Vincennes Gazette, Volume 12, Number 41, Vincennes, Knox County, 18 March 1843 — Page 1

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"truth without fear." VOLUME XII VLSCENNES, INDIANA, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 18, 1S13. NO II.

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From tli X. Y. Evening Tost. Tho Search after Ke3t. When first the Dove, afar anil wi :c, Skimmed the dark waters o'er, To peck, beyond the heaving ti le, A green an J peaceful shore, No leafy bough, nor life-like thing, Rose 'mid '.he swelling main The lone bird sought, with faltering wing, The hallowed Ark again. And ever thus Man's hert hath traced A lone and weary round; Dut never yet, 'mid Earth's d3rk waste, A resting place has found. The peace for which his spirit yearns 1$ ever sought in vain 'Till like the Dove it homf.wahd turns. And finds its God again. Front the St. Louis Evening Gazette. tMusic Among' Children. Things enlarge or lesson iti importance according to the point from which they are viewed. Plutarch relates of the elder Cato, that "when he had a son horn, no business however urgent, except it related to the public, could hinder him from being present while his wife washed and swaddled the infant.' This would indeed appear to be an unmanly solicitude to most of our modern sire?; but evidently "the Censer" hail found a point of observation which gave him quite an opposite idea of the important and unimportant. I shall not recommend the old Roman a3 a model of parental care in this pai tieular: in fact his anxiety seems to have been rather too mirr.'.to for the best taste. Hut something of the same interest for the infant generation peeking their moral and menial, as well as their physical well-being is surely desirable. 1 have suggested in your columns, .Mr. Editor, that Music may be turned to most valuable service in developing early character. As an aid to domestic discipline it deserves to be studied hy parents. For one, I should hardly be willing to admit the plea of inability as tmirxcru-e for iw neglect. mother or father :rho cannot ting, at least at the fireside, for the amusement, and instruction of their little ones, is hardly fitted for parental privileges and responsibilities'. In Iceland they have a law tint no female sha'l marry until she can read. Mould it too far out-strip the "inarch of mind" to add this scarcely less usef d art to the prerequisites of qualification for the honorable estate of matrimony I am aware tht some supp ' t'temwlves wholl' unable to learn e:i the simplest rudiment of harmony, "having no ear for music." I do not btdieve thai this position i- tine respecting any individual, bavin;:, from observation, come to the cooelusi n that those who do n U sing are in h-btr 1 f r that disability to car'.v ad verse influences. The power may not have h.-cn developed, but, I am un willing to believe it absolutely wanting in any. Were I to find such a proven specimen of j humanity. I would bo very prone to treat him according to tho advice of tho great poet of human nature: The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, In fit for treason", stratagems, and spoil; The motions of his spirit are dull an night, And his affections dark as Erebus; Let no such man he trusted!' At any rate, he should have nothing to do m unfolding and training the pliant mind of childhood. Sensible reader s will not deem i: an improper inierferance with the freedom of subsequent belief, to impress many lesions of morals and religion upon the infant memory. No sensible man regrets that thus his young soul was stamped with ineffacable impressions. But every one knows that truth or error taught to the young in verse, and especially in simple melodies, takes the strongest possible hold on the recollections, becomes so intimately blended with the mind, as seldom, through tho longest life time, to be forgotten. This subject has another aspect which has interested me much. It-very one is aware that many persons, and often those of superior intelligence, are through life annoved beyond measure by the effects of fear and terrors originating in child hood, which no effort of fortitude or phi losophy can wholly overcome. Tho most common illustration of this n, perhaps. the emotions ol affright produced by a violent thunder-storm. I once resided in the family of a lady of excellent sene, who was habitually thrown into a state f a'most insanity, by fear at this phenomena. I am now intimate with a gentleman of education, ani unusual clearness of judgment, who assures me that, in defiance of the. efforts rf years, he cannot throw off completely the feelings of tarrcr, which in Tery early life, by injudicious training, became connected with the bursting of a thunder-storm. The inconvenience arising from such misdirection of the young notions is incalculable. Can it be preented?

