Evansville Journal, Volume 11, Number 51, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 25 December 1845 — Page 1

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Not Caesar's weal, but that of Home." 4 S.VTUR DAY, DECEM BER t20. 1 S45.. OPINIONS OF THE MESSAGE. The Wasliington Correspondent ; d Mie ' 'Baltimore Patriot asserts that there ate .two " points in President! Polk's Message : which will be apt to detract" from its merits in (he estimation of well balanced minds. " "1st.' The charge against ; England ' ami France tire Governments of those countries not two or three of their small CJiarg'e'd' Affairs of having interfered lo r prevent (lie annexation of Tex-is to the United . Stales, End the taunt that in their failnre "European "governments may learn, bow -Bain--dipIomatie. . arts and inttlgues mtisl e vet prove upon Ui's Continent," would belier become some per r eon or functionary less exibed than theCliief Magistrate of the Nrtion! Snch" a tunnt towards France from ' the , President vf the United States, in his official message to Congres3, is certainly not'calculated lodo miicli .in the way of creating ihe sympathies ofthat ' narion, should we get into a brush with Eng--land! ": 7' ''" s";;.; : ; ; " ' "2.1 The President admits I hat he offered the49ih parallel as a 'compromise" settlemenl of the Oregon question and "this loo, after he had positively and .'solemnly tle- , dared, to the American people that out right 'to the whole ofthat territoiy was "clear and .unquestionable!'' He says that after the British Min ista- rejected the proposition, it vwas icitlidraicn, and our right to the whole of ' Oregon asserted and maintained! If Mr. Polk was sinceie, in his inaugural, in assert' ing that our right to the w hole was "clear and unquestionable," why was the 49th parallel offered to Mr ,'Pakenham? -Mr.; Polk says, because our Government had twice before offered it I Do three wrongs make a right? But the whole aspect of the case has materially changed since those offers were made by our Government., Neither Mr. Monroe, tior Mr. Adams, nor Mr.ClHy asserted that our right to the whole'of Oregou was "clear i end unquestionable." From the lights then1 before Ihem, those state smen, if'they assert- . ed that England presented no colorable title to the Territory, did not avow that our title to il was "clear and Unquestionable.'' They believed there was authority for contention in the malter,and hence they offered the49lh parallel. But since that time,- researches have been made old 'documents have beeu bunted upnew lights have shone upon the abject -and the great body of the people of the United States have looked into the matter and become satisfied that Oregon is ours op to the Rttsian line! Mr. Polk, too, is satis fied ol this. He has asserted that our cTiim to that line "is clear and unquestionable,1' and yet he. admits, that, with such knowl edge, he ojferedtogitse away to England al; that portion of. Oregon lying" between- the parallels of 49 degrees and 54 , degrees and 40 minutes north latitude, for the sake of n le'ttlemeut'of the question!" The Courrier Des Etals Unisihe French Organ published in New. York, speaks thu ofthat portion of the Message , whipb relates to France and to Oregon: . ... , "Let us simply state, that it (the message) will disappoint the expectation of those who expected to find the langu ige of, the Derao eratic President an eccentric or licentious rudeness, such as might help to give food to the passions of parly, and be the provocation and signal for jniernationalstru"jle3. We do not mean to say that the niess:te is not stam pad, in all the qiesiions upon which ij. !.ouc with a frankness and witji a vigor.- which give to it a powetful interest, and even a terrible importance. One may almost bear in reading it the- growling of the thunder. which hap been threat ning for so long a time to burst over the pence ol the world." Not withstanding all this, Mr. Polk has had the skill to disguise in a most surprising manner the energy of his ideas, and the andacity (or boldness) ot his intentions, tinder 'forms full of moderation, tact, and courtsev. For, a great mauy years pas', the people of the Uui ted 8tate3 have never held lorth to foreign powers language bo proud 1 and yet so chiio If there is not justice, at least there is always some dignity in complaints y accompanied with menaces. France comes in for he share of 'these complaints; we take them on her belialf in good part; for if Mr." Polk has reproached herewith an interference in -the tortuous business of annexation, which he pretends to take as hostile' to the ' United States, thouglr 'not contrary to the " rights of nations, ( tn interference which in reality, was t more banglicg piece of business,) jet, at v-- .j,

ihe.jsarae lime, he has given this., reproach with expressions of regret for they" imaginary interruption of French and Ameri ;an. foetidship, and with hopes and wishes Tor its re-es-t;iblislimeiit,"all which affords to us a guaranty that the President will entertain nothing but sympathy and goodTeeling-towaidsf France. Alsojlet us tiian'k Mr. Polk for the strong recommendations which lie has addressed to Cangrcss in favor of an important branch ' French commerce, which the" tariffof 1S42 has compietefy , p iralyzed. , We mean , the mitaiions of the wines of Oporto, ' . . "He comes next to the fitnous. Oregon question, and gives " its diplomatic history above from its first 'cotnmencerneat explaiiii'iiy that since 181 the , parallel of the.

