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THE MIME SOT IAN.
i'taiifr 23, 1352.
JPOK PRESIDENT OP THE TKITED STATES,
OKS. WINFIELD SCOTT,
or mew itniiv.
TOR VICE PRESIDENT.
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM,
or MORTII CAROLINA.
Apology.
W?hid expected to present the reader with
a mass of correspondence from the senior editor,
who is on a visit to Ohio, but the non-arrival
of the Greek Slave, on which our letters were
placed, have kuockcd our arrangements into
pi.
We hope our readers will excuse the scarcity
of original matter in this week's issue, and find
themselves more profited by looking over se
lections.
PACTS AND FANCIES.
Saturday Morning, 11 o'clock.
The Greek Slave. —This boat is so loaded
down with freight that she has been delayed
al>out two days in making the passage from
Galena. We eau now hear her palling away on
Pig's-Eye Bar. and she will undoubtedly be here
soon. The fact that the Governor is on board
with a large portion of specie for the Sioux,
makes our citizens watch for her arrival with
great anxiety.
The Nominee arrived here on Thursday
morning, having a very heavy load of freight
and passengers, and making the quickest pas
sage that any boat has made between Galena
and St. Paul, for the last three mouths.
The Jenny Lind paid a visit to our Levee
on Thursday last. We hear that the Tiger is
on the way, and may be expected here in about
ten days.
We learn that McKee's majority in Benton
county is five. The Democrat says it is four.—
At any rate, there is no doubt of his election.—
Mr. McKee was formerly a member of the Penn
sylvania Legislature, and will make a valuable
member of our Legislative Assembly.
The Ladies of the Methodist Episcopal
Church held a Fair and Supper at Temperance
Hall on Wednesday evening last. ‘•Cirettm.
stances ” prevented our attendance, but we
learn that it was attended by a large company-
We thank the ladies for their kind remembrance
of us on the occasion. One thing is quite cer
tain, while we have lived in St. Paul we have
never known the ladies to take hold of any en
terprize that did not succeed ; they don't seem
to know the meaning of the w ord - fail, " w hile
many things that the more homely sex have
undertaken, have resulted in a “grand-fizzle.”
Winslow's Mill. —Tiiis mill has been thor
oughly repaired ami again put in operation..—
This will be gratifying news to many of our
farmers, w ho have wheat and corn to be ground.
The Enterprise returned from her trip up the '
Minnesota on Sunday evening. She was unable
to proceed any further than Little Rapids, on j
account of the low ness of the water. Could she
have got over the Rapids, she might have pro
ceeded with ail ease to Traverse des Sioux, and
probably to the Blue Earth. The obstruction
at Little Rapids is represented to be a ledge o*
sand rock which crosses the river at that point.
It is the opinion of all who have given the sub
ject any attention, that this obstruction could
be removed at a very small expense, so that
boats like the Enterprise might navigate the
stream the entire season. The Enterprise has
been running on the Wisconsin River for the
last three years, but the w ater is now so low
on that stream that she has been compelled to
abandon it.
William 11. Semmes. Esq., of Willow River, if
on independent candidate for Senator in the
District of which St. Croix county forms a part.
As the Whig Convention in that District failed
to make a nomination ou account of jealousies
between La Crosse and Crawford counties, we
presume Mr. Semmes will get the support of all
the Whigs of the District. Mr. S. is a young
lawyer of decided ability, a gentleman in every
rcspect, a staunch hig, and we take great
pleasure in recommending him to the eufl'rage
of the electors of North-Western Wisconsin.
Prairies on Fire.— During the last few days
the Prairies in the vicinity of St. Taul have been
on fire, causing “ a cloud of smoke by day and
a pillar of fire by night. ” We hear of much
damage resulting from this conflagration— vast
amounts of hay and wood being destroyed..
Some farmers have lost all the hay they had by
the devastating element.
New Hotel. —We learn that Mr. Winslow has
made arrangements for the erection of a large I
and splendid Hotel at the corner of Fort and
Eagle streets. It is to be of brick, four stories
in height, seventy-one feet by a hundred. The
basement, it is expected, will be completed this
fall, and the walls will be laid up as earlv in
the spring as the season will permit.
Query—lf Gen. Pierce is elected President,
how does the Democrat expect to get an appro
priation from Congress for the improvement op
navigation ou the Minnesota River? Can it lie
inferred from an inspection of his votes in Con
gress on this subject, oriu the resolutions of the
late Baltimore Convention ?
—The Whigs of St. Croix County, Wisconsin,
will hold a Mass Meeting at Willow-River on
Tuesday next. The friends of Scott everywhere
are cordially invited to attend.
The Democrat wants Gen. Scott to resign
eo as to “ put himself on a foot- ing with the
other candidates. ” It will next want him to
•“taint, and fall from his horse,” so as to put him
literally on afoot-ing with its candidate.
—The funeral of Mrs. Forbes, wife of Hon
W. H. Forbes, was attended ou Monday last by
a large eoncourse of friends. The funeral ser
vices were conducted at the Catholic Church in
this place, in the most solemn and impressive
manuer. Her remains were taken to Mendota
for interment.
Large Vegetables.— Wm. Finn, a farmer re
siding about four miles from St. Paul, has sent
us a specimen of the vegetables he has raised
this season-fine, large carrots, parsnips, tur
nips, onions, Ac. Among the rest we picked
.out R common white turnip, which measured
twenty-nine inches in circumference. Beat this
who can, any where except in Minnesota!
The Rivers.— We learn from the St. Louis
Republican of a late date, that the river at that
point had risen about five inches, but was theu
at a stand. The Illinois river had risen about
eighteen inches. There had been heavy rains
in the country near the source of that river, and
a further rise was expected. The Missouri and
Ohio were both falling, with very little proba
bility of a rise.
j Official Returns. —We shall publish the offl-
I cial returns of the late election os soon os we
' receive them. The following is the vote in the
St. Authony i'rccinct, which we copy from the
Express:
For Represent a Ctes.
; Organization. Anti-Oroaxizatton.
jR. p. Russell 213 C. T. Stearns 64
!G. B. Dutton 142 E. Case 94
County CommVioner.
| Louis Roberts, 55 George Irvine 76
| Treasurer.
1 Robert Cummings 68 Ira B. Kingsley 82
| Judge of Probate.
