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aui U)cnrisc Uik l tU diacniioa cf lho
4 A fiHiua to order a dloMimnncc ttforc the
r : ci tbt iubttfipuou j ir U totu:dtrcd a j.i v,
6. AU Ictttri tnd eowmunicaiion 10 (Lo Hditoi
tUT cUS rotx mio. cftniE to etuuic anemiuo
" A!W!)winrBU will to corvpfcuoui'iy and fiuV
DfMil kicrtttid tl IL 00 per raturo cf 13 Iitt,
i'4 lS ut tor eftry atiLqwut inreitioa. "No
KlTrniaiaeW, IwA'rver rlwrl, will bo cbarjjul ki
Vutm OtJen & Judicial Advf rWcawnU will
tr to a W.Wi)f ii lh ry.. i , ? : ;
TIUM4 bi ilvcriuo r.y tbt vcAt.wul b cntt-
fjed t 4c!uctLa uf .-34 1-3 ptfeput provide J
troriicniJ,v. ,4,
rrrrcT of tue gu.v .war. than frost.
To MsOOng tlmli that ruck tlw uw Vor, " '
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Tfc riffiitJ rlitritil Uwij tome w'tf.f' f
If ywrfrfut Jt iUm litnmgtt Ail W
taonrd ctcinSti ail r-orjm!e. ' .
If rarly nmi .U anfua'd raytnay ibin,
T fcnd wrjmili U. ttroggliiij valvca r .ja .
IUfituLaLiic V-ldb aonewhet crirfled p-wTr,?'
Afaii ! WwiKcTia l(nTnf y deck Uie rJocju i:
an brr-atkin VrJerU retynv "t':
AnJ ttav;Hi lU aiuUal Jtiktl fail to burn, ,f
TUa Coil c flanl ajaio wcruiih f n"?,
A avlM Ud Bf'wfy KlifACC liuiw. 1"
rp aCciI wiik iinWaJihy tm -'y
ptaati' karj nd iwodtUj corer'd 'tr,
JU :!KgU the pirari -.
Finn 4ji Cur thvtge of mauerpvw.
X fUaaJ pwHItiai M bt arid brlnft,
tM'Mtwc'rVjVcVaiKl turae the atiJ bi, '
Aifl tuur a ihe'taeth'ruiiairii'-'
TIj nu1 drpriii in wttre tL fuod'aufitataVy'
Tie itul f tar-h, tU? way lU jnic'r attain' d.
c3 i!i .tux niittcata putjy biur1!!! V,'
S :tMisijrmin ridMinj Wiet throjj, ff
JL cUnj'J rtC-t.,.rMMl a Litfyi ,
fJrMy rlulU ! ttlfftfu'd alv fej f f f (
I ;rlcU lwjf ran W action jfiiruVj
T Uir?dJ c m th aidiu; liyi &( piere,.
VryVuL rBjjTiia buri.mf Joutiy Cftc.
u J wh ttv clirytal thaw in irfppl'J tatr;
. rrrr ' jn return in form c,ftnf!ciii,"rtf;:f
utinifi-omi V.f'l'! the f 'i'p e.Wd, "i
, p,nic, i.Kuit rtlv il:t V,cwt A,-t
' . - -.i. 11'.-.'.. -: -,i t
t Vhn-d
I. u.mt ar lo.t d I ! lniu-l 1 gf . iVt tt Uf Ac
b .t,"-ai itica!!od, vliitli happened,
turniii; to mo uca miiwiuauun wc 5' ,
.A 'WORD
Th e
We have so ifccch r6 say irt rtRard to
1 tr.a i KiJCtuiiui CHnviaaiiiiai.-iTyjcan:
tardty tj are liine orVjoomfor lnjy fc--mails
t uUtf TtxWs rjiicjtion,ar.dvt
wr ilceni it Wr'dbtjj yay new Wds
fa thj kubi'!Ct now l and i aak ihc
m 1 . I V L . a ....
j;.Iw.H atUxtirinof ihcreiTde"r;Y'JV'vv
' TtMnigh io tlie, fi tp) "SiaWthe tJoco
f.eos doTnot irilatc lho 'Texas'fiu'jistion.
and are eaotious ifi their niod- of treaty
fc u 2 it not to arluic thc-prcjudicc'cX uV
1. : t ...- kj...-. .- .1 . v.'...;i.',t.v
f tl'pIC Ol U l'il III (I t UUUHI Jiicj
t try to make It the engroWing subjott,
4 aiJ ' try "thereby tof divert flhy : pw He
j tVom the mighty '-questions and -interests
1 in!ved in' the ci-ming Presrder.tjal glee-,
turn. We cali pponvthe'f Mgs in tlie.
fW.h sxJ tlie West to be nfc jhcirgbard;
t Ijct tbm not be diverted from the; issues
t IPitiL tet them considerthat thou-xb
) aoma them may deem. M wori,h .while.