49th degree of north 'latitude has been three urfunt limes offered lo England; that this has always been refused: and that after having himself repeated this offer, (with some restrictions, which made it more than ever unacceptable) Mr. Polk formally withdrew she offsrand is now decided not to yield an inch of that territory, of which six months ago hewas willing to abandon he one-half! It is in reference to this part of the message above all, that we meant to say, the boldness of its intentions or purposes is masked be neath the adroitness of its forms: The President, as to the test, confines himself lo re-q-isrmg the termination of the joint occupatou, after a preliminary notice shall have been given to England, in "conformity ' wyh tbe'treaty of 1S27.' It is only at the expiration of this delay that he lets us see the glimpse of a war.wiu"ch is thus, as it were adjourned over for fifteen or eighteen moiiths. Surely, this is very consolatory. In the meantime, in order lo take advantage of diplomalic delays, he, asks for some - measures to be taken, the object of which is to effectuate the installation of American sovereignty n Oregon,'' California, ,sister.vof - pregon, which with that country also, is ah object of the covetousiiess'of the American and fini sh ambition, is not roelinned by name ituhe mess ige, but has not tlie less evidently inpiredjhat threatening paragraph, which ac companies and finishes the ' part relating to American , balancaiiLpower! '. ,sThe National - Intelligencer concludes very lengthy article on thi 3 impor tant document thus: - To take a more general view of the messige,' its greaf length, to which we have al ready alluded,is scarcely out of proportion to he -mtgiiiiude of the public conjuncture which it will but too probably be the effect of the' policy, now plainly announced to ere ate. , We look on it, in a word should the measures which it suggests be executed- as perhaps the most important documents of the sort which the country has for a long term of years bad presented t( it.. , . . 'As far as the executive authority or influ ence can do so, and as far as the open taking of positions so decisiveindicates an assured reliance on a . legislative, support sutucient to carry them. out tonational action, ihe message seems to us a distinct public crisis of a very startling magnitude; and, if a crisis, it is as clearly one entirely voluntary and arti?'There is nothing to urge ns todiCiculttes with England; there is everything' to solicit U3 to good understanding with her a Christian love of peace, the honest desire of "ain. the warning of at least ns much prudence as tells us that Contest with her' must involve calamities for which the event can afford us little compensation but .the dreadful-one of having inflicted loss as terrible as we: shall hive sufPued. At home, the legislatiou of 1842 seemf,' at leasr, to have, brought back one general flow of prosperity, of rewarded and happy labor in nearly every branch ofindustrial production. And, band in hand with this gradual and healthy recovery, has come the very utmost which, in that particular, a people need desire, or its government tope to' accompl ish for it a good, sound, sufficient abduo more than sufficient currency. All this beirig so und so ft unquestionably is it is perfectly clear that a system of measures imminently hazardous of peace, of production, anl bf,th& moneyed circulation is ihe creation of a crisis in a state of health; a difficult emergency when we were, at ease, conjuncture i,ardly less than appalling when we were wrapped in the arms of safety. . , We say it with reluctance; but all the threatening contingencies which the administration seems to us thus to have seized, ap pear to be little better' than the fulfilment of engagements .in ..wlucli the, ixecuttve has been entangled by circumstances. of a sup posed obligation on bis p-irt to meet the 5e clarattcns of a 'puny convention. Tho tar

