enance was that of her lover. The land-1
ady noticed her emotion with some sur
prise; and as she sat down to do the hon
ors of the table, looked to Ellen for an
explanation. Miss Belvoir, fearing that
her agitation had been noticed, said,
" Pray, if not too inquisitive, may I ask
whose portrait I see within there. It bears
a striking resemblance to one I have
known well."
si It is the portrait of my son," quietly
answered the landlady, but a proud smile
lit up her face, as if she was conscious of
worth of him of whom she spoke.
" And his name!" breathlessly asked
"Edward Stanley," was the response,
" he has been on the frontier for years, and
but lately returned. His first visit," con
tinued the fond mother, with pride, " was
paid to me, and on his departure he sent
that portrait to me."
"Do you know where he is now ?" ask
ed Ellen, concealing by a violent effort,
the interest she felt in the reply.
" At Washington, I believe—he wrote
me about a fortnight since from West
Point, stating that he should have to visit
Washington soon on business. Is your
tea, Miss, agreeable?" she continued, sod
denly recollecting that in her fondness for
her child, she had forgotten the duties of
her station.
Shall we picture the struggle that took
place in the mind of Ellen that night at.
ter she had retired 1 Her cousin, little
thinking of the effect it was to produce,
had bantered her on her love for the land•
lady's son, and had thus aroused preju
dices which only her affection had hitherto'
kept down. What! should she, the proud,
the gifted, the high-born, wed the son of a
village landlady ? Long she lay and
thought of it, and every moment her pride
grew stronger, so that, although at first
her love had struggled for the mastery,
her pride of birth eventually came off vic
tcr. Perhaps she had never loved with
that single•heartedness which is true
woman's jewel—but so it was—she rose
the ensuino• b morning determined to break
off the match with her lover. She resol
ved, however, not to apprise him of her
determination until she reached Boston.
During the rest of the journey Ellen
assumed a gaity of tone little in keeping
with her real feelings. She made no con
fident of her cousin, for it was a part of
her self-willed and imperious nature to'
rely wholly on herself. But when they
reached Boston he accompanied her to
her residence, and on taking leave, said
laughingly in reply to a retort of hers.
" Adieu, my sweet coz, and remember,
when you are married, to buy the old inn
in -, as a sort of remembrance of
old times."
This shot struck home. Ellen had re
newed the struggle in her breast betwixt
love and pride, and the former had almost
come oft conquerer, when this unlucky,
retort of her cousin, aroused all her haugh- 1
tiness. She had many good feelings, but
she had lived so long ,in the world, that;
she had become a believer in the truth of
its maxims. What would her young
friends say—she thought—if she would
marry a landlady's soil She went into
the house, and on the spur of the moment
wrote a dismissal to her lover.
And how did he receive it? More in
sorrow than in indignation. He sat down
and wrote a reply, in which he coldly
notified the receipt of her letter. No un
worthy regret did he breathe—no attempt
slid he make to change her determination.
His love hitherto had blinded him to this
trait in Ellen's character, but now it ap
peared in all its glaring deformity before
him, and he renounced her, certainly not
without pain, but without regret.
And years passed, and he saw and woo
ed another and a fairer bride. But Ellen
never married. She repented too soon of
her conduct. Perhaps others avoided her
on account of her heartlessness to Stan-
ley, but from the hour of their separation
she faded away as if some secret sorrow
was at her heart. She lived to become
what she most dreaded—an old maid.
TzrirrEa Comirrsittr.—There are vari
ous modes of avowing the tender passion, in
different countries;and spine of them, which
are in general use among certain nations,
do not seem to be particularly calculated
to produce a reciprocal feeling in the bo
som of the beloved object. We are told
by travellers, that the young ladies of
New Caledonia and the adjacent islands,
are wont to repair with patriarchal sim
plicity to the wells and fountains of their
neighborhood for water. When a youth
has seen and conceived a passion for a
lovely belle, he repairs to the fountain,
and lies in ambush in the thicket beyond
a rock. As the lady approaches with her
pitcher, and stoops to draw the water, her
gallant lover, taking advantage of her
when she is in the most defenceless pos
ture, rushes upon her, and strikes her
down with a club. Then seizing her by,
the hair of the head, he drag s her away,
wounded and bleeding, to his hut, and
thus she becomes his wife!