U - to admit Texis proper with tho consent
( tf all the parties concerned l "tho pro-
r,tiie v and under proper circumstan?
U res it isirfinitcly wioe bnnortant to
T, vkil their Picaidential candidalc lfiti-
?l iitelyf ioorb7iui,f,rj3.t to avoid all dfe
1 iracuow It ilij .Witt party 'r '
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-i": v r , -,v.,- 1 r 1.1. iii. i,:. t;1 k:, i...'-;. ,,r
Torun wines mA n 'm
Ttzns;VucttpR. -t ' ' icwroaper orBaVTeuirrfier'a'at
. JrMkG tuiurc:'oi ' lyings such a. que;,
ion th aJmisuo of Texas.cannot
ba.ihad party "question iq lho
cnfoWtf (ha phrase. I Uka the Baiift-
ropl I'liVr nhtcQ met lho juppof t and
apt. Lijarnhteb met "ihg
opposijion cf maDj la Jbptli partiej, (e.
u;cuocos were au;o 10 convert info 1
parly qufslidif, hc anrfexatioa of
princitlt
which
divide jhc two great H parties. Tljera is
no reason why jVhigs iriould ppoe
annexation moro than ihc'Loctifucoa.
No man lrom a i:tiu.;icd're of the priu-
cijjl;s of tha i wo parties could irifer any
Hung tit ty their respective predilection
fucTexai land.-s A far as we kndw. a
tafUTrnjiif or a Naiionst harilt man U as
.question rniM nossiblr
a scctonarijie5Udn--''ta rjuesiioii dividing
thf J frpoTT $tas'arii(h.i alave. Kia ies-
neverAa-pafty qoeaii
pafty fiocsiionjn reference io
(5!
of jrrniiidiata; anne?J64MsVidently(
absurd.
u . . . . .1 " ir .v-
food of good tfn9 aud junpy'allc? a,!
freW4orIit;1Vireafure
Texas' ouestioh fhihi nftesiblf Lecomtj
urd.'4fth(3 ilocofWos a'pariy arv IlptH'''.
lly in favor of annexation, tl.ev 4hcu!d vising Imrf.ta vote, for Polk w1i; voted
rea!
have nominatedTy!er laolbori 'And for a iieavy tax 4ear.J tCce ?
thc onty Candidate In a posiltion to txirt 2.: As& Idol, fiqw daiMiicfijrge tlie
any ti;lJnnri jn Jhitf f tb rty.-f -V
Cuttliotroaiy Is jrejectcoV booti oas-
thirJ 01 tbe;oeoroco i-etort vot:n2'a
gainft it,' . As to Ihc uliir.at settlement i
of the lexas question, it Can make lutte
JTUerenco wbeihr "aWbig or, a locofd
eoba elected tojh PfcsidencyTbc.
election wifl furnish rig test of ihc wiU ol
the p.cpple on .'thai -(uestioiu'l It must
ilill be' discussed before tho people," and.
whoever may W fleeted President, the
wilt of tho people will prevail ia the ccd.
