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—”Witheweetes(flowersenricled,
From various gardenscull'cl with care."
The following lines, which wo copy from the
Philadelphia Saturday Chronicle, were written by
a young gentleman, after a visit to the cottage of
a friend on the shore of Lake Sutherland.
MT MOUNTAIN HOME.
My home is by the mountain lake,
My cot by its rippling side ;
Where the fawn, at noonday comes, to slake
It's thirst from the mirror'd tide:
Where the wild deer o'er the hillock bounds,
Or sports upon the lea;
And the eagle's piercing cry resounds
In music bold and free.
Where oft, at morn, the deep-mouthed hounds,
The peasant's slumbers break,
And the fisher's fairy shallop bounds
O'er the breast of the sylvan lake;
And there the night•bird's song you hoar
At eve, in the forest glade;
And nature's music lulls the ear
In the song of the light cascade.
These rustic scones aro dearer still
Than air on earth beside,
When blithely straying o'er the hill,
Or by the streamlet'a tide.
For they bring ma back to boyhood's hours,
When heart and soul were light;
And life was, 'tnid those flagrant flowers,
A vision calm and bright.
I would not leave that mountain home,—
Though simple is it's fare,
To dwell beneath a gilded dome,
'Mid splendor, rich and rare;
For Happiness, upon my lot
In balmy smiles is bleat;
And in my rude and humble cot
Live Pleasure and Content.
ZIT2OaII%2.7IMVEDo
THEI
I havo been with thee in thy hour,
Of glory and of bliss—
Doubt not its memory's living power
To strengthen me through this.
Sho was a beautiful girl when I first saw
her. She was standing up at the side of her
lover at the marriage altar. She was slight
ly pale—yet ever and anon as the ceremony
proceeded, a faint tint of crimson crossed her
cheek, like the reflection of the sunset cloud
upon the clear water of a quiet lake. Her
lover as he clasped her delicate hand with
in his own, gazed on her for a moment with
unmingled admiration, and the warm and
eloquent blood played upon his cheek,shad
owing at intervals his manly forehead and
'melting into beauty on his lip.'
Ho stood in the pride of his youth's fair form
With his feelings yet noble, his spirit yet warm,
An eagle to &bolter the dove with his wing,
An elm where the light twinkling tendrils migh
Years passed on, and again I saw these
lovers. They were seated together where
the light of a summer sunset stole through :
the half closed and crimson curtains lendint;
a richer tint to the delicate carpeting, and
the exquisite embelishruents of the rich and
gorgeous apartment. Time had slightly
changed them in outward appearance. The
girlish buoyancy of the young wife had in.
deed given place to the grace of the perfect
womanhood, and her lip was somewhat pa
ler, and a faint line of care was slightly per
ceptible upon her beautiful brow. Her hus
band's brow, too, was marked somewhat
more deeply than yearti - rnight warrant, an
xiety, ambition and pride had gone over it
—a silver hue was mingling with the dark.
ness of his hair which had become thinned
Around his temples almost to baldness. He
was reclining on the splendid ottoman with
his face half hidden by. his hand as if he
feared that-troubled thoughts which oppres.
aed him were visible 'upon his features.
'Edward you arse ill to night.' , ---said his
wife in a low, sweet half inquiring voice as
she laid her hand upon his own.
Tho husband roused himself from his at
titude slowly, and a slight frown knit his
brow.
'1 am not ill,' he- said, somewhat abruptly.
he wished nu interruption of his evidently
hitter thotights.
Indifference, q_out those we love, is tem
hie to the §epsititio bosom. It is as if the
san of heaven refused his wanted cheerful
ness, and glared down upon us, with a cold
dim; and fot holding glance. It is dreadful
to feel that the only being of our love refu
ses to ask our sympathy—that he broods
over feelings which he scorns, or refuses to
reveal—dreadful to watch the convulsive
features and the gloomy brow, the involun•
tory sighs and sorrow in which wo are for
bidden to participate and whose character
we cannot know.
The wife essayed more. 'Edward,' she
said slowly, mildly and affectionately, 'the
time has been when you were willing to con
fide your secret joys and sorrows to ono
who has never betrayed your confidence.
