing iheaniiu tbs and pensions lo o'd soldirrs, " lorgmng, with hearty ilisrclisfi lor the ma
is alike odious to the rnlightiin-U and liberal por- ! chinery of the law. Hut if we hnil a mind lu lake
i lion of the community. Hut Nicholas has had his
day. Hi recommendation have not the potency
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tlrev unco possessed, Alu: how ure the mighty
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lallen !
(J j Judge llaiiks, on tho SOdi ilit., delivered
an important opinion in the r.,se of Long r. the i
Parmer Hank cf Reading. lie decided that an
iudividuul indebted to a bank, on a note discount
e, at his in-tanee, due and payable, has no rigl t
to demand gold or kilver, f ir a sum not greater
k..il. Ihsi aSMi.lii.n l.ssriLru
wi, ami is te.eiirig between rr;n, perloim w oh hi toet w hat t.unureus are un-
, ,he stale and .,,,. ,h ,h- ,,.,,,, ,,..1,, , ...,,,,. wllh ihei, hsnds. He pl.vs,
uf ,,., j ,,, , Mt , ...J 3llJ , wi.ul. .t. a walih, wtiU and ,v'i,r. one th,
j MCi;olli tjj, accepting banks,
tjj" Horace Oreely, tho talented editor of the
New Yorlr. Tribune, was recently prosecuted by
J. Fenitnore Cooper for a I bel. Damages laid at
$3,000. The jury brought In verdict for ?200.
Mr. Oreely a' tended the tilal, at rtallston, in per
son, and plead his own cause, which hasi leen fully
reported in the Tiibune. Mr. ISrcety treats the
whole with perfect good humor, but could not, for
the soul nf him, comprehend the apparent incon
aistency uf the ('leadings. Instead of pleading the
gnieral i:ue, he was told he ought to have justi
fied. He illustrates his position viry humorously
in the following article. Mr. Creely is one of
your truly rcceiitiic characters. In appearance he
is (all and gaunt, somewhat bent in his person,
with link, light hair, or "low headed," a tallow
complexion, and would never be recognised by any
one, as the able editor of a leading Journal. In
facts, involving figures and statistical information,
he has no superior in the country. In dress he is
the very antipodes of a dandy. When we aaw
him, he had on a light colored, straight collared
vest, which camo down some six or eight inches
below his waist-hand. Mis boots, at the same
lirno, protruding ihrough his pants, some three or
lout incites lunncr man is allowiil tiy tlie laws ol ,
fash on. In conversation he is extremely liable,!
his count, nance at the same time exhibiting rest-j
lessnes, and activity. To a str ing. r, when not in j
convrfs.ii.in, he would have the ap,arancc of an j
overgrown boy. His private character and morals
are without reproach. He alludes to his person al
peculiarities in the fo'lowing article :
The Alillcnlloit nftltr l.nw f!.llel by our
8iiirrinc l oan,
Wc close our illustrations of the Law of Libel,
as applied by our Supreme Curt to Editors in the
Cooper Liliel-suils, by a sample of the rule of
Justijit ativn, a laid dow n by th-in, especially in
ti e recent noted Cooperstown decision.
Our friend penimoro Cooer, it will be remem
bered, chivalrously declared in his summing up at
Hallstnn, that if we wero to sue him for a lib. I in
a-eiling our ersoiiiil unconiliness, he should not
plead the Vrnrrul Isxur, but Justify . To a plain
man, this would seem an easy ninl safe coii se.
Hut let us try it : Fcnirnore has the no, Ik ity to
say we are not hands , 1110 ; wc employ Itn haid
we presume he h is no aversion to a good fee, even
ifuiadeupof tho Editorial 'sixpences penimo c
dilated on and commence our actum, laving ihe
venue in St. Lawrence, Allegany t,r some other
County where our personal apeaianre is not no-
torious ; and, if the Judge should be a friend oft
ours, so much the belter. Well: l'enimore boldly
pleads Jn.'fi fimtii.n, thi'iking it a' easv a not.
