Political Beacon, Volume 1, Number 37, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 16 June 1838 — Page 1

THE POLITICAL BEACON. PUBLISHED BY MILTON GREGG, CORNER OF HIGH AND SHORT STREETS. VOL. 1.1 LAWIWttCEBlJRGH. (IA.) JUNE 16, 1838. NO. 37.

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Traiscd there by pure siderial tongues, Eternal, glorious, blest and lone. Could man but sec what yc have seen. Unfold awhile the shrouded past, From all that is. to what has been; The glance how rich, the range how vast! The birth of time, the rise, the fall Of Empires; myriads, ages flown: Thrones, citiee, tongues, arts, worships; all The things whats echoes are not gone. Ye saw red Zoroaster send His soul into your mystic reign ; Ye saw the adoring Sahian band, Tho living hills his mighty fane; Beneath his blue and beaming sky. He worshipped at your lofty shrine, And deemed he saw with gifted eye, The godhead, in his works divine. And there ye shine, as if to mock The children of an earthly sire; The storm, the boat, the earthquake's skock, The red volcano's cat'rnct fire, Dronpht, famine, plague and blood and flame, All nature's ills, and life's worst woes, Are nought to you ; ye smile the same. And scorn alike their dawn and close. Ay ! there ye roll, emblems sublime Of Him whose spirit o'er us moves, Beyond the clouds of grief and crime, Still shining on the world he loves. Nor is one scene to mortals giv'n, That more divides tiie soil and sod, Than yon proud heraldry of heav'n, Yon burning blazonry of God. From the National Intelligencer. AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY. Agreeably to public notice, a meeting of the members and friends of the American Colonization Society was held on the 10th of April, in the session-room of the Firsd Prnahvtnrian church, in this city, to consider the affiiin and aid the object of that institution; and. afier statements by the officers, in regard to the causes, nature, and extent of the financial embarrassments of the Society, and of the present condition and prospi of the cause of African Colonization, both in the Unit-

ed States and in Africa, a committee was 1 benf.flt9 t0 tho.0 rc?ardcd in the humane appointed to prepare an Address to tliej provis;on9 0f tho act, derived from their inPeople of the United States, in behalf o, j corporation with a free, civilized, and Christhe institution, and such resolutions as tian community. thev mwht deem expedient, and to report j cherishing ar all times the hope and bethe same to a subsequent meeting. j lief that the plan of African ( An adiournrd meeting was held in the would finally be susta.ned and completely nn aajournru im-Buug executed bv the Governments of the counsmrrm riser, nn the C-eniDff of the til Ul- execute .,

timo, when the Hon. C. F. Mercer was ealied to the Chair, and R. R. Gurmjv appointed Secretary. The following resolutions were, amongst others, submitted to tho meeting, and unanimously adopted : Rooked, That, in the opinion of this meeting, the magnitude and benevolence of the cause in which the American Colonization Society i .engaged, and the financial embarrassments which now retard its operations, and the powerful motives which now urge it to improve the condition of the settlements under its exclusive rare in Liberia, should induce it' auxiliaries nnd friends, cv-

rywhere, to increase immediately their contributions to its treasury. Resolved, That without such contributions it will be impossible for the Board of Managers either to discharge its existing obligations, or to introduce into the seaport and other principal towns of Liberia, under its sole management, such improvement as their circumstances require. Retained, That it be earnestly recommended to the friends of this Society, in every part of the Urion, to call forthwith public meetings of their fellow-citizens on its behalf, and to adopt efficient measurcs'in aid of the object and funds of this Society. Resolved, That the clergy, universally, be requested, annually, to invite, on or near the 4th of July, the attention of their respective congregations to the cnuse of this Society, and to solicit contributions for its benefit. Retoked, That it be recommended to the Board of Managers to employ, as soon as practicable, competent agents in every portion of the Union, to explain the views and promote the great interests of this Society. Retohed, That, in the view of this meet

ing, it is 04 great importance to encourage the citizens of Liberia in their agricultural J and commercial pursuits, and that the plan, i first suggested by Judge VVilkeson, of Buf- j fa lo, New York, of purchasing one or more,

ships, to be sold to individuals or companies j it evidence of its utility, which no developof free and enterprising colored men, resid-: ment of a theory, however plausible, could

