I
betters o ui an It cpu b li can,
Thursday, Sovcmbfr II, IS52.
IT? We understand that Mrs. Feth
ekmax, wife of Mr. Bakar Fotherman, of
Hamilton township, m. this- County,, was
! found drownedin the mill race, near his
residence, hctween two and three o'clock
s -
on Monday morning last...-lYe arc una
ble to give any of the particulars of this
I sad affair to-day.
First in War, First in Peace, First
in the Hearts cf his Countrymen.
Welch's Washington after Stuart.
This superb engraving is eliciting uni-
Wood! Wood!! Wood!!! j
In order to accommodate such of our 1
subscrsbers who are indebted to us, and . vcrgal amj unqnalified admiration. We
cannot make it convenient to pay, we are ; havc seen a argc numbcr of letters from
willing to receive, a lot of good sound manv of tie firsfc llYtsis authors, states
dry wood. Wo trust that a number of meUjjarists, and amateurs in the country,
patrons will avail themselves of this op- ajj unanimously testifying to its high ex-
! cellence both as a faultless translation of
' Stuart's painting and as a valuable cx-
portunity and square up their accounts.
2rThc "3Iassachusctt.s Teacher," and
"Ohio Journal of Education" for Novem
ber, are excellent numbers. We have
marked an article on the duty of parents
vifciting schools, in the Maine Journal of
Education, which we will insert uext week. , jown
.Now that our winter schools have com
hibition of Mr. Welch's artistic skill as
an engraver.
i From a large number of notices ap-
From the IV". I". Tribune. served as a Presidential Elector in 1820, and
i w i i as u member of the Convention which revised
0aniCi ttfibSIGl'i the Constitution of Massachusetts in 1821.
Mr, WnnsTEii's has been a lofty though jn tj,e fajj f 1822, he was again pressed to
not entirely successful career. Descended represent Boston in Congress (Uouse,)and so
from an ancestry originally Scotch, but for a urgentlv that he did not feel at liberty to de
time resident in England, which migrated to cl,ne. life Avas chosen by over 1,000 majori
ties country very soon after the Landing at tVj anj returned to the Councils of the Nation,
Plymouth, he was born in Sulisbury, (now after an absence of six years.
Franklin,) New-Hampshire, on the IStli of Of his subsequent career, we may speak
January, 1782. His life has therefore been more hurriedly, since its leading features must
extended over nine months beyond the seven- be fresh in the minds of most citizens. He
ty years allotted to man. His earliest known distinguished himself (1823) by a proposition
progenitor was Thomas Wkhstek, who lived 0oking to an early recognition of Greek In
at Hampton, near the sca-coatst of New-Hump- dependence, and a magnificent Speech in its
shire, as early as 1G3G. The Wkbstkrs support. lie favored also a like acknowledg
were generally farmers and (on occasion) sol- ment Qf South American Independence, In
diers, were fair-haired, of light complexion, 1324 he made his Free Trade Speech the
and slender form. The Statesman inherited ablest ever delivered on that side of the ques
his sturdy frame, dark features, black hair, 'turn. Boston was then the focus of Free Trade,
&c. from his father's mother, daughter of Rev. ' nnd t,e Federalists were its principal cham-;
bTEPHK.v U.vtchkldkk, anu a woman ot re- , pions, while the mass of the Democracy, coun
markable force of character. Ilisown moth- 6ened by Ci.ay, S.nydek, D. D, Tompkins,
er was also a woman of rare intellectual pow- BALDvin, II. Nii.ks, Matiiew Carey, &c,
ers. His father, after fighting well for his had for years been the ardent advocates of
king and country in the French and Indian Protection. The times have bravely al
Wars, obtained, after the Peace of 1763, a tercd since, then; Mr. Webster has seen oc
grant of land in Salisbury, at the head of the casion greatly to modify if not entirely retract
Merrimac River, and there built his log cab- ,is prGG Trade notions ; and Free Trade is
in and commenced his clearing in 1764 the now 8aid to be Democratic. But we are di
farthest North of any British subject in New gressing.
