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3aDtaua Blaic Sentinel. B f RNAL vir.ILAMKE 16 Till: PKICT. r I.IBF.KTY. ai v t?ons. ii:n:uin:u rj, Tin? HiliMn;; )Mem. The clti'-t'i- jrjt-tti iuOodu e.I t'..v un.'t-r n.gn.-d Im not met oir ti Station. We I ;tvc given it a lair tiid; l"it the extra out-lav I as i,tt Wen h. et .j corre-joi,Un,j t-tforis on the p-irt of . nr trie. !, witl, m lew xv t iioii. 1 1 'o s nut , aid c unnot , under titi:i: rifcvintN'dncfK, ifr,l us a fair remunnnnon. tYhi: vte voluntarily note tlie thr. pit-sent sjo ifioe, we ili.l hope that the i;i-luctnifr t wns suilir jiit to ine ru tc our litj to at It at Several t!iOUar.Jf over Otir Ioniser fit s rripiion. Iii v in.; more rra.tit.g rHtt r Ur trie pr.ee than van te ot.tai:;cl in any part of the V st ern country, we hal hep.l our fricn.W woidl take p. vantage of I'.in literlitj . and exert themsetve ctordinlv. This has not t een done to a i.ere comitieiuurate with the plan proposed. IUnre, alter what has teen a lair trial on our part, we fliad aban- lon tie rjsU-m of e'uM ; ami shall, l.ereatter, a.U.pt the follow iiigtcyt.B, whith will t o invariable ard permanent : Für. (UTK WEEKLY PA PK HS, Two I ollirs a year, ami the money mm-t mlrcatt aitompany the tnrjer or no uttenttun mil be girtn it. JOHN D. 1EFKKES, IJdor Jovrnal 4-MDecl rilAPMANS k. S PA N N , VAittrr State Sentinel Stale Convention ! Are our friends alive to the importance of our next State Convention 1 Are they prepared ! Are the del egates selected, and such as will attend 1 These are important queries, und every democrat in the State is interested to see th.it they are attended to. No time is to be lost. We Lave a wily foe, and consequently it behooves us not to sleep on our arcs, because we feel flushed with victory ! Marion County. The citizens of this county should now bestir them selves toseiect their delegates to the State Convention, to be held on the 6th of January ensuing. It has been suggested that a County Convention be held at th Court House in Indianapolis), on Saturday, the JK):h day of December, for the purpose of nominating delegates. The County Committee, therefore respect fully invite the several townships to appoint, forth with, their delegates to attend said County Conven tion, and recommend the day named. It is hoped that every township will be fully represented. tVloD. Centre Town Iii p. A meeting of the Democratic citizen of Centre Township is recommended to be held at the Court IIrx:se, on Saturday, tlie lGfh of December, at 13 o'clock" P. M.. f'T the purpose of choosing delegates to tlio County Convention. Let there be a good turn- Ut. Economy. A proposition wis mud'? the other day in the IIoiie. t i n. t the .:a;e ;rinter be dirco-d to print. for the use of The ritinlrs, H) copits of the ofFicial report of tlio votes upon the School Tax. Some mem ber, vi:h a slrirp rye to economy, moved to reduce the number to 100. There are but 100 members, and he could not pee nny u if printing more tl.au one copy fir each; that would be quite enough, if every member would be careful to preserve his copy ; and the clerk? and other officer did not need them. Now, as to printing the matter at all, we have nothing to siy; that is not in question. But let us ee what the economical movement of this member amount to. In printing, from time immemorial, no amount of 44press work" is ever charged at le?s than a token," either by employers or workmen. The mister chirges for a 'tuken," and lie pays his journeymen for tlie same. Tliere is jo d reason fur this, because it t;tkes jut a.s inucli time and trtuble to prepare all things to work off ten impressions a- it does f r one hundred or more, and the .reparation amounts to about as much time and labor as that required for the mere impressions for any number Is than 25U. For this reason 230 impr issions, or any number kss, is called a 'token,' or one hour's work. The types beini; set then, and the "form' prepared for the press, and the press got 'ready," there is no difference whatever between the cost of impressions from 1 to 2Ö0, except the bare cost of paper. Now the piper ucd by tlie State for this work, costs about 15 cents per quire; and each copy of the document in question, will take a quar ter of a sheet ; and it will take one quire and one sheei for 100 copie-s. The siving, therefore, which was proposed by the economical member, would not cmour.t to more than 1-"H cents for paper, and per nios a cent or two more fir folding the document. Nov , at If.e closest calculation which can be made, it will be found thaterry mir.re'whieh sret by the legislature, calculating the time while in actual ses eion, costs the people at least one dollar, or 50 cents a minute for each home. To make his motion and explain his reasons therefor, probably occupied the economical member not less than 20 minutes, at a cost of course of ten dollars. Tlie result desired is this : how long will it take the State to get rich by this kind of economy ; or how much can be saved, by spending one dollar to prevent the expenditure of two cents 1 It would he a good thing, by the way, if ev ery 'egislator could servo a few month's apprentice ship at the printing business. He would perhaps, learn tlie true economy of that art, and escape being cheated by it ! 4It is the belief rT all villi whom we hive con verged. t'..at ve can carry this State next year, not vithtanding 0-:!' Oass received over f ur thou sand more votes tlmn General Taylor. The fact of having succeeded in the election of our President, will five tu strength. A majority of the votes of the State" was cast against General Cass. A prudent and utll considered nomination iriU unite that majority agair.it the dnrratic candidate for Cnvrnnr .'" The above is extracted from an article in the Jour nal of th ."jth. in reference to the next State election ondU:yVhig convention. It is orneuhat signifi cant, nr! porhsp- is worth pome attention on tlie part of our nntVr. Wc understand it to indicate that the CIJ Hunker B-piraii: dtould Ix? thrown over- Unnl. nml tli:it 1 Whig" houM fight ft sort of Tny- ! .r contest in this M:te. professing all tilings to alt mm, tu s -overiicd aft rwnrd- by "circum1ance.s,, i! ,-.,. "'his caiiiii may win; hut we bhaljs-.:.' SrJi'.T ).t U.vNNFf.AN. Weeopicd, a few diy ago, -a. pirtsr-n h from thj Ciucinuati Enquirer, stating tint Mr. Hnrii.