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GENEVA COURIER, ' PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING No. 39 Seneca Street* V p -9tatrs, BY C L E V E L A N D & LOOK. TERMS* To village subscribers who receive the pa pers by the carrier,$2,00. To mail subscribers, and those who receive their papers at the office, ,50. Fifty cents will be added in all cases where payment is not made within three months. No papers will be discontinued until arrearages are paid. u t • I I « TERMS OF ADVERTISING. «« «« «• #1 .4 One square one week, three \ *4 three months - six “ one year Halfcolumn one year, • One •* 44 44 DOCTOR R H O A D E S ’, OFFICE AND RESIDENCE ON SENECA STREET, ’ Nearly opposite the M ansion H ouse . 68 R U S S E L R O B B I N S , BOOKBINDER, AND BLANK BOOK MANU FACTURER, Over D ir b t , O rton & Co.’s Book Store, Geneva, N. Y. 80 *0,50 1,00 3.00 5.00 8.00 25.00 40.00 CLEVELAND & LOOK, Proprietors. ® JE 3F ® A W , & C. CLEVELAND, Editor. VOL. X X I — NO. 45. WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCTBOER WHOLE NO. 1085. BusinessCardsineerted one yearfor 5,00 No advertisement will be charged less than one square, and all advertisements will be con tinued until otherwise ordered N. B. All advertisements must be brought in by Tuesday morning in order to secure an insertion the same week. T h e y o i l b e l o n g to M e BT ELIZA COOK. HALL, RUCKEL & CO., W H O L E S A L E D R U G G I S T S , AND D E A L E R S IN P a i n t s , O i l s , W h i t e L e a d , D y e S t u f f s , F a n c y A r t i c l e s , & c » , No. 220 GREENWICH St., one Door below Barclay st., New York, Invite the patronage o f Country Dealers in general. N. B. Manufacturers of the best Friction Matches in the world. 6m69 . 6 l J . H O F E I N S IMPORTERS AND SALEHS OF BAR AND BUNDLE IRON, Cast, Blister, and Spring Steel; Amer ican, English, and German Hard ware ; Nails, Anvils, Vices, & c ., & c ., B a r c l a y S t, N e w Y o r k . 6m69 W M . F. LE A M A N , Plain and Ornamental Painter, G r a i n i n g & I n t e r n a l D e c o r a t i o n s , for Public and Private Houses, done in the best style of the art. 6m69 S e n e c a st., G e n e v a , N .Y * THOMAS & HALEY, Importers, & Wholesale Dealers in G R E E N A N D DRIED 212 W a s h i n g t o n Street, D A N * L T H O M A S , ? JEREMIAH HALEY, \ G 9 jl NEW YORK. BULKLEY, BENNETT & CO., Manufacturers of, and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in CABINET W A R E AND FURNITURE. W a r e R o o m s —41 S e n e c a st., GENEVA, N. Y. 50 C, S. A C K L E Y , S E N E C A S T R E E T . GENEVA, N. Y- 1037 I care not who may reckon The wheat piled np in eacks, Nor who has power to beckon The woodman with hie a x e ; I care not who hold leases O f the upland or the dell, Nor who may count the fleeces When the flocks are fit to s e ll; While there’s beauty none can barter By the green sward and the tree— Claim who will by seal or charter, “ Yet they all belong to me.” There’s the thick and angling cover Where the hare and pheasant play, There are sheets o f rosy clover, There are hedges crowned with May, There are vines all dark and gushing ; There are orchards ripe and red; There are herds o f wild deer crushing The heath-bells os they tread ; And ye who count in money The.value these may be, Your hives but hold ray honey, For 11 they all belong to me.” Ye cannot shut the tree In, Ye cannot hide the hUle; Ye cannot wall the sea In, Ye cannot choke the rills; The corn will only nestle In the broad arms of the sky ; The clover crop must wrestle With the common wind or die ; And while these stores ol treasure . Are spread where 1 may see, By God’s high bounteous pleasure, 11 They all belong to me.” What care 1 for the profit The stricken stem may yield t I have the shadow o f it, While upright In the field; What reck 1 o f the riches The mill-stream gathers fast. While I bask In the niches And see the brooks go past 1 What reck l who has title To the widest lands that be 1 They are mine without requital— God gave them all to me. Oh ! privilege and blessing, To find 1 ever own What great ones in possessing, Imagine theirs alone! Oh I glory to thy Maker, Who give such boon to hold, Who made me free partaker While others buy with gold ! For while the wood and mountains Stand up where I can sec, While God unlocks the fountains, •‘ They all belong to me.” S U P E R I O R C H A I N P U M P , MANUFACTURED AND SOLD, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, B Y D. M A B X E , O p p o s i t e th e T e m p e r a n c e H o u s e , CASTLE ST1., GENEVA, N. Y. 44y D . t 7 ~ C L E VELA N D ~ F i r e , M a r i n e , L i f e , a n d H e a l t h INSURANCE AGENT. ( o ffic e a t th e c o u r i e r OFFICE, SOUTH SIDE SENECA STREET, NO. 39, UP STAIRS.) DR. j. 8. STEVENS, Office with Dr. E. Barnes, Eastside Park Place, Main Street. Residence, Main Street, 2nd door above the Post Office. D. O. CRANE, M. D .. Surgeon Dentist,—Office No. 28, Seneca street. d r T w m T ic i m b e r , Physician and Surgeon—Office, five doors north of the Bank 48 GEO. P. MOWRY, Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, e t c ., N o .10,Sen eca street. Curiosities at the World’s Fair. A. D. PLATT Wholesale and retail dealer in Drugs, Groce ries, Paints and Dyes, No. 8 Seneca street. H. PARMELEE, Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye .Stuffs and Groceries, No. 24, Seneca st. C. WHEAT, \ Dealer in Fancy & Staple Dry Goods, N o ; 36 ___________ Seneca street, Geneva. COBB & SMITH, Dealers in Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, Carpet ing, etc.—store at No 23, Seneca street. H. H. & G. C. SET? LYE] Fashionable Dry Goods, No 30 , Seneca street. VROMAN DECKER, ' Dealer!n Dry Goods, Groceries, Crockery,Glass and Wooden Ware, C'atlery, Nails, etc.