' existence.
~ -land. If you had gone there for that purpose,
“you should have been received and treated
...
- parts ofthis State which I had never seen, I
or
some years past, forty I should judge, with
long black hair, an acquiline nose, broad
cheek bones, a sun burnt complexion, and a
very bright, keen, dark and piercing eye.-—-
There were btit twenty thousand. Choctaws
left, heysaid, and their numbers were decreas-
ing every day. A few of his brother chiefs
had been obliged to_ become civilized, and to
, make themselves acquainted with what the
whites know. for it was their only chance of
But they were not many; and
' the-rest were as they always had been. He
dwelt on‘ this, and saidseveral times that un-
Iessthev tried to assimilate themselves to
their conquerers, they must be swept aw_ay
before the strides of civilized society.
. When. weshook hands at parting, I told
him he must come to England, as he longed
to see the land so much; that Ishould hope
to seehim there, one day, and that I could
promise him he would be well received and
kindly treated. He was evidently pleased
by this assurance, thotigh he rejoined, with a
good-humored smile, and an arch shake of
his head, that.the English tised to be very
fond ofthe red men when they wanted their
help. bnt.had not cared much for them since.
He took his leave; as stately and com-
plete a, gentleman of Nature's makipg as ev-
_,er I beheld ;- and moved among the people
in the boat another kind of being.
Speech ofmtr. Clay.
The following speech of Mr. Clay was deliv-
cred at Ricliniontl, on the 18th tilt. With the
cir‘cumst'ance.s attending its delivery our readers
are already acquainted. While Mr. Clay was
addressingthe assembled multitude on political
topics, 3. Mr. Mendenliall ascended the stand
and presented a petition to M r. Clay which was
read aloud, requesting him forthwith to liberate
all his slaves.
After the reading of the petition. lite 85_'
sembly, manifested great sensation, sotne C!‘l-
ed out pull him (Mr. Mendeiih-all) down,
and a high degree of excitement, of anger,
and of indignation were kindled against him.
The slightest manifestation ofdispleastire on
the part of Mr. Clay might have exposed
MrMendenhall to great personabdunger. But
Mr, Clay rose with perfect calmness, and
composure, and first addressed the multitude
in a strain of pursuasion and entreaty. He
hoped that Mr. M. might be treated with the
greatestforbearance and respect. Ile assur-
ed his fellow citizenstliere collected, that the
presentation of the petition had not occasion-
ed him‘the slightest pain, not excited one
solitary fdisagreeable emotion. If it were
to be presented to him, he preferred that it
should be done in the face of this vast and
respectable assemblage. He thought he
could give it such an answer as l'J8“.€1lIl€ him
and the subject of which it treated. At all
events, he untreated and besought his fellow
citizens, for their sake, for his country’s sake,
for his sake, to ofier no disrespect, no indig-
II'lllOl'I,’l'l0 violence in word or deed, to Mr.
Mendenhall.
This appearing to compose the assembly,
Mr. Clay bowed to Mr. Mendenhall, and ad-
dressing him said-—
I will now sir. make to you and this peti-
tion such a response as becomes me. Allow
me to siy that I think you_ have not conform,-
ed to the independent character of an Amer-
can citizen’, in presenting a peritionto me. I
am like yourself, buta private citizen. A pe-
tition, as the term itnplies,generally proceeds
from an inferior in power or station to a su-
perior; but between us there is entire equal-
ity, And whzit are the circumstances under
which you have chosen to offer it .7 I am a
total stranger, passing through your State on
my way to its capital in consequence of an
invitation with which I have been honored
to visit it, to exchange salutiitions with such
ofmy friends of Indiana as think proper to
meet-me, and to accept of their hospitality.——
Anxious as I am to see them, and to view
cattie here with reluctance, because I appre-
hended that the motives of myjourney might
be misconceived and perverted. But when
fulfillment of an old promise to visit Indian-
apolis was insisted upon,Iyielde-d to the solic-
itations of friends and have presented myself
among you.
Such is the occasion which has been de-
liberately selected for tendering this petition
to me. Iani advanced in years, and neither
myself nor the place of my residence is alto-
gether unknown to the world. You might
at any time within_ the last 25 or 30 years
have presented your petition to me at Ash-
with perfect respect and liberal hospitality?
Now, Mr. Mendenhall, let us (rlevcrse
conditions, and suppose that you ha been
invited to Kentucky to partake of its hospi-
tality; and that, previous to your arrival, I
had employed such means as I understand
have been used to get up this petition, to ob-
tain the signatures ofcitizens of that State
to a petition, to present to you, to relinquish
your farm or other property, what would
you have thought of such a proceeding?
