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ALBANY PATRIOT.
“WISDOM—JUSTICE-—din ODER ATI03Y.”
VOL. II.
ALBANY, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1847.
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PROFESSIONAL NOTICES.
Thomas MS. Mtonnelly,
Attorney at Law,
HA IVKINSVILLE, GEO.
O* Practices in all the Courts of the South-west
ern Circuit—Pulaski, Irwin, Telfair and Laurens,
of the Southern, and Houston of the Flint Circuit.
Jan. 13, 1847. 40 y
KICMMM* U. CLiAUK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Albany, Georgia.
Will practice in the Counties of Baker, Lee, Deca
tur, Uooly, Sumter, Randolph apd Early, of the
South-Western Circuit, Stewart, of the Chattahoo
chee, and Thomas, of the Southern Circuit.
O* Office umler the “ Courier” Office, Broad st.
E. W. WARREN.
TirOS. B. JORDAN.
Warren & Jordan,
.ITTOJS.VJErS JMT JL.« If*,
STARK VJLLE, Bee County, Georgia.
December 3, 1845, 34 tf.
w5TKTde GRAFFENRIEO,
Attorney at Law,
BLAKELY, Early County, Georgia.
Practices is the South-westers Circuit.
Nov. 5. 30 tf.
It. M. 8B ALS, '
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
EiKON, AIDbomn.
from the Albany Argus, March 17.
GENERAL CASS.
It will be seen by the correspondence
between democratic members of the le
gislature and citizens, and thisdislinguish-
etl statesman, that he declines the dinner
to which he has been invited by them.—
The correspondence will be read with
much interest.
INVITATION TO GEN. CASS.
Albany, March 2, 1847.
Hon. Lewis Cass : The undersigned,
members of the Democratic party of the
State of New York, ask the pleasure of
meeting you at a public dinner in the city
of Albany, at such day as may suit your
convenience.
In tendering this invitation, they desire
to express their warm appreciation of
your congressional course, and particular
ly your able support of the national ad
ministration in our war with Mexico, in
consistency with the spirit with which,
when the representative of the country
abroad, you defended and sustained the
freedom of the seas, and the protection of
our flag wherever floating.
These acts are only in accordance with
a life devoted to your country in the field,
the cabinet and our nalioual councils, and
in all with preeminent ability; but your
recent distinguished course in sustaining
the administration in a contest forced up
on us, your masterly exposition of the
conduct of the war, securing by a vigor
ous prosecution an early and honorable
peace, and your appreciation of the patri
otic feeling which animates our whole
people in relation to that contest, give
yoo peculiar claims upon our respect and
confidence. Trusting that on your way
to your home in the west, you may find it
convenient to meet .us in the manner pro-
proposed, we have the honor to remain,
Very respectfully your fellow citizens,
The following article is from the N. Y.
Sunday Times, edited by the noted M.
M. Noah, once a democrat, afterwards a
whig. The Times we believe is a neu
tral paper. The article vindicates the
Administration from the charges of the
federal paper that it has been unkind to
Gen. Taylor. Such a vindication is not
needed by those who remember that the
President rapidly raised Taylor from the
office of a colonel of the line and brevet
brigad ier general, to the command of the
‘army of occupation and invasion,’ over
the heads of bis superior officers, and af
terwards nominated him to the honorable
commissions, first of a brevet major gener
al, and next of major general in full. But
there are other points in the article which
are of interest.—la. Sentinel.
OUR GENERALS.
No or.e can say, or should say, that
republics are ungrateful. We scarcely
open a paper, without seeing some honor,
some funeral triumph, some merited eulo-
gium on the officers who fell defending
the flag of their country. Committees
have crossed the seas and travelled thou
sands of miles, to bring from a foreign
soil the buried soldier, and inter him with
in due season and in abundance. We
have conquered ten times more territory,
aad_ fought more desperate pitched hattles
in eighteen months, with less than 20,000
men, than France did Algiers, with 80,-
000 veterans, in seven years! Is nothing
due to the energy and vigilance of the
war department for the preparations which
have accompanied these victories ?
‘Save me from ray friends !' Gen. Tay
lor may well say. But is be alone in all
the glories of this war ? Where was Dun
can and his artillery, who loudly in coun
cil insisted upon fighting the battle of
Resaca de la Palma, with a majority a-
gainst him ? Where was Worth, who
skilfully led his storming party-at Mon
terey, and carried the strongholds of that
place ?
