1
what it was. . _
“'1‘h.'-_rt is the penti'entiary,” replied her
companion. ,
“ lndeed l”" continued the first speaker:
“ why that is tlto place we have last come
fE0nt”-—all?u=tling to having seen it before.
“Is it possible?” rcmnrltcda gentleman
Ellflngfnear, but’ not one of the party.-
“ May I ask wliat yoir were in for '3”
‘ i “ F01‘ ccwes drnppirig !” promptly responded
tho lady,“and mecldluig with our neiglrbor’s
business l”
The gentleman, fortunately, at that mo-
ment lreaid the invitation to “ step to the
captain’s office and s-e-t-t-I-e,” which he did
amid a roar of lauglitr-r.
D”ri.eshaclx- and his Tiger on a
- ' Steatnnlmat.
_ On W°ednesday Inst, Herr Driesbach, the
celebrated tamer of wild beasts received at
Zanesville a telegraphic tlcspatcli_t.o come to
-Cincinatti, and bring with him his pet, the
great Brazillian tiger, one of the most fero-
cious animals ever tamed. He accordingly
took a double passage on the steamer “_ Ju-
lia Dcau,”« putting their names on the clerk’s
book, “ Herr Drie.=.bach” first berth, “ Col.
Alei-tanderl’_( the name Herr gives the old
tiger) second berth. I-It-rr remarked that
the Col. was a queer old follow, accirstomed
to sleeping out, and, witlral a pectiliai' fancy
'—-he would sleep on nothing but 'st‘r,aw.-—
The chambermaid took away the bed, and
_1'eplaced'it with a full supply oftliat article.
Business and preparations went on. Just
beforetlte last bell, Herr and the tiger made.
their appearance in the cabiir opposite the
state room door. T'he clerk hearing an un-
usual stir in the cabin, spied the glaring eyes
and savage body of his Royal Majesty. He
recognized Herr Dricsbach, but did not rel-
-ish the appearance of Col Alexander. Still
he did not feel like ordering the party ashore.
,He.felt a .re.pugnauce to that undertaking,
and concluded to allow things to take their
wonted course. Herr unlocked his state
room door, and his majesty at a bound, was
-on the straw bed.
After a little time spent in arranging the
state room, Herr satisfied the clerk and oth-
-ers that he was perfectly unde.rl1isr:otrrrnand
and intimated to the bar keeper that a bottle
of brandy would be relished by his Royal
-Highness, (or himself) which was brought.
into the state room by a trembling wait.er,
-who had forgotten to ‘bring with the liqtior
the requisite accompanitnent——-pure watcr.-—-
As a punishment, Herr told the tiger to take
the corner,” wliiclt he did and locked the as-
.totiished bontman in, while he went for the
water. The man was so friglitt-ned that he
spoke not, neither did he move till Herr re-
turned, and stated to him that he need have
. no fears, as the tiger would keep his place
-until IlE0l‘d0l‘erl him to rise.
came, Driesbach locked his state room door,
When night
bid his majesty good night, mtrl went to bed
in the '1/ppm‘ bcrllt; and the happy couple had
a good and peaceful uiglit’s rest. On arri-
ving at our uhaif, Col. Alexander showed
his 8‘)pl‘0bt]ll(il’I of the boat by two loud.
growls, llll.f:‘.l‘pl't=iC(.I as an approbatory by
Herr,and the party sought it back. vtliich
when found happened to be driven by a son
of the Emerald Isle
At the first sight the driver untterly refus-
ed to take the bIt;'lt‘:‘, but was perfectly will-
ing that Driesbatch should be accotnrriodaicd
His fears were alloyed, lrowever, by the tiger
jumping insitle, and he drove to the Dennis-
son House ,: hut Deunisson resolutely refused
to allow his Rot-al illajcsiy to take rooms at
his hotel, and Dricsbacli was oliligrd to
take rooms for his frientl at Wood’s Muscttrn
while he rctttrnt-(l to Dcnrfs on’s, the nearest
and best place he tonld find. We presume
that such an itr.-fiance of ti‘avcl has never be-
fore been re-cordecl.——Cz';t. C0‘.-’)17/‘l£TCl.(1-f.
T.-be Allan.-'ic.——'l‘lto following extract of a
priva‘.t=. letter front Capt. West we find in the
.r”/tile-.i:=t’,22./iicb Ba‘.-’:’.:‘.’e'.*: :
Cove of Cork, Jun. 27'.
“" "" W'lien the accident liappenetl there
0 was a high sea, with heavy squalls, but mod-
erating a little; the ltills being longer than
they had been. As I had been stentrting
head to wind, all was snug, fore-yirrds, &.c.,
vhich left me nothing but my fore and aft
sails to lit:-ave to, anti they \\'Ci‘tr often I)t‘-CLlIn’l-
' ed by the heavv roll of the ship, as she lay
id 013 trough of the sea. Tlienrext day it
moderated a little and we were employed in
st=.nding down the maiiropnrast and getting
the floats offtlie whe-.:ls, &c.
After five days incessant. labor on my part,
and never going below. I found I was drift-
ing to the eastwai-d. Found that with salt
provisions and two meals a day, I had thirty
days of provision bostrtl. Czrllctl the passen-
gers together and told them my intention of
piitting tliesliip’s head to the eastward.—-
They said, “Captain, we liavc. every confi-
_ denco in you, but do, my iii"-iii‘ fellow, take
care of yourself; for what would become of
us if any accident should liappen to you ‘.3
About 4 o’clock that morning I fell during a
heavy roll and was picked up and carried to
my room, stunned by a blow on the head.
At 5 l was up again.