Would you have deemed it courteous and
according to the rites of hospitality .7
Iknow well that you, and those who
think with yoti, controvert the legitimacy of
slavery, and deny the right of property in
slaves. But the law of my state and other
States has otherwise ordained. The law
may be wrong, in your opinion, and ought
to be repealed; but, then, you and your as-
socintes are not the law makers for us, and
unless you can show seine authority to nulli-
fy our laws, we must continue to respect
them. Until the law is repeal-d, we must
be excused for asserting the riglits-—'iye, the
property in slaves--which it sanctions, au-
thorizes and Vln(IlCt1lt’8.
And who are the petitioners whose organ
you assume to be? I have no doubt that
many ofthem are worthy, amiable and hu-
mans persons, who, by erroneous representa-
tions, have been induced inconsiderately to
affix their signatures to this petit.ion. and
that they will deeply regret it. Others, and
not a few I am told, are free blaclrs, men,
women, and children, who have been artfully
deceived and imposed upon. very large
portion, 1 have been credibly informed, are
the political opponents of the party to which
I belong. Democrats as they most untlescrv.
edl call themselves, who . l'H1V0 eagerly
-, .-..-- .
» "3.’-. -. “.4
.‘_~
.-
to which they are attached. In other quar-
exclusive champions of Southern interests,
the only safe defenders of the rights in slave
property, and unjustly accuse us Whigs with
Abolition designs, wholly incompatible with
its severity. What ought these distant
Democrats to think of the course of their
friends here who have united in this petition?
And what is the foundation of thisappeal
to me in Indiana to liberate the slaves under
my care in Kentucky? It is a general de-
claration,,in the act announcing to the world
the independence of the thirteen American
Colonies, that all men are created equal.-
Now, as an abstract principle. there is no
doubt of the truth of that declaration: and it
Society, and in organized Societies, to keep
it in view as a great fundamental principle.
But, then, I apprehend that in no Society
that ever existed, or ever shall be formed,
was or can the equality asserted among the
members of the human race, be practically
enforced and carried out. There are por-
tions of it, large portions, women, minors,
insane, culprits, transient sojourners, that
will always probably remain subject to the
government of another portion of the commu-
nity. ‘
That declaration, whatever may be the
extent of its import, was made by the last
delegation of the thirteen States. In most
of them slavery existed, and had long existed
and was established by law. It was intro-
duced and forced upon the Colonies by the
paramount law of England. Do you believe
that in making that declaration, the States
that concurred in it intended that it should
be tortured into a virtual emancipation of
the slaves within their respective limits ?—
Would Virginia and the other Southern
States have ever united in a declaration
which was to be interpreted into an abolition
ofslavery among them ? Did any one of the
thirteen States entertain such a design or
expectation? To itnpute such a secret and
unavowed purpose would be to charge a
political fraud upon the noblest band of pat-
riots that ever assembled in council-—a fiaud
upon the confederacy of the Revolution—a
fraud upon the tinion of these States, whose
Constitution not only recognized the lawful-
ness of slavery. but permitted the importa
tion of slaves’ from Africa until the year
1808. And Iam bold to say that, if the
rloctrinr-s of modern ultra political abolition-
ists had been seriously promulgated at the
epoch of our revolution, our glorious ‘Inde-
pendence would never have been achieved.
Never l -—neverl [Great applause, and ina-
nv voices echoing, “Never l"]
i I know the predominant sentiment in the
free States is adverse to slavery; but happy
in their own exemption, from whatever evils
may attend it, the great mass of our fellow
citizens there do not seek to violate the Con-
stitution or to disturb the harmony of these
States. I desire no concealement of my
opinions in regard to the institution of sla-
very. I look upon it as a great evil, and
deeply lament that we have derived it from
the parental government and from our an-
cestors. lwish every slave in the United
Stateswas in the country of his ancstors.-—-
But here they are, and the question is how
can they best be dealt with ? It a state of na-
ture existed, and we were about to lay the
foundations of society, no man would be more
opposed thanl should be toincorporate the
institution of slavery among its elements.