iffis to be pulled down, because (lie rmnpof the B.iltimoreconveHfioa issued ai" dictum', when half the members were gone; the Sub Treasury s ;o be restored, jUecause'ihe President supported before it har been tried; and measnres most unlikely to be taken as toOregon, because the Executive was unadvised enough tp make, in an iuaugural ifiscourse, a declaration on the subject as ex'tretno as it was inopportune! ' t "Our peace is to pay for the President's indicrelioiu our fortunes are to be wrecked that, he may be consistent oti the Subtreasurysour wotksliops' ahil looms are to be overt timed that the Appendix lo the B th imn're Con veution may he glorified! But this especiaj ly we say, end say it solemnly : By'ait extra otlicialdcff pronounced possibly la incre inadvertaiice, the Executive " at once disabled himself; and went so far as to. disable Great Britain, from taking a proper course in this negotiation, and conducting it in a dne spirit. - We protest against havingtbe mighty inierests ol a people's peace trifled with, as has been done by both sides, the President setting the example, and Sir Rob!. Peel following it. The mercy of the conimotu law disqualifies, in case of life or death, to the lowest criminal, to sit as a juryman,' any one who has made up or uttered an opinion before he is emp innelled; and t it is monstrous th;it here, where the lives of thousands of itii-

offending people are at stake, a Piesideut Si. a Premier should be allowed to enter into a negotiation, pledged, by every principle of vanity or populutity, before : they know what can be done. or ought to be done, to yield nothing. ' ; ' ' ,: ' " .... "There ts, however, yet another general aspect in which we are bound to consider these main recommendations, as a "body of measures as a system wtether meant or such or not." ' ' , r . ' "A J3rittsh ministry has no more jure divine abtjut it 'than a President nay,' prtib ibly has greater, not less, need to consult ihe popular passions on subjects where they listen but little to reason. ..The Executive should see that the' English Government is as little like to give way o:v this question as he ; that, therefore, jerio'uf". possibilities of p war are involved in his refusal to compromise or arbitrate; and that these are strengthened, if what he proposes lo Congress be doue. War, then, is quite a possible part of ihe political programme which he offers. And how does he propose to make ns ready for it? By filling our coffers? By invigoratinglhe arts and tradss at home? "No;we are to carry on. a. war with hard money, and abolish home. industry, that we may have abundant supplies independent of foreign trade! ' " t:These are, it appears to us, the general indications of rhisominons messatre. - " ' .Tlie Louisville Journal has the following on the same subject ' - Mr. Polk must have been perfectly aware that England would not, in the Oregon negotiation, accede to worse terms than had been offered her by other administrations, f ile h'mself acknowledges, that he felt the necessity .and propriety of proposing to yield the same boundary that preceding 'administrations had offered, but he refused to offer the right of navigating the Columbia which those, administration iad offered. This right we consider of no consequence, but it is not so considered either by England or by M r. Poik : " " - " - : ;-;.. . : "Mr. Polk know to an absolute certainly that England would decline the proposition bus modified, as she had twice declined iteven before its modification, and he knew and knows, , that, if Congress assume and maintain r his position and - earry out bis re commendation, war is in evitablo. He re commends that notice be given pf the ces sation of joint occupancy, and that measures be adopted, after the expiration of one year to take possession or the whole territory, not to latitude 4D,but latitude 54,40,116 bcuaJr ary of Russia, ; V- : "The reader wIH nitlurally suppose (hat it was Mr. Polk's deliberate designs to precipitate the country into a war. This m ry have been the case, but our impression is that his views were different. The whole message, the double dealing or the tariS. the high-toned annunciation that no European influence or colony can bo allowed on this cont"nent, the eulogy pn the pre-emptionists,the swelling declamation about innate , self-government and the irresistible spread 'and outmarching of free principles and free men", and the various other passages in the demagogue vein all these things indicate a design ' (o assume a popular position and to'run for asecondterm. Our impression is that he counts on lh ihSuenco of certainjudicious frleitds

