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"WE GO yHEE DEMOCRATIC FBIJTCIPLES POINT THE "WAY ; WHEN THEY CEASE TO LEAD, WE CEASE TO EOLLOW."
VOLUME VIII.
EBEiYSBUPiG, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1852.
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From the Daily Indiana State Sentinel.
Dcmoclfttic Rallying Song for 1 852.
Tine "O Susannah." S,c.
Fling forth our banner gallantly,
And let the people sing,
Unrrah for old Democracy,
Hurrah for Tierce and King,
Come, brave locos
Gallant men and true
The Whies we Polked in forty-four,
We'll Pierce in fifty-two.
Our I'ieree was bred where granite towers
Aloft o'er stream and glen ;
Our King amidst the orange-bowers,
And both arc noble men.
Come, brave locos,
Gallant men and true :
The Whigs we Polked 'in forty-four,
We'll Pierce in fifty two.
Responsive to his country's call,
With heart to do and dare,
Tierce stood in Freedom's Council Hall
The noblest spirit there.
Come, brave locos,
Gallant men and true,
The Whigs we Polked in forty-four,
We'll Pierce in fifty-two.
His heart is true and always right,
His blood has freely scaled,
Our country's cause in many a fight,
On Freedom, s battle-field.
Come, brave locos,
Gallant men and trus,
The Whigs we Polked in forty-four,
We'll P.ieree in fifty-two.
Upon his prond distinguished name,
There is no blot nor bann ;
He never won the blue light fame
Of princely federal Dan,
Come, brave locos,
Gallant men and true,
The Whigs we Polked in forty-four,
We'll Pierce in fifty-two.
A Janus face he will not wear,
His prospects to enhance,
Nor fill that Presidential chair
By some windfall of chance,
Come, brave locos,
Gallant men and true,
The "Whigs we Polked in forty-four,
We'll Pieree in fifty-two.
No phantom hasty plate of soup
Will e'er to him appear,
Nor will ho dread the scorching whoop,
Of a fire in the rear,
Come brave locos,
Gallant men and true,
The Whigs we Polked in forty-four,
We'll Pierce in fifty-two.
DEMOCRATS REAM ! !
The following letter will be read with interest
ly the Democrats of Cambria, and evinces how
trm and unalterable is Judge Campbell's ad
Lerance to tha nominees of the Democratic
Tarty.
From the Centre Democrat.
Letter from Judge Campbell.
The following excellent letter from the non.
James Campbell, to a gentleman in this town,
has been handed to us for publication :
Philadelphia, Sept. 1.4, 1852.
Dear Sir: I have just been informed that
eome persons in your county have been circula
ting a report that Judge Woodward opposed
me at the last election. I can hardly believe
that such is the case. Those guilty of fabrica
ting such reports, must be actuated by the
vorst motives, for nothing can be farther from
the truth. Judge Woodward was my warm
and ardent friend, and during the whole cam
paign did me great and most efficient service,
for which I shall always feel myself under the
deepest obligations to hm. The manner, too,
ja which he did it was most grateful to my feel
ings. Without any solicitation on my part or
that of my friends he took the stump for me
uni defended me against the religious and oth
er assaults which bad men were making. The
doctrine of religious freedom and toleration
found in Judge Woodward an eloquent and able
defender.
In addition to this, Judge Woodward is one
of the best men who could have been selected
for the Supreme Bench. I need not say to you
at he is a learned and an able man and that
U above all a thoroughly honest one, posses
E!Dg all the requisites necessary to the faithful
nni able performance of all the duties of his
station, lie comes, besides, from a portion of
the State whose great interests demand a rep
resentation on the Supreme Bench.
These considerations, with the strong perso
Bal attachment I have to the man, caused me to
ite with his other friends, in desiring Gover
Br BiGLta to tender to him the appointment,
J they caused me, too, to . urge upon Judge
Edward the acceptance of the appointment.
lourg most regpectidlly ana truly.
JAJ1E3 CAMPBELL.