Gen. Taylor has received nothing but
kindness and confidence fiom the Presi
dent, and zealous and successful co-op-
eralion from the war department; and if
these mischief-making, busy, intermed
dling politicians, who seek only to use
him lor their own purposes, would leave
the old soldier alone to his delicate duties
and not buzz their flattering falsehood and
promises for the future in his ears, he
honor near his native home, so that his i would not write letters unfriendly to his
hones should not repose in a foreign land, j government, and the superior officer to
To the living the country has been pro-’ whom he owes obedience and respect.—
digal of favors, honors, promotions, and Opinion against creating a lieutenant-
rewards; and a grateful people have general have, since the publication of that
manilested towards General Taylor, in
particular, the highest praise that could
he rendered for brilliant services, accom
panied with every honor and favor that
could be conferred upon him. All this
was merited and just. It was therefore
with regret that we'read the letter from
General Taylor, pulished in every news
paper—ostensibly written to a private
friend, but evidently with no prohibition
as to giving it to the world—in which he
[The invitation was signed by D. R. j prefeis charges against the government
Floyd Jones, and thirty-three other mem- intimates that the public authorities were
bers of the legislature ; and by N. S. Ben-j dissatisfied with his armistic, and de-
ton, and one hundred and twenty-three i dares that he lias been left without nde-
other citizens of Albany.]
and the adjouiing*counties.
Knon. Ala., Oct. 8, 1846,
26 Iv.
Wx. L. Morgan. T. Hughes Hines.
HOIIGAN& HINES)
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,.
Troiipvillc* Lowndes County, Ga.
Will practice in the Counties of Thomas, Lowndes,
Ware and Appling, of the Southern Circuit of Geor
gia, and Madison, Hamilton and Columbia, ih Florida.
Feb’y. 24,1847. 46 tf
ALEXANDER A. ALLEN,
ATTORNEY T L.IIF,
Baiubridgc, Decatur County, Georgia.
July 9,1845 13 y
I quale supplies to maintain his position.
General Taylor knows ihe duly he owes
Washington, March 9, 1S47. to his government and superior officer.
Gentlemen : Allow me to request that j Ho is a plain, substantial man, with a
Law Notice.
T HE undersigned having removed from his Plan
tation to the city of Albany, is now prepared to
devote himself entirety to his profession. Corres
pondents and all persons entrusting business to his
care, may rest assured that their communications
and business will meet with prompt attention. Of
fice south side of Broad, corner of Jackson street.
E. H. PLATT.
Jan, 6,1847. 39 ly
THOMAS PINKNEY SMITH,
ATTORSE Y AT LAIF,
Albasy, Georgia.
april 16, 1815. 1 tf
you will communicate to the members of
the democratic parly of the State of New
York, now at Alhany, who have invited
me in a public dinner, my sincere thanks
for that distinguished mark of their te-
gard.
Iam well aware that I owe it rather to
their favorable appreciation of my servi
ces, than to any just claims of my own.
Abroad, a representative of our country is
entitled to no peculiar merit lbr asserting
her rights and her honor, when these are
threatened or assailed by European com
binations, however formed, or whatever
seeking. At home, when she is engaged
in a contest with a foreign enemy, the
feeling of patriotism is so instinctive, that
though he, who resists its impulse, is con
demned to general reprehension, he, who
obeys it, but fulfils a duty, which may
bring with it indeed the reward of self-ap
probation, but will bring with it no pecu
liar claim to regard or consideration.
In the providence of God, no such lot
as ours was ever bestowed upon any peo
ple. And never were higher motives for
union and patriotism offered for human
exertion. And yet of all the nations of
D. J. VASON,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
Albany, Georgia.
