Vincennes Gazette, Volume 7, Number 18, Vincennes, Knox County, 30 September 1837 — Page 1

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To an Insect. I love to, hear thine earnrst wit o, wherever thou art hi'.!. Thou testy hrtle dojmnsii-t. thou petty Katydid! Thou niii. ii t :iu- of routl.-foiks old ifoiitlct'olKs U'V t':U'V Than 'i mi !i .;ni:o.l t!.tna in it .1 Ieinn Th.U! a That ... n ' v :h t! I know it ! v the t. ill i.'t. lag notes, so polutil r l.r 1 I think t;i' -re is a k t.re, A knot of snln'or eath ihe hollow Kj'yiliils ill ink nnd what did .in-dids d. Oh. t. '. U'i ivalv h . .1 she verv fan Hii'l VOUIl and yet so kiss more ui ke.! t-o L'.ii K.i'v lov a nntisrV.tv ni in, i hr ks thun on.' ' I ".want K.itv ih.l no more titan nianv a latp IV.tr ice! I'll ;!! on at", a' out i.iv tVs wuh little .line, ' An,! Ann. with wh ipi I used to wa'.k so often (linvii tho lain'; An 1 all th.it t-.-o their locks of Mack, or wrt their oi of Hue: I 1.1V te.i rate, s.ve.'te-t Kitvtit ! sav. what did K.t!v ,1,.' ii"! the hvht oak slid'.! rih tint stoo l lor re.-es oil! rock shell rend it l.io-y ha'I lie Be!'. Tho I'ea. auil thu: (l.l'.V!! tile i.iu. re the little Katwlc! s'.ia!! a.! i one wor.l t tell !I.v.-lie t irv of tho kn s .so w e!l. niai.l ' nose name i t:ie ever;ri!is r.n i . ait'! lion ;..c I oe.t one ill foki in i! t!i her f, a'ltiia.n s.:n. 'i'i.t'ii s'a ill.he rai-e l.rr i olroopi'iir h i. i Me w i i lt s hen. a'.h the tin'in voice and lift her An. I then t ie I atv .! : of future ui.s shall hear what From .'. .tf lei. r.jjnis.j. Tilaicr Davuir.g-on tlo IVIessagc. It tho Major calls this "onu takm the hark ojf on"," we don't know what will ha 1p It of the tim'itr by thu tune lie has ff'jl the "square on't" but we will not, by any remarks of dim- own, detain our i t :t'!ers from a proJndim, the pcrfc.-t o-o I. tn,ij)Cro which is only equalled bv i'.s trr.e -tml urialloy ed )i,:ri ti-n. site wreck of the Two Pollies. :u KAWAV, To r Mv (lu l'r.iiiVit: T lia'.e been readin ibe Messaoe over frmn tnji to boi'.ont ami iVoin bo!tnm to top and from the middle on't hrith tc.tNs and I roifd it over jest r-s.s a earnenUT does a lotr, atn 1 draw'd cb.ilL lines to got the square on't, and p'.iarpone'il inv a, and beoan to chip oil'. I: is more than a day's job. and I don't know tii.il