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To Country Merchants.
Doots, Slinos, P.onnele, Leghorn and
l'iilm Leaf Hats.
(J. "NV. Ac L. H. TAYLOH,
allhv S. F..cnrnrr vfMirlit ami Wilt Sis.,
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OFFER for sa e an ixtenie htottmcnt of the
- nl.ovear'icl.s. all of which thi-y sell at unusual
ly low pi ice-, Mini pirticuliily invite llie attention
it' I nvi is vi-itii g the cilv, to nn i mm nati 'ii of
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H rton, John Legliiiii and othcis, will lie si!d
h np, if npilica i,in i- made s.'on to ihe au'-scriher,
lllll.urv; Aim 31. 11. U. MASMiK.
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in
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mi of every one bundled now in Up and for sale
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cl at ihe Phil adclphia Exchange, for ihiee months
in ih" -umnier of 1842. when all the Keya weie at
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Ihoutih iheeipcrim -nt was tried t y at least t5U0
ei.ms. One of the saniu Lock w Hied by
ll .l.U rs. at ihe Delaware Coal Olncc, in Walnut
rtieH. ah.ive Th id, but dij not succeed.
rjj' II. listing Machines, Iron Doors, supeiioi
!.ck. and all kind of lion Railings. Seal and Co
yiii5 Piesscs, and Smiihwoik Rem rally, on bind
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$y CAUTION I do hereby cnuMon all per
sons aft dust inakiif. using, selling, or causing to
sold, any Keih.de Cieveis for Kite Proof Cheats,
or Doors, of anv kind iniilar in principle to my
Paleiii, of 10th July, 1841, and also auainai Lining
llefrigeralors who Mate, tor which my Patent i
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imiss EIGHT U.iV IXOCKS.
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,.f the above rrlebraied Eiaht Day Clocks,
which will be soi l at very reduced prices, for cash.
Also, supeiior 30 hour Clocks, of the best maka
and quality, which will be sold lor cam, ai w
Al, superior Brass 30 hour CJorka, al f 8 00.
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SUNBUMY AMBMIOAN.
Ahsolute apquiescenee in tha decisiona of the
.,
Iy niasser & Elficly.
From the Augusta (Me.) Age.
Origin of the Drlllah Claim to Ilia Oregon.
The fsystemntin cncrnacliments of the Jlriticih
jrovernrncnt upon the territorial rights of other
nation is a matter of universal notoriety.
Scarcely a nation exists which has not at some
time felt ho insidious advances and grasping
avarice ol this nation for acquiring new territo
ry. No sooner lias lliat government fixed its
eyes ttp..n a territory or country which it finds
desirable as an acquisition, than it sets up some
vatfoe, indefinite pretence of claim to it, which
iturires with all nonecivahle solemnity and
perseverenre until it can extort an admission
fmm its intended victim, that the territory thus
claimed is in dispute. From that moment her
success is cer'ain. The title bein? once nd
mitted to lie in dispute, negotiation follows, in
the progress of which, by bold assumptions on
herpnrt, and unguarded admissions on the part
of her ndversiry, she succeeds in process of
time in presenting formidable array of facts
and arguments in support of claims, which, at
the outset, hni! not the slightest foundation on
which to rest. This was the process by which
Maine was robbed of her territory, and the
process by which she now hopes to plant her
power in the Oregon.
Our title to the Oregon territory is ton well
known to our readers to require that we should
now Fet it forth in detail. Suffice it to sny,
that from the year 1811 tip to the time that the
British broke tip our settlement on lite Colum
bia, dnring the lust war, we were in open,
peaceable and quiet possession ol the country,
and that up to that time the licit itdi had never
intimated to our government that they had the
slightest pretence of a claim to the country.
During the war an expedition was ent by the
British againsi the American post at the mouth
of Ihe ColiiiiiYin, w hich succeeded in capturing
it and Inking pnssi.vsinn in the name of the Bri
tish k;ng. This possession was held by the
British until alter the close of the war. On
the 1Si!i n( July, 11."), Mr. Monroe, then See
retary of Slite, inCiiniod Mr. Baker, the Bri
tish charge d'oll'iires, nt Washington, of the in-
tetitinn of our government to resume possession
of tins post under the provisions of the first arti
cle of the treaty ol Uhcnt, which stipulates for
the mutual restitution of the territories and
posts which each nation had wrested from the
other during the war, at the same time request
ing a letter from Mr. Baker to the commnndrr
of that post, directing him to yield it tip to the
jurisdiction of the (J. States.