april )6, 1845. 1 tf
WALTER GRAVES RANDLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
H AVING located in Starkesville, Lee county,
Ga., wilt attend to ail business entrusted to
his care, in the various counties, composing the
South-Western Circuit, with promptitude and fideli
ty- [March 24,1847. 50 tf
good strong mind, and great military ac
tivity and experience; but he has been
tampered with by politicians. Hemmed
in by a superior force, and supposed to
have been cut off from his camp when at
Pain Alto, he was condemned as an un
skillful officer in allowing himself to he
caught in that dangerous position ; hut
when he fought and gained the battles of
Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, those
who were the first to offer him the hom
age of tbeir’applause, and todiscover that,
in addition to a brave and successful mil
itary leader, he was an indomitable whig;
and forthwith they nominated him for the
next Presidency, and be was told in the
papers that he had experienced • ill-treat
ment from the government',’ and that the ‘idle
and incompetent officials at Washington
had scrutinized with a jealous eye ail his
movements.’ That General Taylor be
lieved this to be true, we have a right to
infer from his letter, and we are sorry for
it. It is thus that the vile spirit of party
paralizes all that it touches, and destroys
those who it is most desirous to serve.
How has General Taylor received ‘ill-
treatment’ from the government? He
letter, undergone a considerable change.
COL. ECHOLS.
We had the pleasure of seeing at our
office, last Thursday, Col. Robert M.
Echols of Walton, the gallant commander
of the 13th Regiment of Infantry, nowa-
bout being enlisted into the service of the
United Slates in the war with Mexico.—
His regiment will consist of one compa
ny from Virginia, four from Georgia, four
from Alabama, eighty men to the compa
ny. He will leave for New Orleans in a
few days at which point the recruiting of
ficers will communicate with him by let
ter. Each recruit will receive a bounty
of 812, half of which will he paid upon
enlistment, and a warrant for 160 acresof
laud for service in the war until regularly
discharged. We have the utmost confi
dence in the capacity and spirit of Col,
Echols, already distinguished in ibis State
nytfds valuable public services, to lead
his regiment to battle (or their country’s
rights and honor, and to sustain the glory
of the American name. Wherever they
cnay he in this noble cause, our hopes and
our prayers shall cluster around them,
and our hand shall assist to weave the
laurel wreath to crown their heroic deeds.
Cheers for the gallant band ! .Cheers for
their brethren inarms upon the field of
And our motto he God and our
country !—Athens Banner.
THOUGHTS OP A FUTURE STATE.
Eternity is very near. But a step and
we pass into the unseen world, and are
fixed in an everlasting state. It may
seem otherwise to us. Amid the busy
cares of life, we are veiy apt to forget
that we are mortal. Like the rich lool in
the parable, we are prone to delude our
selves with the thought that we have
goods laid up for many years, shall live
to accomplish all our plans, and realize
all' our pictures of earthly happiness.
But the summons comes, and we are
hurried away. The stream of time, on
which we are embarked, is bearing us
silently but swiftly to the end of life’s
voyage. Aswepa»s uiiwu tliewuncm,
we may sometimes imagine that we stand
still, and are wont to amuse ourselves
with looking at the objects on either side,
and with plucking here and there a flow
er from the shore; but ere we are aware
the roar of the ocean is heard, and we
are off upon the unknown deep! O!
that we were more regardful ol the notes
of the warning which God is continually
addressing to us, that there is but a step
between us aiid eternity ! Indeed, we
are all standing at the very door of eter
nity ! Those before us are last passing
through—we are fast pressing after them ;
soon we shall have passed within, and
the gate closes upon us forever. Every
lime the pulse beats, a soul passes into
eternity! In twenty years, in ten years
where will the most of us be? In eter
nity, dwelling beneath the smiles of God
or lying under his righteous condemna
tion. Some will remain awhile longer ;
but the longest life is hut a span, and it
ends in eternity.—Reo. Dr. Hawes, N. Y.
the earth, we arc perhaps the one, which, i w;ls selected to command the army at
in the hour of trial, finds its citizens most : Corpus Christi over the heads of several
divided; most prone to examine the cau- older colonels, and of high reputation
J. LAW, *
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Bainbridgc, Decatur County, Georgia,
Will attend punctually the Superior Courts of the
Counties of Early, Baker and Decatur, of the South
western, and of the County of Thomas of the South-
cm Circuit.
July 9, 1845, 13 y
ALEXANDER XV. SNEED,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Bajrbridge, Decatur Courty, Ga.
Will practice in the Counties of Decatur Early,
Baker, and Thomas, Georgia' and Gadsden and
Jackson Counties, Florida.
Dec. 30. 1846. os if
JOHN It. HAYES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Bainbridge, Decatur County, Geo.
Dec. 30, 1846. 38 tf
join BILBO,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ALBANY. GA.
