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5
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February
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1844
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A GoodJokc. - The New London Gnzette wys, "VVhen we approve of, nnd support Henry Clay for be l'residency, we feel that we are exeriinL v.-luit linie urluence we have in the cause of frefdom - ra the cause of cqua rights," fcc. This is coo!. Henrj CÍ3y has declared that elavery is sanctified by legisjation, and ihat he wou ld sobner stiftt-r tlie tortures of the inquisition than sign a hül for the nbolition of slavery in the District of L'oliunbia! Yet to support such an one, s lo e;staii qal rights, eh? We hope that men who renson thiis, do not cniry th'í eame principie into their religión - if they do, we sholl expec: lo see thern choosing atheists for their cler-rymen and appointing debauchees lo iecture upoa moral purity. - Ckristian Freeman. The New Orlenns Tropic of ihe L7 uit. ha the fbHpwjhg parograpli: Mr. Clay at the American Thratre - Iii accnrc'ar.ce wilb n invitotion, Mr C'ay v:s Ied the American Theutre, Moíidoy eveiiiuír. upon tlie occasion oí' Mr. Segwth:s benefit. - The house vlos densely crowdèdi and vvhen the patriot statesm-jn mude Ir.s apiearance, ha was greeted wi;h thrce times three clieers, gtven wilh os heafty a will ns coukl háyéoecn desired. Tle Budiencc vere üp as ene niah when he entared, and his rccepüon was warm and enthusiaític ia theextreine. Blond Jor Blaod. - In the tslatid of Cuba, in November !ust,n Jiisurrèci ion of :ho s)avet occured on au estafe about 30 miles from AJatfinzaa. The overseer'a wife and three dniightrs were slairi. The alarm Was mniediatcly givon.and the miliiary, nfter a (!e;peratestnigple, in which nbout sixty of the blacks were shot, eucceeded in sübduing ihem. Whot scène hke this lias ever occured in the isldüde tvhere univerfiál emancipation has given freedom to ihuusar.ds at a breuth? Report of Ihe f3tretary of ihe jTrr.tisury. - The folknving are ihe estímales submiucíl t Congrfss by the Sec:etuiy óf the Treasury, fbr t'tti fi.-cal year, commencinor (;n the first of July, '44, nnd ending on the SOih ef Jnne, '45: Est una tes of appropnaiions própöfred to be made for the riscal ye;;r eridjr.g SQih Of Jone, 184, amounting ío S2l,C50,ö44 1 f. of wluoh. $-3,6i!8,067 are fr the civil list, foiei:p nt?rcourse, and miscellanéous- --$3, 11,320 50, for the army proper, $4,091,480 53, for for'.ifica tion, ordii.oncos, Stc, Ürï,ü68,8I8 24, for íto ïndbn Department, Si 098, 050 for pensions. nd $3,94,057 L2 for the naval establishment. A poor negro et Ann A r b o r', S j i c h ip n ñ , was recen'Jy convicted of steaüng nn olrl pair of fltockings, êcc, worth 50 6ente,"árid Uiéréupbn centeuced by Jufltye Witlievell to fivc yfctrs' hard labor in the. Sta:e Pr,soa! In t hst Sta to, the most vtüainous seduction and adultery are no crime?, and thore are men influentinl and Iionorabl'.i who ore well lnovvn to hsive made fortunes by fraudulent banks and other genteel 6windlínr. A hard world ihis, for little rasals. - -Tribune. Match An intelligent manufneturer of suJphur rdatche?, informs ue, thnl this business is now worth Si, 000,000, in the United Swlea. A few years sincc, they were all imported from Europe, principiaUy from Germnny. Now we export eeral hüní{l!ed thoueand dollars worlb, to the Wost Indiee ad Seuti Aïnerlca. - Qindnnati PatriotEffects of Kindness.-Mrs. Child has iately published an article respscting the Iabors of Dorothea L. Dix to ameliorate the condition of the insane and vicious in our prisons. She has recent] y visitec New York and Canada. Mrs. Childs article closes thus: "I enquired whnther the amount of good accompjished had, so far, equalïëc her expectations. She said it had; and that her faith in the power of kinrlaess, over the insano and viciou;?, had been more than confirmed. Among the hundreds of erazy people witli whom her sacred mission has brought her into companionship, she has not foand one individual, however fie ree nnd turbulent thatcoultl not be calmed by Scriplure anc praysr, uttered in low and gentle ton es. The power of the religious sentiment over these shattered souls scems perfectly miraculous. The