W. H. Welch 19C H. A. Lambert 57
Assessors.
Lott Moffett 169 C. R. Conway 53
W. Freeborn 195 I. I. Lew is 7u
W. Richardson 67 Jos. Lt Mai 55
Surveyor.
W. R. Marshall 200
Supervisors.
George nanson 193 R. Farnham 57
Geo. Uisodolph 54
F. Labe.rre 54
Constable.
j Alien Harmon 163 Alvin Stone 78
> Cass County. —This county re-elects Dr. Day
\o theTcgislatu re by nine majority. Mr. Day
Served in the last Legislature with distinguished
■ability, and we are exceedingly gratified to hear
df his re-election.
Our distinguished fellow-citizen, Wii. D.
Phillips, Esq., District Attorney of Ramsey
county, an old citizen of St. Paul, an uncom
promising Democrat, Ac., is traveling through
out the Union, stumping it for Pierce. We
hear favorable mention made of biin all along
the route from here to New' York city, and if
Gen. Pierce is not elected it will not be from
any fault of our Napoleon. By the way, he ex
perienced quite a drawback lately in New York
city. At a mass meeting and torchlight pro
cession which lately came oft’ in that city, pre
sided over ami conducted by such distinguish
ed men as Renders, captain of the Empire I
Club, and Pete Morris, the negro buffoon sing- I
er, an account of which is published iu the New
York Tribune, we find the follow ing : “A man
whose name was said to be Phillips, of Minneso
ta, took the stand amid vociferous calls for
Walsh ! In about two minutes the man from
the West was choaked off, and the cries for
Walsh renewed.” Only think of it! William
D. Phillips, whom we all kuow, and whose dig
nified appearance and stentorian voice we all
appreciate, to be “choaked off” by the subter
raneans of New York city!
We notice that Captain Lnmothe, of the Rail
road Packet Cornelia, has a sign hung up on
either side the baggage room, on board his boat,
on w hich are blazoned in characters so legible
that “ he who runs may read” there, the follow
ing ominous sentence : •• No llaekman. Porter,
or Outsider allowed on board while landing.”
This, if properly enforced, will, we think, be
found one of the most salutary rules in exist
ence on the river, and will serve to rid passen
gers of the annoyance which they have hither
to been forced to suffer from the impudence
and leech-like importunities of this class of
bipeds, w ho. immediately on the arrivival of a
boat, rush unceremoniously even into the la
dies' cabin, thrusting their cards into the faces !
of passengers, and screaming at the top of!
their voices, “ Hotel, sir?” “Hack, sir?"!
while the individual designated by the cogno- !
men of -• outsider.” stands by looking out for j
••snaps” at all times to pick up small things]
about decks when occasion offers.— Mo. Rcpub.
We should lie exceedingly glad if some such
regulation could l>e enforced in .St. Paul. Cer
! tainly nothing tends more to disgust strangers
| with our people, than to see about fifty or sixty of
them rush precipitately upon ev ry boat, before
j it has even had a chance to touch the Levee,
! like a flock of sheep all jumping over the fence
at once. We have no complaint to make of
I hackmen and hotel runners, for they are not
' numerous enough to become a nuisance, but we
complain of the “ outsiders”—fellows who. the
moment they hear a boat coming, rush down to
the Levee and upon the boat, crowd the cabins
and decks so that passengers cannot get off
with their baggage, business men cannot get
their bills of lading, and the boat cannot dis
charge her freight, although making frequent
efforts. We have individuals in our mind’s
eye, who are always first on the boat looking
over the letters and bills of lading, although
they never receive one nor a pound of freight.
Half-a-dozen of these men stand around the
table where the letters are, effectually prevent
ing the owners of them from getting them.—
This is a growing nuisance, and we hope the
floats will adopt some plan for its suppression
before another season commences.
The following is a list of Jurors drawn to
serve at the November Session of the District
Court of Ramsey County:
GRAND Jl'KOnS.
0. B. Bromley, S. A. Thompson,
W. C. Morrison. I). A. Robertson,
F. J. Bartlett, Leonard II Laroche,
Joseph X. Lemny, John Leslie,
Edward Patch, ' G. B. Dutton,
Wm. A. Checvcr, A. Smith.
A. J. Morgan. . C. Gould.
Nelson Roberts, L. M. Ford,
11. 1. \ ance. It. Gorham,
J. M. Goodhue, W. B. Dodd.
John Wesingcr. Thos. Barton.
J. E. Fullerton.
I’ETIT JURORS.
John L. Jones, IFcnry Lansing.
11. A. Con. Michael Cummings,
" m. Bryant. Geo. W. Mower,
B. F. Hildreth. S. R. Randolph,
Dennis C. Shcrrier, Russell Stephens,
E. Moulton, John Parker,
J. C. Terry. ]). w. K. Halsted,
Henry Angell, S. S. Spencer,
D. F. Braw ley. B. B. Ford.
Rufus Farnham. Warren Chapman,
Isaac Rose, N. O. Phillips,
Mm. Dahl, A. 11. Bowlinghain,
Charles Manson. Alex. Coulee.
J. P. William.-, J. IV. Dorr,
Joseph Gray. Warren Woodbury,
H. C. Sandford. J. Q. A. Nickerson.
Henry Ashley, Wm. F. Corlxtt.
C. Vandenberg, T. B. Sentell.
A> |!*.'7 -Ab far as returns have hren
received, the \\ higs are reported to have gained
two members of Congress in Pennsylvania.
Baltimore Election— The Locofocos have
barely escaped defeat in Baltimore, electing
their Major by only 3o° majority. The usual
Locoloco majority is between 2,000 and 3,000.
An Excellent Test. The young ladies in
Vermont, it is said, though we don't believe it
still continue to kiss Ihe lips of voting temper
ance men to see w hether they have been tam
pering with toddy.— Ex.
The gold fever is prevailing to an alarming
extent in England. The mines of Australia are
found to be even more productive than those of
California. In consequence of.the general rush
of gold hunters to that region, the state of soci
ety is corrupt beyond description. It is said
ttiat many are leaving California for the Aus
tralian mines.
D Jr<f »« U £ aU . kee an<s Mississippi Railroad ap
aSw 5 ?5 , -S!3i'S£sa
$2,9M la-averaging nearly SSOO per dav-
We cut the following from the act of Con
gress establishing post routes in various States
and Territories. It will be seen tlmt in Min
nesota new routes have been established :
From St. Paul via Red Wing and Reeu’s
Lauding, in Wabasha county, to Laueing, in
the State cf lowa.