I ing in Liberia, or who are resolved to settle in that Colony, and who will agree to manj these ships with colored men, and run them I as packets between that country and some j port or ports of the United States, and to j I pay for them, by conveying emigrants there-; ; in, from time to time, to the settlements in j Liberia, promise great advantages to the j j cause, and should be carried into complete ; effect at the earliest possible perrod by the friends of the Society; and that the several j colonization societies throughout the Union i he invited to encourage and assist this pro- 1 ject. Tim following Address was also reported by the committee, winch was adopted unanimously; and (after it should be signed by those present, and such other friends 01 ine cause an inigiu cnuosc iu uu xvj vi , dered to bo published: TIIE ADDRESS To the People, of the United States.

Impelled by a sense of duty to a great towns and villages, adorned with the works cause, the undersigned address the People of, of an industrious, and the arts and institutho United States in behalf of the American ! tions of a civilized, people, becoming more Colonization Society, and appeal to them prosperous, useful and happy these demonwith confidence for contributions to it strations of the success of the experiment of treasury .1 the Society, these evidences of its wisdom This Society has existed about twenty i and philanthropy, made a deep impression

year. In it formation, the wise, the tinmnne, and the patriotic, froin nearly every State and section of the Union, were united. Distinguished individuals, from the North and the South, concurred in the principles on which it was founded. The scheme of African Colonization had, before the ori gin of the Society, received the considera tion and sanction of the General Assembly

of Virginia. It had met the approbation of , State Legislatures of the Union adopted resMr. Jefferson, who, Ue President of the olutions in it favor. Prejudice and upposiUnited States, sought, b- correspondence j tion began to retire from the field, and the with foreign Powers, to promote the object. ' scheme of the Society to be sustained, exBut no plan of action was adopted until De- j tensively and with vigor, by the reason and cember, 1910, when a few individuals, unit- sentiments of the oountry The annual ined only by the ties of a common benevolence j come of the Society rose to nearly fifty nnd nntriotism. in convent! .: . at tho citv of! thousand dollars. Urged to extend their

Washington, organized thi American Colo- j operations by zealous friends, by numerous niiation Society. applications for emigration, and by the most The exclusive object of the Society is to j encouraging representations of the condicolonize with their own nsent, in Africa or , tion of the Colony, the Managers, during elsewhere, the free cole-. ! population of the the years 18:11, '82 and '38, incurred heavy United States; and its C oustitntion declares expenses, and went (in full confidence that

that, to effect this end, it thai act in co-operation with the General G ivernment, and such of the States as may adopt regulations on the subject. Among the earliest meas ures of the Managers were the ndoption and presentation of memorials to the Stato Legislatures and to Congress. To the libera! arrangements made bv President Monroe

with the Society, in the execution of the creased, aim trie institution ioubo. nseii at act of Congress of the 3d of March, 1819, j the commencement of the year 1834, involvempowering tho Executive to remove to Af- ed in debt to the amount of nearly fifty ricaall Africans lawfully captured by the thousand dollars. From this it might have cruisers of the United States, and to extend J been easily relieved by the united and eneri ,i e- . .U..M. ; n.ntartlmi : o-e( 'ic. action of its auxiliaries and friends;