to prevent the horrors of extremities. ? Then be .would -occupy this position: with the moderate he wouid. gain credit for moderation by having refused, in his negotiation, to go with his party ,:in s demanding the whole; Oregon Territory, and he would challenge the admiration and applause of the , enthusiastic adventurous, tand wailike, by denyhrg to any foreign power the right to navigate any waters lying within the territory of the stars and stripes. There seems to be no calamity to winch the demagogue will not expose his country to win applause of the thoughtless, the wreekless, and the w icked. - "Mr. Polk gives notice that he has withdrawn the proposition, which he made and

which ; England rejected, and, that he now goes fr the whole of Oregon, t r : :i " ,' We supp:ise he means that he will not now couceda to England even the terms that he himself has already offered her. Of course he knows that she will not sultify herself &. subject berself to disgrace in Ihe eyes of the whole world by accepting less than what .he has oflered and she has refused, so that he seems at last tos have resolved on shutting ti e dooir of ' negotiation ' and driving Great Britain to the wall. We agaiu say, that,5 if the Locofoco.Conress act up to the expressed views and policy of the Locofoco President, all the nameless and' counties horrors of a Jong, bloody .and most terrible war - be. tween the, two mightest nations of the earth are inevitable."1 t. .'; ;; - , The Cincinnati Gazette concludes a nolice of Ihe message as follows: 4 , ''Taking the message all in AWtemp eraely writ ten aa it is we regard it as opening upauintire new poliey for our government and starting, or recommending measures as regards our foreign relations not of a peaceful character. . Sum up the points.; The larifl is to be destr.vj ed the sub-treasury restored and tncsures begin (with' regard to Oregon) which unnecessarily 'disturb, if not destroy,. the general peace.. Here is a new system entirely, Fkeb thade and hard 3TOSE7. ' And to follow this proposed weakening of the ii. dustrial arm of the nation, first by putting it dr the control of foreign capital and foreign labor, and secotkdly in reducing it to the hirosbips of a hard money' policy, we are to treaJ close upon the heels of war! These . are fearful : thinr to con template. Thev bode no good to our country or to man. " ' ' ' "' ' A BARMAID. c : The very agreable correspondent of. the Boston. Atlas, whose "Pen and Ink Sketclis1' we have" frequently copied, is now in England, and he thus writes about English BarMaids: ' - , ' ' , .' .-"Ah! I ought to depict her lineaments on silver paper. Just walk, into a the bar with me, reader. It is a large apartment garnished with decanters tuuUilers, sugar-tongs, squeezers, ; nuuiieg-grateis. spoons, and lemons, in the centre is a table, on which lies' tlie , bar maid's needle vork her thimble and scissors are idle now, lor she is. busy decanting a bottle of sherry. Lrok at hei i How daintly she .is dressed in a uear morning gown and a cap, which, when set at a commercial traveller, half kills him "right off.' Did one ever see such a pietty figure? As her little feetgo p it. pt, over the carpeted flvior, looking like little . mice poping in and out, one almost forgets her face, which is so sweet in expression, that when she looks into a jug ol punch, very little sugar is required. Tneu-she has such a neat