3cffcrsoniaii Republican.
Thursday, April 14, 1853.
WHIG NOMINATIONS.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
ITI OSES PO Lancaster County
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
CHRISTIAN MYERS, Clarion Co.
SURVEYOR GENERAL,
ALEX. K. RlrCLIIRE, Franklin Co.
REMOVED
The printing materials on which this
paper is puhlished, have been rewoved to
the building lately occupied by Messrs.
Allegcr & Keller, of the " Monroe Dem
ocrat." The room is better adapted for
the business, than the one lately occupied .
by us, and we are now fully prepared to j
accomodate all who may favor us with
their custom.
Candies
jBy reference to an advertisement
in another column, the reader will learn J
that Mr. Mark Miller, has commenced
and is now manufacturing Candies of ev
ery description and quality. Mr. M. is
fully prepared to furnish candies at all
times fresh, and of the best quality. His
establishment has an appearance of clean
liness which will commend it to the favor
of our citizens. Give him a call.
Final Adjournment. Both branches
of the Legislature have passed a resolu
tion to adjourn sine die on Tuesday next
the 19th instant. They will have to bo
very active to get through with the im
portant business yet pending.
Samuel Swarwout, Esq., (ex-Collector
of New York,) in a certificate from
the United States Court, shows that he is
not indebted a cent to the United States
in default, and that no suit or judgment
is against him in the U. S. Court.
Connecticut Election. New York
April 6. As far as the returns of the
Connecticut election have been received,
the House stands, Democrats 100, Whigs
75, with one county to hear from. The
Senate stands so far, o Wbigs and 16
Democrats'. Nearly two-thirds of the (
House are Maine law men. A majority
of the Senate are opposed to the law, it is
thought j
SS-The Gen. Marshall recently killed
iu Kentucky, turns out not to have been
the Hon. Thos. F. Marshall, the some-
what distinguished Ex-Congressman, "es
reported, but General Thomas A. Mar
shall, one of the Brigadier Generals ap-
Mexican war.
Rheie Islaad Eleciiei.
The following is the result of the elec
held on Wednesday iu Rhode Island.
It will be seen that the Democrats have
carried everything; electing their Gover
nor, majorities in both branches of the
General Assembly, and both Congresmen.
The Liquor Law is probably sustained.
The Whig candidate For Governor was
Wm. W. Hoppin; Lieut. Governor, Sam
uel Hodman. The Legislature chosen at
this election will have to make choice of
a U- S. Senator, to supply the vacancy
caused by the expiration of Mr. Clarke's
term of servicce. The la6t Legislature
should have ohosen his successor, but the
Democrats in the Senate refused to go in
to Convention for that purpose, thus set
ting at defiance the plain requirements of
the law.
The Democratic State and Congression
al candidates were chosen, as follows :
Governor Philip Allen.
Lieut Governor Francis M. Dimond.
Secretary of State Asa Potter.
Attorney-General Walter S. Burges.
Treasurer Edwin Wilbur.
Congress 1. Thomas Davis ; 2. Ben
jamn B. Thurston.
More Gold. A new gold region is said
to have been discovered near Malacca, in
India, which promises a considerable in.
crease of the precious metal, as if Aus
tralia and California were not enough to
support the wants of the world.
Railroad Accident. About 10
o'clock on Tuesday evening, the 5th inst.
the mail train going west on the N. Y.
& Erie B. B., ran against a rock which
had rolled upon the traok, causing the
death of the engineer and fireman, and
doing serious damage to the train. The
cars narrowly escaped being precipitated
into the rirer some forty feet below. The
accident happened near Port Jervis.
frc-ote on paper ill drive away mice.
Silver at the .Hint.
The following circular has been issued
from the United States Mint, under the
late act of Congress :
Mint op the U. States,
Bitiaddphia, March 31, 1853.