— Water, a little south ofTiUman street. P. A. BRITTON & CO., Dealer in Stacie and Fancy Goods, Groceries. e t c ftt No 16, Seneca street. DERBY, ORTON & CO., Bookse\iere, Stationers, Bookbinders, etc., N 22 Seneca street. WILLIAM H. SMITH, Bookseller, Stationer, Blank Book Manufacturer and Binder, No. 31 Seneca street. 4 WIGHT & CLARK, Fashionable Hat Store, No 11, Seneca street. J. R. JOHNSTON, Manufacturer o f Steam Engines, Boilers, MU Gearings, etc., at the Seneca Lake Foundry Water street, Geneva. 4 E D G A R H . H U R D , A t t o r n e y a n d C o u n s e l l o r a t L a w Commissioner o f Loans, Tax Agent and Agent for T h e m e r c h a n t ’ s F i r e In s n r n n c e C o m p a n y o f B u f f a l o . C a p i t a l , $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 . T h e P a r m e r ’ s In s n r n n c e C o m p a n y o f W a s h i n g t o n C o . T h e M u t n a t U f e I n s u r a n c e C o m p a n y o f N e w Y o r k , familiarly known as ‘ ’The Morris Robinson Do.” This Company has a net accumulated i’und of o v e r $ 1 , 0 0 0 ) 0 0 0 . OFFICE, North side of Seneca St,, near 3 a r m b l b b ’ s Drug Store. Geneva, N. Y. 1036 A. D. HOPPING & CO.. MANUFACTURERS OF mm <h <s> m 0 e AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN e P a i n t e d P a i l s , W o o d a n d W i l l o w W a r e . B r u s h e s ) BASKETS) C O R D A G E ) & c . 214 WASHINGTON ST., Between Barclay and Vesey Sts. N e w Y o r k , 64m0 Specimen of silver lead ore, weighing 350 lbs. from the Great Caward silver lead mine. A block of pure silver, weighing more than 140 lbs. Canister of boiled mutton, supplied to the Arctic Expedition in 1824, and found by Capt. Sir John Ross in Prince R e gent’s Inlet, in 1849, in a perfect state of preservation. Pure Southdown ew e , stuffed, seven years old, and which was never shorn.— Length of the wool 25 inches, weight 36 lbs. Working model o f a pair o f non-con densing steam engines, standing within the compass o f a shillings and weighing three drachms. Sewing machine, capable o f sewing 500 stitches per minute. Sporting watch, which shows the time to one-sixth of a second. Clock in a case which occupied 34 years, in completion, with astronomical chronological, and other movements, wind organ, &c., Tuning fork, with chromatic scale, by Which any note may be tuned at pleasure. A boot and shoe made from a single piece of leather. Patchwork quilt, in 13,500 pieces of cloth, the aole work o f the exhibitor, and has occupied his leisure hours for eigh teen years. A horse shoe, designed to permit the natural expanding action o f the foot of the horse. Bed cover o f patchwork, the number of pieces nearly 90,000. Self-acting calculator of surface. The area of any figure drawn on a plane is found by moving the tracer over the out line, however irregular it may be. Oval medallion o f her majesty, pro duced by a single line o f thickness, and 369 feet in length, A piece o f white linen, spun and woven by hand, having 7000 threads in the warp. A lump o f gold weighing 3 cwt. A second watch made o f ivory, with gold screws and steel moving powers.— It works in ten rubies and weighs (glass and vase included) halt an ounce. An octagonal table o f inlaid wood con taining 3,000,000 of three inches by two, consisting o f 53,000 of these pieces. A watch going one year. A Berlin wool carpet, executed by one hundred and fifty ladies of Great Britain. The dimensions of this carpet are thirty feet in length, and twenty in breadth.— The carpet has been produced in the following manner : The patern origin ally designed & painted by the artist, has been subdivided into detached squares and which have been worked by the dif ferent ladies ; and on their completion, the squares have been united so as to complete the design. In the pattern, which consists o f geometrical, and partly o f floral forms, heraldiic emblems have been introduced, JThe initials o f the executants are ornamentally arranged, so as to form the external border. The whole design is connected by wreaths or bands o f leaves and foliage, the center o f the group representing the store from which they have been distributed.— Lon don Family Friend . From the Newark Doily Advertiser. Senators Douglass’ Address, H o w it happened, that such a man as Mr. Douglass was selected by the Agri cultural Society o f N e w Y o rk, to deliver an address before a company of Ameri can farmers o f the North, is one o f those contretemps that cannot probably be readily accounted for. But by whatever accident it occurred, he showed no lack o f sagacity in embracing the opportunity to recommend his opinions and himself also, for the suffages o f his audience.— W e are therefore not at all surprised on reading it, that the orator recovered from his illness in season to deliver it, at the Rochester Fair. H e treats the subject o f the productions o f the country in a way which proves that he has look ed at it oratorically ; and, lawyer like, working up the facts which have been furnished him, or he has himself found lying on the surface, into a smooth dis sertation on most the principal agricul- al crops. It comprises a sort o f synopti cal view o f the history and extent o f our agricultural and mineral wealth, hand somely expressed, and comprehending, as such a disquisition must, a great varie ty of topics, which, from their multipici- ty, will be apt to give a reader a false idea of extensive knowledge in the au thor. However, it presents no novel aspects, but glibly and dexterously beats about, as a billiard player does his balls, some general statistic©, accessable to all. The result would have been an entertain ing and instructive summary, were it not for the sly dogmatism in favor o f free trade, which is insinuated in its state ments, rather than expressed. One thing strikes the reader