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AM03 B- CORWINE,
' LIBEItTY AND L'NION NOW AND FOllEVEK ONE, AND INSEPARABLE."
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
VOLUME 1-1
LEXINGTON, HOLMES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, H40.
NUMBER 2.
j m)W TT-TTTTiT TO W1 ITDTT TTPTT !W A 1N
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A G E N T
The following gentlemen are respectful!
TEautd to act as Agents fof lh.e Whitf U!
.r.. Person having business for us,.r
t,ublicn , .
afC jes rous uf subscribing lor our paper
iU p'.eaiaH on ny , f thes Scnlle,nel: a
" rept,cl've places of residence anu" w'u
weel Kita prompt attention,
v ir.w. MU. N. Colecaan, P. M.
i . Mun-chsiU,
Moore (Union Hall.
1 N.G.Nyr,
it. Eaton Kys, P. M
U M. &; ?i. L. Uurvsin.
Post Mastir,
2 J. 11. Rd ir.i
G. E. WL Nelson.
Jicboii
1 aioo City
Beaton
Franklin. Holme co. II. U.Oliver
jLitfiiUud l u. J. u. suiter
TcjuU Mi
jjjutjjouiery Miss.
Mather LUiot
Any god whig
) Foster
J D. Uarret
J R.C.Perry
jam. Ess ridge
J. W. EsV ridge
James How'rd
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(Jremda
i .Hnrts Store Holmes co. T. Looking I .31
tt'heelii!" Dr. Jones P.M.
UUck Hawk Carrol. J Dr ljegralll.
P O ETRY,
From the Kmc erL-ockef.
THE FORSAKEN H12ART.
A LIFE SKETCH.
She is not happy! She hath tail ght her brow
An aspect calm and pass-ionic to wear;
lLr tear are checked; but driven back, they;
'lew
Into lier heart again, and centre there:
Burning, though silent, like alna Jake
On! t were rt-lu I, it tuu sau ueui i -aou.u u.n.
......... I L ..I.I K-J...1-
It rniy not be! Sha shall abidi rher time,
In .ilrriit uffeiing; and it may be, long;
The bloMum, though its hues fade in its prime;
Perhapv i another ro ted fctrong;
Vt if he thought the next wou d be her knell;
lUw. gladly would hc hear that veper beili
From the N. O. Tru-J A merican.
THE FLOlllDA UUINKS-S.
It will be remembered that Prcflit of Indiana,
;,,.., ,f hid Conirressional tpet'che. charged
ttie government v,ith grossly n lanuenug i ic j
V v -w C3 . .
. - ... ... r.s.., a t .
Ji atis for twenty dollars per cori , and shipping j
it to Florida, where tbetiees were o t h cx ;
that it was found difficult tu U nd the strange
cargo. Awhile since, (.Vm-r.il Jessup wrote)
a letter intended to fX lam wiy mis r.n i.
g u.tdispoaition of tne fut;ds of the nation was
necessary, but in this expl initi m he is q nte
a Kuccessful as when he attem pted to detr.y
the well-earned reputation of 0 neral Vi iuli;ld
Hcott, by the publication of the notorious lllair
letter.
Ue says the measure became necessary 'be
aue the success of Gen. Call depended upon
i mlies. reinforcement, and tire means of land
trinsiKirtation being sent fnrw ard promptly.
and that the whole coast d i .. -M irks nd
ooth of the S wannee river, t-xuept a small
po nt on the Withlacoociiee. and one at '-''-pa
Bay, was in possession of the enemy."
This id iion was certainly very creditable
... m.vHr.uiient! After twelve months war
at the tim Jessup mentio'is, a liandtu: nt ui.t
starved Indians were so success ful as to render
it imnossible to oltain one hut m red cords of
w vi when it is a w "11 known fact thtitthous
n. niwtH.d could have been cut at Fort
1'rook - within a mile id' the sh ore where near
ly al' the e-tels luided. If tuains c uld not
bj nrr cured, it is indeed a poor compliment tu
t u. head ,f the Uuarter .L ster 's Department,
whose duty it was to furnish tt.em.-
IWv, Jessup acknowledges that TampA
R;v was not in possession of the enemy; why
1 D(om ii. t ' .a Win.,
been . otaineu ai inai --'"; . ....
