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r i 1 !- TUB CHRONlCLsE. WEDNESDAY ItOYESlELa 33, 1S42. Trouble among the Pilot, Tnrring and fenihrnngl j-f. - There hrts, been quite a turmoil among us with- in the past few days, owing to a ttrikt by the Pi lots of the C.ipe Fear rirer and bars. Acting, as we Uarn, upon the petition or the Shipping Mer chants of Wilmington, the Board of Commis , skwers of Navigation a short time ago established new rales of pilotage for the river and ban, redu cing the fees on an average about eight and a half 1 per cpM. This was done in consideration of the fact that all the necessaries of life are cheap, and also because four or five years ago, when every thing was so high, the rales were enhanced twen ty-five per ccnL The pilots however were great- 1 ly dissatisfied with the reduction, and after many talks, grumblings, and threats, all conspired to- t gcther and resigned their branches. This might " have proved a serious detriment to the navigation of the port, but as it happened it was only a tern- I porary inconvenience. Several masters of ves , . sels, and" other competent persons, supplied the . . places of the recusant pilots. After two or three - days contumacy, they began to yield, and nearly or quite all expressed a willingness to resume their commissions, which were restored to them. On Sunday moming,one of the number, named George Bowen, who lives at Federal Point, was taken by thirteen of his brother pilots, tarred and feathered, made to march before them for some . ... miles to music not of the sweetest tones, and V. piheruise maltreated. It is alleged as an excuse for this outrage, that Bowen. was among the first to promote resistance to the action of the Board of Commissioners, proposing that any one who ,, yielded should be tarred and feathered, and that he was the first one who did yield. But with this injured society has nothing to do suchauda- cious acts must be severely punished. Warrants ',, have been issued for the guilty thirteen, and the . officers have gone to arrest them. 1 The new steam boat Fayetteville, of Fayette ville,, Capt. Rush, came into port from that place on Sunday, being her first trip down. The Fay etteville' belongs ' to the Henrietta 8team Boat Company, and is intended for the Cape Fear .. . t.ade. She is much larger, and superior to any toat that has ever run upon the river. She was v built at the place after which she is called, in a most substantial manner. Her length is 123i , '. feet, breadth of beam 26 feet, depth of hold 0 feet; has46 boilers, an engiue of 120 horse pow er, and measures about 350 ton. t Bad management somewhere.- The North era Mail bag destined for the Wilmington Post ., Office, has been several times carried on to Charleston. That was the case on Friday last. We have reason to believe that this carelessness .-. about the Mail bags is practised at some point Noith of Weldon. It is worthy the attention of the Travelling Agents of the Post Office Depart ment. General Jonaihan H. Jacocks, Whig, was on ( . the 10th inst., ejected a Senator to the-State Leg islature, from the counties of Perquimons and v' Pasquotank, to fill the vacancy caused by the re signation of Mr. Wm. B. Shepard. . , The member elect to the House of Commons ;' from Chowan county, R. T. Paine, Esq. has resigned in consequence of continued ill health. An election is ordered for the 29th of this month. Gen. Alfred Dockery, Whig, was at the spe cial election in Richmond, chosen to' the House ' ' of Commons in the place of Bostjek, de ceased. Tito Charleston Courier copies from this pa. ' per the synopsis of the proceedings ot the Wil- mington and Raleigh Rail Road Company at their late annual meeting, and gives the following paragraph. ' " Inland Communication between fttlwington and Charleston. We would call particular aU tention to the proceedings of the 'Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Road Company, which appear in oar paper this morning. The subject of an ' inland communication between this city and Wil mington, alluded to in the resolutions, is one of mora vital importance to our interests than is generally supposed, and will, it is hoped, beta .,, ken up and advocated,' by those conversant with the matter, with a zeal and perseverance com mensurate with lis importance. The Committee appointed, will doubtless receive every" informa tion and aid from our citizens, in the prosecution of their inquiries. -i , ;!; . . As will be seen by the prospectus in to-day's paper, Mr. Thomas J. Lemay, of Raleigh, de signs publishing a literary Magazine at that place. In