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THE NEW ERA.
tVhnt is it but :i Map of busy Life ?- Coirper.
po i rm io v vu. x \.
FRIDAY, NOV KM II Fit 14, 1845.
~ OUil FLAG!
FREE TRADE—LOW DUTIES—NO DEHT—SE
PARATION FROM HANKS ECONOMY—RE
TRENCHMENT—AND STRICT ADHERENCE
TO THE CONSTITUTION.
“ COLLEGIATE PEN.”
Messrs. Hodges &, Co., have sent us a speci
men of metallic pen, bearing this stamp, which
equals if it does not surpass any thing of the kind
■we have yet used. The ink flows freely,and the
cut of the letter produced is smooth and well de- i
fined. Try them.
SECOND CHOP OF GRAPES.
Gen. Hodges, at the Post Office showed us a day
or two since a bunch of grapes, plucked from a
vine on his farm on the Western Branch, of the
Isabella species, nearly or quite full grown, of
the second crop, and only wanting a few weeks
of warm sun to ripen. We know not whether
this is a common thing or not, but that our climate
has been remarkably mild this season is evidenced
by all around ns. We have in the garden at
taohed to lire house we live in an apple tree load
ed with fruit of the second growth.
ELECTION IN MICHIGAN.
It’s all right in Michigan, the Democrats have
carried every thing before them—Governor, Leg
islature and all. The Democrats have permitted
the Whigs to carry one or two counties just to
keep up their spirits.
MAfJSACHUSETTS ELECTION.
An election lor Governor, Lieut. Governor,
members of the Senate and House of Representa
tives anil a ineniUW of Congress in the 9th Con
gressional District, was held in Massachusetts on
Monday the 10th inst. Gov. Briggs will proba
bly lack about 1.000 votes of having a majority
over all his opponents. We perceive by the re
turns, says the Baltimore Sun, that the Whigs
have a plurality in all the counties heard from ;
and those yet to come in — Barnstable, Dukes and
Nantucket—are strongly Whig.
THAT COLLECTORSHIP.
A little difficulty has taken place in our party,
in relation to an appointment in the gift of the
Collector, which was anxiously sought by two of
our friends, but which was given to a third friend
by him. 'I'llis difference the vvhtgs, ever active,
ever watchful, are using every means to fan into
a flame that will consume the democracy of Nor
folk. We do not intend to enlist either in favor of
or against the Collector, so far as our own party is
concerned, and will only say that the appointment
finally made by him, is entirely unexceptionable to
our friends, so far as the individual is concerned,
and would have received the unanimous approval of
our party, if our friends had nut committed them
selves to other candidates; but we will not permit
our opponents, onr constitutional political enemies,
to step in and fan the flame of discord, without
rebuking the interference. The great charge
made by a writer in the Herald of this morning
is, that the Collector feasted Mr. Tyler, while
President—that he attended the first public meet
ing held in his favor, and when they were few in
numbers, asked if they were all friends present_
astonished, perhaps, to find that the little patriot
hand was so extensive already, and which was
destined to grow so large, that it could control the
election, as it did in 1844, when the friends of
Mr. Tyler gave their vote to James K. Polk,
among whom none more heartily espoused his
•cause than did the Collector.
That the whig party can never forgive the
Collector for his friendship to John Tyler, we ran
well understand, for that is the unpardonable of
fence with them; but their attempt is as ridicu
lous as it is fatuilous, to make it a cause of offence
with the present administration. We glory in
the fact, that we sustained Mr. Tyler throughout
the perilous contest he fought with an unprinci
pled majority, with Mr Clay at its head, through
the years 1841, and ’42, when he conquered the
hydra, and we have no doubt tint every friend of
his feels the same conscious pride, the Collector
among the number. It was Mr. Tyler who
crushed the whig party, supported only by that
indomitable, and invincible “ Corporal’s Guard,”
that met and parried every assault of an enraged
foe, by whom it was surrounded. It was Mr.
Tyler who gave life and hope to the democratic
party, when it was stricken down by the false
promises and professions of the leaders of the whig
parly—and it was the truth and patriotism of his
friends that gave power and effect to the democra
cy, to enable them to consummate the triumph in
1844. which placed Jame9 K. Polk in the presi
dential chair.