LESSONS IN Pocray.--Schoo/master:—
Tommy, can you give a rhyme to assimi
lation!
1V hy,--nullifccal ion.
Very well! Now give another:
Why,--repudiation.
Very well again! Can't you think of
another rhyme?
I dont know: I guess I can.
Well ; try.
Why,--I guess they all rhymes with
ruination.
Extremely well, Tommy! You may
sit down.
DISGRACEFUL ELECTION FRAUDS IN
NEW YORK.—The New York papers are
'tilled with the particulars of the most
astounding frauds, perpetrated by the
locofocos at the recent election in that
city. An oft predicted result of the re
peal or the registry law.
A few years since the Whigs procured
the passage of a law requiring the registry
of voters in the city of New York, and
under that salutary restraint upon fraud,
the elections were conducted peaceably
mil without the imputation of dishonesty
upon either party. Last year the locolo
cos regained their ascendancy it, the Leg
islature, and one of their first acts was to
repeal the registry law, as they well knew
the extended facilities for fraud its repeal
would atlitrd them. The disclosures now ,
made are too long for re-publication, butt
they show conclusively, upon the oaths of
a large number of persons, that disgrace
ful and unheard of enormities were re
sorted to by an unscrupulous faction, to,
manufacture a sufficiency of voters to re-'
fain the management of the city finances.
A large number of convicts at
Blackwell's Island were discharged before
their time—warrants from magistrates,
were falsely dated—prisoners taken by,
night from prison and kept in the public
watch-houses and cellars to enable them
to vote in particular districts—paupers
front the alms-houses driven in omnibuses
to the polls—and many acts of violence
used to carry out their nefarious schemes.
Such is the result of one locofoeo measure.
—Lencaater Examiner and Herald.
SWIM
ACCIDENT.-A few days ago as the-car
rier of this paper, a small boy, was at
tempting to draw the ramrod from a gun
of another lad who was out gunning with
him, the piece accidently discharged,
blowing the contents through his hand,
and tearing the flesh clean from the bones
'of the fingers in the inside, but most nil.
racu lously none of the bones or leaders
were seriously injured. Fortunately he
had taken the precaution to stand to one
side of the muzzle of the gun, fearing
what actually happened, otherwise he
might have lost his life. He will recover
the free use of his hand.
We mention this accident, and the pre.
caution of the lad, as a caution to others,
even those who are older and more expe
rienced in the use of fire-arms.--Eriel
Gazelle.
THE GUILLOTINE AT W onK.—The fol
lowing is the way the locolocos do the
business in New York. The same game
is practiced in all places where they have
the power.
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The Governor or this State being Whig,
and the Senate Locofoco, it has been in
the power of the first to make nomina
tions, but in the power of the second to
reject them ; and this has been done to
the following extent:--
'rhe Sen ate have rejected FOUR Ithx-
DRED AND SEVENTY-TWO NOMINATIONS!
The Senate have laid upon the table
TWO IfUNDIIED ♦ND SIXTY-SIX NOMINA
TIONS I
The only reasons given for these whole
sale operations are that the nominees had
Whig Politics. It is not pretended that
they are not men fit to perform all the
offices named for them.
DOG - MATICAL.--From the late census
of Pennsylvania, Vile number of famalies
in the State may be estimated at 400,000
—one half of which keeps useless dogs;
Ithat is to say, there are 200,000 families
in the State, each of which supports a
useless dog, making the whole of those
useless animals in the state to be 200.000.
it is well known that the amount of food
necessary to support a dog will feed and
keep in good order a hog —therefore,
2. 00, 0 0 0 hogs could be maintained upon
the food now thrown away upon as many
good for nothing dogs. At one year old,
a hog in any condition is worth $5, con
sequently, if 200,000 hogs were substitu
for that number of worthless dogs—our
state would annually produce one million
dollars more than at present. We would
therefore recommend the 200,000 families
in the state who keep useless dogs, to chop
of their heads and raise every year a hoe;
for every dog thus disposed of, and pres
ent the money ieceived for the sale of said
hogs to the state. In forty years our
whole state debt could be paid by this
means—and at the same time we should
get rid of 200,000 nuisances.--Lan. Era.
BRITISH FREEDOM. --The glorious pri
vilege of starvation is a proud boast for
the loyal subjects of the English crown.