All this timc-.. the ship did not ship a drop
of water not tlidsne leak it drop. How I
love that ship and how fearfiil I was that I
should lose her l—After we kept away, we
averaged 150 miles a day : sometimes going
nine miics an Item, with but little sail, as I
was obliged to be careful. All I had was up,
and it was small for such a hull. She is at
great ship-—-Scuds like a gull. and on ac-
count of her great length, so safe whr-n ly-
ingto. After all this work ofmind and body,
I deeply feel how much is to be attributed to
the kindness c-fthe Almighty in favoring us
with the winds to reach a port ofsaftty.
The night I made Cape C‘-lear Light it was
blowing from the northwest, with hail and
snow. On we went, and at twoin the morn-
ing the moon rose,ihe weather was clear and
we made the light. At 8 o"clock took the
pilot for Cork ; at 3 o'clock anchored and
sent off all the passengers. This was the
finestantl most nrodt»r:rto day offive weeks.-—
That. night the weather became stormy
again. I mention this to show you how bles-
sed we have been. "" “‘ * *
J AMES Wt-:s'r.
Na License in I!li'wo:'s'.—'I‘lte following is
the substance oftlie No License bill which
was passed by the Legislature of Illinois:
1. It rcpt-uls all present Lit:cr_se laws.
2. Pi-ohtbits the sale ofintoxicatiirg drinks
in less quantity than one quart, under a petr-
alty of
3. lfsoltl to minors increases the fine to
from 330 to $l00.
5. Provides for a penalty of not less than
825, not‘ over €-3100, for selling more than a
quart and permitting the same to ledrurik on
the premises.
ladies, pointing to the noble..p‘ilie,i_nquiied,
Beautiful. Incide7rt.—Fifteen years ago the
noble Sll‘l.I.()f.lJ.|':e. known. as "the Methodist
Book Estahliishmeiit, in New York, was de-
stroyed by fire; Among the burning frag-
ments of books and printed sheets which
were whirled aloft on the wings ‘of the
flames, and borne onward upon the wings of
the wind, was a page of the Bible c~ontztin-
ing the sixty fourth chapter of Isaiah. 11
was picked up on the morning of the conflu-
gration abouttwelve miles distant, on Long
lsland, and before the catastrophe was known
there. It wasindeed a winged mcsst-.-nger of
truth, in a double sense, for the fact is no less
striking than - authentic. that every word of
the page was so marrctl as to be illegible
save the lllll verse, which read in the follow-
ing words: — . _ . . .
“ Our holy and'betiutifiil, hoiise,‘whcre our
fathers praised thee, is burm-d up ’u’?,lfL fire ,-
and all our pleasing things are laid waste."
Gold JlIeda.l forlllr. Clay/.—-'l‘he Califor-
nia Courier «states tbat.Mcssrs. Jacks 6:.
Brothers, Jewellers, of San Francisco, have
prepared a magnificent Gold medal of ap-
propriate design, interidedirfor presentation to
the-great Statesman to whose exertions on
her behalf, Californiii b'we.'d, to a great extent
her admission ihto the -Uirion. The medal
is about three inches in -diameter, and is said
to be a gem. On one side it represents the
lone s;:rr of California admitted into the. con-
stellation, and surrounded by the other thirty
stars arrairged in a brilliant circle around the
nrargrn.
one ofthe tnost beautiful spncirnens of white
quartz inc-rusted naturally with gold-,—itn’ ap-
propriate representation of the riches of the
State Around the ,rim is a rich border
composed of native specimensof rough’ gold
taken taken from every placer in the country
from Oregon to Los Angelo. The other
‘side ofthe medal bears the following inscrip-
tion—“ California admitted, Sept. 8, 1850.
Presented to Henry Clay by Jacks & Broth-
ers, City of San Francisco, Oct. 20, I850.
.Dt’(1-(fl. of Cap. l’Val/re/'.—-—'I'here have been
many conflicting reports concerning the iden-
tity of the man who killed the celebrated
Texan Rziirgci‘ whose name head this para-
graph. Tho Cincinnati Commercial says :
A gentleman who was in Mexico at the
time brave Walker lost his life, and who
niarried a Mexican lady and became exten-
sively known in that cotintry, informs us that
on a recent visit to i\"l‘oxico, he learned that
Captain VValker was killed by a Captain
ltluallio, who was, at onetime taken prisoner
by Capt Walker, and knew him \\'(II, and
singled him out as the most difiicult foe to
contend with. Euallro was, for this exploit,
promoted to the office of Major, which rank
he now holds in the Mexican Arm y.
Zlfr. C/ictlflcld /lgazIt—Mt‘. C-hatfield Her
Majesty’_:: Charge, is deterininrd to show that
the British government, in investing him
with auth0i'ity,devolved it upon one who
knew the value of official duty.
Among other queer acts which have made
him noted he has undertaken to decide the
boundaries of Nicaragua and the Mosquito
Kingdom, and ii’.-forms the Uicaraguati gov-
ertrrnent that the British government has de-
l.r’:l'fl'lln(‘(l to nraintain them. He. says that
no can-at can be made or route of transit cs-
tablishod until this matter. is settled amical.-=ly
Wllll the Mosqtiito Iiing. Heztlso lll!'('Ztl.‘t?f1$
Nicai'ttgu with a blocltade if-it docs not" pay
certain deurands of a f3rci'ur:rn named Bos-
cher, who prof'e.ss-as to be a Mosqtiito sub-
ject. A letter says the English autlioriiics
still keep possession of San Juan—thc Bill-
isli flag stilll floats tlicrc; and although the
two per cent duty, wliiclr was arbitrarily im-
possed, has been l'('lT10\'(.'(l, lllel't'. is irot the
sliglitest evi<lt:-rrrr- that compliance with the
treaty with the United States is intended.