England. The loff house long since Vanished. . Nnvv.Fnal.nml imitndlv Kiinnnrtrd John
sec-
on the sudden deatn of Gen. 1vyur, (July j MoiirOC Coillllv.
11, louu,; ne was caueu uy air. 1? illmoke to 1
fill once more the first place in the Cabinet, j Tb-e following arethe official Return
wnicn ne retameu 10 me lasi. : 0t the election, m this county on fU
ire. i . hj , i ond. inst., for Presidential Elector
trio who for forty years have filled so large a ' -"turs.
space in the eye and in the heart of the JNa- .
tion have all departed. It seems but yes- Stroudsbur,
tcrday that we saw them sitting together in Stroud
the Senate, vigorous in mind and apparently Hamilton
firm in health-and now they have passed jj Smithfield,
from among us forever. When shall our (j00jaUfyj
country look upon their like again 1 !,.
j jl ricc
Paradise,
Pocono,
pearing in various papers, and of a highly I as did the frame one built beside it, in which QinCy Adams for President in 1824, and Mr.
flattering description, we select the fol-
from the Washington National
teacher to
ntellinencvr.
... i . U ,
initial wv nvuiu ui vv;i t iiaviit w . . , . n ,. . , ,
subscribe for one or all of these periodi- j print rcflectg the highest honor on the en
cals. The only way of raising the pro- j graver. It is a fao-ai:nilef a mirrored re-
fession to its right and lawful place, is by j flection of the original; andcould but the
D. Webster was born; but the farm remains m . Webster concurred, though never personally
the family, and the trees which shaded his ' an admirer of Mr. Adams. He and John Ran
boyhood and the well whence he quenched dolph were the Tellers when the House elect-
encouraging them. They contain essav-s
on the best methods of discipline and in
struction, and are entertaining and profit
able, not only to the teacher, but to eve
ry parent and friend of education.
"LittellV maintains its place of being
ic the best magazine in the country." If
you do not believe it, read and
vinced.
be
con-
Tfte Resnii.
The great political struggle in which
we have been engaged for some time past,
has resulted in the election of Franklin
Pierce, by an overwhelming majority.
It would be useless, says the " Danville
Democrat" for us to assign all the causes
which have operated to produce this un
toward result. Foreigners and natives,
abolitionists, freesoiler?, disuuionists, se
cessionists, TarifF-ites aud Auti-Tariff-men,
3Iormons, bobtails, copperheads,
and the whole fraternity from Alpha to
Omega, in one solid phalanx, walked up
-to the polls and struck down the noblest,
best and most glorious hero of the pres
ent age. "The cohesive power of public
plunder," has proved too strong, and grat
itude, manliness, and every chivalrous
American feeling has been trampled un
der foot bv the eager crew of office-seek-or.
Yet with all their boasted majorities,
we would rather, this day, be Scott de
feated than Pierce successful. The elec
tion of Mr. Polk over Clay did not make
the former a great man for it was not in
him to begrcat nor did it make the latter
an inferior man. There are limits to the
jiower of Democracy. Donkeys will be
donkc-?, even if the vote of au overwhel
ming majority should declare them to be
horses. So of Mr. Pierce an amiable,
kind-hearted, worth' and honorable man;
but no more to be compared to his defeat
ed antagonist than a Satyr to Hyperion.
"Without further comment, and with a
fervent prayer, that our anticipations of
the disastrous effects of this election upon
the domestic and foreign relations of the
country may prove unfounded and futile,
we submit as good republicans, to the de
cree of the majority, and wish our Loco
Foco brethern joy and happiness in their ;
triumphs and victories. The following is
Xhe report of Ihe killed and wounded :
rich coloring, for which Stuart was so
justly celebrated, be transferred from the
canvas and thrown upon paper, the print
would be a multiplication instead of mere-.
ly an imitation of the picture. Stuart's
st vie was remarkable for breadth and
his thirst, still wooed him with their well-re
membered attractions, on each recurring vis
it, to tiic last.