By virtue of the third section of the
act of Congress, approved Fedruary 21,
1853. the Treasurer of the Mint, with the
' '
Art,ATt:w.fn1. ; nnflno tW
' O
t- : -i fr
bullion, delivered at the Mint, on the fol-,
lowing terms, viz :
For dollars of Mexico, Peru, Bolivia,
price paid will be S1.21 an ounce gross,
For thalers of Sweden and Northern .
Chili, Brazil, (re-stamped,) and Spain, ' her from the storm. She was first dis-; produced as it is now, by the projecting
for franc, for .i.vcr coins of the United covered bv the gentian .ho lives on j arngtf LSjl
States, other than the three cents, tne tue irm wuure aue , uu ,u , , , . u. t
States of Germany S1.01 an ounce. For j water for nine days. The gentleman corn
silver in bars 81.21 per each ounce, at municated a knowledge of her strange
standard fineness, (9-10th,) as determin-! course to the Mayor and citizens of New
ed on assay at the Mint. The payment 1 port, who visited her to ascertain her men
will be made in gold coins, or in silver ! tal condition, and if found insane, to pro
coins of new emission, at
the option of
the seller. Parties furnishing silver to
the Mint, according to the terms of this
notice, will receive a preference in ex
changes for the new silver coin according
to the order of priority of their sales to
the Mint. It is expected that an emis-,
sion of new coinage will be made by the
middle of April. The prices herein fixed
will continue until further notice.
Approved G. N. Eckert. Director.
E. C. Dale, Treasurer.
fST The Philadelphia and Water Gap
Railroad is located on the Wissahickon
route, via Sellersville, Quakertown, Frce
mansburg, &c. It is to be placed under
contract immediately. At the nearest
point it will be some ten or twelve miles
from Doylestown.
Siamese TSrins. We learn from a let
ter just received from Mt. Airy, that the
Siamese Twins Chang and Eng, will soon
visit this busy world again. They have
been employed by some Northern men
(some say by Barnum) at a salary of 85,
000 a year. We feel interested in their
happiness; we have eat salt at their hos
pitable board and been pleased and in
structed by their conversation. In the
political language of their father-land :
"May their shadows never grow less."
Salisbury Ifflrig,
Santa Anna Declared President of
Mexico
A Telegraphic despatch from New Or
leans informs us of the formal proclama
tion of the election of Gen. Santa Anna
to the Presidency of Mexico. President
Lombardini, with his Secretary and
Gens. Uraga and Carrera, assembled
on the 17th ultimo and opened the ballots
cast at the recent election for Pressdent
of the Republic. Each State cast but
one vote, and the result was that eighteen
States voted for Santa Anna and five for
other candidates.
Gen. Santa Anna was then formally
declared President of the Republic of
Mexico, amid the greatest manifestations
of enthusiasm.
The plate in the cabin of the steamer
'Victoria,' wrecked near Howth, on the
coast of Ireland, has been recovered by
a diver; but the man protests that noth
ing in the world would induce him to go
down a second time, as the scene in the
cabin was the most horrible he ever wit
nes3cd. He thought he had entered a
wax-work exhibition, the corpses never
having moved from their position since
the vessel went down. There were some
eighteen or twenty persons in the cabin,
one and all of whom seemed to be hold
ing conversation with each other; and the
general appearance of the whole scene
was so life-like that he was almost in
clined to believe somo yet living.
Miniature Oaks. If an acorn be
suspended by a piece of cord, within half
an inch of the surface of soft water con-
tained in a glass and permitted to remain '
.. i j , . - ,,
without disturbance for a few months it
"iv-umo iu
will burst, send a root into the water,and
shoot upward a straight, tapering stem,
with beautiful little leaves. Iu this way
a young tree may be produced on the !
i t r ji
mantel shelf of a room, and become an
interesting object The chesnut will also '
grow thus, and probably other nut bear
ing trees.