Will practice in the several Courts of the Soutn-
Wcstem Circuit, and Thomas and Stewart couh
april, 16,'184 . 1 tf.
.Notice.
. A LL concerned 'are herebr required to take no-
JAl ties [hat t shall apply tn the next Inferior court
«Sf Dooly County , to change tho name of my youngest
•on, Daniel Frederick Jones, to diet of John William
Jones, in conformity toen act of the General Assem
bly, passed 28th December. 1843.
DONALD B. JONES,
inarch 20,1847. ISO 3m
ses of war, when its vigorous prosecution
should be the object of general solicitude,
and the great point of general union.—
In our conflict with Mexico, disputes about
how we might have changed the past, and
discussion as to how we shall dispose of
the acquisitions of the future, are equally
ill-limed and injudicious. Our business
is with the present—leaving the things
that have been, and the things that are to
be, to be judged hereafter, should a judg
ment be necessary, inorder to correct the
errors of the one, if there, have been any,
and to provide for the duties of the other,
if a cession of territory should impose new
duties upon us. We want the power of
public opinion to bear upon this question
of war. We want vigorous, immediate
and decisive action. The administration
has done and is doing its duties, ably, and
so far successfully. One powerful na
tional effort, stimulated by patriotism, op
erating with energy, and directed with
wisdom, would speedily overcome all
obstacles to success, and would teach the
nations of the earth that the same courage
and devotion which achieved our indepen
dence, are yet ready to defend and vindi
cate it.
While I renew the expression of my
- thanks for the invitalian 1 have received,
I beg leave to decline its acceptance, as
circumstances will place it out of my pow
er to avail myself of the kindness of the
gentlemen who have associated them
selves with you on this occasion.
Very respectfully, gentlemen, I have
the honor to be, your obedient servant,
LEWIS CASS.
Hon. D. R. Floyd Jones, and J. R. Flan
ders, See. See.
Green Peas, grown in the open air,'
were offered for sale tn the Savannah
market on the 23d.
selected because the government had a
high opinion of his skill and courage, and
his soldier-like manners and habits.—
W as this ‘ill-treatment ?’ The moment
intellgence arrived of the glorious battles
of the 8th and 9lli of May, the President
of the United Slates promoted him from
the office of a brevet brigadier to that of
a major general, and he did not transmit
the commission through the adjutant gen
eral’s office, as customary, but wrote an
autograph letter, enclosing the commis
sion, returning thanks in his own name,
and in the name of his country, and ex
pressed his greatest pleasure that he had
it in his power to reward such services.
Was this ‘ill-treatment ?’
Why Gen. Taylor has not at this day
acknowledged the honor done him by the
chief magistrate of the nation, and com
mander-in-chief ol the army, is a private
affair with which we have no right to in
terfere. The general complains that he
had not adequate snpplies transmitted to
him—that he had but “limited means,”
and had lie failed he would ‘have been
severely reprimanded, if nothing worse.”
We look with wonder upon the opeta-
tions of the war department since the war,
and the immense amount of labor it has
accomplished within the last eigeteen
months. Unprepared for war, 15,000
men have been armed, equipped, muster
ed into service, and sent with immense
stores of cannon, powder, ball and pro
visions, a distance of nearly two thou
sand miles in a strange counliy—another
army despatched over the wilderness to
California—more than an abundance of
all kinds of stores and provisions shipped
thousands of miles, and hundreds of wa
gons .procurred for transportation—bat-
lies fought—victories gained—storming
parties, shells, mortars, howitzers, and
everything appertaining tq war prepared
IMPORTANT FROM TAMPICO.
In addition to the accounts from the in
terior of Mexico, we have news fiom the
Island ol Lobos, via Tampico, to the 1st
inst. On that day between filly and sixty
sail of vessels, having on board Gen. Scott
with all the troops assembled there, left
that islund for-an attack upon the city
and Castle of Vera Cruz. Every vessel
in the harbor that could carry either men,
provisions or munitions of war, having
been pressed into the service. It was
understood that Gen. Scott expected to
continence the bombardmeul about the
10th inst.
We have been favored with the peru
sal of a letter dated 26th ult., from a sol
dier belonging to the Palmetto Regiment,
which states that they wero all in fine
health and spirits, and anxious to he un
der way for their ultimate destination.—
It states that the Newberry Company ar
rived at the Island on the 25lh,in time to
join the regiment before their departure.
