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THE NEW ERA.
What is it hut A Map of busy Life?—Cowptr.
PORTSMOUTH. VA.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10,1846.
OUR'“FLAG!
FREE TRADE—LOW DUTIES NO DEBT—SE
PARATION FROM RANKS- ECONOMY—RE
TRENCHMENT—AND STRICT ADHERENCE
TO THE CONSTITUTION.
A PUBLIC MEETING
Of the citizens of Norfolk is called by the May
or for to-morrow evening, to convene at the Town
Hall, at 7 o’clock, to consider the present condi
tion of the Portsmouth Railroad, and its threat
ened extinction, together with the important in
terests of the city of Norfolk, involved in the con
tinued existance and good condition of this route,
Iroru our port to the waters of the Roanoke river.
GREAT IS DIANA, OF THE EPHE
SIAN’S.”
We have just learned, casually, that our arti
cle, on the prospects of (Air town, and a notice of
that das* of denizens who are taking the place of
our retiring business men, created quite a sensa
tion among that body who were honorably men
tioned, and they expressed great fear that we
might loso some subscribers by the “ free expres
sion of our thoughts.” As it may be some grati
fication to them, we inform them that we have
lost the patronage of two drinking establishments,
on that account; but we calculate, more than
make them up, from those whose eyes are opened
to the folly of spending their time and money in
taverns. If we should not be able to live here,
we have one refuge left, that is, we can starve,
as others will most assuredly do, if they patronize
some of the establishments which have taken our
innocent remarks in such high dudgeon.
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY’S REPORT.
We have not room positively, for the ponderous
but important Reports which have emanated from
the Executive Departments, and the Democracy
ought to he ashamed to permit the only paper in
this section of the State, which advocates their
principles, to make such a humiliating excuse,
owing, as it is, alone, to their miserable parsimo
ny in supporting their press, while the Federal
press is liberally patronized ; hut we commence
publishing the Secretary of the Navy’s Report,
to-day, because of the direct interest felt in this
section of country in the Navy. YVe will not
ride it with any comments of ourown, at present;
but solicit for it a careful perusal; when it is
before our readers, we shall, perhaps, give them
our views.
THE LITERARY MESSENGER.
Northington, the Agent, has just laid this ad
mirable periodical on our table. YY'e have rapid
ly glanced our eye over its pages and find them
filled with an unusual quantity of valuable and
interesting articles. A severe, hut merited sar
casm will be found in the article headed “ Bureau
of Naval Construction,” &c., by Holgazan,
which we shall transfer to our columns. The
fact is, the absurdity of such a palpable violation
of the law of 1842, re-organizing the Naval Bu
reaus, as is now permitted by the President who
has sworn “ to see the laws faithfully executed,”
has aroused the whole people of this country, and
they demand that the letter and spirit of that law
be carried out.
CONGRESS.
In the Senate, on Monday, nothing of interest
transpired. Judge Penny backer took his seat.
The election of officers was postponed till Tues
day.
Irt the House, the Standing Committees were
announced by the Chair. The question of the
Florida contested election was taken up on the
motion of Mr. Hunter, and after a dry and unin
teresting discussion, the House adjourned without
coming to aoy conclusion.
A RUMOR.
We see it rumored in the New York Morning
News, that Dr. N. M. Miller, the present effici
eient Third Assistant Postmaster General, is to
be removed, and Gideon YVelles, of Connecticut
is to be appointed in his place. YY’e do not be
lieve that any such change is conceived by the
President, or Postmaster General, Dr. Miller
was placed in his present office by this Adminis
tration, and we cannot believe that he is to
he whistled down the wind. It would not be
favorably received by a large portion of the De
mocracy.
GEN. ANDREW JACKSON.
The Legislature of South Carolina hare pamed
the following Resolutions in honor of this venera
ted hero and patriot. They were submitted by
Mr. Perry, from a spocial Committee of the House
to whom the subject was referred :—
Retained, That South Carolina feels proud of
the honor and distinction of having given Birth to
ANDREW JACKSON, and whilst she mourns
his loss, she will ever cherish his memory as one
of the last snd most illustrious of the noble band
of patriot warriors, who apilt their young and
fiery blood in defence of American Liberty and
Independence.