We, therefore, say to the whigs, that the de
mocratic party, or rather Mr. Polk, is not a viper
to sting the bosom that warmed it into life, and
that their labor of love, in the present instance,
will be as worthless, as it is gratuitous.
EDUCATION CONVENTION.
The meeting held in Norfolk on Wednesday j
evening to fHect Delegates to the Richmond '
Convention, after passing the following Resolu
tions, appointed '.he Committee stated below.
1. Resolved, That the people of the City of
Norfolk, depply impressed by a doe sense of ihe
importance of affording the benefits of Education
to every poor white child of the Commonwealth,
and earnestly desirous to see the object duly ac
complisbed, appoint twenty-one delegates toatlend
the Convention on the subject of Education to be
held in the City of Richmond on the 10th day of
December next.
2. Resolved, That we pledge ourselves to en
deavor to attain the desirable result ; and will
willingly bear onrdue proportion of additional taxes
which may be imposed for the purpose «>f tarrying ;
out any feasible plan which may bp adopted for '
the desired object.
Committee—W. D Delany, P P Mayo, O !
H. Cooke. C. W. Newton, Robert E. Taylor
Wm. Garnett. C. Mall. Dr. Wm. Tatem, j. !\
«*e'?»** Jr., II. N. Bucktrout, II.
' ; Hoardon, II. Wondis, Simon Stone, N. C.
\\ liitt»h< ail, J. F. Hunter, Dr. Georue Wilson,
l. G. Broughton. Dr. Wm. Selden, .John 'Funic.
' • I . Allyn, Cliarles Reid and John N. Taze
well.
COAL.
I lie Coal Business at Pottsville, Penn., is ex
tending with eri-at rapidity. It is computed by
the Journal that more than £1,000.000 have
been expended in the region during the past year
in making improvements of various kinds. At
l‘*ast GOO new houses for miners have been
built, exclusive of those in the largo towns. The
consequence has been an extraordinary activity in
trade, and business of every' kind has been unu
sually brisk this year. During the boating sea
son of next year, Pottsville expects to send 40,
000 tons o. coal to market per week,—the trade
will steadily increase at the rate ofbetween 2 and
400,000 tons per annum.
ARKFS I AND IMPRISONMENT OF MR
ROVVLEY-H1S INSANITY—MORE MYSTE
\\ o mentioned yesterday the arrest in tins
city of a man by the name of Davis, v\ ho was
suspected, on what grounds particularly wo could
not ascertain, of being the person who had robbed
Mr. Rowley, of \Y rent ha m, some weeks ago, on
board the steamer Massachusetts. Measures had
then been taken to have Mr. Rowley, who, it was
supposed, was in New York, stop in this city on
his return home, that be might identify the prison
er, if indeed he were the guilty man. In this
state of things, Mr. Blnke.of Wremham, brother
in-law of Rowley, arrived here last evenin'?, and
stated to the examining magistrate thalMr.Row
ley was now in jail in Boston, and to all ap
pearances a roeiug- maniac! He had intended
to leave Boston on Monday last for New York,
and had purchased a ticket for that purpose when
he was arrested on a writ issued against him on
the complaint o| some of his creditors, and imme
diately incarcerated in jail. In order to effect
this, it became necessary for his credit.-rs to swear
that they had reason to suppose lie intended to
leave the Slate, and this they could of course
honestly do, alter he had purchased a ticket for
New York. Whether they suspected him of foul
play, we have no other means of knowing than
Irom the farts here given; but from these we
judge that such must have been thecase. Mean
time Row ley has become, to all appearance, a
maniac, and the anticipated identification of Da
vis is at an end lor the present, at least. We un
derstand that the examining magistrate decided
to release him, and presume that he is now at
large.
The above paragraph from the Providence Ga
zetto of Saturday is substantially correct. In ad
dition to the particulars therein staled, we have
obtained the following:—On the 1st inst. Mr.
Rowley arrived in tins city from New York, for
the purpose, be said, of searching fur the person
w ho had robbed him, and he went over to Fast
Boston to note particularly the passengers who
sailed in the British steamer that day. On Mon
day afternoon he was arresied by deputy sheriff
larbell.at the suit of Henry Pettes Sc Co., for
$1500, and in the evening was committed to jail.
On Wednesday, be being still in jail, three more
writs were served upon him. viz:—one in favor
of Davis. Palmer Sc Co., for 8800; one in favor
oi YY m. K. Blanchard Sc Co., for 81ii00. and one
in favor of Alfred A. Andrews Sc Co., for 8800.
