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o r ® a ## PI 'Terms of the Democrat & Balance. To villago aubscribord who havo their papers meaner e % lstt ab thoig doors, $3 50; to mail subscribers, and | those who take thoit papors nt the office, $2 00; i eapmyablo in advance, Advorthicmonts insorted at 50 certs a square of 16linos of less, for one insertion; and 45 cants for a wh Insertion afterwards: ong sqnare a year, §10; sis nogths {10, throe months fi 60. A liberal dis« count mado to ysurly advertisoro. \Fhe above rale loca not apply to logal odvestisoments, which will | bo insortod at the legal rates, (F3*ROFRLCH No. A Main St. over Shepard & Clurks BUSI p ¥ Hes hake iss DIRECTORY. sestoiter the Derectury ut GG a reur. )| < 00 lath 1s, W. BSALLOU, Mannfacturer and Rotrul Dealog in Boots and thos. of all finds, Exchange Buldings, Low- et frflfi'fiflq won eser m roomies amii arm M. M. SOU LW ORTIR Asotnoy at Law. and Solicitor in Chancery. # Ato st. over I. K, Burroughs atove. mums wonen tr aim; mans l sues mme DVBRILUL fret A RTER, |__ Copyyelloref und Sohcitors, Main st, ove pM ® io Parmolo's store. Co \\ Ave l Surgoon aud Accouchour, ofice over Physicito, + i stove; Main Street. Boiden & More' fran) + lve ica t tis. 4pe=Charges moderatg-advice to the poor gratie, & D). NEW HALL, Deslore in Cite a Grass, Bawones, Britannits Stone, nnd Woodan Ware, Looking Gl‘usseffi &i, at No. 4 Main ot, next door to G, W. Merchont, Lockport, N. ¥. TC f‘ “ii-1 713211. Nggmomfilafi u clit far tho Wayne County Mutual Fusurance Pi.fcmlpnth Office over F. N. Nelson 86 Go.'s tore. | amerensumonnt MHTEPARD & CLARK, Wholoagto aml retail dealorg in Dry Goods and * * Gyoceries No. 1 Main slmots Ff‘.‘:13$l’.§‘“~ Dull. \\\\\ d N JONES, P000; . tufoums the public that he his recently come ths manufacturing of Confectionary and Faney Doyiing: ordeto for bukingand confsctionary aanisthlly rgmiilmd and punctuzily attendeduko. Fob 17, _ R Iwo doord cust of Brown & Keep. ft C d,. Ih. BOND: | | Storage, Forwarding, und Commission Business, at tho hoad of tha Locka. Ja f. ChtBntcl, Clock: and Watah | Muker, opposite TF. Plagloeds Hardware Store, Mainstreet, Lockport, N. Y. Don't mistake the plaso or ontriga |__|__ ___ ___ ~ vTHOMAK HARIMSON, Sargcon Dentist. | Office, corner of Main and Cattmzo atroote, diroctly over George W. Moschants Drug atore. , Alt anorations on the tooth careCully performed, and warranted. | \*** *~ stMMONYS & ALLEN, Elook & Watch Mak 4, Hidvorsmitho % Jowalers, Maio Stroat, Lockport, N. Y. oop constantly on hand a good assortment of Clocks, Peneils, Jowelry, thlvor ware, Fine Catioey, Coral, Castors, Candie« wticks, Fauoy Goode, & ___) _| S HAtNEH: Uleantist & Drapmist, one door wouk of the Canal Bank. Lockport, July 6 Pit. (k 8. FASSBT'T, Ehystciang and Emrecns; directly over - .. Gordnor & Bradley's Law Office. cursos o - ae CP fo - & STUAICE, Attormoyy, CGounss Tore, ond Salicitors, over - Bongdtmen & fones' toro, REED & TULCS, 4ry Cinods, Grocetios, Crockory, Hardware, Trooktus Chwizas, Re., at the old Bissoltatore, Laver Lockport, nae. oo amic e sante nen to cie menace 8. L. DBLANCO, Thystcian and Furgenn, at the a> coy ao reas oat wombecm ane pmt s nom won nous nme « Amonican. _ MAY & RMISTOL, Hurgoon Donticts, Office in Brown's new block, ovar Lyon's Hat Store, \JAS. SCRIBNER, {ll Sorclhant WTallos««In Brown's now building, arcs lupin; St“ We t 52 -- , INGALLS, Stomuro, Focwardisy« and Comatssion bustness, at the foot of the foots. deg t HN A MK R18, TeO N -Two cases of FX PFuln Leal Shakore; one cense Sutin Straw do.; for onle by LEED & TITUS, Chey prepa ee at o Lower Villages (“1 ABEL for buties by SHEPARD & GLARK, A/ No, 1, Muin Street. gfimg MS, Fanwell a. Blood's, Seliby's. & o. Ad af & CLARK'S, chouper than the chsapoot, No. L maint sto q x A bush. farsalo ut . ¥\ dane 9. SUBPARLD & CLAK'S. o _. ___ No 1, Main St. E. OP THE BLE,»«GConcisting of views in the Holy Land, togother with miny of the remar« hablo objscte mentioned in the Old and Now Tog. tamonts. By Robert Hears. . 'fhird edifion=-Jast recoived and for sale by % C. YRNIGHT, No, 11, main stroct. pn tiie Ib FRENCH MUSLINS, Wold Light big'd, Diack, and Glue Black SILKS, at the lowes town, by REED & TITUS. & OA Seal, Muskrat, K. Natric, und Healott Caps: also Par Capeg; Corsnle low,by REED & TITUS, dod lon Co ny oc se o Lower Villige. | fl BPPA T BUIROGLNGY,.