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.. . y n ... ... v,,, .hi In . t t t III S" . . ' ' " .... . . j . , .. , . w ,'',...., ... . - Cj : - : NEW SERIES V0fr 7.' NO. 33..' LANCASTER, OHIO, THURSDAY MORNING; DECEMBER 23, 1852. WHOLE NO 1423 , . ... ... -.'V.;.t..; M, . ; ... ... .. ... - - -. - -....-..,, ...... ; , w. I, I 1 . J. 1' - , - - ' i. ' i ? , rBBUSHEp. EVERT THCBSPAT HOBWIHO. ; . 'fjEuRCe . WEAVB,T0TaNO PROPRIETOR "."V ' Joka tl. Wrlsht, Prlnteri ' ' r ' in . i 1 ' r - 1 . . ft QmCKMlnuage . Building TWri Flour Min'Slret-8outh Siil.,' T Thursday EveningPec. 1. 18g , t Thr Paei Press. The press of Paris liss generally fallen offln clrculatlonince ' , Jouii Napoleon deprived it of liberty. , The ' -2 Journal det Debatt alone hat kept at its pre f vious figure of 12,000 coptee. . The Cotuti- tvlionrul, Which, previous to the eoj d'eUtt, '' circulated 30,000 copies.rose soon afterwards , to 33,000, aa It was then the apecial organ of fhe. usurper, but has since fallen off,some 36 ; f AflOO, notwithstanding a reduction of its price j , , tQ 33 franca, or f$ year, which is conaid t "eraily !! thn Ihe coat of paper and stamps, V This journal Jiai, hoWeVM.Just been sold to ' 7,i M, ilires, the proprietor of the Patt, i, rivaj . " establishment, and now the favorite of tU C' v rEmperor, : for th of $300,000. The ,1 . pay' sold 18,000 cbptes before December! -'Jt now sells nenore lUn 1,000. The " ;r Steele, the organ bf the Cavaignae RepubU .eas, has been decreased 8,000; the Presse, : GirardiW pper, has fallen off 3000 f the ' - 2Vrti 6,000ithe QauUti Front egiti V,;mist, fraiv3?itQ0"t9 3,300;- the. Vnivert, V Catholic, has decreased 4,000; the Assemble ' . aionate".C.600;'the Ufon,Legitimit, 1.0Q0. r The cisculation of the entire daily press of . Paris, jxeepting the Montieur, the olficisl : oran of ih Gavernment.lias fallen off aome 55,000 sheets aily under the reign of the ..new Napoleoni This urtailig the freed- " om of the press. Louis Napoleon now makea paramount to all other objects. He i too . ' wise to suppose that a people who have ac ' esse to knowledge will ever inbmit to be 'j governed by tyrant. '. It le only the Ignor i ant, worthless vagabond, who ever aepirea to anything higher thai ' ta "kiea his .'! M.iMtv's little fineer or treat toe," lhtill ..limit ta such acta or atrocitVi ana ev err Frenchman that can be made to renounce InvVs'tiawion into the pulbic affairs of the '.' Fro ach Empire.is rejoiced over" by the tyran. r,i..l hlail.jur.kera who co-operate with . Naaoloonl With as "eteeedirig greatjoy .. as is the repentant aioner by the angels in heaven. V; - . . s- : tatstTivt. In the Senate a bill to a mAid the act reeulating elections was pas- ,eesV Sometimoji'as spent in committee ef - the wnsle ou the bill forthe Incorporation of the IIsusel Mr. ShellaWgcrjtate.no. tice of m bill to Tegu'Ute proceedings in the - i Probfe Tourt relating to inquests, a 10 iu, '. rustics, Wiotsaad inaenf jrsen; aled A bill "' regulating the sale of public Iswu's.ih the ' - Probate Court, in eaaee in which that Court liae jurisdiction. Mr. Hard Introduced i ; ' bill to repeal the" act authorizing the Com V " missioners of Jackon county to subscribe to ",i th a Iron Railroad Company.; The bill to ai . 'mend the act prescribing the mode o,f ' prac- lice in mm ouuriB w iv..m..w.j- r.---r.r Ail A rABiitiitirln .was adopted .renuestinf the Treasurer and Auditor of State to rip'wr the number of bills issued te the Independenf : Banks since April 13, 1852, and the amount returned to them ft the same time, an3 also .. inviting the Beard of Control to commuhi. - ' aimilar Intelligence wspeoting the "Banka eonn'eoted with the 6tate Bank. ; M LeBlond, on leave introduced a bill to ptp villa for the safe keeping and dieburs' melit ofthe prblic funds. . This bill provides for,. all payment into the Treasury to be specie ' ''or tax-paving banks of Ohio, and all dis- 5 bnrsementa to be in specie. Jv ' i. Thb Sabbat j Pmkob. Wfcen an e lection Is ordered in France, says the Louis ville Journal, Sunday is generally the day "v the ballots are cast. Sunday is the chpsen ' time, there, for fetes of all sorts for public ''meeting's.' for parades, and so en. It waa i only the other day that the new Emperor Napoleon himself went "hunting in the - foreaU ofFontainbleao, with a royal retinue. on Sundav The fourth commandment is ; thus universally, officially, .and unofficially - ignored.' A nation which thua holds in eontembt the' Christian institution of the " Sabbath U not likely to be greatly moral I 'i other respects. Yet some people are all the while puzzling their brains to discover ;why ; France s not a Republio Instead of a Mon ,rehy democracy instead of deapotism. A republio implies selfgovernment.yet how ."can a nation govern Itself when it rcjects the, only means that enablea it, iudividually ;;:indln''tkViU'ta;gyra itself.: , --'EscaU or PmaoHERa ' BltTtMORt. Edward iluddcn, waiting his trial "for the io.urder'or Zimmerman; Thomas s Conner, trt.t for the murder of Captain Hatchinaon, and five others cofined for mi- nor offences, escaped from Jail in the city of Baltimore, en the evening of the lath inst. i ,n& have not aince been heard from. The Governor offers three hundred dollare'ro- ' "t vvard for each of the murderers.- ';f ; u Cwa.