CSfiAUUE OF KATJLV1S3X HEFU
TED. The following is the reply of Judge . Wood"
ward, to the Democrats of Pittsburg, which
we re-publish. lie triumphantly refutes the
unjust, malicious and wicked charge made
against him by the Whig party.
Pittsburg, Sept. 14, 1852.
fienllemen : The official duties which brought
me to Pittsburg, keep me constantly engaged.
My answer to your letter must, therefore, be
brief.
From my earlest youth to this present mo
ment 1 have been an earnest and hearty suppor
ter of the Democratic party, and an equally zeal
ous opponent, so far as my political action could
decorously and properly go, of whatever oppo
sed it. I am not and never have been a 'Na
tive American," in any political sense, any more
than I am or have been a whig, anti-mason or
an abolitionist.
The charge of "Nativeism" is attempted to be
sustained by a motion which I made in the lie
form Convention of 1837. That was simply a
limitation, of a motion made by Mr. Thomas, a
whig member from Chester county, and was cal
culated to compel his party (who were in major
ity in the Convention) to come up to the mark
or back out. They chose the latter branch of
the alternative, and my motion having answer
ed its purpose, was withdrawn. The sin of in
troducing this subject into that body lies at the
door of a whig, and not at mine.
The speech so often quoted against me, I nm
not responsible for. It was introduced into the
debates by a Whig reporter, in violation of the
rules of the body which required him to submit
it for revision before publication, and which he
never did. I made some observations explana
tory of my amendment of Thomas' motion, but
that speech is not a fair report of them. My
other speeches were submitted for revision.
This one I never ceased to condemn it.
During the session of the Convention, name
ly, on the 10th day of January, 1838, a member
in debate alluded to the motion, not the speech,
as indicative of hostility to foreigners. I prompt
ly denounced the imputation, there in the face
of the Convention as I have done many a time
since, as a gross misrepresentation.
See debates of the Convention, vol. 10, pp.
33, 34.
1 have retained the undiminished confidence
of the Democratic members of the Reform Con
vention, several of whom were adopted citizens
and all of them opposed to Nativeism. Would
this have been possible if the whig reports of
my saj-ings and doings had been true ?
The Native American Party itself is my wit
ness. Seven years ago I was the caucus nomi
nee for U. S. Senator. The county of Philadel
phia was represented by Natives. They asked
me, whether, if elected by their votes, I would
favor their measures for changing the naturali
zation laws. I answered them no, and they
threw every vote they could command against
me, and raised a shout of triumph over their
victory.
You refer to statements in the Whig papers
of Pittsburg. One of them was shown me a
few days ago, in which was a garbled extract
from a letter written by me about a year ago, in
which I repelled the imputation of N.itivcism as
distinctly as I deny it now. Yet the editor told
his readers that the letter contains an admission
that my sentiments were at that time adverse to
the rights of foreign born citizens. A copy of
the letter thus misrepresented by the Tittsburg
Gazette, I send you herewith in the 'Keystone"
of Sept 23d, 1851.
When men will allow their political passions
to get the better of their veracity so far as to
impel them to acts and assertions like this, it is
easy enough to understand how and why I was
misrepresented by a reporter of the Convention,
whose motives for doing so were just as strong
as those which actuated my political opponents
now.
Another allegation that I opposed Judge
Campbell last fall, is as false as any other of
the numerous misstatements recently made a
gainst me. I never opposed any nominee on ac
count of his birth or religion, and I supported
no nominee last fall more heartily than I did
Judge Campbell.
It is with infinite reluctance I appear before
the publie at this time, even in self-defence. A
candidate for a judicial office is, perhaps, more
than any other candidate, required to await qui
etly the decision of people. I am as sensible
as any man can be, that politics ought to be kept
away as far as possible from judicial elections,
but the terms of your letter leave me no choice
but to answer, lhave answered by giving you
briefly the truth. I give it because it is the
truth, and I accompany it with no appeal to
party passion or prejudice.