Young Webster received his education in
the common schools of his native town, in the
famous Philips' Academy at Exeter, in the
family of Rev. Samuel Woods of Boscawen,
and at Dartmouth College, to which his fath
er resolved unsolicited to send him a great
undertaking for a poor farmer, in what was
ttill almost a pioneer settlement. His broth
er EzEKiEii was also sent a little later to
cd Mr. Adams President by the vote of 13
, States to II and he became one of the ablest
; and most influential supporters of the Admin
istration of Adams and Clay. Re-elected in
1824 and 1826 with scarcely a show of oppo
sition, Mr. Webster was in the latter year
chosen a Senator of the United States. To
ward the close of 1827 his first wife died, while
he was on his way to Washington to take his
seat in the Senate. The next year (1828)
was signalized by the defeat of J. Q. Adams
t and the accession of Gen. Jackson to the Pres-
I Ul ...4 U . I 4 l L - 1 II 1 . . . sm
hnldn,- hnth iro hprP- vPrv tnnch i ""uu"ipo"iig- on mum uom, as wen as dency. He married a second wile, a tew
' " nn inoir rvirnnrs. i n nprpsswv ni nnuprvinirn
t-- j - - - o
.f ii :i ii. i .1
oi tuu puiiuii, in iiiuh uiiiratH veu uim ma- mos, riirorous cconomVi ul .iiev were both
terly freedom, have been preserved to us; ! carried creditably through, and more than,
insomuch that no one fainilliar with the , justified the fond hopes of their parents. E
works of the great painter can fail at once zekiei. became a lawyer of eminence, but fell
to recognize his brush. With sound iudg- dead (of disease of the heart) while arguing
ment and equal modesty the engraver has
abstained from all attempt to add a line i
to the original, though unSnshed. We
have the noble Godlike head, and nothing
more. It is enough. It meets and satis-
ties every wish. If it be true that Stuart
himself, having succeeded, thus far beyond
his hopes, was afraid of adding lest he
should diminish the effect, how much more
does it become one whose sole aim in this
case, and whose highest attainment was
perfect imitation, not to overstep the mod-
years later Miss Caroline Leroyof this city,
who is still living.
During the session of 1829-30 occured the
memorable debate on Foot's Resolution re
specting the Public Lands, wherein Mr.
Webster, in renlvinff to Col. Hayne, of S.
a case in Concord, N. II., in 1821). c., vindicated his'right to rank first among
Daniel entered college in 1797, and grad-' iiving debaters. It is hardly too much to
uated in 1801, spending the next year as say of his great and lesser Speech on that oc
Principalof an Academy at Frycburg, Maine, casion that they rescued the Federal Consti
for $350 per annum, which he saved entire, ; tution from a construction fast becoming pop
earning his livelihood by copying legal re- ; uiar wj,jc,t 0nce established as correct, must
cords. After spending a few months in the ' have proved its destruction. The contitution
law office of a Mr. Thompson in Salisbury, al ritrht of anv State of the Union to nullify
he weni to Boston, and entered as a student an act 0f Cnogress, whether by its ordinary
the office of Christopher Gore, an eminent Legislature orby a Convention specially call
ed, once admitted as legal, would strip the
Federal authority of all just claim to be con
sidered a Government and throw us back up
on the inefficiency and semi-anarchy of the
lawyer and statesman, where he made rapid
profnciency, and was admitted to the oar in
March, 1805. Returning to Xew-IIampshire,
iki v in niv ti rrisi u,'i i iin'iirmi ;i uti : tipi inr. s--i.t
--v r, ot wlucn nis ,atner was I10W a jdge. and 2S old Contuiental Confederation. Yet thatdoc-
io comply, m urapery aim uacKgro.mu, ,us rather was Vlslbiy declimng, he settled trin0 of Nullification, so frankly propounded
a production so perfect that even the beside him at Boscawen, till the old man's and ably defended by Col. Hayne in the de
