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MQUHTAIK SIIIIIIl.
Andrew J. Rhey, Editor.
EBENSBURG, TA.
Thursday, April 1 1833.
For President,
JAMES IirCIIAXAN, of Pennsylvania.
BE3IOCK.VTIC ELECTORAL TICKET.
SENATORIAL ELECTORS.
GEORGE W. WOODWAXD, of Luzerne.
WILSON McCANDLESS, of Allegheny.
Gen. ROBT. PATTERSON, of Philadelphia.
EErRESEXTATIVE ELECTORS.
1. P6ter Logan. 13. H. C. Eyer.
2. George H. Martin. 14. John Clayton.
3. John Hiller. 15. Isaac Robinson.
4. F. W. Bockius. 16. Henry Fetter.
5. R. McKay, Jr. 17. James Burnside.
6. A. Apple. 18. Maxwell McCaslin.
7. Nimrod Strickland. 19. Joseph McDonald.
8. Abraham Peters. 20. Wm. S. Callahan.
9. David Fister. 21. Andrew Burke.
10. R. E. James. 22. William Dunn.
11. John McReynolds. 23. John S. McCalmont.
12. P. Damon. 24. George K. Barrett
For Canal Commissioner,
WILLIAM SEARIGIIT, of Fayette.
Read advertisement of "valuable property for
sale" by J. B. Craig and Dr. Lewis.
BLANK DEEDS, of a superior quality, for
sale at this office.
Monday next commences the regular scssiou
of our Court, at which there are a large num
ber of Commonwealth cases to be tried among
the number one for murder.
FIRE. A Saw-mill, belonging to Mr, T. B.
Moore, situate two miles west of this, was bur
ned last night. No particulars. Loss about
i300. No Insurance.
TlieVeatlier.
One day we have Sunshine, then Snow, then
rain. Last Friday was the queerest day within
the memory of " the oldest inhabitant." The
Sun rose in the morning red as Promethean fire,
about 10 o'clock A. M. the north-western sky
was black, streaked a la vermilion, a miniature
aurora : at 2 o'clock 1 M. darkness reigned su
preme and candles were necessary to "scissor"
by. Some supposed an eclipse was on the tapis
but we made up our mind that we had only
exchanged places for a while with the " Iron
City.''
The Pennsylvania.
This National, Democratic paper, on Wcdnes
laft, passed into the hands of Wm. II. Hope Esq.
late editor of the Baltimore Argus, and will here
after be issued as a penny paper. Mr. Hope has
had long experience as conductor of the princi
pal democratic journal in Baltimore, and he en
joys a no less solid reputation as an able, vigor
ous and ready writer, than u worthy, esteemed,
high minded and useful citizen. We desire him
lasting success and additional reputation in his
new position, and arc confident he will merit
both. Mess. Forney and McKeau have, with
loyal ami heroic hearts, fulfilled the highest ex
pectations of their friends during the years they
have battled for the principles of the democratic
party through the columns of the Pennsylraman,
and in their several vocations we will always be
pleased to hear of their uninterrupted prosper
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"WliifT State Convention.
The Whigs of Pennsylvania met in Convention
at Ilarrisburg on Thursday last, 25th March,
and temporarily organized by appointing David
Leech, of Armstrong, President, and John W.
KilHuEcr of Lebanon, and It. L. Johnston of
Cambria, Secretaries. Hon. Wm. Jessup was the
permanent President of the Convention, assisted
by numerous Vice Presidents and Secretaries.
(Jen. Scott was declared to be the choice of the
State for the Presidency, receiving in Convention
113 votes to 5 for the nominee of the Whig Na
tional Convention, the latter being Fillmore men
from Philadelphia city. Ex-Governor Johnston,
John C. Kunkle of Karrisburg, and Morton Mc
Michael of Philadelphia, are the delegates from
the State at large to the National Convention.