-vt had p tset'. ,,p the river on the löth inst., on his ay WushinffU.ri. It a ji pears that the Enquirer was uwsinformvd ; for Mr. ll.tnuegan arri ved, iii this city a. few days since, having been five days on his way from Fountain co.r.ty, in eonsrqufnee of the almost impossible, conditio;; cf the road;. On Saturdiy night and Sunday Mr. Ii. was confined to his bed by ill iesp. tad r dd nnd fever. Yesterday hi was improving, ond ueli enough .r up. uf Kew Orleans Conner umleretands that Gn Tnvlor.oat ent to Wahingtor his resignation as M-ii'.r Gi.er il of tU; Army. Tiiis is delicate and . : I I ! ..... Iw.rtu nwni tn I . 1 he il.oin rofOT. tUl II ouiti na; m-oi ..v h ".liimediately nf;er the elimghter-liftti-e proceedings s't the rhil-fdlphii C mvention were brought tor cUe. Letter Ul' than never, as tiie saw goes. To Vocjnteki;r- Wc call the attention of Volun tas t' a notice in another column. We understand that Major Gaine will leave this city en the 15th instant, for New Albany, at which place he should be addressed by all having cUims-to be attended to. Our exchanges will please notice. flr-Jame R. Shields, Esq., has been elected Pres ident, and Mr. Victor A. Pipin, Cashier of the Branch of the State Bank of Indiana, by the Board of Direc tors at New Albany. (v-Jamcs Morrison, Ksq-, was on Friday after jiooo re-eiected Tref iJent of the State Bank. Legislative cusp;ipcr.. Lvery winter, at the commencement of the session, we have quire a spirited, and Fometimes a long dis pute, occupying a day or two, upon the question as to whether there v,:iU l. a ,,iJLCi,l mhscription to the newspapers which propo-e to publish lull reports of the pr. unlinks of the Legislature; and oti every ur,'i occasion, there is twice as mu-h money spent in talking about the matter as the pipers ever have eost. As to fctnrrn, therefore, nothing is gained by such disputatious. On this point there will be no dilf -rence cf opinion nincng old members. lJut there i' diir'rencc of opinion ns to the right and propriety of such subpci options, and one which may well justi fy debate; and we have respect enough fjr the opin ions of those who deny the right of the Legislature to muke subscriptions ()f the kirn!, to listen to l!,c:n without impatience. If il ehmild he proposed to ap ply me single dollar of the public money wrongfully or illegally, and if it should cost the State a dollar a rninxle tot:lk against such a proposition, we are nut prepared to s.iy that it would not be proper so to talk, us long as members could Hnd a word to say. Prin ciple and prrcedent might be of infinitely more con st quence, than the 8um immediately at stake. The first and most important question to be settled is, it rihl and proper for the legislature to Mae subscription to tV. wicspapers in question ! It cannot be denied, that one of the mot essential features of democratic legislation is PUBLICITY. Tlie essence of despotic legislation is s-cresij. This fact is recognized by the Constitutions of the United Slates and of every State in the Union, wc presume of every free government in the world. The very first duty which our o.vn constitution prescribes to t ho legislature after it3 organization, is in these words : ulUc.h house, sha'l keep a journal of its proceedings, axu PUBLISH them." Here two things are to be done, but how they are to bo done is not defined. That is left to the discretion of each house. If they please, they can confine th publica tion to a b::fk form, copies of which may find their way to one in a thousand of the people, months after the adjournment ; or they miy employ official report ers, and authorize immediate official publication in newspapers, is done by Congress and by some of the States. This is a matter entirely within their own discretion, and which they can settle as they may deem expedient for tlie public information. As to the bgnl right of the Legislature to subscribe f r Legislative p.ipers, for the purpose of publishing their proceedings there cm he, therefore, no doubt. Is it sxp lint and proper t!j"y should dl 3") This depends upon various considerations. In the firs place no private citizen is brjn 1 to mike such publication on his own account, or without being paid for it, by somebody. It would b tin reasonable to ex pect any one to do so. So far as the Legislature is concerned, sound economy as well as convenience, requires that such publication should be mid:. Eve ry member thus comes into possession, in the cheap est firm, of a record of the progress of business from day to div, instead of bing obliged to depend on the single manuscript journal of th- Clerk, for infor mation. Thus h ive th-sH pti'dic;tti ns been one of the chief means of shortening the sessions, so that they occupy b'it one half the time which thev former ly did. For this reason the members have jut as much right to subscribe for such piper for their own use, as they hive to purchase nonx, ink and paper to write with, or wood to keep thorn warm, at the public expense. As to whether they phould extend su-h subscription for the benefit of others, is another ques tion, depending on a variety of circumstances. The legal rigid for them to do so, is undoubted. So far as ire are a (Tec ted, we could have id other desire than that the action should be uniform: that is, tint the Legislature should establish srne permanent rule, that they will or iri'l not subscribe to pipers for dis tribution. We and the pvpb would then know w hat to d. Those who d'virc to s-e. the proceedings would subscribe for themselves, instead of depending on their representatives, as many now do; and ue should know how much to expind or contract our rc pons. If the people showed indifference to the pro ceedings, we should publish only so mu h as appear ed to be cf general interest, leaving local matters to find the way to those interested, as they might. In that case, we should like to know how even the local editors would gain a knowledge of these proceedings? They could only do so by letters from members, or by maintaining n correspondent at the capital during the session. The local editors then would find out whether these reorts, now made at our expense, were of any benefit to them and their readers. This very consideration, the convenience of the local edi tors, would alone justify the Legislature to aid in the newspaper publication of their proceedings, even if it did not authorize the employment t official reporters. One thing more is certain, as the matter now stands. The additional subscriptions, direct from the people, will justify no editor hre in employing re porters and publishing full report-;, without some aid from the members of the Legislature. We certainly cannot alford to lose money by doing such work ; and