SORREL SHEEP AND HORSES.
Ifoiir g0()CITlflIlll‘€(I readers laugh as heartily
over the following storyias we did, w_e shallsbc
abundantly paid for its publication. It seems,
accordiiigto the correspondence of the Mobile
Reoistcr, that a bill was before the lower branch
of the Alabama Iiegislaturcifrir the charter ofa
Botanical Medicttl College, at \Vetuiriplta.—
The Regis e contiiiuesz '
~After Speaker Moore and others had made
able speeches in the support of the bill, hit‘.
Morrissett, from hloriroe, took the fi00t'.———
You know him. He is an odd genius. and
vvithal he has good hard horse sense, (as his
colleague, Mr.‘ Howard calls it.) and often
speaks toth-.2 p":ll'll. and with effect. ‘t/Vith an
irnperturbable gravity he addressed the house
in substance as follows: ‘Mr. Speaker, I
cannot support the bill, unless I am assured
that a distinguisiieil acqnaintince of mine is
made one of the Profrssors. He is what
that College wishes to make for us——a root
doctor and will suit the place exactly,-— He
became a doctor in two hours. and it only
cost $20 to complete his education. Ht-
bought a hook, sir, and read the chapter on
levers, and that was enough. II” was sent
for to see. :1 sick woman——a very sick wo-
man. With his book under his arm. off
he went. Her husband and their son John
were in the room with the sick womm -
The doctor felt of her wrist and looked in
her mouth, and then took offhis hat. ‘His
you got,’ addressing the husband, ‘a sorrel
slieep?’ ‘No, I never heard ofsncli a thing
in all my life,’ ‘Wtll there is such things,’
said the’doctor-VFFY l<"0"'l“.9l\'- ’H’‘5 You
got, then, a sorrel horse .7’ ‘Yes’ Sultl -lull“
quickly, ‘I rovle him to mill to day.’ 'Wr-ll
he must be killed iinmediately,’ siid tltcdoC-
tor, '.')l]~.’I some soup must be made and given
lo your ‘wife’ The poor woman turned over
in "her bed, John beganto object; and the
husband was brought to a stand. ‘Why
doctor, he is the only horse we've got, and
he is worth $100. and will not some other
soup do ns well '.l’ ‘No, the book says so.
and there is but two qu stions——will you kill
your horse. or let yotir wife die ? Nothin‘p;'
ivill save her but the soup of a sorrel sheep
or a sorrel horse. If you dent believe me]
will read it to you.‘ The doctor took up the
book. turned to the chapter on fevers, and
read as follows: ‘Good for fevers-—-sheep
sorrel,or horse sorrel.’ ‘Why, (l0,Ct0t'.’ “X”
claimed liusband, wile and son, ‘you aft‘
mistaken; that don’t mean a sorrel sheep or
a sorrel horse, but—'\Vell; I know what I
am about,’ interrupted the doctor, ‘that's the
way we doctors reads it_, and we understand
it.’-——N.3=.v S‘.)IfI Mr. M. with an earnestness
and gravity that were. in striking contrast
-xithithe lriughter of the House, unless the
Hon. Speaker and the friends of the hill
will assure me that my sorrel doctor will be
one of the Professors, I must vote against
the hill. It is iinn.-.-cess:.ir_v to add, that after
this blow, the bill never kicked. It was cli-
ectuully killed.’ I
COLORED COLONY IN CANADA.
Mr. Hanson, the colored Agent for the
S8lft‘l’1l'.tt](‘lp-".l.r’(.l slaves in,Ciinatla, made a
atatarnerit ofthe conditioniof the colony be-
fore the Congregational Societies in this vil-
lage on Sunday and .\‘londa_y evenings, from
which we gather the following information.
The colony at present consists of more
than 15, 000 persons. and is rapidly increa-
sing. All iiiade their escape fromdifierent
slave-holding States at diffei’riit periods and
by different processes; some have resided
there about 15 years, but the majority for a
shorter period. They are not compactly lo.
cated, but scattered over a territory :1 litm-
dred miles in length by sixty in breadth;
the Souzlitr-rn point is about 40 miles above
D.-troit, Vlichigan, on the English side ofthe
river. The land is extremely fertile, pro-
ducing a ready market in Detroit and the
neighboring towns and settlements. Most
ofthe colonists, own tracts of IO, ‘.5 and 20
years, mostly tinder cultivrition, whilst others,
more eriterprisiiig or old-.-r residents, are
larger and prosperous farmers. Ardent
spirits are nearly abandomd. not one in a
hundred ofthr-. people making use of them.