The following extract from the speech
made by an English operative, at a Char
tists meeting, is one of the many proofs,
which we have to show the degraded con.'
dition of the masses in England:
I was six years in the West Indies,l
,between St• Thomas and Barbadoes, and
'saw how the saves ate and drank, and 1
do standing here, say--so help me God!
I would rather be a slave in the planta
tions; than be as I now am. The man
who had slaves hail an interest in them,
as their property, and that they should be
able to do their work—and five English
men would do as much as twenty of them.
I am a slave to the classes above me.-
1 work hard, and cannot get food for my
self and children, and I have no one to
own me or care for me.—Every one
with whom I deal is endeavoring to take
all he can from me; they have all a hand
in cheating, and not in feeding me, and I
therefore lie down on my pillow with an
emty stomach; I am therfore whipped in
the belly, while the black slave was only'
beaten on his fat back!"— Picayune.
THE F7.RRIRA WAR ENnxn,--Thel
President 01 the United States transmit
ted a message to Congress on Weilnsday
last announcing the gratifying intelligence
that the Florida War was at an end,
and that he had so declared in official com
munications to Florida. Ite proposed
now that a force should be left in Florida
sufficient only to protect the citizens of
the territory. There were but two hun
dred and fifty Indians in Florida, and on
ly eighty of this number were warriors.
The Presdent having made the Senate,
acquainted with what he has done, now'
proposes, and recommends the subject to
the attention of the Senate, to have Flor
ida settled by an Agricultural population.
For this purpose an armed occupation is
recommended, and an appropriation of
bounty land recommended to encourage
settlement.
A portion of the troops have been with
drawn from the station.--Har. Intel.
The frauds commited by the Locofoco
party at the Municipal Elecion in the City
of New York are fully exposed by nume.
rous affidavits, which fill no less than
tour columns of the newspapers, develo
ping an entirely new system of obtain
ing paupers and convicts to outweigh the
stength of Whigs at the ballot-box. The
following facts are proved upon oath, as
briefly recapitulated in the Courier:
Ist. All the paupers in the Almshouse
were sent to the polls to vote for Morris
and the Locofoco Aldermen.
2d. The naturalization papers of a de
ceased pauper by the name of Jones were
used to enable a living pauper to vote the
Locofoco ticket.
3d. Some fity or sixty convicts were
discharged from Blackwell's Island. on
the night proceding the election, without
the shadow of authority, taken to the
different cellers and watch-houses for an
hour or two, treated and feasted, and, upon
a residence thus acpuired, taken to the polls
of the Eighth, Fourth, and we knew not
how many other Wards, to vote for Robert
Morris and his Locofoco associates!
Upon such facts no comment can be
necessary.
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SECOND ACT IN THE GRAND FARCE.
The Loco Foe() Assistant Alderman, hav
ing formed a quorum by engaging for a
few nights the gratuitous services of one
SHALER, formerly an Assistant Alderman
'of the Sixth Ward, and then pronounced
the election of Assistant Alderman AL
LERTON of the Twelfth Ward, invalid,'
have now prceeded to issue a Proclama•
don for a new election to be held in that
Ward on the Ist of June. This is about'
the griatest legal farce of the day.--N.
Cour.
RETRENCHMENT.—It appears from the
official minutes of the C ustom House in
Boston, that during the period of iliree
(porters of a year since the appointment of
Levi Lincoln, as collector of that Port, a
clear saving has been eflected in the ex
penses of the office, amounting to more
than $(5,000; notwithstanding the busi
ness of the office has greatly increased,
both in the number of arrivals and the
value of importations.
, can sosse
Wiiritwo ow PAPERS.—The New York
Sun says;—'. A large number of suits
are TAY depending against persons, for
violations - or the post office law, in wri
ting on newspapers sent by mail. If even
the initials ors person's name are written
on the paper, it subjects him to a penalty
of $5, and $3 621 costs. If the case is '
sued, and goes to judgment, an expense
of $540 accrJes. The law is very strict,
and leaves no option with the Court."
A TOUCHING SCENE.--The New York
Sun notices the recovery of the body of a
bov, from the pond, and says:—When the
child was drawn, from the water, the situ
ation of the mother (who was present)
drew tears from the eyes of all. She tore
her hair, and walked to and fro, wringing
'her hands,was frantic with grief. But!
what a change when the first symptoms of
life appeared. She Save a scream. of joy
that was truly thrilling, which soon dis
persed the gloomy countenances of the
crowd.