I can promise, in this letter, to do mo co than oet the bark oft'. It is a plaCV l-o; M cssa.yo, seein that it speaks of oov ei matter hut this comes from our pre.it folks in ofHcc n-in such long words, and ;;trmi.i on 'em to" other like ingion., vd.cn a few hhort ones would tell t!.e same story. I rt member, one day when I was to lmiii. iTiele Joslmway got a letter from Washintun, from a friend of hisiti who li.td fj-ine t'iore to ask t.'ic tloirra! to i.i ike I ;i'.:le .'oshu.i l'listiuastcr. lie told a 1 uij- story about the delay and that the (' 'in T.d was sick md that the tloetors said that ho was now :oiuctl!e:,sfiit. 'Con what.'" asked Aunt Nabby. "Why conMaHeser.t," said Tnele Joshua, rtlbbin Jiis sprrtaelcs. "What iu nature is l!iat r.ytiih'ai'if now,"' ask'd Aunt Nu'iby asm.' "1 doti't know," says I'ncle Joshe.a, "1ml till I l-.op'' is it ain't the name of a m r purh) it is one or tothor, I am rd'ra'u! and if it is the latter, we iniu-l all brush round and turn 'l.'onwa'desent' as soon a? possible, or I shan't cet mv olliee, that's ; atti'.io;'" and just then 1 camo in, and it v. a s well I did. or I'tiele .helun would a bad all Do wninivillc eall'd to a public mectni, and the hull Jackson party would l.ave ;:o::e noht over to the " C m'ruVfs. r,i; j,i:iif in no time. I'ut as sooti as I teli'd I ' ncle Joshua wliat the rale meanin of the word was and that it was ony the fhtrfnr's irmi of savin the (Joneral was "Ui'.'.'e.'j A, 7(V'' "Well." says he, "I'm clad it's no worse for it's a hard matter. M'joi', to change the name of a party; but why m natur didn'nt the man say so "cottiu better' is plain l":icr!ish, hut 'Con .r.fUc.i: .!' is jest no word a! all." "I war ::f:;v.d,'" sav s Aunt N ibhv. "it was hidra f.dov." 'lldra-fnh!!e-stiek," says I'll t ie .t is.itu, "I U'low d it warn t that lor i ...... i i , .. . . t a uo ' woiiin e-i as soon (.'are hue n liot pud lin as to bile tho (i'meral." And so we all concluded the best wav was to use plain 1 inquae and it has been a lesson to me ever since. .N'mv as to this message, every bodv thinks lie knows what it means, and all that nart on't that has any of the "('onwaHeseeitt" nature about it is so suijar'd over, prettv much every body swallowed it riiiht down. 15ut that am t my way I know there is always twondcs to a pew-