Hut how i he to eta' li-h it t We of course should
not be so green as to attend the Tiial in person in
such an issue no man is obliged to make out his
sdvetsary's cae but would leave it all to Richard,
and the help the Judge might properly give hint.
So the cause is on, and Ecnimore umler'akes the
Justification, wheh of course u.huils and aggravates
tho libel ; so our side is nil made out. Hut let us
sec how he gets along: uf course, he will 11 t think
ofoffi ring witne-ses lo swear point-blank that we
are homely th it, if hs did not know it, tho Judge
would soon tell hurt would be a simple opinion.
which woulj llol do to gj to the Jury ; he must j
present fids :
i'eniiiHire. Well, then, your Honor; I otfer to
prove by this w itn.ss (hat the pi liutill'is tow-l ead
cd, and half bald at that ; he is lon-j-lt-gged, gaunt,
and most cadaverous of visage trgn, homely.'
Judge llow does that follow ! Light hair
and fair face bo-peak a purely Sax"ii aote-trv,
and were honorable in the good tdddays; rule
that they are comely. Thin l.wks bring out the
phtenologieal developments, you see, and give dig
nity and massiveness to the aspect ; and as to
slenderness, what do our dandies lace fit if that is
not graceful t Tliry ought to know what is at
tractive, I reckon. No, sir, your proof is iirelc
vant, and I rule it out.'
l'euiinnrr, ('he sweat starting.i 'Well, your
Honor; I have evidence to prove the said plaint tf
slouching in dress ; goes bent I ke a hoop, and so
t'lkiij in gut that he walks down both nijes of a
Mr. et a! 01. .'
Jwgc
'r!mt to nr.ive homrlini s ? I hone vou I
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ilo-i 1 1 xp.-i t a man ol ulcas to spend Ins precious.
his precious!
houis Iw'fore s looting glass T It would be rubbing I
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the put be. llent, do you say ; I.-n I Ihe curve
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the tme line of beauty, Id like to know ? Where!
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wi re you brought up ! As lo walking, vou don t 1
i e . .,, ..r .....t ' .., r.,, , 1, .....
j , ,e,ltl,l(t g drippe, and peit as a f.K.trnau,
L l,' U hi. h.mrlv .,t hi- ;,,'
j .beam its peifection the sum of his atnb lion !
j (;reat i,es uf K.Hlity y,t mu-t have ! 'J'hal tvi- 1
' ,),.,.,, won't answer. I
j mv Femmore, b'Oiher in adversity ! wouldn't
j y0l, ,r(,;u t(, lllYe , rcabring sense of your awful
timatiou 1
vt union i you negm in wisn jouibcii
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! somowhere else, and
a great ileal la 1 1 tic r. lelore
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you came into Court to justify legally an tpinimi ?
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Wouldn't you begin to pe.c.ive that the applies-
lion of Ihe Law ol Libel in lis stiielnesa to a mere
1 ' posed and perilous vouduion, for wu ure muk
I
j 01 "u. w"ti Kictiai J to Help us, ami tl.e !u-
pieme ('mail's ru ing in actions of libel ut our back,
wouldn't you catch il ! We should e"t ihe
; whole I'und back again, and give dinner lo the
numerous Editorial contributor. That dinner
would be woi th attendii g, Ecnimore ; and we'll
warrant the jokes to average a good deal bit er than
those you cracked in your Svh at Uallston.
Cj " Vork tlrey have some strange glits
: at presiiil. (Jeueral Tom Thui'.d, the (Tr uest
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i aud.rme,
MISCEIUXY.
Editorial, Condensed Si rid Selected.
ConntmfeittrH. John Ilildebrand and Is.iac
Miller wete arrested lutely in Iineaster, (Penn.,)
as counterfeiters, A number oflwodollir notes
on the Hank of Ilalttmore was found on them.
Millrrlim. A fire occurred at Decatur, N. Y.,
on the 20th, by which a shed and two cows were
burned. A neighbor near by perceiving the light
and bearing the lowing of animals supposed that
Millers prophecy was being fulfi led, and dared
not leave his bed until the devastation was com
plete. Kronnmy. A good plan to make firewood n a
C;rcut tear is to have it cut, ready for burning, and
leave it out upon the atreet. It has been ascertain
ed that one cord will thus 0 farther than two colds
placed in the woodhotise.