Thou-gl‘i the colonists are scattered over so
large a territory, the greater part are located
in villages and neigliborhoods, so that con-
siderable congregations can be gathered. A
white population is mingled with them, con-
sisting of I"rench, Irish and Engiish, a great-
cr pirt of when are as ignorant as the runa-
way slaves. Of three hundred negroes the
Agent had seen collected at a religious meet-
ing, not one could read; neither could
he himself, though ‘.1 hit-tliodist preacher,
till he was instructed by his little boy. An
attempt is now making; to erect a seiriinary,
at the cost of $52,000. in which 200 negro
children and youth may be instructed at a
time. Rev. Mr. Wils0n.:t Congregationalist‘
minister, has for seven years devoted himself
to the service ofthe colony, and is a sort of
superintendent to all thcir interests. A com-
mittee of respectable and pious men in New
York examine all accounts, and publish an
acknowledgment of receipts. As the colony
are mostly Methodists, we wonder the de-
nomination makes no provision for their
spiritual and educational necesssities.
Cong; Journal.
A Petrified Apple.-—'I‘lie Indiana (Pu.)
Register says: We were shown last week by
Dr. Stewart, of this borough,a petrified ap-
ple, which was found some time since in
Armstrong township, in this county, imme-
diately beneath tvhere stood at large tree
which bore fruit precisely similar in shape
and appearance to this apple. It has chan-
ged into a sandstone of whitish cast, and it is
truly a beautiful specimen of petrif-action.—
Upon one side of the apple there is a small
spot which seemed to have commenced to
decay, and its color has changed to that which
is usual upon rottenfruit, which appearance
it still retains, and is as hard and full at that
particular place, as upon any other ‘ portion
of the apple. From this it would appear
that the quality of petrifaction has the same
effect upon decayed that it has -upon unde-
cayed matter.
The Oflleical 0rgan.—1t seems probable
that Mr. Ritchie‘oftl;e Richmond Enquirer
will be placed at the head ofthe Globe news-
paper, as the organ of Mr. Polk’s adminis-
tration. Mr. R. has long been called the
Napoleon of. Democracy.
. , .. ._ ‘ From (lie N. Y. ,E.rpre.ss.
'I'HE,PRO,G,]tiE,SS._OF ABOLITIONISM
. 'BACKWA»RDS.
Twelve or fifteen yea rs ago, there were
leading and potverfu_l abolitionists in the Sl_:tV€‘
holding States. The subject of abolition
was Openly discussed in the Virginia Con-
vention. and in the Virginia Logislattirc;
and in K--ntticky, the intlicatioiis also were,
that slavery was on i's last legs. It is well
known. tori. that George VVashington and
'l_‘ho_mas Jefierson were drcided advocatt s of
the abolition ofsltivery.
Now, however, after the Abolitionists of
the North and West have been agitated for
tivelveorlifteen years, there are not known
to be a half a dozen abolitionists in all ‘the
slave holding States. They have been over-
awed or silenced, or have deemed it necessa-
ry for theptiblic safety to sit their faces
a-gains all abolitionism now, or all move-
rri-.-nts leading to abolitionisiii.
Durinti the-se twelve or fifteen years ofab-
olition agitation. in all the slave States, the
institution of Slavery has been strengthen-“d,
and it is stronger this moment than it_ was
when the constitution was formed. The
-lnvss have been stripped of many of the
privileges and enjoyments they formerly held
because it has been found necrssary to make
these restrictions in order to defend the public
against the machinations of abolitionism.
The largest progress toward abolitionism
has f‘flfl.’lP,_l',l0\VeV€‘l‘, is in the annexation of
Texas with it territory of five slave States,
and upon a principle ofiiction that will ex-
tend slavery ultimately throughout all Mexi-
no south of 36 deg. This is the cliqfrl’ouv7'c
of the abolitionists during the last twelve or
fifteen years of their reign. They, dit it.—--
L-t zheim havetheir honor. Tlzey did it in
New York. T/icy did it in Miiiiie. They
tried to add Ohio to New York and Maine.
They; were not without efforts and some stic-
cessliri Prnnsylvania. The Birney vote of
New York did it ho wevcr, for the Birney-
ites here gave the, 36 votes of this State to
Polk. and thus elected him. ' .
The slave holding interests ofthe Union,
thus stren<_:t_li_ened by Northern and Western
Abolitioriism, ‘brings Texas into the Union
by a large vote in the popular House; and
Florida is admitted into the Union with new
and extraordinary features in her constitu-
liQn,gl)«'ll'21l'll.E'eln9,' slavery, and prohibiting
its abolition. The constitution of Florida.
which Congress hasjust sanctioned, prohib-
its any free colored persons from landing ar
any of the ports in Florida. These are all
new defonces of slavery and gn:iran‘ees_ for
its.prolongation and perpetuation which the
action ofthe Abolitionists have provoked,
and brought about.