From Decorrah via Browsville, Montezuma,
and Minnesota City, to Wabasha.
From St. Paul via Decorrah and Elkader, to
Dubuque, State of Towa.
From St. Paul via Mc-ndota, Sbahcopee, Little
Rapids, Le Sueur, and Traverse de= Sioux, to
Mankato.
Prom St. Paul to Cannon river.
Prom St. Paul to Little Canada.
From Little Canada via White Bear Lake to
I Stillwater.
i From Little Canada to the Falls of St. An
! thnn v.
I From Fort Snelling to the Falls of St. An
-1 tbony.
j P'rom Tort R’pley to Crow Wing.
| From Crow Wing via Cass Lake and Red
Lake, to Pembina.
I P'rom Crow Wing via Sandy Lake to Fond du
| Prom Minnesota City to Traverse des Sioox.
P’rom Dubuque, lowa' to Mankato.
J Cigars. —Friend Combs has a lot of choice
igurs. which it is said by those who ought to
know, are the cigars. We don't smoke, and we
advise others not to ; but if they must smoke,
we advise them to try Combs’ cigars.
New York Buazaaii. —This “ institution”
lately established in the Gothic building, cor
ner of Cedar and Third sts., appears to be in a
flourishing condition. They sold so many
goods on the first day of opening as to induce
the proprietor to take the next boat and go to
New York and replenish.
Connecticut. —Recent elections for town offi
cers iu this State, indicate clearly, what was
not before doubted, that this State will go for
Scott and Graham liy a large majority.
Omnibus. —AVe noticed near the Lower Land
ing the other day, an omnibus similar to those
used in cities, the entrance at the back end,
seats on the sides for twelve, Ac. It bears the
inscription of “ St. Paul and St. Anthony.”—
We did not learn to whom it belonged, nor
whether it would tie in running order this fall*
Xrwi by Trlrgraph.
[RrportM Expressly for the Dally Advertiser.]
Florida Election.
Mobile, Oct. 7.
The Congressional election came off on the
4th. Tlie returns from Santarosa county give
George Ward, the Whig candidate for Gover
nor. a majority over Jus. E. Brown. Deni.
Same county gives a majority for AA'hig mem
ber of the Senate and House of Representa
tives, and a majority for Edward C. Cable,
AVhig Congressman, over Augustus E. Maxwell.
Escambria county show s a Democratic majority
for Governor and member of the Legislature,
while for Congress, the Whig candidate rules
ahead.
Charleston, Oet. 9th 1853.
The Jacksonville (Florida') Republican, of
Thursday, gives George T. Ward. (AVhig) for
Governor, a majority in Duvall county of 66.
and E. C. Cabell (Whig) for Congress. 58.
A private letter received from the Republi
can office, says : —“Grange, Putnam. Nassua.
Columbia ami Hamilton counties have given
largely increased majorities for Ward and Ca
bell, and both are elected. The Florida AA'higs
w ill bet heavily that the State goes for Scott
and Graham in November.”
Otiio Election—A Better Look.
[ The editor of the Cincinnati Nonpareil, who
j arrived at Detroit on the 14th inst., brought the
] intelligence that the AVhigs had gained three
1 and probably five members of Congress in < iliio.
( .1. Scott Harrison is elected over Ball, in the
2d (Cincinnati) District, by a decisive majority,
and Galloway has beaten Olds in the Columbus
District.
The AVhig gain on the* Congressional Tirket.
i along the line of the Cincinnati and Sandusky
Railroad, the editor of the Nonpareil reports,
ranges from 200 to 500 in almost every county.
North Carolina Legislature.
Baltimore. Oct. 7.
The Legislature of North Carolina met in
extra session at Raleigh, on the 6th inst.
In the House. Mr. Baxter, AVhig, was chosen
Speaker over Dublin, Democrat, by a majority
of 7 votes.
In the Senate, Mr. Edwards (polities not sta
i ted, but supposed to be Democrat,) was elected
Speaker by a majority of three votes.
I The contested seat in Camden and Currituck
I counties, which will decide the political com
] plexion of the bod}’, was taken up but not ilis
i posed of.
j New AA’hig Paper.— AVe learn that Mr. P.
i Moriartv, of this city, has purchased the office
|of the AVestern Democrat. Bellevue, and will
j soon issue a different sort of a paper from the
same. AVe wish Mr. M. and his enterprise great
success.— Catena Adv.
New York, Oct. 16.
The proposal for 8200.000 New A'ork and
New llaven Railroad bonds, were opened yes
terday. The bids ranged from lo tto 1041.
The frigate Powhattan sailed for Havana to-
[ day. Judge Conkling, after investigating the
I proceedings of the Cuban Government relative
] to the Crescent City, will proceed to Mexico.
| Orders have been received for the immediate
| fitting out of the sloop-of-war AVarrior for the
| survey of the Chinese Sea. The expedition
j will tic amply supplied w ith light ships and
I whale-boats. The razee Independence is on
; the docks for repairs ; also the Southampton.
] the Constitution and Fredonian.
Trenton, N. J., Oct. 15.
j The Court of Episcopal Bishops at Burling
, ton, resolved by a vote of 6 to 8. not to try
! Bishop Domic, and at 3 o'clock, they adjourn-
I ed.
Iniiiaxaroi.is, Oct. 16.
The Sentinel :his afternoon gives returns
from 10 counties, from which it appears that
James A. Wright, Democratic candidate for
Governor, is elected over Nicholas McCartv.
Whig, and A. L. Robinson, Free Soil, bv a
large majority. Both branches of the Legisla
ture arc also largely Democratic.
Boston. Oct, 16.
Steamship Daniel Webster arrived to-day
from Sail Juan, which place she left on the titli
inst.
It is estimated that the number present at
the Cuban indignation meeting last evening
reached 20.000. being the largest ever known
here. There were 200 Vice Presidents, and
speeches made from different stands, resolutions
in favor of immediate redress were adopted
and ordered to be transmitted to the President
of the United States, w ithout delay.
Baltimore. Oct. 16.
Hon. Andrew Ogle, died suddenly of apo
plexy on the 11th.
Washington, Oct. 23.