Why then my. my dear Edward is the cru
el reverse. You are troubled and yet you
refuse to tell me the cause.'
Something of return ir.g kindness succeed•
ed for an instant in the cold severity of the
husband's features, but it passed away and
a bitter smile was his reply
Time passed on, and the twain separated
from each other. The husband sat ghomi
ly alone in the damp gloom of a dungeon.—
Ho had followed ambition as his god, and he
failed in .his career. He had mingled with
men whom his heatt loathed, he had sought
out the fierce and wronged spirits of the
land and breathed into theta the madness of
revenge. He drew his sword against his
country; he had fanned rebellion to a flame
which had been quenched in human blood.
Ho had fallen, miserably fallen—and he
had been doomed to die the death of a trai
tor.
If was his last night of tight. The mor
row was appointed for his execution. He
saw the sun sink behind the green hills of
the west as he sat by the dim grate of his
dungeon with a feeling of unutterable hor.
ror. He felt it was the last sun-that would
set to him. It would cast its next level and
sunset rays upon his grave, the grave of a
traitor.
The door of his dangeon opened, and a
light form entered and threw herself into
his arms. The softened light of sunstit fell
upon the pale brow and wasted cheek of
his once beautiful wife.' 4 ,_ 'Edward—my
dear Edward,' she said, have come to
save you after a thousand difficulties, and
thank God that my purpose is nearly accom
'fished 7'
Misfortune had softened the proud heart
of manhood, and as the husband presF, d
his pale wife to his bosom, a tear trembled
in his eyelash. I have not deserved this
kindness he murmered, in the checked tones
of convulsive agony.
`Edward,' said his wife, in an earnest but
faint and loiv voice, which indicafea fearful
debility, 'we have not a moment t 4 loose—
by an exchange of garments you On he en•
abled to pass unnoticed. Haste or we are
too late. Fear nothing for my eflints in be
half of a husband dearer thnn life itself.'
'But Mary,' said the husband, 'you look
sadly il:. You cannot breathe the air of this
dreadful cell."
'Oh speak not of me, my dearest Edward,'
said the devoted woman. 'I can endure
every thing fbr your sake. Haste Edward
—haste, and all will be well,' and she aided
with a trembling hand to disguise the proud
form of the husband in a female garb.
'Farewell my lover, my preserver,' wins•
pered the husband in the ear of his disguised
wife, as the officer reminded the supposed
Indy, that the time allotted for her visit had
expired. 'Farewell we shall meet again,'
responded his wife—and the husband passed
out unsuspected and escaped the enemies of
his life.
They did meet again—that wife and hus
band—but only as the dead meet—in their
awful communings of another world. Mee,
tion had borne up her exhausted spirit, un
til the last great purpose of her exertiens
was accomplished in Mae safety of her hus
band: and when the bell tolled on the mor
row, and when the prisoner's cell was open
ed the guards found wrapped :n the habili
ments of their destined victim, the pale but
still beautiful corso of the devoted WIFE.
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HISTORY OF PRINTING.
The idea of Printing appears to be so
natural to the human nund,that it is strange
the Greeks and Romans should not have
invented it. Wood cuts and printing of
cards seem to have led to the discovery.—
At first, whole pages were cut in wood and
printed, which method was in use in China
ever since the year 950, and is still adhered
to, owing to the peculiarity of the Chinese
language. The first who invented the art
of printing with moveable type, was JOHN
GurrENnEno, of Sorgenloch, called Henne
Gensfleisch, (Johnny Gooseflesh,) a Ger
man, born at Mentz, in the year 1397. Ho
moved to Strasbourg in 1420, and establish.
ed the first printing office in 1435. At first
he printed A B C books, with tablets cut in
wood. But in 1440 he already commenced
printing with moveable letters made of
wood, and at last of a mixture of lead and
tin. In 1445, he again moved to Mentz,
and in 1449 established a sort of partnership
with John Faust, a goldsmith, which was
afterwards increased by the addition of
Faust's son in law; Peter Schceffer, from
Grensheim. The latter invented the art of
casting letter in 1451, and a peculiar coin
position of printer's ink, writing ink having
previously been employed for that purpose.