through the whole, as particularly observable, and that is, the remarkable inappropriat eness o f his exaltation of the cotton crop, his zeal to urge the spread o f the bles sings o f tobacco, over the world, and his peculiar affection for the rice o f the South, and desire to extend its market through the British dominions ; and all this and more, in an address to Farmers at the North. W e have no intention o f reviewing the discourse, which seems more adapted to the latitude o f Charleston or Savannah, than to that of Rochester ; but we must just notice the singular contrast o f his apparent warmth in favor o f the culture o f Indian corn, the best for sugar, the grape, and the mulberry for silk with his cold abandonment o f them to the crushing competition of the world. He pretends to wish find believe, that Indi an corn will find an adequate market;— that silk, and tea, and wine, are to be sta ple and profitable products, and that we shall also grow sugar sufficient for our own consumption, though he does not see how the latter can be done, very well, without “ the annexation o f more sugar-growing States to the Union ” — But, notwithstanding this, he is not pre vented from going on to speculate about a manufacture of beet sugar, in imitation the French example, though he must know that the successful manufacture of this article, like that of all others, was not effected till after years o f persevering struggles. This effort was begun by Napoleon, and continued by his succes sors, aided by a fatal non-intercourse with the sugar colonies. This is the way all manufactures have been estab lished heretofore, and will hereaf.er be, or not at all; and probably nobody knows it better than Mr. Douglass him self, though it suits his interest, at the present state of the tide in his own for tunes, to deliver a Southern address to a Northern auditory. He is very much rejoiced at the discovery o f a species of wild rice, and has even gone to the troub le o f distributing some o f his seeds, found at the Patent Office. At the same time, he confesses, there has been much difficulty in making sale of what our countrymen have produced already. Such are some o f the baseless visions of this discourse, which treats o f the fundamental interest of the country more in the spirit o f a rhetorician than a states man, and like an aspirant o f the presi dency more, perhaps, than either. Sybilline Oracles. W e recollect having seen many years ago, the following extract from an old edition o f 11 Merlin’s Prophecies,” writ ten about a . d . 850. It was reprinted in 1850. Many o f our readers, may, like ourselves, have seen it in times gone by. It may amuse them to read it again, and those who have never seen it will find in it some matters o f interest: I. When the savage la meek and mild, The (rantlc mother aholl atab her child. II. When the cock shall woo the dove, The mother the child shall cease to love. III. When the men, like moles, work under ground, The Lion a virgin true shall wound. IV. When the dove and cock the lion ehall fight, The lion shall crouch beneath their might. V. When the cock shall guard the eagle’s nest, The stars shall rise all lo tho West. VI. When the ships above the clouds shall sail, The lion's strength shall surely fall. VII. When Neptune’s back with stripes Is red, The sickly lion ehall hide its head. VIII. When the seven and aix ehall make but oae, The lion's might shall be undone. SOLUTION. Verse 1.— The settlement o f America by civilization is very clearly alluded to in the first line. The frantic mother is Britain— America the child. Verse 2.— The cock is France, the dove America— Columbia— their union ie the epoch when America shall cease to love Britain ; for so I understand the prophecy, in which there is manifestly an equivoque, which is one of the most common characteristics of the ancient oracles. Verse 3.— The siege o f Yorktown, where approaches were carried on work ing in the earth. In the second line there is another equivoque. W e are told by Mr. Addison, in his Spectator, that a lion will not hurt a maid— this at first seems contradicted by the prophecy, but it will be found, that the epoch referred to, the virgin, or Virginia, (as North America was then called in Europe,) shall wound the lion, viz : Britain,which shows the precise time when the oracles should be accomplished. Verse 4.— Alludes to the alliance be tween France and A m e rica; before whose might Great Britain crouched. Verse 5.— This certainly refers to the period when France (the cock) guarded the home o f the Americans (the eagle’s nest,) and assisted the States (the stars) to attain their independence— that is, to rise in the western hemisphere. Verse 6.— It is very remarkable that the properties o f the inflammable air by which balloons first traversed the upper regions, were then first discovered, and they were evidently then called ships. Verse 7. — W h en America’s navy covers the sea with her red stripes, Britain’s pride will be humbled. Verse 8.— The thirteen States first confederated. From thetuburn Dally Advertiser. T h e T.oco F o c o C a n d i d a t e fo r J u s t i c e o f she S u p r e m e C o e r i o p p o s e d to t h e R i g h t o f P e t i t i o n a n d the F r e e d o m e f D e b a t e . Effect of Prohibition. New PostagejRules fo r Liberal Men. 1st. A ll “ liberal men ” will wish and intend to pre-pay all their letters . 2d. Suck men will therefore take no offence, but esteem it a favor, if, when you receive letters from them not pre paid you will say, in your reply, “ yours of ------ {not pre-paid,) is received,” &c;, — as it will serve as a check upon the care and fidelity of clerks and servants, (w h o by the way, must re-gum the stamps, or put them on with a wafer, till we have better ones.) 3d. When such men write on their own business they will be careful to enclose an extra stamp to pre-pay the corres pondent’s reply. 