But there is an incalculable difference be-
tween the original fortnition of society, and
a long existing organized society, with its
ancient laws, institutions and establishments
Now, great as I acknowledge, in my
opinion, the evils of slavery are, they are
nothing, absolutely nothing, in comparison
with the far greater evils which would inev-
itably flow from a sudden,general and indis-
criminate emancipation. In some of the
States the number of slaves approximates
towards an equality with that of the whites;
in one or two they surpass them. VVhat
would be the condition of the two races in
those States upon the supposition of an im-
mediate emancipation? Dors any II on sup-
pose that they would become blended into one
homogeneous mass? Does any man recom-
mend amalgatnation——that revolting admix-
ture, alike offensive to God and man»? For
those whom he, by their physical properties,
has made unlike and put assunder, we may
without prestimptuousness, suppose we were
never intended to be joined together in one
ofthe holiest rites. And let me tellyou, sir.
if you do not already know it, that such are
the feeling—prejudices if you please (and
what claiming to be a state.-sman,will overlook
or disregard the deep seated and unconqtiera-
ble prejudices of the people) in the slavestates
that no human law could enforce a union
between the two races.
What then would certainly happen ? A
struggle for political ascendency; the blacks
seeking to acquire, and the whites to main-
tain possession of the government. Upon
the supposition ofa general, immediate eman-
cipation, in those States where the blacks
outnumber the whites they would have noth.
ing to do but to insist upon another part of
the same Declaration oflndependrnce as
Dorr and his deluded democratic followers
recently did in Rhode Island, according to
which an undefined majority have the right
at their pleasure, to subvert an existing
government” and institute it new one in its
place, and then the whites would be brought
in complete subjection to the blacks! A con-
tzontest would inevitably ensue between the
two races, civil war, carnage, pillage, con-
fl.-igration, devastation and the ultimate ex-
termination or expulsion of the blacks.-
Nothing is tnore certain. And are not thr»
evils far greater than the mild continually
improving state of slavery which exists in
this country? I say continually improving;
for ifthis gratifying progress in the omele-
ration of the condition of the slaves has been
checked in sotnc of the States the responsi-
bility mllSl.ttl.Itt('ll to the unfortuiiato agita-
tion ofthe subject of abolition. In conse
quence of it, increased tigorin the police and
further restraints have been imposed; and I
do believe that gradual emancipation (the
only method of liberation that has ever been
tliouglit safe or wise by any hotly in any of
the Slave States) has been postponed half u
century.
ters ofthe Union, Democrats claim to be the‘
is desirablein the original construction of
-—-<_u .
~:.'-g.
tual condition, you, Mr Mendenhall, land
"reach Chimests have lately analyzed ani- t
your associates who have heenactive in get-
ting iip this petition, call upon me forthivith
to liberate the whole of them.
that I should conform to the dictates of
manity, by ridding myself of that chti
and sending them forth into the world, \ n
the boon of liberty, to end a wretched e t- i
ence in starvation .7 Another class is - 3
provident mothers. Do you believe
Christain that I should perform my duto- t
fate? Then there is another class 0 t
would not accept their freedom if I i Id
give it to them. I have for many years n- .
\Vhat my treattnent of my slaves is, on
may learn from Charles, who now ac
panics me on this journey, and who has v-
eled with me over the greater part of th
has had a thousand opportunities, if he d
chosen to embrace them, to leave me.
cuse me, Mr, Mendenhall, for saying
respectful in their demeanor, and as Iitll .s-_
posed to wound the feelings of any on as
you are.
[Great and continued laughter and .’p-
plause.]
Let me recommend you sir, to imitate e
benevolentfexample of the society of Fri ds
in the midst of which you reside. M k,
gentle, embued with the-genuine spiri of
our benign religion, whilst in principlet y
are firmly opposed to slavery, they do ,ot
seek to accomplish its extitiction by foul_.b,p-
ithets, coarse and vulgar abuse and {ass
calumny. Their ways do not lead thr gh
blood, revolution and disunion. ': eir
broad and comprehensive philanthropy'em-
braces, as they believe, the good and‘—'tlte
happiness ofthe white as well as of the lack
race; giving to the one their coiiiuiiseation
to the other their kindest sympathy. illicit
instruments are not those ofdetraction ind of
war, btit of peace, persuasion, and (truest
appeals to the human heart. Unanibitfous,
they have no political objects or purposes
to subserve. My intercourse with iheni
throughout life has been considerable, iiter-
esting and agreeable: and I venture to say
that nothing could have induced them, asjj, a
society, whatever a ft'\V individuals might
have been tempted to do, to seize the occasi,-in
of my causal passage through this State, to
offer me it personal indignity.
[This part of Mr. Clay’s speech was list-
ened to with deep and absorbing attention,
and was followed by loud bursts ofapplause.]
I respect the motives of rational abolition-
ists, who are actuated by a sentiment of devo-
tion to human liberty, although I deplore
and deprecate the cont-squrnces ofthe ques-
tion. I have even my friends amongtheiii.