It sane when arrested, he was observed to be
otherwise soon afterward. The symptoms of
mental aberration continued to increase up to Sa
turday evening, when bis creditors accepted some
of his friends for bail, and they released him from
jail for the purpose of conveying him to the insane
hospital at YVorceslor—Boston Post.
[This gentleman it will be recollected was
robbed while on board of a steamer in Long Is
land Sound, having accepted part of a poach from
a fellow passenger, which deprived him of all
sense. The papers at the time of his robbery very
quaintly remarked that the money of which he
was robbed was all bis own.—JYeic Era.']
From the New York Morning' Ncwa.
DESTRUCTIVE K!R E— ANOTHER FE AR
ful explosion-several i.ivrs prop v.
HLY LOST-MANY SEVERELY INJURED.
Last evening, about half past six o'clock, a fire
broke out in Cedar street, Nos. 25 and 27. which
was attended with very serious consequences._
The fire was first discovered in the third floor,
occupied by Ellis and King as an umbrella facto’
ry, and spread through the building with alarm
ing rapidity. The firemen, with their usual
promptness, were immediately in attendance, and
the premises were filled with these chivalric and
daring men, when an explosion, similar to the one
in Broad street, suddenly took place, blowing se
veral of them through the windows into the street,
and shaking down part of the wall or chimney,’
scattered :he heated bricks among the crowd as-’
sembled below. The report was nut heavy, but
the flash appeared like a fierce, bluish-while
flame, extending instantly nearly across thestreet,
in a horizontal direction from the windows and’
doors, and completely firing the upper portion of
the building throughout. Several of the firemen
were picked up insensible and conveyed to the
adjoining houses, and many more were |pd bleed
ing and bruised from the seene of their labors_
We could not learn the cause of this frightful ad
dition to the horrors of a New York fire, but on
investigation, it will doubtless be found’ to have
proceeded from saltpetre, or some other harmless
substance.
T11R ST K A M E R PRIN C ETON
The " Union,” some months ago, alluded jn
complimentary terms, to the despatch to which
the orders of the Navy Department had been car
ried into execution by some of our vessels
Baltimore paper asks, with a sneer, if the passage
of the Princeton from Philadelphia to Pensacola
in 2o days was one of them. We have taken the
trouble to impure of those who know tne facts
and finds that the Princeton renders a good ae'
count of herself. She was sent out to Pensacola
in August last, with orders to rely upon sails
alone, in order to save her coal for use on the
stations. In this passage she made 220 knots un
der royals in one day, and heat the John Adams
by nearly a week on the passage—both vessels
having been delayed by protracted ealms.
With the coal she brought out, and a supply
from Pensacola, she has performed four passages
between Pensacola and Vera Cruz, of about four
days arid a half each. We will lake the last as
an instance. A despatch arrived.from fhe Navy
Department to be sent to Vera Cruz without an
hour’s delay. The Princeton wa« got under
] way in ilie teeth of a soul burster, and, with
the wind dead ahead for more than 70 hours,
j delivered the despatch in 102 hours at Vera Cruz.
1 his is done with one fourth her steam-power,
with nn expenditure of GO tons of anthracite’
the trip, which, at the usual cost in i’lnladel
pliia, is about $200. Has the Postmaster General
a more expeditious or economical post-route south
of \Vashington of 827 miles?—JV. O. Picayune,
J\'uv. 1.
JOHN C. CALHOUN.
'I here are a few men to whom when there is
real danger in affairs, the eyes of the people in
stinctively liifn f.jr guidance and help. In the
midst of political strife such men he ns much and
even more abused than the leaders of a different
character. 1 here arc other men who are eleva
ted in times of peace and prosperity, hut when
dark clouds arise are instantly forgotten. Mr.
Calhoun belongs to the first class. "He is revi!
ed when in office, but lie is no sooner out of of
fice than the people ol all parlies begin to desire
his rpturn. I rue, most men at the North have
thought him wrong, sometimes ; hut no one ever
douhiedthat asstatesman, he belonged to the very
highest rank, and very few, ifany. however much
they have tried to do so, have ever been really able
to expel tioin their minds, the conviction that
lie is an honest and sincere patriot, and as
much above most politicians in moral, ns lie is
m intellectual greatness. When the office of
Secretary of Slate w as made vacant hv the sad
accident on board the Princeton and Mr. Calhoun’s
name was mentioned, the whole country called
him to that high station. Now there is the same
desire that he should return to the Senate The I
position which he took in the Senate on the Ore
gon, question, was so profoundly wise, that the
attention of patriots through the country was fas
tened to it with strong approval. Now that the
furious arid reckless portion of people talk crazily
of injustice and war, that approval desires the re
turn of this statesman to the place where he may
again enforce the same councils of wisdom.—
iY. Y■ Jour. Com.