A NATURAL CUILIOSITY.-A round do
zen of very large hen's eggs were brought
to us on Tuesday, by Andrew Brown of
Hopewell in Mercer county.—Of one,which
was considerably smaller than the others,
the longest circumference was seven in
dies and three quarters and the shortest.
circumference six inches and a quarter.
The largest egg was eight inches and live
eights, in the longest circumference, and
six inches and seven eights in the shor.
test ; and more than halt of them were
nearer the larger than the smaller of these
sizes. Mr. Brown informs us that the
eggs were laid by common chickens : and
the cause of their enormous size is that,
he feeds them well.—Trenton thszelle.
EXPLAINS Tr.— An exchange paper has
the following important item of intelli
gence. " Considerable speculation has
been rite among the gentlemen as to the
why and wherefore of the neghge way in
which our young ladies now wear their
,shawls. We know of but one way to ac
count for it. During the warm weather
the fair creatures leave off wearing bustles;
and not wising to expose at once such a
falling off in their proportions, have grace
fully managed to let their shawls depend
in such manner as to effectually conceal
from the eyes of the unsophisticated mas
cuticles," their waist-ed persona.
Mr. CLAY, on his late return to Lexing-1
ton from Congress, was met by a large
concourse of citizens about six miles from
the town, and escorted to his residence,
Ashland, by a procession about a mile and'
half long. The Lexington Intelligence,.
,
'gives a brief account of the ceremonies.
The eminent statesman was welcomed in
an address by Dr. J. C. CROSS, to which
Mr. CLAY responded. In passing through
the town, the bells of the churches and
public buildings were rung, and every de•
monstration of respect and affection was
made to him by the mass (Odle population.
—National Intelligencer,
The editor of the New York Aurora, is
a prime hand at " kalkilating." Listn
to him :
In Cincinnatti, where eggs are three
cents and a half per dozen, pork one dol
lar and a half per hundred, and flour four
dollars per barrel, a lady pays $l5 for a
paris;an bonnet. She consequently wears
upon her head two barrels of flour, 900
cwt. of pork; and about 291 dozen of eggs.'
A pretty good load for a lady,
,IJ \
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THE HUNTINGDON JOURNAL,
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"One country, one constitution, one destiny."
Huntingdon, May 241. 1842.
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V. B. PALMER, Esq. (No. 104 S. 3rd St.
Pifdadelphia,)is authorized to act as Agent
for this paper, to procure subscriptions and
ad vertisments.
Otr'Our thanks are due to the Hon.
J&MEI IRVIN for valuable Congressional
documents.
Stanley and Wise.
Much excitement has prevailed in Wa- 1 ,
shington and other cities, and in fact
throughout the whole country, on account
of the dispute between the above named
Honorable members of Congress. Mad
ame Rumor had set afloat an ingenious
story that they had met and fought a duel
with rifles, and that Stanley had killed
Wise ; and the people generally rejoiced
at the result; while some seemed to re.
gret that Congress and the country were
not relieved of both of them simultaneous.
ly. This report, however, lasted but for a
day--the next mail from Washington con
tradicted it, and the public were not a
little disappointed.
"Oliver Oldschool," the "Washington
letter writer, in his epistle of the 15th inst.
communicates the following information
on the subject, to the readers of the Uni-,
ted States Gazette.
'Nit AFFAIR BETWEEN WISE AND STAN
LEY, is for the present, postponed. Mr.
Wise, after being three days in custody
before Judge Dunlap, was last evening
held in recognizance of $3OOO, to keep
the peace for one year within the District
of Columbia, and not leave it for the pur
pose of fighting a duel, (which is made
felony by the act of Congress.)
Mr. Stanley left the city on Tuesday
evening last for the purpose of avoiding
the. Marshal who was in pursuit, and at
one time, was within half a minute of
taking him. He proceeded to Bladens
burg that night, where he slept, and arri
ved in Baltimore the next morning but he
remained not there more than half an hour.
It had been agreed previously, (on Monday,)
between Mr. Wise and a friend of Mr.