IA mother and four children, in
Cincinnati, residing ,n the third story of a and discharged. rQ fa cbar e of hiJ
house recently burned, finding herself honor, Judge Frest, to the jury, he re
cut off from retreat, in consequence of I marked that there was no law in the
the stories beneath beiog on fire, the
mother ascended to the ropf carrying her
children with her. Here, trying one of
her babies to her shoulder, she boldly
leaped across an alley six feet in width to
the roof of another builing, from whence,
leaving her burden, she returned, and in
like manner carried over in safety each
of the others.
Singular Conduct of a German Girl.
For several days past the citizens of
Newport have beeu in an intense state
of wonderment at the singular conduct of
a German girl named Louisa Swartz. It
appears that one week ago to-day this girl,
,t . ... Mfl in
then living with a respectable iamiiy m
mcu niub uuu t j
that place, packed a small bundle of cloth
ing with a few loaves of bread, and, leav
- . . .1 1.5. il.
ini? the bouse, tooK up ner aooue in me
.imi i - 1 j. '
wnnda on the Xavlor place, apouc one .
wile south of the town. She sleeps be-
neam a Dunaie oi straw, over muu u-,
neath a bundle of straw, over wmcn sne
has spread an old comforter, to protect (
his lady she has told her mournful story
and said she must live there on bread and
vide for her. But she appeared sane and
intelligent, and was permitted to remain
unmolested, in her solitude. The citizens
generally learning the aflair, it created ,
much talk, and every daty during the week j dreds of the richest merchants, and pro
the cirl has been visited by hundreds of duced a long-continued prostration of ev-
persons men, women and children. The
(C
hearsay" touching this romance making
too great a demand on our credulity, we
made a visit to the hermitage. We found
Louisa surrounded by a score of persons,
staring, pointing and wondering. She is
a fair haired German girl about twenty
four years of age, with an apparently
well balanced head. Her features are
comely and affable, her manners courte
ous, and her style of conversation meek
and attractive. She says she has been in
this country about six months ; that she
has no other relatives in the United States
save two brothers and a sister, in Troy,
New-York.
On questioning her regarding the cause
of her present singular course, she smiled
and said she could not speak English cor
rectly, and desired thus to evade the ques
tion. We pressed our inquiry, however,
delicately as possible, and she answered
us. She said that eighteen months ago
she became a nun inaconventin Belgium.
That was the great error of her life. In
stead of finding her position one of holy
seclusion and devotion to God, she found j
it quite the reverse. The priests defamed J
the character of the mother of Jesus and
cnnirVif. Vior T.nna'; ruin Ti tt incinii'ifinTi .
Au o, M--.r-.i I
anuooiauess. onerecouea irom tue narra-
tion of the revolting details of the five days
which she spent in the nunery. She said 1
she promised God that if he would aid '
her to escape, she would forever serve him, '
and do this penance for the sins there
committed. She affirms that her prayers
were heard, and by a special Providence
was rescued.
For a year and a half she has been
wandering the earth without redeeming wiUnot only keep up, but further advance,
her pledge, and with a troubled conscience. and be maintained at very high price for
She has been seeking consolation for some ' a long time. This will make the manu
time past in the protestent faith, but until facturing business that can be underta-
recently found no peace. She says she in this country for some years, for it
.... ., . , 'is affirmed on the best authority, that the
has now experienced religion that her , t . JUn .lL
, . . P. article which is now selling at S70, with
soul is no longer at war with her Redeem-1 every proSpcct of advancing to at least
er and she will formally unite with the 80 per ton, pays a fair profit to the ma
Protestent church on next Sunday. Cin- , ker at 850 per ton.
cinnati Times, March 24th. The advance in iron will nearly double
' j the oost of many of the railways at the
Wholesale Destruclion of Letters, i west and soxf for th? cost of rlins
I upon some of them was less per mile than
On Wednesday last seven hundred the cost of the iron, even before it advan
bushcls or about one million, of dead let- j ced. The profit to a few of the compu
ters, were destroyed in accordance with ! nies which have secured their iron at low
the usage of the Post-Office Department. Pr!?ea U b V6.ry largC' The Egljsh
mr . , A ,T . , railroad companies arc now compelled to
They were carted to Monument Square, 'pay $w Tlton m0TQ for theiiron at
and spread over a line of two or three j home, than the price at which our rail
hundred feet when the match was applied. road companies were enabled to obtain it
The entire mass of combustible material j about a year ago, freight and duties in -
was soon in a maze, ana several nours
elapsed before the conflagration was com
pleted; the official attendants meanwhile
raking the burning fragments to facilitate
operations. The atmosphere for thous
ands of feet around was filled with char
red fragments. A large number of per
sons witnessed the proceedings with much
interest Washington Republic.