From the Richmond Knquirer.
A SECOND TERM.
One ol the thousand schemes originated by the
Whies to embarrass Mr. Folk and weaken the
moral influence of the Administration,in carrying
ont the measures demanded by a large majority o'?
the people, has been to fabricate a rumor that the
Legislature ol Tennessee will adopt resolutions
indicating a desire on the part of its majority that
Mr. Polk may be induced to run for a re-election.
How easy would it he. if this notion were believed,
to raise up prejudice against every act of the
President! No appointment could he made,_no
measures recommended, without being at once
distorted by the ingenious Whigs, into a base in
stroment for his re-election. The Washington
correspondent of the Nashville Banner, sneeringly
says: “ I hope there is truth in the rumor. Let
ihe scheme be tried—the quicker the better. Mr.
Polk means it all. Why not come out then and
show his hand at once!”
Very kind and considerate, truly! But the
Nashville Union nails the base metal to the coun
ter. We hope tliat, after the following explicit
and thorough denial, the Whig press will no lon
ger play upon that siring :
“ Every Democratic member of the Legislature
will at once pronounce it utterly false that such an
idea was ever entertained for a moment. This is
a mere specimen of the kind of stuff with which
the Banner teems from its notorious correspon
dent.” 1
We would advise the Whigs to imitate the can
dor of the Alexandria Gazette. That paper is
convinced by the evidence laid before the public,
that the President is sincere in his declarations
and “ weans ” not to he a candidate a second time.
He is now diligently devoted to the discharge of
his high duties, and after the 4th March, l"840.
will return into the people’s hands the weighty
trust. It will require firmness and wisdom to
meet the difficulties which will he thrown in his
way, at home and abroad—but he is buoyed op by
the conviction, that the people will never desert
an officer, who is honest and faithful to fiis princi
ples. *
From the New York Jeffersonian.
THE EXTENSION OF OUR NATIONAL
DOMAIN.
Notwithstanding this country from the dawn ot
the Republic has been gradually extending its
bounds and dispensing its manifold blessings to
millions of freemen until it has become a terror to
the crumbling monarchies of the old world_we
still have those among ns boasting the name of
American, who strange though it he, regard our
every onward step towards an extensionof terri
tnry and national power with a degree of timidity
ridiculous in the extreme. They~even use their
press in sounding the alarm, and leave no effort
untried calculated to close the door against any
further ingress of those anxious to become mem
hers of the united and invincible Republican
family. They seem to fear that our country will
become too extensive, our people too numerous, nor
government too powerful, and, tell it not in Gath,
our Republican institutions too wide spread and'
benignant in their influence nnd operations. Ac
cording to their preaching an increase of national
domain is hut another name for national plunder •
and every lawful extension of territory or addi*
lion of national wealth is indicative of a spirit
of inordinate and aggressive ambition and fore
shadowing ultimate ruin. We perfectly noree
with a cotemporary who says, that the ambition
for national aggrandizement which would acquire
domain and power in defiance of the rights of
others, which would r> gard the possessions of
the weak as lawful spoils, because it has the
strength to seize upon them, cannot be too se
verely reprehended j but there is a wide differ
ence between this, and the disposition to secure
such territorial advantages ns may come leoiij'
mately within our reach, or be voluntarily offered :
by other nations, when it can he done without the j
slightest infraction of the right of tubers. The j
first is the spirit of unlawful connuest, and should i
therefore he discarded; the last is a laudable
ambition to acquire whatever promises to eontri
bote not only to national greatness hot to the
general g(K>d. Nor can w« discover any rause
for alarm in the tnanifestion of this laudable am
bition.