4th. When such men receive a pre paid letter about their own business they will in thanking their correspondent for it, enclose an extra stamp to reimburse him the cash cost o f his kindpess. Illiberal, small men, will be scarce, if all liberal men will adhere strictly to these rules for three months. Newspapers approving will pleaes copy .— Journal o f Commerce. Washington Temperance House, GENEVA. N. Y. “ It has been determined to have a Grand Industrial Exhibition of all Na- ions, at Vienna, next year.” So says an English print; but we hope that all the | exhibitors who go to that unprincipled 1 J - : 11 . n . u j . ______ 1 ____ • O . E D M O N 8 T O N , ;pop^0arUHo3uL,,0whi,ee unde? D . ^ c t L n t f ' despotism w ill Uke a C o lt’s revolve, in W m . L- P barce , that no pains will be spared their pockets, at least. op. his part, to make it agreeable to them, and the travelling Public. Carriage always reedy at oil the Trains, and Boats to carry Passengers and Baggage to and rom the House, Free o f charge 61 W EMIL AUGUST HUBER, Ca^ l^e attention o f the public to his ‘S r f 5 = 5 5 e ? , e r y 1 a t M i l e P o i n t . n t ,K b he will furnish pore imported ' G e r m a n a n d F r e n c h W i n e s , •for private use, which will be sold at the low e s t Drices, in bottles, or by the G a llon. r June 3,1851. ___________ P o w e r o f I m a g i n a t i o n — Carlyle tells the story o f a ghost which haunted a a house in Scotland, occupied by credu lous people, but which on investigation, proved to be a rusty old meat jack next door, which, in its creaking, jerking evolutions gave forth tones which a fer tile imagination twisted into— “ once I was hap-hap-happy ; now l*m meeeer- able V > G retna G reen for V irginia L ov ers .— Frederick county, says the Fred erick (M d .) Herald, is a famous place of resort for Virginia swains and their sweet lassies, who desiie the silken knot to be tied. In this case they fly, not from the cruelty o f parents, but from the more cruel law which requires the in tended husband to give security against becoming a county charge. Maryland derives a handsome revenue from the issue of licenses in such cases, as the parties would rather pay the licenses than give the required security that they will always be able to provide bread and butter for their children. Letters from Algiers state that a new chief, Mahomed Ben Abdallah, is endeavoring to rouse the populace in the south against the French. Troops have been sent to arrest him. The longer the saw o f contention is drawn, the hotter it grows. Sweden and Switzerland are the only European powers not owing a na tional debt. The editor o f the Connecticut Fountain, says, in regard to prohibition : What are the facts upon this subject: In 1837, Massachusetts was in about the position we now occupy as a State, upon this subject. It was thought the traffic in small quantities should be pro hibited. In 1838 the legislature passed a law called the fifteen gallon law, which provided that no person should sell any less quantity than this, to be car ried away all at one time. This caused great rebellion among the liquor dealers and drinkers o f the State. The next year a legislature was elected with dis tinct reference to the repeal o f this law. It was repealed, hut this did not dis courage the friends o f prohibition. They went to work among the people, and tho’ the flood-gates of iniquity were open ed, and rum for a time was as free as wa ter, the moral sentiment o f the people was aroused, and the feeling became - ™ prevalent that nothing short o f prohibi tion would suppress the evil. The next year, the law giving power to County Commissioners to grant licenses was passed. This then became an office for which the friends and enemies o f tem perance struggled with great earnestness. One county after another succeeded in choosing temperance comissioners, until all in the State, except Hampden, tri umphed in this direction. Under the wholesome and stringent application of law, several counties in that State have not only been cleared o f the traffic, but have been relieved from the pauperism and crime incident to it. In Dukes county there has not been a pauper for years. Without any materi al increase of population, the value of property has doubled. The productive industry o f a sober people has wrought wonders in the erection o f school houses and churches, and by greatly increasing the facilities for domestic happiness and prosperity. Such are some of the fruits o f the tem perance reformation, invigorated and strengthened by the execution o f sound and wholesome laws o f restraint upon the liquor traffic. Ten years ago we acted as agent of the N ew Hampshire Temperance Socie ty. The marks o f the liquor traffic were upon almost every community. W e began to plead for law. It was granted in mild forms at first, and at length the traffic was prohibited under penalties.— W e know men in that State, on whom moral suacion was powerless, who have become law-abiding citizens with prose cutions, and have entirely abandoned the business. They may not now feel exact ly in good nature with us or others whom they suppose have injured their business, but they do not sell liquor.— In nine-tqnths o f the towns in New Hampshire, liquors can not be purchased as a beverage. In Vermont,Rhode Island, and Maine, the cause o f temperance has been con stantly gaining upon the affections of the people, under the influence of restrictive laws. ______ . ______ Those who travel from home on W e d ding parties, like poor Barkis, **go out with the tied.