author trembled to add another touch. death, which occurred in April 1806. The next bate with Webster, claimed with much plaus
On the whole, we cauuot but congratu- year, Daniel relinquished his business to his ibility to be based upon and clearly deducible
late Mn. Welch on his happy success brother Ezekiel and removed to Portsmouth, from the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
It will B" was raarneu inu iuiiuw ing summer 10 ot 17Uo and 99, Which are known to have
Uhac-e r letcher, daughter ot Kev. Air. been drafted respectively by Jefferson and
Fletcher, of Ilopkinton. N. H. By her he Madiso.v, and repeatedly reaffirmed as con
had four children Grace Fletcher, Julia, taming the Democratic creed respecting the
and Edward of whom Fletcher alone sur- powers of the Federal Government and their
vives. Edward died in Mexico, in 1847, ' rightful limitations. Mr. Wekster inexora
while serving as a Major of Massachusetts bly demonstrated the incompatibility of this
Volunteers. Julia became Mrs. Appleton, ' doctrine with any real power or force in the
and died in Boston some years ago. ; Federal Government, and, admitting fully the
Mr. W ebster lived nine years m Ports- right of Revolution as superior to all Govern-
mouth, and was thence elected to Congress ments, showed that a State could not remain
in iov. 1012, and re-elected tn 1814. xew
T-Tomncriirn Jinn nlnntnfl Vtr rinnnfnl f P I Ir - f
n ff av . f r n 4-1. rvtil.lic-UAM 7
ax.u iu FuuuiC auu mi; and we believe Mr. Webstku uniformly led
have wisely set the price as low as the j,is colleagues in the popular vote. His tal-
cost of such an enterprise will allow. ents were widely known to be extraordinary,
Would it not be a yen' becoming and no though he had filled no public station, when
less popular act should Congress order a . he was first elected at thirty years of age.
supply for distribution among their con-; Either Mr. Webster's ottnsqueamishness or
stitueuts? What more suitable or worthy that of the editors of the successive editions
nresnnt eonld be inn do. for fivamnln in r, " . ' s "V, nave uone injusi.ee 10 nis a
X " 7 1 1
public institution for education? AVhat
in a most difficult undertaking
identify him, in his place and degree, with
the wide-spread fame of the work of our
greatest painter, and thus far give him to
share, as far - as perishable art can be a
sharer, in the immortalit- of Washing
ton. This print, supplying as it does all that
can be desired in its way, must of course, '
have a wide diffusion. It should adorn
the dwelling of ever' American who can
Mr. Webster's Official Career.
Mr. Webster is the Second Secretary : Jackson,
of the State who has died in office; Mr. j M. Smithfield,
UrsnUR, of Yinginia, was the ly; st, he j 1-ossj
having been killed by an accident on ' irec,.l
i i .1 tt . t c . i . Ghesnuthill.
board the United States steam-frigate -polk
Princeton, February 28, 1844. The fol- Tobyhamia,
lowing is a list of the Secretaries of State
since the organization of the Government .
in 1789.
t
1'icrce.
105
187
288
194
48
55
55
13G
108
298
77
153
182
139
74
2098
418
Scolt.
77
80
63
51
8
10
25
22
7
6
23
24
1
12
418
Thomas Jefferson
Edmund Randolph
Timothy Pickering
John Marshall
James Madison
Eobert Smith
James Monroe
Jno. Quincy Adams
Henry Clay
Martin Van Bur en
Edward Livingston
Louis McLane
John Forsyth
Daniel Webster
Abel P. Upshur
John C. Calhoun
Jams Buchanan
John M. Clayton
Daniel Webster
Virginia
Virginia
Penna
appointed. Pierces majority 1680
Virginia
o
trginia
Maryland
Virginia
Mass.
Kentucky
New York
Louisiana
Delaware
Georgia
1789
1794
1795 i
1800 '
The Maine Law.
The Lancaster Examiner the editor
of which is a member of our State Sennto
1801 , sayS tjie friends of the enactment of the
1809 3faine Law by our Legislature lost ground
1811 wnerever that question was made an issue
1817 at tnC election for Representatives It
1825 instances the defeat of Mr. Penuy of Al
1 829 legheny. Madeira of Franklin, of the over.