-?N.P.'WWI, in his letters onCu ba, sys:' ' vatever Repttblicaa low there t roJ f r . i smoBg the Creoles Jn other if, : '.aland, there. is ho trace of it to bt. .iii liit the scornful lip of the-jlayana . ' , gentleman tecogniting an 'American.' i A ' v - eofTee hous In the euborbj the walla of ''"'" 'which' are painted with caricatures .'ttf us, gives a keyjto the feeling "most prevalent , , ' ; In the Metropolia." . '''f .1,;' !s. AARoB.BqRRis, represented thy,, one or . his surviving relatives, in the, New. York Ob " server; to have been in his Isst moments a beliver in God and n Toward. .an p'nhishr ments hereafter. - ' v ' .... ,- : a-v "' :.a .f -. Liter trom CAtioRiA. The Steamer j Illinois, which iirrived at New York on the 13th, brought So puiengere mil two mil lions In gbW "v J , She left t Aspinwsll, the steamor. United Ststes, awaitlnp the irriral of the WinfielJ Scott from Baa Francisco, whence ah was to sail on the 18th. trt t ,.;T .n,;. Contributions for the relief of the suffer-, ers by the fire at Sacramento, hsd been ta- ken up at the principaftownp, nd. in ten j .r....". - j u.,. o0.uu were raieu at oB t raocuco. The passehgers that came on the Ulinais bring 63OO,00O in; gold, which would swell the entire arnpunt brought by her to two a.nd half million of dollars. , .The loss by. the Brent Mary ville is about 8100,000. . ' "The-(.lndiana on the Colorado had been completely subjected by Major Ileintzelman, and a treaty of peace had been signed. ' Major Dossi who has been prospecting in the regions of Cheppd.teports abundance of gold in every stream; also plenty . of iron! The state.pas . gone lor. l'ierco by 3,881 . majority. i , ,, . ... . i . ' ' Statistics op CaiME.i The Commercial as selected from the Annual Report of the Clerk of the Court of . Common Pleas .to tho Attorney General, the following statistics of crime, in Hamilton County: i ' ! J' . 'Since the 3rd of May there nave been prosecuted to convictiou 10 eases of grand. arceny; 8 of burglary; 1 ol horse stealing; ol arson; 7 ot passing counterteit money; 4 of having counterfeit , mony with intent to pass; 3 of murder in the first degree; 1 of stabbing with intent to kill; 1 of utter-, ing forged notes; 1 of embezzlement, 81 of petty larceny,, sentenced to county j ail; 4 of petty larceny, sentenced to House of Re fuge; 23 of. petty larceny,, punished with fines; 73 cases of assault and. battery, and 13 of riot, within the same period there have been 38 acquittals, 37 nol. pros., 9 dis-. charged, and I quash.' The total number of years to which parties have been senteneed to the penitentiary, in torty. convictions, is 133. The total period ot all Uiq sentences to the county, jail and House of Refuge is 320 months and 36 days. Ono was sentenced for life, and one to be bung, ,. The aggre gate amount of costs of prosecution, includ- nr all coats before the Mayor and examin ing oourta, alao witnesses' lees, die, during the above named period, ia $3,113,94." - New York harbor is either becoming shallower, or the vessels tbey build now-a-dayt run deeper thin thuse of twenty years ago. It is n,o uncommon occurrence for ships to strike aground, by the Narrows of Cover-' nor's Island Fortunately for New York even Pierce Locofocoism doea not regard as unconstitutional Government appropriation for protecting and improving the A tlantic coast harbors,, A dredging machine ofl'Sta- ton Islknd, hard at work, would bo regarded is perfectly cdnHilutional, even by a Vir ginia csdiiiat; tvhile a snng-hobt up tho Ohio or Missisnippi would, of course, be an express violation of tho Doctrines ol '9al There i hopr, ther'fure, I'nr the Commer cial Metropolia, 'four years longer; inasmuch as she gave 10,000 nmjority for' Pierce. But, it is possible, in the order ol Providence, that the trendings of the Gulf Stream- mny fill up the narrow gut bet ween Lon Island and Ambey; and visit tho futo of Tyre and Alexandria on the great American Uuhyloni BookStohbs i IreIiAmd. There ara seventy-four - towns in. . Ireland,, pone of which have "lees than twenty-five hundred Inhabitants; but which havS only a single bookstore in the whole number. The pro portion of book stores in Scotland, compared With Ireland, in the same class of towns, is nine topne. There are alao six1 Irish coun ties which cannot boast of ', even pne book seller. " . ... Vi, ' .. . ' . !,, . A CorfessiorI "An Elector'., in' the Ohio Statesman of the 11th, admits that the Presidential electors did turn their attention to Cabinet making. . . , ; Releasing free negfoea- from whipping, on their promise to leave the state, . js be coming quite common in Virgin a. 03rRev. Dr. Duffield, of Dotroit, now in Europe writes weekly letters to his con crrecration. which are read every Sabbath morning from the pulpit. The Voices of Christmas. .The winter nibnths elide upon us unaware;they breathe -deceitfully, almcst hypocritically, and would persuade sns to entertain the imagination with the fragrance of apring flowers. But we will not' be deceived.- Winter may come noiselessly and simulate the balmy breath of snrinsrbut one elance at his feet and we find him india-rubber shod, prepared for oth-J er sort of journeying than among the meeds and vernal bloom.'