Pczrtiz: at Sc<t.—A green lad front Alabama
who was -.1 pirsscnger on lJ(.'t‘.l‘(l one of
me stcainboats iravigating the Gulfof Mexi-
co, suddcnly bolted into the cabin one morn-
ing, before the passengers had fairly opened
theis eyes, (?.\(‘lf‘.ltI‘.ing’, “ We are lost l’’—-
“ Lost l” exclaimed his nearest neighbor.—-
“ Lo.-t !” c-xclaizned another. “ l.0stl”——
screantetl out the whole crowd. “ Yes, lost!”
said the lad, &lSlf)fll:‘ll(i(l at the alarm be had
created, “I know we are lost, ’cause the cap-
tains on the top 0' the house, and anotltcr
man’s upon the mast, a looking to see what‘
we are.”
Life at Pa72(zmtz.—.-\ correspondent ofthe
New York Tribune, writing from Bnnama,
January 1st, states that the place is filled, as
irsual, with tliic-ves and gamblers, though in
consequence ofa descent which the Govern-
or had made upon their gaming tables, busi-
ncss with them was getttrrg very _dull, and
many of the fraternity were departing for
more favorable places,
The condition of society was ft-‘.f‘ll‘fUlly
loose, and murderous afliays, bull fighting,
cock’ fighting, and horse rncirig were the
most prevalent events. A fight took place
on the ‘26th ult., between two gatnblers, one
of whom named l‘.-'lulgrovc, bit his adversa-
ry’s noseoff, disfiguring him for life. In
another fight, oneman had his lip bit off.
Fruilfor Illa:-/cct.—'l'he man who wishes
to make a business of niarketingz fruit, and
obtain a yearly income, must plant many
kinds of fruit. Sonic kinds will succeed best
this year, and others next.
An individual in western N. Y. sold, the
New-'ark"'Atlveitiser says, in 1840, $2,:',(l0
worth of peaches from about twelve acres.-
Fruit was scarce that year, and peaches sold
at ahigh price. A large CLllll"3l0I' Of the
grape on the l-ludson, sells sometimes $5,000
or 6,000 worth of grapes. Another individ-
ual of i‘rlonroe co., N. Y., sold in l845,$4-40
worth of Northe;'n Spy and lloxbury Ptti.'~'set
apples from one acre. Agcneral assortment
ofthe best kinds offruit will be likely to fur-
nisli every year, with good culture, one ‘ or
more highly profitable crops.
Scarcity of SffI't'7' C'oin.—-I\‘early all the
eating saloons in the city are now issuing
shin plasters for various amounts—-from six
cts and a quarter up to fifty. Some of them
are done on simple cards; OlI1(‘f'S on bank
note paper, in the form of bills, and beauti-
fully eirgraved.—-N. Y Ifcmlcl.
An, Irt's/mrau..’s l'Vi'fl.—-“l will and be-
quc:-rth to tiry beloved wife Bridget, all my
property without re-servc,and to iriy oldest
son Patrick one half of the remainder, and
to Dennis, my youngest ,son,the rest. If
anything is left, itmay go to Terence Mc-
Carty, in sweet Ireland.”
“ I’m not afraid of a barrel of citlcr !”
said .1 toperto a tcmpcrurrco man. “ I pre-
lsurne not from your appearance ; I should
5; Giving away liquor, to come vvithin tl e, thizrh a barrel of cider would run at your ap-
provisrona or the law,
1 pr:-:i.:ii,” vrasthe reply-
On the centre star there is fixed-
CONGRESS.
In the Sen.atc-,on Monday, the Indian Ap-
propriation Bill was passed.
The Postage Bill was nexttakeu up-—Mr.
R‘usk"s bill was adopted as it substitute for the
House bill. It providcs a rate of 3 cents if
prepaid, and ,5 cents if unpaid. Letters go-
ing over 3000 miles dot-i-bl'e these ratcs. Adj.
In the House, in Comrnittee ofihc. Whol'e,.
the Diplomatic Bill was .considei°cd. Sever-
al specches were marle, and a general de-
bate ensued. Adjourned.
In the Senate. on Tuesday, Messrs. Clad"
and I-lale presented petitions for the repeal
of the Fugitive Slave Law. Laid on the
table. »
Mr. John Davisreported back the River
and Harbor Bill without amendment.‘ .
After an Executive Session the Senate adj.
The House in Committee of the Whole
resumed the consideration of the Civil and
Diplomatic Bill. I\'umerous amrndments
were ofl'ored to alter the tariff, which were
ruled outof order. Mr. McDowell offered
an amendment to indetnnify Mr. Ritchie;
voted down. -
After some further ineffectual attempts to
amend the tariff, the Committee rose and re-
ported the bill back to the House, when the
iimcntlini.-nts inmle in Committee were con-
curred‘ in, and the bill pas.<ed——-yeas I26;
nays 55.
The Indian Appropriation bill was next
taken up and the Senate amendments concur-
red in House adjourned.
In the Scnrttc, on Wednesday, Mr Sew
ard offered a resolution calling for informa-
respecting alleged abduction of American
citizens into Mexican slavery. Adopted.
The Joint Resolution Directing a U S
vessel to be employeil in bringing Kossuih
to this country w:rs tultcrr up and engrossed.
Resolution from the House explanatory of‘
law giving pensions to widows was passed.
The Cheap Postage Bill was debated and
passed as engrossed yesterday
Post office A_npropri.ition Bill was amend-
ed and passed.
In the Ifause, the Post Route Bill was ta-
ken tip and passed, and then resumed the
consideration of the -.‘vlexio:rn lndenrnity Bill.
M r. Allen repeated v hat he said last night
concerning M r. \—‘V('.l.)Si.Et‘, and was prepared
to prove it, if an opportunity is given.
l\-‘Ir. Ashrnun, on Mr. Webster-‘sztutliority,
pronunced the charge as unqualified false-
hood.
The debate was continued until the hour
of recess.
In the Senate, on Thursday, the bill regu-
lating patents, and the Naval Pension Bill
were taken up and passed.