- I ft l.alfTlll.lll- 1 III PCIIL Lf ovafcaai.
locnee. or to such other points
1 The General seems 1
r to such otuer pmuis f r
The General seems to hav forgotten
I . . J :.. .I.! ittr ur.w Tictil
that the wood purcuascu . wy3
a Iv nt toTatnpa Bay.and u udoubtedly ued
bv'tnesteau boats plying in the Jrb,,r- K'
wood could never have reach ed the W ithla-citK-f
t r. or have facilitated tuo wovemems of
Gener l Call. .
(Jeneral Call he "assun .es the respon
sibility of this New Orleans pirchac. ell,
. ....,- r.nirnent is responsible for
tie ncte of its ag. nt, and we J.o not see that
his assumption makes the r.dit uW expenu.
ture less disagreeable. Assum ingresponstb' -ity
had its charm in days wher., it was consid
ered that Gen, Jackson "could do no wrong,
Lut those days are past. If General Jessu...
.assumes the responsibility of all the extrava
nt outlay f the publtc fiitvd during the
Florida warfare, he will be likfc ly to have Im
i-tjids full. In god truth he cannot shtelo
the administaation by expressing his wiling
,:stopay f rthis wood, when he very wel.
knows that no charge is likely to be bmugin
gainwt him. The party in pover has squan
dered the jtrea-ure of the country, and it r
proper that .he facta should be made known.
"IlETBrirwptiT-The table furniture
ur -economical' president only cost $ll,19i
T 'nts, a very insignificant rum to be ex
n the people's house, l.or purposes
to the preservation of the constat n
; however, who m ay be in-onsid
'nD-t, as to obj ;ct to this ex
ollect that lie only charge.
"t "green firger cups
irers ii i aft3r a hve
unst admit to be ;
w e(y connects
" thruughuu
Mmfi&i8lTi
TilE PUBLIC AWAKH.
The awakened state of the puiilic mind, and
ie puwer.ul intellects, who, in the right way.
re addressing the people on the stump, much
iminish the duties ot the ci nductors of the
ublic journals, for what is well r. a-iuicd in
ie primary assemblies if the people, need
ot so I'tien be attended tn initio uublie print
i is 4.ur humble occupation n--w rather to re-
rd wliat i dune, th in to be the trumpeter
I'tiie people. Well. ind-eil. is it no, t'r tiie
.tre record of whig ail.Tii'g.s tl 1 up our am
. le j urn tl.-!, tlmuu half is not told.
Tue day t'nr puolic tj)eaking, however i
...on coming to a close, and roon m mis mintlf
ill be made up, when there devolve upon
ur triendtf the moin ntnUa duty ot brmyu..
.il of our strength to tlie pulls. Toe only ifec
n il way of doiii this, is by a thor-ttigii organi
:ition in counties, uards, dtricts, &c. !kc.
The be.t organiz d pirty will poll the great
ft proportion of its .strength, by ail ohlf.
An flection battle ditlers lr.m a military
:ittle, in the fact.th it tiierifst rijrnts by deticii
nent, the second in mass. What we could
ti in mass, so fir, has been well t!ou, aye.
il.iriously dime, for never before were there
ueh assemblages' of the people, Uit now
monies the trial in !. t.iclnnents. a ineiuring
iftfivords in towns, wardr, litricts, &c. &c .
