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NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE.
D. G. COTTING, Editor.
No. 3.—NEW SERIES.]
News and Planters ’ Gazette.
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sequent insertion, Fifty Cents. A reduction will
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Sales of Land and Negroes by Executors, Ad
ministrators and Guardians, are required by law,
to be advertised, in a public Gazette, sixty days
previous to the day of sale.
The sales of Personal Property must be adver
tised in like manner, forty days.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate
must be published forty days.
Notice that application will be made to the
Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell Land or Ne
groes, must be published for four months—
notice that application will be made for Letters
of Administration, must be published thirty days;
and Letters of Dismission, six months.
Mail Arrangements.
POST OFFICE, )
Washington, Ga., Sept. 1, 1843. $
EASTERN MAIL.
By this route, Mails are made up for Raytown,
Double-Wells, Crawfordville, Camack, Warren
ton, Thompson, Dearing, and Barzelia.
ARRIVES.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 0, A. M.
closes.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 12, M.
WESTERN MAIL.
By this route, Mails are made up for all Offi
ces in South-Western Georgia, Alabama, Mis
sissippi, Louisiana, Florida, also Athens, Ga. and
the North-Western part of the State.
arrives —Wednesday and Friday, by C A. M.
closes —Tuesday and Thursday, at 12 M.
ABBEVILLE, S. C. MAIL.
By this route, Mails are made up for Danburg,
Pistol Creek, and Petersburg.
ARRIVES.
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, by 1 P. M.
CLOSES.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 6 A. M.
LEXINGTON MAIL,
this route, Mails are made up for Centre
vifle. State Rights, Scull-shoals, and Salem.
arrives —Monday and Friday, at 9 A. M.
closes— Tuesday and Saturday, at 9 A. M.
APPLING MAIL.
By this route, Mails are made up for Wrights
boro’, White Oak, Walker’s Quaker Springs.
arrives —Tuesday and Saturday, by 9 A. M.
closes —Monday and Friday, at 9 A. M.
ELBERTON MAIL.
By this route, Mails are made up for Mallo
rysvillo, Goosepond, Whites, Mill-Stone, Harri
sonville, and Ruekersville.
Arrives Thursday 8 P. M, and Closes same time.
LINCOLN TON MAIL.
By tin? route, Mails are made up for Rehoboth,
Stouey Point, Goshen, Double Branches, and
Darby’s.
Arrives Friday, 12 M. | Closes same time.
ET The Letter Box is the proper place to de
pohite all matter designed to be transported by
Mail, and such as may be found there at the
times above specified, will be despatched by first
post.
(SOTTING & BUTLER,
ATTORNIES,
HAVE taken an OFFICE on the North
side of the Public Square, next door to
[he Branch Bank of the State of Georgia.
October, 1843. 28
NELSON CARTER,
DEALER IN
Choice Drugs and Medicines,
Chemicals, Patent Medicines,
Surgical and Dental Instruments,
Perfumery, Brushes,
Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs,
Window Glass, Bpc. Bpc.
RED”’MORTAR. \ *™VSTA, Ga.
October 12, 1843. ly 7
HAVILAND, RISLEY & Cos.
Near the Mansion House, Globe and United
Slates Hotels,
S AUGUSTA, GA.,
DEALERS IN CHOICE
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Surgical and Dental Instruments,
Chemicals, Patent Medicines,
Perfumery, Brushes, Paints, Oils,
Window Giass, D) •e Stuffs,
&c. &c.
Being connected with Haviland,
CPSBp Keese & Cos., New-York, and Hav
■ qHFajf iland, Harral & Allen, Charles
ißHl ton, they are constantly receiving
••■c® fresh supplies of every article in
their line, which they are enabled to sell at the
lowest market prices.
CT All goefs sold by them, warranted to he of
the quality represented, or may be returned.
Augusta, August 1843 51
FRANCIS T. WILLIS,
will continue the
j Commission Business,
At the same stand, in Augusta, and res
pectfully solicits patronage.