view of the fact that not a single work of a character kindred to the one contemplated exists within the limits of North Carolina, a lively in terest can scarce fail of being excited with a large number of persons by the notice of Mr. Le anay'4ntcntion. It is not necessary to expatiate upon the usefulness and ralue of soch works when ably and judiciously conducted. These are known to all who are skilled in thfl events of the day, ..The projected enterprise deserves in an especial degree the fostering care of the people of our own State. It will not come in com.oeti tion with any that they are in ajtjway obligated to sustain, and its chief aims wiiwe to benefit the community of North Carolina. It will be dis- graceful if this project fail of success, The terms . too are most invitingly low. 4 .From the temperature of the weather here for some days, we conclude there has been snow re veny pot very far Nojth of us. We fully agree with tlie a veral prints of iIip Slate which have referred lo the subject, thai the j Legislature should so amen! tlx1 laws rel-ititig t Sheriff and Constables' sales under hv-mi.iH as to require their advertisement in a pu .. paper. heriff sale at any rate should be so advertised. Those made by Constables are not of so much consequence in that regard, as they con sist generally of small amounts of property.which are more likely to bring their value by Riving a neighborhood notice merely, than the larger a, mounts frequently offered by Sheriffs at Public Sale. Unquestionably great sacrifices of proper ty are often made at Sheriffs sales for the want of that wide publicity which a newspaper notice would give to them. The advantages that would result to the unfortunate debtor from advertising these sales in the columns of a newspaper, instead of the present mode, are so obvious that it is sur prising the Legislature has ppver directed it to be done. The purpose of advertising Execu tion sales, notoriety, may or may not be answer ed by the present method, that i posting a writ ten notice at certain publicplaces7 for thcymay be torn down or washed down bv the rain in a few hours after being put up. In connection with this subject, the Fayetteville Observer alludes to that very strange law requir ing the 'Sheriff of every county to advertise the sales of land for taxes, in his county., in one of. the Raleigh papers, published two hundred miles or more distant from some parts of the State It is not probable that all the. Raleigh paper sire taken in some counties of the State, and as the Sheriff may select whichever paper he chooses to advertise in, it doubtless sometimes . occurs that an advertisement of lands to be sold for tax es is not seen at all in the county where they lie. Who then is benefitted by the advertise ment! Certainly not those interested in the sales. For all purposes useful to thousands of citizens of the State, those advertisements might as well be made in the papeis published at Wash ington City, as at Raleigh. We trust the present' Legislature will consider the matter, and apply the proper corrective, which is to require these sales to be advertised In the nearest newspaper. Case of Stabbing. A midshipman named Archibald McRae, a mere slrippling, was brought before Alderman Mitchell on Saturday afternoon charged with stabbing Mr. Harvey Harmstead, of No. 148 South Thirteenth street, with a knife. It appear ed, that on Friday evening last the parties were both in the Menagerie, at the. corner of Thir teenth and Spruce streei, when, in consequence of the large concourse of people there, Mr. Harmstead was accidentally pushed agaiust Mc Rae, who thereupon called him a brute. Harm stead immediately struck McRae on the nose. McRae then left the Menagerie, but shortly after wards returned with- some of his companions, nain insulted Harmstead, who wished to avoid any altercation, and finally stabbed him in the left side with a pocket knife; very fortunately the wound is but a slight one. McRae's compan ions, it appears, were all armed, as another one of them threatened to stab one of the spectators in the Menagerie. The prisoner was required to fine bail in $1500, to take his trial for an assault and battery with intent to kill. Phil. Gazelle. (The above statement of an unfortunate oc currence is, we feel well assured, calculated to make an unjust impression as to the conduct of Midshipman McRae. It will in due time ap pear that what he did was, if not justifiable, not very much deserving of censure, under all the circumstances. Those here, where Mr. McRae belongs, who know him, will bear ready testimo ny to his