But they are not tnonomaniacs, who,
surrendering themselves to a single idea,
look altogether to the black side of human
life. They do not believe that that-un natal.
of all our efforts and all our -devotion
should be abolition. They believethatthere
are duties to perform towards the white men
as well as the black. They want good gov-
ernment, good administration, and the gen-
eral prosperity of their country.
I shall, Mr. Mendenhall, take your peti-
tion into respectful and deliberate considera-
tion ; but before I come to a final decision
Ishould like to know what you and your
associates are willing to do for the slaves in
my possession, if I should think proper to
liberate them. I own about fifty, who are
worth fifteen thousand dollars. 'I‘o ttirn
them loose upon Society, without any means
of subsistence or support would be an act of
cruelty. Are you willingto raise and se.
cure the payment of fifteen thousand dollars
f0l’ll1t'ir bvnfifili if I should be induced to
free them .7 The security ofthe payment of
that sum would meterially lessen the obsta.
cles in the way of their emancipation.
And now Mr. Mendenhall, I must take
""3PeClfUl leave ofyoti. We separate as we
have met with no unkind fellings, no excited
anger or dissatisfaction on my part, whatev-
er may have been your motives, and these
I refer to our common Judge above, to iv lioin
we are both responsible. Go home, and
mind your own business, and leave other
people to take care of theirs. Lim_it your
benevolent exertions to your own neighbor-
hood. Within that circle yoti will find arri-
flle scone for the exercise of all your chari-
ties. Dry up the tears of the afidicted wid-
ows around you, console and comfort the
helpless orphan, clothe the naked, and feed,
and help the poor, black and white,who needs’
succor, and you will be ti better and wiser
man than you have this day shown yourself.
[Rapturous applause followed the conclu.
sion of the spot-ch.] .
Interesfingfacfs in Physiology -— \Ve finti
posed of helpless infants, with or withou - [/b-fough 3 red hot_ iube_ actually pm
8 fat I’ From these experiments it is ascer-
_ ained, that the fat of hogs, and that ofwhales
wards them, by abandoning them to t r. is identical.
merit of combustion.
al fat, and find that it is composed of-what t
, NOW lei» may call claim and stearin. _'I‘hese when
tell you that some halfa d_ozen ofthem, fron pamied, are found ,0 be compounded or
age, decrepitude or infirmity, are wholly un at-bon, hydrogen, and oxyaen,
able togain a livelihood for themselveslap nnd to contain 79 03 pan: of cmbon,
‘"9 3 heavy charge "P0" '“'3- D0 Y0“ llllffr, 22 of hydrogen, and 9.548 of oxygen.-
-‘Spermaceti is composed ‘ofthe same elements
-. in nearly the same proportions.
Lard oil is
Mons. Ber-
ard, by putting together one part of carbon-
c acid, ten parts of carburretted hydrogen.
them
nd twenty hydrogen. and passing
duced
Morcthan three fourths of
heir composition is carbon, the great nutri-
Hence lard oil is man-
ifactured. in the same manner that sperm is,
ed a slave that I wished would leave m In and is equal if not superior to itfor burning.
he will not. Whatshall ldo with thatc 9 as it yields no lampblack or offensive smell.
This discovery will be of incalculable value
to the VVestern States, where the facilities of
making pork are so abundant.
- to this, the saving to the country in the arti-
nited States and in both the Canadas. Cl cle oflight, will amount to several millions
annually.—N. H. Farmers’ Gaz.
In addition
Agricult-u.ra.l An€Cd0d€.-A knowledge 0’
my slaves are as well fed and clad. look s the habits of animals is somr-times of grea
Sleclfiiflfld hearty. and 1178 (tulle 33 ¢lVll (l service even in the salvation ofcities, James
in his recent history of the Black Prince,
gives an amusing instance of this in the de-
fence of Rennes, a town of Britany, besieged
by the Duke.of Lancaster.
feet the surrender ofthe place, the Duke en-
forced a strict blockade, which soon reduced
In order to ef-
the garrison to great straits. But he knowing
that they would hold out to the last extremity
determined to try a trick of war. For this
purpose, he drew ofl his soldiers as if he
had left the place, antl formed an anibuscade
in some bushes behind the town. He then
caused a number ofhogs to be turned loose
in the plain, in the hope that the starving
garrison would rush otit for the prize.-
But they understood his trickgind turned it
to their own atlvantage. They opened one
ofthe sally-ports, and hung up a young‘ sow
by the hind legs tothe lintel. She ofcourse
made a great outcry. and the hogs Cillllt’
running tip from the place frotn whence the
noise pl'0C(3t'(IP(lZ she was then cut down and
driven through one ofthe streets and forced
to keep up her riiusic.“ The soldiers sprang
tip from their anibuscade in order to try and
prevent this unlooked for termination of their
experiinent; but J imes says, the liogs with
seasonable relicf.—LouisvllIe Jour.