The slave Sl.:tl.t"S now have. with the ad-
mission of Texas and Florida into the Union,
a majority of two in the Senate. This ma-
jority. if it pleasfs, can keep outoftbe Union
any other free State. It is highly probable
that the slave States will keep their iiinjority
of two in the.Sennte, for, in the admission (if
States, hereafter, they will, we presume. ad.
iiiit one slave Statewith one free state. I-Vith
Wise nsin. it is probzil-zle must come in anoth-
er slave State frlotn-Texas
'I‘hese_things\,we desire the honest aboli-
tiooists o'f tlie‘_N’ort,h and Vt’:st. if there are
any stich, tobeur in mind. So mischievous,
so destructivevso bad a party seldom, ifever.
before existed. It has been the curse of the
sfave, and is the curse ofthe country. Sl.-ive
ry on account of their miserable and dishonest
conduct is, at this moment stronger than it
was when the constitution was formed and has
now a vigorous, bratty life lease of halfa cen
ttiry more, and to be stronger than it ever
1 has been in all the branches of Government.
For all this. fiictious revolutionary abolition-
ism is responsible.
It‘.-XIRCHILD NOT GUILTY.
The trial ofthe Rev. Joy Fairchild, charged
with the crime ofadultery,has been cor.-cliided,
and iliejuiy have rendered a verdict of “Not
Gitilf_i/.” Afterlhe verdict had been recorded
by the Clerk, Mr. Faircliild rose, and requested
permission to make a few remarks, and leave
liaving been granted, he said——
‘May it_p'lease your honor—I-Inving been
acquitted by a jury of my country, I ' wish
now to st»»te that from the fi'st moment I
heard that the grand jury had found a bill of
indictment against me, It.lt'l.0t‘fI|lllt’(I to return
and meet the accusation as soon as I could,
acting under a s-use of duty to m_\/Sr If and
the advice of counsel. 1 do-tcrtniiied to ro-
turn to the old Bay State, to this good city of
Boston, to my former acquaintances and
ftinds, amongst whom I had labored for
fifteen years in the gospel mitiistry, and who
had been witnesses ofiiiy life and conversa-
ion. I (ltd return; and though under the
condemnation of an GC(‘lt‘SI isticul council, I
found a host of friends to cheer and comfort
me. I have submitted ,tii_yse.lf to the liws,
use good citizen should do; and the result
is before you. During the trial my month
has been clos-d; but I now declare with all
soleninity, and as in the presence of tiiy Ma-
ker and Judge,that.I"ani innocerit of the
crimes charged upon me. My enemies and
perlsecutors I forgive, and commend them to
the forgiving mercy 0fAlniit,!hty God. The
pains, the agonies, which they have caused
me to rndiire, no tongue can tell. They
have brought me and mine almost to poverty;
but I willgtrust in the Lord and fear no evil.
According to the-decree of the late council
at Exeter. 1 am now restored to that ministry
in which I have endeavored to labor with all
fidelity for thirty years; and being thus re-
stored to my office, I greatly rejoice. 1 will
only add that I thank your honor for your
patience and impartiality in the discharge» oi
your duty as judge. I thank the County at-
torney for his courtesy. and tbejury for their
just and righteous verdict.’
Wheii Mr. Faircliild and his wife came on,
ofthe coutt-house, they were received by Shout
after about of enthusiastic cheers.
Fl0ur.——Uptvards of 40,000 barrels of
Flour were sold in Lowell last year, for con-
sumation there and in the neighboring towns.
This is the way _in which Manufactories in-
jure the Agricultural interests. What ifwe
were to depend on the caprice of Foreign na-
tions for a market for our surplus agricultu-
ral staples ?1
are immediately to be taken for the coinple
tion of the line of Mnrse’s Magnetic Tele-
gijitph between VVhashington -and New-
York. ° A Telegraph line can be laid down
between Baltimore and New York, having
night wires for thelwhole distance. for about
$100,000. Amos Kendill and Francis 0.
J. Smith are the-agents for the completion of
the work, Mr. K. for three fourths of the right
which was patented by Mr. Morse, the in-
ventor, and Mr. Smith for the remaining iti-
ti-rcst. Thcse gentlemen are now in Wash-
ington, rind will be in town in the course of
a few days, to iiizike arranqetnents for a be-
ginning of their WOl‘l{.---EL'l2])7‘e5S.
Hillsboro’ (Me) Recorder of the 20th inst.
that at the Superior Court held in that place
the preceding week, M-«try Ann Johnson was
tried for the tnurder of her ftitlicr, the iixe
passed through his head, through three folds
of the cover, and liilfnn inch into the, floor
——-an act entirely beyond her strength. The
girl confessed thatshe committed the deed,
because her father threatened to kill her if
she did not do it.