--THOMAS EZ 1IARRLGON, Munalictures: and Ingorter of Indestructible 'Feeth, and Busagos Dexrist,;- towdrss his cesviceo to the citizons of the village of Lockport and tho public gonsrally. | Ho is pre- pated to ingort tho incorruptible teoth on gold plato, in Bock, or with the Artificial Gun, of on fuigée«fron woinglo tooth to an ontivre set, us may bo desired, nt the various Improved and most approved modes: und all the operations of his profemnon, ouch to sealing. fillinn. extracting, &e. to tho ontind, stliataction of all who may nvail thomnolves of lie profeggional sorvices. All op- orations warrantod un gaod as tho best; or the “14313 Wing? yoi‘uzulcd\ - Qthod on Mam NOXE dagy 2 W. % chant's Drog btoro, 2d story; No, l12a We Mor 1; R. Sktuno Ml. Ba it, br ko Ae Bhinftos, M. Da TL Maxwell, M. D., B. I,,. Dataio, M. Dcs Hon: J. McColluvfiPfixogfxg. Aunt; TL Watbriden: Le A. Spalding; and dogga &. Haines, Lockport, - Lockport; March 17, 1911. 97 i A SHAWLS, Logg @\«» : SHAY LS, and bldk'fw, for anlo at nfil lowor vitlage, by | L REGD & TITUVY, azmmwmw & GLASS WARE. We .A have the tost aamorbmout we have offered, aud «t the lowes pricey, No f rlap comer, to \ RHEPFARD g-GLARK, Aimee erve ma - evan Kmucmmm'nw MEHREACGEIH and , Addresses, frome Washington to Hartigan; to whig't ie profiged the Declaration of Independenco and Constitution of the United States, togethor with & porstralt and memoin of W, H. Mirtlson,«- completo in I vol Byo. Just recoived, and for sale af the New Book Htoro, No. 11 main st, by (1. ¢ wWMaHT BY S, WRIGHT. __ rurversem were rer Y OCKLPORT FEMALE SEMINA~ 4 RY.-The Fall Term of this institution will { commence on Wednesday, the 6th of October, All pupils are desired to be present at the opening of the school. No one will be received for less than half a term; and no aeduction will be made for nbsence except in cases of sickrgfigs. TERMS, Primary Studies, $3 00 Common English branches, 4 0D Higher branches of Mathematics, 1 00 each. Drawing and Painting, in several ° branckes,-comprising heads, fruit, flowers, and landscape, 3 00 French and Latin, 8 00 each. , Music on Piano,Organ, or Guitar, 10 00 eash. Miss C. N. WHITE, Principal. Miss L, MACARTY, Teacherof Languages Mrs. H. H. Parnk®s, \ drawing& painting Miss L. Buswsrsu, at primary deparment &A boarding house connected with the school, will be opened in about four weeks; until which time, scholars can be nccommodated in private ta- miltes. o Information concerning the school can he obtain- od by application to citiier of the trustees or to | the Principal. . E. RANSOM, Jr, GH. BOUGHTON, 8. CAYERNO, J, P. SMITH, H, W, SCOYELL, - Oct. 5, 1841, Pauls FE? LOCKPORT ACADEMY. HE Trusteeg have the satisfaction of announ- cing to the public, that this institution is now in succesift] operntiong@iiucdor The snperintandence of Wintast W. MAECL. A. M.p as Principal. From the experience Mr. Marsh has had as a | teacher heretofore, and from the manner and me- thod of instruction pursued hr him, we feel full confidence in recommending this senool to parents rnd guardians, who may wish to give their chil- dren a sound practical and classical education. I' wo commodious rooms in the basement of the Baptist meeting house have been procured, andan | experienced teacher of the elementary branches, bir. A. A. Anipos, has been engaged as an assist- ant. They are now prepared to accommodate an additonal number of scholars. Instruction will now be given in the elementary branchos,as well as the higher branches of an En- glish and classical education, Scholars will#be received at any time during the term, and charged from their entrance 16 the end of the quarter. The Trastees are determined to make the insti- tition every way worthy of public confidence. The Academic year, commencing Nov. Ist, will congist of two terms of 22 weeks each, and each torm will be divided into two quarters of 11 weeks each. At the close of each term there will be a vacation of 4 weeks. TUITION. For Common English branches, $4 00 per quarter. Higher English Branches, and the Langaages, TRUSTEES. Daxizr Posnoy, H. W. Scovett, Jesse P, amss, Wirnrast Pansoxs, Wat A, Townsex», Janzs D. Suvuer,\ Lystas A, Searming, Asa W,. Doverass, Jostrr T. Benoa |_ War G. McMaster, Josamitax Isoarns, Svtmvax Cavensyo, Joskpr C. Morsz, Hiram Gaspser, Aurren Honatss. Lockport, Dec. 1, 1841. 15 HAINES CONCENTRATED COMPOUND ' Sirup of Sarsaparilla. Trustees. 