If our institutions rest upon a proper basis, if •
truth and justice are their foundation principles, !
we cannot see how they are to bo impaired by
enlarging their sphere. They have been found
no less competent to the safety, prosperity, and
happiness of twenty six States than thirteen,
and we can see no good reason why they should
not he rqnally efficacious in the government of
twice that number. [ here is no danger of onr
having too much territory, so that it is contigu
ous, properly acquired, and honetlly controlled !
and protected; there is no danger of onr h»** ■
ing too much wealth, so tlyit we do not became
corrupt ami eflcniiiiate ; there is no danger "f our
having too much power, if it bo properly exer
cised .
W e are not among those who ran sympathise
with the fears and scruples of the timid and
ever doubting who would have our country reject
a valuable boon voluntarily proffered, or surrender
our just rights to a matter in dispute, lest conduct j
so becoming freemen should stimulate a spirit of
conquest. Feeble, indeed, must be the judgment
of those who would have our country hold its own 1
with a hesitating gratep, or assert its rights to our
own territory in equivocal language, lest it should
become unnecessarily expensive in the first in
stance, or give offence to a rival nation in the
second.
There is no feature in onr government reqnir- i
mg our boundaries to be forever circumscribed
within certain narrow and immovable land-marks.
There is no element in popular sovereignty that
would endanger the system by widening its sphere
of action, or by making its sway coextensive
with the continent. The extent of territory is
in 11solt of no importance, if wisely governed._
As all power with us properly emanates from
the people, they have only to be true to them
se|ve-'—to he ever vigilant and tenacious of their
rights, and in the selection of servants to fill
places of power—select only those who will on
all occasions, and in all emergencies hold the
balance of justice with a firm and equal hand
then all w ill be well over what extent of coun
try soever the stars and stripes shall proudly float.
FROM SANDY HILL.
\\ ill the Sandy Hill Herald exchange with
ns, we wish to know whether they still enjoy
the stated preaching of the Gospel ?—jV. Y Uailu
Globe.. *
Certainly we w ill, and hope vonr new offspring,
the Glnhe, possesses as bright an intellect and
glowing patriotism as your deceased son, the
Plebeian, enjoyed in times gone by, when we held
delightful intercourse together. As to the preach
ing. we are highly favored, having at the present
time with us, four Methodists, one Presbyteri
an, one Catholic, one Baptist, and six or eight
Milletite ministers, besides occasionally a sprink
ling of Universalists. 'I'imes ain’t now as they
use to was, Mr. Slamm.—Sandy Hill Herald.
\ erily, we are glad that such progress has been
made in that classic spot, “ Sandy Hill,” since
the days of the Washington and Warren Bank_
when it took an hour to count out ten dollars in
six-penny pieces, and when the drinking of w ine
behind the counter with the “ young 'patroon ”
was good currency, particularly “"among the
Dutch”—right glad are we that Sandy Hill has
been onward—progressive, in the cause of “stated
preaching.” Our right hand to you. Mr. Herald,
and expect us at Sandy Hill to hear a “staled
sermon,” and lake a miiggin of your good Dutch
currency.—Editor Globe.
The Collector of Baltimore has recently made l
ten new appointments, in the Custom House at
that place. Among the names we notice that of
our friend Pratt, of the Republican and Argus,
who certainly deserved something better than an
inspectorship —Knjulone.
Buried Alive.—A few days ago, as Mr. i
Craig Vanmeter, of Pittsgrove township, Salem !
county, N. J., was in the act of descending an I
old well, the wall caved in both below and at7ove, i
and hurried him at the depth of about thirty feet!
'The well was some sixty feet deep, and at the i
time of the accident Mr. V. was suspended in the
bucket about midway. The wall caved in about
seven o’clock in the morning, when the alarm
was given, and the neighbors began a search for
what they deemed his dead body. At five o’clock
in the afternoon, they found him alive, and but
very little injured, the stones having formed an
arch over his head. His escape under the cir
cumstance was truly wonderful.—Ledger.
A Long Stitch.—Some time about the 1st of
July a lady of Springfield, Mass, 65 years of age,
accidentally introduced a fine sewing needle into
her hand, which was broken off leaving about half
its length between the thumb and fore finger, in
a direction towards the middle or palm of the left
hand. A physician was requested to extract it,
but as there was so linle pain or inconvenience
arising from it, advised her to let it remain, rather
than cut among the tendons for it. In a very few
days all trouble and apprehension were over in
regard to it. About the last of September, she
felt some pain in the right side of the abdomen
and just above the hip, which she conceived to be
a spasm, and began rubbing it with her hand,
when directly the needle came forth and wa9 ex
tracted. The broken point was about 7 8 of an
inch in length, and its fine polish had suffered but
little from corrosion. The course which the
needle took in making this circuitous journey is
entirely unknown to her. The distance it travell
ed in about three months could not be much less
than four feet, its nearest course; but for aught
known might have wandered twice that distance
before it appeared at that point from which it was
extracted.