Hrirzl cut at the Clofli —On st certain oc-
casion Jotin° Adams WHS called upon by a
tziin purpose: ‘No sir’ sziid the sturdy Ex-
President, ‘I have nothing to give for that
purpose; but there are here in this vicinity
ministers, not one of whom will preach in
the other’s pulpit; now I will give as much,
and mere than any one else, to civilize t/iesc
clergyman.’
Reminiscence ofa Connection! 1303/. — The
reminiscence oftwetity years in the fast grow-
Morse’s Jllagnetic Teleg'rrpk.—Mensurés -
Youthful Murrlerer—'-We le.irti from the:
clergyman to make a contribtitioii for a cer-
‘__
Awful IVa.'g7v‘zi1z.g.-S-A suicide was commit-
ted at Betbel last wcelmvhicb speaks in fear-
ful tones to t.I’te inelzriate. Mr. Charles J.
Cone, a journeyman hatter, was found dead
in the shop. of his employer, from the effects
of taking _opiuni. He retired to his sleeping
apartment on Mondzy evening, earlier than
usual, but left the house again before the
family ‘retired. He was found dead in the
shop in the morning, sitting upright in a
chair; A piece of opium was taken from
his stomach, as large as :1 walnut. He had
evidently been suffering frotn an attack of
tloliriuin tremeris. A manuscript was found
in his possession, which must have been
written shortly before his (I(‘Cf‘fl5C, as he al-
ludes to the COnl€!l|plt1ied~f]Ci in the follow-
ing awful terms: ‘Gotl Almighty and Jesus
Christ is the cause of my doing this horrid
deed, for they have tormented me for more
than sixteen or seventeen years.’ 'I‘heiirian-
uscript is filled with horribly inipious ra
vings of a similar character. But the die-rct
agency in producing this dreadful result
stands out by his own confession. ‘in letters
of fire 2’ "’[‘/iis is (lie muse ofDri7ilc”——"e-L-er
since my last spree I barre been in trouble
and cannot war/c.”—Who ofthose among us
who prepare the poisoned chalice for the
drutiknrd, has aided in paving the way for
this closing scene of uniiiitiuntvd horror?
' Drmburg Times
Ball to the Insa.ne.—On Friday evening
last a ball was given to the insane inmates
of the Blockley Hospital. by the advice of
the physicians ofthe institution. It was at-
tended by all the patients that were capable
ofdoing so, and. as we learn, went off with
considerable eclat and r.-tijoyriient. _ Some of
them were more or less fantastically iitliretl.
ing \Vest, is equal to that ofa hundred years
in the old world. Talking of railroad an
locomotion, a gentleman this morning told
that twenty-eight years since (l8l7) his fa-
ther canto out to Ohio —They were ‘from
Litchfield, Connectictit. There were then
no stages. ‘My father,’ said he ‘drove an ox
team out with the ft1mily,und Idrovea flock
ofsheep all the way. There were then only
five families in Medina (Western R.E’SeTVt>‘)-—
only one in the township \\'I)l re we lived.
I helped to cut down the timber and clear
seventy acres of land. Then I left. home
with eiglil dollars in my pocket, to go five
hundred miles and get a College education
I walked the five hundred miles, and worker!
for my education.’
in two days I Cincinnati Clironicle.
A Bad Plan. Hfiw many fond mothers
and frugal housewives keep their pretty
daughters and their preserves for some exm,
occasion —some ‘big bug’ or other—till both
turn sour. »This seems to us marvellous
poor economy.
A western editor. speaking of John Jacob
Astor says, ‘he miglil make New York
city a heaven below I Thousands of_ glad
hearts would perfume the air he breathes
with fragrant gratitude, and make light the
very darkness of his lift-.’s coming night, if
ofbis millions he would contribute‘ but thou.
sands to the. real necessities of tlilose around
him. This he mig ht do, and still have more
than enough.’ The editor forgets that Mr.
Astor is but a man. When he enters anoth-
er world he will discern the true objectsland
real value of earthly wealth.
N. Y. True Sun.‘
GREEN BAY, March ]Illl.,
Copper—G7'erIl Discore-rg/'—-A Mine of
Copper has been discovered near Fort Wil-
kins, Copper Harbor. Lake Superior,‘ which
is snoposvd to be richer than any other in
the United States.
twenty inches wide, spreading out as it deep-
ens, and it is supposed to be at least three.
miles in length. Specimens of the ore have
been raised which warrant the belieftliatthe
mine averages 75 per cent, pure copper.