August 8, 1844. 50
CRENSHAW’S Improved Antifriction Gins,
warranted equal to any iu the Southern
States, for sale by
A. A. CLEVELAND.
Washington, July, 1844. ts 50
Selling oil’ at Cost •
ffitllE Subsciibers respectfully inform their
friends and the public iu general, that they
are now selling off their
STOCK OF GOODS
at Cost and Charges.
They would particularly invite their custom
ers to call early and select such Goods as they
may want—and to those who have open accounts j
with us, Goods will be charged as heretofore I
at Cost prices. Our Stock of Goods is very
general, of recent purchase, and our terms can
not fail to be entirely satisfactory to all. Call |
and see.
BOLTON & NOLAN.
July 18,1844. 47
Dissolution •
THE copartnership heretofore existing in the
name of PALMER & McMILLAN, was
dissolved on the Ist instant, by mutual consent.
Those indebted, will please call and settle by
note or otherwise.
JOHN T. PALMER.
H. McMILLAN.
July 10,1844.
KP The business will hereafter be continued
by the Subscriber, who solicits a continuance of
the patronage of Ins former customers.
JOHN T. PALMER.
July 11, 1844. 49
THOMAS W. THOMAS,
Attorney at Law,
WASHINGTON, Wilkes county, Georgia.
CP Office in the Grand Jury Room, formerly’ oc
cupied by Irvin & Pope.
June 6,1844. 41
2,000 pounds Extra line
BACON.
For sale by R. H. VICKERS.
September sth, 1844. 3t 2
NOTICE.
Bacon and Lard.
For sale by JOHN D. THOMPSON.
September 5, 1844. 2
New Spring Summer
GOODS.
.1. MAYER &, BROTHERS,
Respectfully inform the citizens of
Washington and vicinity, that they have
just received a
New Supply of
Spring A* Summer
GOODS,
Consisting of the following Articles, viz.:
Foulard Silk, uew style for Ladies’ Dresses, 37.1
cents per yard,
Lawns and printed Muslins, 31 to 45 cts. per yd.
Calicoes, of every description, 6to 18$ do.
4-4 French Calico, 25 do.
Fine Irish Linen, 50 to 87 do.
Summer fancy Cassimers, 1 37 to 1 50 do.
Darp d’ete’ for Summer wear, 87} to -51 do.
Large assortment of Broadcloths, <s2 to s6} do.
Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Gloves of
every description, from 12} to $1
Great variety of Linen Cambric
Pocket Handkerchiefs, 18$ to .fSI each.
Summer Stuff for Pantaloons, 12.} to 37 per yd.
Linen do. do. 37} to 02 do.
Swiss and Jaconet Muslins of every
description, 25 to 62 do.
Scotch Gingham, 31} do.
Also, a great variety of Manches
ter Ginghams, 12} to 18$ do.
All kinds of Laces, Silk and Fil
let Shawls, Neck Ties, of
the latest style, 45 cts. to $7 each.
Ladies’ Silk and Cotton Hose of
all kinds, 12 cts. to $1 50
Leghorn and Straw Bonnets of
every description, $1 12} to 4 50
A great variety of Bonnet and Cap Ribbons,
Marseilles Vesting from 20 cts. to 75
Latest style of Ready-made Summer Clothing
for Gentlemen’s wear, a large assortment,
Also, an assortment of Summer Hats,
Ladies’ Shoes and Pumps of all kinds, from 25
cents a pair to $1 12}
Also, a large assortment of Gentlemen’s Shoes
and Pumps, from 62} to $2 75 cts. per pair
Boots from $2 to $4. , do.
Bleached and unbleached Homespun of every
description, at the Charleston prices.
Coffee, Sugar, Tobacco &, Segars,
Which will be sold as cheap as can be bought
in this country. O’ Call and see—nothing
charged for showing Goods.
April 25, 1844. 35__
months after date application will be
made to the Honorable the Inferior Court
of Lincoln county, while sitting for Ordinary
purposes, for leave to sell all the Negroes be
longing to the Estate of Nancy Harper, late of
said county, deceased.