In 1455 a quarrel arose between Guttenberg
and Faust, in consequence of which the part.
nership was dissolved, and the former obli
ged to surrender letters, presses and tools,
to Faust in payment of debts incurred by
the establishment. Guttenberg established
a new printing office in 1465, and died to
1468, at Mentz, us a Knight of the Court
of the Elector Adolphus of Nassau. Faust
and Schceirer continued the business, and
,G. w.a.oznrc-trox nownrr, mmzycz. znormninson.
rhe liberty to know, to utter, • • •J . e free • r• • t • Iv— . •
COLdWWX , E2IIIV3I6O I.P di cb 6 , it , VP
finished the first Latin Bible, of which Gut
tenberg had commenced the first twelve
sheets. A Psalterium was printed in 1457,
and a Latin and German Bible in 14b2.
I Faust travelled with these books to Paris,
and being able to sell a copy of his Bible for
sixty gold pieces, instead of tour hundred,he
found in a short time a large number areas
tomers. The art of printing now spread
over all Europe. A printing office was es
tablished at Bamberg, and in a few years,
Rome, Naples, Paris, &c., issued works
(principally Bibles) from their presses. Ar
nold Pannartz and Conrad Schweinheim
invented Cho Roman letters, which were
soon substituted in every country instead of
the Gothic used in the writings of the monks.
Aldus Manutius invented the Italic in 1501,
and Anthony Farottus, at Parma, cast to
wards the end of the 15th century, the first
Greek type. In 15:38, the first capitals
were invented. Breitkopf, in Liepsic, in
vented,
towards the middle of the last centu
ry, the art of printing music and maps, and
Firmin Didot the art of stereotyping. The
improvements since that period, and the in
vention of power presses in England and
America, are sufficiently well known.
Phila. Standard.
A LA:UGTIABLE INCIDENT. - A laughable
incident occurred in this county some time
since, the circumstances of which we give
just as we got them from one who professed
to be acquanted with the transaction. An
old gentleman farmer; who had tvvo or
three very pretty daughters, was so very
cautious of his charge, that he would not
permit them to keep the company of young
men; however, they adopted the following
expedient to enjoy the company of their
lovers, without the knowledge of the father.
After the old man had retired to rest, the
girls would hang a sheet out of the window
which was quite a distance from the ground,
and the beau would seize hold of the sheet,
and with the assistance of his lady-love,who
tugged lustily at the sheet above, would
thus gain an entrance; but it so happened
that one evening the girls hung out the sheet
rather too early—for the old gentleman, by
some ill wind, was blown round the corner,
and spying the sheet,he could not conjecture
the meaning of its being there—so he took
hold and endeavored to pull it down; the
girls above supposing it.to be one of their
beau, began to hoist and did not discover
their mistake antil the head of the old man I
was level with the window sill, when one of '
them exclaimed—"Oh! Lordl—it's dad!"—
and letting go their hold of the sheet, souse
came the old Wan on the hard ground and I
stones below; dislocating one of his should- I
ors, which convinced him that his elYirts to
make old maids out of his daughters was a
matter not so easily accomplished—and
withdrawing all further opposition to their
keeping company, he was soon a father-in
law.—New Cumberland Advocate.
HORSE-BACIE RlDlNG.—Graham in . his
work entitled "Lectures on the Science of
Human Life," has the following paragraph
upon the value of exercise:
"The importance of exercise as the natu
ral tonic of the body, is greatly overlooked
and exceedingly neglected in the treatment
of chronic diseases of ever kind, and irrita
ting and deleterious stimulus are employed
to produce those effects in the system which
can healthfully result only from proper ex
ercise, and pure air. Dyspeptic, and other
chronic invalids, ought never to hope for
health by any means without exercise.
The beneficial effects of horse-back riding
to those who are laboring under pulmonary
consumption, are often truly astonishing.—
I have known invalids afflicted with this
dreadful disease, when they were too feeble
to mount the horse without help, by riding
a short distance the first timo,and gradually
increasing the length of the ride daily, be
come able in the course of two weeks to ride
twenty miles without stopping by the way,
and feel more vigorous at the end of the
journey, than at the beginning—and I have
known instances in which such individuals
have made journeys on horse back of seve
ral hundred miles, and returned to their
homes and friends, almost perfectly restored
to health. Indeed lam entirely confident
that if strict simplicity and propriety of diet,
and riding on horse-back to the full extent
of the patient's ability, will not cure pulmo
nary consumption, no earthly means can
cure it—and I am very certain that most
other means employed in modern times,
whilst they may perhaps, seem to alleviate
the symptoms really aggravate the disease.
and hasten the patient to the grave."