5 00 per quarter, LOCKPORT, From the Boston Transcript. LADY GRANGE-INTERESTING TALE, {n the parish of Duirish, North Highlands, is interred the ill-fated Lady Grange, whose singular history accords better with the dark ages of barbarisin, than with the general character of the age in which she lived. Some very romantic and fabulous accounts have been given of this lady's sufferings, but the minister gives, upon competent authority, an interesting narrative which we shall subjoin. The extract is rather long, but the story is altogether so striking an instance of domes- tic tragedy, that it will be read with inter- est: > Lady Grange was the daughter of Chies- ley of Dairay, a man of violent passions, whose temper she, unfortunately for herself, inherited. She became the wife of Mr. Eirs- kine of Grange, who was made lord of Ses- sion in 1707, by the title of Lord Grange, and was Lord Justice Clerk during the lat- ter years of Queen Anne's reign. He was brother to the Earl of Mar, who headed the ill-conducted rebellion of 1715, against the House of Hanover; and though he did not openly join the rebels, yet he aided them with his counsel and wealth, His house was a frequent reffidezvous to the disaffected'gentry and nobility; and his wife, who was not pri- vy to the conspiracy, soon became suspicious of such frequent and numerous meetings un- der her roof, With the curiosity natural to her sex, she resolved to possess herself ol the secret of their proceedings, and accom- plished her object by hiding herself under a sofa during one of their conferences. ~ - She was warmly attached to the reigning family. Eler love to Lord Grange,who trea- ted her with much harshness and unkindness was by no means deep or cordial. A quar- rel-no rare occurrence-took place be- tween them,she threatened to revenge herself by disclosing his traitorous purposes to the government under which he lived. He knew ber violence and her resolution too well to doubt of her fulfilling her promise, and see- ing that his own safety and that of his ac- complices were at stake, he instantly called a meeting in order to devise a remedy against the danger which surrounded them. lt was agreed at this conference that she should im- mediately be locked-up; that a report of her death should be spread abroad; and that the Lairds of Macleod of Dungan, and Macdon- ald of Sleat, whose territories were very re- mote, should remove her in convenient time, to some secluded spot on their estates, where she might no more be heard of. This barba- rous plun was accordingly acted upon. News of her death was spread abroad; a mock fu- neral took place; while shortly afterwards she was forced away from her home and fa- mily, and, by devious routes, carried as far This Concentrated Sirupis found to be a safe and valuable remedial agent, alterative in its effects, ' and purifying fir its nature; and may be used with groat advantage in the cure of Ulcers, Scrofula, Vetter, Secondary Syphilis and other diseases ari- By great attont on in the selection of the in-; tilly or the other vegetable products entering into | its composition, beingin the least impaired by heat. It is highly estecmeod,. ans, is prescribed by our most eminent physicluns, in preference to any of | are too frequently prepared by persons ignorant of: any Ijharmuceullcnl knowledge, and of materials | | growing in low, marshy groundsin many parts of; this state, which do not possers any of the prop- ertice of the genuine Sarsaparilla, o The object of the proprietor is to offer to the public a sirup made from the genuine South Ame- ticun Sarsaparilla, aud in strict accordanéé with the most approved method of preparation, Prepared and sold wholesale and retail by Treos. HAINES, Pharmaceutical heimist, between the Cunal Bank and Borkshire Store, Lockport, N. Y. fi'fl‘ a court of chancery held for the state of New York, at the city of Rochester, in the county of Monroe, on the 16thday of November, on thousand eight hundred and forty-one. Present | Frederick Whittlesey, Vice-chancellor of the 8th i circuit. _ Portoug R. Root, complainant, vs. Franklin | Nelson, Otis Hathaway, and others, defendants. Itappenving by affidavit to the satisfaction of this court, that the defendant Franklin Nelson, resides out of this state, but within the United States, or some one of the territories thereof, or in one of the provinces of Canada,on motion of Mr. Charles neClark, of counsel for the complainant,it is ordered that said Franklin Nelson cause his appearance to be entered, and notice thereof to be served on the complamiant's solicitor within four months from the date of this order; and in case of his ap- portance, that he cause his