tor platter. li 1 have time, 1 mean to rub oil" all the sutrar and ffildinir. and see what is hit nn'l; and then if I lind it the "raf iTi i," I'll i?o it, and advise every body to iro it: but if on the contrary, 1 find il would hold water and ain't sound doctrine, I wont go it, and no man in all Downing--ville will iro if. livery body says, that I have hcarn speak on't, (and every body is talkin of nothiii else jist now,) that there is "io mistake"1 in that message. Now I think I see a good many misfakes about it. The first mistake is, it is too long at both eends, and not short enough in the middle, seein now that the Globe folks have lost the printon on't '.ZP" von wont see so long a otto agin in one spell, so long as them Consarrntiva folks keep the prinlig.JOJ The next mistake is, it says a

leetle too much about urnaratin "The Government"' from the reneral consarns of the people, and as "sass for the goose ought to be s7.s for the gander," Congress began right oil to try the L.v-penment, liist on the printin litis and see how that will work, and the first thing we see is the Globe folks, that haint been separated now for goin on over 8 vears from a good 50, 0(10 Tit a vear of "The C.overnment ," rotttid right off, and another pig has got holt. 1 clout like to see a man or a pi lose his tit, unless he deserves it, and if I can find out that the (.;iobc folks dont deserve to lose thrirs, they shall have the printin of all my Letters for nothin. The next mistake is in talkin too severely agin the Hanks, and separatin ail consarns of "the CJovernmeiit" from them. I should like to know now, who first ask d to be connected was it the "Gov ernnunC or "the Hanks!" Mr. Kindle, perhaps, can answer this, and tell us who sent him round among the banks some four days ago. The banks, to be sure, have got a pretty bad name jist now a jist so the old quaker's dog got a bad character, and come near the loss of his life by it; his master said he would not kill him, "but I'll give thee a bad name. "Bad dofc, bad doz,"1 savs he, and away went poor Towser, and afore he got round the corner, the boys all arter him with sticks and stones "bad do?, metd dog;"1 and the folks scampered, and the old women slam'd the doore shut; and it was nigh upon all over with poor Towser. If it had'nt been for his gittin to the river, and as soon as he took to the water and swam like a duck every body Btop'd and said "well, that dog haint got the hidrafoby." And jist so it will be with our Hanks, they will git afloat to rights, and then a good many folks will say it was a great mi.Mnltc to atii frn T dont tknl. if "Uncle Sam" outs sieh shines as he has of late, that he will find n bank or "a natural jiersnn" as Mr. Wright says, ready to take him in as a partner agin on any day especially if he goes on the principles of "separatin" himself jist when it suits hint, without reirardin his "?gr..etnent of copartnership," as he did a spell ago, with the United States Hank. The greatest mistake "Uncle Sam" ever made is when he talks of separeiti i himself from any class or portion of the people for if it worn't for "the people'1'' of all classes on whose earnins he lives he would not have a shoe to his foot or a shirt to his bark who on earth is "Uncle Sam" on his own hook unless he means to put on a coded hat like Bnnapart, or some sich kind of folks, and say he is "The Government,'1'' and his word is haw, and so loith and that ho will keep his own money, and wont trust the people with it, or loan it to cm, as other folks do, for general prosperity. I guess if the If igs orthc old Iedcrdists pu"l"nc!e .S'ntt" in office and said he was one of their party, and he talk'd so the democrats would soon crease his liddle-strings so he could'nt play a verse of 1 unkce Doodle or "God save the Amz nother. The fact is "Uncle Sam" is a considerable of a man, so long as he re members that he is one of the Indl iirnple, anil not of a party only, and tho' he may rut a shine lor a spell with what he calls his porty the nature of "the p;reul family of the people'1'' is such, that as soon as they led he treads on any ot their toes they will grumble, and especial ly them folks that pay the taxes they who are eall'd on because they have earn'd property, to pay the taxes should also be up as enemies of them folks as haint got any property iet if this is the doc trine, then the b t way is for no man to work. A rich man now-a-davs is talked on by some folks pretty much as the Quaker did about his dog now what on earth can a rich man do with his money in mis country: i;oes lie pile it up in gold and silver in his cellar? Not he, if he has got any mother-wit in him he knows he did'nt make his money that way no, no, he keps it movin, he loans it out to them that have good characters and are industrious, he builds houses, takes a share in rail-roads and canals and banks, and you won't catch hii doing any thing that will check prosperity, if he can help it, for he prospers by general prosperity; he don't very often want office, and if he did he could'nt buy one nor title nother. The Message is partly full of the causes, that brought us into our present troubles, and is ony true on that point as far as it goes but it don't tell the hull story. If 1 had teli'd that story of Zekel Biglow's w:

atch "uizzins"" so and beginnin jest

arter it begun to "?-r," folks would not j those of other countries, as with a hope Jetieison. I lc has been a l.uthlnl ohi pat- j meust, are lncontestible proofs of thy" sinknow to this day what made il ?riz so th at eeing tiieir true position, and superi- riot. Ah, this puts me in min i that the verity. Thee eulogizes Venn I have but I begun at the beginin on't and teli'd jor blessings, they will guard the integrity .It llVrsotnan principles ate again to be eon-j heard thee euloizc Napoleon as highly. hoic Zekel twitch" d out the balhmri .of their country with the more vioilance, testpdthistV.il, and 1 hope I shall lind 1 have observed the duplicity thee uses for