If industrious defamation can succeed in rep
resenting me as having ever sustained any illib
eral or proscriptive ism, then the Truth and a
Life are powerless against slander.
There are some presses and many men oppo
sed to me in political sentiments, who are dis
posed to treat me fairly, and who will not des
cend to base appliances, to accomplish a party
purpose. Such men and presses command my
respect. Against others who are less scrupu
lous, I have no shield but the truth and my life;
and relying on these, I can afford to await, in
patience, the verdict of the people.
Thanking you, gentlemen, for the kind feel
ings minifested in your letter, 1 am, with great
respect, your obedient servant,
GEO. Wr. WOODWARD.
JBB?IIon. John P. Hale has accepted the nom
ination for the Presidency, tendered by the Free
Soilers. He says in his letter, that he has not
felt at liberty under the peculiar circumstances
of the occasion, to set up his own opinion in di
rect opposition to his friends. He therefore
yields his own wishes and opinions to those of
his friends, and thus assents to what has been
done, notwithstanding his previous refusal to
consent that it might be done.
B-A person who has just returned to Spring
field, Mass., from a visit to the White Mount
ains, states that he climbed Mount Washington
on Thursday morning, in a blinding snow storm
and that he and his com pardons came near
r9czing.
Tlie "Vuig Candidate for Canal Commis
sioner. Whilst in Reading attending the Democratic
Mass Meeting, we made some inquiries in regard
to the character and standing of Jacob Hoff
man, the Whig candidate for Canal Commission
er, and found that he was a small lawyer, of the
pettifogging order whose practice generally had
been of n peculiar character, such as the great
lights of the bar would never permit to come
into their offices that almost all his business
Las been of the speculative" intrigueing kind,
and he was by no means particular iureference
to the manner in which he managed cases, al
ways acting on the principle that the end justi
fied the means. Indeed we heard of several
cases, which in our view would have justified
any court in which he practised, in striking his
name from the roll of Attorneys, as being un
worthy of having the business of honorable
men placed in his hands, and in one case he
passed so near to the line of dishonorable deal
ings, that it required all his cunning to save
his bacon.
It seemed that this Mr. Jacob Hoffman, at a
quite early day, conceived the idea of manageing
courts and juries, according to his notions of
propriety, and if they failed to come up to his
ideas he endeavored to intimidate them by de
nunciations and abuse. According to the re
cords of the court of Berks county, Mr. Hoff
man was engaged in the case of a certain Wm.
Degrumniond, when the Hon. Garrick Mallory
was President Judge of that court, and after
trial of the said Wm. Degrumniond, and Jacob
Hoffman had a conversation with Thos. Elder
Sr., of our borough, in a Public Hotel in Head
ing, in which he traduced the court in a most
vile and disgraceful manner, alleging, among
other things, that the Judge was improperly in
fiuened by the prisoner giving his Honor the
MASONIC SIGN. This convei-sation, it seems,
was heard of by Judge Mallory, who on the
14th of November 1835, entered a rule on Mr.
Hoffman, to show cause why he should uot be
stricken from the roll of Attorneys. This would
have been the ruin of poor Hoffman, and at the
January term, 183(5, he came forward and made
the retraction published below, which was en
tered on the records and still stares him in the
face. The infamous character of the charges
may be inferred from the broad and compre ken
sive retraction. The following is a copy from
the records of Berks county in this case :
In the Common Picas of Perks couuty, Xov. 14,
1835.
, The Court order and direct a Rule on Jacob
Heffman, Esq., a member of this court, to show
cause why his name should not be stricken off
from the list of Attorneys.
January Term, 183G.
In answer to the above rule, the undersigned
reopectfully begs leave to state that he had no
intention or design of committing a contempt of
Court, or of charging the said Court with impro
per motives, or of inducing the public to with
draw their confidence from the same.
And the undersigned further begs leave to
state, that to revive the friendly feelings which
have heretofore existed between the said Court
and himself, he waives any question touching
the jurisdiction of the Court in this matter, and
is also pleased to have it injbis power to state ;
that he was misinformed in several important
particulars, and knows of nothing that can in
anywise impeach the konor or integritp of this
court.
