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NO. 44
WILMINGTON, FRIDAY, JULY 9, ISoS.
VOL. 5.
From the National Intelligencer.
DIRGE FOR HENRY CLAY-
BY U. E. W., U. S. A.
Iiibt i Daughters of Music, the mourners are nigh!
3h Pitcher is broken, the Fquntain is dry 1
Tis the wail of a widow.' Columbia weeps!
Tlie Last or the Romans in majesty sleeps !
Conic! weave we a-chaplet of alive and bay,
bur harp's cn the filIow. Come! weave we a lay !
How heavy a burden the grasshopper sings :
Wo ! wo to the land of o'ershading wings !
ye halls that liave eclroed full many a time
The silvery notes of his sweetness sublime,
Be ye hung in mourning ! that music
Shall wake from the Charmer his charming, is
o'er. ,
Ye hearts that in rapture have hung on his thrill,
In you its soft 'murmurs are echoing still.
Let their euphony glide, and their choruses roll,
As waves among rushes die over the shoal.
Let them deepen, and startle, and angrily swell,
Like a rock that is rushing down mountain and
. dell;
' Let them breathe, let them whisper advice in your
ear, -
, When the dark hour cometh aud danger is near;
Lit them burn, let them roar when destruction is
nigh,'
And the war-cry of liberty rings in the sky !
While freedom is calling for word or for blow,
Let his bravery nerve and his eloquence glow;
Let them burn in the bosom of sire and son
While there's Error to vanquish and truth to be
won ! '
To fields, green with harvests now gathering in
peace,
Take ye up the chorus that never shall cease.
His word o'er the ocean gave peace to the land;
His voice in the Senate linked firmer the band.
Ye fields of long ages where glory is 'wrought,
Behold what a harvest the Reaper has brought !
In the breach no'er was wanted a freeman to stand,
While life gave its cunning to Clay's fearless hand!
And never was needed a voice in the stGrm, ;
While his tongue with its motion and!rnusic was
warm. '
"Shroud the, plough and the anvil, the compass
and loom ; ' "
Ye artisans gather and kneel round his tomb :
Deck the shrines of Religion in curtains of crape,
And the temples of Learning in cypress leaves
drape; ' f . .
Hang the porches with garlands that bloom in the
shade;
Be the scales of blind justice in sable arrayed .
Your altars and firesides, your domes and your
doors, '
Be all hung in mourning on these happy shores !
And hushed be the bugle, and silent the drum,
No hoarse muffled notes from the battle-field coaie;
But Peace,.gentle Mercy, and Liberty weep
' O'er the urn where his ashes, still living, but sleep.
Disturb not his rest till tho trumpet shall round
That calls forth the chosen God'a throne to sur
round ! . ' 1
And is there an hor.or. high office, or name,
One inch that could heighten his statue of famel
The twelve thrones of Caasar noTully could make,
One breath of a Tully their empire could shake.
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The twelve thrones of Cajsar forgotten may lie,
And Cicero's fame shall resound in the sky;
The Republic's White Palace shall ' crumble to
earth; j,
And the leaves of Clay's chaplet be green in
tbeir birth !
One age an d one country his deeds may record,
Posterity. claims him herself to reward.
Pass on with his coffin ; lead on to the tomb ; .
A nation of mourners follow after in gloom :
His bright ej-es shall kindle a thousand no more ;
His sweet lips are silent, their kelody's o'er.
ACCEPTANCE OF THE WHIG NOMI
NATIONS. As a part of the history of th
faithful chroniclers of passin
le times, and
as
iw4tui viii j ti j vi vi o vi mcci 1 Jc v uutOj do
weu as lor the importance and general inter
est, which they command we copy from the
Washington Republic,. the following' porres
Pondence between the President of the late
Whig Convention and its nominees for the
Presidency and Vice Presidency of the Uni
ted b tales. In communicatinir the fact of
Uieir respective nominations, the President
w the -Convention accompanies his letter
'5.1th a copy of the resolutions or "platform,"
as laid down and adopted by that body.