BEAUTIIVUL EXTRACT.
‘The last act is over. The grave bath 0
treasure from the eye alike of friend and foe
Yet when the ‘curfew tells the knell of part
and so dear. I often trace the spirit’s fligh
and ask myself, shall we know and
each other in an other world ?
“'°“'°'v °i°‘°"= and brothers bow in one tin
brdkt-n circle at the Saviour s feet? As
have leaned upon the stone ofa little infant
uage ofthe skies. I have said, tell, beautifu
a single tendril to clasp around it bud so ear
ly broken from the parentstom? Itansiver
’mid the wreck of waters and the dash ofan
in the sea foam, I whispered to the lost, Oh
recalls thee to Himself.’
its bright home above.
gers here.
have not one harsh discordant note.
one is shared alike by all.
‘sting of death, the victory and the grave.’
tip as a c
ing to ca _
tional Convention and there trade
clique have tried two or three Presidential
the following statement in the Boston Me-jg.
cal and Surgical Journal. They me given
on high authority-—may be confirmed by
observation, and need no comment. The
writer asserts:
lst. That the longevity of the pure Alri.
cans is longer than that of the inhabitants of
any other portion on the globe.
2d. That Muluttoes, i. e. those born of
parents one being African and the other
Caucasian or white, are decidedly the short-
est lived of any class of the human race.
3d. That Mulattoes are no more liable to
die under the age of 25, than the whites or
blaclts; but froui 25 to 40. their deaths are
as 10 to 1 either the wliites or blocks be-
tween those tigcs—from 40 to 55. 50 to l—
and from 55 to C6, I00 to I.
4th. That the mortality of the free people
of color, in the United States, is more than
I00 per cont. greater than that ofthe slaves.
5th. That those of unmixed African ex-
traction in the "free States,” are not more
liable to sicltness or premature death than
the whites of their rank and condition in so-
ciety ;‘ btit that the striking mortality so
mtttiifest among the free people of coloi, is
in every commtinitv mid section of cotiiitry
u
failing they have now taken hold of Gen.
lCfISS. They have issued and frnnked ti
flush of money. she won’t mind it. Gov.
Porter is to run for Vice President with Cass
dr Johnson or whoever they may be able to
get started.
. l'I‘here will be an attempt made by the
Piirter clique this winter to defeat Senator
Buchanan’: re-election, with what success
we shrill see. The probable candidate is
Governor Porter’: brother and chief adviser
.-in fact the Govt=rnar’s governor-James
',M. Porter,now ti President Jiidge. flu is
im able rind subtle man, and used to be it
jostling National Rcpublictin till he found it
,voultl not pay.
2 The State Works of Interntil improve-
iiicnt have been so horribly and wristeftilly
ismuntigvd as to involve the State in bank-
ruptcy. and there is it general wish thtitthey
slioiiltl be sold for wlitit they will fetch in
the Llt‘pl‘Ut'l:ll('tl Stnto bonds, thus retlucing
the State Deb very largely. Tlie lute legis-
invririulily confitigd to Ml1ltlll0P8.
In P:iris',;5'fo., corn l8'st2llftfgi at ten cents
seized this opportunity to wound, as tlicy
pmfginied, my feelings: ttfTll"l0 aid the cttuise
Wiilmtit any knowledge of tlio_rcliitions in
which I tilutltl to my slaves, or their individ-
ii bushel, tints ton Ct‘t'tl.S,- pork one dollar i,to ’
ltllllflai took t‘llCtttttl'e8 looking to this consum-
tiitition. To coutitervail tliemtlio State gov-
ernment has just let out the Columbia. rail-
oiie fifty per liuritlretl potindu. ,
l
rotitl upon sliiiras to it ltfivulgl’ Company for
The Wmizlers of C/icotical Science.—— a
it. ‘
ure.