and support, was the Society indebted, in part, for ability to found the Colony of Liberia- and the occasional visits of our arm - ed vessels to that Colony, the spot selected k- f. mxnnfnrml OJ i.tncrmm-.n Africans, has contributed to the encourage - mcnt nnd self-respect of its citizens, and to their security against attacks from slave traders and "the barbarous African tribes. Nor has this arrangement proved of less advantage to the Government than to the Society. Had it been possible to carry into effect the act to which wo have referred without the aid of the. Society, it must have been by the employment of an armed force on the African coast, nod at an expense far beyond the amount of appropriations which have been made for the object, and without tlie try,the Society has, nevertheless, thus far derived its principal pecuniary support from auxiliary associations and individual benevolence. It early encountered objections founded upon opposite and contraaictory opinions, and urged from opposite portions of the Union. In the extreme North it was pronounced a device of the South to strengthen the institution, and per petuate the existence of slavery. In the extreme South it was long regarded with distrust, as covering designs other than those avowed, and hostile to the true policy and interests of that section of the country. Hence, for several years, the proceedings of the Society excit-

ed no -deep genera, interest, and its means were extremely inadequate to the importance of its enterprise. Nothing was yielded by the Society of resolution or hope. "There was," say the Managers in their tenth Report, "a moral grandeur in the design itself, which rendered the mere possibility of its accomplishment a motive sufficient to justify every possible exertion. It presented itsolf in relations infinitely important to those whom it would remove from our shores; was seen connected with the domestic happiness, social order, political strength, and all the higher interests of our country, and seemed to offer the only hope of rescuing Africa

from the slave trade, and imparting to hor .

tribes, whose sable aspect is but the shadow j ety ! l'pon a distant and barbarous coast of a darker mind, the pure and undying i where ignorance and superstition have light of our roligior In the operations ofjfor ages involved our nature in darkness; the Society, it was obvious the principal dif-' where the slave-trade has seized its victims Acuities must be encountered, at the outset, and perpetrated its atrocities more than That a few enlightened citizens might be in-; four thousand emigrants from these United duced to furnish the means for exploring the ' States, acquainted with our language, arts, coast of Africa there was reason to hope, 1 customs, uud religion, have been establishand a favorable report from those delegated led. Crime and cruelty retreat before them.

for this purpose could not fail to secure aid for the emigration of such intelligent and energetic adventurers as have never been found wanting to enterprises of an arduous and dangerous character. Every practical move meut of the Society would draw public at-; tention to its plans; and, if successful, exhib produce. Thus reflection would be excited, and the objects of the Society become better understood; a knowledge of their nature would secure belief in their importance; the spirit of charity would advance with the progress of conviction; truth and time would soften down prejudice, and the thoughts which dwelt at first in the breasts of a few might finally enlist the sympathies and command the powers of the nation." These predictions have, in a good degree, if not to theirj full extent, been verified, The purchase of the territory, since named Liberia, and its occupation by voluntary co lored emigrants from the United States; the noble defence of their new homes by the first settlers, under the command of Ashmux, against the combined forces of all the neighboring tribes; the sufferings, the writing. the achievments, during six years' ad ministration of the affairs of the Colony of this extraordinary man; the clearing of the wilderness, and the sudden springing into life and beauty, on that barbarous shore, of on me puouc mmu. fhe funds of the So uiw.y wertrincrensiti:, and its fcends multi plied. Auxiliary associations, many of which were State societies, were organized. The press and the pulpit became enlisted in the cause. Appeals were made for it in the churches of nearly all denominations, on or near the fourth of July, and collections tnken up lor its heneijt. More than half the the Public would sustain them) somewhat beyond tho means in their treasury, in the outfit of several expeditions with large amounts of supplies, and numerous end grants. Debts, which before the close of that period had commenced in the Colony, but of which the Society was left in ignorance, became suddenly and greatly inbut a disposition already existing in several auxiliary state associations, lor operations 1 partially separate from those of the parent j institution, with the view of planting commnnitipi in Liberia, under their special reg- . 1 uintion-, g.uuuu nrGugin mm. w h-'"""J embarrassments ol the Society, and nnally resulted in mutual arrangements, by which 4.:. ..;tv. nn nnmKtinn that a certain ner cent. of the collection of those auxiliaries should be paid into its treasury, yielded to the influence nnd exertions of those auxiliaries some of the most liberal and wealthy portions of the Union. The State Society of Maryland, sustained by the munificent appropriation of $200,000 to its object by the Legislature of that State, had already become independent, and founded its Colony (it Cape Palmos. The joint societies of New York and Pennsylvania, retaining still nn auxilinry relation to the Parent Society, have proceeded with their own resources to establish their settlement at Bassa Cove. The auxiliary State societies of Mississippi and Louisiana, imitating the example of those of New York and Pennsylvania, Reengaged in planting a settlement on the river Sinoe. Theseacts are stated by the undersigned, not to condemn or discuss the policy they involve, but to show how the National Institution still remains in circumstances of embarrassment, and without means and power to fulfill obligations already incurred, make due improvements in its Colony, or conduct forward with tho energy it deserves, both in this country and Africa, the enterprise to which it stands pledged before tho United States and the world. Indications,- decided, are becoming apparent, that the discussions which have been excited in most parts of the country, in relation to the Colonization Society, will fi-