TRY IT ON HIM.
The Knickerbocker tells an excellent
story of Bnrchard, the revivalist; not of
him. exactly, either, hut of what happen
ed at the close of one of his meetings.—
He was in the habit of addressing his
congregation in this wise :
“ I am now going to pray'; and I want
all that desire to be prayed for, to send up
their names on a piece of paper.”
On the occasion to which we refer,
there was at once sent up to the desk
quite a pile of little slips of paper, with
the names of persons on whose behalf he
was to “ wrestle” as he said, “ with the
Almighty.” A pause soon ensued, when
he said, “Send ’em up! send ’em up!—
I can pray for five thousand just as«asy
as 1 can pray for a dozen. Send ’em up!
If you haven't any paper, get up and
name the friend you want prayed for.”—
At this stage of the proceding a man
whom we shall call Oziel Biggs, a stal
wart person of six feet aud a half in his
stockings, a notorious unbeliever, and a
confirmed wag to boot, rose in the midst
ol the congregation, a mark (or all, and a-
midst the winks, and hecks and smiles of
the auditory, said:
“ Mr.’Burchard, I want you to pray
for Jim Thompson!”
The reverened petitioner saw, from the
excitement in the audience, that Oziel
was a “ hard ease.”
“What is your name, Sir?—and who
is Mr. Thompson?”
It’s Jim Thompson; lie keeps a tav
ern down in Thompsonville, and I keep
a public house a little below him. He is
an infernal scoundrel, and 1 want you to
give him a lift.”
“ But,” saiilTVIr. Burchard, “ have you
faith in the efficacy of prayer ? Do you
believe in the powerof petition f “ Thai’s
neither here nor there,” responded Oziel;
'•I want you to try it on him I"
INCREASE OF FACTORIES IN NEW
ENGLAND.
Mr. Andrew Stewart, a member of *
Congress fiom Pennsylvania, has recent
ly travelled through New Engladd, and
has published a letter iu the Uniontown
Democrat, from which we extract the
following. It appears the tariff of 1846
is no obstacle: *
“There never was a time when more
capital was being invested in manufacto
ries than there is at this moment in New
England; They are erecting them not by
the foot, but by the mile. 1 saw a whole
city building up in the midst of a snow
storm, not a hand stopping or descending
from the house-tops, t nree or tour nP
corporated companies, with three or four
millions of capital, all at work erecting
factories by the dozen, and houses by the
hundred; one -machine shop 1,000 feet
long, and a single factory, the floors of
which would cover seven acres of ground;
another which will consume 800,000 sheep
annually, and one of cotton .which will
emplay 1,800 girls; and countless others
going up or commencing in this new city
oh the Merrimac, half-way between Bos
ton and Lowell, not yet named. In Low
ell they are making a new race or canal,
at a cost of half a million, to drive a new
set of factories built or building, .perhaps
equal in power and extent to those alrea
dy in operation there. I saw ip one fac
tory 1300 beautiful girls,-with cbreeful-
ness, happiness, intelligence and content
ment legibly written on every counte
nance. In another a woollen factory
(Samuel Lawrence's); in looking over
the the pay-roll, or book, I found on twen
ty-seven consecutive pages, containing
nearly eight hundred signatures, nearly
all girls, but a single one that made a
mark or !*<, all written in a good, and
many of them in an elegant, hand.”
The Go-Between.—There is, perhaps,
not a more odious character in the world
than that of the go-between—by which
we mean that creature who carries to the
ears of one neighbor every injurious ob
servation that happens to drop from an
other. Such a person is the slanderer’s
herald, and is altogether more odious than
the slanderer bimsolE By bis vile offi.
ciousness he makes that poison effective
which else were inert, for three fourths of
the slanders in the world would never in
jure their object, except by the malice of
go-betweens, who under the mask of
double Iriendsltip, act the part of double
traitors.
LAWFUL REVENGE.