TUE JEWB.—Major Noah expresses the
opinion that the number of Jews in the
world may be estimated at nearer six mil
lions than three. He says:—
"There are more than a million in Poland
and Russia; in all Asia there are full two
millions; half a million in Austria; in the
Barbary States and Africa, a million; in all
Europe two millions and a half. We do
not think during the most splendid periods
of Jewish history that they ever exceeded
four millions, but then their colonies and
countries held tributary in Europe and Asia,
amounted to many millions more. For ex
ample, at one period all Spain paid tribute
to King Solomon; and all Spain and Portu
gal, at this day, are decendants of the Jews
and Moors; and there are many thousands
of Jews, in both those countries, now adher
ing in secret to the ancient faith of their
,fathers, while outwardly professing the
catholic religion. 'All the familiar Spanish
and Portuguese names—Lopez, Mendez,
Carvalho, Fonseca ; Rodrigues, .Peirara,
Azavedo, Montefiores ; &c. &c.—ore of
azbare. awazez fI 9 ataaoc)
Jewish eiri , irri- Their rromberg, therefore,
mil never te avearately known until the
restoratinn, when alhvra,m_eils who, from con
vrnieacc zzia pri-le, and some from oppre
hensiGn, their religion, will be most
eager to slvri.= is vr!.:en their nation takes
rack. ammo tE,- governments of the earth."
Tire war To ens A KIS.3.—A late law:
yer car • d to ten this story of a brother bar
rister. As the catch was about starting
befyre breakfast, tine coodebt limb of the law
approached the landlady, a pretty Quaker
ess, who was seated near the fire, and said
he ccitad Exit think of going without giving
her a lass. -Friend,' said she 'thee must
not do tt.' •Ob, by 'heavens, I will!' replied
the barrister. -.Well, friend, as thou bast
swam, thee tax: d it; but then mutt not
make a practice of it.'
Nerret. Cotner or JIIEYNEN.—"Warren
liirritnEl vs Sam.cel D. Vide. This was an
actin to recover the amount of a note, and
the case wert to the jury on Thursday eve
ning with directives to bring in a sealed
verdict - the next rooming. At the opening
of MC COurit an FrEdav, the jury brought in
their sealed vein...':ct, which proved to be for
the prai.tinT tor i.znf his demand. Counsel
for defendant then required the jury to be
polfed,and the elm k pat the question to each
of the, jurors --Gls this tour verdict?" Tho
Gun taro or three rassa-erect "Yes.' But the
next the rxext, to the surprise of the
audience, answered in a loud voice, "No."
Judge lilihmeeerF..ei3 the names . of tho
jurors who answered "NO," and told them
that they had committed a contempt
of court, and fined them $l5 each. One of
the gentreruen said he put his name to the
verdict in order to save his life, and the
other aura began to explain, but the court
refused to hear Env explanation from either
of them, and ordered the jury back to their
room to recmsider their verdict. They
according:Cy retired, and after being out sev
eral hours withLnat bring able to agree they
were ditichawil.—Scn.
Luz is - sessuracs--An affluent gentle
man who recenit'v insured his life with the
Penns3.Evarata Life insurance Company,
stares that his Mice for doing so was to
follow tEe e.rooniplle of his father, to whose
care and faresight himself as well as his
brothers ands ers were indebted for their
mainten:T a.-= and eanration. The circum
stances were thy: The father being about
to eimtask for the East ladies from Liver
pool, gay asked by no acquaintance what
provision' he End ar..lde for his family. Ho
answered, mord and that all his worldly
property vr , ...s to be with him on board.—
By friendly advice he was induced to in
sure his life at a Liverpool office, and the
vessel never having been heard from, his,
chirdieln were tifirm provided for, and are
now living in thiamin= in the South.
U. S. Gazette.
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EXterk—Nsm, MAJESTY ' S iIT AEIIIAGE.