Stanley, that the two should be in Balti
more on Wednesday, with friends, for the
purpose of discussing the matters of per
sonal difference between them, with a
view of an amicable or other adjustment
of them. The arrest of Mr. IVise preven
• ted the arrangement from being carried
into effect, and on his being bound over,
the same friend of Mr. Stanley came for
ward and voluntarily released Mr. Wise
from the engagement. Ile acted in this, as
he had before upon his own responsi
bility, and under a sense of what was
due from one gentleman to another,
circumstanced as Mr. Wise is. Mr.
Stanley will therefore return to this city,
probably to-morrow, and•the matter will be
left in strati quo till after the adjournment
of Congress. Whether it can be adjusted
in the mean time, without a resort to t
deadly weapons remains to be seen ; for
my own part I hope it may be. At all
events, we must give the act of Congress,
and the civil authority who enforced it,
the credit of having for the present, at
least, prevented a duel, in which, in all
human probability, one party, if not both,,
would have fallen."
Oz The Board of Foreign Missions of
the General Assembly oldie Presbyterian
Church, convened in Philadelphia on
Tuesday the 17th inst.
The United Slates and Great
Britain.
The National Intelligencer of the 14th
inst., in speaking of the letter from the,
Secretar3 of State to the Governors of!
Massachusetts and Maine, which is publ
linked in that paper, makes the followingi
remarks:
" We gain from it the acceptable info! ,
oration that Lord ASHBURTON, the Special
Minister from Great Britain, is charged
with full powers to negociate and settle the
different matters in discussion between
the United states and Great Britain ; and
that, with regard to the Northeastern
Boundary, (probably the most formidable
question,) he has authority to treat for a l
conventional line, or line by agreement, on
just and equitable terms.
In evidence of the disposition of the
EXecutive of the United States to negoti
ate for a settlement of that question on
this basis, %Ike have this letter from the Sec
retary of State, inviting the co-operation
of the Governments of Massachusetts and
Maine to a certain extent and in a certain
form (in reference, of comae, to their ter
ritorial claims) in an endeavor to termi•
nate this protracted controversy.
So far, all looks well."
The Secretary of State, Mr. Webster,
left Washington on the 13th for the North,
for purposes having reference to this mat
ter. The Legislature of Maine convened
on the 18th inst. to consider the subject of
the N. E. Boundary Question, and Gover
nor Davis is authorized to act for the
State of Massachusetts. It is to be hoped
that this vexed question, which has too
long agitated this country and the British
Government, may be amicably settled.
Release of the Santa Fe
Prisoners.
The " New Orleans Bee" says : " The
West India royal mail steamship Teviot
touched at the Balize, below New Orleans,
on the 30th ult. being last from Vera Cruz.
Letters received by her bring the gratify
ing intelligence of the release of eight of
the American prisoners of the Santa Fe
Expedition, Mr. KANDALL being one of
them. The particulars of their release we
have not ascertained. General THOMPSON
had reached Mexico some days before,
and it was thought that his active and de
cided course had effected their liberation."
The Apportionment Bill.
This bill has been amended in the Sen
ate by making 50,000 the ratio of Repre
sentation, and instead of requiring the
States to elect members by districts, re•
quiring such of the States as do elect by
districts, to elect by single districts. It
is thought that the Mouse will concur with
the Senate in these amendments.
Another Pardon.
Some months ago a most fiendish wretch,
called Thomas Shuster, was convicted of
the murder of his wife, ►n Philadelphia„
and sentenced to be hung. Governor
Porter, ►n the plenitude of his mercy, has
seen fit to pardon him.
Robert McConaghy was hung because
he didqioe kill his wzrs, but only her mo
ther, brothers and sister.
New Counterfeits.
Counterfeit notes on the Commercial
Bank of Philadelphia have recently made
their appearance. They are of the denom
ination of $lOO. Bicknell's Reporter de
scribes them minutely.
Domestic Creditors.
It is proposed to hold a Convention of
the domestic creditors of this Common
wealth at Harrisburg, on the 16th of June
next, to deliberate upon matters connected
with their common interests, and to adopt
measures to secure the attention of the
Legislature to the subject at the Extra
Session.
The just demands of this class of coin
munity have too long been trifled with.—
Many families are suffering, because the
State withholds from her domestic credi
tors the price of their labor.