Retained, That as a Hero and General, his
bright and glorious fame will be appreciated and
admired by s grateful country, whilst the battle
field of New Orleans remain a monument of bis
wisdom and valor in rvercaming the disciplined
and veteran victors of the conquerors of Europe.
Retained, That as a Statesman and patriot his
career in life* has been distinguished by an ardent
and sincere devotion to his Country, by a^high en
lightened and determined patriotism, which nei
ther danger, nor responsibilities could deter nor
temptations swerve from duty.
Retained, That it is a high source of consola
tion to his conntry to know thst after a life neces
sarily spent in the midst of scenes, the most
citing and foreign to the influences of religion, he
died st peace with his God, and with a heart fj|
led with the holy love and precepts of his Re j
deemer and Saviour.
Remitted, That as an evidence of our admire j
tion for the character, virtues, and patriotism of
General Andrew Jackson, these resolutions be en
tered on the Journals of boili Houses of this
Legislature, and that his Excellency the Gov
ernor he requested to forward a copy of them to
the family of the deceased.
SPREADING OF THE SMALL POX.
1 lie Port Tobacco Times, of Thursday last,
says that the 6mall pox is raging in the vicinity
of Gloucester, Ya.; a young farmer “having
went to Baltimore a short time since for the pur
pose of laying in his winter supply of clothing for
his servants—while there he bought some second
hand clothing, which, it is thought, had been in
fected with this malady, as the servants, after a
few days wear of these garments, were violently
attacked with small pox.”
Caleb J. McNultv, late Clerk of the House
of Representatives, who is on bail to answer be
fore the District Court at YVashington, certain
charges for embezzling public moneys, recently
applied to one of tho Ohio judges for a habeas
corpus, with a view to obtain a release from his
obligation to attend for trial. The application be
ing refused, he started for Washington in compa
ny with his bail and others, but after makino
some progress in his journey, one morning hesud"
deniy disappeared !
[Mr. McNulty did not run away. He was a
little squeamish, about coming on under an ar
rest, and did not like the company of his surety
and the Sheriff, and therefore gave them the slip,
and has appeared in Washington City, in person.
So says his attorney, Mr. Carlisle.—JYeio Era.]
[YYe publish tho following lines at the request of
the writer.]
TO MARGARET AUGUSTA **♦**•.
Will you smile on my song-, whose wild notes dis
play,
My own treasured thoughts, in its ingenuous lay -
And if aught like presumption should float in its
tune,
Oh ! remember the zephyr eft sings near the moon 5
And the night-winds do murmur their soft melting
strain, i
And mingle their chaunt wiih the nightingale train.
And, dear lady, if amiles on my Bong you’ll en
twine,
They will heighten the glow of each soul breathin «r
line.
The gay and thoughtless may laugh and seem wise,
And yield their smiles free to the first pleading
eyes;
May laugh with the laughing, or frown with the
grave,
May weep with the weeping, be brave with the
brave;
But I never could benr the chameleon-like mind,
That changes its feelings with each veering wind ;
And its smiles or its frowns, should it darken or
glow,
It awakens no thrill, and occasions no wo.
But she. whoso pure mind is a mirror, whose face.
Reflects all that’s worthy reflection—can trace
Effects to their causes, whose soul-beaming eye,
Like sunbeams in winter, illumines my sky ;
And scatters the clouds of distraction and care
Which life’s chequered skies do ulteraately wear*
And awakens a gleam on iny soul that will play.
While my heart has a throb or while life holds her
away- J. W. II******.
ANOTHER CALL ON HERCULES.