wörship ofaquiet, loving heart aíFects them like a voice from heaven. Tearing and rending, yetling and stamping, singing and groan ing, subside into silence. andthey faíl on their lince, or gaze.upwards with claspéd hands, as if they saw through the opening darkness a golden gleam from their Father's throne of love. On one occasion this missionary oi mercy was earnestly cautioned not to approach a raving maniac. He yellec frightfully, day and nigh't, rent his garmént, pluckcd out his hair. and was so violent thet it was supposed he wouid murder any one that ventured within his reach. Miss Dixscatcd herself at a iittle distance, and without appearingto notice him, began to read. with serene countenance and gentle voice, certain passages o Scripture iilled with the spirit of tender ness. His shouts gradual !y subsided, un til at last he beeatne perfectly still. - VVhen she pansed, hesaid meekiy, 'Reac me some more; it does me good.' Anc vhen after a prolonged season of worship she said, 'I must go away now;' he eager ly replied, 'No, you cannot go, God sen you to . me; and you must not go.' By kind words, and a promisc to come again she finally obtained permission to depart 'Give rae your hand,' said he, She gave it, and smiled upon him. The wild ex pression of his haggard countennnce soft ened t9 tearfulness, as he said, '■You trea me right. God sent you.'On anotber occasion she had been lcad ing some twenfy or ihirty maniacs ii worship, and seeing thein all quiet as lamb gathered into the Sbepherd's fold, she pre pared to go forth to oiber duties. In lcav ing the room, she passed an insane young man, with whom she had sevcral in ter views. He stood wiih hands clasped. anc a countenance of the deepest reverence With a friendly smile, she said, 'Henry are you weH to-day?' 'Hush! Husli!' re plied he sinking his volee to a whisper and gazing earnestly on the space arounr lier. 'Hush! - there are angels with youl Tley have given you their voicei' But let nót the formalist suppose thját he can work such miracles as these; in the professed name of Jesus. Va in is the Scriptnre or the prayer. repeated by rote. Therc must be the rneek utterance of a heart ovorflowing with love; for to such only do the angels 'lend their voice.' " JL. M. Child. Sesulls of Enterprise. - The íwo principal partners in one of the greatest banking houses in the world probably the largest discounters of bilis, were both servantsj in the outset of their lives. and blackod their cmployers' boots. The paper which they now discount, amounis to four hundred millions a year. Almost all the decisions are made by one of these men, who isso familiar with his business, and the responsibility oí business men, that he runs a handful of acceptances through his hands, and pronounces upon them, in lcss timo ihan a bank-teller pays his bank notes for a check. The resources of the house are so vast, that the Bank of England has found itself quite unable to díctate to them, or indulge in rivalry with them. One of the partners it is said on good autbority, is in the habit of giving away, from his share of the proñt?. a hundred thousand dollars annuallv. - N. Y. Sun. Can they fake care of thcmselvcs? - Read the following from the Columbus (Mississippi) Democrat: ua new bridge bas been built lately at that place over the Tombjgby river. It spans the river with a single arch, and is so high that it tt'ill not obstruct steamboat navigation. - A colorea man. [a slave] named Horace ivas the architect. He planned and suerintended the whole work. It is built intirely of wööd, there is no iron work :tbout it. The plan we believe, is the same with tbat of the Tuscaloosa bridge. :hough it is lighter and more simple in ts construction, while it is quite equal in trength añd durability." Whafs in the Wind? - The Leeds lnelligencer, an English paper, says that in iron Company, near Bradford have cceived an order for 1220 iron cannon, Í2.000 eight-inch shells, and 150,000 ïannon shot 32 pounders. It has not lublicly transpired whether the order is rom the Hon., the East ludia Coinpany, r from the British Government.Debt of General and State Govcrnments.