From this district Samuel L. llussell Esq, of Bed
ford, was chosen delegate, and John Linton Esq.
of Johnstown, Elector. Alex. E. Brown of Eas
tern, James Pollock, and S. A. Purviance, head
the Electoral ticket. On the third ballot, Jacob
Hoffman Esq., of Berks county, was nominated
for Canal Commissioner, the vote standing, Hoff
man Gl. Wm. M. Lloyd 30. The resolutions
adopted, praise Gen. Scott and Gov. Johnston,
commend the administration of President Fill
more, and suggest 17th, June, as the time, and
Philadelphia as the place, for holding the Na
tional Convention. The Ilarrisburg Telegraph
says " for any other man than Scott there is not
the feintest hope." The Phila. Sun, the organ of
the Native party says he will lose the vote of
Pennsylvania. More truth than poetry in that.
Hon. Mr. Cabell, Whig M. C. from Florida, says
" if Scott is nominated by the whig party for the
Presidency I do not believe that in my State he
would receive fifty votes ; and I am quite sure he
would not get the electoral vote of one Southern
State. Would I support him? I answer unhes
itatingly, No. I will not support him, but will
do all in my power to defeat the election of any
man, who, like him, withholds his opinions." A
Nashville whig paper, says he will be defeated
5,000 votes in Tennessee. The N. Y. Courier
prophesies the defeat of Fillmore if nominated.
"One woe doth trend upon another's heels."
The Democratic party prophcf-y the defeat of the
Nominee of the whig Convention, for theaihas
gone forth that we must have a democratic
President in 1 S53. The nominee for Canal Com
misssioncr is a lawyer from Heading and has
never had any experience in the management of
public works. Compared with Mr. Sebright he
will have to stand back like " a bound boy at a
husking" and we consider certain Lis defeat by
a large majority.
Render nnto Cwsar, th things that are
Ciesar'i and unto Cod the things that
are Ood's.
We are convinced that whenever a journal, es-,
tablished for the sole purpose of advocating the
doctrines of any denomination, intervenes in the
political affairs of parties, dissatisfaction and
complaint must inevitably ensue. It should be
the duty as well as the pride of such journal, and
we think it is certainly the interest of the same
to preserve a " strict neutrality on party
questions and stand aloof of all " entangling al
liances" with either of the political parties of the
country, confining its course to the advancement
of ecclesiastical affairs. Departure from such
line of conduct is fraught with mischief, deserves
censure, and admits of no extenuation. We no
tice with deep regret in the Crusader of last week
the following article, written by a Mr. Marshall
Anderson of Chilioothe, Ohio, reflecting upon the
democratic party, because some of its members
and journalists favor Kossuth, and which the
editor of the above paper is "glad to have an
opportunity to present to our (its) readers," and
to which is "cheerfully yielded our (its) Editori
al Columns." The article after discountenancing
the arrogant pretentions of Kossuth, thus speaks
of two journals of the democracy that advocate
his cause, and of the duties of Catholics :
"From almost every pulpit and press, they
(the Catholics,) are denounced, as if, in the lan
guage of the democratic Cincinnati Enquirer,
they were " the fast friends of the political des
potisms of the old-world, nurtured at our own
hearth-stones ; and he further makes the query,
" whether they are not traitors at home V " Et
tu quoqe Brute." And I, sir, as an early and
persevering democrat a democrat from my boy
hood up feel these charges most sensitively,
when I find myself and all other Catholic dem
ocrats, branded, by our own leading journals, as
" slaves and minions of a foreign power." If
any, be his politics or religion, what it may, can
read the Democratic Review for January, 1852,
without a glow of indignation, I envy not his
head or his heart. Is it the duty of Democracy
to give utterance to, and believe in, the foulest,
falsest, most malignant slanders against the chief
Bishop and head of the Catholic church? If so,
then have I, and many of the same faith, who
have hitherto been the staunchest friends of that
party, sadly mistaken our position. It is known,
that the great majority of the Independent vo
ters of the Catholic Church, have gone, heart
and hand, with the leaders of Democracy, in the
advocacy and maintainance of those principles
which they believed, would secure the greatest
amount of happiness and prosperity toourcoun
try. But, we are not disposed to be trampled
upon. v e aesire to oe ireaieu as men, as iree
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men. Let them not fancy that they are driving
us, with curves and snaffles in our mouths. The
Catholics are not slaves, nor are the leaders of
democracy their masters ! Let the ruling spir
its of Baltimore affairs look well to their action.
Once for all I say, leicare .'"
