Vincennes Gazette, Volume 10, Number 35, Vincennes, Knox County, 6 February 1841 — Page 1
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"TRUTH WITIIOI'T FEAR. VOLUME X.J VIXCEXXES, INDIANA. SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY G, 1811 XO. 35.
the Smpcror ri.ipolcoii,
l in- rem-
. r.i ot the remain? u
f tho I'm-
prror Aap .neon, irom i te i...ai i Helen?, to Paris, by th g.vern:ii"it of Frr.ncf, was predicted ly Lord Byron in the subjoined extract, m! 13 hut mother verification of the won.i.-rt'il 1 r -r nee ot tralv groat minds: But, where is he. tlir modem, .-.lihtit r Ut, Who, bom no kin.-, imde nuuuri-'.i draw hi car; Yes! where i h" the champion an 1 th" child, ?)f alt thrtt' great r little, wise or tvild! Who3C ganio wa eir, .;es, a'.id whose stakes were throne; Whose Vtble earth wh -. dice were hum-.:! bones! Tlehn'J the grind rei;!t in yon lone i-dc, Arul, as thy :m.ure urest weep, or smile. ini!o fir the Uttered eale breaks U chain. Anil l.i'-her worlds than this are hi c.T.iin. Flow nci-t he s:ii'.e, and turn to you l ino gr;;c i"h p:oii.!et revroark that ortjjs tho war,'! Hi? ir.v.n-". h.t!i hall.uv the ignedde horc, A t.!h::n:i t- fill -.we hi:n ho h..re. Hie fi ts that sweep before the eastern blast t-li.i'l ho.r their se.i-boy hail it t"ron the mi-t. 'rtn 2hr 'a lut T..j--h the frep.l -pint ,r iViicrvddust? Vrn iii nr h.eh he. of w h t hh to nv consists, ou.-V. it he ,!.ep nor i:irs if he exist.: He w ia h'it lhanee -'i.-i!i f.- the want 'U' th!- lnt -o -.oh or!. t.o:: ;h so .vi::'; He- ;. .-r. f a. 1 1 .V.ith. d'.-n in ! h:s hone. To rar -','0v" p nrnii I ot thr.ne; Or r:."i- l n-rvar !. in th-' battle's van. Jc, f r;n, H'ce ( .leochn's . .It. her talis-nan. tint h" it a a u, t ie time 111 y o m Hi i- i-'n' !-ill beat the nl '.'ai i'.ke Ziski'.s J.-um.f I). A rt h-hrate.l warrior, ! ('-.H-.-rtahh' of ruinee in t!:e 1 1th century . Yaw-- ra'. ..' IV : r.:!.': rtn.I h.'.vins cai -c ' :n- . -.er the F.mperor Sisi'n- !, in i, he wa i-i.f I it'u the p! ue.vt-l direct. r! h: A in he tanne 1, after hi. death, and used (or ,; - :n-h il. t nnimaU' hi so'd.er in battle
linfonncd the rresitlent tliat it was the ' advice nntl couseni of the senate thnt !ie jphor.hl represent u there, when the order 1 for his removal was announced. This
could not have heen done for any ofiiciai
misconduct. There h.:id been no tune to inquire into tint. Was his fidelity distrusted then? Or how did the public good require h.h dismissal? Think you (the orator continued) it will tell well in the annals of history, that he who had so
'nftpn nprilpd hi I t 1 mr Iimh. in thp vnT-
, , ... -a or of manhood t scciir the blessings of liberty to others, was punilied for his opinions in his old aue? It was an act,
di?g.jisc it r3 we may, which, by holding
out the idea that he L.:d lost the confidence of iiio .--.: miiiht tend to brini !v.u
, liis gray :;air3 with sorrow lo the grave. I But the e-iorv he acquired hv t!ie camjpaienon the U'a!ai!i, t:id by those hard;
learned victories lor winch hf receiveil the ! warmest acknowledgment of merit from
tho Legislature of Kentucky, and the full measure of a nation's thanks in the r -solutions of Congress, can never beefi'iced, and anv cifort to degra.' their honored olj. . viil recoil on those who make it, until other men, can better estimate his worth and aain cheer his declining years with proofs of his country's confidence
l'r,,.., i c N.i'i vr.i! I .i"lth;'vi-er .