yet we have a often lost as made any thing. If any one thinks wc dJ not tstate the truth in this particu lar, wc will make a bargain to give him all the extra profits w hich we have received, if ho will pay the ex tra expense we have incurred. If we had an exclu sive or copyright to the proceedings, thi would be different ; but as uon as the matter is published it. now becomes the coalman properly of aery body, idi- trs and all. If ion-dy will subscribe, then every bnly willcciee to report: atwl it would bj a curious spectacle to co th'.! Ic g.rhiure eating uihI working, week nfier wcuk, and not a wont published of its proceedings except jut wh it might suit the last of Tom, Dick or Ihr- rv, writing fron tlie lobbies, and none of them re- KptmYiblti in any w.iyf--r whit might tints be reported! Xl, It may be an item of interefling informa tion to editors generally, that the extra eubscriptions, for the w-ssion term 'f the State Journal and Slate Sentinel, amounted, a day or two ngo, to h-ml forty each! At the end of the session, they miy amount to fifty each; but that is doubtful. Counting all thse at 1, though some of them are only SO cenis, and almost any owe can wo how far, not the extra profits, but the total receipts would go towards paying the f ur reporters and extra compositors, employed by those ofiiccs 03-Tlie heirs of the estate of Gen. James Taylor, deceased, of New poTt, Ky., have determined to make free the hlaves belonging to the estate, tome forty in number, add to provide for the suitable support of the aged au 1 young children among them. A praisewor thy act. 03The new French Constitution provides that the President of the Republic idiall be elected by ballot, and by an absolute majority of the votes, by the di rect suffrages of all the electors of the French De partments and of Algeria. (V-rThe Journal elate that the magnetic telegraph line of O'Reilly is roou to be extended to Lafayette and Logansport, sufficient slock having been taken for that purpose. Suicide. Miss Milly C. Grinstcad, residing in Campbell township, Jennings e.. Ind., committed suicide by hanging herself on th j Ud inst. She was thought to be partially inane for eonie months paot. Irsi!iit'K 3Iapc The copy from which we rcpub!ihed the President's, Message, was derived, the first part of it, from theitM,; columns ot the Nuituiel, to ,ay a tew words in i Cinrinmt, r..ott , 1 ... ., , ... ; relation to the Address on Popular Educatcui, or j VvincinuatMiazetle, and the last from the Louisville. , , , ., . . . . 1 , . ,. T , f . that portion of it which has appeared in tlie Journal journ u, n.ira, as pruned tor te .UadiMn mimer. It svn printed as 'rn ns,,iittcd by Telegraph, and of course contains more or less errors at best. As we printed lit there inest have been manv clerical and literal er rors, We are ceitain. But our neighbor's, tin.' Jour nal's, edition m;it have been much worse; tor its prnofV could not have hern rend at all. Our boys have been amusing th'-molvcs by marking about )0tM) errors in the Journil's reprint, some of them very bad ones. Hy the way, this Telegraphic copy concluded with the Mexican adjuration of (Jod nud Liberly!" Of course this never was used by President Polk. It is certainly a fine pas to come to, when the President's message is mutilated or changed by interpolations, by reckless whig partisans, with impunity. This beats the vileness of old Federalism all lo pieces. The Onto Leuisi.atuice. Tlie Senate has succeed ed in a partial organization. On the afternoon of Tuesday, Rrewster Rand ill, free soil, was elected Speaker of the Senate, by the democrats und free soil ers, on the 17t!i ballot. Neither of the two great parties could elect a man of their ow n. Mr. John R. Knapp, of the .Marion Democratic Mirror, was elected Principal Clerk after a inot obstinato contest of 120 ballotings! The democrats voted for him from the first, throwing their whole strength (IS votes) to him on ach ballot. His election, in the exciting state of public feeling which exists, is considered a great de mocratic victory. Phe II use if 11 'prtsentitivcs, is the scene of the most disgraceful anarchy and confusion ever witness ed in any Americ tn legislative body. The difficulty all grow s out of the contests of certain seats with the principil details of wSiich our readers are ac quainted. We can scarcely give any adequate idea of the extent to which the w higs have carried their insolence and tolly. On Monday miming, at the usual time for theifeal township, Surplus Revenue, Pank tax, and Legislature to convene, th-j democratic meaibers and a fe-c fr,oi il,.. i c -i auu .1 lew irotn t u uh rs and free soilers " ' .roceed. d to i!,c State House, rung the h-Ii, appoiuted a temporary chairman, who was proceeding to call the rull of members, and to organize the house in the usual manner, when a crowd of persons. among whom were the. body of the whig members, . I r , . rUslR'U llllo t.)C Hall pell-mell, with screams, slemts, and all manner of disorderly conduct, and pretended l to go through witii a call of the roll in one corner of; the Hall at the Sltne liui the rerol.r r,r . ,i -.ti . i I' i , ...... . icj uiwn 111 "Iv iiviili IIHJ . 'jljillw'.l s, ll'Jie I J- lowed eonfisonn itoiiKtt- iinnf miwh, I .-.!,. . . J Ul " I more, during wluc.'i tun- sornj one. uiiünown went j Ti, editor of tiie Xew York Tribune opposes any ac- I through t!ie form of shearing in as memliors th- mob j ii-m on the .inject this winter. He t'nnks the provi of persms in the corner, when they pretended tu ad-! s'' oannot pass the present Congress, !lM,l tJut it j mm, and curried tlicrnselves olf. the democrats re- rf,.-5;,rvi':! f(M eooming whig administration.j .:. . ., ,, ,, , , I Tie Cincinnati Atlas advi-es Jim postponement ot; mammg m p:l of the Hall. T.ero they re- Mq vnUcf urU ' j intm-dat the list a-lioj. itjt liivmrl.fi th-j Ililt j The editor of th-Journal pr. poses that the lower up to Friday last. About tlit'ee tiui H j) r day tiif ; house cd' Congress refuse appropriations to pay the in- j ido'j of wing members and others return, end go ; talmMits to Mexico ; and thus get rid of the question . through with the same ftrce, to their otii dtsi'rtice, j n;he territory fgeiher. j , . . ,, , , 1 he Lexington Atlas thinks tins nl m of the Jour- and tu the mor. .fioatiou of all lovers ut good order In, wi MfU M Io,NO nRJ h,)M,1(l , nwk, Uq atld di: Mi -y. in exeiteuieut is intense and increas- ; appr;ri-xtion', and have no discretion about ir. We ing. Tn- de;n ;r.its kn iw'iug themselves to be clear-; are very certain lhat tin: Atlas is in error. The; ly right, declare they will remain in th- Hall until i House have, by itie cuistitution, a voice in all appro-! the last hour of their official term, if thn whi.r, (r, . , . , , , . . 