XT W?AtT G.0LVS. Co,MINO to. The
.North American Review has an elaborate
i u j e , , , .,
artlce on tae production of gold and sil-
verj 'm which the writer thinks it but the
exercise of ordinary caution to assume
that tue annual supply of the precious
petals will not fall below a hundred mil-
1,ons of dollars for many years, and that
in a quarterof a century this supply will
deprecite money to one-half or one-third
its present value.'
Marriage Ceremony in South Car
olina. A case of bigamy was recently
j ' m l- 0...1L n
State of South Carplina prescribing a
marriage ceremonial. If Mr. A and
Miss B jumped over a broom, the former
saying I take this woman to be my wed
ded wife, and the latter I take this man
to be my wedded husband, and go to
housekeeping, they are legally married,
have entered into a bond of union which
cannot be annulled, so long as they both
do live. ,
The Advance iu the Price oflron.
The sudden and great advance which
has recently taken place in the price of
railroad iron, is a circumstance of unusual
importance to various interests of this coun-
. . mm
try. In less than a year tne price ot rail
road iron in Great Britain which is the
. e . . . ,
principle seat of its manufacturing and
its controlling market has advanced
from 5 or 25 to 10 or 50 per ton.
mi x t -1! ll.l !l
There is every reason so oeueve mat "
mill Antinno in tm3 mnA nnf. sfnn fiVinrt.
wm wwunuuc uua,T
of 12 or 14 per ton. Six years ago
iron went up in much the same way, ri-
ging in a very brief period from 5 to
-g12 per ton. This advance then was
period
chiefly to England, whereas now it is dif
fused over many countries, raging most
furiously in our own, and embracing a
much vaster aggregate of projects. The
railroads in progress which produced the
great advance in iron in 1847, did not
exceed three thousand miles in aggregate
length, though a much larger amount was
projected and afterwards partially aban
doned. The investment of capital in
these British railroads caused the most
disastrous commercial revulsive experience
in Qreat Britain. It ruined many hun
ery industrial interest irom wuiuu it ru
quired years of patient labor and econo
my to recover.
From the best information accessible
to the public appears to be quite certain
that there are now in progress, and in
actual course of construction, in Europe
and America, at least twenty thousand
miles of iron railroads, besides a vast a
mount of projected railroads not yet be
gun, which we do not take into account.
Of this amount of railroad in progress,
5000 belong to Europe, and 14,000 at
least to this country, exclusive of more
than 1,000 now constructing in Canada.
We have seen a list made out of the rail
roads now under way in each State, which
amount in the aggregate to more than
13,000 miles, and which list has under
stated rather than overstated the truth,
for in this State alone it omits 90 miles
of railroad in actual construction, and has
made similar omissions as to other States.
However incredible the aggregate may
appear at first sight, it is impossible for
the most careful scrutiny to make any de
duction from it.
Railroads require at least one hundred
tons of iron for a single track, and of the
roads in progress in Europe 1,000 will
be double track roads. It follows from
this that the railroad now in the course of
construction in Europe and America, will
require for their completion no less than two
millions and four hundred thousand tons
1 of iron.
To make this quality will re
the rolling mills in the world,
Qui re all
hjch are enffaffed in the manufacture 0f
railroad iron at least sixty years those
of Great Britain furnishing three-fourths,
and the United States, France and Bel-
gum ie remaining xourtn xne nest au-
tity of railroad iron in any one year even
as high as 400,000 tons, yet even at this
rate it will take six years to furnish iron
for the roads already begun.