answer to the complainant's bilkto be filed, and a copy thereof to be gorved on the complainant's solicitor within forty days after service of a copy of suid bill, and in default thereof, said bill of complaint may be tnken as confessed by him. And itis further or- dered, that within twenty days the said complain- ant causo this order to be published in the state paper, and in the Niagara Democrat, and that the said publication be continued in each of the said papers at least once in each week for eight weeks in succession; or that he cause a copy of this order tq be personally served on the said Franklin Nel- son, ft least twenty days before the time above prescribed for his appearance. [Gopy.] SAM'L L. SELDEN, Clerk. _ A C, Bradley, Solr, 1M4wS TN CHEANCEIR Y¥,-Eighth circuit.-Oriin North vs, Daniel Greenvault.-By virtue of w deerce heretofore entered in this cause, I, the subscriber, one of the masters of this court, reside in the county of Niagara, shall expose for sale at the Eagle Tavern in the-éillage of Lockport, on the 14th of January mext, at ten o'clock in the forenoon: of that day, the following described pre- minos, via: , All that tract or parcel of land,situate and lying in the village of Lockport, county of Niagara,and state of New York; being part and par el of farm lot number 12 in the 14th section of township No. 44, in the 6th range: and known and particularly distingnished ana described, as village lots number 7 and 9 on the north side of Ontario street, in the village of Lockport, recording to n certain nmap or survey of a part of said village, made tor the pro- prictors, Jared Comstock and others,; by Jesse P. Inines, surveyor,and filed in the office of the clerk of said county of Niagara, reference being thereto had; containing half an acre of land, be thesame more or less. - Dated Nov, 80, 1841. 15 A. HOLMES, master in LL J. C. Morse, Solr. chancery. 'HDY OHRDEIG of Levi F. Bowen, Esq., a Judge of Ningara county courts, counsellor &o, Notice is hsreby given, that ain Attachment has issued against the estate of ARA OSBORN, as a non-resident debtor, pursuant to the direc- tions of the statute concerning \attachments a- absconding, concealed, and non-resident debtorg:\* and that the same will be sold for the Payment of his debts, unless he appear and dis- charge sueh attachment according to law, within nine months from the first publication of this no- Mica, and that the payment of any debts due to him by reaidents of this state, and the delivery to him or to any person for his use, of any property in this state belonging to him, and the transfer of any such property bi’ hint, are forbidden by law and are void. Dated Lockport, Murch 27, 1841. 1, C. COLTON HmQ Attorney for uttachin’g creditors. ging from the impure state of the blood. { the Extractsor Panaceas mow in use; which,latter } as Skye. She manifested her characteris- tic spirit,in resisting those who were sent to carry her off; and so violent was the en-\ suing struggle, that two of her teeth wore: knocked out- before she prodients,this sirup is obtained in a highly concen. ; duction managed, that her friends knew no- trated state, without the strength of the Sarsapa- | thing of her fate for several years, but be- lieved that she was in reality dead. She was se & at first.confined in the hut of some. tainer'of MacleodfinSkye. k, When afraid that her residence might pos- sibly become known,he sent her to Uist among Macdonald's followers. From'thence she ! was banished to the remote island of StKilda, | W2 ] ds 'tele that would turn it from its setiled pur- where she remained seven years.\ She Wasa gain taken back to Uist, and thence to Skye, | While here a second time, she fell into a ve- ry ingenious expedient for communicating with her friends. The poor people among | whom she lived were accustomed to manu- facture their wool into yarn, which they an- nually sent in large clues to the Inverness market, for sale. Lady Grange acquired the art of spinning, and, having possessed herself of writing materials, she wrote a let- ter to one of her relatives, which she secretly inclosed ina elue of her own thread, that was sent to the market along with others. the purchaser of the yarn forwarded the let- ter to its destination. Her friends were fil- led with indignation, and instantly applied to the Government for the liberation of the un- fortunate lady from her captivity. The Government sent a sloop of war to the coast of Skye, in order to make a search for her;3-but her jailers were far too well ac- quainted with the many fastnesses and hiding places of the country, to allow her thus to be taken. 