1101 cnoose to c i.hj 111 anu tie quaiined in tlie regular way. Several of the whig members, to their credit be it said, are willing to breah awav from the rioters, an I I be qualified, but hiving given 'up their certificates to ! , ,. . ... I the disorganize, cannot get them bick ! " ' ! Whether there will bj an organization or not, time : alone can determine. ! i T 77. OCrThc N. V. Tribune of Dec. 1, has a leader headed "No more National Conventions." Tiie body J of the article miy be guessed at by the head. Wc don't blame Oreclev for bei 11- opposed to any mo, e- ' c .1 "1 1 c 1 1. . i- .t . convocations of the kind ; for no doubt to htm ti.-y . savor of the Slaughter-House." The Tribune pre-; poses to obviate the necessity (f such conventions, ! by certain Nate- legislation, which we .shall notice moro fullv hereaAer. We doubt if his plan would . - , i work well for several reasons. Mr. Lcnton s plan, ' proposed some ti nc since, perhajis would work bet-; ter. It certainly would be more simple. That, if t ' we remember correctly, was to let the people votedi- j , . , .' , .,1 .-I rcctly for such candidates as they pleased; and ifj they failed to choosy at the first trial, they should j have a second, choosing from the three highest con-j didatcs Vutcd for : all this to be regulated by a law of Congress, und not by State legislation as the Tribune , , , , 1 proposes, .according to Junten r plan, the people would have Fome voice in the selection of candidates for the Presidency ; and wo ngree with the Tribune thus far at least, that the people c:n do this busi-! 11 1 . 1 1 . c nests quite us wt ll as political traders can do it for nestf quite them. The California ttot.n .Minks. It fecms tint all the stories about California gold bring found in Ktich great quantities nre true. The government has received despatches from Col. Mason, thn present commanding olficcr in California, respecting the as tonishing fertility of these mines, nnd the Govern ment is about to lake Rome notion for the purpose of preserving them as public property. This vast Led of treasure was discovered by an accident. Suter was ! desirous of enlarging the race of his mill, nnd per mitted the stream of water to pour in ami wnsh, by its ahranive power, the earth in the ravine. The al luvial surface being removed, tin extraordinary impa ir, of gold wis presented to view. '. Isdgr. A Cotton I1nk. The planters of Smith Carolina talk of establishing u bank in each of the cotton State, to enable tin? grower to h hl his crop until i; c:iu be Fold :t a fixed value. It is proposed to advance ino- in-V ou the I aith of cotton. If they could only estab lished n bnnk that would Keep a ronstaiit and proper proportion between the demand for und the supply of cotton, they would get over the whole difficulty. lt. led 'er. I A Nt ;t: Qut.srioN. Tlie President of the United States retains the franking privilege for life. Ah Gen. Tnylor will not be inaugurated till the Otli of March Mr. Atchison, President pro tern, of the Senate, wil be president for one tiny, nnd the? piestion is will he he entitled to the same privilege Ihe rest of his life Wc leave this question to some of the many 4sounJ constitutional lawyers" or to tie great 4,ex pounder." We learn from the Hoston Advertiser, tint the King of Denmark has directed the Cornel medal, founded by one of his predecessors, to be awarded to Miss Maria Mitchell, of Nantucket, for her discovery of the telescopic comet of 1st October, IS 17. This is the first instance in which the Comet medal of the King of Denmark has been awarded to a lady. Norway. A letter from Christiana, in Norway, sta'es as a fact positively determined, tint the Lieut. Generalship of the Kingdon of Norway is to vi sup pressed, and that the country ia to be governed from and after the 1st of January next, by a Viceroy. This charge, it is said, is.t be conferred on the Prince Royal. What Dor.s it Sksxify. A husband in lloston, Mr. Hammond Chamberlin. the other day went to his wife's room and knocked for admission, with the in dention of procuring a sword Irom a closet therein. After some imaceuuntible delay, she let him in. On opening the closet he found a very nice young man, Mr. Julitid Clark, standing there in place of the sword. An KngÜFh clergyman, fat F.xtcr, recently at tempted to preach to his congregation in a sur plice. He was hisped, coughed and scraped to such an extent, lint he could nt proceed until the police came in and maintained older. Free School System, Messrs. Chai'Mans Spann : Permit me through I portion tit it wiiie.'i has ap; up to J)ec. inclusive. I J ho A!dres," ihe. far published, exhtluts erent research and talent, and is evidently li e production of a zealous and devoted friend to the gn-;t interests of popular education. While I most cheerfully ;:cknow icdiio the very many aluable suggestions of the writer, I nm sorry to say Ihnt the errors in his math ematical calculations, nud his deductions drawn from pretnls -s not warra ted by fads, w ill in a great de gree, contribute to the loss of his labor. The writer ef the "Address" has familiarized himself with the various school systems of the Elst ern States, and in his endeavors to avoid their errors, seems to have lost sight of some important facts con nected with our own educational matters. It is true that we may prod? from the rxporienc; of other States, and yet the leading features of their most approved school systems may not beadnptrd toour State. The State of Indiana comprises more territory than New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, and the District of Colum bia, and nearly three-fourths of the fund set apart !or school purposes, has been so permanently arranged, that no school system in use in other Slates, would answer for ours. The errors in tlie writer's mathematical calculation's are, to siy the least, inexcusable I will only refer, at this time, to two of the most prominent ones, which may be seen in the following calculations. He says: 4 Our permanent funds, according to the best author ities within my reach, are as follows: Congressional township fund, - $1,410.012 f0 Surplus reuenue fund, - - MS.OIU) 40 Hank tax fund, .... :i",Gl) OS Saline fund, .... 70, i-PS :W Which amounts (as he says) to SsJ.