To this note of Mr. Monroe Mr, Bilker re
plied that he bad no instructions from his go
vernment in relation to this matter, and refer
ring him to Vice Admiral Dixon, in "whnij
command the Pacific ocean is inelu led," and
as being in "possession of every necessary in
formation in relation to this post." In this cor
respondence, in which the restitution of the
territory in question is claimed as having be
longed to us before the war, it is a singular fact
that the British charge made no claim to the
territory on the part of his government, but
simply declined acting on the ground of want
of authority. Thia was in July, lrl..
hiring the year 117, our government sent
the sloop of war Ontario, under the co.nmand
of J. B. Prevost, to the Columbia, to take pos
session of this post according to the provisions
of the treaty of Ghent.
On the COth of Novsinher, lc17, Charles Bi-
gof.thc British Minister, then resid- nt at Wash-
ington, in a lu te addressed to Mr. Adam. S c
retary of State, ry ireses his regret lhat the
Ontario should ha been sent on its expedition
without having firet notified the British govern
ment. In this note is presented, for the first
time, a claim in behalf of that government to
the territory now unhappily in dispute. And
we wish our readers to mark the fouiiJut'on on
which that claim was based. Me says that
from reports made by the governor general ol
Canada, lo Mr. Baker, "it appears thnt the post
in question had not been captured during the
late war, but that the Americana had retired
from it, under an agreement in ido with the
Northwest company, who had purchased their
effects, and who had ever since retained peace,
able possession of the coast. As it thus appears
that no claim for restitution of this post can be
grounded upon the first article of the treaty of
Ghent, and as the territoiy itself waaearly tak
en possession of in his Mnjesty's name, and has
since been considered as a part of Ins Majesty's
dominions, I have lu request that you will fur-
oisli uie with explanations of the object of Ihe
voyage of the Ontario," &c.
Here, then, is tne first claim of title which
the British made upon our government lo Ore
gon, and this claim admi'led the title of the U.
States before the war, and ia based by the Bri
tish minister upon the fact that the post was
nv( captured during the war, but abandoned
by the Americans, whose eflecti the Noithwcst
company purchased I Thua resting the lin
tish claim entirely upon the fact of the aban
donmenl of the pott by the Americana and the
aubeequent possesion of the country by the
British. Subsequent ads of the British govern
AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL:
majority, the ilal principle of Republic, from which
i
Sunbury, XortliuniberlaiMl Co.
ment show how much honesty there was in this,
their first claim to this territory. .
The Ontario proceeded on her voyage, and
on the Gth of October the post at the mouth ol
the Columbia was formally surrendered by the
British to the United States, as appears by the
following ocUof surrender and acknowledg
ment. . .
"In obedience to the commander of his Royal
Highness the Princess Regent, aigniiiecl by a
dei patch from the Right Honorable Karl Ra
thurst, addressed to the partners or agents of the
Northwest Company, bearing dute VJTlh day of
January, lt18, and in obedience to subsequent
orders, dated on the yfjih of July last, from
VYMiamH. Sheriff, Ksq , Captain of his Ma
jstey'sfhip Andromache, we the undersigned do,
in conformity with tho first article of the treaty
of Ghent, restore to the Government of the I'.
States, through its agent, J. B. Prevost, Eij.,
the settlement of Foil George, on the river Co
lumbia. "Given tinder our hands in triplicate, at Fort
George, on tho Columbia river, this 0h of Oc
lober, 118. F. MICKEY,
Captain ol his Mnjes'y's ship Blossom.
JAMES KEITH,
of the Northwest Company."
I do hereby acknowledge to have this diy
received, on behalf of the government of the
United States, the possession of the settlement
designoted above, in conformity with the first
article of the treaty of Ghent
Given under my hand in triplicate, at Fort
George, Columbia river, this Gib of October,
ISIS. J. R PREVOST,
Agent for the United States."
Mr. Prevost, in his despatch to the Secreta
ry of State, dated October 11, lsl8, in giving
an account of this transaction, says :
' The Rritisli flag was thereupon lowered, and
that of the United States hoisted in its stead,
where it now waves in token both of possession
and sovereignty."