And further that the record in the case of
the Commonwealth vs. William Degrumniond,
does not warrant the statement made by him to
Thomas Elder, Esq. He is satisfied that noth
ing improper was done by the Court in that
case.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
J. HOFFMAN.
Perks County, ss.
V$&2r? Witness my hand and seal of of-
mf$Ti fice. September 18. 1818.
PETER STROHECKER,
Prothonotary.
This is the character of tne man the Whigs
have set up in opposition to the Democratic can
didate for Canal Commissioner. A man's char
acter is to be Judged of by his private transac
tions, and if the whole life of Mr. Hoffman has
been spent in low scheming, disgraceful traffick
ing and managing cases, as Thaddeus Stevens
wished to manage father Montelius, by throwing
conscience to the devil, the people can readily im
agine that he would manage the public works
on precisely the same system. Dem. Union.
The Syracuse Standard learns from a gentle
man from Utica, that while visiting the Fair
Grounds there, he witnessed a scene not laid
down in the bills ; it is substantially as follows:
A gentleman from the South was viewing some
nice 6tock on exhibition, when he discovered
that some one was cuttiug the side pocket of
his coat, where he had deposited the snug little
sum of $4000. lie waited until his pocket was
cut open, and then drew a bowie knife and plun
ged it into the heart of the robber, killing him
instantly, after which he gave himself up to
the authorities.
"if" certify that the above is a true
t&Sfc copy of the original, filed in my of
HMilfencc, January 23, 183(3.
- From the Pittsburg Post.
A nother Convert !
Messrs Harper & Phillips :
I send you a lettter addresssed to me by a
valued peieonal friend, Captain Presley Ne
ville Guthrie Lite of the 11th Regiment, U. S.
Army, disbanded after the determination of the
Mexican ;i"ar. Captain Guthrie distinguished
himself in .all the battles of the Valley of Mex
ico. He rv.-'is seriously wounded in the dreadful
carnage i Molina xlel Rey, . and was breveted
for gallant conduct in the battle of Churubusco.
From Ins youth up, he has been an ardent
Whig, and I embrace the medium of your val
uable journal to express my thanks to him for
his spontaneous and magnanimous tribute to the
talent, bravery and lofty patriotism of General
Tierce.
I have the honor to,be, truly,
' Your obedient servant,
WILSON SI' CANDLES.
Pittsburgh, Sept. 10, 1852.
Cincinnati, Sept. 3, 1852.
Dear Sir : I have, as you are fully aware,
since I have had the privilege of voting, always
voted for and advocated whig measures and men;
and I intend to advocate them until I 6hall be
convinced that they are wrong. But, in the pre
sent presidential question, I am fully convinced
of the honesty, integrity and ability of General
Pierce ; for lhave known him personally, and
feel satisfied that he is too good a patriot and
lover of his country to allow any party feeling
to influence him contrary to his good judgment'
in the exercise' of bis prerogatives if elected, to
the detriment of his countfy. I admire Gen.
rierece for his alilHy and modesty, and I shall,
if I live, give lain my vote ami do all in my
power to get others to do the same.
Gen. Scott's laurels as a hero are enough to
satisfy the vanity of any other man living ; and,
although the country is indebted to him for some
of its military glory, it has acknowledged the
fact by placing him at the head of that branch
for which nature has so eminently benefitted
him. Further than this, I ennnct go for Gen.
Scott.
As for Gen. Tierce's military capacity, that is
of no importance now. He was not long
enough in the service to bo spoiled by it ; and I
think, from what little I saw cf the two men,
that (Jem Pierce is by far the best fitted of the
two for the Presidency of these United States.
If I am wrong, it i3 not by desire to do injus
tice to Gen. Scott. I would not attempt to low
er him in the estimation of his countrymen ; but
I would raise Gen. Pierce to the Presidency in
preference to General Scott, because I think he
(Scott) is now as high as we can make him, and
that, too, on the ladder adapted to his peculiar
talent.
