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Parent Issue
Day
9
Month
May
Year
1842
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Public Domain
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The. Mmabin, orArliJirial Mtm. - Tliis is i represenlatinn to th lile of the Iminnii body while in a heultfty state. It is sppnnue.l ly the. rentl.'inen yho ncomipnuv it, ?o tht the different parts nn;l nrgiuwóf ibe System are exln!it-d; nnd at the same time thev leet-ire on 11I1VS10I..C and uifitruny. The Munkm wns ex'.ibilr.t nnd thj leetiires deÜVered in this plaon l-t.-t werk. anrj t,'ifv won liij?lily iiiterestinjr and insf nictivft. Wr ;nlviseall whn hvonn opcoruinity, to ntfènd the exibÍMorj and l.-rmrcs. Bv ko diíínnr, thiy nny ncquVrc kriowledsre lor ;i triflo which will be beneficial to tliem throuh lifV. Horrihte mwter. - Yospnlny morninrr, betw-pf-n 3 iiid II) o'clofk n mnst s!iv;i2o ftud nninrrnily n pr, m.li'a e ! innr(-r was po nmiftecl, it No. fJ-2 iKnver streei,by Chrislinn Burke, a ioiimpym-i!! milor, upön hls vyife. The nasunU wa nndn with nn -ixp, nnd tlvc wotituls, two or tlree in numbèr, wprp upoii thé head, nut] eithpr inip of tlipfriVu'cli :i.=to provo fata! nlmot 111s'nntlv. Thp m-irderpr :is urresipd n tlm spot,nnd fiilïy ndmittedand sepnipd ti j'is'iiy the fier. Wp tnko f-orn the report of the Kvp. journttl the mntprial facta pücïefl on the examinntion. Burke ifdéscribed nsnddoted to drink an'l of dissioafpd lütbits: nnd thp vjotini nn .mh ihi nnd ind'istrious womhn. - Jilhnnu Tycsjn. Thp who'e n rnber of blind iiprsoi'.s in llie Uni'Pil S'ntes afcordinrr to llip last census, i fi.916: ofwhora 5,02i are wliites and I,a92 cólored. One ofrlio most eminent orientnl pcholarsof tbp ntrp, is T'rofftS'Or Ijpe of one ofthe Enplish Univerp'iiips, nnd vet. 11 his edr.cntion was acqnired wliile employed as a journeyman carpen'er. The editor of -the Frankfort Commonwenlth, in penkine of the account of 11 Dentist extr.iciinc a o.th fiom pntient, without pnin, by pnttino" him in a majnptic sWp, says he has come to the coricln-sioi) thut eithcr ihe story or teelh must bc f ahe!Six of t!ip Sa'es have nttprlyrefiispd to havo t':eir aüotteii aliare of the monpy: and to prrsist in (listribiirintr il amonrr the State?, whüe the revpnuo is deficiënt, seems to be nnmiiiirntedfollv. Tlift retnsing States nre Maine, Virgin a. S. Carolina. Alabnina, Mississippi nnd New York. The finnl actinn on the subject has not hoen had in the lattcr State. 77i.fi Chinese. - A correspondent of the Obsprver corrects the very prevnlent orror re.-pcctinrr the suppost'8 cownnüce of ihe Chinese. - He nieniion?, jn proof of their brövorv, that thev coi1d nt be influced to retire frorn the conflict with our troop? nntif Bri;is!i bnvonets wrre pnin'ed to their breasts. Tlieir forirosfes nnd bnílcrie-1 are mnch stronnrer tbnn le h.id been Jed t expect - a fact wliich máy be inferred from tha circnm tanceof tho batterij at Arnoy romaiüiiifi nlino-t uninj red after fbti: liours' brisk anrl continued canonndinjf f rom onr ships. He is of opinión, t'iat, from tho very nfreat improvemoiits wiiich the Chinese have made in the art of war jvithin the last twehe tnonths, they will pre ion beroinn very formidable fbfs. In their prepon, nmde of warfare their srat decieney is in discipliiie. The Jtfystery. - For fif'ty years past the cnrinity of the people of Sweden lias ben av;ike npon the subject of a cofTer left by (ï'istavus III, Kin? of Swedfii. It was loft carpfully scalfid with n siilcmn injunction that itt-hoiild liot l)e oppnPil till fifty ypar; afier bis rrnth. He dipd on the 29?li of April. 