. Nay more, there are voices of the holi days all about ua that will not be rebuked. There are prattlers everywhere who have an instinctive apprehensive of "the good time coming," once ayear. Tbcy look into the newspapers at the breakfast tublc, and their briehteves gleam from the tell-tale columns, andone is kept posted upon all the variety of rare, novelties, and precious wares,, lor the entertainment of the body and the mind, for eye and the understanding and. we are qui etly brought, to an understanding, forthwith, that Christmas comes but pnee ayear. .. ... r. l m winter ia betroved. though he con ceal his fiirS and keep the hoar, frost at his back, Ir the flavor of gofid cheers that waits upon the season'. 'And there are those who cordially anticipate' the unfolding ol his grim authority; and the places wherein men, and women too, do "buy and sell and get gam, ' are filling op with, seasonable delights, and .the time Tor the disposal of them is at hand. Vait. sun! - - r , . ' ;r;, ,v; ; . , ftirOn the fourth day .of next March the city of Washington will, be filled with a greater swarm of gaunt and , hungry office seekera than has yet , congregated at that city. .i Thousands will come away . disap pointed, muttering curses at each step home wards, that tboir services to their party have not been duly appreciated! Such- will al wavs be the ease so long as the offices' of the country are regarded a the "Spoils of Victory." it waa not so, doing the best days ef the Republio. la. Journal, k.'i OiTTne London custom of building the houses at the junction 'qf public thorough-' lares with founded corners, so as to give a finished appearance to the street as well as opportunities ., lor ornamental display In their architecture is recommended, for adop. tionin our American cities. ' ' ' . VVhkre is the Right PabttI When the mariner is driven from bis course bv stressor wind, he does not expect to recover it bvl ouestioniotf the principle, of nsviffulion ' a oa mrowingswsy pis instruments ana m b'ea. ' On the contrary he relies upon them more than. ever to enable him to find and re sume the , right way again, and pursue his voyage .to, the destined port.' The whigs have been certjlinlv bsfHitd in their recent l.t . . .-..I expedition, . and are sufferinir severelr. but with admirable patience and good nature, from an almost unexampled visit of untoward weather. . Under euch embarrassinircircum !...,. ,ta , .0:M ' mong tbem should think of taking is to cast overboard the principlea ther have advocat- ed. .If any one ia not sincere in this, the sooner be gets rid of them the better; be cause, just now, they are likely to do hyp ocrite no sort of good. They will beat pres ent a very unproductive investment indeed. . But with many, und the great body of the whigs, this matter or conviction is quite out of their control., They have embraced a pertain system, of national policy, after due examination, because they could nut help it. There is no option on the subject. ,, Who is it calls for an abandonment of the old whig party 1 Are they those who have evet real ly been jts members! .Whit -has happened 1 to recommend so curious a proposal! Or rather what is there which can render such a proceeding possiblel , There has never been, and is not now, any material or legal ligature to bind individuals together, and form a party. It ia a union simply of opin ion. Where this exists, and us long as it shall last, there. is, and will continue to be, a party to all intents, because.thinking alike, when action comes, they will 'of necessity act in harmony. , . . . . '.The question, therefore, is not so much whether tho parly shall bo . dissolved or changed, as whether their principle shall be surrendered! We say yes, if they have been conquered. ! If the citadel of whig principles has been actually taken by the enemy, we are willing to capitulate, though we should like to march out with the honors of w ar. Our greatest leaders are in their graves, but they were not vanquished before .they died. no, that they wero not. . utners will spring to tho vacant plnces at the head of our col umns, . Au army of good soldiers never need despair of generals; they will appear as fast as wanted, if the rank and file acquit themselves as mcn.--A'eicari Advertiser .... Dabiro Attempt to Murder.' -A young man by the name of Amer Teter, attempted to take the lire of a gentleman named Aaron Penwall, a man about 70 years of age, in Baihbridge, on the 14th int; Teter went into the tavern, and found Penwall sitting by the lire; a few words passed, none of an of fensive nature, when Teter seized a large iron shovel and struck the old man on the head, knocking him out of his seat and frac turing his skull.-' He then drew a double barreled pistol and swore ho vvoulJ blow out the brains of Mr. James Morrow, who at tempted to, interfere; but by this timo a crowd began to gather and an attempt was mauB V T" . ' , " tage of the, excitement and confusion, he made his esoupe. Nothing wns hrnrd.'of him until the next day. It seems that dur ing the night he took his flight townrdi Cin cinnuti, reached RuinNboroiisrh, in this coun ty, where he entered tho stable of the widow Coleman and t'Kik i fine horse, and thi ii continued his Hi rlu toward Cinuinnuti. . Teter is a Vi'imv m in about 19 years of 'age, dark 'complexion, about 5 leet !J inches high. --It is thought that lie has gone to Cin cinnati to take passage on a bout. . Officer W. Martin, from whom we learned thetucts of the case, is now in pursuit, and takes the cars this evening for Cincinnati. , ... It is thought that Penwall cannot recover. ' Hillsborough Oatetle. , 'Agricultural Politics. I a notice of the Fair in Morrow county, as reported by Mr, Joseph Monher, in the YYeslern.Agrtcui- twrnlist, we find the following: - - .'' The show from the dairy, though small,' was bard to beat, particularly tho ',' free soil sugar," mado from the maple tree; also, cheese and butter were exhibited that would do honor to any county, except one sample of butter fixed un with o.