If the people decide In favor of annexa
tion, the territory will.be annexed, whe
ther -tthcre.be a AVbijf or a Ijocofoco
President; a Whi or a Locofuco . Con
cress,'' And if the American people
should, all obstacles being removed by
the COnson ( , avaijuu
ment of the wir, decide in favor of an
j cexation, would they not infinitely pie
fcr; trusting such ay matter to Henry
Clay jrathcr than, tQ James ICPolkf ' :
ii was iiwayi ouvtou (nai.irra ijoco
tocos did riot wish the treaty to bo rati-
uea oy tiro qjjmoii", ;.ior.inai . jvoum pui
ao end to the -Tti I humbug f end now
we j cTo: not J believe' that the: Southern
whig cf the jinrtycipect r desire an
ni l a lion. vli ; liha Dent on,' they' pla'cejd
thf5question'otr a ground vl" comprbmiso
r-ia ground ''upoirwhic!ihe.'Kot'th and
tha tJoutb might meet their sincerity
inight ba admit ted But placing iLnpon
the pround of StrengtCchliiihe political
lrifiuer.ee cf the slave -hoi-ling S'attr, how
can they, expect lho concurrence of the
free Stated,-'And, without this Concur
rence bow cap theyrexpect to succeed
H C, oOtvil.iij ymi? luaimg.jji'jcvim
thflT South Cirohna . nuliihcrs vis Jo sow
tho seedsof .seiicnadjsVord, to 'brce;rt
sectional animosities, with the- view of
finally i serving- th& XH ioti Al r-: MS.f
DofDe' jleclarjition that foe ieri'vears
ha had ceased to take: the least: interest
in National n flairs, an'd h!s ' picthrc of me
iransccnj.int glories 01 a soutiicrn goiv
audaciously preclaimlbat. il md per-
uiitted ; to - braCl exa rnla tfie; Uflioii
peaceablj?hdy wilj ilVfrlve iheUniiVi
HOflerlhan abatliiTiaU
lai nent "tda w that throughout thg South
and West ho focofocoscsm-to f bVib-
lected witn mis uppatnouc anu.iriuior
Thoatchword oftho party
in
spjiing AVatchwbrds j Liberty. juri(U
pitti,; one 'and inhpeuoi Hurrah ;
lor tho vaari ana sinpesr uur rev
olutionary glories aro forgotten, and. in
stcaicf Puukct llift'! arid Yorkto
our ears. are deafened 'w ith the" jingle vt
Sak jacinth-Th tf ifiunil ' jioCUib"
tors
i t(ifnt h to rpkiinlli the Ores ad oat
notis
lisin ib the? hearts i( their cfiiintry
ruea
let thent rcitwe UiOi Ealnoiitt as-
Wasliinaton hal dared to utie'nhe rv
oes npiritr
. r 1
irnpiy;4i, - i is now ,v yitF vhu
A7r.VTheviiittert- rtf ' roBcUhe
iociaiV'ns and watchwordsf the rcvo-Jutioii-Iet.
tha ha.mes of 'Washington,
Adam?tIancock; JefTerscm, ii;d Madi
son, Ini'rocfaimtd Jet 'Ihi'ldoJj'oJf a
peonloVnoly Vevernce be let U'cngairi
: upon the pedestals cf a pcopVa hsana
1 .uwi.uiu,r,!.i wi, si; AAtn,i
Dannof'and put Ui rate the shabby trn.ir
tori that twve dartd to raio u forejj
standard among it em, and inn eitu
stances ifie standard ot disunitii. Let
only lho Star SpangkU Uar.ner' J'jai i
the "land of ilu f ee and the homo v
the brave." I.tt un ' Icne star ol Tex
as" bc torn down and trampled . id the,
dust t and let tJie names cf We&huicion,
JefTcrson,Jl adion and ClaV, be shouted
cry
an
Tlin- IKCOriSiS TUNC KS - !F : LO
THl3:WY to' TH AP a P6lCET.r
JA
tumioilujiUt5lelwubeo;iWk',r
poses ro, assume inc ticais ol -a, foreign
.late nbey ay M miinons, EenloVayi
ga.nliHior.itl 1 4iadxietiapV4inwrr4
ass nun, intie i'oik! rjartv1 Hrere
60 acxipos tdhaVe TxUsvy did tjieyl
uvuiiuigiii witaa lltHJ WIIU; 1AJSHJVCIV
eray; and riyal, (aiid 'whr doubts it) whV
he is so rantankorously anxioua to abof
ib our home trade and manufactures,"
(os in other words otr TariflV to. build
up her Jiotne trade and manufactures,
and htr Tariff? This is Polk's Free
Trade!! ' w-
- v. ask a rolkat. if he i crmosed to a
United States Bank,, how be , can sup.
DOrt the Vcrvman who ilrat ami rrvnt
edly proposed tho tecjiarter of that iiar k'
ia, Congress; we mean' George IaJ's
last '' ' V;i v ;s-j
C. ; Ask him if H is opropcdlot Taf
iff, how tjarfhe f'opbort XJcorgo M; Dal
las; w ho is in favor tI it, and ivas" nomin
ated, fonhewthjalPjikwa Hoi; the
Hputh.t Oau'lft ruii thtf'Texas hor se and
biowrpold H thcylWiJT-and ihd oilier
f Dallas! lovriyik thb TariVbrs and
WuW hot ortlhh.TaiifL riiilr'?!.la
J'ini, ,hdf he caniabusMr
p very Viio!? which hb obce
'very
iisoril iJo:'i we're. in, fa
Xntilv 'constituted National
-;riius Tariflt l)istribuiion'"oi
W of public1' lands-lo the' Slates,
J.J JlV. ,1 I. . It ! f ' ' " . -
ariAo.iuvi-UUjuuiy, wuen v-a-tirttttne
righ; :r- 's?:':r. " .