JOHN HARPER, Ex’r.
Lincolnton, July 1,1844. m4m 46
months after date application will be
made to the Honorable Inferior Court of
Wilkes county, while sitting for Ordinary pur
poses, for leave to sell Land belonging to Mary
Semmee, minor of A. G. Semmes, deceased.
JOHN R. SEMMES, Guardian.
August 1, 1844.. m4m 49
WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, GA„) SEPTEMBER 12, 1841.
3(scru,tntotts.
From the Cincinnati Atlas.
A LEGEND OF MISSISSIPPI.
Avery interesting and melancholy story 1
is told, of a certain individual in Mississip- j
pi. He was a Planter—the happy posses
sor of numerous acres of the finest land in
the world, and of a large force of likely
negroes. His broad fields were white with
the rich fleece of the cotton plant, and as
they wer e black with the sable headsof his
multitudinous serfs, he might be said to
have the favors of fortune secured in black
and white.
Like many of his neighbors, he had a ge
nius which disdained the narrow boundaries
of the Cotton field, and swelling with the
noble thirst of gain, he extended his busi
ness into the boundless regions of Com
merce and Finance, borrrowed money of
the Banks, drew Bills of Exchange, and
endorsed his name freely upon the obliga
tions of other men. Cotton was Cotton
then ; but in the fullness of time, Cotton
! turned out not exactly what it was crack
| ed up to be ; at all events, it proved to be
t not the philosopher’s stone, and did not I
; turn all it touched to gold.
It came to pass, therefore, that our wor- ;
| thy Planter saw his Cotton hags dwindle
| faster than his debts; the Sheriff became
j a frequent visitor at his domicil, and the j
Lawyer his daily companion ; in short, he
was “ broke,” slock, lock, and barrel—
all his lands, tenements, and hereditaments, !
goods and chettels, including black people
and race horses were insufficient to pay his
debts. The “ rascally Banks” had used
him up. Misfortunes never come single—
and just when the poor man was plunged
to the top of his head in the “ slough of do- j
spondency,” a mortality broke out among j
his people. His negroes began to die off;
and every day his sympathising neighbors
were called in to bury one of his force.
Soon the neighbors grew weary of at- I
tending these diurnal interments, and per
haps timid of venturing into the contagious ■
atmosphere of so fatal a pestilence, and ;
the doomed Blacks were left to bury each j
other—which they did at a fearful rate, for j
they now began to go off by the half dozen,
and then by the dozen. A few of the
handiest fellows were kept constantly at
work, making rough coffins, and grave dig
ging was the daily and sad task of the re
mainder, —Mr. R. standing his ground like
a humane master, resolved to live or die
with his faithful Blacks. Every body pi
ted him—him—all mourned over the sad
hgvoc of those ruthless ministers of ruin,
Death, the Law, and the “ villainous j
Banks.” Finally, the last man was bu- j
ried, and the heart-broken Planter announ- i
ced in doleful accents that every tie which
had bound him to his country was severed;
the “domestic institution” was wholly
evaporated, the negroes all under execu
tion. He talked of quitting a country
where every object reminded him of his
blighted prosperity. And he went —si-
lently, under the congenial shadows of a
moonless night, without bidding adieu to
his sorrowing friends, or his sad creditors.
This worthy Planter wended his way to
Texas, and the fact was soon officially
made known to the public, by the returns
of the Sheriff, in which the significant let
ters “G. TANARUS.,” now become technical in
Mississippi, supplied the place of those
barbarous old Latin words, by which the j
myrmidons of the law are wont to an
nounce the non-corne-at-ahility of their vic
tims. The creditors—proverbially a sus
picious and rat-smelling class—on learning
tliis fact, began “to allow” that it must
have been the “ Texas fever” which had
so fearfully disturbed the “domestic rela
tions” of their debtor, and thought it due
to the public and to the “ progressive” sci
ences, to institute a post mortem examina
tion upon the bodies of the deceased slaves.