-namcnu.aud named "Scott Butter," that did not, in view, of the committee, bear an examination, but ap peared too jnilky, or too much resembled "Soup" that caused it, like "Scott," to be repudiated. - . - . -.m This looks a littte like mixing up politics and agriculture, but as this pnper'is to be edited by S. Mcdary in future, weentertain little doubt that the political aspect of the Agriculturalist will assume considerable prominence. Zones. Cour. ' ' - 0il7"We notice that our "ablo and .talent ed"(to nse an original phrase!) friends of the Columbus Journal, tssume some, credit to themselves for bringing down the wholesale prices of oysters, in their city, to standable rates by purchasers or - limited means. Whether we, are entitled to put a similar feather in our cap,- or not, we. leave our renders to judge. One thing, is certain, oysters are bound too- down, when we take up the subject and they have gone down, within a week, to t) 1,60 80c '.One house, we are told, is selling even lower. ,;. ' "The world', mine oyster, whi.:h with the pen we . open!" . , i , , Set. Gaz.i. ' ' ' , ..CT A curious ceremony takes place in London before the opening of Parliament. A committee visit the vuults of the Parlia ment house tosearch for the ghost of Guy Fawkes. This year- the form was gone through with as usual. The honorable gen tlemen found nothing more dangerous than the hot air pipes, and Dr: Rreid's vcntila ting apparatus.: After wandering about by lantern light for some time, they are emerg ed to upper air, covered with dust and cob webs, and reported that the honorable mem. bers miglif consider themselves safe from an epiolon"du'ring ini cnaplngjewion. . ... Old Books. Some weeks since we saw In the city, papers a notice of an.' old Biole, owned by Archbishop Purpell, and the world was challenged to produce a hook of more ancWlt date. It is , known that the Bible Was the first book printed, and , hence it might be expected that a copy of the Scrip tures would be preserved of greater antiqui ty than my other book But we have been shown a book, in the, possession of Rev. W, P. Strickland, of this city, entitled.' "Uisto ria Scholastiea," in blsck-letter Latin, illu minated by some monk of, the middle ages, of equal if not more ancient date. He has al so in his possession Plutarch's Lives in I tallian and Latin, upward of three hundred years old. Cin. Atlas. ' 'Faiist Weioht Dead. This celebrated woman, afterward Mrs. D'Arusmbntwhose fame has made her' well known in Europe and 'America, died at Cincinnati on Monday evening. last., For some' lime she has been residihg in that city, Where sne nas oeen en-' gaged In litigation With her ' husband about certain property. . '' ' Fridny Cveniuu, Dec 17, lHVi re " Lawi-essbms. Our' exchange from alf nuarters: come ton. filled with . ' r...,- ' n,.u. cirv or isaiiimore.inac u nas open i tho evening,1 it being unsafe for ladies to appear in thi itreeU though accompanied by gentlemen. It is indeed lamentable, that the worshippers at the altar of God must' give way to the rowdyism of the worship-1 pers of Sstan.' ' Lamentable as the state of society is in Baltimore, it Is even worse' in Philadelphia and New York.' Cincinnati, too, has also recently become the theatre of crime and depot of Satan. And even in the little town of Newark, the papers advise the citizens to' arm themselves with' deadly weapons for self-defence.. This is not only disgraceful to the cities in whose streets such an ul rming amount of crime Is perpetrated, but it is a diHgrace to the whole country, a atigma upon the character of our people Why so much villainy and rowdyism! Do we not boast of being a christian people! And have we Hot erected all over the coun try houses of divine worship,: the doers of which are thrown open alike to the rich and poor to all and every class!' It is hot be cause Christian Societies have been remiss in their exertions; but it is to be traced to the accursed and exclusively partizan spirit of the day.' It iB the natural consequence of the dependance of candidates tor office upon tho votes and influence of . impudent bullies. ; ' - . '. : - .. : : The man" who has been elevated to office by the influence of knaves and villains can not be expected: to deal out justice to them, No officer can be expected to exercise vig ilance in discovering the lawlessness ' of thoso to whose votes he owes his eleva tion. Dependants upon the vilesi sons of iniquity, they cannot do. "otherwise Hhan countenance; enconrsge, and fosteV grog- i shops, gambling saloons, Sic? No good cuu' ever ta expected to result frorn partizan' influence; but once bur people see tho ne cessity of 'elevating men to 'office upon the grounds of competenty, thert.'und not till then, can we expect to note an improvement in. the public morals.'" ," J ' '' , These remarks are not alone applicable to municipalities.. It is notonly the magistrates, and aldermen ttwt'look to this class - as a kind of .'reserved battalion" that con be i wheeled into action in cane of a closely con tested political combat; but sorry are we to s'ny, that men. who' aspire to the, highest of (fee in the nation, descend so low as to court the favor of a lawless band that hive, been fortne pnst few years brandishing the torch of. discontent oud committing the most treas onable BClnof , uttrocity. . Yes, there are thoso among us who iven dar,o vcal!umniate. ihe patriotic and moral portion of cuinmuni- ty for frowning down acts of lawlessness'. Arid this too, is dune for partisan gain; to ingratiate themselves into the good opinion of that class who are influenced by the most sordid motives. ' -. ' ' ' ' JLet every honest citizen' shun the coun sel of the demagogue, and seek to elevate such as would spurn the idea of a connection with this class or seek to obtain their votes. Tho Militia J5ill. This bill has passed the Senate, and ia pow banded about iu the House.'