—The ete.- , trat to be defrayed out of the
pubttc fey u 1 Fir rthe expense of Her Alajes
ty's marriage is 9,4261; of 'which 4,7081
were spent en altering the Chapel Royal of
St James's; G.;61 for illuminating the pub
lic offices.; 2,1151 /or opening all the thea
tres. The East item 132 the account is 1,7531
being the
of His Royal ilagianms Prance Albert to this
country.
A Illl.smaten WOMAN'S Norc.---In an
action trifabil friara Judg ,, ,e, RANDALL, a few
days ago to Forayer of Crnrad Reakert the
amoant o 6 a prom'isory note given by his
wife, a milliner in Arch .street, near 2d, to
Job Barker, of New York . , and endorsed by
N. W. Samford & Co. it teas held that as
the nate was sign.sd. by her, by authority of
her b. US hare. he was liable fGr the same.
Plea. Gazette.
A ressel ireaezdy arrived at Tampico,
from Boston, with a carze of ice—the Cos
trlmhorem derromered 85000 duty. This
amnuat the rassrer refused to pay, and
threatened to let the whole melt. This de
termination' sabre:ad the heart of the Collec
tor, who lowered Ins charge to 8150.
At the Cocus-ention of 20,000 Harrison
men at Spiringlid, capitol of Illinois, there
were several Ihundred ladies in the proces
sion. which extenEeil' I two miles in length,
and inland as the town is, the elegant full
rigged and &11l manned minature ships and
brigs seemed to be as favorite an emblem as
the log cabins and minces. Among the nu
merousUccle- rs, one was that of the State
Coat of Arras-03 reverse—" %V in.
Henry robe of the civilian
over the honor cf Elbe saldier. The farmers
of Morg--na ect a carried upon one of their
banners a e stifil painting ofa Prairie on
fire, and a Far tru=ing before the fumes,
and the signitimxt motto---'.When the Prai•
ries are on eze, the Foxes retire!"
Parunm - Gs- —A grcait sale of paintings
toltz prase recently in London, amounting
to $141,000- One of the paintings, "The
Good Shepaera," by Murillo, was purcha
sed by Rama Prra h ocbild for 14,793 70i—
Many of die pieces went ciTas high as two
and am= thciaslmi dollars?
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Geasrztaannk--Larger Yet.—We were
shown this momiug, by Jowl Vickers, Esq.
several large ripe gooseberries. from the
garden of Mr. Bract, of the firm of Watch
man & Bract. They measure 31 by 4 in
ches/a/Land said to be a fair average of a
tarp quantity in that gentleman's garden.
litaltisnore Patriot.
The Hartford Courant states that Col.
%Veils, who was lately killed in a duel at
San Antonio, Texas, (at the same time kill
ing his antagonist Capt. Reed,) was only 23
years of age. Although so young, he com
manded the left wing of the army in the
memorable battle ofSan Jacinto,two or three
years ago, which achieved the independence
of Texas. His mother and sister reside at
Middletown, Conn. How sad, that a youth
of so much promise should sacrifice his life,
and that of a fellow man for a punctilio of
honor.
We learn from the St. Louis Republican,
that the Supremo Court of Illinois, lately
in session at Springfield, have pronounced
their decision in the case so long and ably
argued at the previous term of tho Court.—
The case involved the right, under the Con
stitution of the State, of an alien to vote.
The COurt affirmed the judgment of the
Circuit Court, which declared that an alien
had not the right to vote. Illinois and Mich
igan are the only States of the Union by
which this privilege Las been accorded to
citizens not naturalized: So far as the first
named State is concerned, t his construction
of the Constitution can tiolunger prevail.
LAUGE CASTING. — The bed plate of one
of the Engines now being built by Merrick
and Towne, for the United States Steam
Frigate, was cast on Friday at the South.
work Foundry. 30,000 pounds of metal
were melted in two cupolas, in two hours
and 40 minutes, and the casting was run in
fifty seconds. This is believed to be the
largest amoinit of metal ever melted for one
casting in the United States. The plate'is
estimated to weigh fourteen tons nett.