Washington Hotel—Harris-
burg.
We call attention to the advertisment
of MR. Josury, in another part of this
paper. having tarried a short time with
" mine host," we can recommend the
Washington Hotel to all who seek corn.
fort and convenience.
f* -- - We learn by the U. S. Gazette,
that the venerable Bishop Soule, the rep
resentative of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in the United States, to the Wes
leyan Conference about to assemble in
London, sailed for that city from New
York, accompanied by the Rev. Thomas
Sargent, of Baltimore.
Advertising.
As another evidence of the great benefit
of advertising, we are authorized by the
facts to state that since the appearance of
Mr. Snyder's advertisement of the Vege
!table Concrete, he has sold as much in
one week as ie did in two before the
advertisement appeared.—Hollidaysburg
ißegister.
The above is not at all strange. It is
but what the experience of every business
man who has ever tried the experiment of
advertising accords with. But it is
strange that merchants, mechanics, and
business men in general, should pay Irony
three to ten dollars for a awn which can
not be see!, more than a hundred:lards
from the place where it is put up, while
they at the same time neglect to send an
advertisement or a card to every family
within thirty miles around them, when it
can be done at an expense of but a few
dollars.
"Hints to l'oung Lathes."
Our readers--particularly the female•
portion of them—will no doubt be thank.
ful to our female friend for her kindness
in furnishing us with the n Hints to Young
Ladies," which we have transferred to
the first page of to•day's Journal. Let
them be read carefully and studied not
only by young ladies. but by every one
who is blessed with a tongue to speak the
truth. Many will perhaps follow the
friendly advice of the writer, and profit
vastly thereby.
The Mother's Magazine," from whicli
the article alluded to has been copied.
critaiiis a variety of other pieces that
should secure to it a place on the centre
table of every family. It is published
monthly in the city of New York, at one
dollar per annum.
Plaints of Intemperance.
On Friday the 20th inst., SAMUEL GIL-
L tSPIE was found dead at the house of John
White, in the immediate vicinity of this
Borough. An inquisition was taken on
the dead body, by John Simpson, Esq..
Coroner, and a verdict returned " that the
said Samuel Gillaspie came to his death
by an accidental fall on the 19th May 1842,
while in a high state of intoxication."
On Saturday last, Lim TEnscart (color.
ored man) fell down in this Borough, and
died instantly. The Physicians say he
bust his boiler" by raising the steam too
high.
The Bloody 62nd.
Owing to our absence Own this county,
we did not see that glorious sight, the
ml
litia training, and therefore cannot give a
detailed account of their wonderful ex.
ploits, and deeds of noble daring. We•
understand, however, that our battalion, ,
with their swords, muskets, rifles, blun ,
derbusses, clubs, canes, umbrellas, broom
sticks, arc. dcc., presented a formidable
front, calculated to strike terror to the•
very souls of Santa Antm,QuoeniVictoria;
and all others who meddle with our na
tional rights and honor.
Important Decioiom
At a recent meeting of a Debating.Soci.
ety in Vermont, the following question , wse
proposed for debate--" Ought a young
man to follow a gal after she gives hinv
the mitten?" The question was ably ar
gued pro et con, after which the President,
in the profundity of his wisdom, decided
" that he had'nt ough'ter." Those Green
Mountain Boys are sensible fellows; and
their decision of this question should be a
caution to all young Misses who give the
" mitten" to their beaux.
Or We were at Harrisburg last week.
Business there appeared dull--the "lumber
business" in particular was at a low ebb.
The " raft-men" were lying on their oars,
musing upon the gloomy prospects before
them. Times are expected to remain dull
with the " lumber merchants" until about
the 9th of June, when it is supposed there
will be quite a stir.
Oz The General Assembly of the Pres
byterian Church commenced its annual
session in Philadelphia, on Thursday the
19th inst. The opening sermon was
preached by the Rev. Dr. Breckenridge,
of Baltimore.
Oz!r• A petition for the pardon of Alex.
under W. Holmes is in circulation foe
signatures in Philadelphia. The Presi.
dent will probably grant the prayer of the
petitioners.
13:77 - The motion for a nee' WO in the
case of Colt, the murderer of Adams, has
been overruled.
VT' JOHN M. NILES (Loco Foco) has
been elected Senator of the United State
for the State of Connecticut.