! No one! however, need be alarmed on account of this martial display the pro visions are very pacific. The Cincinnati Ga zette is informed that it merely requires town ship and ward assessors to make a list of male citizens from eighteen to forty-five years of age, and retarn them to the County I Auditor. From him the list passes through the brigadiers and mnjors general to the ad jutant general of the State, and from him to the War Department at Washington. The bill also provides for the organization of vol unteer companies from -those liable to duty, who shall be first called Into service on calls upon the Ohio militia. , ; - . : . - Gouet's Lady's Book for the ' new year gives promise of rare excellence; the Janu ary number it before us, and warrants ua in saying so; ' Godey is the model publisher enterprising and generous, possesses a dis criminating judgment" aa to the wants of the reading public. No publisher is more liberal to American authors, and none are more, deservedly successful in business. The price ot the. Lady's Book is $3 a year. Postage, only 2 centaa number. . " . . , , 1 ,,l,' : PatuTEa's Fb tival. Tho printers of Columbus held a meeting on Saturday eve ning last, and resolved to celebrate (he 17th day of January next, being the anniversary of (he birth day of Benjamin FbarkliI, by a public supper. An Invitation- committee was appointed to invite the attendance : of the prf&tere of the neighboring cities, or an expression of their, sentiments. " The M'Arihub, . RsfoblicAr. This is the name, of a neatly printed "VVhig paper, published in M'Arthur, Vinton county, by L. S. &' L?-Wt'Bo. The' Vintonitei'of course wil furnish the 'tnaterial aid' to keep uv ivuuuiiou .iiwi,., . - . , ' .. i. Park BEjuAMiM-Thiij:entlf nmrij. ho has been lecturing inCiucinnatiand Dayton, has been well received by the citi2ens)f both places.'' The Dayton Journal sjfenks highly of their character and the mahner in' which they interest the citizens. J .. fy-The commissioners to revise the forms and legal practioeof the State, have, for-j warded a part bf their report to the Legisla ture." 'It isa measure of mbcK importance; ' i ' ' ' ' !. -.1 . ' Oirltissaid that fifty dollars -Worth of lime would har prevented the: fall of the building by Which' several ' persons -were kilted in New.York recently. -p?''' accounta of outrages committed on both per. I iy 7 ..around." Here thry are: - law makers has been directed principally, sdnsand propeMy;vidVncinf conclusive. ! I852 wcre 7--9' Mck inc,ule ' , acon ClouSh i-ahoutto tr-ve!, plng to 1 r; the past two davs. to the arrangement 1e tKft. ffim. I, nn tU inAM, k,nK... i 0349 of balance on bandi July U.t. '". move aw. v, of course he's ewng off. of.th.ir r.-spective Coortbills, andbut little helen the length and breadth of the country, Soch , ., , . - t'orllnd Maine; dd in rf membranr ofhu tpr of General interest. Since the unfor ha. become the audacity of rogues and row- (wenae. for the year 1852, exclus.ve of bal- m,ny plesnt ;ff hi?luin.it.n op In the Iwofoco household in Aia. in it,i,l.h-nttimo.. tK.Hi u. w existing on July 1st, ISjI, ano amount ing at least a e-ecimcn nf.k.t n.t.. I relation to the rltrkship of the Houae, the f . i d . i I porlof tb PoU,w.Ur General shows, he op. ,io " - " Fyar. ) t.. .v. ........ - T..1.. a . 1 i-idrawn from Treasury, J.923.932 20.; The p0 "count will, Gre.. Britain give. ""'"-'"K " 3d quarter of 1851 10,010 u" : 20,578 15 j 4ih " " 1st ''' ' 1852 ' v 40,fK)8 48 2d ' '." about ' 23,060 00 ; the mails received and sent between the British Provincos and the United States were:. '. Mails received unpaid ' $25,377 08 ' " paid ' ' 22,144 60 472168 Mails sent unpaid ' paid ff 3 1,034 C 34,797 81' -55,741 97 , " .Total for the year ' 103,203 65 Collected in Canada 53,170 26 " United States 56,684 39 t Postage on mails be- ..;( tween tJieU. S. and , New Brunswick ' r 8,812 56 Collected 111 thi U. States4,5B2 "8 " New Brunswick 4,249 78 - The extra allowance far 1852, paid to Postmasters nnder the act 1851, was $150,- 594. ,j ; .' ,. ;, . ; '; , , Surplus commissions to Postmasters have accrued at four offices, viz: ..... . New Yoik " t'hicngn, III. Washington, D. C. ' Harriburgh 8 19.332 1,!!4 2.054 '2,138 Total . utmartnmn.l.sfnn- S56.42I r - t - - ' i it A ffnm 1'ita maolnM in eiliiulninnl rvf yearly accounts 8,992,996. - . . ... The aggregate number of letter, newppa pers, and circulars, &c,, delivered by letter carriers in New. York, Philadelphia, Bos- ,ton, ilaltiraore , and New Orleans .),3I)2, j636.' ' :..'.