LIBELLOUS SENTENCE.—The Now York
American of Saturday states that Peter
Barthelemy•and Louis do Bouillon, cnuvic•
ted of a gross libel on the Rev. Mr. Verret);
wore on that day sentenced by the Recorder:
Do Bouillon to one year's imprisonment in
the penitentiary. and a fine of two hundred
and filly dollars;. Barthelemy to nine months'
imprisonment in the penitentiary, and a fine
of two hundred and fifty dollars—both to
stand committed until the fine is paid.
FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE.
Mr. Van Buren's friends insist that he is
a friend to the people, especially to the poor
er classes, and is therefore entitled to their
support. We have before us a copy of a
work, purporting to ho the "Life and Paliti•
cal opinions of Martin Van BM-en," written
by William M. Holland, a personal and po.
lineal friend of that gentleman. In this
work we find the following facts established:
1. Martin Van Buren proposed to allow
the right of suffrage '.o no white man, unless
in addition to the other qualifications, ho
was a householder—thoreby prohibiting
young mechanics, clerks, and laborers from
an exercise of their right. Ho said "we
have already reached tho verge of univer
sal suffrage. We wore cheapening this in
valuable right. Ho was disposed to.go as
far as any man in the extension of rational
liberty; but he could not consent to under.
value this precious privilege so fur as to con
fer it with an indiscriminate hand upon eve.
ry one, black or white, who would, be kind
enough to condescend to accept it!"—[Hol
land's life of Martin Van Buren, p 181, I,:q.
2. He voted that any black or mulatto
man, possessing property to the amount of
two hundred and fifty dollars, could bo en•
titled to a vote—yet a poor man, not being a
householder, should have no voto.—lb. p.
187.
U. Ho opposed the election of Justices of
the Peace by the people. "Some had thought
(says Mr. Van . Buren) that magistrates
ought to be elected—but ho had at all times
been opposed to their olection."—lb. p. 199.
4. lie proposed to give the election of
three thousand civil officers : to the supervi 7
sors of the county and to the Judges of the
courts of common pleas,thereby taking from
the people the .right of electing their ofii
cers.—lb. p. 192.
VAN Bunurr DURING TETE WAR.—An
occasional recurrence to some of' the prin.
cipal events in the careers of the two can
didates for the Presidency, is instructive
and entertainin g . It is instructive, because
they have both been long in public life, and
the history done of then 4 is the-history of
the whole western country. It is amusing,
because it removes the veil by which M r.
Van Buren would now conceal himself, and
exposes the many little tricks of which he
has been guilty. It is difficult to conceive
any thing more fantastic than Martin Van
Buren as presented to us by impartial histo.
ry! He is the Harlequin of politics. His
life has been one unbroken series of petty,
riot unfrequently ridiculous,stratagems,hav
ing as their uniform object the advancement
of some selfish end. The following para-
graphs taken from the New York Times,
may be regarded as a chapter of his biogra
phy:
, What was Mr. Van Buren doing while
Gels. Harrison was fighting the battles of
his country in the late war?
Mr. Van Buren was enjoying 'f the spoil"
of the office of A ttorney General of the State
ofNew York, and the pay of a Senator of
the State at the same time. He was a
Judge of the Court of Errors; but instead of
discharging the high judicial duties of that
station, he had the indelicacy—to call it by
no worse name—to act as counsel on one
side of every cause • that came before the
Court while he was a member it. Senators
naturally supposed tbat a fee to 'a Judge of
the Court to act as counsel, was money bet
ter laid out than it would be in employing
womozara 0 4 01) cu.
an abler man who was not a member oftliat
body. If a cause was ever argued in the
court of Errors while Mr. Van Buren was
a Judge thereof, in which he was not em-
ployed as cooi.sel, we should be pleased to
have the Argus point it out, rind tell us
where the opinion or Senator Van Buren
can be found.
On the same days that lie earned hid
counsel fee by arguing a cause before the
Court of Errors, he also received his per
diem allowalee as a Judge of the same
Court! •
In addition to his salary as Attorney Ge.
neral, his per diem pay as a Judge of the
Cuurt of Errors, and his counsel tees in the
same Couit, he was employed by govern
ment to act with the Judge Advocate in the
many court - martial trials that grow out of
the war; and he received for this last ser
vice enormous fees. In the trial of Gone•
ral Hull he received a fee from government
of $5,000, and, we think, a like sum in the
case of General Wilkinson. ' Such wore
his "spoils" gleaned from the war in which
Harrison did the fighting.