(0.,'J'.)0 :V1 I find an error in the footing, of six hundred dol lars. The poll tax proposed, of tvveutv-five cents on 1:50,000 polls, ! puts down at s:U,000. I find an error here, of One 'IVumsand Five Hundred Dollars. Ih.t these are trifling errors when compared with the one upon which he his based his whole system. The great error, which is one of the principal pil lars in his svstem for Free Schools, is this: he lias consolidated the interest arising from the Com'res ! 0 ,,ine fl,!MK ;lu 1 added that to the amount he pro- ' ,1,s' 1(1 n Sf !'V i ixiuoii, ana tiisiriDuies tue w Hole , -. ... .... .. . . . o'jo-uiv ato M!" uio cli.ifircn oi tue iMatc, between i ;ull; o,j ;;f Here is an error in his calcu- ' lat.ors, "of I-hghtti-fr.tr Thousand .. Hundred and .'y-s'C dollars and fifty fie nuts; the amount of interest arising from the Congressional township fund at ( per cent. This mihi, taken from the amount he nrouoses to i ;wtrihutO )iri ,''. i irmiU ti tnr in 11 1. n it . M l ' I" IlldlllUilll' I l HI, ll'illill IIKllt.lilHV till1 I I j (:ua t,r esOibli.-l.iiig Tree Schools. Tho'writf.T ins based his calculations upon the supposition that ,!,-' Congressional township tund belongs to ihe State, 't'-- I tie- toWUrllMKS. il. ;. ro nr. coNTiNt;i:o. 1 1 lit: OLTsrillN OF bh.v r.KV tN Tilt: rEtlRITOHIES. I priations ot money. It is absurd to suppose that the ; constitution gives a j" power without the right to ever-! i CIS'! it. Hut it's to late now. The Home hive sanctioned the treaty by making an appropriation for the first in- etalmcnt. After thus ratifying the bargain, it is ;ore roguery to refuse to carry il out. Originally; the House had the power beyond a doubt, but they i t " n- r .1 1 have not the power to annul an obligation they have; ;iv-s -oned. j Suue whigs in the free States still afiect to be firm - . ai,d uncompromising as ever. They an? going to kill ! Taylor, if he dare to veto Iheir favorite measure, j After till 1 1 101 r solemn assurances are falsified, they I might to kill somebody, but we suggest that they kill! th-m-elves first, u nd J-av e th- killing of others to fu-j tun? c'lrisidcriiion. , A lfj).,t. crurls hor . Ul i0 wllj?s nr(? d,.lRrmin. ! tl, (.va(jc ,j,.,lf,., jf possible. They can't et-! tie it ; for tle-y have never been able to bctlle any-; They are mighty in the invention of running j f V'f? , l" "'""asss measures and have cot,., traded such u u mvelerafe habit thnt way, lhat they wi;, t(m ,M.ir scJ(,milI f an, iutriguiiig t embar- ra.-:s and blow each other up, they will certainly sue- ceed. 'iv. v .1 . q'-' " erruor.es was in a ; fur way to bo rctiled. J he Senate hid framed a bill ; wlid, psscJ t,wt My ,,y ;i ,.irgc lMflj(,rity, aild it : would have passed he Jower House, had not eight j southern vvhigs, no doubt hy advice and arrangement, j defeated it. ; , .T,,c "U"''C W-',is? "'"V" l Com.' i phcatu the question as much as possible, llievnomi-! iated a Tresident who was l.v emmnou consent to be non-committal. The whig .Vorth went home, swear-1 , ing their candidate would not veto the Wilniot provi- j an' whigs South went home and swore he' would veto it. Thus tlie whigs have pittet! Hie two I ; . ' , . . : . 1 .1 . 1 sections 01 wifir own party agauiM uacu inner, uuu 1 are in a beautiful predicament. This is a specimen of w hig slatesmmship ; and now one is tor throwing away the territory, and another for leaving the question unsettled. l,pon the whole, they don't know what they will do, and nobody can tell. They have lied awfully, and now, to avoid being caught in it, is the great matter. The only way left is to pile another immense stra tum of falsehood over their previous ones, so a?, if poikh? to hide them. 'I'lm irl.lifc Ss..nli iws,l nrt rnll nn ihe democrats of ! All. 11 mi: i l;wiiih - - . .-. - " ... . . 1 the free States to help them. 1 Iicbo latter have done all they could f r the South all the while denounced by southern whigs now they w ill utand out of the ! way, and leave the whigs to flglit it out very indif j ferent which whips. I.naisvifif J) m. A Lion Am:k oiN'i in a üai.i.oi.v. On Monday evening tie.1 M Hoya I (.'remorne llilbton" ascended from Cremorne Gardens. In it were .Mrs. (J. Dully the 44 Lion Queen," Lieut. Gale, nnd a lion. Attach ed to the balloon, in place of the car. was a den, on Ihe lop of which stod Lieut, dale and inside fat the 4,Liou Queen " on ihe back of her subjivt. After a trial, during which n n usee nt us high as the top ol the trees only was etfected, it was found that the power of the balloon was not sullicient to carry up the weight attached to it, and this fact having been explained tu the company, Lieut. Gale and the Lion ascended, leaving the lady behind. A safe descent was elR'clcd at .Morllake.Zfri' life in Lmdon. Insult added to Injuky. The Evening bulletin pays, the Messrs. Catherwootl, of Philadelphia, whose store; was recently robbed, yesterday received a letter, enclosing the certificates of loan, stock, and valuable papers Molen. The perpetrator of the villainy stated that he was pissing through the city, and being in want of funds, thought that he could be furntahed by the Messrs?. C, ns well, if not better, than others, and added, that on his return, he would call nnd claim the reward o Ife red for the stolen property. This is a pretty fair specimen of the audacity ol such ßcoun drels. System in Uusines". The Parisian Police have discovered and apprehended a band of robbers, whoso leader kept a regular set of books, iu which each thief was credited with t'ue Amount produced by the articles which he had stolon, and was debited with his receipts and his share of the joint expenses, while an engagement book contained ti list of the theatres, churches, and other places which were to be visited ou certain days by particular members of the gang. liAPTisMAL Scene. According to the Raleigh (N. C.) Ihblical Recorder, one hundred and sixty-three persons, of whom twenty-one were colored, were baptized at one time in the river Chowan, at Mallard's Ilridge, iu Chowan county, in that State. The line of candidates entered the water hand in bund, and extended over a hundred yardt?. Plymouth, Nov. 30, ISIS. V-eir Chcirnans : Wihin t'cuot t the Indiana J'JUiml man in itfco i ct- to Iii t.ttrmrnl about the M ki:. 10114 the , live coon at Pijui.-iitli," I Wen! I jy 0.t I was all eye Wit- j iitss 1,, tint -lin.i.n l(j fpirtii n," lie a wataiur irus juslilicttiun, that ihe woot wrif line mnnr.er. A' out 1 1 u'cl.'ck, A. M., en the 1 1 111 insh, a fuiir j 1 he cutt instruct J the jmy that if the !t fer.