1831 throw of the Whig ticket in Bucks, and
1833 0f tue Chester county ticket. Taking the
1834 ; members elect, it is calculated that there
Massachusetts 1841 will be a majority of about five in the
Virginia 1841 Senate, and in the House twenty-five a
South Carolina 844 cajust the Maine law. So there is no
Pennsylvania 1845 i pr0spect of its enactment all the next ses-
Delaware
1849 '
Massachusetts 1840
Mr. Webster's Congressional career
sion.
ITf Li New York, 11 Whigs 20 Loco-
embraced eight years in the House of focos 1 Free Soiler, and 1 Independent
Representatives, and about 10 years in
the Senate, in all about twenty-seven
years. Albany Register.
Washing Made Easy.
The 'crazy folks' in the Asylum at
Land Reformer, are elected to Congre?.-.
The Free Soiler is the noted Gerrit
Smith, and he is chosen in a district that
gives Pierce a majority of a thousand.
Common' School Decision. The
State Superintendent of Common Schools
' 1 i 1 ! I - 1 1-1-1 C ll.
Hartford Ct. mix a gill of alcohol with a nas Just puni sneu m pampmei, jiiu u
UCUtclUlia 1UUUC 111 luau uujmi uu,uij nun
gallon of soft soap, just as they are go
ing to rub it on the clothes, which they
then soak two or three hours, and then
merely rinse out in clear water, and all
the dirt is out as effectually as good sense
is out of a fellow after drinking the same
quantity of the 'poisonous stuff. Just tell
the women that this is the easiest way
to make washing easy, and urge them to
try it, and you will hereafter have no rea
son to run away on washing day. In
washing stairs and passages, always use
a sponge instead of a cloth when washing
the space between the carpet and wall,
bilities by suppressing some of the nobler
forensic efforts of his early manhood. We
in the Union and assume to nullify acts of
Congress upheld by the Supreme Court that
the contrary assumption was condemned by
the Constitution itself, and uttetly at war
with the public tranquility and safety. Mr.
Wi:bsti:u's speeches arrested the Jackson
party on the brink of committing itself irre
trievably to the doctrine of Nullification a
committal which would have proved an act of
suicide.
Mr. Webster remained in the Senate, ad-
.. : .1 i i r i i n o .
fitter to be placed before the e3 e and the have a clear recoHcction of reading- a Fourth " Bank, condemning the veto by which that re
ambition of the youth of America than of-July Oration of his-we think delivered ' charter was defeated-opposing the re-elec-this
examplar of all the civic, and the so- when he was but 21 or at most 22 years of , tion of Gen. Jackson, and supporting Mr. Clay
.1 11 il.- .1 j" i 1 I ...t:t r t:t:. . i 1.1 . 'r.ts J
explanatory instructions and revised forms.
A copy should be in the possession ofev
ery Roard of Directors, and will be fur
nished to them and others, without cost,
upon application to the Department,
Dead Letters.
During the last cpuarter, one thousand
seven hundred and eighty-one letters were
returned to the dead-letter office in the
Post-office Department. These contained
; 10,689 in the aggregate. Recently, a-
bout one million and a third of such let
ters were publicly destroyed, a bonfire be
inrr kindled with them on the mall. We
and vou will not soil the edges. Sponge , . np xi,.
nm . fa i yesterday saw a large number ot the va-
rious articles transmitted through the
mails, the majority of which will never
come into the possession of those to whom
n Tuesday last, we were agreeably J
, , ,, l ck e be mentioned a horse-shoe: a ginger-cake,
surprised by the arrival at our office of an
7, , , . , - 1Q -i ! the postage on winch was 2.10: a dona-
lmmense Rutabaga, weighing 18 pounds. ! f o ,
It was raised by Mr. M. Johnson of tion to a church, being a small cake; a
Blakely township, and has attracted the ' PaPcr hox' a 1uilt' a neW ea 3
c ,,. , a- , to a bacholor: a Dutch pattern for a child s
attention of many calling at our ofhee.