1 have no doubt of it. Nor do 1 apprehend it to be a matter of much difficulty. 1 remember the trial to have been once made, rod 1 believe, verv satisfactorily, thus: Whenever the rolling thunder began to attract the attenti: n of her little charge, the mother would gather them to her knee, and str iking a familiar song

well learned by frequent singing would j attempt, not to repress the feelings ol solemn awe so natural to suc h a scene, but to lead to n.ind as far as possible from every thing like terror and alarm. 'I he song is simple; if any of our readers think it worth tho trouble, they can cut out the verges, and in a few months have an opportunity to make a musical experiment which may bo of very great, nr.d lasting value. CHILD'S SONG IX A THUNDER STORM. Tcne 'Bruce's Address.' Look! the black cloud rises high, Now it spreads along the sky. See, the quivering lightning fly, Hark! the thunder's roar. j 'Yet will I not shrink with fear. When the thunder's crash I hear, Soon the rainbow will appear, And the storm be o'er. In the summer's sultry day. When the hot winds round in play, We should sink the fever's prey, And revive no more. 13 ut the dark cloud fills the skies, Arid the vivid lightnings flies. Then the cooling winds arise. And our pains aie o'er. Never t-hould I feel alarm, God can keep me from all harm, In the sunshine or the storm: Him will I adore.' X. Y. Z. Philosophy of the Cincinnati Explosion. The Cincinnati Gazette, speaking of the late tire in that place, and the consequent explosion by which so many persons were killed and wounded, says: 'This is the largest fire that has taken place in this city since the 1 Oth of last March, when the pork house, occupied by R. W. Lee & Co., and Pugh it Alvord, was destroyed. A slight explosion took place then, from tho pent up smoke and gasses, which shattered the walls, but di 1 little other damage, as the building was open and partly burned at the morrrTtt - - . . 'Dr. Locke has handed us the following explanation of the causes of the explosion: 'Dear Sir: There is no difficulty in assigning a rational, and probably the true cause of the disastreus explosion which has just occurred in our cit In every ordinary fire there is inflamahle gas (earburetted hydrogen) generated, whiclr, when common air h present, is consumed a 51 fat as generated, producing consequently no explo 've rffeet; indeed that Hi is the cause of ordinary flame. If a lire occur in a building or room, the i:itlamable gas will be consumed so long as the common air of that room can supply it. but when that is exhausted, the flame disanpears, the combustion becomes smothercd, but stiil the heat continuing the mfiamable gas will be copiously produced, until the close room is filled with it to the exclusion of other air. Here there can be no explosion, as there can be no com bustion without tho proper mixture of common air. mil as tins comoustibie air bursts out of the windows, or escapes from any opening into the atmosphere, then it may be lighted and will continue to burn. Still the flame will not pass backward into the room unless common air can go with it. Hence we often ee a volume of blackened smoke rolling densely out of a building unburned, until it has pushed itself some distance into the air, wliere it will bo capped by flame. Tho two conditions, then under which no explosion can ensue in case of fires, are: 1. When the inflamahle air is consumed as f.istas generated, which will happen when there is a plentiful supply of com mon air. 2. hn there is so little air tnat an accumulation of hiflamable air excludes all common air. 'From the particular circumstance of the explosion in question, it seems that tae tire in the smoke-house had generated a large quantity of inflamahle gas, which found vent without being on fire, into the contiguous closed pork-house, and there commingled with the common air which that room contained, until an explosive mixture had formed. At this critica point the fire burst into the apartment; the necessary consequence of wh ch wa an instantaneous explosion of tho whole contents of the apartment: No substance is better calculated to produce the explo sive gas than the fat part of pork, and no gas is more explosive than that thus pro duced.' Great Libel Suit. We le8rn from the New York Aurora that James Gordon Bennett and Harriet Agnes his wife, have commenced a suit egainst Moses Y. Beach for libel, the damages laid at twenty thousand dollars. Beach attacked the character end virtue of Mrs. Bennett, and there is not the least doubt but that he will be made to pay for so gross a proceeding and that pretty roundly Cincinnati Sun.

Conviction of a Clergyman for Forfirery.