The nominee of the Baltimore Convention will
be a democrat to whom the vote of every mem
ber of the democratic party can be given without
fear of subsequent events ; the principles of Jef
ferson and Jackson will be his platform, and
when elected, care will be taken that the "bless
ings of government, like the dews of heaven,
shall be dispensed alike upon all," no matter
what may be their religious convictions or sta
tion in life. Mr. Anderson should recollect that
the inuendoes of the Cincinnati Enquirer cannot
be considered as the voice of the Democratic par
ty of the nation, and that the January number
of the Democratic Review has been read out of
the party for its base insinuations against veter
an democrats, as also for its " Young American"
disquisitions. George Sanders, the editor of the
Review, is known to be so steeped in corrupt
machinations as to have lost the good opinion of
honorable men.
Mr. Anderson has overlooked two important
facts. The first is, that it i3 a moral impossi
bility for a party, so numerous as the democrat
ic, not to have in its household, advocates of
Kossuth's doctrines. The second, that he has
forgotten, or does not desire to be aware of the
fact, that the most ardent pleaders for the cause
of the Hungarian are whigs. We are confident
that the ablest advocate for Kossuth in the U.
S. Senate is Wm. II. Seward, whig Senator
from New York. The newspapers which most
zealously labor for him, are the X. Y. Tribune,
X. Y. Times, Pittsburg Gazette, and Pittsburg
Dixpatch ; edited respectively by Horace Greely,
Henry J. ltaymond, D. T. White and J. II. Fos
ter, all whigs. Hia most active friends before
during and after his visit to Ilarrisburg, wesme
John C. Kunkle and Gen. Samuel J. Karns, both
whigs. More of the same sort could be spoken
of but we merely mention these instances to
demonstrate that the opposition party are as
deep if not deeper in the intervention question
than the democracy. On the other hand Hon.
Wm. lv. Smith, democrat, from Alabama, took
the lead in Congress for an adherence to the
principles of Washington as promulgated in his
"Farewell Address," while Hon. Jeremiah Clem
ens, democrat, U. S. Senator from Alabama, on
several occasions made eloquent speeches against
the Kossuth doctrine and in favor of maintain
ing our neutrality. Gen. Cass only desired the
passage of a resolution by the U. S. Scnate
"sympathising with every people who are striv
ing to establish free governments, recognizing
the principle of each government to manage its
own internal affairs, without interference ; and
that we could not see this principle violated
without deep concern." To our knowledge no
democratic Congressman has gone beyond this,
while Seward's amendment declares, "that Hun
gary established her independence, that the Em
peror of Russia subverted that independence,
that the Ujiitcd States solemnly protests against
such conduct and will not hereafter be indiffer
ent to similar acts." In all truth does not the
whig exceed the democrat?
We make this statement of facts for the pur
pose of preventing erroneous impressions in the
minds ef the people, as well as to satisfy the
searcher for truth ; and to our esteemed contem
porary wc would say, wc do it "all in sorrow,
not
As the journal of a party we
would prove recreant to the trust confided in us,
were we not to nip in the bud all attempts to
destroy the foundations upon which that party
has reared for itself a structure adapted for the
advantage of the many.
Individually we profess the same religious faith
as the above Mr. Anderson, but we must have
grounds more relative than his ere we can desert
the party that bears aloft the banner of a Jeffer
son, a Jackson, and a Polk. We expect to cling
to it as long as a rag of it remains hanging to
the flag staff, and we hope that such is the de
termination of every true democrat in the State
in the Union. We care not if some democrat
ic journalists assail that religion, they can pur
sue their course vituperative abuse comes also
from the opposition both parties contain many
adherents, members of thai faith we are a dem
ocrat from principle for the reason that we be
lieve the principles of that party to be consonant
with the peace, wealth, and prosperous advance
ment of the country the religious convictions
of no man should be a reason why he is a m ember
of this or that party it is a question too sacred
to admit of profanation by being interwoven in
party politics and we sincerely hope fora quietus
of all religious-political discussion we want to
see each and every man servingGod in whatever
manner he sees fit, and serving his country in
that manner which his patriotism, untramelled
with religion, dictates.