- The N. Y. Herald publishea a letter which shows the íoíal indebtedness of the General and State Governments, with the proportion of the debt and interest to every head of population. The average amount for every man, woman and child in the indebted States, is $13 25, ánd of interest 67 cants; The proportion of the debt of the general government to every iuhabitani is $'i,50; and the interest 9 cents. The total amount of the whole debt is littlo rising two hundred and thirty-three raillions of dollars.The DiJJLculties of an Ediior.- An edüor cnnnotstep without Ireading on somebody's toes. If ho expreeg his opinión fearlessly and fr.inkly, !ie is arronnt and prexumpfnotis. ii he slates facts without comrnènts.he dares not avow his sentiments. If he conscientiotisly refusc to advocóte the claims ofan individual to office, he is aöcused of personal hostilice. A juclcnnopcf, who mensures off words inlo 'verse as a olerk does tnpe by the yard. hands liim n purcp] of stuff thal jingles )Uc n handfii] of rtisty nailsnnd a gimbleí, and ifthe edifor he not kind eno'uf h to print the nonsense - "Stop uiy paper; 1 won't patronize a man that's no better judpe of poctry." One murmurs because his paper is too literary; anotli er becauee it is not literary onotigb. One grunjbles becausecthe ac'verii?ements engrogs too miich room; another comnlams that the )nper is too large, ho can't find time to read it nll. One wants tlie type so fiinnil that n mif.roscope wöultl be indispensable ín every fi.müy; nnolher t!:reatens to diicoiuinue the jiaper nless the letters are holf an inch lon One dld hdy cctoally olTered to pive an nddi;ionul pr'ce for ti phper to be priutcd vviih siich types :ts wero u?od for hantlbüls. In facl every Rubscribor hr.s n plnn of bis mvn for con diictinsr a j'mrna), nnd the Inbor of Sysyntwp was recreation when cornpared with that ol an editor who uudertakes lo please all.From tlie TrnnFcript. Signs of coming trhimph. - When the fnenclsof freedom manifesled a dfttormination lo carty their principies f o the box they were tok! that from thenceforth no concession wculd be mude ■ by the two oíd partie.s - that both would combine to opposenny nnti-slavcry mensure or petition which might bc proposed it; our State Legislaturas and Congrcss. IJorv is the fnct? The Legislaturas of Mas.-achusetts, Vermont and Mnine at the late sessions have gone further in eupport of our principies tlmn they cid during our scven yeors canipuign of moral suasipn. And now with the single exceplion of three members from New Hampsliire, the entire New Eugland delcgation iti Congress. Whigs and Drrnocrats. have jnst recorded tlieir votes egainst the infmnous Gng-lavv. The RcèoIutions of Masssnchusetts which in 1837 were cnet unread. undebaled, unreferrcd, on the table óf; CongredP, are now referred to a Commiites of wlnc!) John Q. Adarr.s is Chairqiöd. Nay, more, in that very District of Gounibia ond fr.om tliat very prison where in 18SG Dr. Crandnll of New York was confined for eight monlhs for lending copies of an anti- sïavery patnphier, a black man taken up and confined as a fugitive elive, petiticns Congress to interfere in hts bchelf, and his petilicn is reccived and referred io ihe Commillee on the Judiciary! VVLo Bhal'! eay that we have not ampie cause for encouragemont in view of these iactt: In Uutli, nohing but a síeady n:u! re& oíale perseverance on our part is neeredto ènsnre.th'é fpeedy and completo tmtmph of our principies. rf '■ Look out. ye men of the North, thé South talk histily us. The Richmond Enqurrer snys the Union could not survive a momcni, i'f the Constiiúlion should be so amendpd as tn proïiiint slave ropres-entation in Conrress. Whatapity it would be if the goilant South ehould leave iii-! It would bo ' some.what analagous to the Tmvn poor ; ingf óffense aöl dcclaring thcy would no ! srr be sirpporWd at the public expense. The ' Enquirer a!so adds Uiat Mr. Adains is ' oring an elabórale report in favor of the Ma.