- - , ', ' '-. : -; ! Amount received bv ear'rit'ri - 8104,355 Letters ree'rived' in abovfl ' ' ' - citiesartd. Washington and San Francisco Number sent from do do : . Amount paid for transports tion during the yoar.. , , Of which for regular service' Route Agents Supply Special Offices Foreign mail transportation New York to Bremen New York to Havre Chagres to Havana '. 2t,232,!23 57)03,769 $4,225,31 1'28 3,457,131 09 91,935 83 . 103,016 37 , , 166,608 64 151,000 00 50,000 00 1 l,uuo i;j Across Panama ' 75,544 75 Liabilities to transport in , . . . former y9ara , . ' .144,012 28 The letters peid and unpaid during the fis cul year, were very large; unpaid domestic, 32,072,765; paid, in money 18,443,610; by stnmps 31,892,750; freo letters 3,148,000; drop'lctters 973,13 1; conveyed by European steamers, 4,421,547; conveyed to Havana' 99,392; conveyed to California 1,495,537; ofdead letters unpaid 2i635,909. Total, 95, 790,524. No less than 87,710,490 newspa- pcrs passed through the mail; 7,073,548 were exchange newspapers. Between 4 and 5, 000,000 of letters were conveyed by the fol lowing lines: Cunard 2,758,096; Collins 963,672;' Bremen 354,570; Havre 345,289; and by the Cunard 942,950 newspapers; by Collins 280,974 newspapers. Postage from Cunard 565,572; by Bremen line 77,219; by Havre line 80,805 total 952,464. ("7,1.1 ,. , r, . . , . TT ..' , lins, and Cunard collected, in the United States 468,615 93. Farsebs Should hot Com plais. Every productof the farmer is now in active de mand, and at full prices.' Their is nothing that he raises that does not readily sell. But as if more effectually to rebuke past complaints at the loss from potato rot, and of other crops by insects, while weeds and other pests of the field were left unscathed, Providence is now, by something like the potato blight, exterminating the thistlo and m alien of of Maine; in some psrts none es cape the exterminating destroyer Thus "good is educed from ill, and the equal ways of Providence asserted." ' Singular Orioib or a Grape VinE.-The Elkton Democrat, says there is a flourishing grape vine.-growing on a farm in the vicin ity of that town, with the following singular history. Tho seed from which it germinat ed formed a covered button or clasp to a la dy's kid glove; which was Imported from Pari, among a lot of others, by a merchant of Philadelphia, and sold to! a merchant in Elkton..': A lady purchased the gloves, con taining this grape seed, wore them but, dis covered the seed; catrsed it to be planted, nndit'is 'now a floorishing vine. ' 1 . High- Ihcerdiart. In s house on Ms Donopgh street, last week, smoke was dis covered prttfceeding from the family Bible, lyincr on the table near a window. On ex amination, it was found that the edge of the Bible was in the exact focal distance from a glass globe containing gold fish, that the sun himself was playing the incendiary.-- rortsmouln Jour. ; 1 " The "Critter.". The New York Tri bun says thefe are 8,000 hotels, drinking saloons and dram shops in that city, and ihe amount expended in them is amazing ajmost beyond belief. If , 'the .daily sales 'average $10each, which Is ("very low eetima'e, the amount will be fc80,000.a day, $3,400,000 a month, and $29,000,000 ayeart Three years nf thls expenditure wriuld builds railroad to California..-'-'" . V ' ' ' ' 5 .... r- --. . t 1 4 .- CTRising Sun, Ind a famous )lace for potatoes.", From the Republican of the qih inst , we clip the following? . , y; ,', r .. tl. 8. Sl R. Epey shipped in a flstboat from this place, one. day the present ,week, 3,500 barrels of potatoes', itbeing a thou sand barrels more thna has ever been ship ped by any one boat from our wharf. . ' . . r-J-f ! V fJTAn old lady, who Tina, beenreading the famous moon Story very attentively, remarked with emphasis, that the idea of the moon being in habited -was indredible.'to be lie vo, "for," said she, "what becomes of the people in the moon, when there's nothing at all left of it but a little blue sptckl", , ,j K r .'..;.iv- -r -- . .t'j ' ! ' y A .'. 1 -i ' DEAaFiaEs. yood splgia(Ctnqinna'ti at nye dollars peoTil.S f . .'s.t .7 l4W..HBii,ln al,ttpr fromV.ltlm.iCorTespden.oftheUncasterGaUe.1 lt vetV. Sprit f the T..e., r,-Uu . ah - - Coli-bw.. December 18. 1383, coople uf anecd.ws that will 4u t "u.,i ' ' . , . does do occasionallv. lUt tlm T ,Ti!.n,u. ; may look out for him. Stsppieg in at tho Deacon's uaV Ark nf i Hlnrp. nni mnrnif.ir u lion i.. ..u. cry thing, from a snc hore plough toach'.ld's rattle.' !S ' ' Been a treat lorcerr committod: have you heard of it!" No," savsI,',haro not, Deacon.. When who!" . ... . - "Dan'l Emerson, down here.". You don't teli me that! What! old man Emerson V "Yes, sir, old man Emerson." Why, bless my soul I thought no man ni.t.t eoB,m."n,,y-! Deacon!" srrs I "Yes I always thought so, too; tot it's not the first time he did it." "No! God bless m, is it potsible? Who was it on! what did he forge, Deacon!" "It was a plaguy thick - tire, on a UmUr thenr .. Old man Emerson earries on'a lw , j I Ismithery and wsgon factory, you see. I 'grabbed an axe helve, and the last I saw of r . . i ... i . .- . . . f I .in , - ... . . , the Deacon about that t.me, was a Jrapnent i a of h,s coat ta.l vun.sh.ng up into h.s loft. 1 1 confessed the cape ' An o!d.h sort of a rel,c of the past an old gont who confers a UaSh wnfu!,j Who has been a suWnW for 40 yMrr,jf moreorlessto the "Daily Advertiser." a ! . .journal tiiat never inserted a witty item hut ' ;once during its ex.stence, and then it Ut j l0ver t.wemy snbsenbrs in a h-ap! Th-s j . old gent came into Deacon Uough's .to re, a j few weekago,hnd e.