wheel or "klicber" and then the old watch that had been roin as true as the tides for twenty years went ";:" sure cnuf, and soon went to smash and jest no it was in J.ngland lliey twitch d out their "khrkcr iest about the same time, and "iciz d away jest as we did. I'll tell more about this hcreartcr and in my next too I'll try and explain what I consider another mistake and a pre'.ty important one too and that is about "private bank-in'" being considcr'd be fur than corporate banks it is alonrr story to show that "bank biUs" is a small part of Hanking business and that the most dangerous part is of a very different natur and that all our Hanks could pit alotirr easy cnuf if it was ony their own bank bills they had to pay in specie and all ibis I will try to show, and then see how it comes about that banks suspend paving specie and yet may be as sound as ever, and we shall then sec, that is ony one thing more than any other thing brought about this state of things, it was "over action" of private bankers corporate bank bilh, now in the worst of times may not be worth as much as gold and silver but the ;incst currency I guess that folks holds now-a-days, is the currency of private bankers at home qnd abroad. I don't know sartin but that is my notion and if so I think "ihe fJovernment" is mistaken in crackin up private bankin, as the best, and I would advise you "Uncle Sam" to separate from all that kind of currency. I have on'y one word more to say to Uncle Sam and that is, not to let the Government talk too much o( "separatin;"1 it did wrong when it struck off "K I'luribus ('num" from the new coin; I did not like that bull thought it would stop there, and not try it in other matters. I he fact is, "the Government atnt Un cle Sam" alone, or Uncle Sam" and his party, alone it is the people's property; and no matter how much "Uncle Sam" may try to separate himself, the people wont let him for without "the people, and nothing but the people," they know that "Uncle Sain" would soon become a poor and ragged old man, and have no money to pay his di'bts, and no one would take his note; therefore I say, "Uncle Sam," don't say any thing more about separatin, but stick to the old sign board, "L J'uribus L num; and if you want any further advice, git sich kind of folks about you, as vou, or any good citizen ,.t.i ia. ...t. , ......... , ...! guardians of your estate and children, and to take good care of your widow, if you left one; these kind of folks are safest, tho' they may not lie as good politicians; and don't discard a man tho' he may own hous lots or new land, and paid his neighbor too much for "cm this business at hon:c is better (as bad as it is called) than speeulatin round Cape Tlorn, or anv where abroad, for the "proht and loss" is all at home if A paid H too much, it is no matter, its all at lume, and these mistakes soon cure themselves and depend on't a man who owns a leetle land, be it a house lot or farm, in a .?'?' town or on the skirts of an eM one, won't give a worse vote for the best interest of his country, than if he live ! on ttie pav of an office, or spent his earnins talkin politics and drinkm whiskey at an election. ibis is sound doctriw, "I ncle Sam, and if you don't find it so i:; practice then I aint your friend - J. DOWNING. Major. Downingville Militia. '2nd Bravado. Labor ins: classes ia Eurcjc. We invite attention to the following extract from a late number of the North American Keview. It is admirably calculated to show the advantages possessed bv the laboring classes of this country. over those of almo.-t every portion of I'urope. The truth is, with a good government; a government that in all its movements seeks to promote "the greatest good of ihe greatest number," to carry out the principles, the triumph, and the struggle of sevenr, -six to extend equal and pist po litical rijihts to all and to render this great confederacy what she was designed to be by her funds the model and example lor all enlightened and liberal nations of the eaith, mis country would stand up on the very highest morel elevation; while her people contented, prosperous and happy, would cling with patriotic pertinacity to the institution of their fathers, and view with apprehension, every effort to subvert or peril a single principle of ihe revolution With a bad government however with a government careless and regardless of the rights and happiness ol the many and anxious only lor political power, it may be feared that even this laud, so favored by Providence and by nature, will one day present a spectacle any thing but gratilying to the heart oi a true patriotwill, in fact retrograde in the scale of na tions, and instead of becoming the pride and glory of the friends of liberty and liberal institutions, will descend and degen erate into the scorn and mock of tyrants the by-word of those who believe that man is not capable of self-government. We give the annexed paragraphs, as well with the object of she wing the advantages enjoyed by our honest yeomanry, and

tndustrioai uiee!iani(.s, m contrast wit;