An exchange paper says, that the fattest tmgn are
rained in Cincinnati, Ohio, and tho fattest girls in
Lowell, Massachusetts. The hogs are worth at
least thiec cents a pound uwlrrmteil , bul some of
the girls are not worth totJiing lit .'
I he I'iits!mrg t-hronicio says, a young man
n,m, ,1 )ynt M'Ci.y, m i'e t.r the steamboat
Cicero, got a bone of a pheasant in his throat a few
jjya since .rid .lied on Saturd iv morning f.om the
rt,r,n of iu Ue u t:i , h;,vf wrlhv
vmlng mjn j j JUt fcW moi(,1B
rjrij
.4 Mid Author. ('apt. I5ail Hall, it is stat.d in
a late English paper, has liecome deranged.
Life ami Drath. Every stroke of a pendulum
ushers one human being into existence and heralds
the departure of another.
I11 jlurute uf ( i'iii fir. Mr. Marshall, ill a iceenl
speech in Kentucky, niter alluding to the causes
that induce I him to challenge ("ol. Webb, adds :
'If, under all thest circumstances of wanton ag
gression on the part nf ('ol. Webb, I had not call
ed him out, there is not a Prcshvtcruti lady in my
d. strict, who would not have whipped me with her
qurtrrs, in scorn and contempt, from her presence."
An English Protestant paper, in announcing
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lion try, says: "He renamed the errors of the
Roman church, and embraced tlmsc of Protest in-
ism.
fimirthing nf a Change S.x y years
diuclitei i.f (ten. (treen. of (icngi. ra sul
ni;o a
a few
black sit-d co't-m plants in bean ots, and for 1100
I ther leasoit than that tiny were pret y flowers
Times have altered mime what since then.
licnrrnl fuss.
A nitmlier of citizens of Dauphin county, with
out distinction of aty. invited our recent distin
guished Minister to Prance to visit Harrishurg on
his journey We-t. The following is the answer
of (Jen. Cass to the Committee of Invitation :
riiii.viiM.mil. Dec. 10, IS 12.
(iiinvati v : Dining the ruie of a public
life, not now a shoit one, I can lo ,k back to no in
cident, which has impressed me with a deeper feel
ing uf gratitude (h ut your letter of congtatiilati in,
upon my return to our U-I.ived country. Such a
ricompense was as far beyond my expect itions, as
it is beyond my merit. And it has conn too from
ihe Keyktone of the 1'nion, from thst state, which
ha .lone much, and demanded little, anj whose
principles and practice, whether in safety 01 in dan
ger have furnished a bright example of patriotism
for the whole republic. And it has furihei come
from political friends, and from (Hilitical opponents,
w ho have generally laid aside their paity fei hni
on this occasion, and have joined in receiving w ith
approbation an humble fellow citizen, returning
from his mis-ion in a forngn land. Circumstances
placed me abroid in a difficult nnd responsible sta
tion. Our national honor seemed r-quire a prompt
action, before the instructions of the government
were received. In meeting the ciisis, I did 110
more than my duty, a duty, which 1 cannot doubt,
any oilier ciiiicu placed in a similar situit oti.
would have crlormed. I conf. ss, that while I
looked wi h sol citude, I ,h4vC,I with confidence to
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American honor could not le indifl, rent, smith it
they would support one ot thsir representatives csl-
.
Ie I upon by circumstances to sssert it in a foreign
;
--"J- "e.eiveo in .nor r.pee-
; u"n this testimonial of your approbation furnish,
i me a grateful proof, and as such, I shall never
cease to cherish it,
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which I to. k, in the measures that bd to the sup.
pressi.m ..( the co,,s,cy of Iturr in lfUii and
1807. A ihemU'r of the legislature of Ohio, and
oor i't mr eo. niiiii.ee, ui wu.im inr suojecr. was re
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letreu. i neaiuv co-.iierjieu ill me coinmon cntie
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of cru-hing that nef .iious elloit.