I- . Ak a- i'olkaf, If bi rtty" kick op
and keep'up jitih;ii'o,,s m South
Carolina; il ,thq i'.NqriTi. t'a ru!in;AYh5gi
are to tjuit Uicir fsrmsnd ,Vii:,T stores
and their AvorEsfiops arid their; families,
itnd 'marth'loi South 'arohrjio. iut
Uowri Uie ciyltwarhecvrVvyui?4hoy
jrWntecr.to raise moaey i ancf fiHlvt i
fins nortiuKj suuo iiicy ove iit)y.uicpur;
aU)g'jnfaiterrtai'efavAVrii
their leader 1 U la I Ha ! Ha I "'-'.'".
c'fftftjt viit it Jiavtt'on h1;jifue 'ef Jans
aid 'all other property iqi Norlyi$!U
iia?-rA,rb'ihey hoj low enoMgtt 61reUiy !
( J J -.Aak rum to lay his hand on tiu
peace.
prosperity vrthe)
States who ha'Va dorw rnoro to restore
ny every pairioi, a owning uja DasQ
of "Ti ler and Tesa," and ioUc; 8
acinto,'and TSajrh- Hooston 1 rjrf v
' U Ak tho ffrends-ef PtrtK. i) 1.1,1s aiid tCfSnTrrtarg'J uitu its' lower r y,. 0
:i- L .. l.:-J '. . .u i..Zi::. ..U. ......:.- 1 ...........
iy-a, 11 wotjnio itvvrwuo vA,iC01 is oiv.'iiiiwrsi iiimic kviiu. 'i t icii.-y
antf tSfrbapU'wiUi lUrcial Dritiii:;w.h.tv hi pa i:'icCt.1j:thi!.'thotst to trnli ryranui
to trghl thut J xii3.?war and, pay, Uit lU :iu . ft.h-;oioi.;u.; torty UvX
andihns.ad4li1ln'sofore l .irV r: h ; i fc't. 1 viul Vi ft 1 1 J a la n J
to thoViexas dcbtWs m"imnlff 1-' thrbr'lour riuies hfgherlaiV'-lhe'old
lO.?A5k hira-ifWurAlTeiVhat SoiitHChurh irt
r.cai 1 ana say . wnctner it , wogiu Dot ,00
betterTti) bo a Whiinlr T ?or';,tho
p'aVriols Clay and l,Vcringhuy,ser),lincvri
lo be fi lends ':(o.fth6' ''Deaee.iB'riion.'and
the credit and wealth aud honour of thc4w Jortned t.put it is almost a new one,
. j-.i-t .4 . . . . it -1 1 e . v t 'l.'t..'.j 1 1... 1 .
coutttryTlhan all the l.ocofoco ariy
who only ncM Jo ho 'in power to make
us once m.oroa happy people is It ot j
Letter tiiaa to go tuirwJy with thetr, par
trylj
- l wire fiominited fol lha chiyf Alainsira
- l y cd the pqonlevof the United States 11 1
; :,.:.,'
OLD DEAUFOUTa
AC0NVE!1SATI0N.
Passing dawu to 'our cllko two or
three'. days iao, we came to a cf np!o of
Irlciiidj cear Mirket street, ono a Whiu.
and tho other a rr Democrat; who were in j the vtry sumn.it ol our meeting r.ousc?
pnVersaii'iii,J-As we came up 1I10 Id-! i J its ;.c:it vtu!d go about half fccrofS
.lowing colloquy toe k place : i the if lit 1 i!.o ineetirg housC. Otilh'J
KJlJii ; . You' are a man of loo mnrb " if it s the liure ct the proj.hct Ia
srni'e'.ari'd'Taiidor, surely ,tut claim .Mr. ib, about as largo as life ; cn its twa
Vbitak ft friend and advocate cf a Tur .des are a ccupb cf stairs to go up iou
iff) . . i v . " 1 it.
r ptm. Certainly not j 'Iisfrcut is beaatifulJy paiate?, awlhal
U'ttiir. tut your paper? are eniieav.-maees uputi which ibo hours t f the dav, I
orirjj to j.crsuada the pci plo that l;u ii
as good'a Tar'iiTrnan as Clay.