, dress: a pin-cushion, the stand of it the
Another. Our thanks arc due to Mrs. ' lt i i i i
. bottom of a glass lamp, the postage 4,
J. K. JENlins, of Wyoming, for a fine ,i 4
ni i ? i tuc intrinsic worth as many cents; a zinc
specimen of Cabbage, which when first belonging to a galyani? batter,
is cheap, and this information is cheap,
but it is valuable to all housekeeper:
Large Vegetables.
cial. and all the domestic virtues?
AVe conclude the above article from the
ae winch, lor ability ot statement, breadth
of view and vigor of Language, would do cred
it tn f llf mn t nrpfit min1 Tint it wnc n VnAor-
Intelligencer with the urgent request that al Oration, and you will look for it in 'vain in
our readers will call at our office and ex- ' any collection of his speeches. So of the
amine this most superb and only faithful fft majority of his AntMVjir Speeches in
r y J J (nnnrrpss. from HA tn iHIn inn naivn If
likeness oi the immortal Washington. Mr. Webster dictated this mutilation and
This valuable portrait will also be found suppression of his earlier efforts, he commit-
advertised in another part of our paper. f S s 'is editors have done
11 ! it of their own notion, they have taken most
rn n,-.-,, vri-i n c unwarrantable liberties. They have not con-
CinxESE.-Wlnle the governor of ceacd the &c. even from th ' .
ni:r x. .1 - m- .1 . ,r ,tt ... ... 0 . : w" t'"w'"" "
aiiioiiiiu is ujnig 10 urne tue ouinesc . mat mr. weoster neartny condemned and treachery to and persecution of those who had
out of that State, the government of JJrit- i fweepmgiy opposeu mat war, wnne mey elevated him 1
, in opposition to him vigorously opposing
1 Nullification when attempted to be put in
; practice in 1833 opposing the Tariff Com
, promise of that year the Removal of theDe-
posits, &c, &c. He was a candidate for
' President in 183G, but received the twelve
; votes of Massachusetts only. He continued
to serve in the Senate, warmly advocating the (
election of Gen. Harrison in 1840, until he ,
was called thence to take the first place in '
Gen. Harrison's Cabinet, which he continued
to fill after the untimely death of that lamen
ted patriot until loner after John Tyler's 1
taken from theground, weighed 35 pounds.
This speaks well for the soil of Wj'oming.
Pittston Gazette.
postage $17; a stone weighing two pounds
( addressed to a gentleman by "Eliza," as
a sample of his generosity; a pair of men'd
BSrWc find in The Bclviderc (X. J.) '. boots, sent to a lady; a large bottle of
Intclliucnccr the following siugular and salve; and a bundle containing a coarse
shocking affair : On Friday the loth ult., shirt, a pair of blue stockings and a razor
Wilson Davis a farmer residing near Mil- Washington Republic.
ford, Hunterdon County, in this State,
PiEurr;.
States.
Xew York,
Pennsylvania,
Ohio, "
New Hampshire, 15,000
Connecticut,
Maine,
Rhode Island
Xew Jersey,
Maryland,
Alabama,
3Iichigau,
Indiana,
Virginia,
Missouri,
Delaware,
Illinois,
Tennessee,
?3outh Carolina,
North Carolina,
Georgia,
Florida,
Louisiana,
Mississippi,
Wisconsin,
Iowa,
Arkansas,
Texas,
California,
Massachusetts,
Yermont,
Kentucky
20,000
10,000
20.000
3,000
G,000
1,000
3,000
6,000
5,000
5,000
15,000
1 1,000
12,000
34
15,000
2,000
4,000
G,000
1,000
1,000
3,000
3,000
5 000
4;000
0,000
Scott.
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JJGov. Ujhazi, the Hungarian, and.
Governor of Comorn, advertises his farm
and possessions in Iowa for sale.. He is
going to Texas, the climate of Iowa being
too rigid for him.