nally contribute to its advantage, by demonstrating the soundness of its principles; at the North, by producing conviction that in the cause of this Society aloue, as a scheme of benefit to our colored population, can the citizens of the whole country, for a long period, if ever, be expected to unite; at the South, by exhibiting the Society as relying solely for success on the free conseut of all concerned disturbing no rights, and winning it way only by the force of reason, the love of union, and the persuasives of general humanity. And what has been accomplished, with

the blessing of Providence, under the auspices, and mainly by the effort of this Soci The stranger approaching this shore, where pirates so recently found a refuge for their guilt, is struck with surprise and awe to see this wilderness converted into the home of civilized men. Eight settlements (the largest of which, Monrovia, contains five h un Ired houses) adorn a line of const of about three hundred miles. What is their condition what their prospects? Their smiling farms and villages, their school houses and churches, their vessels of commerce, their legislative councils, and courts of justice, all testify to their general prosperity. Their press sends forth, periodically, intelligence of their proceedings and success. To different points of the coast vessels built at the whaiven of Monrovia convey the articles of American and European skill, in exchange for the gold, ivory, camwood, the precious gums, ami various products of that vast and fertile country thus inviting the native population to turn from the worst of traffics to agricultural pursuits and a lawful commerce. Nearly thirty white missionaries, from the principal religious denominations in the Union, are aided and protected in these settlements, while devoting themselves to the great work of instruct ing the heathen in Christianity, and building up, amid these abodes of vice and cruelty, the Church of the living God. It has been reported by a gentleman, lately Colonial Agent in Liberia, that probably an African population ol one hundred thousand have felt something of the benign influences of the Colony. The chief of the country solicit the means of education for their people, and the sons of some of them are already in the Colonial schools, enjoy ing its advantages. Colored missionaries have alreadv been nrenared for uselulness j-sn the C'oionjy,' and at no remote period we may expect many such to go forth from its seminaries, and preach to the uncounted tribes ofltrterior" Africa that Gospel which turns from idolatry and sin, and brings to light both life and immortality. We make our appeal, then, to our fellowcitizens of the United States, in behalf of the American Colonization Society. For want of funds its credit is injured, its operations retarded. While we trust that increased energy will be given to the efforts of kindred and subordinate associations, we must express the opinion that the claims of this Society are the most immediate and urgent. A National Institution, and the parent of allothers, organized for the same purpose : the first to commence the great work of African Colonization; which sustained itself under the misfortunes, and surmounted all the difficulties incidental to first attempts, for its accomplishment; that has enrolled among its officers and benefactors eminent names from nearly every State of the Union ; founded, and fronuits origin conducting its operations, at thereat of the General Government, thus possessing peculiar advantages of diffusing information and exerting a moral influence throughout the Union; the guardian of the best interests of a colony, remote, of recent existence, and still dependent in many respects upon its counsels and its aid whatever impairs its strength must weaken auxiliary societies, and, to add to its resources and prosperity, must advance the success of the whole cause. We call , upon our countrymen of every political and religious creed to come forward with contv buttons to the relief of this Society, to grant (it the means of more powerful action. e i urge them to consider whether the scheme it ( nAnntA tn nllnv danceroiis ..-- -- ---j --j - excitements on me mom uiincuii uuenuun that can agitate the country, nnd thus give ! stability to tho Union; to confer vast and enduring benent on two races ol men anu two continents: to suppress the slave trade; to open new sources of profitable commerce; to evtctid the intluences of freedom and civilization ; and to bring one quarter of the world, now prolific in crime, and darkened by superstition, under the dominion of Christianity. We ask, shall this scheme bo abandoned'! Shall the colon'es, which this Society and its auxiliaries have planted for which American citizens of heroic virtue and blesed memory have sacrificed their lives, that stand lights in the unbroken darkness of ages, which has shrouded the race of Ham, foretokening its redemption, and summoning this nation and Christendom not to leave nnvisitcd by their bounty those whom God includes in the purposes of his love shall these colonies bo left to perish, or sink into barbarianism, through our neglect? Could Providence reveal the causes working in this mighty system for the weal or wo of nations ; could coming ages stand present to our sight, impressed with the marks of improvement and grandeur which we trust time will engrave upon them, noChristinn, no American hei'rt would remain unmoved by the evidence exhibited, that this scheme of African colonization involves n't of dnBr""' to iMs country, to Africa, and to mankind; that it is the orient star of hope to living millions, and millions more that must soon comi; after thm, to walk in tho shadow of