The Intelligencer contains a large official
document from the Secretary of the Interior,
showing that the act making provision for the
Mexican Boundary, contains a clause making it
inoperative. The clause referred to says no
part ot the $120,000 appropriated, can be ex
pended till it can Ik* made to appear satisfacto
ry * . lc President that the Southern Bounda
ry ot New Mexico is not established by a Com
missioner and U. S. Surveyor, north of the
town called Paiso—the same as laid to the
treat.' • 1 resident Fillmore has issued a mes
sage saying that after a careful perusal he is
constrained to concur in the result. Conse
quently uo part of the appropriation for de
fraying the expense of the Mexican Boundary
Survey can be drawn from the treasury.
Whereupon, the Secretary of the'interior
will immediately notify the Secretary of State
of the decision, that he may notify the Mexican
Government to suspend further operations of
the work until Congress shall provide a requi
site means for carrying on the same.
Fire at Dunkirk.
Dunkirk, Oct. 8.
At half past 9 last night one of the most des
tructive fires that ever occurred in this place
broke out in an old barn owned by A. Gil,ord.
situated mar Front and Second streets, which
communicated with the long building front on
Butialo street, occupied as a billiard saloon and
bowling alley. All the buildings iu the imme
diate vicinity being of wood, tilled and sur
rounded with combustible materials, the* flames
spread rapidly duriug the prevalence of a storm
of wind.
AVe are unable to arrive at the precise loss by
individuals, and can only give the result brief
ly : Commencing at the corner of Second and
Butialo sts.. the two or three first buildings
were small, and of but little* account. Next
was Laudsrath's tin shop. I.orkey’s liquor store,
a German tavern, New- A’ork and Eric House,
Tea Garden House, and a dwelling house of
Luther Altou. Patrick’s extensive Livery es
tablishment, in the rear of the American House,
and the* row of stores and shops fronting on
Front st., were saved by the utmost exertions
of our citizens. At one time the destruction of
the stables seemed unavoidable, as they were
on (ire in several places.
At the time of the conflagration a number of
ladies were laboring constantly in handling
buckets of water, while hundreds of men look
ed on idly and refused to act their part.
Mayor Grosvcnor promptly started an ex
press to Fredonia. three miles distant, for as
sistance, and Col. Tyler, as Foreman of the Fre
donia Fire Co., with engine and men. did good
service. That was the cmfyii ngine on the
ground—there being none in Dunkirk.
New York, Oct. 7.
The insult offered the Crescent City in arriv
ing off Havana, has produced much excitement
in this city, and public meetings have been cal
led this evening to express indignation at this
high-handed outrage on the rights of American
citizens.
The agent, Mr. J. 1(. Jennings, has received
instructions to send tin* passengers for Havana
back to New A ork free of expense and also to
return the mails to New A'ork.
The Congressional Committee have made
their report on the Gardner ease.
Secretary Corwin is fully exempt from all
blame. The report shows that Air. Corw in sold
his interest in the claim, and hud no connection
with the case after entering the Cabinet. Not
the slightest evidence was adduced that the
claim of Mr. Corwin was fraudulent, bat that
committee pronounced Mr. Gardner's claim
fraudulent.
The Postmaster General had awarded the
contract for supplying the Post Office stamps
and envelopes to Geo. Nesbit.
New York, Oct. 16.
The Commercial Advertiser learns from St.
Helena, that John K. Caswell, U. S. Consul at
that place, died there suddenly on the 29th of
August.
The Atlantic took 115 passengers and $293,-
000 in specie, which is some 8200,000 less than
was reported yesterday.
The State Elections.
The State Elections of Pennsylvania, (>hio
and Indiana are held this day. The electors of
Pennsylvania will choose Members of Congress,
eleven Members of the Mate Senate, a lull set
of Members of the Assembly, a Judge of the Su
preme Court, Canal Commissioner, County
Judges, Sheriffs, and other local officers, lit
Ohio are to be chosen Members of Congress, a
Judge of the Supreme Court, a Member of the
Board of Public Works, and County Auditors,
Recorders. Ac. Iu Indiana, in addition to the
Congressional Delegation, the Governor, Lieut.
Governor, Legislature and local administrat ion
generally have to be elected.
Li these elections we confidently expect that
the AVhigs w ill gain considerably upon their op
ponents, especially in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Iu Indianan we look for one or two additional
members of Congress, but our hopes are not
very sanguine, ami we prefer to wait till the
j votes are cnqjitcd before indulging iu a feeling
!of certainty. We presume the State Adminis
j tration and Legislature will remain as hitherto
| in the control of the Sham Democracy,
j In Ohio there has been comparatively little
excitement with reference to the State and local
officers, while the Congressional canvass has
been more animated. Though the last Legisla
ture districted the State for the express purpose
of giving it. to the Opposition, and the Whigs
accordingly have to work at great disadvan
tage, we rely upon gaining two or three mem
bers of Congress, In several districts the Oppo
sition is badly split up, and in others the AVhig
candidates are likely, by dint of personal influ
ence and hard work, to secure their election
against heavy odds. Our special hope is that
Hon. Nelson B.Olds, in the Xlitb District, may
be among the defeated, and that bis place mav
be supplied by Samuel Galloway. The State
election proper will have little significance
either way, turning as it will upon local con
siderations. If a Governor and Legislature
were to be chosen, the AVhigs would sweep the
State, so general is the disgust at the conduct
ol the present Legislature: but. as it is. we must
wait till next year.
Iu Pennsylvania we expect to make a gain iu
the Congressional delegation, and that a AVhig
Judge of the Supreme Court w ill be elected.—
( Images in the Legislature are also to be look
ed lor: these will, however, be due mainly to
local causes, and will have no decisive bearing
upon national politics.
We repeat that we do not entertain very high
expectations with regard to this day's work in
either ol these States. Pennsylvania and ()hio,
we do not doubt w ill vote for Winfield Scott,
but they may to-day fail to vote for his friends.
Him they have long known and honored as the
illustrious soldier, civilian, patriot, and him
they support in many cases from considerations
that outweigh party names and predilections.
