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TERMS OF THE AMERICAN. f-Jin advance $2,50 in six months; or $3,00 at the expiration of the year. The Editor will discontinue subscription at his option. Advertisements. Twelve lines, or less, will be inserted once or three times, for one dollar, and 25 cents will be charsed for each additional insertion. THE TIMES. Cincinnati, Dec. 27, 1837. The Market, this morning, was unusually full, t)f every description of produce, and seasonable fruits. Pork, good sized hogs, for family use, in abundance, at from $3 25 to 3 50; butter, fresh, 25 cts; chickens, 12 to 20 cents each; turkeys, 50 to 87i cts; eggs, 18 to 20 cts. Rabbits, by the hundred, (as almost every wagon has more or less) at from 8 to 12J cents each. Whig: Doctor Duncan. The following letter from a Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia In-quire-, explains the standing of Doctor Duncan, in Congress: He is making himself the laughingstock of every body there. What a. glorious representative have the people of Hamilton county!! Is it not humiliating to the Queen City of the West represented by such a man as Doct. Duncanl Cin. Whig. "At an early hour to-day, the House went into committee of the whole on the state of the Union, and took up the resolutions of Mr. Haynes, to refer tbe Message of the President to the usual standing committees. Mr. Duncan got the floor, and at the outset made an attack on Mr. Ewing, of Indiana. Mr. Ewing rose to explain, but as he did not explain, but carried the war into Dr. Duncan's cimp, the Doctor demanded the right of the floor, and called Mr. Ewing to order. Mr. John Quincy Adams, who was in the chair, becoming equally amused and confused, did not interfere at the instant, and for two or three minutes, Mr. Ewing aDd Dr. Duncan were both found addressing the chair at the top of their voices, amid peals of laughter from all sides. At last, Mr. Adams restored order, and Mr. Duncan went on. He took up the cause of the administration, and in reply to Mr. Wise, who last Friday said, that 6ix of the Ways and Means were Loco Focot, the Doctor said, if any man applied that to him as a term of reproach, Le would call him a liar and a scoundrel. "Mr. Wise did not hear the remark anl of course made no reply. Or, if he did hear it, he did not think it entitled to a reply." Mr. Cai.hovn and the Van Biren Party. The following extract from a letter from the Hon. John P. King, published in the Augusta Constitutionalist, shows the estimate made by him of this accesssion to the Van Buren cause."If we do not ease the people, then, on this subject, what is to become of us! Ohio is gone. New Jersey is gone. Rhode Island is gone. Maine is gone. Pennsylvania is almost gone, and Georgia, North Carolina, and Arkansas thought to be in danger; and, to cap the climax, I shall not be surprised if we lose New York. The City I know is gone. And what have we gained! Mr. Calhoun has taken a fancy to us, to be sure; but if we give h:m control, he will ruin us; and if we do not, he'll leave us in less than twelve months. We know his own opinion, given last year, of the "cohesive power" that binds us together. Mr. C. is a great man, and in private life a most exemplary one; but he is so eccetitric and changeable that, as a guide, there is no confidence to be placed in him. Look back at his opinions on a national bank, and hear him at the last session bis former opinions the protective system united with a complete system ff internal improvement, as necessary to secure the permanent prosperity of the country, ana near Ir.m lately talk about State Rights. A Sign. The passengers on board the Steam boat Embassy, from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh on the 2th lilt, took a vote on the Sub-Trersurv Scheme, which resulted as follows; In favor of it, I, against it 39 gentlemen and 7 ladies 46. It is said that there were five members of Congress on board at the time. Doct. Duncan of Cincinnati, being one of them, made a short speech on the occasion in favor of the System. We should judge from the result of the vote, that the Uocter found himself all alone in his glory. Polical Beacon. Colonel Johnson in favor of a National Bank. Col. Johnson, at a dinner in Philadelphia, is re' ported, on good authority, to have made the fol lowing answer to a question put to him on the 6ub ject to which the answer refers: "Gentlemen, (said the Col.) I am in favor of a I'nited States Bank a bank with a capital of from fifty to one hundred millions one hundred I would prefer with branches 60 disseminated, in every part of the country, that theie would not be a square mile in the United States or their dependencies, where its notes would not be redeemed in specie or its equivalent, at any time. Gentlemen, these are my sentiments." Verily the effects of the Iew York elections are becoming manifest. Lou Jour. Prodigality and Wastefulness.