the same eclipse of the intellect and tho heart, and sink beneath the weight of the same untold calamity, until the lands of tropical Africa shall, by the policy of this So ciety, bear the monuments nnd cities of civilization, and the people who dwell there learn to worship ami obey the true God, and lift up their hands in pruise towards His holy temple. LEVI LINCOLN, of Mnssnrbusett. GOUVEKNEUR KEMBLE, of N. Y ABRAHAM VAN DEI! VEER, of N. Y. TWO'S B. JACKSON, of N. Y. WM. H. NOBLE, of N. Y. BERNARD BICKNELL, of N. V. HENRY VAIL, of N. Y. ABRAHAM P. GRANT, of N. Y. JOHN EDWARDS, of N. Y. JOHN 1L PREis'TlSS, of N. Y. SAMUEL BIRDS ALL, of N. V. ALBERT GALLUP, of N. Y. TIMOTHY GUILDS, of N. Y. SAM'L WILKESON, of Buffalo, N. Y. JOHN T. ANDREWS, of N. Y. MARK H. SIBLEY, of N. Y. H. B. POTTER, of N. Y. OBADIAH TITUS, of N. Y. HENRY A. FOSTER, of N. Y. WILLIAM HALSTED, of N. Jersey. JOHN B. AYCRIGG, of N. J. SOSEPH H. RANDOLPH, of N. J. THOMAS J. YORKE, of N.J. CHA'S C. STRATTON, of N.J. SAMUEL L. SOUTHARD, of N.J, JOHN J. MILLIGAN, of Delawure. WALTER JONES, of Dist. Columbia. FRANCIS S. KEY, of Dist. Columbia. THOMAS HENRY, of Pennsylvania. T. M. T. McKENNAN, of Penn. GEORGE M KE1M, of Penn. CHARLES McOLURE, of Penn.