Thus much for the honesty of the first claim
made te Oregon by Mr. Bagot, on the ground
that it had not been captured from the Ameri
cans, but abandoned by them. The pretense
was fo palpably false, that even the Biittsh
ministry had not sufficient t flroutery to main
tain it ; but by a solemn act ol surrender, "in
conformity with the first article of the treaty
of Ghent," which provided only for the rcstitu.
lion of territory which one nation had captured
from the other during the war, acknowledged
cur possession before the war, and their capture
of the pott.
The inquiry will naturally arso how it should
happen that, after the British claim to the ter
ritory had been proved so palpably false by their
own acts, and the 'possession and sovereignty'
of the country restored to the United Slates, the
question of sovereignly or possession should at.
terwards have been diawn into dispute ? It
was accomplished in this manner. The North
west Company had on the Columbia a lorge a
mount of property consisting of tors, peltries,
and goods of European manufacture, for the pur
pose of supplying thnaje in their employment,
and of trading with the natives. Being thus lo
cated, at a great distance from any British post,
Mr. Keith the agent of the company, requested
that they might be permitted to remain and car
ry on the business under the flag of the United
States. To this request Mr. Prevost answered
that he had no authority to stipulate, but pro-
j sinned our government would not compel them
to leave the country without giving sufficient
notice to prevent loss. Thus were they per
mitted to remain in the territory on mere suf-
erince, and without even a pretence of right.
In the meantime, the great value of the coun
try became manifest to the Britir.lt ministry, al
though our Secretary of State (Mr. Adams)
looked upon it as go 'minute a question' as un
worthy to be referred to commissi. mere with the
question of remuneration for a few miserable
negroes which the British curried uirduring the
war !
Accordingly, in 122, we find the British
ministry again intimating to Mr. Adams tint
they bud claims lo the territory, but, withchi-
racteristiu diplomatic tact, refusing to disclose
the nature or foundation on lnc'i they were
based. By pertinaciously insisting on these
new, undefined and mysterious claims, our
Government, which had not sagacity euouoh
to perceive the value of the com, try, were sub
sequently induced to enter into th.it mo.-t suici
dal arrangement for joint occupation, which has
been continued for the last twenty years, and
under which the British government has been
enabled to magnify an occupancy, commenc
ing in mere suflerance in ISIS without even a
pretence of right, into a formidable claim, the
settlement of which now threatens the peace of
two of the most powerful nationa of Christen
dom. Such is the origin of the British claim to the
Oregon. Such is the result of the bold and
shameless assumption of the diplomacy, and ttie
short-sighted and yielding policy of our own
government. Had we duno aa the British
would bave clone iu similar circuiualauces
there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and
t i
Ia. Saturday, May 3, IS45.
driven them out of the country w hen it was
restored to us under the treaty all subsequent
trouble would have been avoided. But our go
vernment, with unsuspecting confidence, per
mitted them to remain and the result is no v
seen. Every year of delay has added strength
to their claim, und emboldened their govern
ment in its unjust demands. Such will con
tinue to be the case. Yet, with these startling
tacts before us, thero are not wanting those (a
inong w horn, we regret to Fay it, are to be found
some professed democrats.) who have so little
American feeling as to refuse to terminate this
fatal joint occupancy, thus enabling the Bri
tish to fortify themselves under the claim of
possession, in such a manner as to endanger
the ultimate loss of this extensive, rich, and
valuable territory. How long the American
people will tolerate such remissness on the part
of their government, remains to he seen.
Tin Iron Trade.
March 27.
A meeting of the leading firms in the South
Staffordshire ironjrn.le was held at Wolver
hampton, to consider the state and prospects of
the trade, previous to the npproiching quarterly
meeting. After a lengthened discussion it was
proposed, and met w ith unanimous: approval.
that an advance of 40s. a ton in the price of
manufactured iron should take place rc.xt quar
ter day, the orders at present, in hand, as well
as those anticipated, fully justifying this imnor.
tant step. The price of bar and rod iron wi'l,
it is expected, Ik 12 ppr ton ; hoop iron XL);
sheet iron, for fchingles, JC11; and pigs JCG 10s.
to JC7.
Some correspondents express great apprehen
sion of the consequences that may arise to the
general trade in articles manufactured from
iron, from the great consumption and enormous
price caused by the railwavs. Thrv observe
that within a few months bar iron has advanced
from 't to 12 per ton, and pig iron from IVis
to lHOs. an advance unprecedented. The
prospect of Ihe railways requiring nearly the
whole "make" of iron for the next three years
is viewed with alarm, as it is said lhat one year
more, w ith iron at its present price, wiP totally
destroy foreign trade und llie manufacture of
the article.