mild and urbane disposition. ( hronicle.) democratic rkvibw : . tf H. G. Langley, Publishers, New Fork. We have the November number of this Re view. The monthly sign is a portrait of Mr. John Tyler, and a sketch of his life is furnished 'by a warm friend of that gentleman."' Lest, however, Mr. Tyler, should flatter himself that he has secured a permanent lodgement in the Democratic Pantheon, the Eoitor of the Review takes care to admonish him that confidence is a plant of slow growth, and that there is no slight degree of doubt at lo the spirit in which his course has had its origin and stimulus. Similar language was held in England, towards one Ben edict Arnold, who made a figure in the Ameri can Revolution. ... . The article in this number on American names, serves up in a mingled style of ridicule and ar, gument the absurd American cust m of namm places after European towns, or looking into heathen mythology for appellations, instead of adopting the expressive terms of the aborigines, A new thing. The inmates of the Insane Assylum at Brattleboro', Vt., have commenced the publication of a weekly ne wspaper called the Assylum Journal. Those only"whom the ma jority of mankind consider insane" are requested to furnish communications for the paper, There are a good many Journals in the United States that would upon a writ of de lunatico in quirendo be pronounced worthy only of an " In sane Assylum, and some there are that would even do discredit to such an Institution. The President of the United States has recog nised Olorr Lorenzo Dobelsteen as Vice Consul of the Mexican Republic for the port of New Orleans, and Carlos Lebarou as Vice Consul of the same Republic for the port of Mobile. It is stated that a new species of potato plant has just been introduced into this country from South America. The potatoes grow on the vine above ground, like tomatoes or cucumbers. ' We have not seen ttiern'yet, and can say no more about them at present. : ' , .. f. , ;. : , ' v '- V8'? ''-- On the 7th instant, a heavy' shock of an earth quake was felt in several parts pf Canada. , Temperance In Ireland. The Rev. Mr. Durbin ol the Methodist Church, now travelling in Europe, in a letter published by the Christian Advocate and Journal, gives some interesting items ui relation to the progress of the 1 emperanceireformation in Ireland. He says no man who does not wish to be blind, can pass through that c uniry without seeing the good ef fects of Temperance, among the great mass of the people. He saw only a tew persons drunk, or who were disguised. The falling off of the excise duty shows a reduction In the consumption of whis key "rom eleven to six millions of gallons last year. Of the moral power exercised in Ireland by the Great Apostle ef Temperance, Father Mat thew, he says: - The general impression is, that it is more sac red and binding to take the Pledge from Father Matthew than from any other person. Hence but ft w take it of others, and always take it again of Father Matthew, whenever he comes within from ten to thirty miles of them. There were persons present when we were in the room who had come thirty miles lo take the Pledge. He informed us that he had geen thirty thousand people kneeling before him at once in the open fields, and their repeating the Pledge was like liule thunderlike the sound of many waters. The Pledge is un derstood to be perpetual, and the party may not dissolve the obligation at pleasure. He may dis regard and violate it, as some do, but he cannot, as we express it, withdraw. There is evidently a religious obligation . attached to the Pledge, founded, to some extent, in the authority and sanctity ot the partv administering it, as well as in the consent of the party taking it. A Looking Glass for Tobacco Cnewers. Hn extract from 1)1 kens' Notes. If Mr. Dickens, or Mr. Any-body else, should succeed in shaming the tobacco chewers out of the abominable habit ol dyeing every place where they happen to be with their saliva, and also in driving those odious contrivances, spit-boxes, from the sight of deeent people, he will be enti tled to the said decent people's most profound thanks. As Washington may be called the head quar ters of tobacco tinctured saliva, the time is come when I must confess, without any disguise, that the prevalence of those two odious practices of chewing and expectorating began about this time to be any thing but agreeable, and soon became most offensive and sickening. In all the public places of America, this filthy custom is recog- ii i ami In Vi n ......... nF In... I. - ....I I i 7 '"'"" . wuno ui taw, me luiiigB