The bill providing for asurvey of lands
in California, after along debate, was laid
on the table.
The‘ Senate then wcnt into an Executive
Session and adjourned.
In the IIou.se,tlre Army Appropriation Bill
wits i_urder consideration Mr. f~loward
tirade it speech in favor of the mounted
'Gl‘pS for the protection of the Textin fron
tier. Mr. Toombs opposed it as being too
c_\'pensive. Mr. Burt was in favor of all the
estimates of the \Var Depaitrrrent.
A.-rec.-Zn!c.—Fr'i:drick of Prussia had at run-
nia for enlisting gigantic soldiers into the
"- Ptoyal Gii::rds,” and paid an cnormous
l;»otiut_v to his rccriii'.in;_; officers for getting
‘them. One day a rccrtritiirg sergeant chanc-
cd to spy a I'IlI')t2l'l£l!'l who was at least seven
feet high ; he tr.-.=,costetl him in l;Iiigli:.-it and
propo-sul that he :liould onli.-t. The idea of
at inilittiry life :rud a large liotiaty so deligh-
ted Patrick, that he at once ctrrrseiitetl.
“ But,” salti the .\‘(."i‘t_{t_‘tttll unless you can
speak Gtertiiurt, the kit:-g will not give you
so iiiucli.”
"' 0, be jabers,” said the lrislirnan, “ sure
ills I that don’t know a word of GL'l'l'l]1-Ill.”
“ But,” said the sergeant three words will
will be. strlllcicnt, and these you can learn in
:1 shorttiine. The king knows every man
in his Guards. As quick as he sees you he
will ride tip to you anti ask how old yotifi.-ire;
you will say twenty-sevcn—next how long
you have been in the service; you mirst ro-
ply three weeks~fin:illy, if you are provok-
ed with clothes and razions, you answer
botlr."
Patrick soon learned to pronounce his an-
swers but riever dreamed of learning the
questions. In three weeks he appeared be-
fore the lting in review. His majesty rode
up to him ; Paddy stepped forward with
“ prcsrnt arias."
“ How old are you P” said the king.
“ Three wet-l~:_s,” said the Irislimaii.
“ How long have you been in the service?"
asked his maji-'sty.
-‘ Twenty-seven years.
“ Am I or you a fool ?” ro:ii'cd the king.
“ Both,” replied Patrick, who was instant-
ly taken to the giitmlliotise.
Publtc B/oila’.i1i.gs [IL New Or/ea2is.——Fe\v
are aware of the liberality and spirit’ exhib-
ited in the expenditure for public buildings
in New Orleans.
The new Charity Hospital, 300 feet in
length, and having ac':onrmodatiou for 500
patients, cost $350,000. l\'lint, $|8'?.,000.—-
St. Chat les I-lotel—the ground cost $l00,000,
the building $300,000, and furniture £150,-
000_.total $750,000. St. Louis Fteticli
Hotel, house, ground and furnrturt-$300,000
—300 feet l0tl;1, I20 deep. The Var.-rntlah
Hotel,€‘.3300,000 Orleans Tlicatre, $280,-
000. St. Charles 'l'hc-atre, 350,000. Ar-
cade Baths, $120,000. Orleans Cotton
I-’rc.ss,SSi'f)l_l,000. I.-zvee Press, $300,0ll0—-
Sugar Refinery, $370,000. Merclrant’s
E.\:c.hange,$10,000. Municipal Hall, $120,-
000.
Lngul Tl/7! ——\Ve fear that the lawyers at
the present day, are getting rather rusty.-—
we scldom find recorded any specimens of
the wit which used to flash around the bar.
The best thing we have heard from them
lately was a remark made by Charles Cliap-
tnan, Esq., of Haztford, Ct. A Baptist cler-
gyman was on the witness stand, and Squire
0., who knew his profession, commenced his
cross examination in the following manner:
“ What is your occupatioir C3”
“ Oh, sir—l am a humble candle of the
Lord.”
“ Ah I yes———a (Zipped one, I believe,” said
the tvicked lawyer.
A Man is taller in the morning by half
an inch than he is at night.— V0.3 Popu-Ii.
Don’t believe that any way. Please ex-
plain the reason for the assertion.
Louistullc Cowrz'r'r.
Wtth the greatest pleasure. Sleep alows
him to forget his iirtlebtetlness to the printer
but he sinks htilfan inch into his boots at
breakfast, when he takes up the newspaper
and thinks he hasn't paid for the last six
inr.n‘lrs subscription. 0
Birth Day of H/'cLs/zzrigla/1..-—'l’lre ll9tb L
anniversary ofthe birth day oftlic tllustrous
Washington, finds tlie_A.meriean confe(l=era-
cy, which his sclftlmryiirg and patriotic ef-
forts contributetl so l-irrgely to estaIrli.<h,t1 uni-
ted and prosperous people. The same daz,-_
also, is the anntvers:tt‘_v of ant.t'iei' event, one
ofthe most brilliant acliieveirrents of Anteri-
can arms--tlJe_battlc of Buena Vista; btit
be who commanded in that hotly contested
field, has passed since the last observance of
the day, from the highest position of lriiman
pi'efer'rrient to the tomb. With all of us, he
too vc.nerati-.d tire virtues,of Washiirgton, and
seeking to make him his guide, has left be-
hind him a character second only to that of
the Father of his Country, in its simplicity,
purity, truth, and patriotism. There is, in-
deed, wlterever we look, a degree of sacred-
ness in the associations of this day ; and its
annual recurrence must evcr citkiirdle afresh
the fires of pati'iotism in every breast suscop.
tible ofemotions of witnessitrg the 0Tl\\'8.l‘(l
progress of our common country in all that
makes high human attainment desiral-rle.—
Every where it will be 0b.~‘t.‘t'1'C(I with de-
monstrations of respect; and everyu here and
every variety ofcircuiirstance,v.-ill the exam-
ple, the virtues, and patriotic teachings of
VVashrngton bear rich and ttlrundant l'ruit.——-
His life affords ti fitting example for. all to
imitate, the young, the middle aged and the
old, tho student and the statesman ;and the
patriot finds in his counsels the sure guide
to national greatness.