Hieing to the burial ground, one hun
dred and five hillocks of newly made
earth, were found to designate the drear
abodes of the deceased negroes ; but on
opening these, what was their amusement
find them tenantless! “ a beggarly account
of empty boxes /” Notone of them con
tained the least relic of a human body—
neither hoof, hair nor hide. It was “G. TANARUS”
with the whole concern. They had gone,
not merely in spirit, but in the flesh, hody
ously, to another land, where by a felici
tous reunion, the domestic relation was re
established, between the faithful master
and his affectionate servants. Anew page
was added to the curious volume of medi
cal jurisprudence, and the fact duly record
ed, that they who are carried off by the
Texas fever, walk off bodily in the night,
leaving an empty name, and an empty
coffin, to enjoy the empty vanity of the fun
eral obsequies. Heaven preserve us from
annexation with such a land of spirits!—
choice spirits though they be—where the
grave shares with the prison the pater
nal office of supplying inhabitants—and
those who are dead in the body, uniting
with the dead in reputation, and the de
funct in law, rise up in their horrible cere
ments to call us brethren.
This is a true tale—sad though it be,
and stranger than fiction. G. T.
An exchange paper very truly says, sen
sble men and women never sneer at me
chanics and others who earn their living by
their labor. But self-styled gentlemen and
ladies not unfrequently do. We have
heard of a “ lady” who once left a ball
room because a mechanic entered. She
married a basket-maker and died a washer
’ woman.
I’UBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
POLITICAL.
A Letter from Mr. Clay.
| To the Moulton Clay Club :
In consequence of a report which had
■ become current here, that Mr. Clay was in
the habit, among his private friends, of ex
pressing himself favorable to the Annexa
tion of Texas upon proper principles, at
the request of several of our fellow citi
zens, the friends as well as the opponents
of Mr. Clay, we addressed him a letter
early in July last, making inquiry ns to the ;
fact; ami also whether ho still maintained
the opinions of the policy and propriety of j
the acquisition of Texas, which he had !
expressed in his speech in the House of
Representatives in opposition to the Span
ish Treaty, on the 3rd April, 1820, and
subsequently renewed and inforced in his
diplomatic letters to our minister in Mexi
co, of the 20ih March 1825, and the 15th
March, 1827, and also what would he his
course in reference to the final disposition
of the question of the Annexation of Tex- j
as, in case of his election the Presidency
of the Union. This letter, on the sth of j
j August, instant, we received the reply from
! Mr. Clay which will he found below.
TIIOS. M. PETERS,
JOHN. M. JACKSON.
| Moulton, Ala., Aug. 10, 1814.
Ashland, 29th July, 1844.
Gentlemen :—I have received your favor j
informing me that my views, as disclosed ;
in my letter from Raleigh, on the question
of the Annexation of Texas, are miscon- j
ceived, if not misrepresented in yourquar- ;
ter; and that it is supposed that I have I
changed my opinion from what it was in ;
1819. I endeavored to express myself in ;
relation to that letter as explicitly as I
could, arid I do not think now that it can be i
fairly misinterpreted.
In 1819, when I addressed the House of,
Representatives, the President had negoti
ated a treaty with Spain, by which Texas i
was ceded to that power, hut Congress had
not then given any sanction to the cession.
I believe now, as I thought tiien, that the
Treaty making power is not competent
without the concurrence of Congress, to I
cede away any territory belonging to the ;
United States. But Congress by repeated |
acts rendered it as valid and obligatory i
upon the United States, as if Congress had i
given its assent, prior to the conclusion of:
the treaty. At that period of 1819, Texas j
as claimed by us was unpeopled. No hos- j
tile incursions had been made into it by the ’
citizens of the United States. In 1825 and ‘
1827 there were but few inhabitants of i
Texas consisting of some colonists, planted
there under the authority of Mexico. At
neither of the three periods above mention
ed had any state or section, in this this Un \
ion, manifested any opposition to Texas
composing a part of it. It has been said
that Mr. Adams’ administration offered to
negotiate with Mexico for Texas, notwith
standing the existence of a war between
Spain and Mexico, and that it not have be
lieved that the acquisition of Texas, at that
time, would have involved the United States
in war with Spain. Hence it is argued
that the ratification of the late treaty could
not have compromitted our peace.