The necessary consequence of this state
nf fcliincrs is. that t.Ti nr5f nf Tnilrnnrl Irnn
eluded. Railroad Ttmes.
JBST" A meteor exploded in New Lon
don, Connecticut, a few evenings since,
making a report like a cannon. It ex
tended from the horizon to the zenith,
and in form resembled a half closed fan,
the widest part being overhead. The ed
ges were sharp and well defined, as are
the outer lines of a bright light thrown
though the open door of an illuminated
room, upon an adjoining building in a
dark night. The heavy drapery of clouds
seemed to have no effect upon the fierce
blaze of fire, which waved without losing
its shape for about two seconds, and then
disappeared.
New C7oHii3crfoits.
JBordeUown Banking Company, Bor
dentown, New Jersey. l's spurious.
Yiginette, Indian and a sailor, eagle be
tween them. On right end female hold
ing cornucopia, on left female holding a
bundle of wheat. Rawdon, Wright &
Hatch, New York, engravers. 2's spu
rious. Viginette, an Indian, at the left
of a shield, sailor on the right. On the
right margin a woman holding a scroll in
her hand. Rawdon, Wright & Hatch,
New York engray.ers.
Cumberland Bank Bridgcton, N. J.
10 's spurious. Vignette- an eagle, to the
right of which is a shield, with the words
"The Union must be preserved" across it.
Denomination on right margin, and me
dallion head on left. Huffty & Danforth,
Philadelehia and New York, engravers.
A Curious & Beautiful ExDcnnsent, '
TntTPhiladelphia Ledger speaks of a '
beautiful and curious experiment, through
the instrumentality of electricity, which
the editors nave seen, oi ligntmg gas
with the tip of the finger.
'This experiment may be easily per
formed, and has been by Mr. James
Swaim, of this city, repeatedly, in con-
nexion with the beltings ot tne engine i . - ; r, " , Mr
and shaftings of the Philadelphia Ledger , listing of the squaw of a trader, her
press room; and it is far more astonish- I brother and some nine or ten mules. The
ing than the spirit rappings, which are Delawares fed the fellows, and agreed
setting so many people crazy. Friction, that they should travel with them to the
it is well known, will produce electricity ' frontier, giving them mules to ride on.
in certain substances, and the friction of With all this kindness the villains con
a gutta percha or common leather work- ceived the destardly design of murdering
ing belt upon the fly-wheel or pulleys of the squaw and the man for the money
... . ... 4 . t
a steam-engine and shattmgs produces it
in considerable quantities, it a person
will insulate himself by standing upon a
board fixed upon glass insulators com
mon porter bottles would answer and
hold an iron bar or a number of iron
spikes in his hand, he may, by extend-
ing the opposite hand to a gas-burner,
light it with the tip of his finger as easily
as with a match. He will feel a sensible
shock pass through him, a pricking sen-
nfinn in liis fiWr ioints. and see a bril-
liant snark nass off with a crackinjr sound
to the jras-burner. The electric fluid will
r i -
pass through several persons joining
hands, the same as with an electric bat
tery, and the last may fire a burner.
We have heard that the same thing may
be done by rubbing the feet rapidly up-
on green baize, so as to charge the body
with electricity, but cannot answer for luu iruuucr, uu muu gave sucu imorma
its practicability. The experiment with tion as led to the arrest of the three scoun
the belts we have both seen and perform- drels in St- Louis by an officer, who took
ed. Any manufactory in the city where thera UP the country, where they were
gas is burned may be lighted by the recognized by the squaw, and fully corn
workmen in this manner, and the experi- mittcd for tnal by the magistrates there,
ment is worth trying, as a singular and Their trial was to take place before the
beautiful effect of a principle which man U. S. Court, at Jefferson, Mo., on the 1st
is destined to make yet more subservient
to his uses.'
Lynch law in the Mountains.