1792: con-equently fifty ypará will have expiied on the 3uili of the present month.The Rochester Aqoèdoct i? said to purpass in niH{rnifr.d' and finish nny similar strnctnre in the coün rv. An iron railing f tir (bet high, 850 feet ]ong. ai:d woigl'injr, 95,000 pminds, will pxtrnd the whole li'ngth of tlio Aquedurt. Singular Incident - A Lncomotive 1rresed hyWonáá.. - On the complüoiiv-a few days öitic'p, of the railwny; on the Tossel and Bridge over ihe Cñrignree Swam, ad rivor, a jrencial mirralion of the ('aierpi lirs of liichlaiid, took plnct! {ovnrda tlio Ut. Mnth(!vspl)iro. Aiinrmy of wnnns. occupying ui si lid column, tlie iron rail tbr nrjw iids of one inüe, presenteJ, ns wns stipposed, hut a lenWe Imrrierto thn power ofsteam. A loromotive, wi:h r full train of córs loaded w)'h iron and mnvingnt a speed "f f'rnm 10 to 12 iiiilea m liur, wns arrested not ifhstandin at midwaj in the RWanp by tliese insppts nnd t hr iifjh the atrni-y of .and clon frpi'ly distributd on the drawinor wfiPel, was ir. nbleto ovprcunie thrn. It was a sanjjuiniry I vio'ory in whir-h niillions wprpcnishpd lodeali; thoujrl) the cntterpillars mnintained tieir pround and piijoyed a triimiph in rpislinír for a brief t eriod. rVen thp pov-ver of the lucomotive. - Charlrslon Patriot. A bloody tntredy ofcirred in Conkn counfy, Tpdd., nbont spv n mils from Newport, on ih iiigiit of the 3')th n!t. A iiejrro b-y narned Bill, the pro,icrt.y of Air. John Thotiriú, arinirijr luliise}f witji npaxe. wenf to ile rhaniber where h piaster and rnisiress were asleep, and niiingled 'him so horribly thot tlipy have ir.rp died. Hp then set fue to the house and uli Ihe ovrt-ÖttildinL'Stwin iii'iiviiua A Mr. Ltensf n, a nenr nei{ïl)!or, honrin? Ihc iwise (nul SPPiny tiio fi'P. w:s hïist'ningr, to llip .-cent1, when Bi il met liim, rut 'iTlii.- hond wiiii the n.p, :inil Mii-'-w tli; deid body tuto one ot the bumiii: huil üjijrs. Bv ihi. timp, i considerable nnmber of t)io ijpjjflibprfi [iseni!)lod; The punwlerer, liowewer, kepl ilirm at bav i:n:il they procured ti u i ulid sliut liirn in liis íownr ex remitios, tío as to rt-n(Ipr liim inculpable of f 'ur; her resïstajice. i In was tliei) buund, onJ lodgèd u ih'e'jaïï at Newporf. It is s:iid that the same wrefeh, not long oigpj wliiln in tlie ps.es.-icn of a Mr. Wylev, of Uloiint coiinty, cut ofl'the liad of feüow-pprvan', bnt was acqnined on tbe plea of insanity. - nuisville J 'uu runt. Accidental Draih. - Mr. John J. Week?, n yiiun$r nvin in h'u 2f)ili ypar, in thoemploy ot Mr. VVm. B. Ilonsion, carpentr at South Bostortj wliile i the act of ereciinif au iiiwin! swinfr :nte yesterday, was snddenly killwl by n Hidiicn ftirtintr of ihe nfe, which throw lim 8ime 3U feet into thenir, and in decending head fort-most, his sknil was badly trac:ured, ond hè survived but a few miri'.ites. He was u veiy worthy joung man. - Mail. Falal - A quarrel tmk place over a pamblinjj mble at Naichez, Mi.-s., n ftw days síiicp, between John Kenley and Samuel Butler, whch was ended by BjitJer'shooting Kenley (cad with ti pisto! .Sjcrnivs. Hog Oi'. - Tlie reCtmt report o ■Ir. U.sworth. of the Patent Oilice. to Congres? i) puragricultural resources', gives sjine cilouhi .ioiis going to shnv tliat thi.s cuimtry nnd Eurpp nuy be supplied by us wiili oil made Irom lard. By bis report, it appenrs tint the mrnbero wine r.iisoU ir. the United States in l4I.w.t -0,301. &!3. Allowing these 19 arruga ftfn ■""in Iseicl. flb estiui'ite is uri.le by which tin lard irom siid hogs ia c ip ihle of yiejdiñg (by (cent chemie d discoyory) about 53.Q0 1.ÍW0 .1 íllons, equalto sper 1 o oil. which exeeols. a.siated in siid repó t. the proooeds of the whou I nshery eleven fuld. The P'rognss dfit&fcptranca - It is siid tin there H! e in Londen and ihe ijhii'rba fifiy lötn! ilisrinunfo Bocíeties. wíth 20.ÓK) mtmbers, n wliom 3,000 nre reclaimed drnnkarde; in thé conti try, ninety ö!eieliea, with AO.0b members. 'o vli .'ii -'.,(). )í)aie recial iied drunkatda: n Sé tíañ I, l'Ö 000 inehibers) nnd n Jrul.uid. 5,00l),00ü. I)ki.%wark - T11Í8 httle State nuy wjll fot! hers-ilf proud in these hard times. She is not on ly out of'debt, büt Iris hálf a milli.7:i ofd Jlrs to spire. ÍI the E-.npirc State could siy thus. wc should Teel prudofber. A Wi-ctch. - A.mtiimó wretch. at Baltimore. naméd Benjamin Jones, hos beeü doi.