The Natchez Free Trader has the following:_
“The neglect of the general Government to
clear opt the snags from the Mississippi river is
manifest to all who travel any distance upon its
waters in their present low stage. At two or three
points between this and Memphis these enemies
to safe and free navigation stand up in such num
bers that it requires the greatest skill in the man
agement of a large boat to enable- it to pass through
the narrow space which they have not monopo
lized. Hercules, were he permitted now to visit
our earth, might find employment as beneficial to
mankind as slaying the Nemaean lion, the Ler
naean hydra, catching the mares of Diomedes, de
stroying the king of Gades and his carnivorous
flocks, or any other of the twelve labors which he
: performed for the benefit of his fellow men, in re
moving these armed sentinels which stand so
thickly in the way of our steamboats, and which
occasionally cause such fatal accidents to property
and life. Wo hope Congress will pass an appro
prialion as soon as it assembles, sufficient to em
ploy every snag boat afloat, and that before the
spring rise the river may be cleared of these ‘ dan
gerous and ugly customers ’ ” •
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THE NEWS AND THE FLOUR MAR
K KT.
Decline, in Prices.—In the Baltimore flour and
grain markets yesterday the effect of the news
was to completely unsettle prices, a disposition
being manifested by holders to hold on for further
advices from New York. Offers were made to
purchase City Mills and Howard street flour at
$6, but refused. No transaction have taken place
in wheat, both millets and speculators having
retired from the market. I he genera] impression
is that wheat will recede somewhat in price ;
offers were made to sell yesterday morning at a
fraction less than the quotations of Saturday •
i sales of Maryland white corn at 66 a 67 cents’,
I and of yellow do at 67 a 69 cents; oats 40 a 42
cents ; rye 73 a 76 cents. Whiskey is selling at
31 cents in bbls. and 30 cents per gallon in hhda
— Balt. Sun.
P USE Y ISM
Is still advancing in Great Britain. Rev. R.
; A. Coffin, vicar of St. Mary Magdalen, and stu
: dent of Christ Church, Oxford, has joined the
Roman sect ; also Rev. Mr. Brown, curate of
Bawdsejr, Suffolk ; several university men at
i Stony hurst are secretly apostates from the church
; of England; and at a church consecration m
! Lp«df» I)r ,,n8py »nd his friends refused to sign
! a declaration of loyalty to the church of England
and aversion to popery .—Boston Pott. '
A Compliment ON the Message—W* met
a sterling old Knickerbocker,yesterday, in Broad
way—a Democrat of the days of Jefferson, old in
years bnt yoongjn enthusiasm—and asked wheth
er he had read, and was his opinion of, the Presi
drmt’s Message? ‘Read it!’ he exclaimed—
• Read it! Yes. sir; I have read it, and re mad
it again ; and d—n me if I don’t believe it wifi
written by Andrew Jackson, before the Old Hero
was taken to a blessed immortality ;»_jy y
Glfbe.
An extraordinary surgical operation was lately
performed in Missouri—which wag the complete
removal of the patient to another world. Th*
physician is doing well.
--—
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF
THE NAVY.
Navy Department. Dec. 1, 1845.
Sir : During the past year the usual squadrons
of the Navy ot the United Stales have been main
tained. In the Mediterranean, Commodore Smith
had command of the Cumberland and the Ply
month. He would have despatched the Plymouth
to the Black Sea. but leave was refused by the
Ottoman port. He conducted our newly appoint
ed consul to Tangier, and tusured his reception.
: Our ships in the Mediterranean have usually
v been inactive at Port Mahon, during the winter ;
tins can he obviated by an interchange of service.
1 he Plymouth has, therefore, been directed to
I join the Brazil squadron, and the Cumberland has
1 returned home; their places will be taken at the
opening of the season by a part of the present
African squadron.
The African squadron was organized by Com
modore Perry, by whom good sanitary regulations
were established. He was relieved by Commo
dore Skinner, in the Jamestown, who has shown
equal consideration for the health of all under his
. command. Yet the Preble and Truxton con
tracted disease, and, as an net of humanity, were
ordered to return home. The Southampton has
been sent out with stores to remain on the coast.
I he Marion and Dolphin followed as a reinforce
ment. 1 lie Boxer is destined for the same sta
tion, and will sail immediately. The Cumber
land, bearing the broad pennant of Commodore
Rpad, will proceed in January to relieve the
Jamestown and Yorktown, which will then repair
to the Mediterranean.