--The Presi dent in his recent message to Congress, states the current expenses of the first tear of his adminis tration at Thirtv-Ate millions, two hundred and eighty onethontand. three hundred and sixlv-one Dollars Every one knows that the great objections to Mr. Adams's Administration, were the alleged .exnensca of the Government : vet in his first year .corresponding with Mr. Van Buren's administra tion.the whole expenditure exceeded but a trifle eitten millions. That was extravagance ami profusion. Mr. Van Hnrcn tells us we have all the elements of prosperity at home, and are at peac with all nations, nr.il vet his expenses are now more than thirty-fire millions! Why is this! V. H. Statesman. John Randolph's .Mother. The late John'Ran Qiipu some years before ins aeain, wrote io friend as follows: "1 used to be called a Frenchman, because took the French side in politics; and though th was uniu6t. vet the tiuth is I should have been French atheist, if it had not been for one recollection, and that was when my departed mother used to take my little hands in hers, and cause me, on my knees to say" Our father which art in Heaven:' Women often lose the men tbey love, and who love them, by mere wantonness or coquetry. They reject and they retake this step hastily, for a proud, bigh-minded, gifted man, will seldom ask a wo)a twice,

THE COMET. Is it not a grand and vast conception that this wan and misty orb has been travelling swifter than the swiftest cannon-ball through the dim realms of space, 6ince our Savior slept in .he manger at Bethlehem, and the star in the east, lit its fires for tbe wise Men's eyes? Is it not like Divinity, that power of Astronomic prophecy, pierced thecurtains of the future, and foretold the event of this blazing worldr Looksjt not like sharing attributes with omnipotence, and 'Circumventing God!' And when this generation shall be eumbering in the dust, that predicted orb will again stream its 'horrid hair,' across our sky. When the lover who has now looked at it, shall tell the tale in its after years to some grand-babe, throned on her knee, then the comet will come again! hat changes, what revolutions, what convulsions of states and empires will change ere then! My soul expands into a sense of sublimity; as I reflect on the vast world of events between. How many

tears will be saved, how many hearts be broken, how many tears be shed! Yet while on earth these visitudes will advance and vanish, in that far element above and around us, this luminous globe shall wander with its train, flashing and glowing through the fields of immensity. Thought itself linmagination in her boldest flight sinks with wearied wing, unable to grasp the stupendous, boundless theme! When I survey the heavens, the work of thy fingers; the moon and the 6tars which thou hast ordained then I say. what is man that thou art mindful of him or the son of man that thou visite-:t him! Knickerbocker. Surrender of the Seminoles. Termination of the Florida War. A gentleman who came from a&hington last night, has kindly handed to us the following item ot news, the leading one of hich announces the termination of the Florida war through the unconditional surrender of the Seminoles. Baltimore Jlmer. 'Washington, Dec. 21. The Secretary of War has received advices by the Express Mail of the unconditional surrender of the Seminoleo. This war is over. That with Mexico is, however, on the tapis; as a measure of precaution our armed ships will remain in our wa ters on the coast, until this speck disappears from the horizon." Disgraceful. On Monday the 4th instant, Mr. Wilson, Speaker of the House of Repreaentatives of the General Assembly of Arkansas, on a personal remark aimed at him as speaker, by a Mr. Anthony, rushed from the Chair, with a drawn bowie knife, and immediately despatched him. Mr. Anthony was also armed with a similar weap on, and attempted to defend himself. The house mmediately expelled Wilson, by an almost unanmous vote. He is now in the custody of the civil authorities, awaiting his trial. Cm. uaz. 