The present contest will at any rate give no
adequate indication of w hat will be done on the
2d of November. The vote w ill not be so full,
nor w ill the votes be cast for the same party
now as theu. Thus, in lsqß. in Pennsylvania,
the October election returued a LocofocoCanal
Commissioner by a majority of 4,600. and yet in
November Gen. Taylor led Gen. Ca-s by no less
than 13,600 votes. The result of to-day tnay be
similar: but whatever it be we warn our friends
against attributing to it more weight than it
ought to possess. If we triumph, it w ill still be
necessary to work in order to give Scott the
overwhelming majority he deserves: if not, there
will 1«* no reason lor discouragement, as the facts
in October, 16-18, w hen the election was much
more warmly contested, now abundantlv dem
onstrate—A'. J'. Tribune, Oct. VUh.
Gen. Scott's Prospects. —The Courier A
Enquirer of yesterday, says, *• The fact is un
questionable that General Scott's prospects are
brightening all over the country. A very far
more decided tone of confidence pervades the
Whig press and Whig correspondence from all
quarters of the land, than existed two months
or even one month ago. All the griefs and dis
appointments that sprung so profusely from the
doings of the National Convention have grad
ually given away before the serious dictates of
duty ; and the great mass of the Whig party,
with here and there a solitary exception, are
now prepared to bury all past differences and
stand together under the old banner, upborne
bv Winfield Scott, in a common struggle for the
victory, ah personal distrust of the chosen
standard bearer has long since utterly disap
peared. Our political opponents, unscrupulous
as many of them are, no longer venture to call
in question his devotion to the Compromises of
the Constitution. They have at length become
thoroughly sensible of "the ridiculous folly of
making comparisons on this score Ix'tween the
Whig candidate and bis opponent—the one of
whom, it is now proved, was laboring seriously
though silently, for the Compromise, at a time
when the other was haranguing the jx'ople
against the Fugitive Slave Law, w hich consti
tuted its most important feature.”
Mackerel.— The Gloucester Telegraph says
that the returns of Mackerel at that port for
year past fall short full one-half of w hat the re
c<-'jpts were at this time last year/
This is ow ing mainly to the troubles with the
English. The prosp<ct for the remainder of
the season is not very lavorable, and if those
vessels now out return with more than half a
fare, it is more than is anticipated.
A Laughable Occurrence at Caacord
A correspondent of the Covington Journal,
tells the following “ good ’un :”
A laughable afl'air canie off at Concord, N.
H., the residence of General Franklin Pierce,
some few weeks after his nomination for the
Presidency. If you think the following account
of it worthy of a space in your paper please
insert it :
At one ot the* churches in Concord, where
Ge*u. Pierce usually attended public worship
on the Sabbath, the clergyman commenced the
moruing service by reading a hymn from AVatts’
selections, and while reading the following line
—“ The fearful soul that tires and faints ,” his
eye happened to fall on the pew where sat
Frank Pierce. In a moment all eyes were
turned in the same direction, and Gen. Pierce
was pierced by so many piercing eyes that he
cr.mc wry near fainting. After the morning
service was closed, several of the political
tr end.- ol Gen. Pierce, sought and obtained an
interview with the said clergyman, who. by the
way, is a \\ big, and by the name of John
Scott.
During this interview the clergyman was ac
cused of intentionally directing the minds and
eyes of Ins congregation towards Gen. Pierce's
pew : but the clergyman assured them that
they w ire mistaken : that it was a mere casual
glance of the eye, while reading said line.
Pierce’s friends were not satisfied with this ex
planation, and during the ensuing week there
was a great commotion iu Concord and through
out all the region round about. On the Satur
day following, Pierce's friends who w ere mem-
Imts of Rev. Mr. Scott's church, called a church
meeting and proposed to dismiss their Pastor,
—w hereupon a vote was taken by ballot, and
resulted as follows, to wit : For retaining the
Rev. Mr. Scott as Pastor of the church. 47 ; for
dismissing him. 4 ; blank, 2. When the result
of the balloting was made known, one of the
members of the church sang out, “Ilurra for
Scott.” Another, probably associating this
hurra for Rev. Mr. Scott, w ith the idea of the
coming Presidential election, proposed nine
cheers for SCOTT and GRAHAM, w hich were
heartily given, when the meeting adjourned
without delay.
The Minnesota Road—Again. —AVe have
harped upon this subject until we are almost
ashamed to say another word about it; but we
will keep talking until something is done, for
the importance of the measure is such that we
cannot It t it die a natural death for the want of
information of its merits.
Messrs. AVilloughby & Powers have two men
and a team employed in repairing the road, and
w ill be on the work until winter. Now is there
not interest enough in our citizens, and a spark
of enterprise that will induce them to send out
another team and a couple of men to co-operate
with these stage proprietors? We are informed
by those who know, that such a force employed
six or eight weeks would render this road in its
entire length one of the best in the country.—
Again, we are told that by varying the route so
as to go by the Falls of Chippewa, would not
increase the distance to St. Paul five miles, and
by so doing the numerous small streams which
are the real obstacles on the route, would be
mostly, if not entirely, avoided. It is worth
while to examine this route particularly ; as
great assistance in improving the road would
be sent out from the Falls, and the expense of
bridging w ould be saved.
The expense of a team and men for the neces
sary time would not exceed a hundred and fifty
dollars. Suppose this town raise half or two
thirds this amount, and the balance would be
made up along the route. The hotels in this
village alone would pick up that amount from
the travel of next winter, to say uothingof what
would lie left with the merchants.
AVon't some man that lias a team and wants a
job, start a subscription paper to raise the small
amount of funds for this improvement? The
immediate benefits would be greater than Un
anticipated railroad, and the increase ol' busi
ness would repay the investment. AVe have
conversed with r.niuy citizens upon this matter,
and all have expressed a w illingness to contri
bute ; and it is only necessary that some one
i lioitld start the ball.— Pr. Du Chun Pat.