nas nis spittoon, the crier his, the witness his. and the prisoner his; while the jurymen and spectators are provided for, ai so many men who in the course of nature, must desire to spit incessantly. In the hospitals, the students of medicine are requested by notices upon the wall, to eject their hidbcco juice into ine ooxes proviaea lor that pur pose, .and not to discolor the stairs. In public buildings, visiters are implored, through the same agency, lo squirt the essence of .their quids, or "plugs, as t nsjve heard chem called by gentle men learned in this kind of sweatmeat, into the national spittoons, and not about the bases of the marble columns. But in some parts this custom is inseparably mixed up with every meal and morning call, and with all the transactions of so cial lite. I he stranger, who follows in the track I took myself, will find it in its full bloom and glory, luxuriant in all its alarming recklessness, at Washington. And let him not persuade him self as I once did to my shame, that previous tourists have exaggerated its extent. The thing m.1I : e i- , 0 noon in mi cAggeraitun 01 nasuness, wnicn can not be outdone. On board this steamboat, there were two young gentlemen, with shirt-collars reversed as usual, and armed with very big walking sticks; who planted two seats m the middle of the deck. at a dis lance of some four paces apart; took out their to bacco boxes, and sat down opposite each other, to chew. In less than a quarter of an hour's time, these hopeful youths had shed about them on the clean boards, a copious shower of yellow rain ; clearing, by that means, a kind of magic circle, within whose limits no intruders dared to come, and which they never failed to refresh and re-refresh before a spot was dry. This being before breakfast, rather disposed me, I confess, to nau sea; but looking attentively at one of the expec toraters, I plainly saw that he was young in rhewing, and felt inwardly uneasy himself. A glow of delight rams over me at this discovery ; ;nd as I marked his face turn paler and paler and the ball of tobacco in his left cheek, quiver with his suppressed agony, while he spat, and chew ed, and spat again, hi emulation of his older friend. I could have fallen on hit neck and implored him to go on for hours. Massachusetts Election, on the 10 A. No choice of Governor was made, owing to the great number of scattering votes, somethii f like 5 or 8,000, thrown, generally, by the Abo litionisis. Davis, the Whig Candidate, run a little behind his vote last year, and Morton, the L. F. rather better than at the last election. It is doubtful which party will have tha majority in the Legislature. In a large number of cises there was no choice of members, in consequence of the multiplicity of Candidates. The follow ing gentlemen were elected to Congress; John Quincy Adams, Barker Burnell, Robert C. Win throp, and Osmyn Baker, Whigs, and Henry Williams, L. F. No choice in 5 Districts. About twenty-five thousand persons altogether, it is estimated, have availed' themselves' of the benefit of the Bankrupt Law. I - - A tiger measuring eight and a half feet from the nose to the tip of the 'tail, was' killed near St. Augustine, a few days since. These animals are said to be very numerous in Florida. There is a rumour afloat in the papers that the Government Of England and France have deter mined upon offering their joint mediation between Mexico and Texas, lor the purpose of inducing the recognition of the independence of Texas and Mexico, anil thereby securing peace- '-.'.pol'J?! W- TroHujs. elected a Representative in Congress-from the District in South Carolina lately represented by Mr. Butler, who resigned. Suicide of John . Colt. This wretched man who was lo baie eeu hung In New York on Friday lest, for in.- mur der of Mr. Adams, roramitted suicide in pnim. whilst preparations were making lo take him out for execution, by plunging a dirk knife into his heart. He was married a few hours before to Miss Henshaw his former mistress. Strong ex ertions, though unavailing ones, were made to induce the Governor of New Vcrk to postpone or commute his sentence. Tennessee. The Nashville Whig of the 5th inManl. says: "From present indications there appears to be no probability of the Congression al Districts being laid off, nor do we believe there will be any election of Senators to the Congress of the United Stales." .. " . Toe Route to Washington. We are glad to perceive by the following ex tract from the Philadelphia Inquirer, hut the Potomac Steam Boat Company are taking effec tive measures to keep open the navigation be tween