To understand our position well theie, to know
whom, si nd what we may rely upon, uud how
many of us there as wel! as our adversaries,
m now our b'undn dmy. Again, long at-
i ter public speeches cease to have e if eel, trom
the excitement ol the public mind, private
speeches can do wotulrrs. The conversation
of friends is often mtr i pott tit tiian the bet-t ol
logic. The contiiii'iice a man olten reposes in
man, is frtqu mtly inore ttiective than elo
quence the most brilliant
To bear in mind, tint the Ftrugjle we now
make is for the Cimkf ACiiM'itAcv ol the re
tiiiiilic. the lountain h-ad of all good or evil
To the tepublic, will e;wiurage u. inaction,
and to persevering action also. The people
a e now tl ehigli court f appeal, and who can
rel'fi.-e to ailtir. ss or to obey them! What is
t;l- d in thtM coiit.efi is ett ed for years. The
! jirincrptes ; his court e?taiiishes now, ate tlie
prt cedents tor all sueh coLits liereatter.
The un; .rtance of one man ca nt be to
often considered. All enuls in this hig court
of appeals, we re a I j t.Iges tm-re too A re
public di tier) from a monarchy only in the fact.
, Jl tt m;ik,.s ;l ma.cll ,,t every man.
nd theli.-t makes a monarch of but one. e
are all sovereigns, without a figure ot speech.
T'verv m;m lias his voice in tlie 1 1 ws. Tne
'judication is final, und now is to be felt for
years.
Agreeing nil then to this h'gh value upon
one man, let us not delude ours "Ives, that there
is enough already w ithut t he one. Close run
there are to be olten, and clo-e runs there may
be even where. It is our duty to art. as if
the.iiry-Zico electoral votes ol New York de
pended on one vote, and the general re.-ult up
on these forty-two. There is no other safe
nrnc;.,e t)f a.-tion In the 4-U.lM'O vote the
state may poll, u iii.it rity ot '.'j initt woniu d ;
. . ...... i
j fn stt2a Phiili say, -o!i, its only
oi e voU... Tt?e..y hmtsaud unjority tun in
4 n.KK votes is t . t large either, and nut a
muu by Bnare,, Wit, c.in ,ll:tke it.
From the Yoimair
The following happy allusion to the Ig ca
bin and its assneiat oiis, is from the great
speech of Mr. Wb-ter at Saratogi, N. Y. on
the lOt . of August.
'But it is the rry and effort nf the limes to
stimulate those who are called P'-nr. ngaint
those win are called rich; and yet aumng those
who urge this cry and seek to profit by it,
there is Iftnyed sometime an o casioiiai
sneer a. whatever savors nf humble life. Wit
n?s the reproach agaiu.-ta candidate now be
fore tli-j ppopl t f ir their li.gliest honors, that a
log cabin wit h plenty of hard cider, is good e-
i nou 'h for him.
it appears to snmo person, tint a grit
deal too much use is urtde oi the symbol of tiie
log cabin. No man of sense siiiiiNises, that
hiving lived in a log cabin is any further proof
of qualification tor the Presid imy. tlrin as it
creates a presu upti .n that any ntu , who from
huiiibleconditioii, nr under unfavorable circum
stances, has b.'eu able to attract a considera
ble degr e of public atteu'ion, is t nssessed of
rcj tituble qualiliet, moral ur tnteSlectu l.
But it I to be remembered, that thi mat
ter of the log ca'jin originated, not with the
friends of the wing c mdid ite. hut with his ene-
mtes.
Soon alter his tnm.ina'ioii, at ;1 irris-
bur", a w nter fir one ot theie;nlini ndinini.-tra
. . ..a . . . .
. .:,jew li.Hlll. ufh .g,Mi)i,,,' and hisuso
Achm
As might have been expected, lor pretenders
are generally false. Ins laiint at .humble life
proceeded from the party winch claims for it
self the pure t democracy. The whole party
ippeared to enjoy it. i r at least they counte
nanced it. by si-ent .n-quieseuce; for I do not
know that, to this d ty. any eminent individu tl
or any leading newspaper, attached in the ad-
uiristratioii, .has reouked tins scorniui jeer
ing at the supposed humble condition or ci -
cumstances iu life, past or present, ot a wor
thy man and w ir worn sol,.ier. But it touch
ed" a tender point in the public feeling. It na
turally mused ind gna'ioii. V hat was int ti
led us reproach, wj.s immediately seized on as
merit, "lie it so -be it so," was the instant
jurstol the public voice. "Let him be the log
cabin c wididaie. What you say in sc rn. we
vill shout with all nor lungs; from this day,
ve have our cry of rally, and we siull see
whether he wi o has dwelt iu one nf the rude
abodes of ti e ve.-t, may not become tite best
tiotse in the country."