HAMILTON ROWAN AND THE WATCH*
Hamilton Reman, on his way to Holyhead,
stopped to dine at the little inn at Chapel Currig.
There was nothing in the house but a shoulder of
motion, which Rowan ordered to be roasted._
Presently the master of a neighboring hunt, with
two brother Ntmrods, rushed into an adjoining
room, and swearng they were half starved, clam
orously demanded what they could have for din
ner.
The landlord, with many apologies, told them
he had nothing but bread and cheese to offer them.
“ Nothing but bread and cheese! Nothing but
bread and cheese!” they all exclaimed, stamping
about the room.
" I’m extremely sorry, gentlemen,” said the
landlord, much embarrassed, " but—”
“ How d’ye mean,” interrupted the master of
the hunt, imperiously. “ By -- f | d„r,»t un_
derstand this. Gwillam ! Nothing but bread and
cheese to offer us! Why, I smell something
roasting in your kiclien at this verv moment
sir!’ '
They all swore they smelt it.
“ VVhy* ,l,al'9 'rue, gentlemen,” still
more embarrassed. “ There certainly is a shoul
der of mutton at the fire, and I wish with all my
heart I could let your honors have it; but unfortu
nately it’s bespoke by an Irish gentleman in the
next room there, and—”
“A what ? An Irish gentleman, did you say
Gwillam?” roared out the roaster, with a sneer
“ Yes sir, and—”
Here the landlord was interrupted by a perfect
m°vth qunkt of laughter, in which the whole
trio joined.
P™y what’s this Irish gentleman like?” de
rnanded the Squire, as soon as he could speak
“ Has he been long ran^ht ? Has be lost bis tail
yet ? Oil! for heaven’s sake! do tell ue— has be
loti hie tail yet Gwillam?”
poh A.y\.h" .f6 ,08t h.iS 'ail y**‘’ Gwiiiam?”
echo,,! the others; and agam they a„ hed
most outrageously. ® eu
7. ,"deed’ 0<‘ni!,7,an-” bpBan the landlord.
iNo more ol this?” said the Sauire
Inm short, •• unless you mean «„ make ’ns aicT
sir tjo! 8e„d the mutton to ns. and let thi.’
/ms/j jjHntleman have a Welsh rahbit. And d’v«
•oar continued he. pulling out a fine old fnmjjL
rej»,.ater and putting it into the landlord's hand
lake this into him, with my compliments, and
ask him .1 he can tell what time of day it is L j
f?°- ?<». fir! do as I order you, or it shall be
the worse for you J” 00
I he landlord, who durst not disobey, after
many apologies delivered the watch with this
message to Rowan, who had overheard all that
had passed. 1
Perhaps the Squire could not have selected a
worse subject for this gratuitous insult than Ham
ilton R..wan who seizing one of his travelling
pistols which lay the window, immediately
jnmed the trio, who were laughing heartily at thl
“ Gentlemen,” said Rowan, with great sauvity
I am sorry to interrupt your mirth. I delight \n
a joke myself especially when it’s a good one.
e VS’ °",r land,nrd who’ must be
..her drunk or dreaming. or U,tb. has just
brought me this watch, with a most impertinent
message which he affirms he was ordered to de
liver to me by some gentleman in this room here
Now though I cannot for an instant suppose any
person present.” ennt.nued Rowan fixing his eve
on the .Squire, “guilty of so blackguard an art |
must request, as a mere matter of form, to know
whether any gentleman here did send me this
watch, vv.th any such message. |’|| thank you
for an immediaie answer, gentlemen!” added
r> . . ■ > imiciiicii : a a den
Rowan, examining the priming of his pistol, “ for
there s a delicious little shoulder of Welsh mut
ton just roasted, that I’m anxious to pay mv re
spects to.” 1 3 3 c
Perceiving them all dumbfounded. Rowan de
m.Hided of each in succession whether he vias the
owner of the watch.
They all replied in the negative.