Aquia Creek and Washington during the hardest winters. .The "nine miles" and "Dev its Imps," between Fredericksburg and Wash ington, will, henceforth, we hope, be matters of history: "We learn that Crptain F. Black has p rchas- ed from this citjrthe Steam TowBoat "Dele- ware for the Washington and Frederieksbuig Steamboat Company. The boat is to be phred immediately on the Potomac river Tor the cur pose of carrying the great Southern Mail in the winter season, and to connect with the Rail Road now completed from Aquia Creek to Fredericks burg. This will be a very import mt improve ment on the Southern route, as it will entirely do away with the stage travelling from Washington to Fredericksburg, and onntribute to 'the comfort and speed of travellers. We think our Southern friends will be much pleased with the "Dela ware." She is a good boat, of the best work manship, and was built a few years ago by a private company in this city, and subsequently purchased by the City Councils. She is now sold for want of use, the city, owning the large Ice Boat, which has been found sufficient for the business of our river." Frnm the Nashville Banner. SUCCESSFUL MANUFACTURE OF CORN-STALK M i- LASSES IN TENNESSEE. The facts stated in the letter below (addressed to'the editor of the Banner) are interesting and important. The authority is entitled to very high consideration. Caledonia, He try County, (Tennj October 26th, 1842. Dear Sir : I have the pleasure of informing you that Mr. James L. Vauglmn, of this vicinity. has succeeded in manufacturing beautiful clear molasses from corn-stalks. It is pronounced hv all who have tasted it far preferable to that made from the sugar cane. It has somewhat the ap pearance of honey, and the more you use it the better you like it. The mill for grinding the stalks is very simple, costs only six dollars;, nnd can be made by any common mechanic who has ever once seen It. With this mill, which wouh answer very well for an applet mill, and which runs with two hor.'es, He produced one hundred and twenty gallons of juice per day. The yield of molasses from the juice as it came from the mill was as one to five. If planted early and cut in August or September, Mr. Yaughiui thinks about sixty gallons of molasses from each acre in corn might be obtained, and perhaps more. The corn which he used was planted very late in June, and a severe frost fell belore he firiished cutting it. To this frost and to the fact that the corn had not sufficient time to mature properly, he attributes his failure in making sugar. Mr. Isaac Norman, the mechanic who constructed ihe mill, and who has been an old sugar planter in Georgia, says that he never saw finer syrup from the sugar cane, or which gave greater appearan ces of graining, and that it did not grain must tie altogether owing to the frost which fell the dav before they commenced operations. Mr. Vaug han is, however, highly pleased wil't the success of his experiment so far, bavin doinnnsirate ' conclusively that with a mill not costing inoie than six dollars every farmer can manufac ture his own molasses, and that of a superior i u - i. - , ..i 1 i - - . ijuamv. rtiiumer year ue milieu 10 auu ins sh-. gar also. It must also be mentioned that the ref use juice which is skimmed off in the act of boiling makes a most excellent beer, and can likewise be made into excellent vinegar. Yours, respectfully, . WM. C. ROGERS. Tbe War Sword of Washington. AND THU CRAB-APPLE CANE OF FRANK IN. To the Editors of the Natinnal Int'lligenrr. Gentlemen : I read a communication m the Intelligencer a few days ago speculating tipuu the probable fate of General Washington s service sword. The writer supposes that it was given to General Green by General Washington, and. lost at sea. 1 his is a mistake. I he snnie sword, with the green scabbard and while buck skin belt that encompassed the distinguished owner, with the name of the manufacturer, who resided in Fishkill, London, with the date on the plate in fine, the same sword which lieneral Washington wore through the w ole war, and was at his side at the surrender of Lord ' orn- wallis at .Yorklown, U now in the possession of ivi r. oamuei wastiington, oi tvauawna county, Virginia, a grand nephew of General Washing ton. The sword was given to his father by Gen. Washington, and also the famous crab-apple Cane, bequeathed by Dr. Franklin to General Washington, in his will bearing date, July, 1788. I extract that part of Dr. Franklin's will ( hich I findin the 7th volume of the American Muse um now before me) which describes the cane with particularity and manifest interest, as