*1 It will be recollected that in announc ing the nomination o f Theron R . Strong as the L o c o F o c o candidate for Justice o f the Supreme Court o f this Judicial district, we took occasion to comment upon his course in Congress, for having voted “ in favor o f the measure known as the 1 Atherton Gag.*” As we under stand Mr. Strong, as well as some o f his friends for him,have denied that he voted for it, we propose to submit to the con sideration o f the people a few fa c ts ta ken from official documents, that they may decide for themselves whether we were right or wrong. The series o f Resolutions in which the proposition that has ever since gone by the name o f the <e Atherton Gag,” was offered in Congress by Charles A . Atherton, on the 11th day of December, 1838, though, as M r. A . himself says, in his speech defending and ■ explaining fliem, “ this provision” (the last part of the fifth, which is the gag) “ is in effect similar to the resolution o f the 24th D e cember, 1836, on the same subject, the latter part beingjword for word the same.” Whether it was then originally offered by M r. Atherton we have now no means of ascertaining, and indeed it is quite immaterial, as the gag o f 1836 and 1838 are “ word for word the same.” This famous resolution reads as follows : “ That every petition, memorial, reso lution, proposition or paper, touching or relating, in any way, or to any extent whatever, to slavery as aforesaid— [in the District o f Columbia, or in the terri tories, c r to prohibit the removal of slaves from State to State]— or the abolition thereof, shall, on the presentation there of, without any further action thereon, be laid upon tha table, without being de bated, printed or referred.” This is the “ Atherton Gag.” But Mr. Strong did not vote for its adoption at the time it was offered, for the very good reason that he was not in Con gress until the next session, and it is on this ground, we suppose, that Mr.Strong and bis friends deny that he voted for it. H o w much such a ground of denial will avail them we shall see. And to set this matter in the proper light before the peo ple of the county, we refer them particu larly to the following facta, taken from the Journal of the next Congress, when Mr. Strong was a member. (See House Journal, 1st session, 26th Congress, page 225.) On the 21st o f January, 1840, John Quincy Adams moved the following : “ E v e ry petition presented by the Speaker, or by any member, with a brief statement o f its contents, shall be receiv ed, unless objection be made to its recep tion for special reasons; and whenever objection shall be made to the reception of a petition, the name of the members objecting, and the reasons o f the objec tion, shall be entered upon the Journal.” On the 28th of January, (see page 240 o f same House Journal,) Wm. Cost Johnson moved to strike out this propo sition and insert as follows : ,e N o petition, memorial, resolution or other paper, praying the obolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, or any State or territory, or the slave trade between the States or territories o f the United States in which it now exists, shall be R E C E I V E D by this House, or entertained in any w a y w hatever .” The previous question was then de manded and carried, cutting o ff all bebate and amendment. For this measure to choke down discussion and force the *6 gag,” depriving the people of right o f petition , T H E R O N R . ST R O N G voted with 146 others,including every southern man, except W ise, we believe, and in opposition to John Quincy Adams and 60 others. The main question was next taken, Mr. Strong again voting with the South, and finally the direct vote on the amendment o f Mr.Johnson to Mr. Adams’ proposition, as qbove quoted. For this, too, T heron R. S trong also voted, thus going even farther than Atherton himself, for he does npt deny the people the right to have their petitions ( presented ) and laid on the table, there to die, while the resolution for which Strong voted de clares explicitly that abolition petitions shallnoteven 61 be R E C E I V E D , or en tertained in any way whatever .” — This resolution was adopted and became the notorious 21st rule, and is in reali ty the “ A therton G ag ,” and is known as such. On the 9th o f December, 1840, J ohn Q uincy A dams moved to rescined this Johnson resolution or 21st rule, so as to permit the reception o f abolition petitions. It was moved by Linn Banlcs, o f Vir ginia, to lay Mr, Adams’ motion on the table— that is, reject it— and ameng the yeas and nays in favor o f continuing this 11 Atherton Gag,” from N ew York, we find only the names of Nehemiah H . Ebel.Gouverneur Kem b ell, James D. L. Montanya and T H E R O N R . ST R O N G ! and against the arbitrary measure, the names of Daniel D . Barnard, David P. Brewster, Thomas C. Chittenden, John C. Clark, Nicholas B. Doe, Andrew W. Doig, Millard Fillmore, Seth M , Gates, Francis Granger, Augustus C. Hand, Thos. B. Jackson, Charles Johnson, Meridith Mallory, Richard P . Marvin, Charles F. Mitchell, Edward Rogers, David Russell, and Peter I. Wagner, to gether with John Quincy Adams , G o v . Briggs, and such tike friends o f freedom elsewhere. (See House Journal, 2d session, 26th Congress, pages 7 and 8 ) It will be seen by these facts that Mr. Strong was every where found vot ing against the right o f petition and the freedom of discussion, during his whole course in Congress, whenever an occa sion presented. W e submit whether we have not proved this, and that he did vote for u the measure known as the Atherton Gag,” beyond the shadow of a doubt, to every man who will read ? In whatever we have said o f Mr. Strong’s course while in Congress or his claims upon the people o f this County and this Judicial district, it has not been our intention to deny or insinuate that be possesses the legal attainments neces sary to qualify him for the duties of