J
A case of Lynch law, not, however, of
a very severe character, has lately occur-
red in Woodstock, New Hampshire. A
letter from that place states the facts as
follows: A man by the name of Tucker,
alias 'Colonel,' who has a wife and sever
al fine children, took it into his head to
make love to a young girl, about two
years since, and has from time to time,
taken her on journeys with him, and on
their return would leave her at the house
of her father. Finally, he informed his
wife that he should live with her no long
er, and took the girl to live with him.
Fiske & Norcross, of Lowell, have a large
number of men near this place, during ,
the winter season, cutting and hauling (
loss.
Thocp honrincr nf th mnftar
met from the different camps, and, after ear Mantanzes, Island of Cuba Col.
consultation, agreed to proceed to Col. K,DS he presents, to be deplorably cma
Tuckers house and make a demonstration. ' ?lat and entertains no hope of recover
As it was well known that Tucker usual- J inS bis health He visits the sugar house
ly went armed with a revolver and dirk, on the es.tate wh"e. thre. Lll.inf..opr
there was some hesitation as to who should e.ratlon 13 g01DS ,n' Uls fnends thluk
'bell the cat,' or, in other words, who
should take the lead and enter the house
in search of Tucker. Finally, one of the
rvnnsv nnmnrl TATilriwP rATkrin rl nn o Ti I
said that, as he was getting old, and was
- O CJ . .
without wife or child to cry for him if he
was killed, he would volunteer to lead in
the matter. On Saturday, March 19,the
loggers, to the number of about one hun
dred, according to the agreement, sur
rounded the house, and Captain Jenkins
entered, while the others stood outside.
Col. Tucker was made prisoner and placed
in the center. The girl tried to escape, 1
but was prevented, and taKen bac to her
father's house. They than took Colonel
Tucker and marched him to the home of
the father of the girl, to whom they in
troduced him. After this they took him
to the house of Col. Brown, who told
them not to kill him, but to punish him
as he deserved it. They then marched
him to the villiagc of Woodstock, where
they formed a line and ordered him to
march and countermarch in front of them. ' Congress, and a Locofoco State Legisla
Finally, after keeping up this exercise un- ture pree Soilism alone would have ac
til about midnight, they cave him some ' nnniTilialiod M fo H, T.nnnfn hut the
good advice, obtained a promise from
him that he would take his wife and chil -
drcn home and treat them well, with the
ajtornutive it he did not that they would
visii una again in two weens, anu tnen
allowed him to depart. Boston Traveler.
Mexico and Santa Anna.
The British mail steamer which arrived
at Vera Cruz on the 4th of March re
ports that Gen. Santa Anna had accep
ted the Presidency of Mexico, and would
return to that country on the mail pack-1 ragc weight of twenty head of these cat
ct of the 1st of April. The Vera Cruz tie, three or four weeks ago, was nineteen
papers contain the particulars of an in-
terview between Santa Anna and Dr.
Manuel M. Escobar, who was dispatched
to Carthagena by the authorites of Vera
Uruz on a mission to the exiled ex-Presi-, using, iornuy years anu wttuRvyuw
dent. The details of the conversation ce83i a remedy for the bite of mad dogs,
which passed between thera and furnish- by the agency of which ho has rescued
ed by the papers, and a translation fo many fellow-benings and cattle from the
given by the New Orleans Picayune, fearful death of hydrophobia. Therem
which we copy. The significance of the ia to wash tho wounf mediately
language of Santa Anna touching the po- ! ith warm vinegar or tepid water, dry it,
sition of Mexico, and his display of un- and then apply a few drops of muriatic
mitigated hostility towards the U. States, 1 acid, whicU wlU dtrV th! Poiaon of T
cannot fail to command the attention of saliva, or neutralize it and the cure be
tho reader. At the latest date from the j effected.
city of Mexico (March 3d) seventeen of
the State Districts had voted for him as
President, one had voted against him and
the remaining five had not been heard
from, but his almost unanimous restora
tion to power was confidently anticipated.