fol lows : ; "My fine crabtree walking stick, with a gold head curiously wrought in the form of the cap of liberty, I give to my friend and the. friend of mankind, General Washington, If it were a sceptre, he has merited it,' and would become it." ' Mr. Samuel Washington has both the sworl and the cane in an excellent state of pteserva tien, as I am informed by several gentlemen who have seen them within a few months; and I en tertain the hope and belief that they may be procured by proper pplication lo the owner to be placed in the National Institute at Washing ton. It would be a most suitable place' for two such interesting relics of two such illustrious men. Very respectfully, i: ' - - i W. COST JOHNSON. White Sulplutr Springs, Oct. 25, 1842. nr. day's Mt to Louisiana. We finJ tin: folluwing ui ihe-New Orleans B . in reply loan invitation to Mr. Clay to visit -Vlempliis; .isilmd, Sept. IS, 1812. Gentlemen : I received your favor, transmit ting the resolutions of a Whig meeiing at Ka leigh lor the county of Shelby, inviiing me, when on my vogage to New Orleans, to visit Memphis and partake of the civilities and hospitalities of my friends I am luly thankful for the friendly invitation, and 1 should derive unfeigned pleasure in meeting them, whom 1 regard, in some mea sure, as my I lie ronMitui nis. Uut I apprehend there i wine inisi-oui'( p.ion as to the object ol my on.- .i.d nii to N-v Orl ans. It is one pun lv of misiiu'ss and ol i eahh, apart from po litical motives or considerations .whatever. I have regretied that my purpose has got, I know not why or wherefore, into the newspapers, wi.h out any explanation ol my real intention. I designed going to Louisiana some lime in JWember, wiih, the views ihat I have suited.-. Whether it will be in my power t stop and tarry any-time in .Memphis, I am uuabte now to sav. You know one is wholly dependent upon the movement of the wai in which he embarks. Should they admit of my slopping at Memphis, I will egibrace-with great pleasure, the opportu nity of exchanging Iriendly salutations with any of the citizens of Shelhy county or Tennes see, who may honor me with that ceremony. Beyond this contingent promise. I cannot make any engagement. In any event, I pray yon m convey my grat . ful acknowl;dgemenis to those whom you repre sent, and accept assurance ol the sine re regard and high esteem of , 'Your friend nd o!ie.li n -MTvani. II. C LAY. Messrs. J. F. Fnrriiitiion. I " L-.uh. John Pope, Wyatt Christian, A. It ler. &,: From Liberia. We extract the lollowi g passages from despatches from the (' don v . pub lished in the list numher of ibe Africa i Ui p isi tory : GoVKRXMEXT IIoi'SK, MONROVIA, ) August 11,1842. $ Sir: The Vandalia has not yet arrived ; we are anxio sly expecting her, and shall most as suredly avail ourselves of all the advantages which the visit of this vesseLjnay afford for concluding treaties and conventions with the native tribes. The general condition of things in the colony is as prosperous as ever, particularly til this sea son of the year. The general health of the peo ple coutinues good. We ar.' still in the enjoy ment of the blessing .f 'be natives all around us roniiiiii liit'.'iii, , n ;ice and harmony among the colonist are preny j;eiierally restored. Our merchants are making great preparations to prosecute their r id. along the coast the coming season. They are expecting an abundant har vest of palm oil. The rice crops are also en couraging. In this par' of th colony agriculture is increa.-.-ing wonderfully ; though we havo bad hut few importations from abroad, our supply ol potatoes, cassadas, plantains, &c. have not been limited, With fervent wishes lor the success of coloni zation, I am, sir, most respectfully, your obedient servant, J. J. ROBER TS. Rev. R R. Giirlev, Sec'v, Am. Col. So. Washington. .i Funeral where a Marring- was mini e l. OAlast Tuesday, we were attending the funeral services of Miss Matilda Case, of this county, the ery day 'and the very hour of the dav when she was to have been married to the young man of her choice I Insiead of the festive scene, the habili ments of mourning w re on every side ! And in lead of joyous mirth, deep groin- lurst from anguished he iris ! The deceased had just passed h-r ctghn-f . 1 1 car had been for several years previously t her death a worthy member ol the Mrthodisl Episcopal Vhiirch. ami died in the full triumphs of the c'iri ' t i. i I r illness was short hut very (.ever.