passing over leaf, plant, and flower, and im-
lllill. intutive precepttoti ofthe way their mas-
ters do not wish them to go, which has ever
been their ii iture,wt-‘nt‘rtishin'_r tumultuously
itito the town, and afforded the garrison very
pened wide and closed again to hide its
ing day,’I love to wander thither and kneel
upon the mound that covers dust so sacred
love
Will father
whose lips have long since learned the lung-
one, hast thou found among the angel bands
ed: Oh that fatal night my brother perished
gry surges, I flew on wings celestial, and as
the destroying angel liived his dark pinions
cling not, tremblor, to lift-.’s fragile bark, but
ield thy soul to Him who gave and now
And then Icaught
the strugling spirit and, bore it quickly to
\Ve find no stran-
The songs which Seraphs sing
Wash-
ed in the same redeeming blood, clad in the
same pure and spotless robes, the bliss of
As surely as
thou knoivest that the fair Qiicen of Night,
who so often veils l1('l' silvery face in clouds,
shall shed her beams again upon thee,
brightly as before, so surelv shall thy depar-
g..d friend, though shrouded for a time iii the
darkness of the tomb, rise again with renew-
ed life, diffusing‘ around thee a liolier light
—kindling within thy soul an undying name
oflove to Him who hath taken away the
Pcnnsg/lvanitt.—Gov. Porter and the State
Administration are hard at work to counter-
mine Senator Buchanan, who sets himself
ttndidate for next President, mean-
rry the vote of the State into a Na-
it off‘ to
the best advantage. Against him the Porter
dcmonstrations—first on Commodore Stew-
art; next on Col. R. M. Johnson ; and, this
lqood many thousand of Circulars setting
forth his claims, on which the postage is
charged to the Stnletrettsufy-S0 that Penn-
gs lvania has some thousant s to pay for this
be erlioneering intrigue. However, she is so
period Off0ul'_yEt1l‘S. It is supposed that
his will have the intended effect of stopping
he sale.
fo
3
A U T U M N.
VVe are now in-the autumn of the year-
he season of golden hues and fading verd-
Nnturt.-’s chill breath is imperceptibly
parting to tbein all the tincture of approach-
ing decay. 'I‘he green carpet of creation is
being superseded by one of yellow or tnore
motley color, and all around, and about us
tells of the perishable nature of things. It
is a season pregnant with" reflection, for it
admonishgs us that decay is an inherent
principle of Nature. It bids those ofus who"
have not yet entered the ‘sear and yellow
leaf’ of life to prepare ourselves for that pe-
riod, to husband our resources for it,,as the
farmer does his harvest gathering, that we
may look back on life's summer with a quiet
glow ofsatisfaction, such as an autumnal
evening’s sun imparts to a landscape.
To those who have passed the itibicon
of middle life, it tells us that the advent of
life's winter is fast approaching. Like an
index to some particular passage ofa book
it points to the termination of life's journey
—to death and to the gravel
Autumn is a chaste and gentle season; it
has not the cold frigidity of winter about it ;
it has not the coquetry of spring, nor the fire
and passion of summer. Like true friend
ship. it brings a soothing balm to the mind,
without operating in fiery action on the pas-
sions. Its winds are mild as a mother's voice;
its suns shine on the world calmly as a fath-
er smiles on a beloved family. VVe would
that an autumn breeze should sing our rc-
quiem—-we ask no sweeter niusicl
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John C. Colt.-——We undsbnd Mr. John
B. I-lusty oftliis city has gone to Albany to
see Gov. Seward in reference to this unfor-
tunate tiiaii. Mr. Hasty was present when
the box containing the body of Adams was
brought down stairs, and intends to swear
that Colt did not take it down or rest it upon
his shoulder, as sworn by the keeper of the
huilditig upon the trial. This testimony is
exhibited to disprove his and thus to confirm
Colt’s statement that the black marks upon
his tl€‘Cl( were occasioned by.Ad.ims and not
the box. Upon this l'£‘pft‘SL‘tll.'ll.lt)I‘t a coin-
mut-.ttioti of his St»'[ll.t.'flCt3 is asked.
N Y. Tribune.
Small Coin.-—-Dr. Riddle, of the U. States
Mint in New Orleans, is at present occupied
ingmaking experitiients on alloys of lll(.'l.dl,
to usccrtaiii which tlescription of alloy is
most suitable for fortning small coin, to be
used as a circtilatirig mt-diuin. lrlc proposesto
coin a 3 cent piece of composition or alloy of
silver and COp[)Ul‘_Wlllcl'. shall be intrinsically
worth that much. The size of the coin will
probably be that ofa half dime, but thicker,
and its color neatly that of silver.