-sacbusetts rësjcrluiiojis. -: i Crazy FolJc's BalL - A novel sort of a bal! , Mine off at the Insane Retrcat, in this city on . New Year's Niglit. Tl)e party wcre '. posed of the male nnd female patients in the , rnstitution, and they had previonsly taken a New Year's dinner. vith Dr. Butler, at hia iiouse oppositc tho Roireat; and in ihe - ing, thfi party joined in the merry exerciso. - Afterthc dnnce ra'iio a promennde, and hen ' i lable of rcfreslimcn's was furnished for all. Phe wlioie passed off in good stiape, under lie direction of the ofScors of the Rotreai. ind Avtis a spíif'cé of miicb gratification to the atiente. - Hartford Courier.A Rfsulc of Jjis?)'ons. - T.'ie folio v,-ing intpresünir parnijraj)! is copied from the Sandwich Island Temperance Advocate, of Julv 2h, 1843. Yankee Ingenuily Missioiwri Instrvcüon, and Hawai i an lndu&try combined. It ís now foñr years sínce Mrs. Lowell Sm:h, tt ihesugcre-sliíin f Mr. Mi)o Calkin, instrucíéd a jjntive woman to make tlie ficst ctiirni jag-, Sjnce tliat time not lees thnn 65,000 )úgis Iinve bceñ mado nnd sold f.ir O6.500 (ir en cents cuch.) A vory I.nndsome suni foiTemule industty! It is but jnsticc to remnik, h:t most of tlüü Inbor his been perfornied bv ámales connected wit'h the Rev. L. Smitb's Societj', in Honoliiln. During the first year he femóles coii'.ribnted obout $400, townrde he er'ection of their house of worship. Tlie íativó.s in ótliér parts of the Islund ere now "ollówiñg1 the exampleof ihe members of Mr. Smith's congregation.Scvernlofthe Germán Princcs are imilaïng Fnther Matthetv ín propagating temjerqnee sociéties. The King of Bavária Ims Mibjiflbed a decree hy which all the munici al njnpristrates are obüged to become the nembers and lieads oí new temperance so-ieties.It ia euid that the cliaracter of a nation may be learned from its eona. The reinark is cquaily true of a party. "The coons east and west ara united, from Georgia to Maihe they ngree To vote for ihe coon of Kentacky, ao worthy of office is lie. Chorus - Hurrah fwrthecooh of Kentuckj, The cliief of all coons now is he, Tho loco have tricd to destroy him, Bilt alwuys barked up tho wrong trerv' Hurrah for "ihat same oíd coon!" Whnt pisa can we expeot of a party ihat ennnot tel! a man from a brute, than ihat they will vote for a coon. VVhat the lato tnakes a coon m u coon . Sabbath Among ihe Slaveholdzrs. - The follouitig notices were taken from the New Orleans Pioaynne of Snnday Deceniber 1. !h. Cock Pit. - Benefit of lire Company No. 1, Layfayettc. - A cocí; figlu will taire place on SUNDAY, the 17th inst., at the we!l known innse of the subscriber. As the entire proceeds are for the benefit of the Fire Cotnpany, a fu-11 attendaucc is respectfulïy eplicited. ADAM ISRANG, Jorner of Josophine and Tchonpitolas si's. LafHyeite. Türkey Shooting. - This dn)-, Dec. I7ih, from 10 o'clock, A. M., till E o'clock, P. M., pud following Sundays, af M'Donoug-hviile, opposire the Second Municipttlify ferry. Cork figliting anJ Turkey shoótingj are the Snbbath day nnmsemenJs, the reügionc exercites, of those who whip women and etcal jabíes for their secular employmeut. The adv.antngc8 which the country at large derive from the variotis works of nternnl im■Kovement, are strikingly illustrated by the ract, mentioned in the National InteTigencer, that thc-re is imw offerea Tor sale r.t Washington, flour 'maijufaciured one htindre;! milos west of Detn it, conveyed tlniher on ;he central railroad, th'-nce by lake, cnnal, river and sea to the capital, and sold as cheap as that which is uroduced but ten miles ofl. The flour.kis uie ïmeiiigencer, is or a ocaiutiut w y, equal lo nny Ihe oiliíors have ever scen. was mude at the Albion Mills. - BvJJ. Jldv. t Capital Pvnisltment in Souik Carolina. - iñgu O'Nenll senlenccd a young man, (John . Brown,)on the 21st uit, at Columbns, to : 3 liunff on the 2Gth April next, undcr a J ction for aidhig a slave to run away. And ïis in cnlightened America and in the 19th entury. 1 Financial Condilion oj Conncclicui. - The ( nimes snys that Connecticut is not only out fdebt.but has a purplus of 8400,000 jnvestedr ' om ivhich the State derives an income of - 130,000 nnnually. Thia is exclusive of the cliool Fund. This Fund amount3 to S.44,354, from whieh during the last ycar, I idends were paid lo thectnount of $11S,49G.jrienuicani rrjíncnieni. - in ïretuen a iiuiu i gfgcd cliild was heard to cali from the , indow of a mean house to lier opposite : ::ghbcr, "Piense, Mrs. Miller, molhor sends ;r best compÜmenfs, and ifit Í3 fine g , would you go a begging with her to-morw." 51 The President, Secretary of State, tr mder of the Army, and second in