Mr. Adams thought it desirable to obtain
Texas. Two foreign powers claimed it.—
Mexico was in possession, and Spain was
doing nothing to assert and enforce her
claim. Her representative had even gone
so far as to stipulate in a convention, to
acknowledge the independence of Mexico
although that convention was not ratified
by Spain.
Mr. Adams had a right to authorize the
negotiation of a treaty for the acquisition
of Texas with both or either of the powers |
claiming it. It was natural that he should
begin with that power which Lad the pos
session of Texas. Spain had interposed
no obstacle. She had made no declaration
that she would regard the acquisition of
Texas as an act of war. In point of fact,
no overture was formally made to Mexico
to purchase Texas, no negotiation was j
opened, no treaty was concluded. If ane-i
gotiation had commenced, or if a treaty
had been signed, and flpain had protested,
the prudent and cautious policy which
characterized Mr. Adams’ administration,
would undoubtedly have prompted him to
quiet Spain, and accommodate the matter
previous to the annexation of Texas to the
United States, and without plunging them
in a war with Spain. llow totally different
are all the circumstances under which,
with Mr. Adams’ authority, I authorized
the overture to Mexico, from those which
attended the recent treaty of Mr. Tyler !
So far from Mexico being silent, she re
peatedly and solemnly declared that she
would consider annexation as war with
her. Texas was no longer an uninhabited
country. It had been wrested from the do
minion of Mexico by citizens, many of
whom went armed from the United States.
The war between Mexico and Texas had
not been terminated by any treaty of peace.
Mr. Tyler not only did not consult Mexico
but he announced that her assent to the an
nexation was altogether unnecessary. And
he proceeded to conclude a treaty, embrac
ing a large extent of Territory, and a nu
merous population, not comprehended in
the Texas which the United States ceded to
Spain in 1819.
In the meantime too a powerful opposi
tion had arisen in the United States against
the annexation of Texas to them. Sever
al States had declared, through their legis-
Hatures, against it, and others ; if no*, whole
l sections at the Union were believed to he
, adverse to it. This was the opposition to
the measure, to which in my Raleigh let
; tor. I alluded, when I spoke of a ‘ con
siderable and respectable portion of the
confederacy.’ I did not refer to persons j
but to States and sections.
Under such circumstances, I could not
| hut regard the annexation of Texas, at that j
time as eompromitting the honor of my j
country, involving it in a war, in which the
sympathies of all Christendom would he i
against us, and endangering the integrity i
of the Union. 1 thought then and still bo- j
j iieve, that national dishonor, foreign war, j
j and distraction and division at home were
I too great sacrifices to make for the acquisi
tion of Texas.
But, gentlemen you are desirous of know- !
ing by what policy 1 would be guided, in !
the event of my election as Chief Magis- I
trate of the United States in reference to i
the question of the annexation of Texas. j
I do not think it right to announce in ad- j
vance, what will he the course of a future i
administration, itt respect to a question
| with a foreign power. 1 have, however, no
hesitation iu saying that far from having |
! any personal objection to the annexation of
Texas, 1 should he glad to see it, without ]
j dishonor—without war, with the common j
j consent of the Union, and upon just and j
I fair terms. Ido not think that the subject
of slavery ought to affect the question, one !
i way or the other. Whether Texas he In- j
j dependent, or incorporated in the United
1 Slates, 1 do not believe it will prolong or
; shorten the duration of that institution. It I
j is destined to become extinct, at some dis- j
! tant day, in my opinion, by the operation of j
’ the inevitable laws of population. It
| would bo unwise to refuse a paramount ac- j
j quisition, which will exist as long as the i
I globe remains, on account of a temporary !