-oicl and nrres'ed fbr fitripping iñhúaied Jodies of iheir grave habdinients - Morntng Athis. Rad f.%nugh.indci:tL Mr. At.'n-; butdidyoti ever refiect huw nincli wi-rss n crime it is lor thi.:wretch." who strips living human Muga of ihen inalienable nghts; of t'heir humanityi &.ranks rijen wiih beasts oi burJen: to clnttel zi iimnortnl be ings. in-I deny ten the word of God, for whoni Chnst ei xl?- Toe: ii. Quakers. - The lowa Legtslature Ins refused to exeii)t ihia reltgious denoaiinatiou frona perforonig niüit ny duiy. Cuutton. - A child of Mr. Webber, at Foster. 1 , was poisoned to clenrh n few djys sinc. by enting the composuion oíTa buncíi uf 'locoloco inntched. lictrogradiiig.-Tho famons 15 gallon lnw o' Wisstssippi hns been repeale.l.. nnd a law made t recúlate licensing of tipplinu shops. Virpin'ti. - Tbcy are puuios it to the ganiblers in Richuiónd, Va., ;-fast and thick." The Stai suites that on Friday the pres nrments nmnbered WO hundred and sixty. and that t!ier; wcre --U.ib more to come." Amoni; those presente J .itc n ; a few of iho members of theleislaturo and qïaq'v of he í;first men" obou. town. Cicap Enovgh.-Egga .re selüngi.i Cin-jinnati it ihree and a half cents n doren tCTTitc nniount of dead loss at which thn Britsh West India lirlc of s'.enmers is snppor:ed. is BStírríatedat L!0.í)í)0 eaeh bont - inaking ,m ngregate of three mülions and a hnlf. Of 'Iris en.7;iious su'm covernment shoul.iers one millón rhe residuo falls on the Compnny. - N V. 'Sun. T.'ie Dif.reasc of the Pre, i u; RTUils is ai tribu - ted. Qccordyig to the Jounml oJ Cominerca. sreitly to the want of quie'-odver, without Wiieli silver cannot be extracted from the ore. The only ;!)inea of quiekfilver in the world are in S,m:n ind Germmy. and the Intier being ovrnj.l Wir ltothschild, he has conibined wiih the Sjnnisli irovernrnent 10 raie thcir prire f rom 3 1!) n qu'nral to $1:20. Formerly. while quicksilver w.ii, offered at ?i hep ra'e. the mines in Americ 1 pío duced annu-tlly 63.000.090 of hard dpH.ua. Bir 'housands of tons of silver ore aienow dug oir of the mines and thr.wn aaide becVtïse ihtfy wül tiotafTord n profitat the present price of quicküver. ltothschild derives, half a million benefit annually from hisquicksilver mines. 77c Affghan Wur - Th som of wir in Luün is th is ïnteiligibly descnbuJ by the New York American: 4iIn order to m ikc the matter more fnielligiblf to our readers we inay staic that in Affkhnnisrrm. :i higH mountaiuous región west of the Indien, ying between 22 and 40 (Icltcss olN. l.itjtu Ie, thtI3ritish have b ?en invblvèd in vnr bvTn;erferiiu in the rlyiinstic qnarrels óf the nuive prmceS. Aligh inisran lies bt-tweiii Pers, a and fliridpstrin, nnd irom time immemorial has been rhe roure lor the invnders of In lia coming froin the West It is louked upon by Kngland s rhe bnrriör( while in the hands of friendly mtive powcis) of her In dián Ivnpire agninst n!I Europenn a;gresáon. niu' espociilly that of Russia. Rnssia, o;erni ie thnniïh Periia. and dinvowing irs own acents wiiercer tiieir traces were cüs::;vered. is supposed U bc at the bottoiii of the di.'nVultie-which induced the ín liin Gvern nent ;q inrerfere by an ürmed riiterferërtce in AfFehnnsan. P6r a loní time it hns heen known 'h it, os woultl serm. fr.)in deficiënt mili: ïry skill. isjlnic! I corps of rhe Bfitfslt tróbg have been cooped u n pótntg in this cotxniry distnrtt frm eich other. Candihar, Giiuznee anl Cib'njl. eic!i has its gíirris.m: hut the snows. and he vigil int cnvalry o; ihc Affh-ins, ciu o!l cornmunical ons. and ciil- umns oí ie fef sent from Bi r.biy have failfd. ind heen bmken up. or turnad rxc'í. The chie' Cilmmaud under Sir Robert Sile, was at C-ihool. II o nüinu' to 5,'íJOB inen; of wliich. however, i: would seepi ihere was only one Europenn regí ment, the 4 Ith; the rest being Sepoys or nuivt 'roops. It is this forcé, whic', dec.iyed by n pre'ended cnpitüiation. from its aironghóld al Ciihool, and whilq on the 'mrVh to Jfileliihnd. was eut oif.

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