'They immured her for some time in a cave. After this she was transferred to Uist, the person who had the management of the boat, having beside him a rope with a run- ning noose at one end and a heavy stone at the other, intending, according to his orders, to fix the noose around the nrisoner's neck, and to consign her immediately to the deep, should the sloop of war come in sight during the passage. 'The passage was accomplished without such a tragical castastrophe as was contemplated. Lady Grange was confined for some time longer in Uist, and again brought back to the districtof Waternish, in this parish, where she ended her days. Her persecutors showed throughout the u(most anxiety to conceal her place of resi- dence,knowing well the vengeance that would fall upon them if this were discovered. They resolved that, if possible, even the grave should not witness against them; for after her death they filled a coffin with sods, and with much form, interred it in the Church yard of Durmish, having invited many people to the funeral of the strange lady, while,in the mean- time, her remains were secretly deposited in the church yard of 'Trumpan,at Watermish, There are faw persons who have had so many funerals as Lady Grangesand few also who have had more cause to long for a real one, for that place \where the wicked cease there cital of this story,it is impossible to avoid a feeling of surprise, that such an outrageous act of injustice and oppression as that above detailed, should have been allowed, and that ernment of Great Britain. A gentleman who has just returned from Tilinois, told me that the farmers were obli- ged to take a cent and a half a pound for their pork, or they could not raise money enough to pay their taxes-and vary good turkeys may now be bought for twenty-five cents & head-and good chickens for a dol- lar a dozen, as poor as tho money is.-Jour. of Commerce,. ANCE. _ , Prom the Philadelphia ELECTRICITY. _ The Hall of the Franklin Institute was crowded on Saturday evening, on the occa- sion of a lecture from Mr. Quimby on Elec- tricity. | The object of 'the lecturer was to show the protection which is afforded to life and property by means of the Jightning. rod or conductor. A number: of experiments were exhibited by him, with a view to show the manner in which the electric fluid can be excited-the means by which it can be conducted from one body another, and its effects when discharged upon objects. Ma- ny of these experiments were amusing, and some of them exciting not a little surprise. The lecturer, who is engaged in the busi- ness 'of\ constructing and fixing lightning conductors, has adopted those of a- square fotm in preference to those of the round, ; which is the. usual form. The reason he as- signs for preferring this form is,that the cor- ners of the rod perform the same office that the points do upon others, carrying off the electric fluid gradually, and thus preventing an accumulation of it that would be danger- ous. the fact by several expori- ments with blunt and pointed objects. - With the former, the explosion was always violeot, while with the latter, the battery was silently and grad ually discharged of its electricity. Some rods, he remarked, were constructed,.either through ignorance or car- lessness, in such a manner as to [acilitate the destruction or injury of a building which might otherwise have escaped. This is like- ly to occur when the rod is cut off before its communication with the ground,or is not car- ried to a depth sufficient to reach the mois- ture in the earth, which is one of the great natural conductors of the electric fluid. Some buildings also require more than one con- duster, which had to be determined by the size and situation of building. © A building of great length north and south, with a conductor on its;north side only, would have'fif# southern end exposed to danger from a cloud coming from the south, as the elec- tric atmosphere surrounding the cloud would reach that end first; and before the rod could exert any conducting power, the discharge might be made upon (the unprotected side of the building. 