On the Brazil station, Commodore Rousseau,
the first officer west of the Alleghanies ever se
lected to command a squadron, relieves Cointno
dore Turner. The Raritan will then return to
the home squadron ; the Boston is ordered to re
torn to the United Slates. The Columbia, the
Saratoga, the Plymouth and the Bambridge will,
for the present, constitute the Brazilian squadron
Commodore Parker, after a very successful
cruise, returned from the Asiatic station in Sen
leinber, bringing home the Brandywine, the St.
Louis, and the Perry. At the Bay of Islands.
Captain McKeever, in the St. Louis, had the
happiness to render valuable service to the inhabi
tants of an infant British settlement.
In May, Commodore Biddle sailed for the East
Indies, in command of the Columbus ship of the
line, and the Vincennes, bearing the minister to
China, and the ratified treaty between the Uni
ted Slates and the Chinese emperor. The health
ot Mr. A. H. Everett, the minister, having in
duced his return, the exchange of tho ratifications
of the treaty was committed to the charge of
Commodore Biddle, who will doubtless show that
an able and gallant naval officer couducts satisfac
torily all affairs intrusted to him.
The Constitution is on her return from China,
after having visited different ports and islands in
the Indian seas.
The Pacific squadron, under Commodore Sloat,
has consisted of the Savannah, the Levant, the'
Warren, and the Shark. The three first will re
turn in 1846, and will he relieved by the Con
gress, ilie Portsmouth, and the Cyane. The
difficulty of communicating with our ships in the
Pacific makes it proper to suggest the advantage
of a public mail through our own territory to a
convenient port in the Straits of Juan de Fuca._
Arrangements should also be made, at the earliest
day that is proper, for getting supplies for our
Pacific squadron from our own soil and our own
citizens in that region.
The home squadron has been under the com
mand of Commodore Conner, who has distinguish
ed himself by sound judgment in the performance
of his duty. His force, which consisted of the
Potomac, the Falmouth, the Vandalia the Law
rence, and the Sotner9, was weakened by the re
turn of the Vandalia, which visited Hayli, and
was driven home by the yellow fever, contracted
at Port an Prince, where she had been ordered on
duty. The squadron was increased by the Prince
ton and Porpoise, the St. Mary’s and the Sara
toga. under Commodore Stockton, and soon after
by the John Adams, and the steamship Missis
sippi. The aggregate force of Commodore Con
ner was much larger ihan has ^usually rallied
under one American pennant. It gave efficient
protection to our interests in the Gulf of Mexico,
and contributed to spread a sense of security over
our country to its extreme limit of the Del Norte.
Deeming it of great importance to become ac
quainted with the navy yards and establishments
connected with the Navy, I have, during the past
summer, visited all of them, except "those at
Pensacola and Memphis. They are generally in
excellent order. The principal improvements in
progress at those I visited areal Brooklyn, where
the work on the dry dock is advancing with
ciency and economy. The vicinity to a city
which is the emporium of naval stores, and is
crowded with seamen, ship builders, and excel
lent mechanics of all kinds, gives to that Yard
great facilities for the prompt repair and equip
of ships of war. f
At the naval asylum in Philadelphia, more
than a hundred veteran sailors are enjoying the
ample provision wisely reserved for the comfort
of their declining years. Yet. I would earnestly
advise that the buildings, of tho asylum, at their
present location, be never enlarged, but lhat
after it is full, ne# pensioners should be placed in
some salubrious spot near the ocean where the
aged seaman can watch ships ns they come and
go; and have old familiar objects within his sight.
The charge on the navy hospital fund, which
is noticed in the communication from the bureau
of medicine, was incurred in 1844. on the recom
mendalion of the chief of lhat bureau, at whose
urgent suggestion, houses for the governor and
surgeon for the asylum were authorized to be
erected. The expenditures have been circum
scribed ; and the recommendation to encroach
still further on the fond, by erecting other dwej
lings at oilier stations, has not been complied
with. The fund should be sacredly reserved for
j 'he imrnediato and personal benefit of those from
| whose earnings it has accrued. Nor have I
| thought it just to continue to appropriate a large
! part of the buildings at the asylum to the use of
j the midshipmen who wero prepiring for the rs
f lablished examination previous to their passing to
I a higher grade.