way: of handling every thing; and whenhe s;ts down to write in the barbook, she 'holds the pen so gracefully, that you cannot help -being curious as lo her hand writing, which is delicate, angular, and on the most , approved principle. She is, of course, i fivoiiie; and so. many a gentleman brings her boquets, which you may 6ee all about the. room. Utdike the genteel waiier, she is very courteous to all the under servants, who style her 4Miss,'yel she exacts respect; and no one, no not even the dashing gentleman who goes so tar as to call her by her christian name, would dare to lake a liberty with her. She is unkissable. I The very master of the house, who has a snug chair for himself in. the bar, looks at her with deference. And there she is all day long iu that bar, smiling and simpering, mixing 'brandies' and water, and purveying port; working and coquetting tripping hither o& thither, with the pleasant look and the cheer ful word for every body. And that is the Bar-aLid.w, 5-:.. ,....--.':! t- .i ' .-': (gj Mr. Ritchie, of the Union, neve? witnessed the assembling of Uongresw nntil this vear; he was; much delighted at the spectacle. . ;':, : - 1: 1 - ' " : CO" The nvril arrangements to this eity have become a peifect ' nuisance To the skies with the Postmaster General and all bis contractors. -:''-' - " ; ':- CO" A person on being'once asked what he thought of pyrotechnies, replied, ths.t the fire works which pleased him most, were the (lashes from' the brilliant eye of a pretty wotnaa.. ' ' " ' " ; luwan uuuau,

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- '. ? ' Imua.nai'olis, Dec. 13 li, 1845.. : Wm. II. Chandler: Dear S.rl In my last letter I think I informed joti that in the election of U. S.'SenaioT t wo Whigs voted blank tickets". In this I was' mistaken, and altho1 the mistake was not of thuch importance yet t may as "well correct U; ihe two votes that were counted as blanks were for Gov. Whitr cornb,aod were cast by democrats i; and two (instead ot one as I stated in my last) whigs votedfirr Bright under instructions. The Senate occupied four days of last week in attempting to elect a Piesident pro tern of that body: " There were ninety-eight ballotings without any choice, On Friday morning a compromise was ma e between the tjilhgerent parties, by which G. S. OttTit, Senator Horn Tippecanoe, was elected President with ihe "undemanding tliat he shall resign a few days before the close of the session, and that his place should then be filled by a democrat. Oti' Wednesday last the House resolved iiself into, a commiliee of the whole to consider a jjiint resolution previously offered proposing to reduce the number of Senators to 31 and the number of Representatives to 62 ". Vairous amendments to the Resolution we're offered each proM)sing a different number, but the committee finally, by a majorityof one or two votes, resolved that the reduc, iion was impracticable, and amended the resolution by stiiking out 31 and inserting 50, and striking otH,G2 and insetting 100. The resolution as amended was reported to the House, and upon thequestion shall the House concur in the amendment, (the yeas and nays being; demanded) .the v6te stood yeas 47, nays 45. -There will, therefore, tit all probability,' be no reduction. The utmost good feeling prevails in the ..House and I apprehend that eveu the 'flpporlkinment quesubu' will uol interupt it. On Friday the Governor communicated to the House a communi cation fiom Charles Butier, Esq., "agent of our bond-holders.. By request of the speaker, and with the unanimous consent of the House, Mr ' Butler appeared within the bar of the House and read ; the communication himself The House ordered 1000 copies of the communication to be printed, for the use of the members.and appointed a commit tee of one from each judicial circuit (to act with a similar committee on the ihe part ol ihe Seuate) to lake said communication into consideration and confer with Mt. Butler relative thereto. -The Senate