- im.gli her death was triumph- i" -v" vims.cd such -in afflictive -iigrr. Ti Glohe wi . . -IV Gi I , .r day last has a most cruelly I'tocioiis le nliuu ar ticle in reply lo the M idisonuii, entting up -ler and Webster for turning aa mis. a National Bunk, a'ter getting into power by ihe advantages of that question. It is entitled, Spurning he la der by i Inch they dimhe l" Vu ar icle very effectual. y convicts the Administration of tergiversation, treachery and falsehood. i he Globe has been sava-ie against Tvler snd his associate- lalel , and aiisnluiely refused l receive Messrs. Webster and Spencer into the communion of Locofocoism. "Where is Mr. WehHter to go" now ? The Van Uuren me i every where are evident ly much afraid of Tyler. Thev well know the power of patronage and corruption on some of llieir mercenary h'llow partisans AT. V C urier Enquirer, The illiiininai on 0. ihe It ff mo Post Office was, it now appeir-. .' " Tyler Com mittee whojiure'r ih i' fm j !'ng. Vet this is the ap logy -dieri d for- . 'd die im i in famous outrages that ihe anna ! 1 - rtv.war arc have ever exhibited in this country . A molding oc cupied as one of the public offices of the General Government, lo which all parties anil all classes are alike obliged to resort, ts, in the first place, used as a place of meeting by the friends of John Tyler, and then illuminated by these same miserable sy cophants in token ol their jo- at the n suit of an election which has proved disastrous lo the par ty who placed their master where he is I Was ever any thing more infamous?- A'. Y. Jimer. Fhrrilde Ou'rnge. In the Runinsas (Iowa) Gazelle we find the most extraordinary and cruel relation of circumstances that we believe ever went forth in type. : An old man lived alone, and had forbidden a daughter, who lived near, and her husband, or even their children, ever to approach his place, on account merely of some Whimsies! pique hat the old wrelch had taken against his child. One morning the inhuman being found his grandchild, under three years of age, climb ing upon his garden rail, and he deliberately went for his rifle and shot the boy dead. The victim fell inside of the fence.' The- old man reloaded and set' watchinir. Not long after, the mm her o a ' came seeking her child, and the minute she touch- i l .1 , ., i ... eu ner iainer a garden ran, as sne did with a shriek the instant she perceived her dead child, the old brute shot her in the temple, and killed her stone dead on the spot. The hoary maniac (as he is now accounted") shot the father also whn he came, and he is now in orison to answer fm the three murders. " Sub-murine Tdcscope. This is a contrivance Tot lighting up ihe dominions of the deep, invent ed by a lady Mrs. Mosher, of Brooklyn who obtained a patent for her invention last July. U consists simply of a common lamp, enclosed in a glass globe about eighteen inches in diameter ' The lamp, thus protected from the water, is, when submerged, supplied with air by means of tubes which rise above the top of the water. There is also a large tube between these two, for the es cape of the smoke and gas from the lamp to the surface. "; This instrument we saw in operation last even ing, at the American Museum, in a vessel of wa ter about four and a half feet deep -A pin at the bottom could be as distinctly seen as though there had been no water in the vessel. - The inventor says that objects have been as distinctly seen by means of- the lamp alone, in our harbor, twenty-two feet below the surface, at a distance of from fifteen to twenty feel from the light. When the lamp is sunk lower than this, a teles copes needed. Objects may thus be discovered at i lruost any depth. The apparatus it is thought will be very useful in the discovery of sunken wrecks, in the con struction of fortifications, and all works extend ing under the water. No vessel, it is predicted, will ere long, go to sea without it, as, by attaching a mirror to the telescope, the bottom and keel of a ship may he examined when under full sail. This instrument has been seen and approved by several engineers and naval gentlemen. It is ex hibited only in the evening. N. J'. Conu Jldv. ALBANY POLICE. curious case of Ft mule DeeepUon.Qm of those strange and al most unaccountable cases of deception which we hear of once or twitb in an age, was developed at ihe police office Saturday allernoon. A per son w io has for the last four years followed the business of a tinker and teamster alternately in this city, and who is well known to many ol our einze. s, was brought up before Justice Osborn, (named with hanging out false signals being notexuoily what outward appearances wonld lead ho,,, s: ami unsuspecting persons lo believe sailing .nder false colours. Atiout