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Day
28
Month
November
Year
1842
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Br'eákihg Höré'èê. - There are few persons who know how to properly Sübdne this noble aHimál, in fitting bim for the u?e of in;m. - i Here ars some sensible rcmarks about the i matter: The bost tamer of colts tliat was ever known ia MasBochtysettfj, never ullowed whip or spur to be used; and the horses he trnined nevor needed the whip. Their spirits were unbroken by severil.y, and thcy obey the ehghtest impulse of the voice or rein, witli the most anirnaled promptitnde; btit rendered obediente affection, their vivacity was alwayn rëstrained by graccful doeïlity. He said it was with horses as with cliildrcn; if accustoined 1o Öeatïng they would bot obey without it.- But if roonaged with qntiririg gentleness, united wirh constant and very equable firmness, the victory once gained over lliem, was gained forever. Lady SmoJeers of Russm.-A correspondent of the New York Union writes: 'In England you hcar people constnntly pourinff ont anatheinas on account of the American fondness for tobáceo. Wiiat would iliey sayif they eaw, ast 6aw yesterdaywo Rüssinn ladies- a coúnteas, whose husband has a European celebrity, and her daughter, b rreitv girl of 'aweet ñxteen1 - dressed in the very "pink of Parietal faahion, (as elegopi morjñng dressésas man ever admired or woman longed for,) smoking cigars! They had been thus occupied for some liours, if one ini.rht judge from the salival dop itefl at their feet, on the highly vainylieJ foortOnthe9th uit. in Jeflewpn Co., Georgia, óf a llock oí fifty onc 6heep, forty eevcn were killed by lightning. TJiis occurrence kas not a pnraiJcl on record. Cliarlcs G. Atherton, bettor known afiiong truc norther?i men, as Gur Al herlon, has been elected Senator of' the United States, f. nu New Hompsbire, for six years frqaa the 4'.li of March next. He s that nörthern doughfiico whö introduerd int o the House of Reorertsentatives the 2lst Rule, trampling undêr foot tlic rirht of petkion. Eveft New Ilanipbhire is diigraced by nis elevation. THE SHIP MILWAUKIE WRECKKD OFF THE hipüTÜ OP KALAMAZOO, LAKE MICHIGAN, AND NINE UVES LOST ! ! Corrospondonoe of the Detroit AdvqrtJBer. ALLF.fiA.N, NOV. 19, 1842. Mr. Bates, Bear Si r-The Ship Milwaukie came ashore yestarday moruing nbotit tv.o o'dock. two miles nortb of the mouth of the Ealamazoo. Tlierc werc of ofTicors and crew 15 persons on board, of whom bat píx are eaved. Amoug the lost ore all the officers, tlio cook and two boys. I havo not Iearned the numea of any excêpt the Captain, (Wf.tmoiíj;,) Her fireight woa moslly Üour, of v,!ii?h the had nearly n fn!l ioed; Report saya s'.ie toolc on 300 bartels at St. Joseph. Slie cnuie to Kalanmzoo Wednesday afiernoon. Durinor ihat nicht, and Thur.--il.iy forerjoon, sfie took 900 borela of flour. She had jnst íinished loáding, when tho. wind cornmenced blowiug hard from tlie sontli west. - The captain attpmpted to gei undcr way, but could not. Before dark, it blew a palo, and: wasaccompanied with pnow. The niprlit wna a yery cold one. About 9 o'clofk, s!ie , mi'iiced ilriftine towards shore, and etruck at 2 o'clock the next inorning. Tlie Captain, fust JIate ond )he Cook, the two boys and two sailors perished of cold upon ' the ship vSiav she struck. She lay about four rods frorn tlie shore. Theseeond Mate anc1 soven sailors left the' BÜip ; lid Bwnm for the shorc--in thp ntiempt one of the sailo.s wns drowned. Tlie six remniiiino- sailors made thêir way to' a house tv-o'i miles distant. On tbeir return to the bench ' the eecontl Mate was perisbing, and diod in n ! few nsinutes. Tliey left the ship about 9 , clock in tl. e mnrninr-. The snow 'feil so fast lijnt it could notbe! nscertnined from the shore, whèthèr the ship was it anchor or not. Sho is stiid to be broken in the rniddle. The cnryo will probably be moatly aaved, in ,i dafnagéd state. Trulv yours, A. L. ÈLY. A GreatBile.-Gon. Rutland, of St. Louis in chaetising a nogro boy, was bit by him so sevorcly in the finger, thatconsultation has been field by the strgeons on the necessity of j pula t mg hisarrn to prevent the extensión of i rnörtificalion.Correspondonco nf fho Sulrm Gazette. 'New -Orlrans, 12tli Oct. 1342. The pólice of the Second Alunicipality made a clean sweep yesterday morning of all free persons of color found on board the c-teamboals nnd sliips within its prccincts, and provided them with lodgings in the pólice jrul - ihey wi.ll have an examination chis rnornirig before the Recorder, and he sent to the criminal oourt fur tria.' - from wliich thty vvül probaBly be eent to the penitentiary for Iwelve. montbs'. Mr. White, thé Editor of the Fleminsbtirg Keniuckian, shot a man dëad, last Tuesday, svho wout into the office for the parpóse of cuning him. Horrible! An exfensive flonr mili is about to be es■ d in New Orle;tns, for the grinding of Western wlie&t. In tlio United States ii is estimated tbat tliere are 52,000 of the descendanta of Abraliom. They have 59 synugoues. In 1805 there were but five synagogues, and about 4,000 Jews. Four hupdred nnd sixty whales were cnptuicd at Wcptmy, in the Orkneys. They are of n smali size. A Kiikwall mercliant immediately pavc the ÍJáhers L500 for the reB'ilt of thcir day'e labors. Arrangemcnts are nutkiog at Washington to divido limong the States $'i)0,000, being the netf proceeds of the sales of the public kind.; during the first eix nionths of 1C42. Bnck Making by Stram. - A Steam Brick Press is dow in operatiori in the yard al' Mr. K:ik, corner of íáehuylkill Sd and Wulmu sts. It spakes brick out ofáry cluy. The clay is finely pulverized between tvo rapidly revolving rolii r?, aqd is theh presèed in strong! Dionlds, of the size of a brick by piutOQS wor-( ked by a to(fLr'tí joint. The machine lias ei.t j moulcje, acd in good working order, will make tliirty two bricks a -mijmio. . Simiiar machines, the invention of :'. tíawyer of Cuitimore, have been a long time iu opera! ion n thai cjty and in other paris of this country. - : The bricks made by thera have undergone t (ie severos! tests, and havo been found of excellent, qaalky. The Treasury buildings ut: Washington are built of brick of thi& kind. - Phil. ortlt Jïmer. Price of Whcat, in Ann Arbor,-44 cents, Floór $2,75 per barrel.

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