The elevated station in life of the Rev. Dr. Bailey, his acknowledged talents and extensive influence, and the accumulation of villainy perpetrated to secure the success of his scheme of fraud, givo to this ease a character of uncommon interest. Dr. Bailey i a clergyman of the Estab llshed church, and a graduate of Trinity College, Iniuun. i lie tacts relating to the forgery for which he was indicted are extremely clear. In May last a suit was instituted at his instance, on behalf of his sister, against James Smith, the brother and peisonul representative of Robert Smith, deceased to recover the amount of j275, and interest, which Dr. Bailey test died to be due to his sister, for her money loaned to him to the deceased for investment. The note which was produced in evidence of this debt, and to the execution of which by tho deceased in his presence, Dr. Baily made oath, v;i3 proved to be a forgery. The Doctor was forth with indicted for his commission, and his trial came on at the central criminal court, London, on i lie firt dav of this month. It was proved that he never had any acquaintance with tho deceased; whose estate he designed to dtfraud, and that with the view of procuring a copy of his signature, he repaired to the simp of a builder, whose testimony respecting their interview i as folio as: "lie first alluded to a smail account he owed me, and then said, 'You heard about the death of the minister in St. Giles's.' 1 said I had, and that I buried him. The prisoner then said that he understood he died worth lO'd.OdO, and that he could not write his own name. I said that was unite incorrect, for I had a ureal deal of ns ban Iwriting, and 1 also intimated that I thought his property was nearer . I'd, 000 than C 100.( 00. The prisoner said ho shou d verv imico like to see the deceased s hand writing, and I showed him a receipt written by him. The prisoner sai I it was i great curiosity, ami he should very much ike to show it to a friend, and I allowed r m . . him to tane it away. 1 he prisoner Kept it two or three days and then returned it. I am well acquainted with the deceased; tho promisory notp 1 do not believe to be written bv him,' The forgery and the uttering of it by the prisoner wre clearly established; and it was further proved that he had been guilty of perjury and of suborning witInherit designs. He was sentencTTJ ttv transportation tor life. The respectability of his previous char acter and the high standing of hi ron nections were unavailing to shield bin rom the strong arm of tho law. Justices s seldom dealt so equitably on great offenders, and is too often outraged bythe dhnrooortion between punishment?1, ii . i and offences, both m this country and in Ingland. A morbid sensibility in the. public mind is rani dv tending to eMaildi tho maxim, that the greatest crimin a!s aro the greatest madmen; and human ife is periled, and the administration of aw is scandalized, by the irresponsibility of offenders covered with the cloak of i n a n i t y . Lo u. Jour. Congress. The rumor that we pubished yesterday of tho passage of the )ill to repeal the bankrupt law through the Senate on Saturday night last was correct. It was passed just as it came om the House. The vote stood thus: lea.?. Messrs. Allen, Archer, Bagby, Bayard, Buchanan, Calhoun, Crafts, Crit tenden, Cuthbert, Dayton, Fulton, (Iraham, Huntington, King, Linn, MeRoberts McDulfie, Mangum, Merrick, Morehead Phelps, Rives Seivcr, Spraguc, Sturgeon i appap, waiter, v ucox, imams. - - I I " - I I Woodbury, Wright, Young o2. jYays Messrs. Barrow, Bates, Berrian. Choate, Clayton. Lvans, Ivtrr, Miller, Porter. Smith, (of Indiana.) Talmadge, V hite, Wood bridge B. The Globe says: The vote would havo have stood 31 o 111, had not tho proviso continuing its -op erations in regard to the proceedings commenced., been considered by Messrs. Ben ton and Smith of Connecticut, unconstitutional, inasmuch as an act which they have always held to be a violation of the Constitution, is thus made efficacious after its repeal. These gentleman hold the law to have been null and void from the beginning, and could not therefore, consistently vote for the repealing act, containing a proviso giving it vitality, which they deny the powei of Congress to imparl in any way.' We suppose there is very little probabiiit)' of ti e President's vetoing the bid. Even if he return it with his veto, it will, if we may judge from the vote already given upon it in both houses, pass by the constitutional majority of two thirds. There is no way we presume, in which he can prevent the repeal, except by the use of the 'pocket veto Lou. Jour. The Guard. We learn from Washington that the- President has nominated to the Senate the Hon. Henry A. Wise, of the House of Representatives, minister to France. Lou. Jour. Illinois has agreed to receive her share of money, and land too, under Mr. Clay's distribution law.

A NOBLE EXAMPLE. During the temporary absence of tho excellent Editor of the Gkec.ncistle Visitkii, some friend procured the insertion, in the columns of thit paper, of the nani of the Hon. Eimvahd

McGacghkt as, a candidate for Congress in that District. To that annunciation Mr. McG., mado the following reply which covers him with honor. It has been hi ptoud pri-ileijo to be the first to set the example, by waiving his personal claims, of self-sacrifice and devotion to principles n; the , .... , . ... approaching political battle. 'e insert hi letter at lenath and clory in the spirit which conceived and executed it: Indiana Journal. Gkeexcastlf., Feb. 17th, 1813. W. J. Burns: 5ir. In your pnppr of the Sth, I fir.d myself announced a a candidate for Congress. Had I been at home, such a publication would not have appeared or had vou not been absent also, I am

persuaded that your friendship for me, connected way rejoicing. Frequently after, the with- yf.ur political sagacity and experience, benefieiary Grudge ;uid Sprigg nvi towoutd have prevented such a publication and ethcr at lhe &tr 0f nncchns, and jolthat if anv thin ir had anneared unon that subiect. , J