and endeavor to preserve and perpetuate a

system that guarantees suca important privileges. "In Norway, the ordinary food of the j peasantry is !m ail and cruel, both pre - 'oared of oatmeal, with an occasional mixturc ot dried lish. Meat is a luxury which they rarely enjoy. In Sweden the dress of the peasantry is prescribed by law. Their food con fif.s oi lianl oieail, oned nsli, and gruel without meat. In Denmark, the peasantry are stiil held in bondage, and are bought and sold together with the land an which they la - bor. In Russia, the bondage of the peasantry is even in. ire complete than it is in Denmark. The nobles own all the lands in the empire and the peasanttv who re - side u on it are transferred with the csta'.?. A irretit majority have onl one portion of which is occupied by the, family, while the oth is a ii iropr lai cd to the domestic animals. I"ew,if any, have beds but sleep upon bare boards, or up on paits of the immense stoves bv which : tiieir house's are warmed. Their food consists of black bread, cabbage other vegetables, without the ad of anv butter. and ition In Poland the nobles nra i!.r P inetors of the land, and the peasants are slaves. A recent traveller says, "I have travelled in every direction, and never saw a wheaten loaf to the east ward of the Khine, in any part of Northern Germany, Poland or Denmark. The conn:. on food of the peasantry of Poland, "the working men," cabbage and potatoes, sometimes, but not generally, peak, black bread and soup or rather gruel, without the addition of butter or meal. In Austria, the nobles are the proprietors of the land, and the peasants are compelled to work for their masters during everv day except Sunday. The cultivators of the soil are in a statu of bondage. In Hungary their state is, if possible, stiil worse. The nobles own the land, do not work, and pay no taxes. The laboring class are obliged to repair ail high ways and bridges, are liable at all times to have soldiers quartered upon thctn, and are compelled to pay one-tenth of the produce of their labor to the church, and one-ninth to the lord whoso land they occupy. I i if .l.o rn.spir nf l'noo, seven i half millions do not eat wheat or wheaten' bread. They live upon barley, rye, buckwheat, ohosnuts, and a few potatoes. The common v.-ages of a hired laborer in France, is So'o.oO for a'man, and SIH,75 for a woman annually. The taxes upon them are equal to er.c-hfth of its licit prod-cef. In 1671, there were 700,000 houses in Ireland. Of these, 11:1,000 were occupied bv paupers and more than 500.000 had no bread.. The average wages of a laborer is from nine and a half to eleven cents per day. Among the laboring classes of the industrious Scotch., meat, except Sundays, r li e'.y used. In llngland, the price? of labor vary; the Nottingham stocking weavers, as stated bv them in a public address, after working from fourteen to sixteen hours per day, only earn from four to five shdgs a week, and were obliged to subsist . i i .... . . .. .. i . . on lucau and water, or poiatoe? ana sau. Fo"a'arity--A diaoac. StKNE .1 Lawyer '-jjiec. v x x e it r it i: s :i v 1 1 . i a n . Lawyer. Good morning, Mr. P.; take a seat, sir. I attended your meeting i T 1 ' 1 1 . " . ' . I : . I yesterday. 1 was ingiiiv grauueii wnn your new preacher. 1 admire the warm and powerful style your clergymen are ot late adopting. It is certainty calcinated 'v to awaken tue thoughtless. II vou :ett'.e Mr. C. in your society, vou may con-

siiler me as a subscriber. It is true I am ceives the constitution moiiry. not attached to any orde of christians, but I Lawyir. Yes, and I wish I could gel believe the great bulwark ot our national joll' as well as you do; whereas it costs me liberties must be the diffusion of knowl- ten times the sum, besides eight or ten edge; and I have always observed that (lays drilling every year. Hut w hat rctiyotir people are patronizing and sustaining dors the task more unpleasr.nt is the rcJvnr seminaries and institutions of learn-i lleclion that aiways arises when I sec the

inf. Hv the bye. this reminds mc that your election is at hand I hope. Mr. a- - j j . ... .. P., we have the pleasure of numbering! you with our mends in tne approaching contest. Prey iyla ian. I will think of it. (Hxit.) J'nfcr Jfajtti-it. L.awier. Good morning, Mr. H., I nm olad von have railed. Well, I went down to "the river, yesterday noon, to ,,-onris the immersion, and I mud sav that it i a beautiful ordinance; and it seems to me that mode of administering it is the most simple and primiiive. To see a llnle irniiin stand unon tho banks of the

flowing stream, mute their voices m that . mucn lii.iuencc. n tn granoiainer was beautiful hvmn. "O how happy are lhey,"a Quaker I am sorry thee has sodegenerawhilc the candidate goes down into the ( ted f;om my ancestors. The scruples thee water, brings forcibly to one's mind tb.e prefess, s about military du'y, condemn scenes of Jordan and Judca. Hc.-idcs ' thee: for thee imif-t be deluded by the devil vour clergyman, cider M. is a very inter- to violate thy conscience at so great txesting man. Your church government I per.se. The speaks our language Ibphave "always admired it is so republican, j pantly, and admires our dress thy ordinall was elder L. of your order, 1 believe, ry dialect, and thy fashionable blue coat, who carried the great Cheshire cheese to loured vest, and gaudy watch embelish-