Reply of Gen. Scott.
t fr Washington June 2, 1852.
! Sir : I have had the honor to receive from
Fur hands the official notice of mv "unani
mous nomination as the whig candidate for
we office of President of the United -States."
e of President of the United -Stages,
together with "a conv of thp. rpsolntinns nns-
oy tne convention expressing their opm
. " upon some ot the most prominent ques
t!ons of national policy."
This great distinction, conferred by a nu
merous, intelligent and patriotic body, repre
senting millions of my couutryrnen, sinks
deep into my heart and remembering the
Very eminent names which were before the
invention in amicable competition with my"
p, I am made to feel, oppressively, the
height cf responstbility belonging to my new
position. " vr--i.-- .. . " " ,.
Not haying written a word tcj procure this
distinction, I lost not a moment, after it had
been conlerred, in addressing a letter to one
of your members to signify what would be,
ot ihp nrnnor timp ihp. Bllhstnnr.P. flf ITiV re-
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ply to he convention ; and I now have the
honor to reneat. in a more formal manner, as
the occasion justly demands, that 1 accept
the nomination, with the resolutions annexed.
The political principles and measures laid
down in these resolutions are so broad that
but little is left for me to add. V therefore
barely suggost, in this place, 'that should I,
by the partiality of my eou-nlrypen, ' be ele
vated to the Chief Magistracy of the Union.
I shall be reacly, in my connexion with Con
gress, to recommend or to approve1 of mea
sures in regard to the management of the
public domain so as to secure an ' early set
tlement of the eame favorable to actual set
tlers, but consistent nevertheless with a due
regard to the equal rights of the whole
American people in that vast national inher-
itance ; and also to recommend or approve of
a single alteration in our naturalization laws?
suggested by my military experience, viz :
giving to all foreigners the right of citizen
ship who shall faithfully serveiin time pf war
one year on board of our, public ships, -or in
onr land forces, regular or volunteer, on their
receiving an honorable discharge from the
service. i )
In regard to the o-eneral policy of the ad
ministration,, if elected, I should of course
look among those who may approve that
policy for the agents to carry it'-ihto execu
tion; and I should seek to cultivate harmony
and. fraternal sentiments throughout the whig
party, without attempting to reduce its mem
bers by proscription to exact coniorrniiy io
my own views. But I should, at the. same
time, be rigorous in regard to qualifications
for office retaining and appointing no one
either deficient in capacity or integrity, or in
devotion to Liberty, to the Constitution and
the Union. . '
Convinced that harmony or good will be
tween different quarters of our broad country
is essential to the present and future inter
ests of the Republic,.and. with a' devotion to
those interests that pan know no South and
no North,-1-should neither countenance nor
tolerate1 arty sedition, disorder, faction, or re
sistance to the law, or the Union, on any pre
text in any part of the land ; and I should
carry into the civil administration Ithisfone
nrlnfinlp. nf militarv conduct obediencd to
the legislative and judicial departments of
(Jovernment. eacn in us consuiuuouai spuerc
saving only in- respect to the Legislature,
the possible resort to the veto power always
to be most cautiously exercised, and under
the strictest restraints and necessities.
Finally, for my strict adherence to the
principles of the whig parry as expressed in
the resolutions of the convention, and herein
Rurrnrested. with a sincere and earnest purpose
to "advance the greatness , and. happiness- of
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the liepublic, ana tnus io cnerisu auq( e"
rnnnirrp. thp. ransfi of constitutional liberty
throughout the worlds avoiding every act
and thought that might involve Dur country
n an unjust or .unnecessary war, or impair
llm f:1ith nf treaties, and'discountenancinsr all
political agitation injurious to the interests of
society ana aangerous io iuc uinuii,'iiiaH r
fp.r no nihp.r rdedcre.ci!. guarantee than the
known incidento df a long public life, nowun-
1 xl. - ww mnf lAn
flergoirrg me eevttressi cAaunuauuu.