Ifinls la JVi'i.~es —-—l\"evcr complain that
your-husband pores too much over the papers
to the exclusion of that pleasing converse
whiclryon formerly enjoyed with him.
Don’t hide the paper; don‘i give it in the
children to tear; don't be sulky wlren the
boy leaves itat the door, bitt take it in plans-
antly, and lay itdown before your spouse. -
'l‘lrii.k what man would be without a news-
paper ; treat it as a great work ofcivilization,
which it assuredly is, and think of the great
good newspapers liave. done in exposing bard
husbands and bad wives, by giving their er-
rors to the eye of ll)L‘. public. But manage
you in this way : \\'I1t:i'i your lrusband is ab-
sent, insi-ead ofgossiping with your rreighbois,
or looking in the shop windows, sit down
quietly, and look over that paper, run your
eye over its home and foreign news, glance
rapidly at the accidents and casualiiies, care-
fully scan the leading articles, and at it-atitnc,
when your liusband li'll{t'Sl1plllt.! paper, say;
"-My dear, what an awful state of things
there appears to be in Intliii, or what it terri-
ble calamity at New York, or trade scents
to be flourishing at the i\'ortlr, and tlcpcnd
upon it, down will go the paper. If he has
not read the itiforuration, he will hear it
front your lips; and when you have done he
will ask : “' Did you, my dear, l'(-‘.1ILl Simpson’s
letter on the discovery of c'iiloroforin '.?” And
whether‘ you did or not, you will gi'a«:liially
get into as cosy a chat as you ever erijoyed,
and you will soon discover, that l‘l‘_{I1llyllSt‘-fl,
the newspaper is the wife's real friend, for it
keeps the‘ lrtisbarrd at home, and supplies
capital topics for every-day table-t=alk._
An. Old Horsc.—Gt-orgo Yoting, of
Grand Rapids, states, in the “ Michigtrir
F rmer,” that he owns a horse \‘.-'IllOl’l is for-
ty five years old. He says he bought the
animzzl in 18:23, and that his age \\.-'.-LS tlir-n
s-tatetl to be fiftet;-it years ; that he t'llO\'t’. him
in a brig/gy and rode him in Alb-in_v, for six
_‘,'t,.'ttl's‘, and that for the list i)ill:3it"Lli ya-iris he
has still the uppt-arairct: of ti c-:rl:,tli::t in
18-18 he drove him ':3l0 miles. in four titty.-‘.l
About l1lllt'l.t‘8ll years it-go his tcctlt l)t"C{1mL‘
so uneven that he could not grind fray wuil,
and his mvnci' had them fiilcl down, sirrce
wlrich“he has been able to feed with the
youngest horses.”
The .71’:/lg of I’oz<4tocs.—-—l.Vc received on
Sattiitltry afternoon, by the Georgia, the most
rc.mai'kn'olt': spcciitreti of the ~.ottito tribe
which has ever been seen in this city. It
was raised by Mr. l-Ir-nry Full-.>r, on his farm
ncai Porlltintl, Oi‘c;_1oii, '-ind f()i‘\\’f1l'(lt‘fl by
him to l\'iossrs. Crane & Rice,of the C.'ru’Ijin'-
/Lia. Courier, who liziving timisriiittetl it to us
for pres.entaiion to the Ancrica Institute in
this City, After the voyage of 7,000 miles
it is as fresh and sound as if just dug from
the earth. The cii'ctiiiifct'ciict=., of this moir-
ster potato is 1-2 inches, and we-iglring
3 12 lbs. Vile should like to see this boat-
en on the Atlantic side of the Rocky Moun-
tains.——N. Y. T/“ifn/.728.
From Lzbcrizt ——By an arrival at Ni"-iv
York, we have ntlviccs from Liborivfi to the
18th of Dt‘L'f’lTlDt£l'. The Lilmria Legisla-
titre "assemble-tl on the 2d. The Hon D C.
l\-’lcFari‘l-.ind was cltoscn Speakt-r pro tem. of
ilre House; J. B. Phillips, Clerk; J. D.
t\'lonre, Engrossing Clerk ; Rev. A. I-larring,
Clraplain ; C Brown Do .r-keeper; anti J. G.
J. Barbour, Runner. In the Senate, B.V.
R. Jain:-.s, Es. , was Elected Sr-crctziry ; ‘.V.
A. Johnson, Engrossing Clerk ; A. T. Wood,
D. D., Clraplin; W. Houston, Door-keeper,‘
C. Hicks, Ptunncr.
Profane and I-"viz/gm‘ Lmzguage ——-Swcar-
ing which formely pervaded every ranl-: ofsc--
ciety,is now to bcclrio--fly found in a very
low uirinstt:r'ctcd class; it is in fact a vulgar
and proscribed mode of speech. l\‘everihc-
less, it is still used t)t3ctislOl‘)L1lly by persons of
no humble rank, especially by the young,
though chiefly for the purpose ofgiving cirr-
plrasis to speech, or perhaps chiefly to give
token of a l'()(IL‘.l](i'ttl)Cy ofspirits and a high
state of excitenierrt. To those who are guil-
of it for these. reasons, it is only necessary to
poitrt out, that no Wt.'Il informed person can
be at the least loss, with the genuine unrds
of the English language. to (-‘.\’["rl‘€SS all le-
gitimate ideas and fecliirgs, and that to use
either profane or slang words, is at the least,
the indication of- ti low taste and inferior uri-
rlt=.rs-tandiug. A direct, pure, manly use of
our native language, is an object which all
may cultivate in a gl‘efll.£2l‘ or less degree;
and we have invariably observed, through
llfe, that the most virtuous persons are the
most exempt from the use of means and ri-
diculous phrascology and monkey tricks of
all kinds.