By a Calculation, it appears that it
costs New York, for eight meals, for for
ty Aldermen, one dollar and thirty-one
cents each meal, while the paupers cost
but one cent and two mills a meal! That
is to say, one Alderman eats as much as
109 paupers!
g?"In Hungary, it is said that the
idea obtained that Kossuth has been pro
claimed King of America; and that he is
shortly to appear again in Europe at the
head of an immense army.
; have kept out of the public view many of his
strongest reasons thererefore, and justified a
vulgar suspicion that he had no reasons that
on calm review he regarded as valid. True,
he did not oppose the prosecution of the War,
now we were in for it; he did not deny that
Great Britain had grievously wronged and
j insulted us ; but believed, with many of our
purest and most patriotic citizens, that the
wrong had not been altogether on one side
that neither our Government nor our people
had been really neutral in the tremendous
contest which had so long raged between
France and Great Britain that peace mifrht
4 D
!
Gkeeley says that if a man get his
head cut off, it is a matter of no conse
quence to him as to how many bullet holes
8,000 ; way have been made in his nether ap
10,000 . pendage. Exactly so, Horace. You were
1,000 always a philosopher, and deserve better
The electoral college will stand proba- 0f your country; but republics used to be
bly 2GG for Pierce and 30 for Scott. ' greateful; perhaps they will be again be-
President Fillmore has appointed the ?TeC uavc Sone off the ..tagc. Hurrah
Hon. jsawara Everett, oi iuass., to suc
ceed, the late Hon. Daniel Webster, as
Secretary of State. Mr. Everett has ac
cepted the office,
40,000 people, 300 wagons, and 60,-
000 cattle, have gone to California this
year, by the Plains route.
to the post whence he acidetal
ly reached his dizzy hight, rendered it proper
that he should have left the State Department
and shaken off the dust from his feet. An ex
cessive tenacity of office has been a blemish
on the character of Mr. Wkbstkr. He re
mained in the Cabinet until 1843, having
meantime negotiated the Ashburton Treaty
whereby our long disputed North-Eastern
Boundary was definitely settled, and returned
to the Senate on the 4th of March, 1845.
He there opposed the Mexican War as he
had previously opposed the Annexation of
Texas, avowing the most invincible repug-
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I iiuuuu lv any act wiiureuy me extension or
have been preserved and a redress of in juries Slnvorv should hn nnrnmnlihi1 nn.lnr tlm
obtained from Great Britain, had this been flag or by the power of the United States.
sought m a pacific spirit, and had the United He did not, however, oppose the granting of
States not been a covert ally of the French supplies for the prosecution of the War. Mr.
uuapiL in nis war oi uxiunimiaiion against
England.
Mu. Webster's anti-war speeches of 1813
14 have rarely been surpassed in vigor and
cogency, ond coming from a young country
lawyer, entirely unused to public life, they ( have gratified his cherished aspiration by fil
evinced a mmd of unsurpassed ability. His Una- the Preside tin 1 Ghnir. TTn fnr n tlm,
dissections of some of the .manual projects st0od off, ultimately came into the support of
and usages of the time especially (1815) of Gen. Taylor's nomination, though character
i -A' f Dallas' monstrous contrivance, a j2ing it as one 'not fit to be made,' and made
IVotinnal linn in ii.l. nl U Un.l n .
several vigorous speeches in its behalf. Gen.