’ institution.
In the contingency of my election, to I
| which you have adverted, if the affair of j
1 acquiring Texas should become a subject 1
I of consideration, I should bo governed by j
1 the state of fact, and the state of public j
| opinion existing at the time 1 might be call- j
ed upon to act. Above all, I should be j
governed by the paramount duty of pro- !
serving this Union entire, and in harmony, |
j regarding it as I do as the great guaranty i
j of every political and public blessing, un- j
J der Providence, which as a free people, we j
i are permitted to enjoy.
I am, gentlemen, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
11. CLAY. :
Messrs. Thos. M. Peters, and Jno. M.
| Jackson.
CHANGES.
j Change No. I.—At this time last year
! Massachusetts had a Loco Governor and a
j Loco Legislature—now Whig by an over
’ whelming majority.
Change No. 2. —At this time last year
Connecticut had a Loeofoco Governor by
1200 majority, and a Loco majority of
about two to one in the Legislature—now
a Whig Governor and a Whig majority of
30 in the Legislature.
Change No. 3.—Last year the Locos in
Maryland had a majority of 639 for Gov
ernor—now the Whigs have a majority of
several thousand in the State.
Change No. 4.—Last year the Locos
had a large majority in the Virginia Legis
lature—now the Whigs have a majority,
and will thereby elect a Whig United
States Senator.
Change No. s.—Last year the Locos had
a majority of twenty-four in the Legisla
ture of North Carolina—now the Whigs
have a majority of 32.
Change No. 6.—A year ago the Loco j
majority in Georgia was 4286. Nine
months ago the Whigs suceeded by 3388 I
majority.
Change No. 7.—Last year the Locos
elected all their Congressmen in Louisiana,
and had a majority of 1557 for Governor
—now their majority is only 125.
Change No. B.—Last year the Locos
: had a majority of 12 in the Indiana Legis
j lature—now the Whigs have 8 majority.!
Change No. 9.—Last year the Locos j
had a majority of 61 in the Missouri Leg- j
islature—now the Whigs nearly tie them. I
Ne changes, hey ?— Macon Messenger. !
The True Doctrine. —We are indebted to j
the Cincinnati Gazette for the following ex
tract from a speed) of Mr. Dallas, made
some years ago :
“It is true, as the Senator from South
Carolina has said, that the political economy
of free trade, however captivating in theory,
is, indeed, a discovery of modern times. It
has no existence but in Books. It nev
er has been tested, and it never can he tested,
without the Utopian resort to a Congress
of nations—a resort recommended by some
pamphleteer, whose treatise, laid upon our
table within a few weeks past, seems to
come in aid of this ‘ new discovery of mod
ern times.”
When Mr. Dallas uttered this sentiment,
he was not a candidate for the Vice-Presi
dency. He has probably renounced this
good orthodox creed, for he is now the can
didate of a party, with which such doctrine
as the above is condemned as damnable
heresy. Boston Courier.
The inscription or. a banner borne by Rev
olutionary soldiers at a mass meeting in
Tompkins county, N. York, was “ No Pen
sioners, said Polk—No Polk ! say the Pen
sioners
M. J. KII’PEL, Printer.
! Screws loose in Pennsylvania. —At a po
i liticai meeting held at Heistersburg, Fay
! cite county, Pa., on Saturday, the 3d inst.,
I three hundred locofocos, in a body, came
out and proclaimed their opposition to the
’ anti-tariff views of James K. Polk, and
! in favor of the protective policy of Henry
i ('>ay.
At a great Whig meeting in Cumberland
county, Pennsylvania, a few days since,
I says the National Intelligencer, at which
1 ex-Governor Ritner presided, among tho
! twelve thousand present were fifteen hun
! dred Straightouts, who have recently aban
i doneJ the cause of locofocoism, Polk, and
Free trade, and go for Clay and Freling
liuvsen, a Protective Tariff, and Whig
j principles, and Whig measures.