the office to w h ich he hos been nom inated, or to tbe eUghtwt imputation upon his private character. So far from that, we cheerfully concede to him decided ability and respectable acquirements as a lawyer, and unquestioned integrity and uprightness as a man, and we shall con tinue to do so until we ascertain that he has no claims to these qualifications. In our strictures upon him as a candidate for the suffrages o f the people o f this County for the responsible and dignified office o f Justice o f the Supreme Court, we have only designed to show to the people of the County how tittle confi dence and respect his public course has entitled him to. For this purpose we have denounced, in severe terms, we ad mit, his vote in Congress not only against the inestimable R I G H T OF P E T I T IO N , but also against the equally im portant and republican R I G H T OF F R E E DISCUSSION. Not satisfied with opposing the right o f the people to petition Congress for a redress o f griev ances, he went even so far as to vote that no proposition on the subject of Slavery should be debated in Congress . For such tyranny, despotism and Anti- Republicanism as this, have we not a right to denounce him as unfit for the office o f Judge and unworthy the suffrages of freemen ? Can a man who is opposed to the right o f petition and the freedom o f speech make a good and impartial Jus tice I He may, and undoubtedly does, possess all the learning and experience and personal merit necessary in the dis charge ot the duties o f the office. But something more than this is required— something o f that spirit o f freedom with which the people are so thoroughly im bued— something o f that manly inde pendence and sturdiness o f character that will, while in the discharge o f his high duties, enable him to rise superior to the requirements o f party, and to all mere personal considerations. By Mr. Strong’s conduct on the Slavery ques tions, he has proved that in this he is W e shall therefore continue to hold up to public condemnation his public acts, because we believe they dis qualify him, in many vitally important particulars, for the fair and impartial duties o f the office of Justice o f the Su preme Court. But we trust, after what we have already said, that no one will mistake such a course for an attack upon his private or professional character. He said he had not come to make a speech, but he felt a great interest in this road.— When he came into the country, wheat was 3s per bushel. If we had no belter facili ties for market, it would probably be no higher now. This showed what our Canals had done. The same effect would be pro duced by Railroads, Further communication will soon be demanded. The N. Y. & F,. Road is becoming very much crowded with freight at this season of the year. When that road was projected, it was thought chimerical, but the receipts were now said to be $3,000,000 annually, which pays all expenses and good interest to the stockhold ers. The committee on resolutions reported the following, which after the remarks which follow them were made, were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the age in which we live, being a moving, busy age, requires rapid in terchanges of ideas, Sentiments and Com modities. Resolved, That it is of great importance to the inhabitants residing in the rich and fertile country between the Cayuga and Seneca Lakes, that they avail ihemselves of the modern facilities offered by Railroads, for travel and transportation, and that this meeting is in favor of the contemplated Railroad from Ithaca to Sodus Bay, between said lakes. Resolved, That the Road shall receive our cordial support. Hon.Wm. A. Sackett said he had no doubt but that.these resolutions expressed the sen- To Good to be Lost: A friend of ours relates the following story, which is a good one:— A traveller, whom we afterwards knew, once arrived at a village inn, after a hard days travel and being very tired, requested a room to sleep in. The landlord said they were entirely fu ll; and it was utterly impossible to accomodate him—that his wife had to sleep on the sofa, and himself on the floor; but that he would see what his wife could do for him. The good woman on being ap plied to, said that there was one room which he might occupy, provided he would agree to the'eonditions, viz: to enter the room late, in the dark, and leave it early in the morning, 10 prevent scandal, as the room was occupied by a lady. This he agreed to. About 2*clock that night, an awful noise was heard in the house, and our friend, the travel er, was found tumbling heels over head down stairs. On our landlord’s arriving at the spot, and enquiring what the matter was, the traveler ejaculated, as soon as he was a- ble to speak, ‘ -Oh,; Lord, the woman's dead!', “ 1 know that.-’ said the landlord, \but how did you find it out?' The electric telegraph is to be estab lished throughout Tuikey. A Captain Garrett has accomplished the task o f walking a mile, running a tirnents of all who were present. He thought mile, and riding a mile, in twenty minutes, i h a ra iva pa aaa a r t it. a I« a 4. ivninh cnniil/l ka mi . • L J . , A i flie captain had twenty-five seconds to spare. wanting . RAILROAD MEETING. A t Farmersville , Seneca County. A meeting o f the friends of the pro jected Railroad from Ithaca to Great Sodus Bay, was held at Farmersville, Seneca County, on Tuesday, the 7th instant. G I L B E R T T . M I L L E R , Esq., o f Lodi, was called to the Chair, and N. B. S m i t h , o f Trumansburg, and H . S. Monday, ofFarmerviJIe,appointed Secre taries. H on. W m , A . Sackett, of Seneca Falls, Stated the objeete o f the m eeting, and set forth the advantage which this Road would possess over all others as an out let for the coal o f Pennsylvania, and from the fact that