Particles ofsilvcr and gold have been found
intermixed with the cooper; and it is calcu-
lated that the mine vtill easily yield $6,000..-
000 annually. Our information is fioiii such
a source that we cannotdoubt its correctness.
Republican. ,
A Kind Preservation. — A C0t“I't~“Sp0ntIent
of the Newark Daily Advertiser says: The
‘Philadelphia train ofcars was nearing New
Brunswick bridge, the Engineer discovered
the ll_,l'HW off. rind as it was near dark, he
did not see the signal until uithin two or
three cars length ofthe s ime, when the whole
force of the breaks was applied, and the three
men engaged on the engine and tender leap-
ed from the same with sticks ofwood in hand
placing them before the wheels ofthe cars to
stop the speed, and happily did stop them, or
some one hundred and fifty lives must have
been lost.
A Norlli Carolina Bab;/!—We have just
seen one of the greatest natural curiosities of
the'dtiy, viz: a child, who will not be eight
years ofage until July next. and who weighs
177 lbsl—more than the celebrated Daniel
Lambert weighed at the same age. He
measures round the waist 45 inches-—-routid
the hips 47-the thighs .‘20—the knees l8—
neck 17 l-2—nnd his height is 4 feet 8 1-2
inches! In the development of his mind
and in his mann,ei's. he Ills all the childish
simplicity of ordinary lads of his age. and is
pleased exactly with what usurillyvdelights
children. It .-ooks odd to see such a lump
of flesh, chuckling over a new toy, or a col-
ored mirble, but a moment's air.-iminalion
will satisfy any one, that he is the more child
he seems to be. His name is Jasper Jackson ,-
he isa native of Orange County, and is the
son of poor, but very respectable parents.
Raleigh Register.
_ ‘When Rogues fall out.’ (Sac. The Vvash.
tufltou Glo e charges the editor of the Mad-
isonian with gettinga portion ofcertain men's
salaries, as (L bribe, for aiding them to ~ pro.
cure offices. In reply the Madisonian
ch‘-irges-—and says he has tlte proof-—thal
the rogues ofthe Globe office actually bribed
printing worth $100,000. giving /rim $1,500
as the ‘reward ofbis cor? uption .’
S/i.ad.——'I‘he shad season has comrrienced.
The Hartford Courant announces the‘ pres-
ent of a Connecticut River shad.
This gentleman expects to go to Boston -
At the surface it is about .
a Government officer to furnish a job of
while others put on their be st ‘bib and tuck-
'er,’ and looked like modern belles and beans.
At first the majority were rather back‘-
ward to join in the giddy dance, but gradu
.illy they fell in. and the. afiair proceeded
quite merrily.——Plzil. Norlli. Amer.
A Ricli Ifaul.--Some fellows yesterday
undertook to supply themselves with fish by
drawing a seine in the can-4l—ivarling some
30 rods in performing the operation. The
first hziul resulted in bringing to light a cart
load or so, of sticks, hoops and brush. The
second produced two suckers and one pearch
The third and fin-l haul yielded one liu pan.
the worse for wear, one 'driver’s' bat; two
joints of stovt-pipe; three shiners and a dead
dog! Was not this fisherman’s luck?
‘ Rochester Adv.-
From the Soaiely Isla7zrls——We have it
letter from our Boston correspondent, con-
taining advices from Otaheite to the 23d of
November. Five French vessels of war
were at Otahe-ite,together with several guard
‘vessels. and the strictest martial law prevail-
ed. The natives generally reiiiained in arms
in the mountains. The French were erect-
ing numerous fortifications. The dwelling
ihotises of the natives and foreigners, without
distinctioii, l’)'t(I been seized by the French.
gippropriated as hospitals for the sick and
wounded. It was reported that a billlle had
been-fought. in which the French sustained
‘a‘ loss of of 60 killed, and the n .tivra ubout
I00. All tntinitions of war and other sup-
éplies were strictly prohibited from being lan-
ded, andthe coast was strictly gu.-irded to
-prevent any infraction of_tliis ord r.
7 New Bcrlford Mer'czu'_7/.
Prof Kingsley. of Yale College, left our
ficiity this morning, to eintark for Europe on
in tour connected with our literary institution.
‘He was escorted to our steanibout by the
students ofthe College, who took an affec-
tionate leave of him. He departs with the
heartfelt good wishes of our citiz-~ns.
N. H. Herald. flIonnia_7/ 3 l.
A parcel was recently received at a bank
in Massachiisets, containing a fine infant
three months old, betting on its neck a writ-
ten note, gently intisnating that the mysteri-
ous stranger might’ be plnctftl to the crtdit of
Mr. , a geritleriian liavingan account
open with the bank.