-tut ha 1 l.;ie Ii :i :i well tiimrm I 1 ir Willi V .s sn.d IJutler Hjs, and faihd to siotain his .!ca of justilicati .n ty kh f. i.y negU T'on hin, wtiii -Loco t'los," (il that name Mots ihe cuii-i.lt r thrni as e vi.Jt nee of Kialitc a:i1 in a 'Clav ati ,n of J.omuI lest,) was seen td'w!v n; vi;.g into our pcaciful il- damage!;." :ie, the naiivo.al fl 1 a. so tl.i.i'ihtl in the air, th t -If tT : Held, that the instruct! n wa rrroi!ru. which wa htUi tv a ii-tinr.fil voluuteer, an1 tf ( n. Tay- ; Held, also, that the fpecul phas wrie rot to be C' tiilercd loi s diviien, anJ by the müv nf the fla stall" was hell, ly in amvil f daauge, bec4u-e ihec wcic i.ot rotircly niiotht-r v.ihiiOt-cr, a hickoiy ote to whirh wa upcl.Jc.l jl pro, J. Revet trd coon, (n-j; alive, as it w.t caught an.l killt'l,) and another. Crane v. Jiscvitragn et cl. In Chancrrv. Krior to the lllilrniit volunteer, (llüU.e by n one) of tlie al.ueai l 1 1 v i Fountain ('. C. Perkins. J. Tlie rompiai.' .ant ai'e in he 1 .11. was witii -I. r vt tolled up, pei f i miti the skioidt g in . Lill thul he icntej ccilam letl tsta'e Iheirin t!e-ciibed cf a most Mrit'tmfic mai ner, as the teaaa moveJ slowly tho-uh the adir.ii.is!i4tor of . n utf.-st te, and ttfit 1 in.. ie,in had t' t-iu stiff ts, ai:t may be the ling and I ud sh'-uts if the j jutd, a Lill ffr an an mint and lavnunt o. o.tm.d ihe tenia "Lokys " didn't go up in the meantime, and the lite toons " i was hied by the h. ii of the ir.tt s'u'e, rd that th- adannis now on hand weie skinned, as the s.qud j iovrd. f 1 when tiatoi w.is abo ihu-atenii. tci sue hi n 1 1 irrovrr itnti lor ihe votes vveie countid at our poll., the Lokys " had a the same peiio l. The b il piaycd that the h i. and admin- nnjotily over all, and over FedeiaiiMo (I call ihit.gs by thvir i-trJtor rioht itOci j teaj The 1 ei. an t a 'toioi--r t an- ii-tt uameo) of 09 votes, a much re.nr majority ttun V c ivvcit d at.d Use caiic was submitted on 0 e f ill at, J aiKivei. democrats ever bul at this pucinct befoie, and ail this not. j ;f,t ,;l4t .Urh .ubniisiun not ini-iar. withstai.onit; ine gicat cl.'ori thai had Decn nude by tin- Ke.U tlie Fiiday picvious to the rleeiitn, at which lime they had oiaiois fieni abioaj.to wit: the Htm. Villiitno:i Wnlif (oh Lord, whvt a bnt: lail teir puss ha tot low,) i! you know iu:n f row ray be the Joiunal man is mittkcn about the time of the skuitdn of the live coon." hu I well i mcmtier that in August, lb43, theic was a live coon skioned heie ia our couDty.and that ikinning opciawoii was pcif im id by oho A. L. Whtelei. D. Plank Koail .licet in";. In accordance with the third resolution of a meeting hHd in Cumberland, in Mirion county, Ind., on Saturday, Nov. 2"Hh, A. D. 18 IS. the friends of Pbinking I be Na tional rond from (Jrernfield, in Ha:Cork county, to IMtiu field in Hendricks, county, Ind., convened at the Court house in Indianapolis on Tuesday the fifth d iy of December, A. 1). 1818, at one o'clock P. 31. when un motion Nicho las McCahtt of Marion was chceen president and D. -S. Ciotxling of Hancock ro., secretary. The procet dings of the last meeting wem read, when Mr. Hobs, n luid before tie-meeting a petition, signrd by NT. J. Smiih and o::C hundred and farty others, praying the Legislature to grant a charter. After which, a tlrait of 2 chartt r was presented to the mseliug by Mr. lv-j!3on, which w is on motion recommitted to tt cmumittee con.-isonix of James M. Kay, A. V. Morrison, James Ulake, Win. Kobsori, and I). 8. Gooding, to be perfected nnd presetted to the Legis lature as soon as possible. Addresses were inadu by Cx-Oov. Wallace, Win. Hob son, James llake, nnd Andrew Wi'son,nf Marion co., and by II. A. Itiley and D. S. flooding of Hancock co., in fa vor of pi inking said mud. The following resolution was clTered by K. A. IMey, which w.is adopted : Win: 11 r as, the National Koid from Indianapolis tn (ireentield, and continuously through tho State, his leconte almost impassable, and the gene having been by net of Congress surrendered to the täte of Indiana, and that the vital interests of the citizens nlonx said road, and the trav elli ng public require that said road be in sonic way perma nently improved; Therefore, Jlcsuivfd, That we regird a plank road at being the in est suitable, permanent and beneficial improvement to the hoIe community and travelling public, that could he p! aced on said road ; and that we use every Itudable clTirt to procure a charter for a f lank road on said line, organize nti tllicient company, and aid ill the completion of the feline as soon us practicable. On motion, the Indiana State Journal, the State Senti nel, the Greenfield Spectator, and other papers favorable lo the object of the meeting, are respectfolly requested to publish, these proceedings. The meeting then alj urned. NICHOLAS McOARTY, President. David S. Guodimu, Secretary. Dikfekkvtial Dh'TtKs. Translated from th French of M. Fredtric If isfiit, Member of the Imtilute of France. A poor hosh-mdman of the (Jironde hnd raisetl a vine witli great cans After much anxiety and labor, he produced a cak of wine, and, in the satisfiction which he felt, no longer remembered that he hnd earned it by the sweat of his brow. I will sell it," he said to his wife, 44 nnd with the proceeds will buy the yarn with which you can mike our daughter's trousseau." The good c untrvtnan went to the tow n, where lie met a J'elgian and an .Englishman. The IJelgian snid to him, 44 Give me your cask of wine, and in exchange I will give you fif teen packets of yarn." The Englishman said, 44 Give j)e your wine, and I will give you twenty packets of 3"arn, for wc English spin cheaper than the Dclgians." iluf a custom-house officer w ho was present, objected. 44 ? Iy fine fellow," said fie, 44 exchange with the IV1 gia n, if you plenee ; but, it is my business to prevent you." exchanging with the Englishman." 44 What," ai 1 the countryman, '4 youvpect me to be satisfied with fifteen packets of thread from Prussels, when I can have twenty from Manchester!" 44 Certainly; do y on not see lhat France would lose, if veil received twen ty packets instead of fifteen !" 44 It is bard for rue 1 o understand," said the wine grower 44 And for met D explain," rpjdied the custom -hou.