-n.g the i Deacon sea- j ; " 2 ".."Z.'rr.0..? I 'tiT j 1 ui;biw, i in h I farnntrt molinolii.ln f in A mm Ihiunk I he had "lost all" by th rn?ales, and owed two quarter rent ' . "What is the. trouble, Deacon Clough, tui morning!" "Well," says the Deacort.-I'm bothered some with the gravel very much, in fact, ttiismormng. Indeed! it s very shocking it's rerr sf- llicting,'. says oii Wolemncholy; and what have you done for it Deacon?" . "Nothing yet; inut attend to it, I sup pose." " I would. Deacon, I ' would, it's very dis- j treesing It's a roost, lamentable ill; go to j Dr. Moore.ortomy friend Dr. Purkhurst, i and be advised at once. Deacon." ' I i "Oh,Igueas I can soon Ox it i few t stitches will answer." I vStitches!"' says Sorrowful.' "Yes,"ssys the Deacon. "Yoo see they've I koAH Mn.mniv .mil ui Mot AI v K rvrt fM i win- .. J tkn lu anil 'ra nl.miv irrmvt. ul. to my feet and bothers me like sin! When tbe foil .force of the terrific fsct burst in trpon the old sober-side's brsin that he wasjoked, be liked to have wilted right down into his boots. He left in horror, and the Deacon heard that h kept his bed for three weeks! When Deacon Clough leaves this village, we shall have lost a good citizen, and a joker as can't be beat.. So mote it be. . . -. . Tke War or 1812160 Arret of l.ini. The proposition presented by Judge Suther land, in a letter, some time aince, relative to granting land to those who served ir the war of 1812, or other wars of the country has met the approval of Mr. Wilson the Land Commissioner at Washington. Recently the subject was brought to his attention, ahd he has recommended to Congress to give l60 acres to every man who was out in any of oor wars, or if dead, then to his widow or children. Those w ho served their country in this and tbe oiher States, sbonld hold meetings and piss resolutions in favor of this grant of 160 acres, and send them to Cou- j fa j, m fae j duti the present session. Cheap Liviao. The following are tbe prices of eatables at Knoxville, Tennese it ia a great place for persons of limited means sod extensive appetites: "Corn 25., Flour $2 per hundred, Oats 12c; Beef2and 3c Butter 12c; Chickens 8 to 10c: Tur keys 25 to 30c For Pork, holders are ask ing 5,00, but few are engaging at that price, expecting it to bp bad for less. Green Ap ples 25c: Sweet and Irish Potatoes 25c, and abundant at theso prices. ' Railways, by opening a communication, will soon have an influence on such prices, by equalizing them. The common articles of farm productions will have a market for almost everything double such prices as are quoted. " v : The True Life. The mere lapse of years is not life. To eat, and drink, and sleep; to be exposed to darkness end tbe light, to pace round in the mill ot habit and turn the wheel of wealth, to make reason our- book-keeper snd turn thought into an implement of trade this is not life. : In all this, but a poor f ruc tion of the consciousness of humanity is awakened and tho sanctities still slum ber which make it most worth while to be. Knowledge, truth, love, beauty,; goodness, faith, alone can giys- vitality to the me chanism of existence; the laugh of mirth which vibrates through, the heurt.the tears that freshen the dry wastes within, tbe music that brings childhood back, the pray er that calls - the' future near, the doubt which makes ns meditate, tha death which startles us with mystery, the hardships that forces us to struggle, the snxiety that ends in trust are true nourishment of our natural being.., " ... ... -, V,..';' . OrBy a degree ol the local "government of Erfurt," Germany, no one is to bevengaged In lucifer mutch manufactories who has im perfect or partially decayed teeth. It has been found that the phosphorous uaed in the manufacture, acts on the decayed surface and spreads to the hones of the' jaw,' which are in bad cases consumed.' The disease is called the "keochenfrass." All the work men who have detects in their teeth are to be discharged. ... if,1 ' ":A'Rich Bishop. A corryponi!i-ht nf fhe Buffalo Republic suys that "Bishop Timori. of that Diocese, now holds, by 'grants.lands. in Erie county alone, valued at 200,000 Somp twenty bounties tf the State are com prised in that Diocese, and the Correspond ent of the Republic suppose that the total value Of real estule held by The Bishop in the same cannot bejessthan 400,000. - ,1'JfRi!iTER's Toasts. TAi Press" It ex presses truth, re-presses error im-presses knowledge, and bp-presses none. r r ,- Babies. Miniature editions of. humanity issued periodically, and displayed, in- small caps. .... 'in. v Editor Onmc- The attention f - . democratic fire has gone dowa to its umtal j tempcratnre, and is comfortably calm in the !,,K',t superficial observer. ' Bat the eVe I mrnli nre .till nerrpnliMv at work and nre- PsnnS ,h Brand conflagration or the 8th f Jnuary, when an eruption is indicated "t' will surpass all former precedent, and; l,rlng the vsr-ltke factions so lately barmonl-, ' QUI snatnnfnnliBnt m imv k FT.r L.T I n ar ss Herculanemand Porapci. " The Senate -was yesterday, during1 tho real business hours of the session, Id com mitfe of the whole on the bill introduced by ' Mr. Hall, of Erie for the incorporation ofv tow nships. This bill is intended to entirely of the township, of the State by prescribing' more clearly the duties of all township onV ecrs, as well as adding largely to thsm and instituting