Erlilors LogisZali7ig.—'l‘lrere are no loss
than iriiie Editors in thetwo branches of the
Wisconsin Legislature. It may, t.lrer-cԤor'e,
be safely presumed that what is done during
this session will be sensible, practicable, and
speedy.
Strange questions are agitated in debating
cius down ea.~t. The last was “ VVhat is
the difference between It Inc simile an I ‘d sick
family T’
Win:-n learning ceases to be uncommon
;-.mr;.ng women, l.‘_'al'[]t_"t,i woinen will cease to
be arlcctcd.
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0 AL A T T E . l.— :- ._fl’'asliinglopfE Ctrrrcspori (lance of (it c Gazelle.
TWIIIG STATE TECICET.
1-‘or. GOVI-.‘Rt\'0R, ,
Lafayette S. Foster, of Norwich-
FOR 1.r1«:u'r GOVERNOR,
Green Ken1(lrick,. of Will9|‘bU|')’-
~ mi-. st:c:r=.r.r.tr~.t~',
Roger H. Miils, of New Hat’! ford.
soc. 'I'I‘.I-IASURI-JR,
Taaotuas Clark, of Coventry.
FOR. CONTROLLER,
Selah Strong, of 1V1'tlford.
The Thirty-First Congress
Is drawing rapidly to its end, and we are re-
joiced that such is the. fact. As new constituted
it is the most incongruous lcgisltttive body that
ever existed itr this country. There are no
parties there, or rather there is it most \m0llP_V
number of them. «The broatlcst distinction
tituoug the irieinbcis is It geograplrical one-tlie
Norllrern and Soutlrerir. Then there. are tlie
Unionists and Disunionists——tlie 'I‘:ii'ift' and
urrti-'l‘tii'ift” men-——tlte Nittitrnzrls and the Sec-_
tiouals. These factions extend their i':irnitii:tr-
lions tlrrouglr the entire iu:rssol' the twoiincient
parties. and there are many uteri there, both
\Vliigs and Locofocos, who clieiislr towards
Olll-('.l‘S who hear the satire party rrnmo with
I’llt-‘IYISSBIVBS, a much more bitter feeling than
they ever entertained against tlioir Itllt‘:lei.‘l.
It. is time that this Coir-
gress shotild be dissolved, and it new one fiesli
political opponents.
from the people chosen in its place.
But. wirtitevei be its rm--rits or tletnet'its, the
Tliii't._v-first Coirgress will be it riicmorable one
in the liistory oftlre couritry. Durin_9__ its con-
tinnnirce the foiiritlatitriis of the Union lrtrve
lioen slitikeu to their very ceirtiv-, and, we grieve
to say it, the danger is not yet. ptissctl. \Vc
once tlrouglit tlial. the peril was gone by, and
we so expi'es2-:od ourselves in tho columns of
the Gazette. But. we were llIlSl:lli(‘ll; treason
still exists in oitr midst.
oftliis that we intended to speak in the pi'est=.itt
It was not liowe.-vcr
article. The tlrirty-first.Congross has strtigglt-d
hard to iivert. t-Ila’!-(lttllgt‘l'. Tlic Compiotiiisc
ir1oiisi.ir'cs are (lie work of the scssiotrs, and
ll()\\’P.Vf‘l' we iriuy feel lowiirils some of their
do-ttiils. tliere is ct-.ittiinly no lover of iris coun-
try but tlisit. i't-joices at their ])ii.‘£52l_'_7_('.. \Ve
hope tlrat: zinoilror Congress may tlovise limits-
ures wliicli will wholly relieve the lltIli‘$}ti front
the eirrbzimrsstrreritsi which now lie.-set us.
The “for-ld7s Paris‘.
This great exhibition will be one oftlio most
nrzigtrificeut and iiiterestiiig :tfftiii'stl1:it has ever
been \\'ll:lt‘SSetl, and will attract to London
nrillinns of persons from all parts of our globe.
Tliousiintls. lio\vovci', to whom suclr an exhibi-
tion would form the most -real jun.-‘i/. and pleas-
ure will be tlc.l;ari'ed its cirjoynrcut: for the want
ef ircccssary rite:-iris. T (iis difficitlty has been
olrvititetl Ir)’ llie " N. Y. \Vorltl‘s Fair AT!
Urn},-.i.“ just orgriuizetl, and wlioso prospectu,-3
zrppc:-tins in our colnirrns to d:i_)'——l3_v wliicli it-
will lie Strittl that for ire tlolltirs it truiir iittry. if
he lit: f'-.n'tu:r-.ito, not only olrtaiu it free piissngc,
but. also i'ecci'/ts uiro lruiztlretl tloliars in cash to
pzry Iris t:xpe:ist*..~s wliilc in Lontloii—-iiittl slioultl
lie not draw it p;i'1.e.cv¢-iy stil;~'ciilrci' gets it
.<plentlid orig.-;t'av(~tl plate it-.pi't::.:.-'c.iit\tirg the Fair
and its biriitliirgs, (‘co., wliit:li will be wortli the
full iinrottnt oftlie stilrscribtioit paid. As a geri-
ornl tiring we have no ertt:utii°;rg(-rrteirt to offer
to these -" Art. Unions,” but this seems to us as
pvtrtrrotiug ti iiiosl; \v:.u'ili_v obji.-ttt. and we |'0illl_\,'
hope. sonre. of our ingenious ineclrtrnics fro:':i
Fnirlield County iriay be lucky drawers.