Albany Kniclce;°bocl;er.
A Washington corrispondent says that
‘Duncan in his lastspeech in Congress, ‘pour-
.ed out the vials of his wrath on the Whigs’
The D.ictoi"s wrath is not kept in 'VI~tlS.,--'
‘He keeps it in quart bottles. deniijohns and
puiicheons.--Lonistnlle Jrinrnal. .
The Powder Mill at EufIil’I, Conn.. blew
.up on Saturd iy morning the 29th ult. though
we do not see it stated whether any lives
were lost. The explosion was heard at
‘Springfield, Mass. ten miles distant.
The new State nfFl01'icla,.~—Gov. Branch
has issued his proclaination, fixing on the
26th day for the election of a Governor,
.Member of Congress and Members of the
Legislature, of the new State of Florida.
The Secretary of the Nivy arrived _in town
Vednesday evening. He visited the section-
al floatingidry dock yesterday morning, and
expressed himself much pleased with it.-
After exatiiining this important iiuproveinent
he went over to the Navy Yard, where he
was received with the customary honors.
Jour. of Com.
The Boston pipers mentions ti report
that the Hon. Joseph Story contemplates a
withdrawal from the Bench of the Supreme
Court of the U. States.
The beautiful grounds, at the lower ex-
tremity‘ of Columbia College, have been dug
down and trees uprooted, for the purpose of.
extending the buildings connected with the
institution.
, The Temperance Committee proceeded
from New York to Albany on Saturday with
20,606 signatures, all males, to their petition
ll. measured 287 yards.—Mayor Harper
signed the petition and made a contribution
towards the expenses of the delegation.
An Irish paper says; "At present the
Scotch poor are not fed; they exist on the
retollection of what they ate in former years!
It is said that Thomas Ritchie has con-
tsummated a bargain for the Globe which is
now to be the organ of the administration,
with Ritchie at its head.
It'is proposed to connnect Louisville and
-Lexington, Ky. by .a Rail.Rot_1d.
will shortly be,suspende'd—o'n the Sabbath._
R/Lode Island.-1-Returns from all but one
town of this State, indica, the following
result: ' . ' ‘
Charles Jaclifson, "Whig and Law and Or-
d_er, but in favor of the Unéonditionril libera-
tion of Dorr, is chosen Governor by about
l50_mr-ijority over James Fenner, the Demo-
cratic Law and Order, inctimbi ni, who is op-
p‘)SC‘(I [0 the liberation of Dnrf_ Jackson's
clear in jority will be about I25 votes. A
Iiieut. Gov. Dimrin, and all the rest of the
regular Luv and O dsr State ticket, are re-
elected over the candidates supported by those‘
in f.ivornfLibe.'ating Dorr by about 400
majority.-
llun. Henry Y Cranston, Whig and Law
-nd Orilv-r-, has bren reelected to Congress
from the Eistern Districrwitlioiit opposition
Ex-Gov. I_;t‘llll)6l H. Arnold. indept-or-'«'-till
Whig. has rtin otit Hon. E. R. Puuct‘. 0"lf,’~
rial Deiiiocrnt and Liw and Order Candidate,
by more than 300 niajoi-3.~v.
Th- Legislutuw 5.: nearly two'to one Lau-
iifld Otdr‘f.
Late,-.——Ja.cksoti's majority for Governor is
9-id tube 110, btit may be reduced by a few
scattering votes.
The New Legislature stands-
Scnafe Ilouse Total
Law and Order . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 42 633
Dorrite _ . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . II 24 35
Majority . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9 18 27
Tlie Collision on the Riv'cr.—We tinder-
stantl that the Steamboat Columbia was dam-
aged to the amount of $2000. and the ma-
chinery of the North Alltt rice. by the break-
ing of-her cylinder, one to the same amount.
Albany; Atlas.
A Tall Cluim.—-‘»Ve claim for Judge
Douglass, says the Upper Mississippian, the
profiintlity of Din.-cl Webstt-r,_the attention to
statistics of Col. Benton, the condt mnation
of Mr. Calhoun the clcurness of Silas Wright
the logic of Crittenden, the sincerity of Bu-
chanan and the iiianliness and tiffubility ‘,of
Henry Clay. '
The claim is not complete. The Judge
has a right to claim, equally with the above
the l.-ngli ofJohn W»-ntworth, the breadth of
Dixon H. Lewis. solidity of Sturgeon, and
the stupidity of Niles.—-Phil. Gaz.