JJcni.' I know it, but nbf wlili.my ep-
proba 1 i . I told" ;ur fi iecdi ihat ho'n
'sty was the best policy, and tluit ,wc
cbyld net, end ought r;ot to pretend that
Polk is a Tariff man, lor we know to
the r ontrary ; and the jjeoplu will find
out that ha is nbf, and will then accuiif
it of dithor.e sty.' , ' ;ry
IVhir. btn alad to bearTCUsncalt
so candidly, it is impvssiblelu'ke'ep its
T6cp!i - in ignorance of U,VvlV real
ujjUHuii4 jui'g, ami vYiiai musi rcey r.m&
o tbosarwbo go ceiiterately to iyiik &
aeoicve u.cm ,pyj uowwigni; tairr
aaerlins what tby;koow to; Id ,4jn:rtit?
Jt Air.' Polk H opposed to tta projective
syetemjas he bus .again 'and agairfde
JaicdV,.d is we kpvw hej, let him
stand p'o bii opirrioiis bk a-jnafti. If
Uohs3 4iot4ho i.eest and boidfaessro
orr that 'nVfor I areo wiih yoii ex;
hfgVthy then, il Mr. Tolklsaa
honest mart and opposed to a Tariff, did
he use euch language as that in his letter
tef Kane when ho: said : "In; my judg
ment H is; ihe'duty f lho cover nment to
eiticrid, as far 0s iljlnsy be practicable
to do byii revenue laws und all oth
ir invuHf n nwrrua pw vr, 111 1 r ar.u just
protection to all the great interests of
the whole Union, embracing agriculture,
manufactures, the mechanic aits, com.
inerce and navigation.'' ;
S pem. I cannct defend him. rolit!
cinns are slippery fellnw yr-11 know, and
it would bo straro ii .Mr. Poilt hliouid
to an exception. It's wronj i owever,
decidediy wrini, ond I ibi uld have vo-
tcdl lor him w
rriti ii n.cre ptcnsuro t!
he had acted lik- a and stuck uo ti
stuck up tti
il friend cl
Ids anti-proter live notions.
:. Tin' Dcu.oirat is a personal
( OUf , in;
us ail ciin judg'i by bis rc
fair, honest candid . man--
i I.. .1 .' j- t:
rP3 xn nis po"Ucal views, (according
10 mr """"-) H generally right upon
iKi lt i:.a!:t
U S. Gazztic.
WONlJLltt Ui; CLOCK.
1' Tlie ? v. Mr. Tun.b 1 1, pustor of the
t 1 . UL 1
Ihrv i .! '.'ii.err'tfh
ij.rv,. t:caton. wrote
a letter (ins
J;T his ,
i.t; tour to Europe,
to the mciiil-rs i l tho Sabbath School
connected , with his congregation, in
which h'te've nn interesting account of
awocdeiu! y '''.(art. After intro
ducing tin? letter- r. preds as follows :
' Ttciois u fillet 'init I ran thick of
which iili be o hktdy lo iu'trest you as
slid; great astronomical cbn k, which I
saw the other day in the trihedral at (c
Sransburg. This Caiin-drnl, by ihe way, ! h
U brio of tne fi:;Ct and -oiit-?t iu Du:( p.'. I :
;3 Vftstands)alhe
insideVm on? j'brrtcr of 'lr, a'nd is a'rhosi
irsyig" ftn jteuti
six hundred ebpfdVi'sX'tit-very'.dayat
ta.ii!!ck)c(,w hen t J perforrn- jsoftia'cxi
t raordinary ffut?, whrch'l (shall; ftieiitibrj
presently', and ; Severarirtifhons in the
urrsJDf Ihd'var T-her3 l?a ve bcert
twOrbrthrcjotks la the siimo place,
ujkm, tho model yl which the present one
find Vast constructed by a mechanic
whoso bamewasf Schwilgue in 1838, ;y
whornfa ndctorna fcto ot;iistival was
given by hiifollbvvcitizcns, 60 tnbocca
ajcuiof rtebi$pletiun, Y r .'
i'To civduyou'Bome-jd(ift oi thojsizc of
- fhbj lock,:,;. twill compare it wi.h aoiiiO.