TiWlino- rnvsnlf hicrhl v fortunate in my as
sociate on the ticket, and with a lively sense
of ray obligations to tne convention, anu io
vnn r nprsonr.I courtesies.
I have the honor to remain, sir, with great
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esteem, your mubt uucuicui c vo.w,,
" WlNFIELD SCTT.
To the Hon. J. G. Chapman, President of
the Whig National Convention.
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Reply of Mr, Graham.
Washington, June 24, 1852.
Sir?( I am gratified to acknowledge the
receipt of the communicatfpa whichj you did
mp. th. honor to deliver. in i person oh yester
day announcing. tmy-unanimous nominatianr
as tne wfliff caiuuuuie iu uic uiui.c ui
president of the United States by the Na
tional Convention which recently assembled
in Baltimore, accompanied by a copy of the
resolutions of the convention upon questions
of national principle and policy.
I cordially approve the declarations made
by these resolutions. On matters of the
most recent practical" interest they do but
portray the conduct of an administration of
the government of which for near . two years
I Have been a member. On all others they
but reiterate the doctrines and recommenda
tions held by its chief in important public
communications. . .
Should the people of the United States
gisre their sanction to the nominations of your
convention, so far as I shall be invested with
authority, a faithful adherence to those doc
trines, may be expocted. i .
I therefore acrept the distinction, so honor
ably tendered, with a grateful heart, but
with unaffected diffidence. It is a satisfac
tion, however, to fcncw.that the place to
which I have been nominated is but 'secon
dary, and that for the first office the conven
tion has proposed a citizen of tried patriotism
ancf virtue, long and favorably acquainted
with .public affairs and public iaeh.t A safe
and sagacious' counsellor, who has wrell ful
filled every trust heretofore committed to his
hands, and who has illustrated our history by
eminent public services. - i .
With, my thanks for the courtesy with
which you have honored me, in the execu
tion of your office, and with the highest per
sonal respect, I an your obedient servant, ,
: . William A. Graham, j
The Hon. J.G. Chapman. President Nation-!
al Convention." -.
From the Memphis . Eagle.
ANOTHER THRILLING CHAPTER
"FROM THE CRIMINAL ANNALS
- QM KENTUCKY.
It seems that Wiley AVeatherford, his
brother Archie and a man named Jas. But-
ier were neignbors oi iUr. vvatsqn- ana re
garded in the community as suspicious char
acters Wiley, especially, being looked up
on as not only suspicious, but a bed and des
perate nianwho would scruple at no crime
in nnrsnit rF Kla nhipit Tl pnmfi Ollt. in the
fpctiirfnnw Jf?fHpcp m pn haiT pntP.red into a
conspiracy to rob Watson ot a large sura oi
w V a m j mmm tllf w
money three or lour thousand dollars
which he was known to possess. For this
purpose they had as long ago as February
last, bribed a negro girl, a house servant, be
longing to Watson, to administer strychnine
io the whole family, and inform them of the
time of giving it, so that they might be
near at hand to effect their hellish purpose!
This conspiracy wa3 about coming to a head
sometime in April, wlien Watson, whose sus
niVinnR lpd him to keen himself alwavs arm-
Ud, on returning to his houce one night, found
n m:n whnsp. lffltlires ne COUia ILQt uisiin-
guish in the darkness, lurking in tlie rear of
his stables; and shot him. He was not wound
ed so badly but that he was able, by the help
nf his accomplices, who were not far off, to
apt nvvnv. This man turned out to be Arch
ie Weatherford having confessed it himself
thoucrh he denied it at first and pretended
to be contined to nis oeu ior some vvccks uy
sickness. The confession was made to citi
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zens of the county who went-to him .While
in bed and told him that such were the sus-
nirions ntrainst him. that he must submit to
a personal examination. Hia.cGnlederates,
Wiley vveatneriora aua james uuuer, men
came and cpenly acknowledged tnat they
had all Ijed about the affair.