HENRY LOGAN, of Penn. ROBERT H. HAMMOND, of Penn. WALTER S. FRANKLIN, of Penn. CHA'S F. MERCER, of Virginia. JAMES M. MASON, of Virginia. JAMES GARLAND, of Virginia. WILLIAM C. RIVES, of Virginia. WILLIAM MAXWELL, of Vitginia. JOHN TALIAFERRO, of Virginia. LEWIS WILLIAMS, of N. Carolina. HENRY CLAY, of Kentucky. JAMES HARLAN, of Kentucky. EDWARD RUMSEY, of Kentucky. JOHN CHAMBERS, of Kentucky. JOHN WHITE, of Kentucky. WILLIAM H. SOUTHGATE, of Ky. JOHN J. CRITTENDEN, of Ky. RICHARD MENEFEE, of Kentucky. JOHN POPE, of Kentucky. JAMES TAYLOR, of Kentucky. J. R. UNDERWOOD, of Kentucky. JOHN W. CROCKETT, of Tennessee. JOSEPH L. WILLIAMS, of Tennessee. ELISHA WHITTLESEY, of Ohio. SAMSON MASON, of Ohio. JOHN W. ALLLN, of Ohio. JOSEPH UIDGWAY, of Ohio. THOM AS CORWIN, of Ohio. DANIEL P. LEADBETTER, of Ohio. ALEXANDER HARPER, of Ohio. WILLIAM HEROD, of Indiana. ALBERT S. WHITE, of Indiana. GEORGE IL DUNN, of Indiana. HENRY JOHNSON, of Louisiana. Washington, May, 183H. From the Albany Argus, June 1. FROM THE NORTHERN FRONTIER DARING OUTRAGE. An express from Watcrtown reached this city yesterday afternoon, bringing despatches to Governor Marcy, from the District Attorney, Marshal, &c, at that place; by which we regret to learn that a most extraordinary outrage was committed within the American waters, early on Thursday morning. The British steam-boat Sir Robert Peel, lying to about seven niileB from French Creek, on therivcT St. Lawrence, was forci bly seized by a party of armed men, supposed to be Canadian refugees, set ou fire, and en tirely consumed. The subjoined extracts from the letters to the Executive afford all the information yet received touching this affair. We trust, that by the prompt action of the civil authorities, aided by the military, all further aggression or apprehended retaliation maybe prevented ; and that the perpetrators of the outrage may be discovered and brought to merited punishment. Gov. Marcy, conceiving the circumstances such as to require the immediate interposition of the State authorities, left town soon after the arrival of the express, in the evening cars for Utica, and thence, by relay of horses, to Watcrtown. From George C. Sherman, District Attorney. Watkrtow.n, May !30, 19J8. To lis Excellency, Wm. S. Marcy : Dear Sir I have this moment received by express, from H. Davi,, Esq., Customhouse officer nt French Creek, a letter, of which the following i a copy, and the information therein contained runy be relied upon as correct : "Clayton, May 30, 1838. "Sir Last night the British steamer Sir Robt. Peel was boarded near this place by about 50 armed men in disguise, the persons on board driven on shore, and the boat set on fire, and wholly consumed. You are requested to aid the proper authorities in the affair, or to advise tho proper course to be taken. Respectfully, yours, H. DAVIS. G. C. Sherman, Esq." One steamer Oneida, on her way to Ogdenahnrgh, thi morning, volunteered and took the crew on board, and carried them to Kingston. The whole community here is excited and alarmed to the greatest extent, at th unwarrantable outrag-e, and a retaliatory spirit, that has only slept upon the other side, will, it is feared, be again exercised, and to an extent beyond oontrol. The steamer Sir Robert Peel, it is said, was taking in Mullet Creek Bay, or at the Narrows below, about 7 miles from the creek. I deemed it due to the Executive that he should be immediately apprised of this af