better regulations lor the protec tion and comfort of the poor. Many provis ions of this bill are highly worthy of a hu mane, rich andpowerlal people, and would doubtless add much, to the happiness and well being of tbe indigent, as well as to the ...... f . .. ..... n ......, . m . .,1 afflnan,. f . i . ii i... j ...i.. J.. ,1.,, u... .'II . ijw UIULIU irswiyt, IU IHV IIUUII. .Ubl.l repolution, whtcVl m. ,greed to, calling the Aoditer of State for information a. to the smount of bsnk bilU iiued to the ver!t, ,ree banks sine, lbs 3d of April, and tbe preii(Jpnt oftBe Board of Controal fc iaformation as to the differen- t r.u. e.... n..ir Tkn .k;..i s priiu:,rily to ncerlaiD whether any of the Baukll reCcnt!y been extending the as mnonl of their dreilUlkm; and secondly, it is difficulty - to say . hat. VVa av find out h,.reail;r. A good deal of attention has aenb, both branches to the b.I for 1 1 . rr th l nriiuuitiri). n mi now passed both Houses, and an amendment made by tbe Representatives was disagreed to in ttt tWW, so that whtn that is adjust ed, u bicta. it will perhaps to-morrow, the - . . - 1 . ' bi:l will be a law. It is very specific in the d-.,:. f riwhu anj Aalie. ,..a -ill oorhans Lre ugfroln guui 0f the inconveniences formerly eiperieuceJ in the organization of thu troubUlOBl, vrlocl of the govei-n- meBt. a bill M introduced to-dav by Mr Hall similar to tbe Maine Law, forthe sup pression of tbe sals of srdent spirits, and a very dcWrwineJ effort will be msde to do something ia the wsy of curtailing this traffic; but what will come of it is beyond all calcu lation. A Moderate majority seems, to be in favor of a liberal toleration of that kind of commerce, and it would net do to suspicion wroag if one would ssy that even grave Sen ators might occasionally be found in certain localities where the erifter keeps its camp A bill is before the House which will per haps pass in some shape to relieve taxpay ers from the payment of all taxes for the purpose of paying the interest on stock held by tbe Stato oa incorporated companies. It Is a blow at "corporal power" aud amounts toeflectusl repudiation. . ,. . i , A grsat crowd wasdiduixZ here last night I by a .fellow calling himself "Herr Alexan der." who advertised a "rift concert," and swindled the ticket holders by a gross fraud upon their credulity, which, when the dis covered it, excited their indignation to the . pitch of seizing his "goods and chattels" up on the stage, himself barely escaping the fu ry of the b'hoys, and this morning, by due course of law, the wonderful magician was comfortably lodged In jail.. EscoTBSls., Ahottter Locoroco War. Mahlon H. Medary, Clerk of the House of Represents tives. roraes out In' a formidable two col umned document in the Statesmen, in de fence of his course as Clerk, and in reply to the attacks made upon him by Withrow and other Loeofoco members of the House. Marlos is down upon tbeSeerctary ofState, and tells him ia substance that he is a great fool. Other members of the party are coolly told that they are "yelping curs." Perhaps they are, as they are all of the great Loeo foco family, and Mahlos ought to know about lbs matter. Jour. ... Dreadfcl Eabtb-qtake r Chisa. Tn a late number of the Pekin Gazette thre ap pears an account of a terrble earthquake, that occurred a few months ajo in the prov ince of Kan-such, in the northwest of China. The shocks commenced in the city of Chung- wet and its neighborhood on the 26th ol May last, and were repeated many times during a space of fifteen days from tbat date. - The devastation and loss ot li;c caused is frightful. Upwards cf three hundred per sons were killed; more tban four hundred se riously hurt, and several thousand, houses destroyed. The public offices,, grsnaries, prisons, and also tbe ramparts ot tne city, were thrown down. ....- ftThe words of a German author to his daughter are so full of wisdom that tbe young lady who should make them her rule . would avoid nail the scrapes ot aer com panions... "Converse always with your fe male friends ss if a gentlemsa wre of the party, and with young men as if your female communions were present," ., ; Ma. Edward Furaa, a young man eon nncted with tbe New Orleans Picayune.disd a few days ago. He was a native of . Ire land, and his mother resides miMew xork. ' itr Population of New Mexico 61,000, Value of its real estate 8(2,700,000. . To pro- , tect this handful of people and property costs our' government about $1,000,000 per year! Profitable country! . Mishfsota. St. Pauls is fast increasing, the- number of nouses has-doubled each of the last two years, the bauibet of inhabi tants Is over 3,000. " " J '-' ' - (WAn elk was killed recently near Pert Oxford, Southern Oregon, which- weighed 830 pounds. His horns were 6 feet and t inches in length, j ; v . . '" (yDavid Naglo, charged with forging a check. for $5,974, on theBank of Louisiana, has been convicted at New Orleans, . .. ' " fj-Miss DbfTs says the first time a coat sleeve encircled her waist she was in a-pavilion built of rainbow, the-window sills of which were composed of iEolinn harps. 0O"A new kind of paper has appeared in England, manufactured entirely from straw, and applicablefor all writing and printing purposos. j Suicide. Mr. George L. Brower, watch maker snd jeweler, on the corner ot .venue and Garrison .tree., h.C? city, put a period to "his txmt.c by bang ingyhim.elfo the raiiinf of h Mi $ "i, ' Vi r