yesterday reciprocated the resolution by appointing a like committee. I will seii'd you a copy of. iIk; communication-as soon, as it is printed. Yesterday a Bill passsed the House for the reliefof Lewis Vf. Slinson, James Scaujlin and other purchases of School Lands in Vanderburgh county. Also n Bill -providing for the re-appraiseniitit of real eslaie for taxation; and also a Bill lo enable foreigners who reside in' the . United States , to lake, bold, devise, transmit and convey real estate without having declared their intention lo become citizens. r . Should the Bill to re-appraise real estate for taxation pass the Senate and be appioved by the .Governor I will see that it is forwarded to the Auditor of your county with out delay. Yours truly,' " ' ' ''. ' C. B. THE GIANT SKELETON. The Skeleton discovered in Williamsou county in this State, 'and supposed to be that of a human being, has frequently been referred to, within a 1s w days pastf in the H. ot Representatives. Notwithstanding the description of it, as, Wouter VauTwdler would say, "we have our doubts about the matter." . This skeleton was found about sixty feet beneath the surface of the earth, embedded in a stratum of the hardest kind of clay? The bene3 are said to be in a perfect state of preservation, and weigh in aggregate 1500, pounds.. . - " - 4All the large and characteristic bones are entire,r.nd the skull, arms, and thigh bones, knee pans, shoulder sockets and collar bones' remove all doubts, and the animal to whom they belonged has been decided to belong to the genua homo?1. - This gentleman when he walked the earth,was about IS feet high, and when clothed in flush must have weighed not less thangOpO pounds. ' . "The bones of the thigh and leg tner.sure C fiO inches; his sknll is said - to be about two-ihiids tbe size of a floor banelind capable of bolding in iia cavities near two bushels, (He must! have h id a goodly quautity of brains, and U intellect bo in proportion to the size of the biaio, he mnst have possessed extraordinary iht :lleciual powers ) The description further states, that a .cotlbe cop of good size could be put in the eye-'Ockeis.'T The jaw teeth weigh from 3i to 6 pounds. ' It is srated that an eminent physician and anatomist is engaged in putting the skeleton together, and that it will shortly be reedy for public exhibition. Niohxlle OltilopotEVAN3VILLE, 1ND. r

1 Tnl Englasd Hovse of PJEER3.-7TI19 Loudon'Puncli ives the fo lovying sketch of a scene in Ihe House of Pejrsl ' - " r.Lord Cdii)jlell was beginning to address ihe house, wben-.v,"'- j "jw'jV'.j " Lord Bioughatn interfered. ' . , A Noble Lord thought if would be as well to hear what Lord Campbell had to say. v Lord BioUgham did uut care what any ona thought. . . .;.! i. v " Lord Campbell;- Why, you have spokea twice already.' j Lord Brougham: '" Well!, end. how many limes would you have spokeii if you ' could? Xutd Wharncliffe: ' There is fiothing bo fore the house, and this is irregular. , Lord Brougham: What's irregular? I . know I'm regular interiupted whenever 1 get up; and if there's no mot ion, what's that to me? It's lor the iiobie lord li'mselftviio cotiiplatHS to propose one. . ... i: . ,. . s i " . Lord Cutnpbell; I rose .lor ihe purposeLord Brougham: Of course you did;hu any p.ir)ose uiy be no' purpose- " " - Lord Campbell: Really I must appeal to the noble lord . on the woolsack, wfcethLord Brougham : Who prevents you from appealing to the Woolsack! . I can do that ijiyselef. if that's all.' , "" .'. 1 Lord Camp.bell: I really have reason to complain of tlie very gtoss and extraordinary" conduct J '. ..'.'-. , fHiylis4. ' Liti'd Brougham: Why, you've complained three times aheady 1 If yoj're going to apeak agaiiiyou had . etter let us have someitting in the shape of u motion."! i . Tlie Lord Ctiaucelloi:. If the nob lord (Campbell) has it motion to submit, he is quite ii order; but it not, I think his proceeding to makeiiny further observation would bairteg. Ular.", ''.-' ?:; 'The Duke of 'Wellington:.