omcr ijA'pg wiiiivwnicn,you are taujii
ianiiistcad joT. iayirte it ,'w'aV so many
feet high and so many ttet w;df, &c. 1
Qoinis, iie laeraaiciy. noi in wm rjc
ZrJki. :.i4sbal) not' fall cut wiibJvou
AYt-!!, thn jMjrtmcnibtr.theBo tfftha
poft olRctt' in U abbirgton Vreef. It u
hs h'ii as that, ond'atovt os"vrde, or il
iea--ii i.eariy s , its top wouiu rcacu
tbocaPjs cl
tfcu stars, the
ecliptic, ihu
by effjs cl the wees, ilia 1 evolution 01
motion of ui 0 sua in tfi j
iitic, ine days 01 tne montn. tno sea
sons ol the year, the phases cf the suu
and moon,anda greaj many things arof
indicated.
Here, also, jo niches prepar
ed for them, aro moveable images cf tho
Saviour and-his twelve aydsttes ; , Death,
and i,inoe',with his scythe r. the lour a
ges Jiuman?life, and! several other
forms which I cannot mention
To givb you "a -lil'tle farther idea of Us
magtih ude, let 4"me ;say ' that the'ro .arq
tneans'.cf Tgotog inside of it ; and that
r ?me en or nueen people, pernaps mora
MiliaatahdiogetherJa tts.ery heart
anu examine ine macnincry, mr, iea(,
two other gent'emeri and,rnyself, wuli
thetcbductor wenf into ir and spen. u
bobt an hour there. -' VVe.went first i 1 o
aliiwei'; thep intcy; a higher, and th-n
stilt 'higher apartment of it, and should
think;" of 'more than a thousand pieces
splendidly polished and all dependent lor
tho harmonious action upon the short,
tnick brass" pendulum which swings in
tlie centre. , .;' -1
Out I c mast tell you what this clock
dues. irlt not only points out the hours
and the days, the times and the) seasons,
but iheTeyolutions of the stars, the solar
and lunar equations, the conjunctions
and the eclipses of tho heavenly bodies.
ilu-ll ru-iilin "t ! nl- - - m
nous changes ibroueli which they pass
for thousands. oi years. .It points out
itpparent lime, mean, or real time, and
Ecclesiastical time. ' On its face you sea
the motion" of the stars, of the sun and
planets, of tho moon and her satellites.
Two little cherubs, who sit, ono on ono
side, the other on tho other, strike tho
f a . a B v
quarters 01 tno Hour jJcatli btnkcs the
hour with.a mace', while our figures
pass and repass before liiin, teprcsent
tog the .various stages of human life,
j Al i2 Vclock mrVdi'jr, when Death
strikes 12," the apostles,' who are reprc
sentcd each with tho badge of his roar
tyrdom? come but from lhe('clock''and
pass before the "tmago of lho Saviour,
bowing as they pass, and receiving his
benediction, which ho gives wiih a
movement of the hand. : When the apos
tle Peter makes his appearance a gilded
cock, which is perched on ono side of
tha clock, flaps his wings, raises hu
head and crows so long and loud as to
mako the whole Cathedral ring again.
rTh.U he repeats three times in memorial
of ihc cock that crowed threo times be
fore the fall cf Peter, during tho cruci
fixion cf our Saviour, Of course tho
cock makes no further noise or motion
till the next day at 12 o'clock, when he
repeal
the rame lood and start'iog
jow, Happing his wins ond raising his
eao.
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.CliAM. Z7. .Mini M. .ill A n n h I. C?tf
csia was lately arraigned for bignmy.-
On tho trial it appeared that he had suc
cessively, marwd nie wives, all of
whom were in court. Tho judges de
creed that the bast ' punishment would ,
ba to make him livo hereafter with tho
w'nofe nine, vl'he Unhappy prisoner
pVade'dlor capital punishment on hear,
iog Uidr-decwion; but . wyhout effect.
Tbcfcoart war inexoribfe? ""c '
-i to tyZondo'rLi-London now,
beyond ill. doiibt, : tho largest and most
popqlous city , in tlv world.;'.. It may
somewhat assis'" the imagination in fo.rrh.
ing a conception of iu immensity when
we reflect that its . ptesenripbpulattoii is
equal to that of the six New England
Siats,Vvi2. Massacluisetts,' Maine, Con
necticut, Ithodo Islam, New-Hampshire,
uuu v crtnoui.
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By grasping at time, you have reach,
cd eternity," as the judge told lhevma,a
who was sbntenced to bo hung for aieal.
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