and r3t:tudc.
o w
rable !ia i
a; as
been this prophecy!
t:; t'i r r
iri'-u'iT a evv il
"1
ii'-h u i're jn.h'i-iit'
s ai;.: 'o n ! cnsf
Nantueket Inqui-
in t!ie InteiiiI'he ci v, in ad-
v.mco. of :icripU'Mi bv men who have
bePn pursuin;; for llie la?t twelve years, a system of the most unrelenting and attrocious privcrip:io:i ever known, comes from tiirm surely with a very bad crace. The defeated party take it for jrranted that thev inut be ireatt-d as they have treated their pnlit:eal opponent, and they fear, because t'icv deserve upon tlieir own principles to lie remov.d. What has the incofoeo party done since it first came into power in '"M A ereat deal was the:: said about the .luzean ufablo of the necessity of having it cieanscJ of "root hogordio" of "c!u-.ki;:? off the wigs', -f correcting abuses which had brought the patrenazc of the Government into conflict with the freedom of elections, anil had placed the continental power in nn faithful and incompetent hands. "The
interest ot the con
said Kendall in
1 . "den nnds that tills (hh) office shall
he filled with men of business, and not with babfilinz politician. Vain I may he, proud lam, that the President has given me an opportunity to aid him in proving that reform is not an empty rvmd." And w"hat wai the result? In
the course of a single vear upwards of ' 1
two thonaaad men were removal jrom nJicc. This -f course, was not jiroscriptton, not at all but merely rrfrrmlo put out bubbling po'.iti 'ians, and put it: men of bu- ".-s- lint of what had those who then held office been guilty? Not one in ten had committed any offenee but that of simply preferring the then incumbent of tho Presidency, or Mr. Clay, to the rude, malignant, and ferocious oidier who proved successful in the e.mtest. They entertained their own opinions iu relation to the respective candidates, and of the proper policy of the Government, rnd snmetnr.es expressed those, opinion", did no more. The business of the olliccs they then filled va never neglected to intcrmcddi& with State election, nor were their official innuence or privileges ever cm ployed to counteract those causes which disturb the rightful course of appointments, Are. Among the viclinn of proscription i -. .at day wes the present President elect, of whom a distinguished Senator from Delaware, Mr. Clayton, thus eloquently epoke: "inform cs." said he. "why that gallant Harrison, the hero of Fort Meigs, the victor atTi-p- . -r. snd the 'Hiamcs. a veteran in coi':n .' well as in the field, distinguished for his virtues in all thc relaliii" of the citizen, the solder, and the rlruesmnn- '-' i " as he pro-ribed .- -afit to repre-eni his country abroad, and withdrawn from Columbia to m.ke room for Thomas P. Moore? He had ..eir-Hy arrived at Bogota the ink was f ili fresh oil the hxecume rccort! h:h
accurate and aumt-
But this.
was u -ontarv instance. Kev-
otutiomrv iirio.s, who had spilt their best hiood in securing OiC liberties of their country, aud the virtuous sons of Revolutionary pattiots, were remorselessly and pitilessly east out upon the cold charity of the world to starve, that the brawling partizan, who had rendered no service to his country, and whose only quahficat on for office was that of party subserviency, might be fed and fattened at the public
expense. 1 ins was, inueeu, wnat i call genuine proscription. It had never existed before under our government, and was for the first time in i:s history permitied to raise its hideous head, under the adminbtruf m of a man who is now justly punished with that scorn and abhorrence which it was long ago predicted his conduct would bring down upon him. And can the defeated and discomfited party that thus anted when in power, have the arrogance and effrontery to talk about proscription now? Can they, do they deserve the least favor from tho-e thev l.-ive been, for the last twelve vrars trampling in the dust persecuting, ceiling Tid fpitting upon, if the' were t;i" huvet otfscou; .ngs of society, and not American citizens? Have they not exiled them, driven and peremptorily prohibited them from participating in any public employment whatever? Has not the whig been marked as with a plaguespot or a leprosy, and shunned and abhorred by the party in power as being of a different species, and scarcely entitled to the common courtesies of humanity? 7ave not they who have held offices been to a man 'babbling politicians' -officious and insolent intermeddlera in elections prostituting their offices to the grossest party purposes franking the grossest
slanders and falsehoods to pervert -. mislead the public, mind neglecting th; ofiiciai duties to address public meetings,
and employing their otueial time to rivet
the chains of despotism more closely
around the bodies of their fellow-citizens? To dismiss such men from public service
would be an act of duty and of justice.