5.75;’ “"0 are lutppy to lcarrt that tho (‘Fl(’.l)l't1-
toil lemperzrnce orator‘. Dr. .lcwc.t't, will deliver
tlirce 2l(lt'lt‘t‘SSP.‘S in this town during the present
week; on Tttesd:iy, \Vetliicstla_\' and Tliiirstliiy
eveiriiigs, at the Town H:-ill. ‘Vt: bospeti k for
him the fullest kind of an tiiitlierrco.
E-T2“: \Vi-. see by the letter" \‘.’l‘l-l’t§l‘.3‘ that Gov.
Cleveland has corne. near getting into it duel in
\V:rsliiiigl'oii (I I 3) but that “frieiitls iiiloi'fei'etl,
and the matter \\'ll2lS lrappily iuljttstt-.il."—
Mt.-rcy upon us! only think of pistols and coffee
for “ Tl-re artful Do:lgei'.”
Di-:Li-:Ga'i‘i~;s.——At. it meeting oftlie ‘\Vl:i_us of
this. town hold at the l\’orv.-till; Hotel on Satur-
day evening last, the following gt*lll.lt’lllell were
zippointetl lIt‘l(‘gtlf(-'5 to attend the severtrl Cou-
ventious: Ccir¢,ressionzil——Tliomtts Rtriritrsoti,
Fretlcriclt StJoliii Lookwood. Asa Hill, ‘Win
0 BL‘-tll‘Ll; Couuiy——.lames Reed, Orris S Fei'i'_v,
George. \-V Sriritli. Tlioiritrs Giiyer; Si-iuittirial
——Cluis C Belts. Elbert. Curtis. A E Beard, L
8 Reed.
appoint substitutes in case of their own inability
The fI(’.l(-‘,‘:',‘:ltCS- \'.ei'e etrtpoxveretl to
to attend.
Rt-:1)i)i.\'G.-——'I‘lie following are the delegates
seloctetl to attend the Senatorittl. Couiit;y. arid
Coirgressional ‘Cuiiveiitioirs: John D Lacy,
Alonzo Byiugton, T M ‘Abbott. Altiuson Lyon;
L Drew, II B Bates, \V B Hill, I’ S Coley;
John Edmonds, George Coley, II B Ftiiitoir,
Jessy Brinks.
53'? The Deirrocnicy held their State Cou-
vention at Hartford. on \Vednestlay, and re-
riominated their pmseiit State officer‘. iniiiuly,
if not wholly. The following is the ticket:-—
For Governor. Col. 'l‘lrointis ll. Soyniour; for
Lient. Covet-r‘ioi', Cluirles A. Pond ;’ for Secre-
tary of State, J. C. Smith; for Co:itrollei', K.
G. Pinirey; for Ti'easur'ei'. Henry D. Suiitli.
The \Vlrig Corrgressioirttl Convention also
met at Hartford oti Wedtiesday. Ch:is- Chap-
man of Hartford was nominated for Congress;
he was the oanditlti to two years ago, and was
beaten. VVe trust it better fortune itwaits liiitr
lltis ‘time.
E§t5'=' Martin It‘. Tupper, the author of " Pro-
verhitil l’liil0sopliy,” will enrbttrk for this court-
try in the steamer Franklin on the 12th inst.
a"?Tlre circiiltition of the American Mes-
senger. the monthly newspaper of the Ameri-
can Tract Sotziety. is 180,000 in English. and
about 15,000 in German.
ta?’ Charles C-.. Tns.r, of Exeter, N. If, i‘;
the owner of a cane that is 374 years old. It
is dated 1474.
TUESDAY, oi;-_ci§,4, test. '''-‘5‘” ~
"“, ..-'?EitinAv Evr:.\'t.\'c. Feb. 28th.
§Ei;.V,_.t*;'Iilie t'erirt‘tl19‘.rws to an apex,” as J oliii Vim
Biri'.‘en_ qnttintly wrote his father, at the closing
ofa session at Yale. and uieinbers are thinking
rnore of liome and friends than any of the many
public acts of importance before them. Tho
cheap postage bill passed the Senate on \Ved-
fleétliiv. with the amendment: of 3 ct; prt»paitl
and 5 cts unpaid. It has become a settled fact
that no reform can be tirade here except by the
iiiclr, so c.rlrcnrcl_v/ cctulious are otir public mon.
weeks of the Senate's or I"I0l15¢'S time itr at-
tempts to postpone some measure on the score
ofccorioirry, wl.iilt-. his wind and words cost tetr-
fold the amount in dispute.
Quite ti breeze was started in the,-°fHouse on
\Vcdnesday evening by Mr. Allen of Mtiss.. by
charging upon Mr. \Vebster ii $50,000 bribe
from \Vall and State st. brokers to play into
their liands in the disbursement; of the Mexican
installments.
generally supposed he did, why, he was it
lucky fellow—as upon another occasioir, when
the Boston rucrclrauts presented him with
$100000 :1 féw years since; but that he has
received aiiytliiirg HS tr bribe. airy one who
'l.uotvs him, will be very reluctant to believe.
Murray has very little worth with Mr. \Veb-
ster, though he is and alwtrys will be poor,—-
Dat iel is a [code too old to he caught in thal-
ctzitegory. Ile rcceivetl $1500 for about twenty
minutes talk at few clays since. before the Su-
prenro Court, upon the famous VilllR0flSill1H’l'
case. His splendid ctrrriagt-., presented by cit-
izens of New York,is here and inucli admired.
The ftitlrer of President Fillmore. 80 years
ofago, arrived at the \Vliite House on It'iidn-y
eveiiitrg last. while the Pwsitloirt wits holding
Rev. Dr. Kendall, [)fl‘.‘l()l' of the Plymoutlil
C-oiigregtitioirzil Cliiirtrli, and direct sirccessor of
lildor l}rc.w.<ter of Pilgrinr iuotrior_v—-also about
four score ye;it's.