In respect to the persons who impeach the
courage and valor of Gen. Pierce, I would say
that most of them either did not serve in Mexi
co, or serving there, sustained rather equivocal
reputations.
The story of Gen. Pierce having fainted is a
contemptibly twisted and over wrought one.
And although he may have fainted, it is no evi
dence of want of courage ; for I saw an instance
on the same field and on the same day, when it
is said P. fainted, which I think good evidence
that the truest and bravest men may faint from
pain and suffoaing.
Our lamented townsman, Lieut. Irons, aid-decamp
to Gen. Cadwalladcr, whose courage no
man has ever or ever will doubt, was taken sick
on his horse, and was lifted from it, exhausted
and insensible, by (I thrhk) Capt. W. II. Irwin,
the ex-Adjutant General of Pennsylvania, and
mvself.
But it is folly to talk about such things. I do
not believe that there was a single man, officer
or private, in the campaign of Mexico, who,
himself a brave man, would cast any such impu
tation upon Gen. Pierce, if he knew him ; and
if he did not know him, of course he could not.
Gen. Tierce is a kind-hearted, pleasant and
affable man, and in his manner, easy of approach,
totally void of hauteur or vanity.
So how you have my opinion of Gen's. Scott
and Tierce, as also my intention to vote when
the time comes, and I still call myself a Whig.
Very respectfully, your ob't. serv't.
T. N. GUTHRIE.
Wilson M'Candless, Esq.,
Tittsburgh, Ta.
Singular.
A small bird, of a species unknown to us, was
brought to us yesterday mornin g by a friend it
having been killed on the telegraph wire, near
St. Mary's Cemetery, beyond Lawrcncevills.
The bird ali ghted on the wire at a spot where
a connection had been made by wrapping or
twisting, in the usual manner ; one end of the
wire being left pointing upwards, on which the
bird sat. Almost instantly it was observed to
fall. The gentleman who noticed this, went to
the bird and picked it up. In its breast he
found an oblong punctured orifice, (from which
blooel was flowing,) large enough to admit a
small sized pea, which had doubtless been made
by the passage of the electric fluid from the
point of wire into the breast of the bird, thereby
causing its death. There was no other percep
tible infury or aperture that might have served
as an outlet for the Bubtile fluid- Pittsburg
Union.
From the Hartford (Conn.) Times.
A WORD PROM ONE 1VIIO IvXOWS I
Frank Pierce In Atw Hampshire.
We are permitted to copy the following letter
though it wa3 not intended for publication. It
is from the pen of the Rev. Wm. McDonald the
Catholic pastor of Manchester, New Hampshire,
and was furnishsd to a gentleman here, for
whose benefit Mr. McDonald wrote down theso
facts :
Letter from Wm. JIcDonald, Catholic Pastor in
Munches ter, Xeio Hampshire.' - ' -
Manchester, (N. H.,) August 21, 1852.
I consider it nut only fair, but an act of grat
itude to Franklin Pierce, to exculpate him from
any implied or expressed coldness in advocating
the abolition of the New Hampshire 'test." 1
say an act of gratitude. fer I assure you there
is not another man in America who more cordi
ally detests bigotry and exclusivcness than he;
nor was there one in the Convention of this
State, who so energetically endeavored to secure
the removal of the Test." In the town Meet
iug, called professedly for its abrogation or re
tention, he used all his brilliant eloquence to in
duce citizens to vote for its repeal.
I repeat, the Catholics of this State owe him
a deep debt of gratitude, w hich he has uninten
tionally and frequently imposed on them.
When the Catholic churches in Philadelphia
were in flames, he was the leader in calling a
Town Meeting in Concord, and therein pleaded
the cause of the Catholics, and particularly the
safety of the Catholics in Concord.
When, some three or four year3 ago, emissa
ries from a New York society, sympathizing
with the Portuguese who were said to be perse
cuted, visited Concord and called a meeting to
raise money, Pierce stood up and fearlessly pro
nounced their history a forgery.