two weeks since this person was mar ried to a very respectable and hard working girl, who by her industry had laid up a considerable sum of money. The poor girl found out in a few days that all is not gold that glitters that ap peardiices are deceitful in short, that her dear husban t was a woman! This fact being fully established lo the satisfaction of all parties, tha landless swain or rather deceitful jade was arrested, examined at the police office, and seat . to jail. A crowd of the curious followed her la dyship to her new lodgings, making many origi nal and spirited remarks, called out by the novel ty of ihe case. No other reason ran be assigned for this strange marriage alliance, except the desire on the part ol the husbaiul to possess himself of the money which the object of his affections had saved from her hard earnings and unwearied industry. , Albany itiztn. From Ihe ewurk J.) Daily Advertiser. The "Second Advent" Meeting. The great tent of the Second Advent parly who adopt the scriptural interpretations of Mr. Miller concerning the second coming ot Christ, and the probability that the advent will occur next year, was pitched in a square field of two or three acres, bounded by Mulberry, Orchard, and Camp streets, in this city, yesterday after noon, in presence of a congregation of some two or three thousand people. It is probably the largest tent ever set up in this country, being about 114 feel in diameter. The imposing look ing circular Tabernacle is raised by a huge pole in i Pie centre, some 60 feet in height, and is se cured in the tfrouail by posts and chains, 6 or 8 feet high, so that (he audience insido may pass conveniently around tho canvass wall of its whole interior the posts being surrounded with can vass to complete tho enclosure. There are six doors for entrance, and the whole area is provid ed with bench' s, and a platform or pulpit for the preacher. It is estimated that 3000 people can be accommodated within this vast apartment. i ho work of erecting this stupendous lent was commenced with pray, r, we learn, by a lady of this city, and was completed soon after sunset. About a dozen smaller tents have been ptrt p for the use of the brethren who propose lo live on the ground during the meeiing, which is expect ed to continue some ten days or more. A large Hoarding Tent has been put up, (a large eooking stove having been provided,) where ample pro vision is made to furnish meals at a shilling each. The lent provided for Mr. Miller, and ihe preach ers, is divided into two apartments;, and protect- . edby hoards. Seveial, if not all the tents are heated with stoves. ' "" "" Tlioma Jefferson.- 'Hie personal appearance of Jefferson is thus described in the work written ty William Sullivan, a few years ago, entitled "Familiar letters on Public Characters : "When Mr. Jefferson came to Philadelphia in March, 1797, he was about fifty four years of age. His personal appearance, as now reollect ed, was this : He was a thin tall man, over six lect in stature, neither full nor thin in body his limbs were long and loosely jointed, his hair was of a reddish tinge, combed loosely over th forehead and al the sides, and tied behind ; his complexion was light or saitdy ; his lorehead ra iher high and broad; his eyebrows long and straight; his eyes blue, his cheek bones high; his face broad henenth his ryes ; his chin long, and his mouth large ; his dress was a black coat and light under clothes. He had no polish of manners, but a simplicity and sobriety of deport ment : he was quiet and unobtrusive, and yet a stranger would perceive that he was in the pre sence of one who was hot a common man. j His manner of conversing was calm and deliberate, and free from all gesticulation; but he spoke like one who considered himself entitled deference, anil as though he measured what he said by some standard of self-complacency. Theexpresaion of his face was that of thougntfulness and observa tion, . and certainly: not that - of openness and frankness. " When speaking, he did not look at his auditor, but cast his eye towards Ihe ceiling, or any whore but to the eye of his auditor. Hs had already become a personage "bf some distinc tion, and an object of curiosity, to a very young . man." - ,' l Among tho 178,000,000 individuals who lOf , habit Europe, there are 'said to be' 17,900,000 beggars, or persons who subsist at the exports of the community without contnboting to its rev sources.', In Denmark, the proportion is fivs per ; cent , in England, ten per cent; in Holland, four teen per cent. '
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