Many years since a gentleman in New
ington ; a parish of Wethersfield, Connec-
icut, who was a very religious and con
scientious tnan, married one of the most
ill-natured and' troublesome women he
could find in the vicinity. * This occa
sioned universal surprise wbeiever he
was known, and one of bis neighbors ven
tured to ask him the reasons which had
governed his choice. He replied that
having bill little trouble in the world, he
was fearful of becoming too much attach
ed to things of time and sense, and thought
by experiencing some afflictions, he should
become more weaned from the world, and
he married such a woman as he thought
would accomplish hi« object. The best
part of the story is that the wife, hearing
the reason why he had married' her, was
much offended, and out of revenge be
came one of the most pleasant and dutiful
wives in tne town, declaring that she was
not going to be a pack-horse to carry her
huaband to Heven.
A printed thought never dies. Noth
ing ' is so indestructable. The proudest
works of art crumble to dust, but the elo
quent thought lives, and will live, down
to the end of time.
The greatest pleasure of life is love;
the greatest treasure contentment; the
greatest possession health; the greatest
ease sleep.
SPIRITUAL MOVEMENT.
The Vicksburg Whig tells a capital sto
ry touching a volunteer company rendez
voused at that place. The captain must
have been a great wag, judging from one
of his Sunday morning movements. He
formed his men into line, and gave order
to the following effect:
‘Those who are going to church about
faccY
The majority of the company about
faced immediately thus evidencing their
.desire of attending the place of worship.
A goodly number, however, maintained
their first position ; wondering, perhaps,
at the stupidity of their comrades in choos
ing to frequent so dull a place, in their
estimation, as the house of prayer. They
had not become so religious all at once—
they hadn’t—by no manner of means.—
But there was mailer of triumph just a
head for the moral and religious portion of
the company. The captain’s eye twink
led roguishly as he sung out:
Those who are going to church, walk
up and taken drink!'
They did so; and a more ashy looking
set of fellows than were those in the mi
nority never had the pleasure of seeing
the thumb of the right hand applied to the
nose, and the four digitals spread fart-like
at their expense. Some of them begged
the privilege of changing their votes; but
the captain was inflexible—they couldn’t
coax a treat out of him by any means.—
Those who had Voted for going to church
washed down tlte cob-webs and started
while the remainder looked as if they
were almost persuaded to ■ be Christians. J
ANECDOTE WITH A MORAL.
When Charles the Second chartered
the Royal Society, it is narrated of him
that he was to give the philosophers a
royal, but at the same lime a wholesome
lecture:—
“ Why is it, my lords and gentleman,”
said he, “ that if you fill a vessel with
water to the very brim, so that it will not
hold a single drop more, yet, pulling a
turbot into the water, it shall not overflow
the vessel?”
Many were the sage conjectures* that
the fish would drink as much water as
compensated for his own bulk; that he
condensed the water lolhalamout; that
the air-bladder had something to do with
the phenomenon ; and a hundred others,
which were propounded and abandoned'
in their turn, much to the amusement of
the merry monarch. At length Mr.
Wren (afterwards Sir Christopher) mod
estly asked s—“ but is your Majesty sure
that such would be the ease ?”
“Aye, there!” exclaimed his Majesty,
laughing, “ you have it. Always gentle
men, find out whether the thing be true,
before you proceed to account for it; then
I shall not be ashamed of the charter I
have given you.”
The movements of Mr. Wehster ap
pear to be a matter of perplexing uncer
tainty to his federal admirers. The Cin-
cinalti Chronicle learns that he is to visit
Porkopotis on his way to New Orleans.—
Per contra, the National Intelligencer un
derstands that he is not to go to the Cres-
setu city via Cincinnati!, out is to return
that way. The Tribune steps in—in
forms both authorities that they are wrong,
and announces that the God-like will he in
New York Before Jie goes either to New
Orleans or Cincinnatli; hut when is very
uncertain—thus leaving the mighty, Dan
iel and his intended tour as much a mys
tery as ever. How fortunate it is to-be a
locofoco, and thus Acape this dilemma,
by a perfect indifference about the whole
matter!—•Washington Union.
A Novel and Useful Discovery in Iron
Mr. Stepbensou, after a variety of exper
iments. has discovered that the cold blast
is much superior to the hot blast iron.—
In the construction of the level bridge at
Ncwcastle-on-Tyne, which connects the
York and Newcastle with the Berwick
and Newcastle Railway, he ascertained
that the superiority of one over the other
was in foe proportion of 9 to 7. He has
also ascertained that pig-iron 3, is better
than pig-iron 4« notwithstanding the lat
ter carrying more money in the market.
English paper.]