A S'm.i i.ar Case ok Suffering from an Ac
cident. —Miss Ann Al. Clark, who brought suit
to recover $20,000 damages from the city of
Boston, for injuries sustained iu falling into a
cellar, at tlie time of the great railroad jubilee
in that city, obtained a vi rdiet of $8.50(1. on
Saturday last. The Traveler says that the testi
mony of the Massachusetts General Hospital
Fhysielau, v here Miss Clark lias remained tor
nearly the whole time since the accident, dis
closes the following singular result :
| Miss Clark is about 11) years of age : previous
! to the accident she was employed as a worsted
worker at Malden, and enjoyed good health.—
; Ou the lasi evening of the railroad jubilee, she*
proceeded with some friends to witness the
tire-works in Boudoin Square. On their return
home they passed through ('harden and Haw k
ins sts.. where she fell through a cellar way
which had been accidentally left open,after the
grade of the street and sidewalk had been al
tered. After she Was taken out she complained
of a feeling as if she had been struck in the
stomach. The next day she proceeded to her
work at .Malden, was there seized with a violent
pain in the stomach : she returned to Boston,
was conveyed to the Massachusets General
Hospital, where she has remained ever since—
The physicians say that in her fall she received
an injury to her spine, and the result is she
cannot keep upon her stomach but a very small
quantity of food, an amount barely sufficient to
sustain life, but not enough to stay the cravings
of her appetite. Her chief aliment is molasses
and water, and if any amount above two ounces
is given to her. her stomach soon rejects it.—
Various expedients have been devised by the
physicians to administer nourishment. Among
others, blisters have been applied and then Cod
Liver Oil rubbed on to the scarified surface, and
thus absorbed into the system. The unfortu
nate young woman is little better than a skele
ton, and her sufferings are no doubt very se
vere. Tlu* physicians state that there is record
ed in the books but one similar case.
Jerusalem —Within the walls, Jerusalem is
one of the most picturesque of cities, it is very
small. You can walk quite round it in less than
an hour. There are only some seventeen tliou
saud inhaitants, of whom nearly half are Jews.
; Tin' material of the city is a cheerful stone, and
j 1 massively are the lofty blind house walls laid,
I that, in pacing tiic more solitary streets, you
seem to be threading the mazes of a huge fortress.
| Often the houses extend over the street, which
1 w inds under them in dark archways, and where
| there are no overhanging buildings, there are
j often supports of masonry thrown across from
house to house. There arc no windows upon the
street, except a few picturesque, projecting lat
tices. Jerusalem is in utter ruin: the houses, so
fair in seeming, are often all crumbled away
upon the interior. The arches are shattered,
and vines and Howers wave and bloom down
all the vistas. The streets are never level for
fifty rods: but climband wind with broken steps
and the bold buildings thrust out buttressed cor
ners, graced with luxuriant growths, and arched
w ith niches for statue and fountain. It is amass
of “beautiful bits, ”as artists say. And you will
see no fairer sight in the world than the groups of
brilliantly-draped orientals emerging into the
sun, from the vine-fringed kurdacss of the arched
ways. - Jfuiratlji in Syria.
1 ostage Stamps —the following resolution is
said to have lieen passed at the < incida Methodist
Conference :
W hurras the use of Post (Iffice stamps may, by
possibility, subject the most circumspect to the
groundless imputation of fraudulent intentions*
therefore,
Rmolved. that we deem the practice of using
them of doubtful expediency, and recomcnd to
forego the trilling convenience which their use
secures. Adopted, and ordered to be published
m the Northern Christian Advocate.
But in what way these eininentlv convenient
little appendages have offended against the con
science, is not explained.
Tns Lost Crown ok Hunqart. —The Emp ror
of Austria has promised an immense reward to
any person w ho w ill recover the crown of Hun
gary. which disappeared during the revolution.
He has promised a million of florins to those
magnates who are suspected of lieino in cor
respondence with Kossuth if thev will assist j n
the recovery of that crown.
Important ip True. —A Physician of Paris,
announces that he has discovered the means of
communicating to all persons, born deaf and
dumb, the power of hearing, by a treatment
without operation, and twoor three years later,
of enabling them to reply, so that they can re
ceive an oral education. ' He considers the great
difficulty conquered when once the patient hears
—as a great majority of those* who appear to be
born deal and dumb are only born deaf; the
dumbness is the natural consequence of their
iliability to hear other persons speak, and thus
form words and sentences bv imitation.
! No More Putty. —The anxious inquiries con
| corning the price of this article, are about to lie
! silenced. Some Down-East operator has got a
way of setting glass without putty. The window
sa-Ji is made entirely of wood, the outside per
manent. The inside is framed in such a manner
that the parts can lie readily removed, for the
purpose of inserting the glass, which is placed
between slips of India Rubber, which, when tin
parts of the sash are replaced, causes the glass
to be perfectly firm. The moveable parts of the
sash are secured to their place by a knoli-sorew
w hich makes a pretty finish.—,A : . I’. Tribune.
General Scott on iiis Journey. —lt is not the
fault of General Scott that tin* people gather
around him. It is the custom of the people all
over the world to honor virtue and gallantry.
In tin* person of Gen. Scott they see a veteran
w ho has been almost half a century fighting their
battles. Called among them by public duty,
they avail themselves of the occasion to pay him
tin* homage of their gratitude. AVhat has in
other times lieen done for Washington, for Jack
son. for Harrison, and for Taylor, is now lieing
done for Scott. —Albany Journal.
Elopement in High Lire.—The Leinster Ex
press of recent date lias tin* following para
graph. “Considerable excitement has lieen cre
ated in a southeastern county, by the elope
ment of a titled lady, the spouse of a w ealthy
commoner, w ith a gallant captain belonging to
an adjoining garrison, a relative of her own,
and who was on very intimate terms with her
husband." AVe believe the parties alined to
are Lady Elizabeth Bryan, daughter of the Mar
quis of Conyngham, and wife of George Bryan,
Esq., of Jcnkinstown. county of Kilkenny, and
Captain James George Ilay, of the 92d High
landers. Lady Elizebeth Bryan is in her 23d
year, and was married to Mr.’ Bryan (who pos
sesses a very large property in Lilkenny) some
two years ago. Captain Hav. the partner of
her flight, has been quartered, for some months
past, at Carlow, w ith the depot of the 92d.
Mr. Bryan is said to he in pursuit of the fugi
tives. it is in Idcil that the fugitives sailed from
Liverpool, in tiie I’acific, fur New A'ork. and
that tlie brother of the lad v has followed in pur
suit.
The brother of the lady. Earl Mount Charles,
arrived in the Africa. Lady Elizabeth Bryan
is. we believe, a grand daughter of the Mar
chioness of Conyngham, who figured so exten
sively dnridg tlie latter portion of the reign of
George 4th, and was the almost constant com
panion of that Monarch at his retreat at Vir
ginia water. —Albany Register.