One of the best replies to the brawlers
about Gen. Harrison's vote to dispose tem
porarily of the services of 'convicts, is the
following from the Now York Courier and
Inquirer:
"SELLING WRITE MEN INTO SLAVERY. "'
—The most amusing humbug which the ad
ministration is circulating against Harrison
is that of "sellinf , men into slavery." Tho
class.of voters that is intended to operate
among must ba convicts, or those who ex 4
pect to be convicts. It may 'affect the feel
ings of the friends of the Evening Post in
the city prison. The selling into slavery
was permission to, work out fines for crim
inal offences in labor on the high way; just
as men are here "sold into slavery" to ham
mer stone at the State prison. Instead of
educating them to trades in . the State pri
son, and thus making a State monopoly in
important branches orindustry, to the great
detriment of honest mechanics, the law re=
ferred to keeps them at work on the roads..
PROGRESS or Orristrosr-The Ohio State
Journal contains a notice signed by TWEN
TY TWO citizens of Harrison township, Pick
away county, Ohio, in which they acknow
ledge themselves to have been, till very re
cently, supporters of Martin Van Buren
but add that they are now well convinced
that they have been lending their names
and influence in sustaining men in power,
who have no interest in. common with the
laboring class to which they belong ; and
they now declare their purpose of "trying
'Old Tip,' for four years, any how," as nth
change can possibly be for the worse, but
may be very much for the better. The
names oftheso new recruits to the people's
standard, are set forth at full length in the
Journal, so that there can be no mistake.—
Twenty-two in one township, is a pretty fair
"sign."—Baltimore Pat.
How DO YOU Lam rr?—•- 4 * Wool is purcha
sed in Spain and other Sub-Treasury Gee:
ernments, for 3to 9 cents a pound." Well
let us yield to the demands of the Loco Fo
cos and give them a Sub-Treasury. Let
us reduce the price of wool; and not only
wool, ° but beef, pork, butter and cheese.—
There are a few in community,—Say the
salaried gentlemen, the lawyers, the.mar=
chants, the mechanics, and generally all
capitalists, who have not invested their cap
ital in agriculture: all the's° might get
comfortably. But what say the muss---the'
farmers? How do you like it? And now
for another View. By a tariff, and b) that
alone, can we prevent the Spanish wool
from being imported and crowded into our
markets, either excluding our own, or re
ducing it greatly in price; . but who is for no .
protection and free trade? Who, but your
Beritons, your Calhouns, & Co., the leaders
of the administration party? Let them
continue in power, and after 1941 we have
no assurance that they will not carry out
their anti-tariff notions. How would thee
farmers like that?
—.so 0 0•"
While forty or fifty thousand people were'
celebrating the victory of Fort Meigs upon
the Battle Ground, two or three thousand
were commemorating the same victory a
short distance from Columbus Ohio. A-
tnong the vehicles that made their appear
ance at the festival near Columbus was one
called a "Torn Corwin Buggy," construct-,
ed on large wheels, drawn by 12 yoke of
oxen, and carrying 240 voters to the frolic.
The Court of Errors, now in Session iii
New York city, made a decision of a good
deal of importance. The case, which has
in course of argument the last two,
weeks, was one of those - that arose out of
the great fire of 1835. The owners of the
stores blown up to stop the fire claimed to'
recover of the city the value of the property;
destroyed. The Court decided in favor of'
the clemiants. The amount to be paid out
of the city treasury will be upwards of a
million of dollars.
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- AN Aurae'. MaiL.—ln the U.S. Senate
a•few days since, Mr. Linn presented a me.
Morin! from R. 0. Davidson; of the town of
St. Louis; asking an appropriation of not
less than two nor more than five thousand
dollars, to test an experiment for currying
the mails through thr air.
"The memoriiih-a states that it cm b e
.conveyed at the rate nf.t tin m iles p e e.
that his plan is isaluhitatly corre&; a gi .it
rests upon a principle in Nature.
adopts a form drawn from Natiite, pral em.
ploys manual power to put it in motton.'