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f.h.ir.0. Hut as the article alluded to. has rone1''0 of "ie Kentucky. At the open

before the public, 1 hope you will inset this communication. If an oiiice of such importance is to be sought under any circumstances, it should be dene by the aspirant with such feelings of lofty patriotism as would lay aside all personal consideration. It is an otlice that no man should call upon himself to fill but on the contrary no one should be an n.piraut, until by his public services, or his ackowledged worth, the people find it necessary to pay him the price of his worth by conferring this office, or subserve their own interest-? by his elevation. Professing to govern myself bv such principles, I must be permitted to say that I am not a candidate, and will not be under any circumstances, unless nominated by a Whig Convention of the District. 1 make no qualifications as lo the fairness or unfairness of the Convention. I would not, for the otlice, permit my .-elf for a moment, to do my political liiends the injustice to believe theai capable of holding other than a fair convention, and hence let its determination be as it may, T am content to abide its decision. Such shall always be my course until I cease t'pay my accustomed deep devotion to the princip'es of the U big parly. When I begin to vacillate in my political faith, then and not till then, shall I become a disorganize or throw myself into the hands of opposition. Yours, E. W. McGAUGIIEY. ANOTHER WORTHY EXAMPLE THE HON. J. H. CRAVENS. We clip the annexed extract from a recent letter from lhe Hon. J. H. Chaven to a constituent. These aie examples worthy of all praise and of universal imitation. Let the course now so nobly marked out by Messrs. McGauohet arid Cravens he followed up, and our word for it .he A iv0ii will loolcdown nnnn thg Whig nner streaming in inumpu over arouseu -iir-- i You ask me whether I intend being a candi date for re-election. I have been asked that ques tion bv others. I can only say now, that I am in lavor or a i. unvcn. ion 10 nominau: a nig candidate. In union, concert and harmony, there is strensth, and I think success in distraetion, heartburnings and division, defeat will be certain. I hope no Whig will attempt to force himself up on the convention or upon the party in opposi tion to a nomination; and I presume no one will feel at liberty to refuse a nomination fairly made. I hope I am umlerr-tood; I have hitherto avoided say ing thus much, for fear of being charged with seeking a nomination unfairly, or 'forcing myself upon the convention.' Once for all. the It Arc par!) ?'i my District shall not be divided by any agency of mine. very respecliuuv, J. H. CRAVENS. -tmmm.,.. The GuarJPresident Tyler has nominated Mr. Wise minister to France, and we learn from the Fn't"d States Gazette that he Bias nominated Mr. Pro (fit consul to Rio Janeiro. Hv unblushmgly infamous such appointments art! Mr. Wise never did and never could discus any subject whatever except in the 6tyle of a bully and a blackguard, and we do not suppose that, in ihe course of his whole lif , he has been able to keep out of personal quarrels for four weeks together; and yet he is appointed to manage the diplomatic intercourse and corres1 t .1 T T . I .... .1 ponuence neivveen tne i nneo oiaus ;mu the second Power in Europe! Mr. Proffit is a miserable and ridiculous little babbler end sputtercr, who knows no more of statesmanship than he does of Sanscrit, and who, according to his own elegant declaration, has so utterly lost the confidence of tho people of his Congressional district, that if lie were to become a candidate for re-election. '7ie could not get rotes enough to pay for a nigger's str'.'" arul yet he is sent out to the im portant nort of Rio to supersede one of the very ab'est and best consuls that this country ever hail Will the United States Senate, in these cases, advise and consent to the National shame and disgrace? Louisville Jour. The London correspondent of the New York Courier, writing under the date of the 4th tilt., says: "The mihlness of the winter has been beyond a'l human memory, scarcely any trace of cold having been felt throughout the months of December and January; the thermometer standing above 5J for ten days in succession, and frequently near 60 for several hours; and the meadows exhibit consequently a verdure and the floweri and grain crops a forwardness which in some seasons has not been exhib ited in the commencement of the month of May. This state of tho weather and forwardnes and great weight of the growing crops, has greatly depressed the corn market, which is full 4s. per qr. lower for wheat and 2s. 6d. in a barrel of flour, fince your last accounts.