'Wonsieur Tonson rome again.''" Make way for PeterlParley" the veteran book-maker for chilrni Here lie comes, aeain, vmu cwi i buct o Common School History, ' a neat voiume oi illustrated with engravings. If Peter does 1 & . c I : not tire OUt Detore me Cliuaren are weary ui uio books, there will, verily, be no end'to his book making. Anecdote. The Concord Statesman has the fol lowing: One day last week, a Jonathan wno naa lately arrived from Upper Coos, happened to be rva.Kino- it, Stnte House iust as the House adiournnd. and not beina- used to such sights, he acoosted one of the Representatives with, I say, mister, what is that are great rock building yonder! Why, sir,' replied the Representative, mat is lVA.i'a arb. wl.t did vou think it wass nny i hA kind of a notion of that sort, for I saw all manner of living animals coming out of it A StuntBer.Ye boasters of mammoth produc it i,m.r nv nntatoes to die brinsr them on vtr ana a. half bushels of potatoes were raised this season in the garden of Mr. I. Kelly , In this city, from one potatoe! This enormous yteia was noi iir iMittino- the nor nine no n iu um: - hill. Thin demonstrates the principle of cutting Two eyes from a large potatoe are sufficient for a hill. So thinks the gentleman wno narveeieu iuui and a half bushels from the seed ot one potatoe. Cleveland neraia. a nA A thief in New York lately stole a coat, in which he found some money, ne VI M- - - attempted to purchase some inning articles w un it, and was surprised to una nimseii arreeaeu uuu committed for passing counterfeit money, ne was obliged to confess stealing the coat, to save i n ; ....... himself irom a more serious cuarge. x-.uy !.-. Speech or Pb. Duncan. In the House of Rep resentatives, Tuesday, uec. ty, in repiy w ir. Wise of Virginia, Dr. Duncan arose ana saio, THK MAN WnO CALLS MK LiOCO-rOCO If A IjUR AND A SCOCNDKEL. Citl. Gaz. Donna Maria, the Queen of Portugal, litis been blessed with an heir to ner tnrone. i ne Roval baby has been named Don Fedro d Aicantara, Miria, rernanao, .uiguei, ixaiaei, uuw, Gonzsea, Xavier, Joan, Antonio, Leopoldo, Vic tor, Francisco, d'Assisse, Julio, Ameho, Saxe Coburg tiotha de Hranganza, nouruun. Dikd At South Hanover, IndM on the 14th inst Rev. Geo. B. Bishop, rroi. ot uioucai v.ru- , .n.l Oriental Literature, in tbe Indiana Theol.Scm.; and son of R. H. Bishop, D D. Presicism dent of Miami University, Oxford, O. aged years. Despatches were received in New Orleans on the Uth inst. from the Mexican minister at ash;rr.., fitw. nd a Soanish vessel Immediately .i..ntoi.oJ with them to Mexico. The New Or leans raners think this circumstance smells of war. Cin. Rep. The Louisville Journal says, that the motto of the Vandal party is, "the price ot noeny is erernal villany." Joseph Bonaparte, ex-King of Spain, has ta- . .. i.:. -.:Ani. in Suffolk. Eneland. His hll II Lt Ilia ... ' a household arrangements are on a gant scale. most cxtravaThe Mobile Examiner of the 11th bas tbe fol lowing a,, Jr th Great was a slave of his owi passions, and our .4 lexander is the slave of Dennis Ptieur. Esq. of New Orleans. Having runaway. to look Tor new kingdoms, the necessary meas ores were taken for bis restoration-

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COIGRESSIO:VAEu Correspondence of the Baltimore Chronicle. shingtox, Dec. 21, 1837. Mr. Slade, The Journal and the House. The result of the Southern delegates' Convention. A compromise offered. A tchirittind. 4 calm. Esto perpelua. The Senate and the Banks of the District. The reference of the Message in the Honse. Richard Fletcher andl the Atlas newspaper. Tliis morning, as soon as the journal was read, Mr. Slade made a motion that the record be so amended, as to disclose the fact that the objection now made to his proceed ing, in consequence ot an alleged departure from order, in his yesterday's speech, was one which had already been made and withdrawn, and after which he had proceedeed bevond the objectionable point, in his remarks. 1 he House refused permission for such amendment of the journal. the meeting of Southern delegates last evening, resulted (after much warm and earnest debate,) in deputing Mr. Patton, of Va., to propose to the House a resolution, that all abolition petitions, of every shade, which may be herealter received, shall be received, and laid on the table without reading, printing, or reference. Mr. Palton moved that he he permitted to offer such resolution. Mr. Adams objecting. Mr. Patton asked Tor the suspension of the rules, in order o enable him to offer it, and Mr. Cushman asked for the yea3 and nays which being ordered, disclosed the following vole, for the suspension of the rules. V 135 Nays, G. When this decision was an nounced, Mr. Patton rose and remarked that he offered this resolution (above desciibed) in the spirit of peace and harmony. It was