"All this is natural, and springs from nonr
;es of just feeling. Other things, gentlemen.
lave had a similar origin
We all know that
he term 'whig was bestowed in derision, two
hundred years ago, on thus who were thought
iti fond oflibertv; and our national air of Yan-,
ee Doodle was composed by British ojieirs,
n ridicule of the American t roups. Yet, ere
.or.g,the last of the Brttish nrmies lad down
ts arms at Yorktown. w.nle the same air w is
.laying iu the ears of officers and men. len
lemen. it its only shallow-minded pretenders
fiither make distinflruished origin matter
f personal merit, or obscure origin matter of
mnnal renroach. 1 aunt or BComng at. me
J autnble condition ofearly life, fiiy jn
ti is coiiutjy but thoae wiio are tt d i sh eiionn
to indulge in tliem, and they are geuer. Hy suf
licieutly pun i.-hod by puulic rebuke. A man
who is not ashamed of him -elf, need nut be a
shamed ofhrseurly cotid tioit.
(ientlemen, it did not happen to me to be
b .rn in a big c ibiii, but my e.der brothers and
sisters were born ma log cabin, raised amid
tlie snow-drifts of New Hampshire, at a period
so e irly, a thut when the smoke lirst arose
from its rude chitn. ley, and curled over the fro
zen hill.-, tiiere was no similar evidence ol a
white in m'a habitation between it und the set
tlements on the rivers of Canada. Its remains
still exist. 1 make to it an annual visit.
I carry my ch Idrento it, t.i inspire like senli
iients in liem and to te ich them the hard
.nips endured uy tue generations which have
joue before ,thjin.-l love to dwell on the ton
er rmlhctim, the kindred ties, the early
itfect.ons, and tne touching narratives and in
cidents wliicii mingle wilu all I know of this
tumble, primitive family abode. I weep to
think mat none of those who inhibited it are
now among tue living; and if ever I am asha
med of it, or if ever 1 fail in affectionate ven
eration tor Him who reared it; and defended it
a.'aiot savage violence and detruction. cher
ished all the domestic virtues beneath its roof,
.ind. tnrough tne lire and blood of a seven year-
revil..tionarv v ar, s. trunk from no dat gr, no
toil, no sacrifice, to svrve his country, and to t the great Svracuss convention one ban
r lise his children to a condition Let ter tn mh:s nef lllllo'wjl f inscription:
own, may my name and the name of my pos- f WILLI A M II. HARRISON,
terity be ulotied forever from the memory ol r,irVlce President Joil.N TVLIiit,
''", . ForKlnderuo .k, MAiCiTN VAN JJURKN.
r'roui the li irti.-ru Coiirant.
TUE EXECUTION OF MAJ. ANDRE.
Dr. Hall, of Eat Hartford, asurgeon in tne
army of tue revolution, was an e3 witness to
the execution of Ainj .r Andre, standing with
in tour or five nd of tlie scene. Noticing
ome inaccuracies in the article we puulisiiid
i rum the Knickerbocker a t w day ago, he
ii at. called and re I tied to us tne louow ing par
ticulars, lie stale that Andre waUed lotlu
place of -xeculioii benind the carl, accompi
nied by two tli.ers, one on each uide. and stop
ped uuuv r tne gallows.--Arrived i.icre, lie im
oo.diaiely stepped up into t e cart, wuen the
oiticer of the couri . t-ol. .Scaminell, saiil 'oluin.
it you nave any tiling toy, you ikiw have nu
u.iooriuifly. lie replied, I nave nolni.ig to
ay, but to have you to bear witness tnat I
die like a brave man. Col. JS. tin u said tt
tl hangman, do your umy. He went to
work so a kanliy in a. tempting to put the
nooe over Andre's neck, tnat Andre took it
from him and made an effort to o it himself.