-e officer, 44 but the l hing is certain, for all the deputies, ministers, and joun 11 lists are agreed on this point that the more a people receives in exchange for a certain quantity of its p rodtice, the more it is impoverished." He was forcf al to exchange with the Belgian. The husband man s daughter had only three-quarters of her trous seau, ami the good people cannot yet understand how ruin should ensue from receiving four instead of three, how they cm be richer with three dozen napkins than with four dozen. Cr.EPiTABi.i: No Di'Kh. A difficulty recently arose in Arkansas, between Älaj. Jlorlaud, a Senator in Con gress from that State, nnd IM r. 1'lourr.oy, a member cf t ho Legislature. Klournny challenged 11 irland.who rreplietl lhat he considered the demand unreasonable sind improper." He continues "There was a lime, when a ntranger in this State, I deemed it not impro per to accept a similar invitation, and exhibit to the public that steadiness of animal nerve, which some men call courage. If, during thai tie, you had called on me, I might hive taken occasion to nhoot you. That time has passed." Major Norland says he has, in obedience to the call ff the country, not only established in live field, his moorage, but has made the people of Arkansns nc ; tainted with him, nnd won their confidence. With r.k is be is satisfied, and has neither the disposition, purpose, nor tujA, to change his position, or lessen dignity of his character, which, in his opinion, vc ufd await him were he to accept of a challenge, and eng: go in a duel. The old hunkers of the whig party, such ns the rd itc rs of the Journal, the editor of the North Amer ican id omne genus are throwing out hints to the "ofTice-isoekors to stand oir. This is all understood. These fellows want all the spoils for themselves mul their friends. The office-seeker nre not green enough I lieir irionil-. i ne oiiice-seeuerri nre 1101 irreeo i'iiu"i ., . rIM i " o be detcrrrd by their threats. I hey arc hungry . . , , ' n J starving ami must be attended to. Miami Uxiveksitv. Rhv. K. 1). .McM.ister, D. D., President id Miami University, at Oxford, Ohio, has been elected Professor of Th.'ology, in the Presbyte rian Thenlogienl Seminary, nt Nov. Albany. Indiana. Dr. MeMaster has given notice tint he will accept, at lite close of the present collegiate year. The very last of the .Mohicans died in New York on Monday, in the person of liachacl Gredney, one hundred anil seven years old, in full possession till thn lay of her death of all her faculties. Mr. Cooper M ill hive to write another 44Last of the Mohicans, Or change the title of Ihe first. fill 1 C T , ...1... n ..l t.. ...A..tn,1 IIIC Jiiroueps oi. .uaii, ii wutt uxemiv nucuj. , , r . l- i r c. ' in London for stealing two diamond rings from Sir V, , . i i 'T John Harts denied the charge, and said it was a ma-, v . i iii c i . .... licious one, and occasioned bv her refusal to marry , . i.t i i , i i , in..., v.iavu - ..... r.t... s.. Gen. Scott. The difficulties existing lxdwcen the administration and General Scott, nre Haid to have. been explained and adjusted, and he will forthwith i- it , i . ,1,., Cf,. . c nccmnii loss minrtnrj nnil nosotloo ftl tllO PCai OI V -"-I - ----- Government. Official Ruevity. The Governor of New Ilamp- shire has set an example to his twenty-nine brother governors in his last message. He had not much to " . . ..... I 1 .s ay, nnd he paid it in a half column of a newspap-.r. . .. . .Ill" The Sacks that is fashionable for the ladies to wear ow, arc called by the Newport News l4ladies mon - ey-ackets." The Cape May pilots arc now in the now k height of the fashion Tiif. Uncertainty of the Law. A woman who was convicted two years ago at Tallapoosa, of the intirderef her husband, and sentenced to the penitentia- ry for life, has had a new trial, and been acquitteJ. Doctors Ivnouom. In Cincinnati there are four nirdical collegt s, including one of dental surgery nil apparently well bustaiucd. sufkjmii: t-orci'i' oi; i.muaxa. KF.ro mm ey alefkt o. porter, r. Monday, Not. 27. 184S. Case, tlander. Knot to ttit- FiaiiX'in C. C Shank r Klackjord, J. Slaiuleu. l':a ihe grt.eial itic, ai,t in I llild in r , thv, as tiie a.!nouMit i cl.ume.1 it titot the cotnpUitiaiit tu; der au txpMM cititnct, while the twin c!ui:nfj ci'mpeiia!i m Mrnj'ly for use i.l ercuj ation, the iwucloois weie i:ol for Ihe same debt , ai d c. teepji nly, that the bill ano! tri i ; t inat le. IlcictseJ. TUtke ct at r Jli.itt t al. Debt. A j cal fiom tlie Fay ette C. C. s-MiTii, J. The admii un of an agent lehtive to an -act wi;l.io ihe rope of hi auth oity, madt at the time vv h.n such act was done, may t e given m evilet.ee to bioj his pi iiicip I. The leceqt of ian rut cf a paitneisl ip tidt by rne ef the pa;tne:, alter the tlisolu'i u of the firm, is such an art ; and hi adaussi'jii of uih p.i mint, made at llir time of the nit Tr 1 iff liu 0r.ii.ttO.. . . . - . I t .1 . r 1 . , ...v . i, .... uiiiiviuic tu v i n nee i' r toe ill lei.tlJtil in a suit afterward brought hi the na-nc tf all the ;oti eis f ,r . a.. . nit iccovei 01 nie aue ac. l. Al'uiiud. Tit-day. Nor. 28. llnjs v. Muir. Debt. Aencal fiom the Deathoin C. C. l'LACKf cKD, J. INJ, th .t 1:1 an action t.f debt upon a boiid Con hi toiitd tj be void if a tbed of convey auce -f reitain lai d, tbeiem deci ibt d, c xrcutt d to one of 1 tie r blig irst y the bligre, should in,t be coiim ieicd valid in law. a rlea. concluding li the couatry, lfi.t Hie oMiee at It.e time t.f making ni dee 1 lud n..t nei bid s:C ever anpiiied since. good title to .dd lat.d, 01 any part ihece-d. w.is a ufficifi.t pica; at leao.opoi gei er I it inm ur. Reversed. lil'lcr,admr.,SfC..v. Like. In chanevi v. Lrior 10 the Heiny C. C. I'i.rkims, J. 11 id. Out proof that the maker f a note was iieolvent ner a yeai after its :i.atuiity, did not excuse the indotsir fi r his want t f diligence in not betme suing t,e m.ktr; and lhat mch neglect dechargti tnr iiiunny oi ine l oo i ser- 11 Id, als i, that in -uh-i ipie'it iomctO of tlie note, by a third peisun, cuuld ievive the liability t f uch flid.ustr. Held also, that it piesentations of chaiactrr, to be actuu abie, most have bt-eo liaii loient. Reversed. Farkington et ct. v the Mate on the pit! ion r Fackin. toil fur a Vitt Uatcas Corpus. Appeal fi.m the Tii-peca-n -v C. C. si.Mira, J. Clear pio-jf ef the irnai.ual and ure liius chuacur of the father Ly whith In chil htu wtie likely tj te coi rupted ; or absolute want of ability lo pio vide for them ; vveie sul'kieiO goniul-, at rn.nion law, for a it fu-al to ccmiel the deliveiy f chiMuu out f the cus tody tif their mother int i that of thfir fattier upou his peti tion for a wiit of habeas corpus for ttijt putpo-e. Hut a piepjhdciance of evid. i.ee, 'et.du to t-stibli-h, at in tili case, tint the f.otier a Lai it auri aiij piovier, at.d that hi3 family, but for the timely u-isi we (1 hii Wife's lebtivti, would utiictrne