America is viewed as a dangerous rompeti
tor, likely to take advantage of the diminution
of our foreign trade erealeil by this absorb inn of
iron by the railways. The capital that is in
New Y"tk and Boston niicht easily find its way
into American iron districts, and the "make"
ni ght be increased to such an an. (Mint as to sup
ply markets completely dependent on Great
Bi itain.
It is estimated lhat the "make" of iron last
year was I.'JIO.OOO tons ; and that (he make ol
l L") may. by ex-rtiou on the part of iron mas.
ters, reach l,M:t0,(HMI tons. The consumption
lit.-t year is estimated at -l(MlfKH) Ions for the or
dinary home market, and -1(K),(KK) exported, uml
(if Ihe riil-wiivs now making look the same la
year as in the estimate tor this) new railways
l.VI.OtH) 1.190.000 tons. Expecting an iu
crease of 40.000 in the export, the consumption
ofl-i-l-'i is estimated at l.DHMKK) inns. 2,000
miles of new railway, (proposed,) it it estimated
will require G70 ions for every mile, or 1,'HO,.
000 tons; halfnf which, it i-i thnu.jht, wi'l he
wanted in 115, and half in l-lO. tncrasinu ihe
estimate consumption of lSUi to l.KOO.OOO
toni.
The estimate then stan Is-1 15. 1,W000
tons; 140, l.GriO.OOO tons; 1S17, SHO.tHK)
tons, to w hi'.-h we may add, perhaps some 50,
(!('() or (41,0(10 tons. (ciusrdcrm.'ell this railway,
&r.,) for increase iu ordinary consumption and
export ; hut this quantity cannot be supplied so
fast. We nmy estimate (supposing (list there
are 21HI.000 tons present stock,) stook 2G0,(MH
tons, make 1 ,"00,(100 for lrl,, or 170,0011 tons
short of the demand. De.nuiid for I'll?, ,
900,000 tons ; supply ii.cn used to 1.5(V,(r,,;,
or 420,000 tons short. Demand lor 1-17, 1,.
400,0011 Ions ; supply, 1,500,000 tons ; demand,
Eay 1 IU0.UHI tons.
We believe, huwever, that there is a very
large over estimate mu.te id the quantity likely
tube reipnred lor new rinlwujs. Many or tin.'
projects now announced will either he comple
ted iu part or laid aside altogether, whilo o
Ultra, having the best mppert and the tw-st lo
calities, must be much slower iu their progress
than the most nioderuto of those engaged in
them would imagine.
John Adams, being called Unw by seme one
to contribute to foreign mission's abruptly an
swered : "I have r.ulhingto gwe tor lhat pur
pose ( but there are here in this vicinity six
ministers, not one of w hom will preach in the
other's pulpit. Now I will give aa much, and
more tliun any one else, to civiluc these clergy
men." 'Doctor,' said a person once to a surgeon,
'my daughter had a terrible fit this morning i
she continued full half an linur without know,
ledge or understanding.' 'Oh,' replied the doc
tor, never mind lhat; many people cuulinue o
all their lives.'
immediate parent of despotiam. Jirramoif.
1
Vol. ft Xo. 32lVhole No, 340.
Bins. CAfnr.K'n ctjnTAiw lkctvrei,
OM MR. CArm.K'g IltRT BUTTONS.
There, Mr. Caudle, I hope you're inn little
better temper than you were thia morning
There you needn't begin to whistle : people
don't come to bed to whistle. But it's like you.
I can't speak that you don't try to insult me.
Once, t used to say, yon were the best creature
living ; now, you get quite a fiend. Do let
you rest ! No, I won't let you rest. It's the
:.nly time I have to talk to you, and yon shall
hear me. I'm put upon all day long ; its very
hard if I can't speak n werd at night ; and it
isn't often I open my mouth, goodness knows '
'Because once in your lifetime your shirt
wanted a button, you must almost swear ?he
roof off the house. You didn't swear ! Ha,
Mr. Caudle, yon don't know what you do when
you re in a passion. 1 011 were not in a passion
wern't yen ? Well, then, I don't know what
a passion is and I think 1 ought by this time,
I've lived enough with you, Mr. Caudle to know
that.