These, and many other kindred facts In the
history of Franklin Pierce, you may learn a
mong the Concord Catholics, showing the disin
terested honesty of the man, and that his aid
and sympathy were tendered before he or any
one ever dreamed of his being nominated for
the Presidency.
I remain, sir, yours truly,
Wm. McDonald.
Fanny Fern on Matrimony.
Shouldn't I like to make a bon-fire of all tho
"Hints to Young Wives, "Married Woman's
Friends," &c, and throw in the authors after
them. 1 have a little neighbor who believes all
they tell her is gospel truth, and lives up ta it.
The minute she sees her husband coming up
street, she makes for the door, and if she hadn'i
another minute to live, stands in the entry with
her teeth chttteriug in her head till he gets all
his coats and mufficrs, and over-shoes, and what
do-call-'em, off, then chases round (like a cat in
a fit) after the bootjack ; warms his slippers,
and put them on, and dislocates her wrist carv
ing at the table, for fear it would tire him.
Poor little innocent fool ! she imagines that
the way to preserve his affections. Preserve
fiddlestick ? The consequences is, he's sick of
the sight of her : snubs herwhen she asks him a
question, and after he has eaten her good din
ners, takes himself off as soon as possible, bear
ing in mind the old proverb, "that too much of
a good thing is good for nothing." Now the
truth is just this, and I wish all women on earth
had but one ear in common, so that I could put
this little bit of gospel into it: Just so long as
a man isn't quite as sure as if he knew for cer
tain, whether nothing on earth could disturb
your affection for him, he is your humble ser
vant ; but the very second he finds you out (or
thinks he does) that he has possession of every
inch of your heart and no neutral territory
he will turn on his heel, and march off whist
ling "Yankee Doodle!"
Now it's no use to take your pocket handker
chief and go sniveling round the house with a
pink nose and red eyes : not a bit of it. If you
have made tho interesting discovery that you
were married for a sort of upper servant, or
housekeeper, just fill that place and no other;
keep your temper, keep all his strings, and but
tons, and straps on, and then keep him at a
distance, as a house keeper should "them's
my sentiments !" I have seen one or two men
in my life who couid bear to be loved (as a wo
man with a soul knows how) without being
spoilt by it, or converted into a tyrant but
they are rare birds, and should be caught, stuf
fed, and sent to Barnum ! Now, an tho minis
ter says, 'I'll close with an interesting incident
that came under my own observation."
Mr. Fern came home one day when I had
such a crucifying headache that I couldn't have
told whether I was married or single, and threw
an old coat into my lap to mend. Well, I tied a
wet bandage over my head, "left all flying,"
and sat down to it he might as will asked me
to make him a new one; however, I lined the
sleeves, mended all the button holes, and sewed
on new buttons down the front, and all over the
coat tails when finally it occurred to me (I be
lieve it was a suggestion of Satan) the pocket
might need mending ; so I turned it inside out,
and what do you think I found ? A lore letter
from him to my Dressmaker I I dropped the coat
I dropped the work basket, I dropped the but
tons, I dropped the baby, (it was a female, and
I thought it just as well to put her out of future
misery) and then I hopped up isto a chair in
front of the looking glass, and remarked to the
young woman I saw there4 F-a-n-n-y F-e-r-n!
if you are ever such a confouDded-fool-again-and
I wasn't !" Boston Olive Branch.
. &syIIen, K. M. Toombs is making stump
speeches in Georgia, in favor of Webster and
Jenkins.
A Xet of Old Mn.
Old Tarr has been regarded generally hitherto
as the next to Methuselah among the aged men
of modern times, whose years have been recor
ded. But in Wakefivld, in New Hampshire,
there is a perfect nest of ancients three score
and ten being the ordinary span of life there.
Here is a pretty place for cf people to epend
tho summer, and take a draft of life. Urban,
in the N. Y. Courier, says, one house contain!
a small family, four of which are over ninety,
ami two over riinetw-tfrei and not more than a .