The tariff is still bt-set, so also of the “ Ebony"
Line” of 5lei"tll‘tPl‘S, but little cart be hoped for
more than it pats.-zztge of the postage bill.
' ‘ho U. Senate has confirmed the follow-
ing appoiritiireirts by the Pl'i£.~'ltl(“lll:
Dtivitl fl. Differidei‘fl'ei', of Pnnnsylvaniii, to
be Consul of the United States for Paso del
Norte, Mt-.\:ico, in place of John S. Lucas. re-
signotl: Olivt-i' Ell.-iwortlr, of Corrirct'tici.it, Coir-
:-ul at Quito, in l:‘.cundor; lle.nry L. Parlram,
of 'l‘t:trric-sst-e, to be Consul for the port of Rio
I Grand. in Brazil, in place of Rolmrt 3. David-
son. it-sigirt-il; l~Idwtri"tl A. Ilopkins. of V vi‘-
moiit. to be Coirst.il in J.’:ti':i,<;tttr_y. in So Arum’-
icn: Grafton Barlteix of Mississippi, to be Cliir-f
Justice for the 'I'erritory of New LXI!‘-)lC0;
Jnures ll. llirclr. to be 2: Justice of the Peace
in tho cmrirty of \V;:sltington, D. C.
T. ltitloi‘ King has not yet been c.nrrfii'itred
so of ti frost cf otlit-tr Executive itoirr'mntioiis.—
Califoriria has been really slnimefully treatol
by this Cotrgiw-ss. Yours, éco. "‘
i.'.§r"“"l'lto following cotrirrruuiciition was in-
tenzletl for last week's paper‘. but was not re-
ceived in time.
For tire Gii:cf.’e.
l\'r:w (}.t.\‘.a.t.v. Fol). 24th. '51.
Mu. l‘:Dl'1‘(‘rl‘.:-—\Vt§ lizitl ii tltaliglilfiil cel(-.ht'tt-
tion of \V:rsliingttrti’s l3irIlt-tlti_v, on Satiirdiiy
r-veiriirg, in the Town Hall. Not. ti citizen. I
tloiilrt. not. tvlizr lien rd llw I7tii‘cvvcll Atldress of
l \Vnsliin ‘ton ro:itl—-who listeiiotl to the wnrnin,-_v
ndtironition and parting advice tlu-re given. nird
i'esolv<-tl to heed and adopt them, but left the
llall fooling tlrnt ho was it wiser and better
man! For this lrnppy ii.fliieut:c we are largely
iiidebted to )'0ul‘ fellow-citizen, Dr. llill. He
gave us :1 most c,lo\ving and patriotic address,
rndizint. with kind lhriliiig tintl fi'atet'nal accord.
and while he siistiriiretl in glowing and burning
atlinoiritioirs, our obligations to sustain the su-
|)l’{3l‘.'l't|(fj' and iirnjcsty of the ln\v—witli Chris-
tian kitidness and love. he lieso-iigl"t~:t~. all‘ of every
party. \V'liigs. Derttotmits and Free Sailors, t
imitate the example of \Vasliingtoii, and per
pctiiatt-. the UNl()N. Midst. the strifo.(-.onten
tion and treat. of party. like the good Sair.ai'itri
of old, and our own lrelovetl \V:isliiugtotr. lit
poured in the llfllllng oil of conciliutioir air
compromise. It. was it joyous day toever
true patriot‘ citizen, and long will the citizens 0
New Ctiiiatiii ]'(‘-n'iPlni)el' with plea.-ure tli
grzitificsitioti and delight which his tiddres
afforded. A LOVI-ZR or \VASI!I.\‘G'I'0N.
Towx Ei.i-:c'rio.\‘s.———'l‘lro l:]ai'tf'oi'd Couran
gives the result of the Town Elections in Coir
irectiout, sliowing that the \Vliigs have triad
largo gaiits, they having carried 73 towns on
titled to 118 representatives in t.lieLe_2islatttr
the Locos 63 towns entitled to 89 represent:
tive s, and 11 towns entitled to 16 r'cpresen'
lives, are divided. The previotis y,cai' tlt
\Vlrigs \\'t‘.l‘(%_ successful in only 57 towns, onf
tied to 99. representatives, (and this was nbo
their strengtli in the first L9gl$I<l1l'8.) tli
Locos in 83 towns. entitled to 122 representa
tives, and 7 towns. entitled to 9, were (livid
A'rTi-:.\ir-1‘ A1‘ Ex'i‘om*ioN.——'I‘lie Genet
Gazette thinks that the village is infested wit
a gang of villains, who seek fl subsistence in an
way but an honest one. Last week one of th
most l'8s‘})t‘Clill3lC citizens received an anon)
tnous letter tlrioirglr the Post. Office. directin
him. on penalty of his life, and the d_est.ructi0
of his property, to remit through the office. '
meet him at at specified place, and deposit fill
dollars; and also threatening his life if he 8
tempted to d-.scov.-r wlr.-nco the delnillld “ii
lllilde. Constable Butterfield was informed
the facts. and ti letter minus the money plate
in the post Office, nail the officer sent to watc
The roguo appeared, was nabbed, and safe
deposited in jail.
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CLAIBIS FOR Fttmzcii Spoi.t.-\'rio-.~'s.—-It
said there is an omnibus driver in \Vtisliingt0
who is every day transporting to the capitol
his c:il'l‘iuge members of Congress, who, wlr
they get lliere, vote against the claim ofieiglt
tliousantl dollars justly due him from the" -‘
ernment. on account. of the French Spoliatlo
for wlriclr the United States received an equ
aletitlralfit century ago. So we go—the in
upon ihebox often htwing the better right
,t‘-re inside cushion. I
In films some rneiirbers will expend wirele-
If Mi-.f\\/'. got: the money, as is ,
his usual lt‘riday's levee. in company with the’
Norwalk Chronicler