We desire no new fangled principles interpola
ted in the democratic creed, we ask for no new
vagary to be inscribed upon our flag. In refer.
ence to our foreign policy we quote as our max
im, "why, by interweaving our destiny with that
of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and
prosperity in the toils of European ambition, ri
valship, interest, humor, or caprice ;" words sa
cred to us as the last legacy bequeathed by the
father of our country George Wasuixgtox.
Did you ever eat any surtle toup, or drink
any wineral mater. Washington Telegraph.
Y-e-s ! Did your ever stick a lick of casses
landy ? Did you ever see two pig bigs have a russ
mound a sucket of blop ? Did you ever eat a
cumbler of talvos-joot felly ? S-a-y !
ITEMS.
Murray Whallon, Esq., a prominent democrat
of Erie, Penn., has been elected Mayor of that
city, by a majority of 31 votes over T. G. Colt,
the whig nominee and present incumbent.
Capt. Chailes W. Batchelor, of the splendid
steamboat recently built at Pittsburg, the "Al
legheny," has been presented by the citizens of
Allegheny city with a beautiful set of colors for
his vessel. There is no more clever, gentleman
ly, obliging and popular commander on the wes
tern waters, than Charley, and we arc glad to
see that the judicious selection of a name for his
boat has been so generously responded to. If
ever we go to the "Far West," the "Allegheny"
totes us along.
We learn that W. Milnor Roberts, Esq., has
been appointed Chief Engineer and George E.
Eichbaum, Esq., Assistant Engineer of the Al
legheny Valley Railroad. These are excellent
appointments. Three Engineering parties will
be at once organized, and commence operations.
Messrs. Holstcin & Birchficld, of Fittsburg,
have obtained the contract for making 5000
saddles for Kossuth and are preparing to fur
nish 150 per week, at $12, each.
Promotions. Gov. Bigler has appointed our
friend M. J.Stewart, Esq., of Pittsburg, aid
with the rank of Lieut. Colonel. Here's our
hat, Colonel, and if you want to have a leetle
experience in affairs militiare, drop this way
when wc have a "three days parade" of our moun
tain grenadiers, and we'll "put you through."
Wm. G.Murray, Esq., of Hollidaysburg has al
so received a commission as aid with rank of
Lieut. Colonel. Although not "beared like the
pard," during the Mexican war he served his
country faithfully on the tented field and if
"blushing honors are thick upon him," he still
sells dry-goods at low prices in Hollidaysburg.
Wm. F. McFarland, Esq., has been elected cap
tain of the Hollidaysburg Guards, and a right
good captain will he be. It is a pity we don't
live in that town wouldn't we take especial de
light in holding your "spirited steed" in a ten
acre field, (as wc did for others in times gone
by,) and how the hot blood would mount to our
temples while expecting a quarter to invest in
gingerbread, small beer, and other fixins.
O crackey !
Proposals will be received until the 4th of
May next, at the office of D. Mitchell, jr. Esq.,
Chief Engineer of the Pittsburg and Steubenville
Railroad, for the grading and bridging of eight
miles of said road, from Pittsburg west, com
prising, a tunnel 500 yards long, and some hea
vy sections.
A steamboat has commenced making regular
trips from Easton to Philadelphia, and the num
ber of passengers are said to be about 50 per
trip.
The deficiency bill passed the National House
of Representatives on Saturday, by a vote of 95
to 70. It appropriates upwards of three mill
ions of dollars. Of this $12,000 is to pay for
dredging the river in frsnt of the Dry-Dock Ba
sin, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard; $88,300 for
liabilities incurred at the Dry-Dockat Brooklyn ;
$795,000 for regular supplies at the Quarter
master's Department ; $890,000 for the trans
portation of the army. Nearly half a million
for the purchase of horses, barracks, clothing,
equipage, and the subsistence of five companies
of Texas mounted volunteers. In the Tenna.
Legislature Mr. Bonham has reported the appro
priation bill. The committee has reported ad
versely to Pine County On Saturday at Phil
adelphia, the jury, in the case of Matthias atid
Blasius Skupinski, charged with the murder of
Jacob Lehman, the pedler boy, rendered a ver
dict of murder in the first degree. A large
fire occurred at New York Saturday morning,
destroying property amounting to $500,000
Ole Bull gave a concert at Washington city on
Friday evening at which the President, Members
of Congress, and Foreign Ministers were present.