- -- -- - '
milo away lives a couple, who have been marri
ed upwares of seventy years. Robert Macklin
a Scotchman, was cut off here in 1787, at tho
untimely age of one hundred and twenty-fivo
years, very greatly to his own disappointment ;
for he supposed that he was going to last ai
long as his friend, Henry Jenkins, who lived by
the accounts to the great age of one hundred
and seventy-five years. He was born in the
reign of Henry VIII, whom he personally knew,
and was at the battle of Floddcn Field. Among
the lettered men of his cotemporaries, were Sir
Thomas Moore, Spencer, Sidney, Raleigh, Ba
con, Bunyan, Milton and Dryden.
Macklin lies buried iu Wakefield, without a
tombstone, where they have a touching custom,
as in some parts of this State, even where a
hearse is used, as it is not Wakfield, which for
bids the handling of the remains of the depart
ed by servile hands. The coffin is lifted from
the hearse or bier by tho dearest friends or
neighbors of the dead ; and it is they, who lay
him gently in his lonely resting place, and cover
him with the mould of the valley that shuts him
forever from the living a custom, wc believe,
once prava'ent in New England.
C25-A correspondent of the Liverpool Albion
says that 6ome years ago there was a Jcrusa
lemite individual in Taris, who, in the presence
of Dr. Robertson and all the medical tavant
of the day, got into cn oven and sang a song
while a goose was being cooked. When he
went into the oven the pulse was 72, and roso
to 130. At the second experiment it rose to
176, the thermometer indicatng 100 of Ream ur.
At the third experiment he was stretched on a
plank, surrounded by lighted candles, and then
put into tho oven the mouth of which was this
time closed, lie was there five minutci", when
the spectators cried "Enough!" Accordingly
tho door was opened, out.he came of tho fiery
gulf, and, with his pulse at 200, jumped into
a cold bath, and became us cool as a cucumber
immediately after.
E2t,The Buffalo Commercial relates a curious
fact in Natural History, lately developed at the
American Hotel in that city. A family having
rooms in that hotel, lately left town fur a few
weeks. On their return, they found that a
mouse was in the habit of constantly visiting tho
cage of a canary bird which had remained in
the room during their absence, having taken tho
opportunity of forming the acquaintance du
ring the unusual stillness of the apartmont.
To the surprise of the family it was found that
the mouse had been taking lessons in singing of
its musical friend, and would constantly give
forth notes in exact imitation of the canary's
tone, but low and sweet. The little creature
now visits the cage nightly, cats of tho eeed,
and endeavors by its singing to excite the atten
tion and call torth the notes of the bird.
C,The Chicago Tribune eay3 that conside
rable attention has been excited in the etrcets of
that city, by the appearance of a fine looking
personage iu Eastern costume. He was a Syri
an gentleman of wealth and intelligence, who is
visiting this country to gratify his curiosity, to
learn all that he can of a people who are, by
means of their missionaries and merchants, do
ing a great deal for the improvement of his own
country. He speaks English fluently, and in
conversation with a number of citizens, has de
tailed many intejesting facts, showing the pro
gress which Syria is making again in civiliza
tion and the arts. He goes thence to St. Taul
and to Lake Superior. From there he intend
to turn his steps eonthward, and after a visit to
the Southern States, to go to California and thu
East, '
EQWhen Amos Kendall was postmaster
General, the people of one of the upper coun
tries of North Carolina petitioned for the estab
lishment of a new post office to be located be
tween two localities, called by the rather odious
names of "Polecat" and "Stinking Quarter."
The apppcants being unalle to agree among
themselves as to the name of their new office,
referred that point to Mr. KcnJal. He promptly
established the office, and called it "Harts
horn. "
Sl,The Boston Courier has hoisted tho Web
ster and Jenkins ticket, making two papers now
in that city apvocating that ticket, the Daily
Bee having came out for Mr. Webster several
months ago. Both of these papers, however
support the regular whig nominees for State of
ficers. gy-Every street, lane, court and alley in
Lndon, is patrolled at least once every, half
hour by the police.