j""The art of economy is drawing in
as much as one can. but unfortunately.
young ladies will apply this 'drawing in,'
to their own bodies, when they wish to a -
' void anything like a icaist.
thc Plains
A few
months
since two soldiers d.
serted from Fort Massachusetts, wander
ed about for days on their return to th
otates, in tear at any moment of falH
ing
into tht. iianda n?fk nf l,;in tj:
.tuucx ui uujuib jLiiuians or
of troops in pursuit. They met with an
other deserter, and the three were over-
tn.Trn xr a nnrf ir nf t. i-1 : T1
I ISt.llllV.Trjlf
wnicn iney learnea sne naa about her,
and taxing the mules to the States for
sale. The trader had died somewhere
near Salt Lake, and they were returning
to pay his debts, and commence trade on
their own account. One day at noon the
party stopped to dine and water the mules
' and the butchery was commenced. They
, followed the Delaware down the water
course, and soon despatched him. They
, then returned to the woman, cut her throat
and threw her body into a gully, through
which as if Providence had ordained it
for the particular purpose the water
flowed. The villians divided the money
and made their way to the States, sold
the mules, and went to St. Louis. The
woman afterwards managed to crawl out
of the gully, and was at length picked up
by a trib? of Indians, who brought her to
01 -Apm
Heroism. A iemarkable instance of
: -sacrificing bravery in a boy, took
place in Case county, Ga., not long since.
The house 0f Mr. Jesse Winsor had taken
fire, and while the flames were raging, his
son a boy of 12 years of age, rushed in-
' to the house and rescued two of his youn
l ger brothors. Thinking that a third was
left he again advanced into the flames,
, but he never returned.
Distressing. By way of Charleston ue
have the melancholy announcement that
the Chesterfield (S. C.) jail was recently
destroyed by fire, and that eight of its in
mates periahed in the flames.
Vice President King.
A Washing correspondent says that he
has conversed with a friend who spent
last Sa'urday week with Hon. Wm. R.
I KlD2 afc the plantation of Shorntrall,
the steam irom tue sugar Kettle proves
serviceable, but he is skeptical. He has
a horror of dying in a foreign land, and
expects to leave in the U. S. Steamship
! Z". tber lst f Al. K'
. Xi;. -rtninno Alra Wild Onrf Ml C KiniT
bile. His neice3, Mrs. Elis and Miss King,
and nephew Mr. Beck, are with him.
The proprietor of the estate is a French
man by birth, and is a most kind hospi
table and refined old gentleman. The
Vice President has no appetite, and lives
upon buttermilk.
flSyThe administration of the oath of
office to Vice President King, in Cuba,
as detailed by a letter writer recently,
turns out to have been a pure fabrication
Connecticut Locofoco all Over.
The isms of the day have made the
wooden nutmeg State almost as hopeless
ly Locofoco as Ohio. The election which
' took place on Monday, resulted in the
J success of the entire Locofoco State tick
et, an unmixed Locofoco Delegation to
Mainites materially assisted, although
1 thcv fun wen j.new tbat by pursuing the
; course they did, they wero not contribu-
; anything to the cause which they pro-
fess to have at
heart.
SQFOne hundred head of mammoth fat
cattle, paised by Felix Seymour, Esq. of
Hardy county, Va. left that county last
week, and are to be driven to New York,
where they are expected to arrive about
the time of the World's Fair. The ave-
hundred and thirty one pounds.
Bite of Mad Doas. An English
'journal says that an old Saxon has been
UjA Mistake. A Mr. Sands wrote
to the Editor of the 'Journal of Com
merce,' about a week ago, giving an ac
count of the capture of a Sea Tiger in
Long Island Sound. The Brooklyn
'Eagle' says that the supposed Sea Tiger
was no other than a New York Dandy,
! who had fallen into the Sound while ang-
ling, and the rustics having never seen a
' specimen before, supposed it io ue -
J Tiger