"It's a pity ynu havn't something worse to
complain of thnn that button off your shirt. Jf
you'd nmr wives, you would, I know. I'm
sure I'm never w-ithr lit n needle and thread in
my hand. . What with you and the children,
I'm made a pc-rfcr.t slave of. And what's my
thanks! Why if once in your life a button's
ofT your shirt what do you cryoi'at! I
say once, Mr. Caudle ; 01 tw ice or three times
at most I'm sure, Mr. Caudle, no man's but
tons in the world are bettor looked after than
yours. I only wish I'd kept the shirts you had
when you were first married. I should like to
know where were vour buttons then !
"Yes, it is worth talking of. But that's bow
you always try to put me down. You fly into
a race, and then if I only try to speak you
won'i hear nie. That's how you men always
will have all the talk to yourselves ; a poor wo
man isn't allowed to get a word in.
"A nice notion yon have of a wife, to suppose
site 's nothing to thiuk of but her husband's but
tons. A pretty notion, indeed, you have of mar
riaee. IU ! if poor women only knew what
they had to go throiioli. What, wi'h buttons,
and one thing and another. They'd never tie
themselves up to the best nun in the world, I'm
sure. What would they do, Mr. Caudlo ! Wl.y,
do much belter without you, I'm certain
"And it's my belief, niter al!, that the but
ton wasn't off 'lie shirt it's my belief that you
pulled it off, tlmt you miiiiit have something to
talk shout. O'i, you're nfjgravatinr; enough,
w hen you like tor any thing ! All I know is,
it's very odd that the button should be off the
shirt ; tor I'm -lire no woman's a greater slave
o her husband's button's than I am. ' 1 only
siy it's very xhl.
"How ever, there's one comfort ; it csm'last
loti'j. I'm worn to death with your temper, 1
anil shan't trouble you a great while. H i, you
may In ugh 1 And I dare say you would laugh!
I've no doubt ol it ! That's your love that's
y..iir feeling! I know that I'm sinking every
dy, (hough I say iii.ihiiignhout it. Ami when
I'm goqe, wu shall see how your second wife
will Iimi'k alter your buttons. You'il find out
the dillerence then. Yes, ( audle, you'll think
of me, then ; for then, I hope, you'll never have
a hlesed button to your back.
"No, I'm not n vindictive woman, Mr. Cau
dle ; nobody ever called nie that but you.
What do you say ! Nobody ever knew so much
of me! That's nothing nt all to do with it.
Hi ! 1 wouldn't haveyimr aggravating temppr,
Caudle, for niin-a ofGuld. It's a good thing
I'm pol as worrying as you are, or a nice house
there'd he between us. I only wish you'd had
a wife that would have talked to you, then you'd
have known the d ifierence. But you impose
upon me, because, like a poor fool, I say no
'.'niivj. I .-dioulil be ashamed of myself. Candle.
"Ami a pretty example you set aa a father !
You'll make your hoys a 1""' yourself!
Talking as you did all breakfast tune abort
your buttons. And of a Sunday morning ton !
And you call yourself a christian. I should
I ke to know w hit vour boye will any of you
wnen they grow up
! And alt about a paltry
but ton oft one of your risioaiujs 5 a decent
man wouldn't have mentioned it. Why won't
I hold my tongue ! Because I won't hold my
tungue. I'm tu have my peace of llimd des
troyed I'm to he w orried into my grave for a
mi.t ruble shut button, and I'm to hold my
ton jue. Oil ! bui lliul's just like you men.
"But I know what I'll do for the future.
Every button you have may drop oil, and I won't
so much as put a thread to 'em. And I should
like to know what you'll do then ! Oil, you
nnisi get aomebody else to sew 'm, must you !
Thai's a pretty threat tor a husband (o hold out
to a wife ! And to such a wile as I've been
too, such a negro slave to your buttons, aa I
muysay. Souk body else to at w V m, eh ! No,
Caudle.no; not while I'm alive. When I'm
dead and with what 1 have to bear there's no
knowing I10W soon that may be when I'm
dead, I say oh, wliut a brute you must be to
bt'.ore so.
I "You're iot nioting ! Ha, that's what you
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CjSiteen fines make a square.
always My ; but that's nothing to do with it.