'Not long after this occurrence. .ne negro
: -I Ur,A Knnn Kiril-iorl nnmp. forward and
confessed to her guilty complicity with the
ruffians and gave up the strychnine which
they had furnished her to carry out their dia-
bolical purposes, soon alter Arcnie vv uuui
erford's recovery, he, together with his broth
er, armed with double-barrelled guns, station
. . . . i i
ed themselved at a cliurcn in tne neignuor
hood, on a day appointed for worship, for the
purpose of shooting Watson, who Was expec
ted to attend church on that day. Some of
his neighborsj.however, went to meet him and
turned him bacu. i
Wp now nnnroac.h the denoumcnt of this
revolting story, which seems so out of place
in a Christian lana ana m me niueieenui
P-p.nfnrv. .
Monday the 7th inst., the County Court of
Hickman county was to meet at : onnxon.
Wiley Weatherford, who, it appears, was a
full grown specimen of the rowdy-desperado,
hnrl hppn heard to sav that he would take.the
life of Watson whenever he met him in fact
acknowledged that ha had been foiled only a
few days before court when he attempted, to
waylay him on his return fr.cm , Clinton".
Watson, it was known, would. Be al.VClinton
on the day of the session of the County Court.
Accordingly, both - the Weathexfords and
Butler were present in Clinton, on, Monday,
all well armed, On Watson's arrival he pro
ceeded to the Court House, where the Court
was in session and the joom thronged' with
people. On-enteringvhe found himself thrown
very neaF to Wiley Weatherford, who was
irr-jmediaiely seen to put his hand into his
cnVtrilp-nncrs which contained his arms.i. Be-
fnrp hp was able to p-et them out, Watson
drew a rifle-barrel pistol and shot him under
ho i-Jn-ht " ninnlp. the. ball massing clear
through his body.. Weathetford still endeav-
orea ta get out nis arrjnsjinu was iiu"g's
i i JU Ills tllliajJ'Jlliai,
' 1. , mi l.nTi fh
THnrcH hv thn roiirt cf inQuirV tO D
e en-
lirely excusable and wholly justifiable."
The announcement of this result was re
ceived with prolonged shouts of applause by
the citizens of the country, hundreds of whom
were in attendance...;
.r Archie,,. Weatherford and James Butler;
have fled the country .. .. ?
Such is, in brief, one of the - romances ol
the West," which is all fact. 1 Truth is
strange stranger than fiction" When shall
we hear the last of these terrible tragedies,
and these still more startling conspiracies
ao-ainst the lives and property of peaceful,
industrious citizens? When ehall we hear
the last of" the murrel'l men ? v.-
AN EAVES DROPPER IN A "TIGHT
v .. PLACE."
Dick Corncracker was a restles, mischiev
ous boy, whose prying curiosity led him into
a hundred scrapes every year ; but the hard
est one of all was that in which his earswere
nearly scraped off his head in the following
manner:
Dick had a sister who had a beau, and
Dick was very anxious to pry into, the mys
teries of "courting." So one evening, after
the twilight had faded away from the land
scape, and the best parlpr illuminated faint
ly for lovers uianticipsitiQn'.of the, chapel
scene, prefer a did, religious light for their
tete-a-tetes as some of the family were ab
sent, Master Dick resolved to execute a plan
which he conceived several days previously,
and make himself master of the modus ope
randi of the preliminaries to marriage.
.'In the -parlor -there happened to be an
earthen funnel j plaeed ' there to admit the
r? eci TP for a Move moe from below, which
was connected with a " dumb stove" fn the
iff r"
chamber above. It being cummer, the stoves
vrere removed, and our young hero lound
that! he could introduce his head throv the
aperture and listen to the conversation be
tween the loving couple. He listened accord
ingly, very attentively, for some minutes, un
observed by the occupants of the parlor, who
were too much attracted by each other, to
obaerve the inverted face above them.