A’aniieki.vx, tlie artist died at Kingston Uls
ter County, on Friday lust. He had a high
reputation as a painter, and many of his pro
ductions evinced skill and great power of
execution. Many of liisportraits were admira
ble. Those who are competent to judge, speak
of his full length likeness ot Washington, pain
ted for the House of Representatives, os supe
rior to all other portraits of the great man. w ith
tiie excaption of Stuart's. The original price
voted by Congress was $111(1(1. but upon motion
of Mr. Adams. $1,500 in addition was aw arded
him. His most elaborate work, the landing of
Columbus, tills one of the panneis of of the Ro
tunda in the Capitol. lt is a painting of great
merit, with one or two serious defects. He
painted it in Paris, beginning in 1839, and fin
ishing it in 1847. The price was slo.ooo.— Ruff.
Com.
Tlie phonetic system of teaching tlie common
] orthography lias been iiftroduccd into 114 pub
lic schools of Massachusetts.
j Michigan Central Railroad.— Passengers on
tlie Michigan Central Railroad for September.
! going East. 12.288
Passengers going AVcsl, 15.100
Emigrants “ •• 3,434
Total number passengers. 30.922
Murder or an Indian Agent. —The following
dispatch was received by telegraph, yesterday
morning, from St. Joseph :
] “ Col. D. I). Mitthei.i, : Major Norwood, In
dian Agent, was killed on the 20t!i of Septem
ber, at Sargent's Bluff's, by a man named Thomp
son. Thompson struck with the butt of his
gun, the cock entering the skull. The Major
, only lived ten minutes.
J. C. Farrows.”
j Major Norwood was the Indian Agent for the
j Sioux, and had a subordinate general supervis
| ion of all the Indians on the Upper Missouri
river. He was from AVaynesville, North Caro
lina. w here his family reside. The place where
he was killed is on the Missouri river, a short
distance above the low a line. Orders hud re
cently been given to him to pay the annuities
to the Sioux Indians, at Fort Pierre, under the
treaty made last year at Fort Laramie. Col.
Mitchell is now iu the Indian Territory.— Mo.
Hep.
Late London papers state a rumor that a
treaty of reciprocal free trade hud been arranged
between Great Britain and France, by Mr. de
IVrsiny. The principal on which this arrrange
nient is based, is that all the commodities of each
country shall Ik* admitted into tin* other on
payment of a low- duty, the highest import lev
ied by cither on the productions of its neighbor,
not to exceed fifteen per cent. Tiie rate ot post
age between tlie two countries is also to be ma
terially reduced.
John Van Buren said at Augusta. Me., last
week, that he had comedown to Maine to see
how matters stood there, lie had been sur
prised by the State election, and as the “tight"
gentleman said to his wife about milk, he want
ed to know whether the Maine Democrats were
“ tied up in something or lying around loose!"
The National Intelligencer says the Demo
cratic papers at the South are 'uttering com
plaints at the late passage by Congress of the
River and Harbor Improvement Bill. Thevsav
it is contrary to the Baltimore Platform and to
the settled principles of the party, ami would
not be borne by them, only that thev know that
Franklin Pierce will make a great change in all
such matters, when he comes into power, and
bring back the Democratic party to their old
legitimate standard. They will not sutler their
brethren at the North and West to be improving
the tariff and improving the country if they can
help it; and they know and arc sure they have
got a man as candidate for President who will
take care to put down all such unconstitutional
schemes.
1 p to the Ist of October. Ixsl. the shipments
of specie from New \ork to foreign ports
amounted to $31,231,271. Add half a milion to
tin* nlxivo. for exportation from September 2.7 th
to October Ist, and the aggregate up to the Ist
of October this year amounts to 831.100.000
being $10,000,000 less than the same period
last year.
Cotton ry the Erie Railroad. —We notice
that quite a quantity of cotton is received in
New York over the Erie Railroad. 106 bales
wore received on the oth inst., and 150 bales
some days since. Tills is a pregnant sign. If
New Orleans w ould bestow her money in the
right place, this thing might yet lie checkmated.
— Memphi* Eagle.
Apples are so plenty in Massachusetts and in
many parts of New York that thev will not iinv
the expense of picking and barreling. We have
tasted iH-achos down in Massachusetts this year
equal to the l>est in this market, and for pears
the Bay State seems to beat the rest of the
"A™- * r " n > farm 200 varieties were ex
hibited this week at the Boston Horticultural
Society—A*. Y. Express.
Crime in New York— The. Journal of Com
merce of Saturday, says that during the pre
ceding six days, ttiere were eight cases of mur
der. honreide. or deadly assault, in the city, by
tnc knife, the piptol. or brutal violence, ami
three of the sufferers are already dead! A
gentleman was twice fired at in Broadway,
yesterday morning, at four o'clock, and the
Imno of his arm was badly shattered.
Bold Uoiibert. —Yesterday afternoon, a bold
robliery was perpetrated in the very heart of
the city, though at a time when few person*
were in the street, as it was then raining hard.
A stranger who gave his name as Smith, inquir
ing for the residence of an acquaintance on
Pine street, two well dressed gentlemen under
took to conduct him thither: but, iustcad of
stopping at the house, they went out Pine street,
between Seventh and Eighth, when they turned
off in the direction of the lumlier yard. The
victim seemed reluctant to go. offering some
resistance, and keeping has hand upon his pock
et. as to protect his money. Finally, one of
them w ent ahead, and the others follow ed him
among the piles of boards. There they attack
ed and lieat him, and robbed him of his money,'
amounting to about eight hundred dollars.—
AVhen he recovered from tin* stunning effects of
the blow s inflicted upon him. the robbers had
made their esca]ie. Tlie facts were made
know n at the police office, but up to a late hour
no discovery had been made ot the robbers.-—»
Mo. Rep.
Gov. Slade is in the city, on his return from
a AVestern mission, locating teachers. The
twelfth class of teachers recently graduated,
making some 300 young ladies in all, who have
devoted themselves to instructing “ the young
idea how to shoot” in the AV’est, under the
benevolent auspices of Gov. Slade and the Na
tional Society. Three teachers were sent to
California in 'the spring, all worth their weight
in gold to the vigorous young State. — C'ltve.
Herxtd.
Rapid Increase. —The enumeration of the in
habitants of Davenport, lowa, just completed
liy the county assessors, shows a population of
upwards of 3,400. At the United States cen
sus of 1850, the same town only numbered 1,700
inhabitants. Thus the populaticn has doubled
in the short period of two years.