it would be the near est route from the West and from Cana da to the city of N e w York. He under stood this to be only an extension of a complete tine o f Railroads, now,or soon, to be completed to the head o f Cayuga Lake. That now seemed to be the time to determine whether this Road was to be built or not, and he hoped that the decision would be to build the road. W m . F . Coan, Esq,, moved the ap pointment of a Committee on Resolu tions, and the following gentlemen were appointed: W m . F . Coan, o f Lodi, Gordis Dunlap and David Scott, o f Ovid, Cornelius V . Covert, o f the town o f Covert, and Hon. H . S. Walbridge, of o f Ithaca. J. H. Williams, Esq., o f Ithaca, was present and addressed the meeting. He said he felt a great inteiest in this Road— had looked at all the cross routes and considered this the best. Its feasi bility could very easily be shown— the Delaware Water Gap is 80 miles this side of New York city— there are two roads from the Water Gap to the city by the nearest, through Dover, it is a- bout 80 miles by the other way, thro’ Somerville, it is some farther. The Dover Road is completed, the other is expected to be finished next summer. It is also expected that a road will be built from the Water Gap through Ches ter to Newburgh, and so connect with New England Roads, making a connec tion with Boston. There was another thing should be taken into consideration. From the mines to the Water Gap, the route intersects a line of roads to Phila delphia, and from the point o f intersec tion to that city, it is only a mile further than to New York city. Travelers from Canada and the whole west, going south to Philadelphia, Washington and the States on the sea board, and returning, would find Ibis the cheapest and most expeditious route. That this route from Ithaca to Sodus Bay, was the shortest cross route to Lake Ontario by at least 15 miles. The line through Pennsylva nia makes the distance to New York at least thrity miles nearer than by the New York and Erie road. The 47 miles from Scrantonia to Great Bend, will soon be completed, and then there will be a con tinuous line from New York to Ithaca, as follows, which probably will not vary five m iles: N . Y , to the Water Gap, 80 miles, Scrantonia 48, Great Bend 47, Owego 36, Ithaca 29, total 240. The question now is, shall this line o f Roads be extended. That it will he a paying road and be an advantage to the country, there can be no doubt. The New York and Erie Road cost $20,000,000, but the country thro’ which it passes has been benefitted four times that sum,and during the month of September, the receipts had been $300,000, which was far be yond orignal calculations. The cost of this Road wonld probably be $20,000 per mile, which included Depots, Cars, and every other necsssary expense. It was better to over estimate than to be deceived. It would be a great work and should be well considered. The coal was expected at Ithaca next week, and would be furnished at about $4 per ton. That in his own case he had found it cheaper to burn coal at six dollars per ton. than to burn w o o d and cut it on his ow n woodland. Mr. W . thanked the audience for their courtesy and attention, and was suc ceeded by Hon. H. L. Walbridge, of Ithaca. there were one or two facts which should be more particularly considered. One was, the terminatian of this road would connect with the best harbor on any of the great lakes.— For an extensive commerce, there must be large and commodious harbors. Already the commerce of Lake Ontario is more than $100,000,000 annually. This mu-t have an outlet, and it will naturally seek 1 he best harbor. This was Sodus Bay. Moneyed men will see this. Why was New York the great Commercial Emporium 1 Because it was early seen that it had the best harbor on the coast. Commerce was nothing but exchange. Canada was full of lumber— Pennsylvania full of coal. Both would find this a short and natural route for transporta tion. Another fact was, that the grade was good. Upon the estimate which had been made, the cost would be about $1,300,000. Thus far there must have been expended over $5,- 000,000 in completing the line to Ithaca.— The above sum is all that is needed to com plete this great route. The matter of fuel for the State o f N.York, considering the aggregate expense, was a very important one. The aggregate expense had been estimated at $15,000,000 annually, which was about $5 a head. The opening of these coal mines had cheapened fuel in the cities 25 per cent. This annual sum ol $15,000,000 could very easily be reduced to 12.000. 000 which would be a saving of 3.000. 000 a year upon one item of expense alone. Thus it would appear that instead of fuel becoming dearer as the forests are con sumed, it bids fair lo become far cheaper than it now is. A vote of thanks was then passed to the gentlemen who had attended from abroad and addressed the meeting, when it adjourned. GILBERT T. MILLER, CA’n. N. B. S m i t h , > H. S. M o n d a y , \ A locust root has been taken from a rock in Vinton county, Ohio, twenty- six feet below the surface of the ground At a secret consistory in the Vati can, according to the Lithographed Cor respondence, the Pope conceded to an English company tho execution of a railway between Ancona and Bologna. To raise an orchard of grafted fruit without grafting ! How can it be done ? Select the kind of fruit you de sire, then take a linen string and tie it as near to the top as may be. Let it re main one year, then you have above the string one years growth. Over the string will be found a bulb; cut off just be low and set it in the ground, and from the bulb will start out roots, and trees o f a dwarfish size will be groaning under a burden of frgit. soon seen The Tea Culture in South Carolina. « Sec's. From th* L o v itv iih