Phis feeling was
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, " " " " cuu-ti.ue,,,, me ,-op.e
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ul ill .t (treat patnolic state, w ho have never fail-
i
j td upon all fitting occi-ioiis, lo give evidence nf
, their attachment to the I'nion, and tf llieir deter-
mil at on lo d. f. nd it from any ut'aek, w hether in
ternal or ex t-ruul. The duty of preparing ths law,
conferred upon the Executive the requisite powers,
and of draughting the address to Mr. Jcffi rson,
deiiouuciiijr the couspiiacy, and pledging the elop
er, ition of the state, and its suppr. ssiou, w as 'com
mitted to me. IJul I was the hand, and not the
head of ihe committee. I was but the agent lo pul
into foi m their iews and propositions, and their
real and intelligence rendered my ta-k light one,
I am entitled In no more ciedit than each of my
brethren in ihe Assembly. And I look baik wi'1.
j piide p0n the conduct nf tho peon', whrse senti-
I mcnta we evpreaed upon U-,' ciiiica f,rf
"'cri.anJ
who rose aa one m-',, to vip ae lrif owr) iehu
and to defo' tieir 0W, Constitution. And I may
'.'..at vei eialed t a riot. then at ll.e head uf the
; government , did n.t fad '.o exjinss his gratilica-
,,n at (he enyigy.snd promptitude of Ohio, upon
this o. casion, whf n he saij. "the band of the
i pi a pie had given a mortal blow to a conspiracy,
whieh in other countries would have called for an
appeal to arm. The Executive, and the legisla
ture, were declared by him, "to have deserved well
of their country." Coming from such man, thia
reward was a precious one.
I thank ynu for your apprehonsi in of my militaty
conduct. In common with a vast number nf our
fcllow-eitix-ns, I entered into the military service,
as a Volunteer in 1S12. But in that act, and du
ring the whole progress of that eventful contest, I
did but what our fathers did, to acquire the inde
pendence we Cnj y, and but wh it our sons will do,
should they ever be called on to defend it.
I trust that in my journey to the West, where I
shall immrdiati ly repair, lo settle wi:h my family,
I shall be able to pass through Harrishurg, and tj
meet and thank ynu for the kind sentiment, with
which you have been pleased to gre. t my arrival
With the renewed expression of my gratitude,
I am gentlemen respectfully
Youi obt. seivt, and fellow citi7.cn,
LEW. CASS:
ToA.V. Parsons, Win. W. Rutherford, Calvin
Utyttie, L. Reily, W. C. McPhreson, Esq., and
other-'.
The Strmuer Ureat llrtfnln.
By Ihe last news received from Europe we wen;
in ad 1! acquainted with the determination of tint
(Ir.at Western Steamship Company to finish the
iron steamer f treat llritain, the largest ves-el .n the
world. The billowing statement of her dimensions
and ai rarigeinerits, which we find prepared to our
hands in the .New York Sun, will, therefore, at this
time, be read w ith interest :
Her extreme length is 321 feci, licing 100 f, 1 1
rolikter linn the longest line of battle ships ; extreme
hre.idih !l f. et ; depth of hold 22 feet. She is re
gistered 32HO tons, arid far exceeds in bulk any
two steamers in the world. She has four decks,
the lowest of whieh is iron, and is destined to re
ceive the cargo. The tipper deck, with the excep
tion of a small break in the forecastle, is completely
Bush from stem to stern, without building or eleva
tiqa)of any kan.l, so that tiesiih-s the masts and fun
nel, there will be nothing above deck to oiler resis-
1 1 . ..;.! 'i'i, t,. . a.. ,n . 1., rL .
j are appropriated exclusively to the use of the pas-
i si nters and the equipage of the ship, and consist
of four grand saloons, f irming together a length of
dining room nf 3.r0 feet. Thero ore two large la
die' cabins or fimily room, and 190 state rooms,
each containing two spscions sleeping berths ; so
that hcsi.hs the portions appropriated for the ciew,
steward's drj artinent, Ac, Hf.O passengers can be
't onvnodiled.