A large fire occurred in Philadelphia on
Sunday morning, destroying four, four-storied
fire proof (?) warehouses, and property to the !
amount of $1,000,000. Insured. Tho Penna.
Senate have passed the bill apnronriatintr S850.
000 to the North Branch Canal. On Friday
last, near Altoona, the baggage car attached to
the Western train took fire, destroying about one
hundred trunks. The loss to the company will
be heavy, but they will have to fork up. On
juonuay morning 21 empty cars ran down
Plane No. 10, some of them got " smashed" con
siderably. The passenger train which left the
Mountain House at midnight on Saturday night,
came in collision with a large rock near Spruce
creek. No one hurt. On Monday a collision
occurred between a freight and passenger train
near Latrobe, by which several persons had arms
and legs broken. The Hollidaysburg Standard
brings us all the news. To-day is all-fools
day So look out.
State Central Committee.
The officers of the Fourth of March Conven
tion have appointed the following Committee :
Wm. L. Hirst, Chairman, Philadelphia.
Hon. Wm. Dock, Ilarrisburg,
Col. Samuel C. Stambaugh, Lancaster.
Henry S. Mott, Milford, Pike county.
Thomas S. Fernon, Philadelphia.
Francis C. Carson, Ilarrisburg.
Charles Lyman, Potter county.
William Curtis, Philadelphia.
Thomas Watson, Washington.
Benj amin Parke, Ilarrisburg.
Horn R. Kneass, Philadelphia.
John Lehman, Adams county.
William Lilly, Carbon.
Philip Mixsell, Sen., Easton.
Dr. Charles II. Hunter, Reading.
Dr. J. II. Seltzer, Morgantown, Berks.
R. J. Mexins, Susquehanna county.
George Sanderson, Bradford.
William II. Welsh, York.
John C. Clarke, Westmoreland.
Jesse Leisure, Green.
John D. Stiles, Allentown.
Wm. H. Lamberton, Venango.
Wm. Badger, Philadelphia.
John B. Bratton, Carlisle.
Dr. David B. Marshall, Lebanon.
Virginia Democratic State Convention.
This body, which met at Richmond last week,
spent considerable time in discussing various
minor matters, after which the Committee on
Resolutions made report, and the same were
passed. They reaffirm the resolutions of 1798
and 1799, take strong ground against the pro
tective policy, and denounce all schemes tending
to a division of the proceeds of the public lands
among the States. They also re-affirm the prin
ciples and policy of the Baltimore platform, and
reccommend that four Delegates from each Con
gressional District be appointed to attend the
Democratic National Convention at Baltimore,
and that they be instructed to recommend and
urge the adoption of the two-third rule in that
Convention.
No instructions were passed as to the choice
of the State for the Presidency ; but it is under
stood they are to press the claims of the Hon.
Andrew Stevenson for the Vice Presidency. It
was upon this point the contest took place the
friends of Mr. Stevenson thinking that his chan
ces would be prejudiced if the delegation from
the State were pledged in favor of any particular
man for the Presidency. Philadelphia Argus.
A Cottager's Lament.
An English laborer, whose child was suddenly
killed by the falling of a beam, wrote the follow
ing lines suggested by the melancholy event.
They are touchingly beautiful:
Sweet, laughing child ! the cottage door
Stands free and open now,
But oh ! its sunshine gilds no more
The gladness of thy brow !
Thy merry step hath passed away;
Thy laughing sport is hushed for aye.
Thy mother by the fireside sits,
And listens for thy call ;
And slowly slowly, as she knits,
Her quiet tears downfall ;
Her little hindering thing is gone ;
And undisturbed she may work on !
Death of Hon. Jeremiah Morrow.
Ex-Governor Morrow died on the 22d inst., at
his farm on the Little Miami, Warren county.
From the birth of Ohio to the present year just
half a century Governor Morrow has been part
of the public life of the State. He was her first
Representative in Congress, a Senator, Governor,
Canal Commissioner, and, in the latter part of
his career, an active participator in the first
great railroad enterprise of that State. Gover
nor Morrow was a member of the Convention to
form the first State Constitution in 1802. He
was a Representative in Congress from 1803 to
1813 ; he was Senator from 1713 to 1719; Gov
ernor from 1822 to 182G ; Canal Commissioner
subsequently ; in Congress from 1841 to 1813 ;
and President of the Little Miami Railroad Com
pany till 1847. In Congress, he was Chairman
of the Committee on Public Lands.