commnnd, l'1 eoker of the House, Chairman of the Navv. mmittee in the House, and of the Foreigp. ' ílations in lue Senate, both Chaplains, and ' ïiost disproporiionate thare of forein ir' intrae'nts and offices in the army and navy, from Virginia. Mr. Clay arrived here on Pötuiday nigh', ei took passage for New ürleans, yesterday, „ UNDYl in the Grey Eagle. We presume t he will m.ike his promised visit. lo NorLh rolina bcfore returning to Kentucky,. - J misviüe Jour. lStk. Vv'] A slave, named Celeste, lias been arrested mNew Orlean3 for keeping in a chicken . use, for six montlis. a woman in a etate of c irvation. VVhen found he was a mere ïleton, crazy, half naked, and the perfect :ture of wo. The mystery about the - r remains to be cleared up. " Lmeell. - The len manufaciuringcompanie? 1 ihat city, give direct eunploymenl to cight ï )usand seven hundred and twenty persons, )bab)y a little more than one third of the pulaiion. Of this number C,S75 are females, cr0 il 2,345 millos. Tle nggregate capital of wl ; companies is $10,700,000. TnslaUaiion. - The Itcv. John P. hj nd, late Pastor of the Presbytorian Church J this city, was nstalled on the I3:h instant, {j, Pastor of the 2d Presbyterian Church of be icinnati. Jwl Mysteries of Jrcip York. - There i"? said . bo au old brewerv somewhere in thiscitv, i'i 's the N. York Gazette - we believe in or! jsby stroet - vvhich has three stories under pj iiind and six above. nnd contains a popnlati of tfbbnt fifieen hundred fouIs! amono om ncarly all the modern languages are [ iken. Si! wi: 011Amongst a number or jnteresting1 nucí C1I arkable anefdotes related at a Bib!e S: 's meeting it Let'ds, Enlnnd, latelv, was su e of a bluiíj Teníale in Frnncc bovino comittfid to memory the whole of St. Luke's y )?pel, by rcading the prcss witli her rs s. _1 Su Anjorder has been rcceivrd by one house in lin' CO U mdon alone, for 25,000 sllver wntches for „{. linn, orid evcry hand in London is in active his ïploymerit. D ren. CCThe New York Journal of Comtnerce vs : , J ' , st0I "Certainly we liave used tlie means, agnin and d :igaii?, to enUghen tiem on the subijec. '' d we now repeat our éarnost rcqnest, tóáí jre one toi'W licreafter have the effronlery to ;)nc II ihis a whig paper. ' or r A New York paper states Ihat the cost of a tting up Harpers' Pictorial Bible has, been hik 150,000. Artista have been engaged upon nn b plates for the represen tat ion, five or six t íaru," íLake Coast. - The whole éxtent of the lake coast is about five thousand two hundred miles, of which about two thousand is the coast of a foreign power. This coast washes parts oï the shores of no ess than seven of eur States and one Perritory, viz: Vermont, New York, ennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana, Illinois and Michigan, and the Territory of Wisconin. The population of these States and f the Territory of Wisconsin was, bythe ensus of 1840, equal to seven million hreehundred and sixly-nine thousand six undred andjorty-four. Of whom, one bird, or two million fourhundred and fifty-six thousand are immediately conected with and depending upon the navgation of the lakes Recipe for mnking Black luk. - J. Mcjeisli, of Malden, communicates the followng recipe to the Olive Brsnch. "Two quarls of rain water, one half lb. utgalls, thrco oiinces trum Scrjpgal (arabic.) irce do. sulpliat of Iron; soak the nntgalls n three quariers ofths waler; the gum ara ie n onö half of Uie rernaining water warmil: the sulpliate of iron in the other half; Iel hem stand in the.eevernl vessels 48 honre, ïen mix thrm, and the ink is made. This ecipe for mnking the best black ink, was reeived last winter from Dr. Webster, Profesor of Harvard.Economy. - The expense of the navy at this ime is greater thnn it was in Üie last war, vfien it was ihe buhvark of ihe nations deense. v Oftnyn Bakerwhig, is elected to Congres n the 6th (Massacliiisetts) district. Ilis insority over all is 20. Tlu-re ja now but onc Hsinci vacant. - Buff Guz. South Carolina. - Judge O'Neil sentenced a young man, (John L. Brown,) on the 21st uit. at CoJumbus, tobe hung on the 26 th April next, under a conviction for aiding aslave torunawayl And this in enlightened America, and in the

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