and not of proscription. 1 hey have crossly abused the trust confided to them
have become the minions and slaves of
party instead of faithful public servants
have neglected and lorgotten tneir duties and it would he doing a crying
wrong to the People lo keep such men in public employment. Proscription in
deed! As well might a builder be charged with proscription who should feel it his duty to discharge the journeyman or laborer he employed because he was in the habit of spending half his days at the grog shop or gaming-house, or going about :nlc ring and traducing his emplover Vis well might tin highwayman, whln caught and compelled to disgorge his plunder, complain of being robbed." I am an enemy of proscription, of such proscription as was practised by the last and present administrations. I would nc! touch a man for merely entertaining his opinions or expressing them, unless he had displaced another but, when lie at-!-:ip:s to carry those opinions into action, neglects his official duty lo do so, and converts his office into an electioneering shop, he does not deserve to be retained or employed and I do not think that his dismissal would or could be considered for ? moment as an act bearing the least ; t " :. . v to proscription. 1 will conch. do these remarks by an observation of the editor tj whom I have referred: "One grand obicct," he says, "of the stupendous revolution which has just been accomplished was the restoration of the charact- f our common c-Minuy to effect which the public agencies must necessarily undergo a thorough, purgation. The Peop'le of the United States in their determination to put down existing corruptions one of the most glaring and obnoxious of which this very syt.-m ci converting hc public trusts into electioneering engines hare spoken their will iua language that carries its own interpretationit K that loeofoeohm in all its ramifications, shall be raiicahy extir
pated Jrom the future administration of
this Government. " FAB UICUS. From the New Albany Gazette. The Address of the whig members of the Legislature from a portion . of tite counties forming tho second congressional cistrict. which we copy below, is a document with the views and suggestions of i we cordially concur, and hope that
it may receive the attention of the whigs in this district. It is time that our friends in this district were Irioking about for a suitable candidat to inn for, congress at hev next eieclion. AVe have an undisputed majority of over TOO, and. if we act with union and concert in the coming contest, it will be an easy matter to elect our candidate. But, if we permit sectional pre
judices and personal predilections to in
fluence our actions, we shall inevitably be defeated, notwithstanding our boasted majority. What course thtn, shall we pur-
s u 3 i,v crurr to insure unanimity among our friends? We know of no better course than the one recommended in this address a Convoitiofi. Surely no good whig will object it is the only remedy for the dissentions that will otherwise prevail in our ranks, and work out our defeat. What say our friends of the Madison hantu-r ;iu,l Salem Whig to this? If it ir thought best to hold la Convcnt on the snoner we agiee upon it the better. The tune and place can bo arranged hereafter. There is i. ne suggestion however, we
would like to make upon this subject.
e should not. in sending delegates to
this convention, instruct them to support
the nomination of any man let them u-o
untrammeled by any instructions, only to nominate the most available individual in the district. And whoever the nominee may be we pledge him our most hearty and zealous support.