The Arnold Family.
A Norwich paper says: "The last remaining
relative of Benedict Arnold (who honored Nor
wich by being born here)was carried to the poor
house three or four days ago by one of our se
lectmen. She was cousin to the traitor, and re
members him well, and spoke with seeming re
sentment and indignation of his having been
" driven out of the country." She is 92 years
old, and when taken from the miserable hovel
where she and a sister of hers, who died three
or four years ago, had lived, shunned, solitary
and in abject poverty, for many years the poor
old creature was sitting without a fire to warm
herself by, although the day was one of the cold
est of the season. We have never been able to
learn that there was any reason, except in the
leprosy which clung to the traitor, whom it was
their misfortune to be allied to, why this woman
and her sister, neither of whom was ever mar
ried, should have gone through life excluded
from social life and intercourse by the inexora
ble ban of society. Yet such is the fact, and it
furnishes a striking commentary upon the depth
and strength of that feeling of loathing execra
tion with which the name of Benedict Arnold is
linked, now and forever, in the popular mind."
From our Exchange
The Federal Council of Switzerland has resol
ved to contribute a piece of granite, from the
valley of Hablern, near interlacken, to be inser
ted in the Monument to Washington.
The Governor of Massachusetts has ap
pointed the 8th day of April to be observed as a
day of fastins. humiliation and prayer. The
Governor of New Hampshire has appointed the
same day for the like purpose.
J2y The Maine Law has passed the Mineso-
ta Legislature, with a proviso for submitting it
to a direct vote of the people. The vote through
out thj Territory is to be taken on the first Mon
day in April, and if favorable, the law goes in
to force the first of May.
The first printing press used in the Uni
ted States, was brought to Cambridge, Mass. in
the year 1639, by the agency of the Rev. Jesse
Glover, one of the Professors of Havard College.
Since that time this mighty engine has accom
plished much in this wide-spread republic.
J3? John Randolph Benton, only son of
Col. Benton, late U. S. Senator from Missouri,
died at St. Louis on the 17th inst., in the 23d
year of his age after two days' illness.
fijgr There is now living in France, an old
soldier with a false leg, a false arm, a gl
irji;, uwiuiJiiicociui jaise teem, a siiver nose
covered with a substance resembling flesh, and
a silver plate, replacing part of his skull. He
was under Napoleon, and these are his trophic
EQf Jenny Lind Goldschmidt and husband,
(the Boston Transcript states, on the authority
of a private letter received in that city,) con
template sailing lor Europe in May next. It is
rumored that they intend to return to the Uni
ieu estates aim reside permanently at "Round
Hill," Northampton.
J6Sy Within the five years which have elapsed
since the commencement of the war with Mexi
co, no less than thirteen American Generals have
departed this life, viz : Taylor, Worth, Mason,
Brady, Kearney, Hanicr, Hopping, Belknap,
Duncan, Croghan, Brooke, Arbuckle, and Whi
ting.
JGSf Mrs. Sinclair (late Mrs. Forrest, ( is at
present fulfilling an engagement in Philadelphia,
and is pronounced by those who have witnessed
her as being a very inferior actress ; but per
sonally, very beautiful. Although a very talen
ted woman, she is represented to be totally unfit
for the characters which she assumes.
JPST It is said that Louis Napoleon has pro
hibited the cultivation of certain kinds of vege
tables in France. He is decidedly opposed to
any more turn-ups among the people, lest they
may cabbage from him the power he has usur
ped ; but he is greatly in favor of the growth
of mushrooms.
J6-5y The late news from Ifonolula notes the
failure of an attempt to take a swarm of bees
from Boston around the Cape to the Sandwich
Islands. On entering the tropics, the wax melt
ed and the bees perished. The introduction of
the honey-bee into the Islands has long been
deemed a matter of great importance.
CSS" A lady in Louisville, Ky., was robbed a
few nights since, by a fellow who secreted him
self in her chamber until she had retired. The
boxes containing her rouge, and jewelry, were
just alike, and the thief took the wrong box.