Hut Lis hat being in the way , be lt g Ih'e
rope, took oft' his h it and stock and laid them
on the cothn, and unbuttoned his shin collar
and turned itdown lie then put the noose
over n,s head, and dj-t.t. d it to his necs ;
took out ot ins pocKei a wiuie uai uKeicmei,
with which he bandaged his eyes: and a blue j
tibhon, wh ch he handed to tue execufoiier,
requesting him to tie his h inds behind hn.
T.iis beinj: done. Col S. directed the cart lobe
A . . .1 .. ... j ...... I 1 w m i 1
uriveu away, .-mure a tman m i.i
sei;:ned nanny to s men tne rope, aim mm legs
dandled su mucn tnat the hangman was i.riier-
ed tt take hold of them and ke.-p them str light.
The t.ndv wa.- cut down after hanuii-g liiteen
..rtwenty mihiites, ai.d bu.ied ne.ir tne gallows, administration to settle h r boundary question,
From the location of the grave, Andre must has settled the question of its boundary,
have pissed hi going to the place ofexeco; ion. Tll). j(lCO foCl) p:iper riMtt, Mr. Crittenden's
The Doctnr tiiinks the ncmu.t relative t. toast at Nashv ilie and nivers other toasts to
the attempts teade l y Warhiigtun tuseiure prove tuat the whigs contemplate a resort In
Arnold and li'm rate An-'re must be incorrect, force. We asture tueui tna.1 the whigs can
Tim court which sentenced Andre to t eith not , at present, see the ti ghtest uecestity iu
having been i eld on tlie 'Jtn Sept., niy tnre
days Ui-lorc his executirn
the time allowed
was not by any means stiLiie ent to permit such
pi ins to be succe.-stiilly carried out. especially
Iu o.i e in w hich Champte was concerned.
President Mum. "An admirable letfpr'
(18 JUSI pU.lllSUeo ill me i cmnrjr it ui' i n-
Iten by Mr. Van Buren in answer to tl est-que-
ries. pmpoUiided by some six citizens of i hil-
jadelphia.
A r. vnii in f ttrnr nf a nrntertive taritTI
Did von ote f .r or sui-nort a property quil -
ific.tion for vi ters in the Convention of New
y,,,.;
Are you in favor of reducing the standard of
wag' si
' Whether you are in favor nf the Srrrftory
of War's pi 1 1 for organizing the Militia!
These questions are not. made for the pur
pose t if unir enilly criti'ism, but only from a
sinrere wish to have your on views on these
SU'jCtS."
Tiie lesnonse to these question4" is of the
"mum" mystification, snd humbug princifle
which Mr. Van Bon n is admirably qualified
to reduce to pr ictice. To the first question
he replies by referring tn another letter writ
ten by h.nielf. The second is ai swereablc
ref rring to a paper " prepared by his friend
at Alnai.v." The third question he does Mnt
comprehend precisely," md therefore he gives
x string ot words in reply wh.ch nobody ever
can cm prebend precisfly. nd tiie fourth
qti-stion he does not answer at all Nt
. . . A 1.1
syllable ot reference is made tn tt. Anu mis
letter his ergan in this city considers ,kso a; m.-
rable in itself as to render comment tuperuu
ous." -JNu aual Gox.
Tnr, President's Extravaoanck. With
out discussii g the taste of Air. Ogle's disclo
sure concerning the Presidbnt's mansion, it
may and must ue conceded that there has been
fn quent cases where he has persisted in expen
ditures aside from those not icid by the scrutin
izing Pennsy lvania Member. W c forget
whether the following is one nr not, but it
rprtainlv rutin's from Fond authority. In
1817, a dealer of this city furnished the nor
cloth for the great Ha l in the White H use,
at the cost of about $it'U it was American
manufacture and initch admired and wore re
markably well. When 'General Jackson was
asked, toward the close f his term whether
ue would have il removed fr new. he said no:
it wa good and elegant eiu iigh for him, and
would last a good while yet, and look well
beside.Mr. Nan Buren did'nt so. It was
removed in his acctssion, and Erg.ish floor
cloth, costmg (the difference ot prices in the
year considered) nearly fifty per cent more
was substituted in its stead! Such facts need
tio comment. Phil. Gazette.