At length Dick, 'becoming tired of his con
strained 'position, and of the conversation,
whichJa-.ler he a versed to this d?iyt wasex
treruf7y "sickish" attempted to withdraw his
head from the trap into which he had thrust
it !
To his dismay however, he found hlmsell
fastened as securely as an ox m a sian.
could not pull bis head out without stripping
it of its ears and scalp, so he hung until his
emotion, and struggles withal, brought the
blood into his head, and he grew quite black
in the face. At this critical juncture, his nose
titillated with some particle of dust and he
sneezed. This awakened' the lovers from their
intoxication, ' and they soon discovered the
prying rogue, who finding himself betrayed,
began3 to kick and roar luctily for help;'
AH hands were on deck, and, -it was found
impossible to extricate theanlbrtunale youth,
without first, prying ;oiit the earthen funnel,
and shivering it to fragments with, a hammer.
Dick-was henceforward cured of eavesdrop
ping and is at this day a very "good boy."
i i Yankee Blade.
A GIGANTIC LIMB OF THE LAW.
Billy Greene', or as he was commonly cal
led! u Corubo," was the largest man in Ire
land in his day. Some estimate can be made
of his enormous size wnen it is Known tna.
after his death the intermediate space be
tween two of the front windows of his house
had to be broken down m order to getthecof-
fin out I It was a curiosity to see iwra ar.ven
through the. town, the side of the car on
which he sat almost touching the ground.
whllse the opposite side was suspended hih
in the air; two of his nephews frequently sat
opposite to him as -a balance, and, although
thpir Joint weight did not fall much short of
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four hundred pounds, they would, have an el-
evation ot at least two leei; over tneir uncie ;
in the absence of the nephews it was custo
mary to, pile large rocks on the vacant side
of the car. But Bumbo was a Falstaff in
more ways than one, for he was proverbial
for hi3 dry sarcastic wit and bread humor. r
ttJ nftpn visited the market-clace for the
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sole purpose of scolding andbeing scolded by
tne nsn women, uuu uu suuu uuuaaiuus mo
abusive language that passed between the
billigerants threw Billingsgate far in the
ohno As o la wver. Rnmho was considered
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exceedingly shrewd; and; longheaded. It was
quite amubingMo sue mm &ii.ujg m an ciihi
hnir nntsidfi his hall door, surrounded by a
ornnn of country clients seeking his counsel.
previous , to the 'giving of which the client
was . politely requested to deposit tne neces
Inrtrft old cast-off hat of Bumbo's.
which was placed in a convenient place for
tKsf nnrnnafi.
I recollect one evening as I wa3 leaving
theoffice in which 1 was emDJ.oyed..andwnicii
was riorht onnosite to Bumbo's residence,. he
"hnllop.d-" mo. As I went towards him I
could observe thatlie.wasin Ihe'best possible
tr i 1 1' I j. .
huraor. ana a gianpe at ine imi, which wcis
nMrlv'fillpd with the coins of the realm, and
a goodly sprinkling of flimsies, indicated that
he had no occasion to os omerwise. '
at first opportunity if you werer related to
G , the breech es-raaKer, wno uvea in
Mill-street, lorrcerly "
t JnHifrnnnilVi denied bearinsr the most dis
font rpla'tt.onshin to the breeches-maker, and
told Rnmbo that mv father had an old Irish
manuscript, in which the several oranencs
. i
ot our larany iraceu up iu uyai viau,
rk wfia rotpmnorarv with Moses, but in
TCkllJi T was certain the breeches-maker did
not figure, and that I would let him have
look at the manuscript, n ne wisnea to see
He said he merely wanted to know about
lio Krppphps-maker. because, said he. " He
: . .
bade the first pair of doeskins for me that
ever I wore."