! Congress, in its great desire to improve the
Navy, had permitted the department to employ
professors and instructors, at an annual cost of
about $28,200 ; and it had been usual, besides the
few employed at the receiving ships and the na
val asylum, to aend professors with the midship
men into every ocean and clime. But the ship
is not friendly to study, and the office of professor
rapidly degenerated into a sinecure; often not so
much was done as the elder officers would cheer
fully do for the juniors; the teachers on board
the receiving ships give little instruction, or none
whatever, so that the expenditure was fruitless of
great results. Many of the professors were able
and willing, but the system was a had one. The
idea naturally suggested itself of seizing the time
when the midshipman are on shore and appropri
ruing it to their culture. Instead of sending mi
gratory professors to sea, with each handful of
midshipmen, the midshipmen themselves, in the
intervals between sea duty, might be collected in
a body, and devote their time to suitable instrnc i
lion. For the pay of the instructors Congress has
provided. In looking out for a modest shelter
for the pupils, I was encouraged to ask for Fort
Severn, at Annapolis. The transfer was readily
made, by order of the Secretary of War, and a
school was immediately organized, on an unos
tentarious and frugal plan. This institution, by
giving some preliminary instruction to the mid
shipmen before their first cruise, by extending an
affectionate but firm su|*ervision over them as
they return from sea, by providing for them suit
able culture before they pass to a higher grade,
by rejecting from the service all who fail in ca
pacity or iu good disposition to use their time
well, will go far to renovate and improve the
American Navy.
I he plan pursued has been unpretending, but,
it is hoped, will prove efficient. A few professors
give more and belter instruction than four and
twenty at sea. No supernumerary officer has
been ordered to Annapolis, no idle man is attach
ed to the establishment. Commander Buchanan,
to whom the organization of the school was in
trusted, has carried his instructions into effect
with precision and sound judgment, and with a
wise adaptation of simple and moderate means to |
a great and noble end. Let not Congress infer ;
that new expenses are to be incurred. Less than
the amount that has hitherto been at the dispo- j
sition of the department for purposes of culture
will support the school, and repair and enlarge !
the quarters, received from the hospitality of the
army.
At Washington, the admirable instruments
provided for the Observatory has been placed un
der the charge of officers of the Navy, who are
well aware that the opportunities afforded them
for advancing astronomical science, are unequal
ed on this continent, and scarcely surpassed in
Furope. Results honorable to the country may,
therefore, be justly expected of them. From that
institution charts are furnished to the Navy at
cost, and the instruments used at sea are there
preserved, corrected, and repaired. Would it
not be well that the plates of all charts author
ized hy Congress to be engraved should he depos
ited there, as the place most appropriated for
their preservation and use?
It was a subject of great regret that the pressure
of business lelt no opportunity to visit the Yards
at the South and Southwest. The plans fur
their improvement should be such as will not in
terfere with or injure each other.
Pensacola bv its position arrests public attention.
The security of our naval power in the Gulf of
Mexico depends, in a great measure, on its condi
tion and resources. The events of the summer
show conclusively the necessity for a liberal pro
vision at that station of all the means essential to
a well furnished and efficient Navy Yard. A
large estimate for that Yard is therefore presented,
although I desire to await further information
before finally approving the proposed mode of its
expenditure.
Memphis, on the contrary. being in the heart of
the country, on an ocean river; yet a thousand
miles from the sea, is inappropriate fur the repairs
of ships of war, but in building steamships it may
cumpete with Boston, New York, and Philadel
phia—with St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Pittsburg.
It lie9, moreover, just beluw the great hemp grow
ing region, and is recommended by its position for
the establishment of the manufacture of cordage.
A ropewalk, with the latest improvements,"is
therefore proposed, so that the West may not onlv
produce, but manufacture, the hemp used for the
American navy.
I have disapproved some of the details of the
plan proposed for the Navy Yard at Memphis, be
cause it was framed on a scale of extravagant ex
penditure, which, for the mere work of prepara
tion, would have consumed many years, and would
have cost t>y estimate, at least two millions of dol
lars. I recommend that Congress confine the use
of the moneys it may appropriate, first to the im
mediate construction of a ropewalk, and next to
make simple arrangements for buildingand equip
ping steamers. To introduce at the West the
manufacture of American hemp for the Navy,
will prove a national benefit.