Terrzblc 0pe1a.tion—We learn from the
Lowell Advertiser, that a frightful operation
in surgery, was performed last week at the
Maissachusetts General Hospital, by Dr
Warren and othc-rs—-no less than [he coin-
plrte removal from the head of nearly one-
halfof the upper jaw, that is from the_mou'.h
to the ear. The skin and flesh of the cheek
was first turned over the eye, and then the
separation was effected by saws and the use
even of a ‘cfiis-l and mallet. The whole oc-
Cllpit-’(I an hour and a half, and the unfortu
male patient bore it with more than Roman
firmness. He is an elderly man. not robust
__{mm the eastern part of Maine, and broth-
er ofone of the wealthiest and woithiest
merchants. The disease is ‘ cancer. Dr,
VVarrt-ii is of the opinion thattbotigli it may
remain in the head, the sufibrer still live
many years longerthan he otherwise would.
Some of the students who tvitnessed the ope.
ration were completely overc.ome. It has
never been performed in the Hospital but
once before. The surgeons are perhaps
j-ustly prouvl of their exploit. but almost any
one would die before consenting to undergo
such mutilation to save himself, or for the
bonefit ofscivnce.
Anecdote of lllr. Blair.—Tbe following
anecdote is told of Mr. Blair. editor of the
Washington Globe, who it is universally
ttCh’fl0\Vlt'(lge(I,:1SZ1 man of no great personal
beauty.
Mr. B'liliI' once meta very savage-looking
Kentuckion in the Wheeling stagecoach,
who accosted him thus; ‘I say stranger ht-re’s
a very pretty Bowie knife I was axed to
hand over to you’ ‘Indeed!’ said Blair, ‘to
whom may I be indebted for this present .7’_
(It wasa frightful looking knife.) ‘Well
now, that would be hard to tell,’ replied the
[Ce-ntuckian. “Twas about five ye.-irs ago.
as I recon, when I was gain’ over this tiirn-
pike, and I met a fellow who gave me the
knife as a sort of premium for being the ug
lirst looking fellow he had met on this ugly
road. He exacted a promise however, thzit
if I ever met an uglier looking I‘. an than
myself, I shotild at once hand it over to him
at all hazard.-'. Since then, I have looked
in vain for five years, and began to think the
knife my own property. I beg, however,
you will make no objections to accepting a
present, to \\ hich I aiti satisfied you are just-
ly f"l'llIl.lt:’(I I’ Mr. Blair pocketed the knife
very good-naturedly, giving the Kt-ntucl.'i:.n
an earnest assurance. that if he met anybody
uglier looking than hitnselfhe would resign
his trust with the utmost fidelity.
PIRACY LEGALIZED.
The Hartford Courant truly says, the
slave trade between the United States and
Texas is piracy. The Loco Focos have
passed an Act to legalize this piracy by an-
nexing Texas. \V‘nat to-day must be putt-
ished by hanging, is to-morrotv to be fair
trade for the slave breeders! This_is ‘equal
rights I !’ This is love of the people!!!
‘The Roman Catholic Bishop of Mexico and
the Roman Catholic Bishop of Philadelphia
sailed for Europe in the Cambriu, and a
convocation ofa great number of Bishops
will be held in Home next July. ‘
Hon. Daniel Webster arrived here from
the East yesterday, and has taken rooms
at Congress Hall. He is engaged in an im-
portant suit now pending in the Court of
Chan-:ery.—-Alb Eve. Jour. Friday/. .
Bangor is to become in Papal See, and a
Papist Minister has gone to Rome to be or-
dained its Bishop.--True_ Sun.
A Boston compmy have offered Josiah D.
Whitney Jr. of Northampton ’ $100 a month
in addition to his expenses. to explore a cop-
per mine on Isle Royal, Lake Superior.
The outstanding treasury notes on the 1st
iustand were 1,073,331.22."
All navigation-‘on the Pennsylvania canals
Riizft/:1-:nr:I..n April 5th 1845;
Friend Reed.-’-'If the following anecdote is
worthy a placrerin the Gazette it is at your ser-
vice :
PHRENOLOGICAL ANECDOTE.
\Viiile_a' Yankee Ffhrenulogist was stopping at
a Iloteljnsliort time since. not a hundred miles
distant‘. he was requested byu boarder, ad would
be wag. meal! at a certain room and examine
his head. On enteringithe apartment,’ the head
ofa qnadruped vulgaril-y called a -Sgvinc, was-
presented to the Phrenologist for examination,
who promptly intbrined the presenter that lie-
hail called agreeably to his rcq-ibst for the pur-
pose prcxatiiiiiing the living head ofan animal-'
r.-lithe same species. This remark so exaspera-
ted the fellow that be seized the missile and,
Iltrc-W it with great \'iulence at thePhren0logist,
\\‘i(.'h fortunately however, escaped ‘his heart,
Tliereupon the Phrenologist, who was then
leaving the room, suddenly stopped--turned—-
respectfully bowed to him .,fll‘.(l coolly said——‘Sir
lam very much oblige to you for scmling me
your Portrait.