Deal/i. ofJohn Delmonico.——On Wednestliiy
Mr. John I)t‘lt[)OfllL'0, ofthe firm ofhlessts
John 8; Peter Antoine l.)clt[l(lfllCO, well
known ft’Sl.:iul‘2'tlt'lll'S at the corner of South
William and Beaver Sl.l't3t’l.S,'-1 native ofS\vitz-
erland, aged 49, went to lslip, Long Island,
to Sue-dlin’s, to hunt fogt ‘deer. On Thurs-
day morning, 8 o’i:locl€, Mr. Delmonico went
out with two Others. into the woods to shoot
tlect‘. being stationed about half a mile apart
the deceased standing near a hill. A deer
was started which Mr. Delnionico shot at
and wounded, and which another ofthe par-
tv soon after shot dead. On going to look
for Mr. Delimonico he was found lying on
his knees with his face toward the water,
flt::tl(l.-- Tribu7I.e.
Distribution of the Proceeds arsingfrom
the sales office Public Lrtnds.---'l‘he last
number of the Madisonian says :—"VVt-
learn that the accounting officers of the
Treasury have adjusted the accounts of the
States and Teritories under the Distribution
Act, and that the Governors have been noti-
find by the Treasury Department of the a-
mounts payable to their respective States.-
The aniount to be divided is $562,444 I8,
exclusive of the l0 per centum to the States
in which the lands have been sold.
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It appears by extracts from New Orleans
papers, that the St. Louis Roman Catholic
Cathedral has at last been closed,—thelpriest
having withdrawn and left the pulpit with-
out an occupant. Such being the case, why
do not the congregation in the exercise of
their undoubted rights, select a pastor for
themselves? By the way, we must not 0-
mit to mention that a duel took place on the
2d inst. in consequence of it personal encoun-
ter which took place in said Cathedral the
day previous, ‘in full assembly ofthe people.’
Indian Difliculties.-Col. Taylor has
given notice to the Seminoles, who have luk-
en possession ofa portion of the Cherokee
country, that thay must remove by the lst
instant. Alligator, who is at the head ofthat
band of Seminoles, has avowed his determi-
nation to remain where he is. He says there
are not United States soldiersenotigh in the
country to force him off, and he will not leave.
The Tory Press of England and the lot‘-0
co organs here make common cause. a-
iinst the 'I‘ai’iflT These Journals tell us
I that ‘British free Trade, is the best thing
for this country. The ~Whigs go for ii Tar-
iff, which will secure a Home -Market‘ for
the,American Producer, and ‘adequate pro-
tection for the American Laborer. On which
side of the question are the Farmers, "Me-.
clianics, and Working Men ?
theissue is between American Indus!-r_y and '
European Pauper La.bo'7.—Alb. 'Et‘e‘. ‘Jour
Remember
Astonishing Speérl.-——Dickens’ Notes on
America, two volumes, Svo post, was receiv-
ed by the Great Western, at about seven
o'clock on ‘Sunday’ Evenigiv.
o'clock on Monday inorn'in‘g‘it" was all in
type at two establishments in New York, as
we learn from the New York Aurora, and
before two o'clock it was for sale iii the
street, and on its way to every portion of
At seven
he countrv. Can the world show such an
nstance of enterprise and dispatch.
Tit/tivi(setviivo.—'l‘he following are the days
designated by the Governors ofthe States men-
ioned. for Public Thanksgiving:
City of Savannah November 10
South Carolina ” 10
North Carolina “ 17
Connecticut " 17
Idiaiia " 24
Rhode Island " 24, ’
Michigan " 24
New Ham psliire December 24
New Your "24
C-onn'u.bial.—l\'ly de-ar,did John black them
boots .7
‘How should I know—---I hain’t
thing to do with your boots-
day.’
But my love, you ncadn’t speak so cross.
‘Speak so cross. I didn’t speak cross.’
0 yes you did.’
‘I didii’t.’
I say you did.
‘I say I didn't.’
By gracious! I won't stand this, its too
bad to be treated in this way, I’ll leave you
fll.'i(l:lm. I'll have it separation.
‘O, M r. Slob,——w-as ever a woman so abu-
sed. Irlere. l’ve have been washing and
scrubbing all day long as hartl as ever
could, and then you come home and act so
to me —-jest kos ltlon’t know nothing about
your boo's——O, it is too bad, it is——boo lroo l
—boc-boo 3’
I-leml \Vell Nancy I didrt’t mean 'to
make you cry. Never mind——I reckon
John has blacked my boots. Is them are
sassengers to be fried for supper .7
‘Y--.-s—ii'iy Dear, I got ’em for you par-
ticklcarly.’