Here follows the address we spoke of
in the commencement of this article: To ilw Wisit? votrr of the SKCON I) C OSG KKSSIOXA I. DISTRICT. The undersigned, now at Indianapolis, would respectfully offer a lew suggestions for your serious consideration. We Inve just passed through an exciting ami well-fought contest, in which the popular will h.is signally triumphed over the ?trong arm of Ilxecmive power. The People's voice has been heard hi tones as cheering to our friends as it ha? been disastrous to the retiring administration. Under these circumstances what is our duty for the future? h is plain, and maybe recited in few words: Kcp together consult the will of a majority oj" tur friends do nothing to forfeit the good opinion of the generous People by whom the victory has been achieved. They are the source of political power, and their wishes should govern. On the 4th day of March the new administration will go into power at Washington. At its head we shall have the veteran Chief of the If'est, a man whose whole life has been devoted to his
means most likely to secure unity of Seri-
timent and action in the whig ranks.
This convention; if deemed expedient,
should be held as early as the 0ih of
.March at some central point in the district, to be designated hereafter. hi proposing this measure, we look to the experience of the past. Our success, during the list twelve nlonths must convince us that what has been effeetive heretofore, '.rill, under wise councils, lead
us again to victory. In Uecembar, lg.lth
the Harrishtrih Contention brought before the American PeCpds the names of Harrison and Tyler for the two highest offices in t' '.; 'iC, The People, of the Slates org.-ftirtted, ift- Convention, to re
spond. Stat and County officcrfi; and Senators and Representatives, were nominated in a similar manner. Fellow-citizens, the result are before you! Nineteen states -f the Union have declared for your candidates, and the Whig Banner, inscribed with the undying principles of our cause, now float on the capitols of so nviny regenerated Republic.?.
I ins p. an. to ho effhe-ivo. must bo gen
eral, rind 3ii;ild embody n lull represent;!
ti.m f lot; IVopIe. Delegates should ho
chosen t'i the Convention, not vi the par
ti.ansof indi iduals. but rs friends of the mat causm ii; which tho Whig party is en gag -d. In times of political excite
ment, like t!ir present, men are but bid
4
Population of Indiana. J nd of each County in the State FOR TI!K years 1830 and 1810
hies, to h : fist 1:1 the. lmghtv ti l"s oi
Nation's struggle
Th se
who
country. He goes into office with a larger share of the popular suffrage than any of his predecessors, and with a mind imbued by a deep sense of his obligations to the people. No private griefs, nor resentments, accompany him into that exalted station. Mr. Van Buren, on his retirement, leaves to his successor a fearful legacy of national embarrassment, an empty treasury, disordered finance, and prostrate commerce. Tho nation feels it the People feel it its evidences are all a-ound and about us. How are these evils to be remedied? By electing men to congress who are known to be hostile to the course of polity pursued by the singular party which his ruled and' ruined the country during the last four years! The new President, unaided by wise councils, can affect nothting, for he is but one arm of the great redeeming power on which you must rely, aving secured, by your patriotic exertions an honest Executive, you should now look, without delay, to the election ,ff a member of congress who will reflect
your sentiments. Im; -un elects seven members of congress in August next. You of the second congressional district om: of that number. The power is with you, to be used as you think proper. Concentrate it, and triumph divide, and you are again at the mercy of your lately vanquished foe. The counties comprising the district have many citizens whom the people would delight to honor. We desire to undervalue the just pretensions of no man, nor to cast a reproach upon him. But divisions should, and (the prcfpln will say) mtst, he avoided. Our Van Buren friends, will, at the proper lh:?, elct from4their own ranks, some centlerrian distinguished for his talents and devotion to their principles. We. a- whigs, desire to sec our brethren exercise a similar right, on their own behalf, to enable us to meet the Van Buren party on the broad ground of public policy. How shall this be effected? Let us suggest a pUn for your consideration. ,i District Convention, to be held car- . 1
li- in l.o Snrinrr is. in flf OPU!10o, UK
Whigs
contest (and
1 rich reward iu
ie ren T-uon. tnat r;:rv e.,n;riiei.eii ineir
share to swell the mhrhfe torrent of oohti
e?l redemption, which, hot yesterday, raft
who has not)---.vi!l have
l,.,t rt.