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you Mr. I!. as firm :i patriot as eider L,

lias ueti -',' r Hoist. '. Laimer Y our most obedient servant .iir. J.. nappy to see you. sir. Well, I was in New ork last week, ami I w wet k, and I waiK - etl lourmtics in tnc morning to hear Pv. - h - epll. J!e is truly a polished and eloquent man, and there is snmethin j; in vou man, ami there is something in your mode ot worship so s: iematic and vo much m accordance wna decern-;,- and o:itr, : and so much the opposite, to that wii.l ranting kiitd of worship that I have fallen in love with it. Vou see here 1 h ue ; purchased me a Common Prayer Hook. The organ and choir in Hishop Il.'s church are superior to any 1 have ever heard. I caild on the Hishop the next morninc and obtained an introduction to , him. He dues not, of course, take anv . open part in poiitirs, vet he gave me to

j understand, m '.lie course ol our converv cottages, i saiiou, that his feelings are on the right

.1 side, (hxit.) J.n'i r Methodist. Lawyer. i'low do you do brother M. I call vou brother, because mv parents were Methodists And W tie 11 1 child the preachers used to visit our uouse. and 1 used to cad taem au "mothers, 1 from hearing my father and mother caii jthemso. It is singular how strong the impressions oi enoduoou are. i hougn i do not profess religion, v et I always iVel more at home in a Methodist meeting than in any other. And I yet do not know whether this arises ."o much from the force ol my early impressions, as lrom that sim plicity peculiar to your worship, and which is so congenial to l.iy taste. I was riding through G. the other day, and as 1 came opposite a peace of wood I heard the sound of singing. I iuimediat'd v discovered there was :i ramp meeting iii tho vicinity, and notwithstanding mv busim was very urgent, I could not resist my inclination to attend. So I tied my beast to a tree, and after walking a mile 1 came to the ground. The first object that met my eye was the presiding elder brother G. appealing in a most evaiifclappealing in a most evangel ieul manner to the people, who were seated beneath shading branclu's of the surrounding forest. How forcibly it brought to my mitu! the Mount of Olives 1 am considerably acquainted ivith Mr. G. and though he takes no part in the political contest of the day, yet in feelings he and 1 have always coincided. (Fxit.) " c tticirui:i . Laivyer. How do you do squat. Well, 1 attended your meetings in the school house the other evening, and was wfcll satisfied with ihe sermon. Your preachers whether right or wrong are certainly men of talent. Mr. S. used most splendid nnag-ry in his sermon, and his arguments, admitting the premises, were certainly irresistible.' I should have been to have invited him home with me, hut my wife was rather out of health that evening. I cannot see for mv part, why people should be so prejudiced against your sentiments. They are certainly misrepresented. There is one thing people sav abo.it your doctrine, which is true; and that "it i extremely captivating;" and as f r its influence, ! can sav that many of our best citizens are L'niversalists. Let me see, I believe, squire, that vou have always been a warm politician and on toe right side. W ell. the approaching contest requires our unanimous exertions. (Hxit.) Lnti-r (J, taker. L.awyer. Well, Thomas, how is thy health.'" I am glad that theo has taken the trouble to call. J"uk r. I do not trouble gentlemen of thy pioi'cs.-io'.i very often; but 1 have called this, afternoon to pay some money to thee. A.s wc Friends do not behee in training men in t!u systematically, thev art of killing men oblige us to pay for the enjoyment of our principles; and 1 understand tnee is the 1 n.rtersMod I i(ic l thn 1 ti.r.ii.t w 1 a t military people call it the man wl io re - , banner llyii and hear tho drums beating around mc that the object of ail this preparation is to tram us in tne art destroy! each other. And then j alof ways thick of the peace Penr.sv lvania by Penn. settlement Mv grandiathcr was a Quaker, am! I have their plainness of dress, language, and pacific sentii ways acinired . .1 simplicity ot 1 1 ! - I n short, Thomas. I have o!';en thou :t mat it we were all Quakers, society would reseni' bio the st. itc of our first parents in 1'den. . bio t ( nek' ,-. We shad never be all Qua kers, so ong s so many of us are hypoong as hypocrites have so am; so I , ir.c. t.-i . hienoo.