She looked pale on discovering her loss, but her
color came again the next day.
12, A Judge and a joking lawyer were con
versing about the doctrine of transmigration of
the souls of men into animals. "Now," said
the Judge, "suppose you and I were turned in
to a horse and an ass, which would you prefer
to be ?" "The ass, to be sure," replied the
lawyer. "Why ?" rejoined the Judge. "Be
cause," was the reply, "I have heard cf an ass
being a Judge but of a horse never."
Bgk, Mrs. Mowatt, the actress, was seriously
injured at .boston on 1 nday evening. She was
returning from an excursion, when the horse
she was riding reared and fell upon her, so that
she was taken to the Winthrop House, insensi
ble. Two or three ribs are said to have been
broken, but it is thought that she will recover
BgL John Strohm of Lancaster, has been
nominated to represent the Whigs of that coun
ty in the Federal National Convention, "and in
structed to go tor fccott Irom first to last." Says
the Lebanon A d vertiscn "It's a pity no one could
induce him to go for our poor starving army in
Mexico several years ago. Then he went against
furnishing them with bread from first to last.''
Jggjf-A clumsy correspondent in New York
State, in writing to his friend, who was famous
for his favorite specimens of white and black
pigs, discourses thus: ,
" Respected Sik; I went yesterday to the
Fair at M. 1 found several pigs of your spe
cies; there was a great variety of beasts, and I
was very much astonished at not seeing you
there !"
BgU Webb, of the New York Courier j- En
quirer, the man who gave the name Whig to his
party, says Fillmore would be beaten in N. York,
if nominated for Tresideut, from seventy to one
hundred thousand votes. The Republic, Mr.
Fillmore's organ, sneers at this opinion of Webb's
but Webb says the Rejublic knows the truth as
well as he does, only the special organ has hot
the independence to admit it.
B2. The treaty of November 1S15, between
Austria, Russia, Prussia, and England, stipu
lates that "Naioleon Boxapaute and his family
shall be forever excluded from Supreme Power
in France, which exclusion the contracting par
ties bind themselves to maintain in full vigor,
and 6hould it be necessary, with their whole
force." The question of a literal compliance
witn tue provision is ceriainiy matter lor "cu
rious consideration."
Bg, The New Orlean? Picayune of the 12th
says: "We received yesterday from Mr. Henry
Lawrence, of the third Municipality, a specimen
of fine flavored and ripe strawberries, grown in
the open air and ground. The variety produces
b'ix weeks earlier than any other, and will con
tinue to bear until the middle of August next
without intermition. Natural strawberries and
cvcani not artificial ones in early March !"'
F;,gseu the bP ,
land warrants under the act of Septemb
assignable, they are now quoted .
at S128.S1S5, in active and in limited 7
The bill will reduce their price by brb
into market. c"'gttfcc.
t&ZT One million and a half,
from California, was melted, on Thurv.! ,
between the Lours of 7 and 3 o'clock
melting department of the mint in Wil i? .tLt
This iS thfi l.-irrrf-B- nr.,... - 1 T 111.
a.
- -i-uuioCT melted in
day since the establishment of the Mi,
EQL. Mr. Carman, of Bordentown, aWe,
from the Rerrictpr ; , .. ' e'eam
enrrn
tred in .
of hatching chickens by steam. The ,u. y
is placed on a table about two and a
long by sixteen inches broad, and the a
heated by an oil lamp. The machine cut'
about 100 eggs, and the chickens th, . '"
appear to be as lively and Lciitly
produced by natural moans.
--winced
a.- tl
The Department of State at
ton, give notice that in consequence of t'ul ! S
cral deficiency of the last croh of grain, a?"
high price occasioned thereby, the'statps cl "
sing the Zoil-Verieu of Germany have pj'
Decree, that from the first of the presente r;
to the first of September next, grains. tn
can be imported into the Zoll-Verein free of 'J
ty. The import duty on grain previous to
said decree was about seven cents a bubLtl, :
that on flour amounted to a prohibitkn, U-i
two dollars and fifty cents j er barrel. '
On Saturday night a week, ia Loui.
thieves made au entrance into a dwelling ho-j?
by means cf outsiders, and finding their way ,'
the room where the family (three pcrs-usi
sleeping, vpplied chloroform to their nostril, uj;".
til they were sufficiently btupified to be paJ: tie
possibility of waking by any noise that x,:
te produced. Thus secured, the rascals
sacked the house, and made way with mon-
jewelry, and other valuables at their hisure.l.