From the Correspondent ot the Ohio tate.-inan

Particulars of the Lss of a Part of air. aprigg s Jsji JAir. A most unlorlunate casualty happened to the Hon. Mr. Sprigg, of Kentucky, last night, in a COIiee house fight vvit.'i a man who drives 8 meal-carl during tho day, and the busine?s f drinkin brandy' punches with .j, ffielu,3 as "he " ick ,larno .. , , i , ' the night, whose name we understand is 1 ' T orge Grudge. Laet winter pretty late one night, while idr. Sprigg was walking down the Avenue, he found this Grudge in the gutter in a glorious state of enthusiasm, so intense that ho was almost speechless. Sprigg took him to his lodgings at Brown's Hotel, gave him a bed, and in the morning a suit rf his own ' clothes, h is breakfast. and started him on his "tieu over tiieir cups alter the ancient insof the present session their associations were renewed and kept up under the mosi ! friend! y relations unil last evening. j About I 0 o'clock last niirht. as of vore. J j r fnricra and M - " , . ., Grudge were re--3 J ' jurinating at "the Metropolis" coffeehouse, when, in the course of the conversation, Sprigg considering some proposition of familiarity from the man of the meal-cart as infringing upon the dignity of a member of this House, declined acceding, whereupon Mr. Grudge remarked: ''Srng"g7-.mj are getting G d d d proud all at once, (I d d d you." Sprigg replied to'Gruige that he would allow no man to curse him, and do fling his real, he floored Mr. Grudge without further ceremony, and would probably h;;e beaten him soundly, had not the bystanders separated the belligerent parties. Subsequently, these bystanders having retired, Sprigg and Grudge proceeded again to hostilities, the truce haveing terminated by mutual consent. Sprigg floored Grudge with the accustomed promptitude in such cases, and falling upon him, commenced a catigation right and left, when at 3n unlucky moment. Sprig's ear coming in contact with Grudge's teeth, a fragment of the said ear (the left on) was bitten off. (an underkeel of the size of a rent, we understand.) After which the fight ceased, and Grudge escaped. Dr. Sewell was called in. and dressed the honorable gentleman's ear to the best advantage. non-pnijmcnt of 'Paxes in certuin cttvc. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Slate of Indiana, That in all delinquencies which occurred prior to the first day of December, lS3i), for the non-payment of taxes, the said delinquents that are so charged with taxes, assessed prior to said date, may discharge the same, by paying the amount of said taxes, with six ppr cent interest thereon from the time said taxes become due; and all penalties assessed thereon are hereby remitted, except the interest aforesaid. Sec. '-3. This act to be in force from and after its passage; and shall be published in the In liana Journal and State Sentinel. THOMAS J. HENLEY. Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS J. WALPOLE, President of the Senate, pro tern. Approved February 13, IS 13: SAM'L. BIGGER. The Comet. We had the pleasure of seeing, for the last three evenings, tho comet, noticed by some of our eastern cotemporaries and mentioned bv us on Saturday. About 8 o clock, on Saturday evening, we ieeo'mized the body of the comet close to the western horizon, not far from the equator, followed by an immense lumi nous train opposite lo the sun, of 20 or 30 in length. 1 he body of the comet was very indistinct on account of its near ness to the horizon, wdicre the hnzo was thick. Last night, a cloud on the horizon prevented the body of the comet from being Visible n all. This comet was seen in Massachusetts on the 2th of February, m thff day-time, dose to the sun's eastern limb," according to the Boton paper. If this account be not some what inacurate, thii stranger in our -eystem has already passed round the sun, as he is now 10 or 15 degrees from that luminary, and must already be on his rapid flight from our solar system. That it has been approaching the sun since the 2 --thof February, is evident from the increase 1 length of its train, or tail, as astronomers call it. It was observed to be only 2 or 33 in length, on the 29th; and, as we have already sta ted, it is now 20 or r!0. If the accounts of its proximity to ike sun are not incor rect. the comet will now appear higher and higher every successive evening. If however, it is still approaching the sun or its perihelion, it will soon set before th" - : and re-appar in tho morning in the eastern horizon with a tram of mcreaP(l length md brilliancy. A few ob servations will determine the question. If our accounts be correct, the cornet is moving from West to East, like the bodies of our solar system. If, on the contrary, it is approaching lhe sun. it is moving from Et to West, as is often the case with these erra'ic bodies. Some further remarks on comets in g' eral we lay over till to-morrow for want r f room. Louisville Jour.