(popularity. Thee reads a sermon for lhp

Presbyterians in the morninrr when they have no preaching. Thee goes in the afternoon and leads ringing for the churchmen. In in evemng thee goes to the Univcr- , yaust moe'.mir. Thee admires the immerjsmn l the P.apnst, the camp meeting ' id' the Mr'.hodist, ami the plain dress and language ol the Friend. I will toil . i c : . l i . , i.iee iiienii. inee sirongiy reminds me of my brown horse. 1 once employed nrt iionesi ii isinuau 10 ianor lor me. 1 sent Pa.iick out in the morning to catch my horsu. Now the brown horse ran in a. pasture, in the middle of which was a large square pond. Patrick was gone a long time, and at length returned with the beast, after having chased him several limes round the pond. "Well, Patrick," sai l I, "on which side of the pond did you (hid the horse." "Truth," said Patrick, "and I found him on all sides."' ( hurt liman. A young woman ia llallowell, Maine, an unman ted mother, was observed, a lew weeks ago, to take her child to a neiohbors house in a basket arid to suspend it from the kno.ker of the door. The child was tukin back to her, but sho denied that it was hers and loaded it with imprecations as an ugly and deformed little liioi, -ter. 1 ler iinn.iuirr.l conduct h- . ..- . i... . i . .... i i i- . - i ara, , , , ii iy except in that of the Van ltnre,. ltes. wl Iter iviug their own child. t!,o shin-piaster system, to the door of the Whig party, now disclaim its paternity and curse it as a shapeless and ill-bcgot-trn brat. W hat ought to be done with such parent.' Lou. Jour. All elections that have b ecn lio!dmce tho adiouniment of Congress in March last have shown an increase of strength to the democratic party." Thus says the "Tuscaloosa Flag," the organ of Van Unionism in Alabama. The editor of that paper has of course heard nothing from Maine, but ho puts: forth the above statement with a full knowledge of the elections in Kentucky, Indiana, Tonnessc, North Carolina, and Rhode Island. lie tells Jus readers, that in all these States, the resesult has been "an inert use e.f strength to (he democratic rait: , :" h is by such n..ktd and monstrous falsehoods, that the tory pres..e;V'f the country habitually dupe (heir found as that of midnight. Loui.n-Hl-j Jour. M-'uf. The extra from the Hoston A ;'.ai office, which wo published yesterday, was daU d on the l lib; the following bears the date of the loth. Maine is free! The Whig banner is fctreaming fiom her thousand hills. Her signal-fires of victory arc flashing abroad throughout (he Union. We w ait for full and official rrtunn and thou the joyous roar of Kentucky artillery shrill wkgi; the slumbering echoes of of the mountains and the clouds: f.'iti. Jour. A'l I.n FX I T; ' r- u? i " o clock . I. ' V.'c have now returns from "7 towns in Maine which stand thus. For I'd ward Kent, 1177 207.') i! pill Kents majority in '!it town.? Ad the towns in the eountir of York, Cumberland. Kennebec. ,,,;, j.nohseol and W aldo cue hcen received with the except ion ol .) or Ii. The tow sis to be hoard from aie 81 most of ihcm small towns and nearly ail in Oxford, Hancock, and Washington. m'.ics. o lar as Hancock ami WnvhJ ington i ouutics have been received, the majority does not vary much from 1 that given to Mr. Noyos. who w as latcK- i'iee!-i to ( ilnerisc t th ose couu- , tic The election of Fdw.ud ernor is now certain. ilis Ken! as Govm a pin ty will range between ."HIM and 100(1. Loco Foooism. So much for Jlecifir to get rid if rats.- Hal them a Wing newspaper. Ilroiinte C o. ( ouriir. The best recipe we line seen. Its' efficiency Ins been fully ti ied. The read.liigof Whig newspapers has cleared ihn rats from Indiana, Kentucky, Tcnncsse.c am Ji.iode Island in a very short space , ol time. It has also run the rats of the j t.iolte Iroin the pim'mg of the House:, ; an may perhaps clear nine rats from the Senate of the United States next winter. Whig newspapers ate glorious rat-killers. h f 1 1 i ' g Tim's. ark s-rews have sunk more people than jackets will ever save. con; A y -inker in Connecticut ha.s succeeded, m making mirrors so perfect that the "lass will answer any (motion which the look-er-in thinks proper to ask it. - An oyster was lately opened at Point Comfort, wlnrh was said to be ro large that it took three men to swallow it whole.