The “ Chivalry ” at 106 degrees above Ze
ro.—A correspondent of the Charleston
Mercury, by way of illustraiing the im
mense excitement that now pervades all
j true South Carolinian breasts, in relation to
i the Tariff, tells us the following story :
“ What think you of an argument on the
Tariff in one of the bathsatthe Hot Springs
I with the thermometer at 106 degrees ?
Truely in the “ boiler” it did take place be
tween a Philadelphia lawyer and a Beau-
I fort District planter. At the conclusion of
the discussion, when the body of each, by
the combined operation of the hot water and
the excitement of the subject, had been
brought to fever heat, the honest Nullifier,
disclosing liis broad chest and sinewy arm,
suddenly exclaimed, “in the use of the
tongue you are my superior, sir, hut in
muscular power I can demolish you in a
twinkling.” The terrific words had scarce
ly been pronounced, before the little barri
ter was safely eseonccd tinder several
blankets, there to undergo the sweating
1 O O
process.
What a scene! Quattlebum in a bath,
bill 1 v ing a barrister,to keep his hand in !
N. Y. Express.
Oregon. —lsn’t the PolcoPhoco party a
beautiful specimen of consistency ? They
parade Oregon on their hand bills to call
their straggling members together, when
every body who reads at all, knows that the
only place where Oregon question was
brought up and discussed, was in the Whig
Senate—and that the Democratic House of
Representatives gave it the go by without
a single word. Wasn’t the six month’s ses
: -ion long enough for them to utter one syl
lable on a question that they have since be-
I come so suddenly rampant upon ?
Alabama Journal.
We learn from the Cecil Whig, that
when Mr. Collins’ was addressing the
Whigs at Elkton, a drunken Loeofoco ac
costed him thus : “Collins, you are a dem
agogue.” The speaker pretended not to
hear him. “Collins —I say Collins, you
are a demagogue.” This was too much ;*
and Collins stopped and looked the person
in the face for a moment, and said mildly :
“If you had straw wrapped around you,
you would be a demijohn.” The fellow
staggered off.
Washington Standard.
Loeofoco State. —ln New Hampshire, if
a man is worth a million of dollars, and
pays his taxes to the full amount thereof,
should lie happen to belong to the Catholic
religion, he is denied the privilege of hold
ing the pettiest office in the gift of the State.
This is a thorough-paced Loeofoco State,
remember, and was one of the seven which
voted in 1840 for Van Buren, and the on
ly one east of Maryland which can in any
emergency be expected to vote for Polk,
Dallas and Texas !— Whig Standard.
FIT FOR A LAWYER.
An old lady in these “diggins” walked
into a lawyer’s office a few days since,
where the following conversation took
place.
Lady —Squire, I called to see if you
would like to take this boy and make a
lawyer of him.
Lawyer —The hov appears rather young
madam. How old is he ?
Lady —Seven years, sir.
Lawyer —He is too young ; decidedly
too young. Have you no boys older ?
Lady —Oh yes,sir; I haveseveral; hut
we have concluded to make farmers of the
others, I told my man 1 thought this little
feller would make a firstrate lawyer, and
so I called to see if you would take him.
Lawyer —No, madam; he is too young
yet to commence the study of the profes
sion ; but why do you think this boy so
much better calculated for a lawyer than
your other sons ?
Lady —Why you see, sir, he is now just
seven years old to day ; when he wa3 only
five he’d lie like natur : when he got to be
six he was sassy and impudent as any crit
ter could he, and now he’ll steal every thing
he can lay his hands on.
A Method of Rendering Glass less, Brit
tle, which ought to be Generally Known. —
Put the glass vessel into a vessel of cold
water, and gradually heat the water boil
ing hot, then allow it cool gradually of it
self, without taking out the glass. Glass
es heated in this way may when cold, be
filled with boiling water, without risk of
I cracking. If the glasses are to be exposed
! to a higher temperature than boiling water ,
’ boil them in oil.
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