1 Was quite nettled at his cool effrontery,
and requested to know if the breeches-maker
was alive, and that ifanother pair was order
nt icst timp what kind of animal could be
found whose skin would be capacious enough
to make a pair to ensconse mm in.
Without the least difficulty," said he, :for
not one thousand miles from where you stand
(and he looked me straight in the eye,) the
most tremendous, gigantic, awful big Jackass
skin in the world could be had."
I now thought it time I was evaporating,
so I turned on my heel, and as 1 went off I
heard him chuckle until 1 got out of hearing,
arid Tnwn it I felt somewhat like a dog that
lost his tail: : '.V.
Bumbo occasionally went to Dublin, and
generally travelled in his own conveyance.
rU onp omnsion he was obliged to go by
tage: and. the day before he sat out he sent
his servant, fat, to tnecoacn-oiuuc iu cnKac
two seats for him. Next day, when he ap
peared at the office, he learned that Pat did
engage the two; seats, but one was an inside
arid the other an outside seat.
Bumbo was at one time cross-examining a
witness at the Court of Ennis. vvhen the fol
lowing dialogue ensued : -:
Your name is John Keane,as it not i
Yes. that is my name." ; 1
" Have yon any other name besides that
of John Keane ?" . ' , .
No. that is the name I was christened by.
; You are a man of known varacity, John.
You on all occasions tell the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but truth ?n
I endeavor; to do so." , V -
" Now upon your oath, are you rot sucu a
by the name of Brcagach,r' (c- Breagach.'?
in the vernacular, is liar.) .
" People can call me what names they like.
It would make a -poor 'man of your honor
to be obliged to stop every one's mouth with
a two-pennv' loaf,, that calls yourself Bom
bo !" " :
The Coqrt was convulsed. Bumbo!s own
fat sidp.s were seen to shake and '-Breagach"
was told, he might " go down.'- 1
O'Blunderbuss.
Austin, Texas, May 2ftl. IS52. ,
Confession of One of tfce Murderers of. Young
IiChmau Eighty Murders Acknowledged
Horrible Disclosures, &c. . ,
PuiLADELFirrA, June 23. A Polander, who has
had an inierview with the two Skiiinski's the
murderei-s of young Lehman, in the county pris
on, made derelopements- of the most startling
character to-tlay before Mayor Gilpin, being
substance of a confession made by thsni.
Mathias Skuninski said, "I killed young Leh
man by striking him on the head witl a stove leg.
Blaize. my brother, was present, as well as Kay
ser, whose real name is John Ruthowiuski, and is
still at large : I !
Mathias also said that himself and party had
killed a farmer and ; his family, consisting of six
persons, near Newark, Delaware, and afterwards
set fire to the premises, from which they obtain-
ed 873 and some jewelry. He also confessed to
a murder near Baltimore, and said they had mur
dered near eighty persons and burned thirty hou
ses since their arrival in this country. The plun
der, to the amout of near $8,000, he says, i.i bur
ied in the mountains, and under the charge of
Kayser. -
This confession is so extravagant as to lead to
the supposition that Mathias js now insane. He
expresses his confidence of escaping through the
aid of Kayser, and designs murdering a.l. concern
ed iu his arrest and conviction, besides numerous
persons in Ney York.
Note by the Reporter.- TAs confession, if relia
ble, will be looked for with great interest. It will
be remembered that the Cosden family were mur
dered at Georgetown Cross Roads, not far i from
Newark, Delaware, and that Murphy, Taylor and
Shelton, who were hung for the murder, died pro
claiming their innocence. The other murder
confessed, to have. been committed near Caltimoro,
may probably be that of Mr. Buck, who was so
mysteriously, murdered at tlie Copper Works on
the ether tide of the basin. Should the Skupin
skT's prove to bo the1 'murderers of the Cosden
family, that tragedy will be clothed with addition
al horrors. 1 .-' i j
From the Baltimore Sun.
The Mortal Itcmains of Mr. Clay jMovcracnts
of the Committee They Remain in Haiti-
more Over Night, &c. . .'' .