There had been no clue to the detection cf
rogues, when the mail boat left on SuiidnjL, n
ing. Thomas Moore the Poet, was bi:n i v.
the village of Bromham, within a mile of
cottage in wluch he breathed his last. T.i:
placed, jn obedience to his own wish, in the; ,-.,
grave with one of his daughters. The vi::--church
was crowded with the poor of the i... Vi
borhood, and the rector of the adjacent villa.-,,
came to pay the last tribute to an old iVior,.!.
But beyond this gentleman end Mr. Lor:L'!i.:
the publisher, there were none who had kn,,v..l
the poet in life to offer him personal respect.
23 Some discriminating writer savs :
Webster, Clay, and Calhoun have been com
pared to physicians called to a case of a s, ti
led finrrcr. Webster, with .;r
would discuss the constitution generally, i::i
the ability of a professor, but recmiaen ki
nothing. Clay, with his pleasant smile, w,.ui-J
notice the wife, kiss the baby, flatter the pailei.-
and advise a tread and milk pcultice. Cainn
the purest and earnest man, would declare tLt
whole body in danger, and couusel lv. r.ir, c
the whole arm at the shoulder joint. Coni.vir
isons are odious, because incapable of -Lkz jus
tice yet the common ideas of those sreat iai
are tolerably well expressed in the above.
JCS?" The Cincinnati Enquirer, in nctlcicg tl"
statement of Dr. Buckler, of that city, ill,
small-pox is often comaiuuicated by iiK-uiii u
small notes, says :
"The teller of one of th? banks of Col-mlmr.
an estimable young man, contracted the ur
ease by handling a batch of bills which Lai bet:,
transmitted from this city, where the small-pji
was then quite prevalent, and in malignant f ra
The young man died and, by such a seeming;
harmless channel of communication, was iL:
loathsome pestilence the cause of a family los
ing their main stay in life."
The Louisville Courier mentions the arrest
that city of a soldier who had deserted iivn ti;
Newport Barracks. The soldier was ence
member of the Kentucky Legislature. He win
ted to be elected again, but his constituents Li :
failed, as constituents sometimes do, to api reb
ate the services of their worthy represent ati'-e.
and they cruelly allowed him to be defeated. -Determined
to serve his country in some
he got gloriously drunk, became fired with
triotism, and enlisted as a soldier. Alter &vk'.U.
however, he came to the conclusion, that ti"
term had continued long enough and he tow.
his leave, but a sergeant, more vigilant than tl-sergeant-at-armsin
a legislative hall, vas sent al
ter him and he was compelled to return.
A Frenchman, resident in London, receu ';
conceived an entirely new style of self-destruction.
He first bought an egg in the market, ex
tracted its contents (by "suction,") and ;
the shell with about three ounces of gunpow-fc
Then going into a very crowded thorouchfi-
we presume, to give eclat to his enterprise fc?
placed the infernal machine in his niouii:, af'l
"touched it off" with a match. Instead, Lv
ever, of blowing his head to atoms, the powdi r,
when ignited, merely poured forth a stream w
fire and smoke from the aperture in the sLti .
but without doing any serious harm to the man
The astonishment of the passers-by at beholi:
a human mouth suddenly become the crater et
an active volcano, may be imagined. The "5
appointed man was taken into custody I J
police, and conveyed to the hospital.
Heavy Men.
A revolutionary paper recently broujrbt t"
light, shows that the following was the exA
of several officers of the revolutionary army. -u
gust 10th, 17SS, wieghed at the scales at V ;
Point
Gen. Washington
Gen. Lincoln -Gen
Knox -Gen.
Huntington
Gen. Creaton -Col.
Swift - -Col.
Michael Jackson
Col. Henry Jackson -Lieut.
Col. Huntington
Lieut. Col. Cobb
Lieut. Cel. Humphrey
00 pounfc
22i
2S0
1S2 '
150
215
232 '
255 "
212
1S2 "
221