Prentice of t'ne Louisville Journal is, without
exception, the finest wit of the age. The fol
lowing excerpts from his paper, are of such a
spicy order that we cannot lorbear transferrin
them to our columns; thus oflerina our reader
an opportunity to exercise freely their risibili
ties. The New York loco foco papers propose
that a general meeting of their party in that
state be Held, and that Gen. Jackson be ipvited
to attend. Tuey want the Old Cnieftain to
go auJ stviJ as noun substantive to their
Kmderhook adjecti;e.
There is a pro igious crying and blowing of
notes among the 4uUU0 office-holders. The
price of pocket-handkerchiefs naa doujled with
iu the last two weeks. Tit-s tvaole stuck wil
soon be exhausted, and tho poor locos will have
to wipe tneirtyes upon their coat-tails.
The states that support Mr. Van Iluren, sup
nurt htm with a fervor altogetner uu,arriilei-
jed, sas the New York Standard ! am mn
Inarch of all I fcurvey,' said a iellew who wa?
stone-Uliud.
A St. The New York democratic press
says .iat nearly all the custom house stipen-
Uanes in the city are struggling wiin an uieir
might to get nouiinated lor county omces
Tktee more letters of -Mr. Van Iluren ap
pear in t.ie Advertiser of yesterday. U'is a
buut t me for t ue man to bj silent. His word?
s un4 line a voice from tue eiureh-yard.
Senator Wright in his speech at New York
upon tne nit-lory of the sub treasury bill's pas
tag had occasion to allude to tae taking ot
the mmn question. At tne utterance of the
piirasf, a general shout weut up from ail the
w nig in tne crowd, llumh f..r the Vu"
jue. nun!' ec.iocd from every part of toe as-
asaeu:oiage.
When such Ftates as Maine turn against
Van Iluren. wiiere can he ri- to hide himeJi
fWai tne nuniing eyes of an outraged peop
W Mildn't he liKe to rent the Maiiimoiii ca
le!
ive.
and escape six miles under ground ! Or would
he t.e suistied to cut his thixui and escape un
der ground six feet.
I The cry f despair. The Tennesse Senti
nel, a V an If.ireu org in, says:
( The fid is not to be disguised, that the
deinoi rile: (loco) party is but the shadow oi
wuat it was evenoiie year ago. Many ofo.ir
vtrong holds have lately surrendered to the en
emy, and wher- tiie liarriou mania will tU p
GuU'knoWS Uuller w- do.M
The loco f' co papers are beginning to find
at list that Wi.eu tuey abuse tkt vsAigt they
abuse tAe people.
Issac II ill, w ho keeps Van Buren's empty
strong box at Huston, has resolved not to move
h:s family to that city until after the JS'uvem'
ter election.
Maine, after waiting several years for the
tae world i'.r any thing uf mat sort.
There is a weapon surer yet
And better thtn tue bayonet-
A weapon tint comes d wn as still
As snow llikes iijn n the sod.
Yet executes the f eeman's will
A ligmtung does ti.e will of God!
And irom it power nor bolts nor locks
Can shield you!' Pis the ballot box!"
This is the day of the great whig gathering
i in Ciui.innati. At the 1 itest dates, fiigs were
' flymg Ir m the tops of whig houses all over the
city. Tue Uueeu ciiy.vieved from a distant e,
I looketl like a iii'g.ity sq iadron of two thou-
sand ships with tueir colors all streaming in
the h.-aviTiS.
Never have we seen ry thing so thoroughly
aroused as the democracy are at the present
time. Glob"..
Probably you never saw a basket of eels with
a shovel ot live embers thrown over them.