Th, principal s ihion is 1H0 feet long l y feet
w ide, and si f. et 3 inches hiuh. She has sufficient
I room for the stowage of 1000 Ions of coal, and
J 12.000 tons of measu'cmeiit go.sls. There aie .1
t boiler, capa' le of containing; 800 tons of water.
whieh will be heated by 21 fires; and she has fout
engine of VIM) horse power each. Fouiteen hun
dr, d ti ns of iron have len used in her construction.
Stic will hi propelled by the newly improved screw
pro.;li'r, patented by Mr. Smith of London, (with
improvements ma le upon it,) and applied by th.t
gerub m at) w ith complete success to the Archimedes'.
She is to be liiled wi ll six masts, on five of which
a single foe and aft sail only will be carried, the
mainmast alone lieing rigged with yards and top
111 ,st. These masts will be low as compared wilr
the sie of li e vessel, although the mainmast wi
be 'Jo bet long. Her average speed is expected t.
be iil lo 1st 1 to 1-1 miles an hour. The averagi
speed of the pnent Atlantic steamers is about IV
miles an hour, and that of the Meili'erinncan s'e 1
nieis only M. Her entire estimated cost is X 1 00,
000. The total cost of the (ireat Western wa:
iC 1, 00(1.
fjj' The following from the N. Y. Americin.
beais the initials of II. T. Titki:kmv, one of the
most mpul.ir and gifted Poets. It is a deserved
tribute to the heio of a noble deed :
To t'oiti. Alexander S. McKriiste.
If like the wariior whose immortal story,
With kindred mind, thy pen so well hath trace.!
Thou hadsl brought home a victor's wreath of g'orv
A nation piaise thy coming would have graced
Sbouts, such as Erie's youthful hero greeted.
Thy noble deeds would zealously proclaim ;
llv (air and br.ive. with grateful tears rcpei'.id.
Thy country's love would consecrate thy name.
Is there no triumph save in war's commotion 1
.No silent conquests ihat the soul scbi -ves !
Like the vast slumber of the eacel'ol ocen.
Ere same wild storm its bosom madly heaves ?
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! Ainiciavm souls awnue can lu rcely rage ;
j Itui .luiv claims a more exalt, d daring,
j And calmer deeds a uiuityi' strength engage,
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W hen trtit'ious shiim'.s all ar mud thee pre-s'd,
Alilli,,mir VoKH iv 1 1 h ,li nr.imi,,..i,i 1,1 no, I in ,t
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ol honor s voice with de. n compassion bleruli
To voii'ilc.-s anguish woke thy manly biea-l 1
then, wiiTmtit a pang, thou coulilst have pr isheu'
111 ..lllit- will! Illy l-nuilirv Mil. II I' e-.
, A(( , i!mi.i, WnrMh he iy v
in name wun iny couuirv s alien , e-.
l'o ne el a d. alh the patnol only knows!
A dearer tribute thou wert called to render.
In yield, ng up another forfeit life;
For brae men's hearts are not less firm than tender
And where truth reigns is P cling' keenest slril.
The euraii of our spo'less chief w as tested
Winn called to sacrifice a l oeiu'ti spy;
A task more ss.l upon t'y spirit rested.
Poi it was thine lo bid a Comrade die!
Hut when oppressive grew lliy nature's pleading,
I'i.I.i the many banner ihou didst lum.
With leum trust thy mournful i.uruose feeJini.
To make the hghl ol dutv ttlJiy bum '.
hen all was .'one -mrh word of sadness spofcet'
And low iiettli UK III) t'er the sea,
Culo wjS IP1I, j duty's cause ,'"!;-i".,M,n .
. aim as Ihe stars, and as ll e w.4(orij (r,,0 ,
H T. T.
II I. I t Mlllt V. H A It Iv KT.
((Tif iiflhr Halti nuai A taici.iv, Dec. 'Jfi.
(JKAl.V There has been very little Wheat at
market to-day. We quote as before al 85 to 00 '
cts. f r goo I prime M I. reds, and at 50 80 els,
for inferior tof.ir. We note sales of w hite Corn
t -d .y at 4 1 a i'i cts. and of yellow al ii a 43 rt-.
Sales of Oats at 72 a 83 cts.