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We have reports that I']€7l7'_?/ L Ells-
of the Patent Ofiice is to rrceive the honors
of the how string very Sf.(-‘Hilly. For the
last three or four years he has done the Na-
tion more good service than any fifty rfiice
holders bt'5I(II$. He was appointed by Gen.
Jackson, and was supprsed to be vrhtit-is call-
ed a 'Democr:it,’ so far as he had any poli-
tics. His destined successor is not pr'oclaim-
--d—p.'obably some Mt-tiibts of Congress
Tribune.
BUSINESS PROSPECTS.
We learn that the Spring business has
opened very f:ii'r,and that our Merchants are
doing full us will if not better than they an.
ticipated. The opening of the. Springfield
R'dlll'02l(I has brought us customers from at
new quarter, and they are daily increasing
in tiuniber.
We also learn that extensive mannfactui--
inc establishments are about being erected at
Windsor Locks, on the water privilegis of
the Connecticut River Company, viz: :1
Rolling and Slitting Mill, which will give
rmplovtiient to sixty hands. a Rifle Factory
and a Machine Factory. It is also in CHI-‘
teinplation to erect a large Cotton Factory
on the Fzirminctor. River, about two uiilts
this side of Tariffville.
We have also Il(‘ilI‘il that n gentleman from
abroad has it in serious contemplation to
establish in this city, a Mzinufactory of Rail
Road Cars.
lfall these plans are carried into effect,
the business of Hartford will be greatly in-
creased as tl necessary CODStq[1PI'l(.‘.t'.
Courant.
The Ba'timore Sun says the Post Master‘
General is about employing the Magnetic
Telegragh as a regtilar Post Ofiice agent.
Coriimiinicatioiis will be made in magnetic
chziicters. On the Reception ofthe despatclr
the agent will translate the characters, write
them on a sheet of paper, fold and seal if as
ill’) ordinary letter, direct it to the per-
sons for whom it is intended, and send it to
such persons ininiediately by a penny post.
All communications thus transmitted will
he considered strictly confidential, and the
characters relating thereto instantly dstroycd.
The compensation is fixed to one-fourth of a‘
cent for each magnetic chtirncter so sent; in
every case to be pre.p.'ii(I. The lritcr car‘-
rier will receive the usual fee of two cents
-on each letter.
I'Vestern and Sou//tires-lea 11 Abolition Con-‘
re'ntion.——Tlie Cincinnati H orald, ofMnnday
the organ ofthe Ohio Abolitionists, says:
‘It is in contemplation to hold ti conven-
tion of the friends of freedom in the Souffl-
western and VVestern States. at Cincinnati,
on the f4th ofJune. Circular letters, we‘
learn. have been addrrssed to various per-
sons residing in those sections. The great
object seems to be to promote a healthful and
efficient public sentiment against slavtry.’
ROYAL R. HlNMAN'
It is generally conceded that this gentle‘-'
man has been shatricftilly treated by the
Niles faction in this State. He probably did
as much as any man, to induce conservatives
to vote for l’o'lk-—cznrl be now has lzis reward.
Every Tyler man will receive the same treat-
mcnt from the Times party—-and they know
it. The old Van Buren clique is fully rc-
stored to power.
Roc‘kl:i.i'd county is just now considerably
excited by a rumor that one of its inhabit’-
arits, Mr. Gessner, has been discovered to be
the suppised otvi.er of one hundred acres of
land, in the. city of New York, now in pos-
session‘ of Trinity Church.
Alb. D. Arlv., Tuesday
u
Some idea may be formed of the inter-
course of our country with the Sandwich
Islands from the fact that 2l4 American ves-
sels toitched at the several Islands between‘
tober of the same year.
Instizicl of Cals.—lt is said that an Eng’-‘
lish eat, when she looses her kittens, spends
her period of mourning around the mutton
pie shops.
Hon. George M. Dillas. Vice President
ofthe U. States, tippearecl in the Supreme
Court of Philadelphia on Friday, and made
listened to with great interest.-
Harlcm Railway/.—The bill to permit the
Harlem ‘railway company to extend their
road to Albany passed the House on Tues-
day afternoon, in committee of the whole,
and was ordered to a third reading.
N. Y. paper. ’,
A committee of the flistotrical Society
have ' reported in favot of changing‘ the name
of the United States to,_.".AlIeg_ania.’
wart/i. the ablearid excu llt‘l'll. Superintendent.
the lst of January, 1845, and the 10 of Oc-
a speech in an assignment case, which was
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