-.! have Hsienftd tr this couvers iiioii with some atinmion, and I do not h i.k giving my opinion as mi old -member of this house; that lhete's much to be gained by it. .. ", v.: 11 , ; '' - : Lord Campbell: I was only going O say : '..; , i-',1-:..;',"-'-. Lord Brougham: 1 But you can't say it. M ike your motion! ' , . Lotd Campbell then moved that ihe house adjourn, which was cairie.d, and their lordships broken up. . . s ' . . '. - , 1 ... - Ax Indian Haxgino. The first Indian that was capitally executed by the Cherokeca uuder Cherokee laws and by a Cherokee Sheriff, was a man named Nat, who was hanged several ye.us ago about rive miles fioin Arkansas, for the murder of another IndiaH, who was Called Musquito, We have the particulars from au'ye witness. The Sheriff had caused a gallows lo be erected 1. short 'distance fioin the Court Lodge, bul vyheu the culprU was brought to it, he being a very tall man," it was liiund lo be H.o shott for bis accoiiiiiKtd.il ion, and some oiber place had 10 be sought for the execution. The whole bandol Indians, with the Sheriff, r,nd Nat in the m.dsi of iheui,' then. 'betook iheinselves to tiie hauksol the Aikansus, iu search ( it proper tree from which lo suspend lha prisoner; and afier a little time, a tail cotfon wood w.s found, with a p ojecting branch Jar up the trunk, that in the op uiou . of all was suitable for ihe ptiipose. Nat, now that all things were ready, expressed a tvish lo bathe -111 the river-ouce nioie, which he was permitted lo do, carefully guarded by the title iroin . the,. . shore, He went into the waier, frollicked about for some time, swam to and fro wiihgteat apparent pleasure then came lo the shoie, (loiiued his Llanket and stood ready for the last acl of the diaiiia. 1'iie Sheriff uuw told him tocluub the "tree, which he cominehced doing, the officer of lUe law (oiling op after htm wiih the fatal

cord. Nat teactied" ihe juojecting limb of she iree, and was desired tiy the Sheriff to work himself as far out upon it, Ironi the trunk, as he could which waslone, when the Jsheriffadjusied the .noose around bis. neck, and tied the other end of (he rope around the limb. AH these preparations were conducted with the-utmost coolness, and the'4 most perfect good understanding existed be-' iweeu the Sheriff aud the Indian. . When all the arrangements were completed, the Sher- ; iff told Nat that he Would slide down the tree lo the ground, and make n sigual when, he the prisoner, must jump off the limb to which Nat cheerfully assented. The Sher- i ill reached the ground, and looking up to ihe limb upon which sat the "poor" viciim," ho ' shouted "Now Nat, yon red Jdevil jump! ' t - K.T . J- i i -. . . . Aiiujumj) n u aiu.aua aiter a tew 81 Ujgks, iiung a mass of lifeless clay, lo iho infinite. wonderment of his red bretheren, Aviio had never before beeu regaled "with the sight of an execution of that kind. ' ; SINGULAR FANATICISM. Mi'lerism appears to be : raging at flamburgh,N, Y., where several families,' heretofoie of good standing, have been guilty of conduct criminal and beastly, The Buffalo Pilot says: . "'-"' --"-C ' '" . As a speciraan of their doings, tt has been related to us that a negro, seated upon the ' table, acted as the interpreter of the will of the Lord. He would say, th Lord says dance" and the whole assembly would join in a wild and disorderly dance around the room. Again be would repeat: "The Laid 333 down," and all would tall upon the floor. And ihe Lord says rol'," and they would rojl promiscuously acioss the floor like so many hogs in a pen. These ridiculuns practices, and 01 hers of a liceu:iott aUJ " c.iini-" hal nature, formed tho amount of their doings. . , CO" "Sir," which of ypur children do you prefer, ibe boys or the' girls? uWhy, as long as the boys suck their mother, I like them best but when they beg 'a to rude J prefer the gnH Pfvic o Mai stiuet, tpos tb Bakk. ...p 11 MS-lf. LVA5ylU.tiA.

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