et on iti t)o?om tae 1'atriot ?oMn:u of
th?: irsT. It tins sell -sacrificing spirit
shall prevail to an extent commensurate with the rfake at issue, the Second District
will secure a Representative who can maintain Ikt principles, reflect her opinions and defend her rights in th Council" of tho Union. To attain these desirable ervh, we would
reei uiimend to our politics! brethren of the
ditlerenf counties end townships, the pro
prietv of a free intercliang" of opinion, and
no
adoption of
such means as will best
ensure a generfd union of the Whig party
at the approaching election. It is the busi-
1 eople
tieM ol tn
their enrlv attention
It. N. Carnnn, Sam'l. Judah,
W. C. Chi!
.1. Al. t e.,n
and should
t" -
Hur.
t , V 1! t 1 f
Denl.
J. S. Fn
A. Houghton, Ci. Ilamcr. iNr.'iA.vu'oi.t.s, Dee. hh lSlO.
Ja--. IV- rrington, Joj. S. Jenckea,
pho. Dow ling, r-i .
o. v lieinurr.
H. Smvdtli, Clark,'
spring, ts, in
opuuo;
. In Extra Session of Congress. The Cincinnati R.'pubiicrm, edited by Co!. Todd, the intimate fiicnd of Gen. Harrison, aud who speaks by authority, says: "We do not ! esitate to declare that no extra session (if Congress will be called unless the absolute wants of the country demand it. Ever)' effort will be m ule to aroid it; the Whigs in Congress ar now united in action to prevent it. If an extra session then be necessary, it will be because those v. ho are now in power make it so, and they cannot rid themselves of the responsibility. A deaf and dumb man of Louisville, who has been educated in one of our northern asylums, having satisfied himself, after some reading on the subject, that his infirmity might be remedied, recently punctured the drum of his car with an instrnmcnl of his own, and restored the lost sense. The most remarkable feature in ihe case is that, from not being able to articulate a sound at the time of the operation, he acquired the use of the language in a few hours, and in four days was capable of taking part in a sustained conversation. -V. J . Sun. The Honey Bee. The history of this little animal presents a great many useful and curious facts: One of ihe most remarkabla of these
is that the Bee, when collecting the pol
len of fiowi is, which constitutes the 'bee
hrpsd.' .'M-sr oasses fiom one kind ol
flcwer to 7. net her, has been supposed. ! it fir f.irj-tirirt'.i the honeysuckle, it
continue? ncnllec th pollen from this flower, until it has loaded itself with as much as it can carry away. The bee is governed in this by an instinct, that makes it a co-laborer in the orderly work of natural reprodttcttveness. The pollen, or futctifying dust, is carried from ilower to flower of the same species, and thus the bee aid the operations of nature bv distributing the pollen, necessary to the fruitfulncss of the plants. If the bee were to prss from a clover blossom, with pollen adhering to its bodv, and light upon a, honeysuckle, the fructifying diist of the clover blossom applied to the honeysuckle, would produce a hybird.or mongrel species of flower. How wonderful are the orderly operations of nature and certainly, among the most wonderful is this peculiar in?;inet of the honey bee. English regies place fourpenny pieces the railroad tracks, let th I.' uotives
.. Ur,n r, r,,U. nnd their n.iss tiirm for
t, inviti 1 sixpences. This is ahead of the rogues on 01.: side th? w-atcr- Fie.