The United States should produce all the hemp
used in its Navy. Enterprise, climate, and soil,
leave no doubt that it may he raised and prepared
of the best quality, and at prices within the limit
prescribed hy law. To insure that end, I gave
the subject early and continued attention; and no
thing but American hemp has been received under
any contract made since I came into the Deuart
ment. binding, by short experience, that to in
sist on the inspection at Charlestown, as hereto
fore practised, would be injurious to the western
planter. I directed that, while all who had made
contracts at prices based upon inspection and de
livery at Charlestown should be held to fulfil their
engagements, purchases should he made of three
hundred tons, during the present fiscal year, to be
delivered and finally inspected at Louisville and
St. Louis.
The subject of lake defences is reserved for a
special communication.
The care of the reservations and plantations of
live oak, I recommend, should be transferred to the
land office, which alone has the proper means of
ascertaining titles, and which can assume the
charge with less expense and greater efficiency
than this department.
I may ask leave during the winter to present
some suggestions on the organization of the de
partment and its bureaus.
The present contract pystem requires modifica
tion, so that no fraud to the United States may
shield itself under the letter of the law, or con
tracts be given out at prices exceeding the market
price.
The balance of appropriations on hand will, it
is believed, with the exercise of rigid economy,
be sufficient for the remainder of the fiscal year.
The estimates for the next year contemplate no
increase in the force employed during the present.
Those for the civil department are precisely the
same as were granted for the current year. For
the improvement of yards and docks, 1 recom
mend only what the chief of that bureau declares
to be absolutely necessary. Some of the shore
stations, which had been needlessly multipled,
have been abolished; in transmitting the estimate
fur the remainder, I am far from expressing an
opinion that no further reduction should be made.
The estimate for provisions and that for pay rest
on the basis of ihe present restriction by law to
seven thousand five hundred men; but the esti
mate for pay. without proper retrenchments by
Congress, may prove deficient.
As the marine corps is placed under the direc
tion of the Navy Department, it becomes my duty
to represent the estimates for its support. Iig ser
vices on ship board are highly valued • its evil
consists in its luxury of field officers, who have
no duties to perform proportionate to their pay and
amoluruents. During the past year this burden
has been increased. By a decision of your prede
cessor. an addition has been made to the pay ,,r
its gallant colonel commandant; and although ih
procedure on which the decision rests has never
had the sanction of the House of Representative^
and apparently conflicts with law, | have not fe[[
justified in withdraw ing from the consideration and
decision of Congress the estimates of that office
for his own increased pay and the pay of his au|
de camp, an officer heretofore unknown to i|le
corps of doubtful propriety. The marine corps j*
not a brigade—not even a regiment. It is never
assembled ; seldom even does a full company
come together. It serves in small detachments
commanded chiefly by junior officers. Thoinrh
about two thirds of the corps were, in summer
on ship board, all the field officers remain on shore'
Of thirteen* captains, but one is at sea ; of f0rlv
lieutenants, about seven are at sea. At one shore
station a major, a captain, and three lieutenants
liavo had charge of about twenty eight men.
■ inctea»e of the officers of the corps is, therefore
not needed for naval purposes, even on an increase
of the men.
For the increase of the Navy no estimates are
presented. The department awaits, on that sub
ject, the instruction of Congress. Yet it is to be
observed that, in comparison with other nations
our navy is poorly supplied with sea going stea
mers which cannot, indeed, in the present state of
science, form the main reliance of a squadron, but,
as anxilaries, are of vast advantage. The Mis.’
sissippi and the Princeton are our only efficient
vessels of that character on the ocean. Should it
be determined to increase this class of ships, it jj
desirable that the best experience should be con
sulted in their construction ; and that doubtful
novelties, especially such as conflict with the
known laws of mechanical forces, should be dis
regarded.
[To be continued.]
BRITISH AUTHORITIES.