Nr.w Oit leans, Feb. 22, 18 VS. Sugar. Yesterday the market opened with considerable activity, and sales to the extent of about r50 libels, were made. The stock is above 3,000 hhds. Our quotations are 3 a - r. One lot of 15 hhd". very choice, was sold as high as fic. 31 lasses. 11 a 12 Ac. l'l.mr. We hear of no sales made this week at less than 3 V2 and, in some instances. S3 20 has been odtained, and some choice- bakers' brands are held at $3 25. The ftock on sale is very light, and we should not be surprised if 3 25 should be the ready rates to-worrow. Jiacon. Demand prelly good for small lots. Hams, G a 0c; Canvassed, 0 a 7Ac; sidePT oc, shoulders 2 a 2Jc. Lard. Little doing. Prime leaf, in kegs, commands 5c, ?.nd, in bids., 5 a 5J,c We quote 4$ a 5A, which includes all descriptions in kegs and bbN.

Extravagance and Distress. The following comments of the "Crescent City" will apply as forcibly to other places we know of as New Orleans: The Kcntuckian. "We know of one family in this city, w;i"se children have been kept from school for more than a year, on account of the expense and yet the third silk drem that one of the daughters has had to flaunt and make herself ridiculous in, would have paid the entire tuition of her little biotherand sister for a year. Of course genteel people of that calibre, would not send their children to the public school because it looks (heap! Bah! But besides the actual impropriety of women taxing (for show) so deeply the pockets of their male guardians, there ii something, we think, incongruous to female delicacy, in their being willing to shine like tulips, at a time when distress walks about like an impersonation of the plague attacking every body, and crushing many. In saying this, we respectfuly mean all laciie-, whether they be able to support the expense, or no?. No delicate woman would think of floimting in a rich dress, by toe scafloIJ where her brother, or her friend, or lover, was about to lose his life nor would she go to even a beg gar's funeral in a sattin ball dress! Yet we conceive that anv rich or gorgeous array, worn even by the wives and daughters of the rich comports little with the stern misery of the times, or the solemn tendencies of men's tiio!nf e u,, - - - - , rd as in tue Catholic church, all thV feniaTes wedr' mourning on We jour de morls" so let the ladies of New Orleans put on 9ober. cheap habits anil weep for a community of men, robed in sackcloth and sprinkled with .ashes! ;9M" Counterfeit Dollars. Some of the counterfeit coin which has been introduced into the Eastern cities has readied Baltimore. The Clipper says: "We were yesterday shown a counterfeit Mexican dollar, which was so admirably executed as to be detected only upon the closest examination. There are two particulars in which, the counterfeit differs from the genuine dollars, viz: the snake in the eagle s mouth in the counterfeit touches the A in the word repaid ica which is not the case with the genuine, and the branch running before that word is split at its termination, so that a part of it goes under the R. The spurious dollar is deficient in weight nearly a twelve and a half cent piece. Tested by aquafortis it does not immediately exhibit the copper, but after a short time tho verdigris is plainly visible. Our citizens should keep a good look-out for these counterfeits, as it is probable that many nf them are in circulation," o It is a somewhat singular fact that the property purchased by Gi hbon, in Switzer.aml with the pronts of hi" history of ihe '-Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," has fallen into tho hands of a gentleman who expends a large sum annually in the promulgation of that very gospel which his predecessors insidiously endeavored to undermine; anil that the press employed by Yoltaire, at Ferney, for printing his blasphemies is now used ai Geneva for printing the Holy Scriptures. 9" TIIK ASSASSIN PETECTrr. O. P. Eockicell, charged with the attempt to take the life of Ex-Governor Boggs, was secured in Sr. Loui? on Sunday last, and has been sent to Jackson County for trial. He came to St. Loui from lhe Ohio, under a feigned name, and had taken a seat in lhe stage for Springfield under a second feigned name, when he was recognised anil safely committed to the keeping of the ministers of the law. We trust he will receive a fair and impartial trial, and if guilty made to suffer the utmost penalty of the law. It in a pity his principal. Joe Smith, wa not in his place. Rockwell was but the dupe. of the arch impostor, Joe Smith. Jllton Teli graph. We wptp nmtised with a romark tlint we heard in th? street last night: Hallo, Bill,' said a fellow" to one of his tipsy companions, who was' standing agninst a lamp post, 'is that yur post. Not exactly paid lhe tipsy one, 'but I have a lean upon it.'

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