Weuster was a candidate for the Whisr
Presidential nomination at Philadelphia in
1848, but yery meagerly supported. Had
his friends chosen to assent to his nomination
for Vice-President with Gen. Taylor, he might
iiiuxi l uurty minions on a casu capiuu oi on- Taylor was chosen, but did not proffer any
ly five, and his exposure of the injustice and Executive post to the great New-En"lander,
unconstitutionality of collecting the Public nor is it bown Mint. In. APmA n
Revenue at one end of the Union -in specie, j On the 7th day of March, 1850, while the
or its full equivalent, and at the other m re- Country and Congress ivere both agitated by
deemable, depreciated paper, were so conclu- questions connected with the organization of
sive that no man ever attempted to answer . t,e Territories recently acquired from Mexi
l"e'n i co and the proposed interdiction of slavery-
In 183G, the Federal party of New-Uamp- , therein, Mr. Weijsteu made his memorable
shire were defeated in the Congressional E- speech, taking ground ip favor of a compro
lection, but we are not sure that Mr. Web- mise respecting the Territories, and against
STFu had cousented to run a third time, In ' any act or proviso by Congress aimin"- to ex
August of that year, he removed to Boston, 4 elude Slavery therefrom. He argued that
and devoted himself entirely to the practice ' such an act was wholly uncalled for that
of the Law. He declined a nomination to ' the 'law of God' had interdicted Slavery there
Congress in 1818, and an election to the Sen- j in, and needed no reennctment by man. Mr.
ate, which influential men offered to canvass j W. voted steadily against the Wilmot Provi
for in his behalf, at a little luter period, but so and all kindred measures thenceforth, until,
was attacked by a large dog, of which he
was the owner, and dreadfully mangled.
Mr. Davis had gone out a short distance
from his house to pick apples, the dog ac
companying him. The dog shortly com
menced chasing some chickens, when Mr.
1). Called him off. This occurred the sec-
The Delaware and Hudson Bank at
Tom's llivcr, Ocean county, N. J., is about
wiuding up its affairs. Notice has been
given for all the notes in circulation to be
presented to the State Treasurer within
twe'years.
Ceu. Pierce was in Boston on Tuesday,
ond time ; and Mr. D. observing that the ' llilc. th? elec.tjon was s If
' . , , . . vote in that city was For Scott 4,42,
uog now wawsuca mm cioseiy, Kepi ms eye pierco 4j966 jjale lfiU Webster 1,011,
upon him. The dog seeing this moved Scattering 33.
away, until Mr. D. stooped to pick up ap-
pics, when he turned about, attacked him TV3 stato(! tha Belvidef e roa,d
, . , . L x. . . will be completed this season to Milford,
and threw him to the ground. Ihe noise mJn mile3 of Easton. The con-
brought to Mr. Davis's help his wife and tract3 for the grading and masonry from
a lad some 13 years of age. The boy Milford to Easton have all been taken;
fell to clubbing the doir, and knocked one & &Q contractors have agreed to finish
of his eyes out, but lm still held to Mr. b'. he fi,rsf of J'0
. ' . ville, eight miles below Easton, and to
Davis. Presently he was deprived of the KastonTtsclf by the 15th of May next.
other eye, when he let go his hold, but They are now at work vigorously the
seized Mr. D. again by the heel. While ' whole distance. The railroad station ia
in this position, a stake was placed across 1 as near the centre of 'he town of Easton
, , , I xi v i as a sito could possibly be obtained, and
the dog's neck, one end under the body & of a mi,e nearcr
of Mr. D., and the other end held down ' tlian the stati0n of the'N. J. Central Kail
by Mrs. D. While thus secured, the boy r0ad.
cut the dog's throat with a knife.
The flesh was torn in several place on
Mr. Davis's arms, and he was otherwise
wounded, lie was assisted to his house ;
and we learn that his recovery is doubtful.
Contributions to the Monument. We
arc informed of the following contributions
to the Washington Monument collected
at the polls of the several cities named at
the election on Tuesday the 2d inst :
Baltimore, 81500
Buffalo, 34G
Cincinnati J210"
I wonder what makes my eyes so weak!
said a fop to a gentleman. 'Why they
are in a weak place,' replied the latter.
Lancaster Slate Fair.
The State Agricultural Fair held at
Lancaster, week before last, is said to
have been attended by at least 20,000
persons. The Lancaster papers say that
that city was never so crowded on any
occasion before. The receipts at the en
trance amounted to 89,000. The exhibi
tion, as a general thing, fell short of pub
lic expectation, and was not superior to
the Harrisburg Stato Pair a year ago, but
the attendance was much larger.
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