intended, the said to extinguish and not to kin dle a flame, in the country. It was a conces sion that was made, net without difficulty, by manyot the gentlemen representing southern interests, but it was offered in the hope that it would allay, and not exasperate, and excilel feeling. He should therefore demand the Previous Question. Mr. Adams rose, amidst loud cries of order, and observed, that "llie gentleman irom irginiahad prefaced his motion with remarks, and was proceeding, when n cry of ORDER! arose irom every part oi tne nouse. and in tones more stentorian than all the rest combined, from the lips of Mr. Hayncs.and down sat Mr. Adams, completely discomfited. The several questions ofseconding the call for the previous question, and of putting the main question, were then put." 124 members (a majority of the House,) decided the seconding of the call, and the following vote, taken bv yeas and nays, decided that the main question, on the resolution, should be put, 129 yeas, 62 nays. When Mr. Wise's name was called, he did not reply, although he was within the bar. After the call, Mr. Wise rose and asked to be excused from voting, as he held it was a sub ject upon which it was improper for the House to act. I ne Vliair ueciaea uiai uie request was not made in lime, Mr. W. voted in the affirmative. The main question, being on the adoption of the resolution was then put,nnd decided as follows, yeas 124 nays 74. When Mr. Adams' name w as called on the above decision, that centleman rose, and, (nothing daunted by the whirlwind and din of "ORDER! ORDER! OKUER! " which u terallv bawled around his ears, even awaken ing the echoes of that resounding ball,) deliberately and firmly responded in these words: " hold the resolution to he a violation of the Constitution of the United Slates, of the rights of my "constituents, and of the people of the United "Slates to petition, and rny orrn right to jrccdom "of speech as a member oj this House. Mr. Sawyer of N. C. and Mr. V isc of a.. rose and refused to vote at all on the question, not thinking it a tilting subject for legislative action. Mr. Adams then moved that his answer be entered on the Journal; and, the chair deciding that it was not in order he moved to O . . ..... ...... r L nave his motion and that decision oi uie Speaker entered. And thus ended the contest ror tne time. May it never be renewed yet I fear. This luckless district seems to ne tne very butt and mark for all the arrows of outrage, at the hands of the abolitionists on uie unc hand, and this administration on the other. While the above scene was going on m i House, Silas Wright was pushing his scanda ls... T nfi. Pnco Hill in the Senate; the onjeet of which is to force the Banks in the District into the measure of not issuing small notes, and of making it highly penal ior cor porations or individuals o ao so. kiiu Lrd case. These people see the common sense of tbeir own constituents at home to be opposed to their rascally Loco l ocoism, and seeking a victim for their nostrums, pounce upon the inhabitants of thisDislrict, as the only ones within their reach. J ..... A .1 1 Ml Wright, Benlonnnd Nilcswent lorlhe dim. ir..M..j ft- ihr hill with a difference, and Clay against the whole policy of it, most ably and eloquently. The debate is not concluded vet. Heaven help this District, and deliver it from the incubus of Abolitionism and Loco Focoism, together! In the House, the Vefi rence of the Message taken un. in commiUe of the . . 4 J :.. tkn oh.tr 1 find niter some squibbing, or rather a mad throwing whole, uur. auu . ----

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character between Duncan of Ohio, and Ewing of Indiana, Mr. Underwood went very ably into the cordial support of Mr. Cushing's amendment, and examined the President's allusions, in the Message, seriatim, as to the present condition of our affairs. Each department was shown to be full of errors of administration, and loudlv calling for reform. The Navy, the War, the Post Office,the State and Treasury Departments were all examin ed, and abuses shown in a masterly manner. Mr. lawyer ot wentintoan elaborate and minute series of .negations against the management of the Navy Department, in relation to the Exploring Expedition. He was very severe upon Mr. Dickerson. The Committee then rose, and after some incidental business, Ihe House adjourned, in a stale more calm thanyestcrday evening seemed to promise. From the Baltimore Commercial Transcript. Washington, Dec. 2'2, 1S37. The bill for suppressing the issuing and circulation of small notes in the District of Columbia, passed the Senate to-day. It is to take effect after the 10th of April next, and the penalty is a fine of $50, one half of which is to be given to the informer, if there be one in the case. So far the course of this measure has been triumphant, but I am confident it will never receive the sanction of the other House. The debate upon it was very animated to-day. Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, has been from the first a zealous opponent of the bill; to-day was particularly energetic in his attempt to show the obstacles that will prevent its being fully enforced. He thought the measure would bear hardly upon the ignorant, as the slave or the beggar, instead of being felt as the proper source of evil it pretends to correct the banks or bankers. Mr. Preston moved to have the bill recommitted to the Committee on f ie District of Columbia, slat ing his belief that the currency of this Dis trict was entirely out of the way of the Com mittee on Finnncc. Mr. Wright, while stie nousously supporting the bill, expressed hi surprise that Mr. Preston should charge the ; Committee whenever it came, with having gone out of their way, in aclingon the matter which formed the subject oi the measure. Here Mr.' Preston arose and declared he had said no such thing. He had said the currency cf the District was out of the way of the Committee, and not that the Committee had gone out of their way to legislate upon it. This nice distinction was given in a very em phatic manner, accompanied with the hope that Mr. Wright should study accuracy and precision more in his remarks. Preston was chafed too much for the cause, for Wright is one of the best nalured well meaning men in the world, and would willfully misrepresent no one. Among others that took a warm part in supporting the bill, was Mr. Brown, of N. Carolina, who is a very fluent speaker. Mr. Clay, of Kentucky had staled as one of the obstacles to have the penalty ptovided in the bill fully enforced, that where an ignorant slave had presented otio of the said notes, he could not be subjected to the fine. Mr. Brown replied in detail topartof MrXlay's remarks, and said that in such a case, the law would not be retarded in its execution, because the master would beheld responsible for his slave's conduct. This may be true in theory, but 1 believe that when this law comes to be put into operation, it w ill not be found so practicable. The motion to recommit to the District of Columbia Committee was lost by a vote of 39 to 9. The bill passed unanimously. There were only 31 votes taken on final passage. In the House the whole sitting was mostly consumed in receiving reportsof private bills. There was a little expectation of another row, raised after the rending of the journal, by Mr. Adam? rising and moving to amend it by having inserted' in yesterdays proceedings, the protest of which I gave you the spirit in my i iet Air. Doon. of Indiana, asked if the mo tion was debateable, to which the Speaker replied it was, and in a moment theLx-1 resident was on hislegsagainand observed that if his motion was debateable, he nopeu uie House would indulge him for making some remarks upon it. He was then clearing his throat to begin, when Mr. Boon suddenly rising moved to lay the motion to amend on the table, which was finally carried without u division. , .... Both houses have adjourned over till 1 uesday in order to pay a proper respect to the festivals of the season. Yours, SLAVERY AND ABOLITION QUESTION. The following is the Resolution presented in the lower House, by Mr. Patton of Virginia, on the subject of Petitions touching the question of Slavery. , "Resolved, That all petitions, memorials and nanprs touchine the abolition of slavery, or no further action on. . , . .i. n... The resolution was adopted oy uie 1,1 Ye!1 Messrs. Anderson, Andrews. Atht...... noirnp. llicknell. Birdsall, erion, Aeimt, T V, i t BOON, Bouldin, Brodhcad, Bruyn, Buchanan, John Calhoon, Cambrelcng, William b. r'J kii Thn CnmDbell. Timothy J. Car1 1

the buying, selling or iransici : any State;District or Territory of the United States, be laid upon the table without being debated, printed, read, or referred, and that