fair; the more especially as'we are ieft here without any regular officer of the army to whom to apply. Col. Gumming?, who has been nt Sacket's Harbor, and who had been directed by Gen. Wool, as it was understood, to take charge of this frontier, id now absent. I have thi moment learned that Captain Armstrong had command of the Robt. Peel, against whom, it i said, the refugees had an old grudge. He resided in this village dur ing the last winter, and was charged with being a spy upon their operations, I mention this circumstance as authorizing the belief that this act has proceeded from the patriots, or refugee", on this side. The present impression is that we shall be unsafe on the frontier without an armed force ; and immediate measures will be required to afford ample protection to British vessels in our waters or all confidence and intercourse will be broken up. I have thought it advisable that Gen. Cross of the mijitia, should call out one or two companies of dragoons, to go to French Creek: whither I shall proceed with the Sheriff this afternoon. No person to our knowledge was recognized us having been engaged in this outrage, but individuals residing nt French Creek have been missing for several days. A portion of the Sir Robert, it is said, was owned by a citizen of Ogdensburgh. From Jason Fairbanks, Deputy Marshal. "1 intend immediately to repair to French Creek with Doctor Carrier, the Collector, and an officer, authorized to call out the militia, if necessary. A letter has just been received from French Creek, calling for n. force to protect them from being burnt tonight, as a measure of retaliation. "All is excitement here; and n rumor is afloat that the nrrnugements of the pirates were to make a simultaneous attack upon eight different boats at different places." From Francis Mateby, Matter U. S. A". "The vessel was set or. fire and consumed within seven miles from French Creek, nnd within our waters, while taking in wood. There appears, no doubt, that the expedition was got up from this side, although, as yet, no persons have been identified as untors in the scene. It is satisfactory to state that no lives were lost-" Extract from a letter dated Oieeo, May 20, 1838. The steam-boat Sir Robert Peel, was ta

ken last night in the river St. Lawrence, at Wells Island, about 0 miles below French Creek while taking in wood, by some 40 or 50 men who entered the boat disguised, and told the crew and passengers that they had liberty to leave the boat, and compelled them to walk off the boat one by one, taking such of their baggage as they could snutch; and when ladies and gentlemen all were driven from the boat, she was set fire to, and in half an hour burned tu the water's edge. The men had muskets, and are supposed by some to be headed by the notorious Bill Johnson of Navy Island memory; and by others it is supposed that the outrage has been committed by Canadians opposed to the Sir Robert Peel, an opposition growing out of a very excited and bitter opposition between her and the boats in competition on the river, by whom, it is said, threats had been made for some time. The boat had soroe 40 or 50 passengers, and was on a trip to this place. The statement of the case is substantially true, and there is one burst of indignation against the perpetrators, and we doubt not that every effort will be made to arrest and punish them. CONSUMPTION. This distressino complaint, which carries oil' so many of our young men annually, it is stated in a well attested case of a I man in a late number of the New Englaud Farmer, 1ms been cured by a very simple remedy, viz: the inhaling of the gaseous perfume of the Chloride of lime. The person here referred to is 25 years old, had been much reduced by the diseaso, his lungs being badly ulcerated, and he daily became worse, so that his physician gave him up for lost. Jt is supposed that he coughed up two quarts of matter from his lungs in twenty-four hours. Having seen an account of an experiment in pulmonary complaints, made by Dr. Cottertii, of Paris, with Chloride of Lime, the friends of this young man had recourse to this simple remedy from which the patient found immediate relief, and is now daily gaining health and strength. The Chloride is dissolved in hot Tatcr, and then a little vinegar put to it, and ap plied to the nose by a rag, or in any other convenient way. Beavties ok Petticoat Govebjtkent We cut tlie following from the London Age. The Queen's toilette is of great importance to the people of Great Britain : "Who it she? If one half that is rumored upon the subject, be true, the sooner the influence of a certain foreign female in a high quarter is diminished the better. If the for eign female alluded to, understands plain English, she will take our advice and e wise in time. It is with the deepe sorrow we perceive the increase of fr-mgners about the throne. The absol-'f personal toilette of the Queen, i "ppears, is confided to a foreigner. i""r Majesty cannot more, or WJ. or nac, witnout a joreigner at ncr elbow. Truly, truly this sa sad. natter for John Bull's reflection, oonpled with unpleasant farts. We would fain not i upon such matters, but we should not be true subjects if we did not." Sam Slick says, that when a teller gets too lazy to work, he paints his name over the door, and pulls it tavern; and, a like as not he mak" the whole neighborhood as la ry as himself.