Lou.J urnal.
' Amos and his progeny. We rind he follow
ing 'palpable hit.' iu the ltochesur Democrat.
When the w hig guns atOetid f night,
Had wak'd the bibes in sad .-ilVri'Mit,
Amos, with sharp look and pierciugeye.
8ays,lluh it y dears, lie r, don't cry.'
The 'Heaven omn then resumes his quill.
The Babes rest not but he LIES still.
Almost every person that went into office
three years ngo have failed. Yat.G tt.
Martin Van Bureu's case is a striking in
stance ot the truth of the remark. Lou. Jour,
Eyety speech that General Harrison makes
eur.iges the pensioned corps. He will no doubt
make one mi the 4th of March next, that will
rendrr them perfectly furious.
The ladies tif this country are so thoroughly
whig, that they co not endure the bare men
tion ot loco loco matches.
An incident occurred at the town election in
Hal'ovt eli, which is worthy of note. A loco lo
co who has figured iu the Brandon bank trans
net ions in M issjssippi, but who now resides in
thnt town, came up to the polls with a negro
man, whom he had broug.it with him from
Mississippi, and attempted to get in his vote
tor the Van Buren governor. He did nrt pre
tend that he had emancipated his slave, but
c minuted that in this state he beet me free
by bing brtUght here by his master. The
selectmen rattier hesitated to admit the vote
of the slave, and the idea of freemen being vo
te'1 down by slave? create 1 so much excitement
in the hall that the democratic master and
slave withdrew. " In a nversation, the master
said"Sino is a true democrat -he will vote
just as ir.assa says.' This is said to be the
beet definition of democracy extant. They will
vote as xnassa gays.-CVr. Jour. Com,
An amusing incident. Tne last number uf
the Harrisburg Pa. Cnronicle gives the annex
ed narrative of a very amusing incident:
Not many weeks since a geutleinao of Har
risburg, by the name of Henry Petri kin depu.
ty secretary of t he commonwealth on Pennsyl
vania, was on aviit to Bellcfonte, Centrecoun
ty. While there he was requested tu make a
speech to the faithful, or did it without beiny
requested at auy rate the speech was made
In tue course of it, as is customary with lues
loco focol.gh.s wiK'ti they are where they. sup
pose there is no one to contradict them U de
clared lien. Harrison to be a cuvoarJ, D
you say Gen. Harrison is a coward!" deinanJ
d an old man in the crowd: I do, wis to
.eply of Mr. H.Pctrikin. How do you knoir
a!" deminded the same old mm. Here 3lf.
iVtriken was brought to a dead stand. 'H
nd not th-J documents" to prove it; tha Extra,
ilobe had been loft at home. "D i you rein tia -i
r the man to whom you paid $iJ toj nn th
irmy under (Jen. Harrison in the last war as a
-u.ititutel If you don't I do." -Gentlemen
continued the incorrigible old man, putting his
land in his pocket and pulling out an honorable
lischirgj from Gen. Harrison, "Mr. Petriken
give me $9.) to take his pU;e iu the army,
uid I hold in my hand my clearance frora Har
rison." Mr. Petnken was confounded, so he
pened not his m iuth. We trust this will ta
feu as a warning to all of Gen. Harris ! slan
lerers, at least to be extremely cautions there
ire m tie of Gen. Harrison's old soldiers about
aeforj they begiu to retail their stale falsuoods.
A writer in the New York Epress, over
the signature of Arislides, who is engaged in
xamiuing theexpenditures of the custom house
if t aat ciiy, makes the following startling dis
closure: "During the eight years that Mr Thompson
wis collector, the revenue amounted to $100,
,.00 000. Mr. T. therefore collected yearly,
m an average $FJ,500,000. Mr. Hoyt came
nto office on the J9th March, 1839, and col
l.'ctedfrom the 1st of April, 18-18 to the. list
t'31trch. I"i40. inclusive, - being two years,
$2V22ii.G10 09 cents. Mr. II. therefore col
lected on an average yeariy, for two years,
$11,1 19,255.