AProur.l Declaratirm.—'l‘lie Hon; Mr-
Preston Senator from South Carolina, in de-
nyitig the charge that he had said in his
place. ‘that if any Abolitionists were found in
South Carolina, he would inevitably be
hung, in spite ofthe protection ofthis or any
other governmetit,’ says:
‘The iinjustilyable and ferocious sentiment
attributed to me, would have been particular-
ly inexcusable in a Representative from
South Ctll'0ll(l.'l,'w/L086 history I believe is not
su’lied by a sirtgle act of popular violence.’
Coming.-—'I’here arrived at Buffalo dut‘
ing the 48 hours ending T'J(‘S(Iuy noon last.
a fleet of vessels from the lake, bringing a-
mong other articles, 166,767 bushels and
269 bbls wheat, 46.548 bbls fIour,l297 bbls
butter, 4047 kegs of cheese, &t'.
At Cleveland on the 8th inst. the receipts
got any
It's washing
wheat 5899 bushels.
From Jamaica. --The Kingston Journal
of the 4th says:
‘We regret to learn that fever has pro.-
v.iiled to a most awful extent at Cape Hayten.
It is said that nearly two thirds of the sur-
vivors from the late destructive earth-
quake liave fallt-n under its attack. The
want ofalmost every necessary of life con-
tinues to be severely felt at the Cape.’
Disaster at Sea..—-A melancholy story of
the dangers ofthe sea was brought yester-
day by Captain Griffith, of the brig Linden.
Sue losta inan overboard, when the boat
was lowerd with four men to pick him up.
A squall come on, and she was obliged to
leave them all to the mercy of the waves.
Judge Story has been nominatt-d by some
of the Ohio papers. In allusion to this he put-
lishes it card in the Boston Advertiser stat-
ing that when he first took his seat uponthe
Bench be resolved never to be a candidate
for any political office, and that he means to
adhere tothat resolution.
The N.Orleans papers are discussing the
propriety of introducing the copper cent into
use in their city. It is opposed by some of
the 'chivalrous’ on the ground that it leaves
a bad odor oti the hands. .Not worse, we
should suppose, than a protested note would
of which they have any quantity,
A New T/tin.g.—An iron steamer will
leave Coenties Slip for Oswego to day at I0
o’clock. She is drawn by an Erickson screw
fixed in the bow and partly out of water.-—
The experiments made with her so far have
been quite satisfactory.-—J'. Com. of Friday,
It is therefore, probable thntthe war with the
Seminolcs will be renewed on our Western
frontier.--Lottismlllti Jozmial.
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'l‘O-MORROW.
Who can tell how much is embraced in
this expression? Though a few hours in-
tervene bctweem it and us-—-thougli it will
soon commence its course-who is there
that can read a single page and pronounce
the character of its events ?
To-morrowl those who are gay may be
sad. Those who are now walking the ave-
nues of pleasure led on by hope, may betht-.
subjects of intense sor_row. Prosperity may
be changed to adversity.
Those who are now on the motinttiin sum-
mit may be in the valley. The rosy cheek
may be ovcrspread with puleness--the strong
step may falter. Death may litiveovertalren
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'l‘o-morrowl It may have entirely chang-
ed the course ofour lives. It tony form it
new era in our existence. What we fear
may not happen.
'1‘o-uiorrowl nwrty \tlll1t1tlXlt‘ly. Let us
loan on l’i'ovitlctice. 'I‘lici'e is it being to
whom all the distinctiotis of time tire the
satire, and who is able to dispose of every
thing for our wise itiiprovetiietit.
Late Election in O/it'o.-The Columbus
State Journal sets down the aggregate vote
in the whole State, in round numbers, thus:
C-orwin l26,000, Shannon l29,400, King
5,400-—total 255,800. The entire vote I840
was, for Cot-win t4rf,rf-I2, for Shannon I29,-
3l2; total 27d’753.
A Convention, to be composed of all who
are interested in any form, in navigation, to
take up the consideration of theshipping
in Boston oti the let (lay of December next.
The Boston Chamber of Commerce, have
appointed a committee to draft rt call.
The Treaty.-—'l‘he National Intelligen-
cer of F‘riday published the Proclamation of
the President announcing the ratification of
the Treaty-—-which is given at length, signed
by all the parties concerned.
Jo/in '1‘. Irving, Jr., Esq, son of the late
Judge Irving of this city-as we are inform-
ed on indisputable tiutliori't_y—-is the author
of the Qttotl Corruspoiidence.-==Tribune.
We can assure our citizens, and we have
good authority to do so. that they need be
llflf.It'l' no apprehension that the Royal Mail,
line of Sit-mners will ever be removed’ from
l3oiiton.==1Jaston Bulletin.
of flour by the canal were 3030 bbls, and .9f_
interests of the United States, is to be held I
Norwalk Chronicler