have been in want cf in ccsjuf, wa itot titlicif i.t. Uur pieem statutes (K. S. lS43,chap. 35, art. 3) .'irect- iog the pii-ct elii ijs upon a( piieatiops for vvut of habeas corpus ly eit.'icr c-f the pjrenl, lo obtain Ihe custody of ihm cliilihtn, by whith it i left to the soun 1 dicietiou t f the Cuutt to deieiinioe which of the patents hall hare their custody) havitij; iiwt beeu iu f-ice wheu this cause va be fuie the ciicuit couit, the d jctiiue of the cornaion law thin pievaiied. Ajjinned. Wednesday, Nov. 20. The Slate ex rtl. Grimes r. Grrhim tt al. Kiior to the Canoll C. C. I'lackfukd, J. I hi was an attion of debt ex it I. (iiimcs, fjuiuted on a shetitP bond. ll?ld, tht Ihe assiiiw.ent of a bieacti ai iegieg that the .sht iiJl', ' toiitiaiy to liistlut) in that bt hall.cjn lucted a ale f hmds, at a heu:? .vale, "4 in an illejj.il, iricuUr( and ftatidulent manner, lor the puipoe af Vexnu, haiasjin ai d iiijuili.' aid (Jii:ru, .md caii:..t; said lands to be sold at a gioat .s-ouijce, and fr Minn it-tly beh vv iheir iea value, and did, by said ilhgil, iiieu!ai, fiatiduleut at.d opjMe-ivc conduct, sell und ctu-c lo t e sold, sail land at a leal sacii fice, atitl foi sums gieatly t tlow their iral value, wheiefoic Giiau's ' Miitained a da.na.'c if öJ,o(X) dollai ;! is nfH cici.t in substance, and not ut jtctionablc on eoeial dcmui ter. That the ale was c inducted in an illegal and fraudulent mannei, i ;ui aveiioiut compounded of law ai.d fact, and is tia veiable. Held also, that the statement in another btench that th heiilf unlawfully and extoitiouily deuiaudei and received foi hu fees, fjr ceitain eci Vices, out of the proceeds cf the sale befue deetibtd, ICO dollais tnoic I ban the law all. .wed boa, though lufoimal, was not ol jtctional ou eiiCial de niuutr. The pleas of non dimnificalu arid lhat, if the relator had been damnified, it was of hi own vvitin, aie inadmissible, wheie ihe nut u en a bond coi dt'iooil for the dischaigc of ollitial dunes. It i believed that they can be pleaded only on a bond tf indemnity. Reversed. Remanded, with leave tn defendant to plead. Haniton, Tabor tr Co. v. Seaman 4 Xrto'i. Foreign attachment. Appeal fiom tlie Allen C. C i'ERKIN, J. Af ter Ihe divtdution tf a paitneihip, the power ol Ihe fumer lar iier, ii.iti vi '.o.illy , to ! now inoncj to pay i pai liierhip debt iä t ut that of erdn aiy j int dcbtoin ; ai.d the boitow in of such money by one of the foimer iaiineis will not, cotiseijuepiiyieiulei the othei liabie l the atty fio.n whom the arlle was b- nowed, tmk?s the loan i tlnwn to have been made at his tequt .t. The Mnaiuie of the iiime of both of the foimer pait neii, in tiie hand vvuting of vne of them, to a letter rcquest ii'K such loan, after Ihe peion of wh in (-e it-quet was made has bet u ix.tiücd, in the uual m rine i,of the dissolu tion of suth paitiieislnp, furnehes i o evidence, ptr set cf a request by the other. Ajfimcd. Black et al. v. Meek, admr., 4c Kuor to the Probate couilof Wayne county. Smith, J. A dioefi anary pow er, in an infeiior eouit, mud al ways be exercise J with otind discretion aud accoidn oj law. Alttrr, if any I'-uty is in juie l theicby.he ran apply to a supeuor cojit lor ifdios. Their doctriric applies tj the tticieti outy p wer given by statute to the IV. bate cent, io oideiin the sale tf ical ( titc on the peiitiou of a Irniu ist r utu s. Rtvcrsrd. Tkansmctatioxot I'oitx. A erresp ndent of the Garilencr's C'ironioh, writes ns follow: I wm nt tracted, in passing a eott.ige girden o:i the t)ih Miy, by some fine ears ef barley, und so oiitmuli v early a permd fir its development made me suspect it had been planted as wheat. On in piiry, I found thi to have been the case ; the occupier of the garden (Jame.s Tomson, of I'atson, a village on the sea const,) i:i- fortoed ine thnt his on md liims.df dibbled in a very choice sample of red wheat, a few days before Old Michaelmas.; tint, from its growing rank, ho rnovved il in the beginning of January, ami the result has been a line crop of barley, the ears well set with grain; on one lüde, where the plants were not touched, the niturnl produce of wheat his been produced. What will be the result of tl? crop next year from this etd of barley !" Official Wit. The messenger attached to the War Department, at Washington, is a wag of the firt wnter. A p:irt of hid businen i to introduce stranger having business tit the War Oliice, to Sec retary Marcy. On one occasion, sinee the election. , . . i . i i j wishing to sec dov. M.ircy, and not fnidjn ' him in t , " ! , . . l" I his room, the inesuenger rnslietl up to the clerk, and placing himself iu a theatrical attitude, in the wordd of Walls's celebrated hymn, exclaimed : That Maiict 1 to othx-r how, That Maucy phovv to mo." This enicccssftil ctfort nt parody was greeted wi h shouts of laughter, in which none joined more hearti ly than the Secretary, who entered the room in timo io catch the whole scene. An Ancient am Venf-kahm: Ivo. We have lecn presented, by a friend in New Dedford, with on Kgg. j of which the following inscription, who di is borne ojxm it, gives the history : 44 Presented by Oapt. 11. IL Crocker, of No lledford, Mass., Ap;il, 15 10. This hgg ol a lenguin, taken from the Island ol lchaboe. , , j , , ,,... vÄ, . i , . i l j'eteuioei, uit, iho-ii 'iu n ti m..mv liiu euilaCU . ' . . t , . m stun no; and, allowing the accumulation to be one- . ... c , . m " ... . ... , ,r eighth of an inch per annum, (the iMtnl ucmg ha f - " a mile long, and a quarter f n mile wide,) it inuft be - carH 0j.;;.Jtfn .Ujlls, Valuable Recite. 4,llow to make beeches bite," is the caption of an article going the rounds of thu papers. 1 ne best wav, says an exchange, tinquestiou- '.J ?... , nblv, ist. piesent to jheoi a first rale note at thirty . ., . e . o rn . days, with an oiler of live per cent, a intuitu, lhcy ! will bite ininntly, and never k: p suoking cither, un- j til they get the w bohr. Frcnucnt attempts at t lfccting a change of rulers are made in the city of .Mexico, but they are 11 put ' UlC Illilli'J IU HIV S.HJ s'. , . i,tu .. one comjwiuy tf police con ; cat jns!l onj French leserters. Tw ' nic,J ar(s gljtiicieiit to keep the ity.ee composed ot Amen- euty-hve of theso containing not lesd ! than 1-"H),000 souls, in perfect order. . JT (ilM0 stiel is reported lo have Faid, if Ihu r,a ,jaJ tllfCl.s to ,-VCf the i':igUU ould find i ...nri.;reM worshipers. Some English writers arc predicting that the China trade will be diverted across the American continent before long, from the etraights of Ju-iii dc Fuca.