Journal, General Scott. This illustrious General who has been described as the most uniformly succes- ful General o f the age, was yesterday in our city, and we are very sure our popu lation, without respect to party, were disposed to honor him for his glorious military services and his noble personal qualities. In answer to many inquiries as to the age o f the General and dates of his services, the Cincinnati Chronicle makes the following statements : Winfield Scott was born on the 13th of June, 1784, and will, therefore, be sixty five in June next. Admitted to the bar in 1805,and prac ticed a few months in the Petersburg!), Virginia, circuit. Appointed Captain o f Light Artillery in May, 1808. Fought the battle o f Queenston, and was taken prisoner, 12th Oct., 1812. Appointed Brig. General, in March, 1814. Fought the battle o f Chippewa, on the oth of July, 1814. Commanded the main body of Brown’s army in the battle of Niagara, (Lundy's Lane,) July 26th, 1814. Brevet Maj. General, July 1814. Maintains peace in the Patriot troubles in the Carolina affiair, 1837. Aids in the Pacification of the Maine Boundary, in 1839. Captured Vera Cruz, March 23,1847. Wins the battle of C e n o Gordo, 18th of April, 1847. Wins the battle of Contreras, 19th of August, 1847. Stormed Chepultepec, on the 13th September, 1847, Entered the City of M exico on the morning of 14th Sept., 1847. Dr. Junius Smith communicates to the Journal o f Commerce another article bn the culture of the tea-plant, at the Gold- engrove Plantation, in Greenville, S. C. He says: It 13 a philosophical speculation of my own, that the pestiferous atmosphere of the plains o f India combine, in some degree, with the atmospheric air o f the mountains, and produce an effect upon tbe Tea-plant adverse toils perfection and repugnant to the production of the finest quality of tea-leaf. We are not so cremped in this country, for the want of frosts and snows and strong winds, that we cannot find ample space this side of the clouds of Heaven for Tea Plantations to meet exactly the wants o f the plant We can run to the North or South, to the East or West, and plant our foot up on the exact parallel adapted to our wishes, and leave the lofty mountains undisturbed. “ Although my beginnings were and are small and feeble, and not sustained by affluence or ordinary pecuniary aid, so essential to a great national undertaking, yet I am thankful for the continued en joyment o f health and strength, and for ?- certain progressive advancement, which leaves no grounds for apprehending anv adverse result in tea cultivation. The- tea seedlings which have germinated this s o summer, are now from 8 to 10 inches in bight, and far more numerous than I have had them at any former period.— The excessive drought and heat have, no doubt, been prejudicial to the vege tation of the Tea nut, as well as to the growth and vigor of the Tea-plant. The absolute necessity of a more thorough irrigation is quife apparent. My older anil larger plants now stand heat and cold, and have grown finely since they were transplanted from the village in March. Most of them are covered wtijh blossoms. Numbers of others are just ready to open out. The autumnal' plant ing of Tea nuts have germinated move generally than those planted in the Spring and Summer, but they appear 10 May, and continue during the Summer in lesser numbers. The nuts which I have just received from China, o f this year’s growth, are in sound condition, a small quantity of which will be spared, Thus has Winfield Scott been fo r t y - » , - . . , two year, in the service o f his country, C'r 'Lhose des.rou. of planting, will be of having made some o f the most brilliant ,he be8t that can be obtamed- 1 am a’ campaigns on record, and never fails in any undertaking. A young musician, remarkable for his modesty and sincerity, on his first ap pearance before the public, finding he could not give the trials effectively as sured the audience, by way o f apology, that he trembled so he couldn’ t shake. Woman, with all thy faults, I love thee st*U , as the Quaker observed when he muzzled the scold. < s S et ’ em U p .” — W e notice in an Illi nois paper, the marriage o f Mr. Edwrard C. Pinn, to Miss Mary C. Finn. Sho’do’t wonder that if in ten years there would be a ten strike. On a wall in the eastern part of Lon don, is the following notice: <4 Who ever trespasses on these premises are re quested to bring their coffin.” According to Syracuse yard sticks ware that farmers, as well as others, arfe apt to be impatient, and grudge the lon£ time they must wait for the latter harvest. Many o f them, doubtless, with me, can remember when there was not a bale of cotton grown in the United States, nor a steamship floating upon the ocean.” _ _____ .» I mmrsitt of S pace .—In Household Words it is said, imagine a railway from here lo the sun. How many hours is the sun from us4 Why, if we were to send a baby in an express train, going incessantly a hundred miles an hour, without making any stoppages,-the baby would grow to hea boy—the boy wquld grow to be a man—the man would grow'oil and die— without seeing the sun;- ftorit is distant more than a hundred years from ue- But what is this compared to Neptune's dis tance ? Had Adam and Eve started, by'oifr railway, at the creation, to go from Neptune to the sun, at the rate of fifty miles an hour, they would not have got there y et; for Nep tune is more than six. thousand years from tbe center o f our system* £ 3 * The best and most conclusive reason for an. effect that 1 ever remember to baA heard,, writes a western, correspond*11 fugitive rescue, not 8 or lO a s he staled 1 1 eply; 'i know de reason fordat; mz/ie moder in his letter to the Rochester Democrat,|^ vas A voman * ” — Syracuse Journal. whistling lr compositors don’t you d< ng