lfOO :,48o 62-2
l.Gl I ijsn 10.719 1,016 1,423 3,11 i 4.51! T4.TA2 5,83 t .,', t 63.") '.Ml 2 0.363 7,614 10, IV.) o.ilT -tr.o ,7n: 1, 5.)9 10,283 :7 07 0, ls,s 4,981
1 1,10 3,950 4.130 6.557
Adams Allen Bartholomcr Boone Blackford Brown
Carroll
Cass CUtk Clay
Clinton
Craw foid Daviess
Dearborn
Decatur De Kalh Delaware Dubois Elkhart Fayette Floyd Fountain Franklin Fulton Gibson
Grant Greene Hamilton Hancock Harrison Hendricks Henry Huntington Jackson Jasper Jay Jefferson Jennings Johnston Knox Kosciusko Lagrange Lake Laporte Lawrence Madison Marshall Marion Martin Miami Monroe Montgomery Morgan Noble Orange Owen Parke Perry Pike Porter
Posev Pulaski Putnam Randolph Ripley
Rush Scott Shelbv mf
Spencer St. Joseph
Stark
Steuben Sullivan Switzerland Tippecanoe
U nion Vanderburgh Vermillion Vigo Wabash
Warren Warrick Washington
Wells
White Whitley Wayne
Total :Vil.5S2 ()?3,r,M Of this population f)76.'20o are whites
and 7,018 blacks. Of the white popula tion 351.665 are males, and 32 1,(541 fe
males. Of these there are 18 over 100
vears of are 9 of each set -36 deaf
and dumb 130 blind 110 insane arid
idiots, supported at the public expense. Of this population, they are classed as to their employments as follows:
Mining "270 Agriculture 150,010 Commerce 330S Manufactures and trade
ODOO Navigation of the ocean.)!; canals lakes and rivers 701; learned professions 2258: number of Revolutionary pensioners :?27: number of Universities and Colleges 0; number of Students in do 39i: Acadamies nd Grammar Schools 19; Students in do 3103: Primary and common schools 145; Scholars in do 4 4010: Scholars at public charge 7700, White persons over 20 years of rtge who ran neither read nor write 3S"G2. Those counties left blank were not laid out in 183"). To give some ;dea of the surprisirr increase of poplu.:n, since the early settlement of the S:ate, we insert the following tables. In 1?00 the ter.itorv at present occupied bv the State rf Indiana, contained a population of 2.611. (n 13K7 Ct.420 Increase from 51.R73 117, 1o do ISI0 122.6oS 222.000 do do 1820 71,S2o 1M-40 Sl oS-: do do 1S25 llU,.nS2
miO 6Sn.3U do do IS30 311.583
"The pcoplo never yet deserted a pubhe servant honestly laboring in their cansc." .Vr. Van Biff en Inaugural.
9.2o7 2,112 7,181 2.010 6.570 7,376 5.570 7,000 1.060 7.53 1 '-!, 1(16
o,n;
3,105 3,12 3.057 0,9 IS 2,007 6.23 1 3.187
4,606 7,111 7.167 7,057 !!. 10 .), t d( 5,737 C.R51 2.973 1 3,072
13.311
2,264
5,931
10,036
7.94 1,226 2.363 7.7S0 5,490 14,595 5,569 7,190
5.282
0,67
19.038 12,178
1,967
P,JS3 3.634 6.70 i 0,838 9.454 11, 174 13,144 2". 013 8.970
4.R16 8,321 9,-32 7,507 12,459 11.201 15,1 13 1,601 8,960
1,20
10,644 8,713 9.53 10,250 4,012 3,665 1,16 M4 1J.790 8.V04 1,6")1 16,118 3,775 2,857 0,996 1 1.105 10,(577 2,702 O.5S0 K,251 13,550
4.513
4,710
2,17i 0,6 1 1 56!
1 0,800
10.6S1 10,317 16.575 1,262 1 1,007 5,861 6,415 11 2.578 8,312 P.S61 13.752
T o a Mother. You have a child on your knee. Listen a moment do you know what that child is It is an immortal being, destined to live forever! It is destined to be happy
or inferable! 1 ou tho mother! lrni, who gave it birth, tho mother of its being, are also tho mother of its r.M';l for good or ill. Its character is as yet undecided, ita d' Stinv is placed in your hpnds. What shall it be? The child m?y he G liar: you can prevent it. It may be rt murderer; you enn prevent it. It may be an atheist; you con prevent it. It may live a life oi misery to itself rtidof mischief toothers; you can prevent it. It may descend into tho grave with an il rnc.iery behind and
dread before; uu c?.n prevent, if.