You must get somebody else to sew 'em, mo-6
you! Ha, I shouldn't wonder. Oh.no. C
should be surprised at nothing, now. Not hi" r?
at all. It's what people always told ni- it
would come to, and now, tho buttons lm'
opened my eyes. But the whole world a' II
know of your cruelty, Mr. Candle. Afte I'm
wife I've bpen to you. Somebody elae, indeed,
to sew your buttons. I'm no longer to be mis
tress in my own house. Ila, Caudle, I wouldn't
have upon my conscience what you have, ir
the world. I wouldn't treat any body as yon
treat no, I'm not mad." It's you, Mr. Caudh',
who are mad, or bad and that's worse. I can't
even so much as speak of a shirt button, but
that I'm threatened to be made nobody of iu.
my own house. Caudle, you'vea heart like a
hearth stone, yon have. To threaten me, an.l
only because a button a button "
"I was conscious of no more than this," say
Caudle, in bis MS., "for here nature relieveJ
me with a sweet, deep sleep."
A Whittling Yankee.
Some years since, a Yankee from the land of
"notions,'' travelling westward, found himself
minus of cash, after his arrival at the flourish
ing village of Painsville, Ohio. But Yankees
are proverbial for tact, and can turn their wits
many ways, to supply the needful. So our Yan
kee traveller, being good at whistling, perambu
lated the village, with his hands stuck in his
empty pockets, whistling a variety ot national
airs, much to the amusement of all. Seeing
that his employ "took" with the multitude, he
set himself up as a teacher of tho Science of
Whistling, and reasoned very gravely, that as
multitudes would whistle, it would be well for
them to learn the science, rightly judirinjj
that what ought to be done at all, should b
done well, i. e. upon scientific principles. He
believed that there were far more perens whv
could learn this science than was generally sup
posed That there was no reason w hy thr fe
male sex, with acknow ledged better voices than
males, should be denied the privilege of whist
ling! and descanted largely upon the advan
tage to be derived from a thorough know ledge1
of the science. In short, a school was started
at once, and many a young limb of the law, me
dical student, and clerks, with their hdies,
were sulrscnhers. The price was fixed at fifty
cents per couple, and always paid in advance,'
by which our Yankee friend well spliced hin
pockets.
The tvening for the first lesson arrived,-
and with it the goodly number of gents and la
dies, at a hotel, waiting the promised instruc
tion. The preliminary observation was made
that no one would be assured of any improve,
ment, without they carried out the precise in
structions, and obeyed the commands of the
teacher.
All were standing upon the floor on the tipti o
of expectation, when the Y'snkeegave forth hi
first comniind with great gravity, "PREPARE
TO PUCKER, !" All anticipated the next
command. "PUCKEit '." and instantly a roar
of laughter shook the house to its foundation.
It is unnecessary to say that the next day
our Yankee traveller w as seen vending his way
westward, with full pockets, and whistling ma
ny a merry tune, while those who had taken
their first lesson in the science of whistling
were hailed at every turn. of the street with ti e
bywords -PREPARE TO PUCKER!"
PUCKER !"
Thb CHirE Government The Chines
is an imbecile government, though considered
proverbially durable, and hence, one would in
fer, strong. The force of habit has given per
manence to its constitution ; but that habit may,
and will be, shaken by foreign intercourse, inci-.
dent to the trade opened with the European
world. How imbecile the government is uir y
he judged from the fact that rebellion and rr.b.
bery hav become chronic diseases. An atiec
doto iu point ia told : Towards the end of'16-V?,
tho YdiiMot a widow in the district ot Cut fn
I was stolen by robbers and held to ransom ; t..e
poor woman could not raise the sum deinat.ileil,
and the rubbers roasted the child alive. The go
vernor of the province hereupon issued a pro
clamation, a sort of lay sermon, bul no steus
were lakt n to arrest tho robbers. Tho same
misle of proclamation prevails iu the province
ol'Pekin. This, in the heart of Ihe empire.
m
PMrrR' I.MifAt.t:. Every prote'ssion has
its technical terms and of course ttie Printer
have a "Mii.ill mi .tlernio" which ia only intel
ligible to the crail. The lulliiwr.ig I rot 11 ins
Delaware Republican, is a spvemen; it don't
mean, however, as much as it sr.ems to the uini,.
lated ;
"Jim, put Gen. Washi ogt.on on the galley, and
then finish the murder 01 that young girl j ai
commenced yesterday. s?rt Up entire ttit ru
ins of Herculaneoi'i ; distribute the small pox ;
you need nut litiuh that runaway match ; rmv
the high water 11: Vhe pper this week. Irl t
pie alone till B0er dinner, but put the politic I
barbacue lo press, and then go to the devil, a. d
he will tell you about the work lor the ni.ir.iii
Nut much wonder that D(. Faustua was btiwi
for inventing ,uch a diabolical arl."