The late Judge Daniels of Virginia, used to
tell with great glee, when a young man on the
circuit, he saved a client’s life, solely because
the opposite council quoted from British authori
ties? It occurred during the last war, when the
English squadron under Admiral Cockburn was
ascending the Potomac river burning and plun
dering the villages along its banks, a”negro man
was arraigned fur the murder of one of his own
color ; the offences was clearly proved, and the
only chance for his escape was a slight informali
y 1,10 i ne prosecuting attorney
in reply to Mr. Daniel’s defence, quoted from
British authorities in order to establish favorably
to bis case the disputed ground. While he was
speaking, at intervals the cannon from the Brit
ish squadron in the river was sounding forth their
unwelcome sounds, and when Daniels rose to re
ply. he with great tact seized hold of the strong
point of his opponent’s cause turning it complete
ly against him. *
“ Gentlemen,” said he, to the justices on the
bench, ” the prosecuting attorney quotes on this
occasion British authorities! British authorities,
gentlemen! Can there be any one in ibis court
room except himself so dead to feelings of patriot
ism, as at such a moment to listen to'British au
thorities, when British cannon is shaking the very
walls of this court house to their foundation? I
pause for a reply ?
Up jumpped one of the justices, highly excited
at this appeal, and thus addressed the prosecuting
attorney : “ Look here, Mr. A-, yon had bet"
ter strike a B line from this court hoese, with your
British authorities, or I’ll commit you ! Prisoner
you can go ! Crier, adjourn the court! British
authorities be-.
Extraordinary.—Major General Scott,com
mander of the forces, arrived in the city of New
York, on Wednesday.—Exchange paper.
This £uts us in mind of the bard of Goose
Creek’s address to General Washington, half a
century ago:
" Here’s to thee brave General
Commander of the Forces,
Also of the foot, and
Likewise of the horses.”
— Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Garrick and Hogarth sitting together at a tav
ern, were mutually lamenting the want of a pic
ture of Fielding. ” [ think,” said Garrick ” I
could make his face,” which he did accordingly.
“ For heaven’s sake hold, David.” said Hogarth,
” remain as you are for a few minutes.Gar
rick did so while Hogarth sketched the outlines,
whiclt were afterwards finished from their mutual
recollection, and this drawing was the original of
all the portraits of the admired author of ” Torn
Jones.” But Garrick and Hogarth did not al
ways agree so well. The latter entreated his
friend David to sit for his own picture, with which
tjarricK complied ; but while the painter wae pro
needing with his task, he mischievously altered
hi* fane, with gradual change, so as lo render the
portrait perfectly unlike. Hogarth Mamed the
unlucky effort of hin art, and began a second time,
but with the same success. After swearing * lit
tle, he began a third time, and did not discover
the trick until three or four repetitions, lie then
got into a violent passion, and would have thrown
his palette, pencils, and print-brush at Garrick's
head, if the wag had not made his escape from the
variegated storm of colors that pursued him.
A GOOD ONfc.
A very good widow lady who was looked up to
by the congregation to wh ieh she belonged as an
example of piety, contrived to bring her consience
to terms for one little indulgence. She loved por
ter, and one day, just as she was receiving a half
do*en bottles from the mnn who usually brought
her the comforting beverage, she perceived (Oh?
horror ?) two of the grave elders of the church ap
proach the door. She ran the mnn out of the
back way, and put the bottles under the bed.
The weather was hot, and white conversing with
the sage friends, pop went one of the corks.
“ Dear me f” exclaime d the good lady,” there
goes that bed cord ; it snnpped yesterday just the
same way ; f must have a new rope provided.'’
In a few moments pop went soother, followed
by the peculiar hissing of the escaping liquor.—
The rope wouldn’t do again, but the good lady
was not at a loss.
” Dear mo !” says she, ” that black cat of mine
must be in some mischief there—e’eat!”
Another bottle poppedi off, and the porter came
stealing out from under the bed certain?
” Oh ! dear me.” said she ” f had forgot that
it was those bottles of yeast —JY. O. Pica
yunc.
A Vsgetabi.f. Waistcoat.—” Tom, what
kind of a waistcoat is that you have on ?”
” Why. its cloth, to he sure.”
” Didn’t it come from old Thrcadneedles', the
tailor ?”
” Yes.”
” Well, then, its a vegetable waisteoat.”
” A what 7”
” A vegetable waistcoat ? it* mad# of Cabbagt”