Yes, yen, the mother, can picvciu 1') these things v.ill you or not? Iook a!
tno innocen'. lell mo egam, will you
save it? Will v.m v.atch over it? Will
you teach its discipline Jray for it? Or
will yon in vam search for pleasure, or in
;aiefv, nr fashion, or any other bubble, or
even household cares, neglect tho ?'il of that child and leave the little immortal to take wing alone, exposed to evil tempta-
110ns, 10 ruin: ixik at mo miaru. rjncn your hand upon it.s little head. Shall that heart be deserted by its mother, to be..t, perchance, in sorrow, disappointment, ; wretche hiess, and derpair? Place vour car to its side, end hear that heart? How rapid end vigorous the stroke! How thS bloo '13 thrown through its little vein! Tl.ink of it: that heart in vigor now, is thn emblem of a spirit that will work with
Jl ceaseless pulsation, for sorrow or for iov
torcver. I iresuie Lductitwn. o Danger rf Female Society. I cannot look iu a pretty gal's face al! a flashing so, without being kinder dazzled and scorched. It wakens m5 up this cold weather, and kindles euch rt prise in my heart, that the blood runs through it a hot as if it : ad run through a steamboat pipe. And then the all fired things have bo many sly ways of comirj it over .1 fellow with them ere crincurii crancums of theirn, that I don't think much if a fellow that can see tlieir purt" mouths work and not feel his own work too. If they fidle up, I can't help sidlin' up too if I died; and when their eyes fail flash on me, I fall right down under 'em as cut grass in Weathersfield of a hot summer d iy. Its nature aH this, and 1 can't help it no how. Jonathan Stick, & s renaV Life, touts. One ot I ran
cis' life boats proved highly serviceable in saviag !:rr on a recent occasion. The packet ship Phone, Captain Wottcn; while on the passage front Havre to New York, fell in with the wreck of the British barque Belinda during a gale of wind. On board the Rhone wan one of Francis' boats, aud to this circumstance aiono
7,12 6,200 S.240 12,076 2730
5.612
6.320 15,273
1 .82 1
1,819
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Captain W. attributes the saving of the ofhetrs and crew of the Belinda. The boat was stove in while letting her over but owing to her buoyant qualities she was mill able to live and finally succeeded in bringing off every soul at two loads. So heavy were tho waves Rt the 'inn that the boat would not lay alongside the wreck, and the men were obliged to jump in as bhe rose to the top of the sea, A common boat would have been swamped instantly. 3". O. Pic. g 8'
To prevent Collision of Sleanicrs. - An excellent rule has recently been adopted iu England, and should be brought in use in this country to prevent the too frequent collision of steamers. vYhen any steam vessels or. different courses meet uravoidably, or necessarily cross so near that, by continuing their respective courses there would be a risk of corning in collision, each vessel shall put tho helm to port, so a9 always to pass the larboard side of each other. A steam vessel passing another in ? narrow channel, must always leave the vessel she u passing ou the larboard hand. X. O. Pic. Interesting to Firc?nm ami others. A gentleman in England named Wsllaco has invented an apparatus for enabling persons to enter places on fire without danger fom smoke, by means of breathing through water. A box of tin containing the water is placed on the man's back, with tubes connected, forming a ring round the body, with straps for the shoulders. A hood of M'Intosh cloth glazed in front is put on the head, and being attached to the side tubes, four gallons of water will enable a person to bear the densest smoke for twenty minutes. The invention i3 spoken of in the London pipers as likelv to succeed to admiration. O. Pic. Perseverance. .V blacksmith at Wcr r-stcr, Mass., has acquired a know ledge of no les than fifty languages, and is now only 27 years of age. He divided his thin by employing eight hours at his forge, eight t study, and eight to hi meals an 1 repose. V. O. Picayune. A German usjrer, whotook 9 per een'i instead of 6, the legal rate, w as asked, if he ever thought of what God would sayto his extortion. 'Oh yes,' said he, 'but when G- 1 looks down from heaven, the 9 will look like a 6. Jioston Pout. -- A differ t. ;rr. Genuine hv r-r's fall hitoloTf, fortune hunters climb into :t.