The completion of the subterranean electric
telegraph between Naples and Gaeta (about
forty miles) is a rare mark of progress iu that
part of Italy. The wires are covered with
gutta pcrelm, nnd it is the longest wire ever
constructed in this way. Steam and electricity
are probably the predestined agent of a new
awakening among the dry bones of the old
world. Switzerland has j<*t agreed to bring
its telegraphic lines into connection with those
of Sardinia, so tlmt by the 15th of October wo
are to have al Genoa telegraphic communica
tion with Switzerland, Germany. France and
England. The light is spreading, and its beams
must soon be diffused over the whole conti
nent.
Et.t Nichols.* —This gentleman, who is one of
the fathers of the Liberty and Freesoil move
ment. has like a sensible man, in a letter to
Hon. 11. R. Tildcn, of Cleveland, avowed his in-
I tcation to give his vote for Scott and Graham.
! lie says, speaking of Gen. Scott : “Taken liy
himself—take his life as it is publicly known, and
there islittle to object toGen.Scott." Mr. Nich
ols has vcted like a practical man. He knows
Hale has no chance of lieing elected, and be
tween Scott and Fierce lie has no difficulty in
| making his choice —lie goes tor Scott. — Spring
i field Repub.
Attkmit to Assassinate Louis Napoleon. —
On the 15th inst., an internal machine, designed
to.assassinate the I’resident, had been seized at
Marseilles. It was reported about that another
was yet concealed. A conspiracy to murder the
l’resident was believed to have extended tbro"-
out tlie province of A’ar, and was set on foot by
tie* l’ienmontese and Socialists. One hundred
well known and violent Socialists had been ar
rested.
The machine was composed of 250 gun barrels,
loaded with 15(1(1 bullets, besides 4 blunderbus
ses similarly charged with grape shot. This
battery if fired during the passage of the pro
cession. would hare completely swept away the
Fresidcnt and ids attendants. Many of the con
spirators were arrested. The plot concocted by
a secret society, had long been watched by the
police.
A Stumper —The old Hunkers oi Hamilton
county are down hard on Tim Day and others for
bolting tlie regular nominated Locofoco ticket
in that county. Day comes out in defence, anil
appeals to the course of Frank Fierce when
Atwood was tteminated for Governor. Fierce
refused to support Atwood, and had another eon
vention called, and another ticket nominated
Day demands that a similar course lie pursued
in Hamilton county—that a new Convention
be called, and other nominations made. If tin
leading Locofocos assent to this proposition, tliei
condemn themselves—if they do not, they con
demn the course of Fierce.
Through in five Days ! — AVe observe by the
St. Louis papers tlmt passengers may now be ta
ken through from that city to New York in five
days—tin* winter arrangement being as follows:
by steamboat to Alton ;by railroad to Sring
fielit: by stage and steamboat to Lasnlle ;bv
st age and railroad via Aurora to Chicago: thence
by Central Railroad, Lake steamers, and N. Y.
railroads.
Gisms for the AVkst. —lt is ast musing to see
tin* b-'rge piles of goods that are shipped every
day on the Galena Railroad fin- AVestern mer
chants. Aon will see Isixes marked, not only for
towns from 20 to 50 miles on each side of the
road, but large numbers for Galena, Dubuque.
St. Fnnl, and all tin* tow ns on the Upper Mis
sissippi. Tlie Dubuqiu* papers inform ns tlmt all
llie goods for that city and towns ndjacant. will
this fall lie shipped by this road, and carted by
teams from Rockford to the Mississippi —[Chi
Democrat.
The Railroad Journal expresses tlie opinion
that tiie work of construct ing a tunnel under the
Hudson riv( r at Albany, will soon liecommcnc
ed. Tin* proposition is, to excavate a trench in
the bed of tlie river ot sufficient depth to admit
ot tlie construction of an arch, of a capacity to
allow- tin- passage of railroad trains. The wat
er is to lie kept out of tlie trench while the*
work is in progress, by tin* use of coffer (lams.
It is believed that there are no serious olista
cles to the execution of the proposed work,
ami tlmt it can In* done at moderate expense.
Several kegs marked *• Lard." but found to
contain spirits, were lately seized in Provi
dence. A communication from Mrs. Parting
ton, through a “medium." says: “This is
rendering unto seizer the things that are sciz
ers."
At lowa City there is a Seott Club which lias
Ex-Governor Lucas for its President, and Maj.
lb* Forrest, who was Chairman of the Polk glo
rification meeting in Ist t, for its Yice Presi
dent.
Isaac Hill, one of the Irish prisoners rescued
by the firmness of Gen. Scott from British cru
elty in 1812. is now stumping in Ohio for his
friend of forty years ago.
Not a Bad Joke. —The Natchez Courier savs
that recently, in that city, a democratic speak
er mistook Hon. IV. It. King for the w hig candi
date for the Vice Presidency, and proceeded de
lilxrately to establish that‘lie had been one of
tin* most inconsistent politicians in the Union.
fourteen years in the Senate, and on every
question that came up,” etc. Hit him again!
Suit against tiie Ogdensiiuugh. —The Detroit
papers slate that Capt. Want has commenced
legal proceededings against the propeller Og
denslmrgh, for sinking the Atlantic. Tliis w ill
bring out the whole testimony, and show where
all the blame rests, or ought to rest.
Ax Immense Work. —We see by the Cincin
nati papers that their great work is advertised
for letting. This is w orthy of notice. The hills
on the north side of the city rise about 200 feet
above the upper plain of (lie town, obstructing,
except in one direction, the free access of rail
ways to the upper part of Ihe town. A compan v
has Ik'cii formed to tunnel the hill, for the bene
fit of all ihe railways approaching from the (ihio
side, and doubtless will be immensely useful—
This tunnel will t>e6,ooo feet in length and w ill
have 2,000 feet of side cuttings. It is intended
to lay it with four tracks, and thus provide safe
anil free entrance into the city for six or eight
different railways, which wifi each contribute
to the receipts, anil thus make it a profitable
stock. Ihe enterprise is a gri at one. and, if
successful, will prove eminently useful.
L sefulness is confiimd to no station, and it -is
astonishing how much goisl may be done, anil
what may lx* affected by limited means, united
witn benevolence of heart and activity of mind-