,7. iMust extraordinary !” said Rowan : then
ca Img in the landlord, he asked him if the watch
belonged to him.
replied the man in
J •» me. sir? No sir!’
great astonishment.
“ Do you know any person, then, out of this
mom. to whom this watch belongs?” demanded
tv i wan.
“ Out of this room, sir?’’
“ out l,,‘8 room, sir! Have the oood
ness > to look this way and speak to the "point
“ No’ 8‘«;—certainly sir,—I don’t know any
person out of this room, sir, to whom that watch
belongs.
" ^ m S'r ’ now e° and serve the mutton
UP '~ ■ upon n,y h"nor n,,w ■ 'l>'s is mighty
comical. continued Rowan, as soon as the land
lord eft the room. “ Here's a watch belong to
nobody m the room—nobody out of the room—
not even to the person from whose hands I re
ceived it. Well, I must keep it, I suppose until
a claimant starts up. I’ve no other course to pur
sue. In case you hear of any such person gentle
man there s my card (throwing it on the table)—
Upon my word, a mighty handsome watch! a re
p*ater too! Let me see—ay, just fourteen min
utes lorty-five seconds past rive, the very time to
attack a shoulder of Welsh mutton—ha. ha ha '
Good morning good morning. You see I know
idiat i me of day ,t is!” And with this Rowan
eft them. “ 1 he watch saith my informant,
sun remains in possession of the Rowan fami
COSTUMES.
Georgia. A shirt collar and a pair of spurs.
Mexico.—A blue riband and a string of beads.
Sandwich Islands.—An ostrich feather.
lexas. A straw hat and a pocket handker
cluel.
tacfesU</i Carolina ~~& segar and a pair of spec
Jinli Mormons.—A quill behind the ear, and
two brickbats.
Wolverines.—A fur cap, a quid of tobacco, and
a bottle of anti-ague drops.
1 he Maine hoiks.—A comforter and a pair of
cow-hide bouts.
Connecticut.—A string of wooden nutmegs,
and bundle of notions. 6
I lie following is attributed to one Mr. Jones •
we find it in the Cincinnati Chronicle: Jones was
on a steamboat above St. Louis not long since, when
a raw Uoos.er came aboard. At night the Hoos
.er turned into h.s berth with his b£,.s on. The
steward, seeing this, satd, ‘Sir, you have lam
down in your boots.’ The raw one raised h.s
bead, and looking down at the bools, innocently
replied, H ell, it won l hurt ’em ; they aim iht
best 1 ve got.
I he petrified human body, now exhibiting at
Marlboro Chapel, under the Chinese Museum
is t.ie greatest natural wonder ever exhibited to
y-Atnencan public. Go and see it.— Boston
It it is the same that was exhibited in this
city, we can find the man who made it and who
will be happy to supply each Bostonian with a
v on the mo#t reasonable terms.—
Jy. i. Globe.
A lady whose fondness for generous living, had
given her a flushed face and a carbuncled nose
consulted I)r. Cheyne. Upon surveying herself
in the glass, she exclaimed,
“ ^ ,iere ln Bie name of wonder, doctor, did [
get such a nose as this?”
“ Out of the decanter, madam, out of the de
canter.” replied the doctor.—Physics and Physi
cians. J
Robbf.ry.— In Georgia, a fellow disguised
mmsclt »s the devil, robbed the house of a rich
widow, and was making off, when Jake Bradlock.
returning from the rnusler field, also disguised by
liquor, shot dead the gentleman in black, in spit©
of the brimstone breath and his club font. When
they came to disrobe and examine the fallen an
gel, he was found to be a citizen of the neighbor
hood. *
XII11* NEWS.
PORT OF NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH*
rrnrasDAy, November 13.
ARRIVED,
Steamer Herald, Russell, for Baltimore.
Steamer Alice, Skinner, fro Richmond
Schr Lewis Spicer, Godfrey, from Providence,
mdze to Williams. Staples & Williams
Anlr"' ?C*7’ (E\£Cnni8» [Mass.] ballast to
Williams. Staples & Williams.
Srh- Republican, Dunn.fm Hampton, corn to F..
J. Hig'gin* It Bro.
Sloop Damsel, Blunt, fm Burwell’e Bay, staves,
lie., to the master,
•AILED.
From Hampton Roads, barque Pee nix, Bough. for
New Orlcan«