It follows that Mr. Thompson: on an ave
rage yearly, for eight years together, collected
more than .Mr. Hoyt has done on a yearly ave
rage, b.r the sun. of $389,744 65 k cents. The
greatest amount of revenue collected in any
one year by Mr. Thompson is $15,700,01.0.
The greatest amount co Iected by Mr. Hoyt,
iu any one year, i? $l.i.970,!"Vi 27. Ho that
we here see that Mr. Thompson exceeds Mr
Hoyt great es amount Jfy roJ.eeiow tn one
year, by Ike sum J"$ 1,7 9,bG7 Hi cents. To
no this, .Mr. Thompson employed 140 officers
and clerks, and expended $i49',493 81 cents;
whi.e Mr. Hoyt, in collecting whit he has
done, employ ed, according to the National Re
gister of the. :Hth of September, 18:19, 452 offi
cers, clerks, Arc, and expended $507,561 23,
cents; employ ing 12 officers, clerks ice. more
than .Mr. Thompson, and ii. creasing the ex
penditures of collection $-'69,072 47 cents.
Look, fe'low citizens, at this enormously in
creased expense, and consider whether thre
is any thing in the increase of import to jus
tify tiii's g reat difference! Depend upon it
something else is ot the bottom of all this be
sides the mere collection of the revenue, wl icfi
I think I shall make appear before I am kmc.
ARISTIDE9.
Electric Teleakaph. A telegraph work
ed by I'lectric ty is iu operation on the Greit
Western Railway, hptwe n Drayton and Pad
dingtun in England, by which news is convey
ed at the rate of two hundred thousand miles
per second, ur eight thousand times quicker
than light Havel during the same period. E
lectrical currents passing through co' Is of cop
per wire placed immediately behind some mag- .
netic needles, are made to operate, upon a cir
t ularser. of twenty letters, which indicate
such term, eimer separately or collectively,
as they hae been arr nged to represent. Tni
telegraph will act day and n;ght. in all state
of tiie w eather, and with such rapidity that one
minute only is required for thecotnmunicatioa
of thirty signals.
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Take cake of your Bacon. To prevent
it from getting rusty, after the bacon has been
sufficiently cured, put it into a box about ho
size of the piece ot bacon, covering the bottom
of the box with hay; then wrap up each pice
of bacon in sweet hay, and between every
piece introduce a layer of hay. This method ,
will prevent bacon from rusttr.g, and keep it
for 12 months as good as it was on the first
day of salting.
A good Idea The Globe, finding that
the pi tin repu dicans of ihe country are start
led nt the monstrous expenditures in furnishing
the white house since Mr. Van Buren has been
its tenant, undertakes to make an offset
showing that almost as much was spent by
the reeeeding presidents. That is a laugha
ble mode of disposing of the question, as if
every dollar spent in purchasing costly furni
ture under Mr. Monroe, Mr. Adams and Gen. .
Jackson, would not beareasonwhy less should
be spent under Mr. Van Buren. We suppose ;
that General Jackson did not take with htm
the carpets, girondoles, the sofas, the char.de- :
Tiers, and tjie artificial flowers, purchased tor
the hsuse. JV. Bedford Mercury,
A new theory The cause of ladies teth ;
decayiig at so much earlier a state of life, than
those ot the other sex, has usually been attri
buted to the friction produced by the constant
act ion of tho tongue. But according to the ed
tor of the Hartford Courier, a Yankee paper, it
is owing to the sweetness of their lips; as it
a fact well established, by every body's saying
that sweet things ruin the teeth.
llooniNG out's self While the funmj;
car with th remains of tho victims of Jul
was p issing along the Uoulevards, in Paris, &
National guard reproved a man n?ar him for
not taking off his hat, as all around him had
done. Sir replied he, "I cannot do honor
to myself." One of my legs is among the vic
tims, and modesty forbids me to 6alute it.
Gn looking down the National guard taw that
his interlocutor had a wooden leg, , . , .
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