"Washington, June 30, 9 P. M. The committee
with the mortal rem??ins of. Mr.-. Clay in charge de
sign proceeding en route slowly. They will stop
in Baltimore to-morrow night, and leave for Phil
adelphia sometime during tho morning. They
also design tarrjing one night in Philadelphia and
New York, and other large cities, in order to give
those desirous an opportunity of viewing the
corpse and paying the last sad tribute of respect
to the illustrious dead.
The arrangements for the funeral are in all re
speets On the most extensive and c6niple order.
The Senate Chamber and Hall of the House are
being festooned in the deepest mourning.
The Rev. Dr. Butler, of whose church the de
ceased was a member and communicant, will read
i ' ' i
the Episcopal service and preach the funeral ser
mon.
Evidence of mourning in Washington are uni
versal, without the slightest distinction of party.
Buildings on the Avenue are now all hung in sa
ble
The eulogies in the Senate and House to-dayl
were all of the highest order, causing deep cmo
tion. That of Mr. B reckon ridge is spoken of, by
all who heard it, as of unpommon eloquence s.nd
beauty. . J i f
ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA.
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THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
The steamer Africa, wvith 80 passengers, and
Liverpool dates of the 19th ult , arrived at New
York on Thursday morning last.
ENGLAND. !
There were no indications of a dissolution of
Parliament.
The new steamers of the Cunard Company, for
Australia, Panama and New Zealand, were in a
great state of forwardness. ' , - .
Mr. Keogh, an Irish member, took occasion to
complaui of the Queen's Proclamation forbidding
Roman Catholic Priests to wear;Ecclesiastical
vestments in public. ; , . i . ; , "
The London Morning Kemld contains the fol
lowing alarirng paragraph : "We understand that
the Government has taken means to . prevent by
our naval powers, any efforts that may be attempt
ed by American adventurers against the Virgin
Islands." - ' - . . - -
X.a. IRELAND.
The proclamation against .Romish precessions
has excited a great deal of indignation, coming, as
it does, at so opportune a moment for Protestant
electioneering. . : -;'..( ' '
- " J-;, . ' FRANCE. " -
The French Jonrnals are xminteresting. . ' ;
Our statement made a day or two ince, relative
to a recent conspiracy in the French armyis par-
fc.U riflMr frnin Hie rmblie knowledge
have prevented aprorr.ulgatioa of the pafticulans.
A revolt has broken out ia Algeria. ,Oa the 2d
a tribe of Arabs, numbering 1.000, rose and at-
tacked a camp of French workmen, kilUr soniO'
and causing, the others to (lee. The hisurgnts af
terwards marched .?n (ihelma, and on the 4 th and
oth had an fcgagemcnt with the troops from Bona
and Constantina, in whiclthe French, appear to -
have been worsted. .
INTERESTING EXERCISES.
The Raleigh Post of Saturday latt l:aa an ac
count of the annual examination of the pupils of
tho North Carolina Institution for tho Deaf and
Dumb and the Blind. The exercises took place on
Wednesday, the GOth of June. . j
These exercises embraced a great variety of re
citations and performancts on the slate, on the part
of the pupih in both departments, interspersed and
enlivened by vocal and instrumental music by tho .
Blind. The occasion was rendered the more in- i
tcresting by the fact that, for the first time in tho
history cf the Institution, a Graduating Class, who
have passed through a full course of instruction -
here, received diplomas, each accompanied with
the gift of a handsome bible at the hands of th
Principal. The names of the graduates aro Jo- j
seph. W, Cooke, of Northampton co., Wilson A.