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ter, W m. 15. Carter, Casey, Chapman, Cheatham, Ciliey, Claiborne, Cleveland, Clowney, Coles, Craig, Crockett, Cushman, Deberry, DtCr.iff. Dennis, Dromgoele, Edwards, Farrington,Fair(ield,Frv,J. Garland. J. Graham, Granlland, Graves. Hammond, Harlan, Harrison, Hawes, Hawkins, Havnes.Hol-ev. Holt, Hopkins, Howard, Ilubley," William II. Hunter. Jackson, Joseph Johnson, Wm. C. Johnson, J. W. Jones, Kemble, Klingensmith, Lawler, Lcgarc, Logan, Loomis. Lyon; Mallory, James M. Mason, Mar! in, May, McKay, ..uv.v .iiLvitiHii, iini cinam iUcvKMian, iucSouthgate, Spencer. Stanly. Stewart. Stone, Taliaferro, Taj lor, Thompson, Titus, Turney, Underwood, Vail, Wacener, Weeks, John White, Thomas T. Whittlesey, Lewis Williams, Shrrrod Williams, Jarecl W. Williams, Joseph L. WilliamSjChristcpher II. Williams, Yell 132. Xavs Messrs. Alexander, II. Allen, John W. Allen, Riddle, Bond, Burden, Briggs, Bronson, Wm. B. Calhoun, Chancy. Coffin, Corwin, Cranston, Curtis. Ciishing," DarlingIon, Davies. Duncan, DUNN, Evans, Everett, EWING, Richard Fletcher, Isaac Fletcher, Fillmore, Foster, Goode, WILLIAM GRAHAM, G.cnnell, Haky, Hall, Ilamer, Hastings, Henry, HERODJIotTman, Ingham, Kilgore, Leadbctler, Lincoln, Marvin. Samson Mason, Maxwell, McKennan, Milligan, Mathias Morris, Calvary Morris, Nay lor, Noyes. Ogle, Parmenter, Patterson, Peck, Phillips, Potts, Potter. RARIDEN, Randolph, Reed, Ridgwuj, Russell. Sheffer. Sheplor, Sibley, Slade, Smith, Stralton, Tillinghast, Toland, Tourey, Webster. ALBERT S. WHITE, Elisha Whittlesev, Yorkc 71". POST MASTER GENERAL'S REPORT. This is a document of very commendable brevity, and in that particular is deserving of much praise. From the report it appears that the post routes of the Unite d States on the first day of July last amounted in extent to 141, 242 miles and the annual mn:l transportation upon them to 32,597,000 miles. The routts were increased the preceding year, 22.993 miles and the transportation thereon G,22S,CG2 miles. The number of post offices in the United States on the first of December amounted to 12,099. The number of contractors in the mail service during the last year, was 1,CS2 430 of these have been fined for delinquencies, ,$l 1,T05 95. The revenue of the department for the last yesr, was $4,137,050 59; lite expenditures, $3,380,847 75. Excess of revenue over expenditures, $750,208 84. On the first inst. the department had in bank funds, 430,G55 57; specie in post offices, $U0,Gti2 8! Total, 841,318 3S. In 1835, it was in debt, 000,000; now, in 1837, it has a surplus of $800,000, which is to be absorbed to increase the mail service. Great improvements have been made in the time of conveying intelligence through the mail. For instance, in 1S35 the mail was carried from New York to Cincinnati in five days and seventeen hours; now, it is conveyed in four days and six hours. From N York to New Orleans, in 1835, seventeen days thirteen hours; now it requires thirteen days four hours. Similar, and instances, greater improvements have been made elsewhere. The Express Mail is much more expeditious. Efforts have been made lo organize a great mail line from New York, through Philadelphia Baltimore, Wheeling, Columbus, and Cincinnati, by land, and down the Ohio r.nd Mississippi rivers by Louisville, Memphis, Helenn, Vicksburg, Natchez, &c. to New Orleans. The distance between the extreme points is to be travelled in eleven days. This he thinks, will supercede the necessity of an Express Mail between Philadelphia and Cincinnati. The number of dead letters received nnnuallv amounts to about 900,000, which, a vera ged'at 12 cents each, shows a loss to the Department of 112,500. The whole number of letters mailed last year, including free and dead, was about 32,000,000. Newspapers, &c. paying postage, number 25,000,000. Dead and free newspapers, 4,000,000. The Post Master General bestows great praise on his three assistants and the clerks in his employment. Their labors, he thinks, are too onerous; he therefore calls on Congress for more help. We i re convinced, that the affairs of the Post Office Department are managed with uncommon ability. Mr. Kendall is a man of decided talents, possesses great industry, coupled with a peculiar aptitude for business; and although we are not among the admirers of the man, we feel a pleasure in awarding to the officer our tribute of praise. Western Star. The case of Hart vs. Wood, the vocalist, for an assault, has just been decided in New York, by a verdict of three thousand dollars, damages for the plaintiff. Dr. Hart was the theatrical reporter for the New York Courier and Enquirer, at the time of the great Wood dispute; Wood spat in his in his face, &c. in the lobby of the Park Theatre,

v,iure, iueivim, fiercer, Miller, Montgomery, Moore, Morgan, S. W. Morris. Muhlenberg, M urm j, Noble, Palmer, Parker. Pat ton, Faynter, IVnii) backer, Petrikin, Phelps, Pope, Pratt, Prentiss, Reily, Rencher, Robertson, A. II. Sheppcrd,C.SIienard.SliieIds.Snvder.