Nichols, of Orange co., and Stanford L. Nichols,
of Wake co. One of them, Wilson A. Nichols, de
livered r.n duress in sign langungo to the audi-
ence. ' Joseph W. Cooke, delivered a valedictory,
composed entirely by himself, and not iu tho
slightest degree altered from the original. '
A chaste, handsome and. appropriate address
was delivered by S. W. Whiting, Esq; on behalf or
the Board of Directors. The ceremonies took -place
in the! Baptist Church, in the presence of a ,
large auditorv. . ' "j " ' j
The Rev. Thomas W. Tobcy, Tastorof the Bap
tist Church, in a very interesting report of tho
proceedings, says: "The singing iby the Blind
was greatly admired. For the time during which
they have been -under instruction they havo '
mado most wonderful proficiency. The youn
lady, herself blind; who imparts instruction in
music, played upon the Mejodeon and the piano
to the astonishment of all. Wc know of no 1-.
dy in our city, who can play .upon theso lu
struments with superior skall. Wo were greatly
interested in hearing the Bliiid read. Books havo
been prepared with raiised letters expressly for
their use by passing the fingers over tho raised -
surface they aro enabled to decipher tho words; '
We were pleased with the honesty of a Blu..a
young lad-, who, upon being requested , to 'read:
the 90th Psalm, frankly acknowledge that trto
knew that Psalm by heart. She was then request- V
ed to read the 109tli Pslam, with which she .was
not familiar; she did so, to the admiration of all
who heard." ! ' ..
THE VUNERAL SOLEMNITIES.
We have. not space to record the funeral solem
nities at the City of Washington, in rclatiou to
the"illustrious departed, Hknoy Cl.vy. Theyw;cre
of the most imposing character, and participated
iu by all the public, functionaries as well as thc li
private citizens.-' The ceremonies took place on.
Thursday last. The Intelligencer says: "Tho
stores and residences, not oidy! of our principal
avenues and streets, but of the more secluded '
quarters of the city, wore thcjgarb of mourning,,
and were generally closed to tusincss during tho 1
whole after part of yesterday. ; The Public Dc- "
partment and Municipal Offices were altogether
unopened from Wednesday evening. Nor has our
neighboring city of Georgetown been backward
in her testimonial to the .nse she bcaf-s of tho
worth and services of thd- gcat man, patriot, and
friend of his kind, which tho country and tho
world has lost. , Her stores and , residences vied
with her sister city in; the solemn mournfulness of
their asnect." ,
The Committee of Senators Appointed to con-"
vey me remains oi .n.
sists of , T.. ,
' Mr. Underwood, Mr. I tsh,
Mr. Jones, of Term.', Mr. Jlpuston, '
Mr. Cass, ' i ' .: Mr. Stockton. '
The Committee set out Thursday afternoon in
the Northern train with the corpse, and were, to
proceed by the way of New York and the Lakes,
for, the sake of the advantage which that route
affords of steam convtry.anQc all the way to Lex
ington. - .- ' -. .. '. - V
HONORS TO HENRY CLAY.
The remains of Hnxav Clay were received in,
Philadelnhia-oa Friday and escorted to a magnir
ficent cenotaph in Independence Hall, . The func
ral car was much admired, being drawn by six
black horses, led by grooms. The train; reached
the depot at 9 o'clock, amidst the firing of minute
guns and the tcllicg of the 7 bells of the city. It '
was half-past li' o'clock when the body was .de- ,
pesited in the cenotaph. . The remains were con
veyed to New York on Saturday moving, whero .
the most splendid preparations were making to v
receive and honor them. They will meet with sini-
ilar honors at every place of note on the route to
Kentucky. -; -.'7, " . -'..., V.. : ' :
I ' rCST OFFICES IN CAROLINA. - "
Post Offices have deen established at the fol
lowing places in this State : Red Springs, Robe
son County, Wm. McNeill,' P. M. Hintonsville,
Pasquotank Co:, J. M. IIinton,I M. Cherry field,
Henderson Co., Alex! Clement, P. M. Persim
mon's Creek, Cherokee C6, A. B. McFalls, P. M.;
The following offices have been , discontinued :
Silver Hall, Davidson Coy . Miht-ry Giove, Mc.
Dowell Co. v . . - '
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