'The rods require also to be placed in positions to meet all kinds of strokes The discharges of lightning are not always perpendicular, but frequently diagonal, com- ing From 'a cloud of some distance, while the zenith above may be clear. Thus, a cloud positively electrified, com- ing from the south towards a building, north of which the earth may be negatively elec- trified, will in the effort to restore an equili- brium, discharge its electricity ir a diagonal direction, and taking the building as a con- was overpow-| overpowered, and so dextrously was her ab-! from trouble and the weary are at rest.\ On | within a century back,to escaped by the Gov- ductor, will traverse its whole extent,even though a rod may be upon one end of it. Rods ; should be placed in positions so as to meet i discharges From every direction. Theso facts were all iMustrated by a variety of experi- ments, and well attested instances in confir- mation referred to. - Luck. =-Therge is not q «more pernicious notron afloat in the world, than the one which ascribes to mere good fortune the tesults of that unbroken energy of character, which, through defeats and failures, still presses on- ward to its object, and regards every obsta- posé, not only without dismay, but with ex« ultafion,as conferring additional honor on the struggle it is so well prepared to sustain. This fatal mistake in worldly ethics has. blasted the prosperity of thousands. It chills ambi- tion; it deters ordinary and honestly aspiring minds from perseveringly following out their corrective preconceived plans; it offers a powerful temptation to the undecided to relax from their efforts; and worse than' all, it af- fords a piausibe pretext for- the inexcusable {ailures of the indolent. True it is, that the success of the schemes devised with the ut- most skill occasionally depends on a fortui- tous combination of cireumstanses, but cer- tainly the experience .of \mankind. demon- strates, beyond the possibility of/ a doubt, that more; very much more of success or failure is attributed to the individual, than he or the world at large is willing to believe.- Nine times out of ten, 'your \lucky fel- lows' are those keen sighted men, who have surveyed the the world with a scrutinizing eye, and unite toclear and exact ideas of what is necessary to be done, the skill to ex- ecute their weli approved plans.- Water- villonian. © WHAT I LIKE TQ SEE. I like to see a woman out in the morning scraping up chips to build a fire, and her hus- band in bed; it shows that she thinks more of him than she does of herself. I like to see mechanics keep their shop doors and windows closed until the sun is an hour high; it shows they are independent and ask no favors of their customers. llike to see young women walking the streets on Sundays in their silks, with holes in theim=stockings; if shows that they ore more altentive to things above, than below. I like to see men crowding around the bar-room Monday morning before sunrise; it shows their anxiety to get to their week's em- ployment in good season. j 1 like to see women send their butler to market in a dirty cloth; it shows economy; as it saves washing. - 1 like to see men pay their debts on the back of an execution, as. it saves trouble hereafter. I like to see men when they make mistakes, have them always in their own favor; it shows they wish to take care of number one. Above all, I like to see young women stop a whole congregation from going out of a meeting house, while they stand chattering in the aisle; it shows they mind their own busi- ness. ' One great secret of domestic enjoyment is ton much overlooked. It lies in bringing ours wants down to our cireumstancas, instead of toiling to bring our circumstances up to our wants. Wants will always be ahead of means. and there will be no end to the race, if you set the latter to chasing the former. Pui the yoke of self denial on desire, apply the spur of industry to energy, and if the latter does not overtake the former, it will at least keep sight of it. |$40,000. . Le ad impossible for them to produce enon FIRE AT ADRLAN, MICHIGAN. On the night of the 15th, Adrian was the scene of a destructive conflagration. The fire broke out in the grocery of A. Critien- den, which was soon wrapped in- flames, (owing to the explosion of a keg of powder) as were also Boyd & Hammond's and F. J. King's dry goods stores, and Larzalere & Cornell's tailoring establishment, adjoining. in this direction it was arrested by the brick black of F.L. Clarke. | In a southerly direc- tion; the large and Glegant brick block of Messrs. Sinclair & Underwood was entirely \destroyed but the fire exteaded no further. The principal sufferers {including those named above). are' Wilkinson and Newell, owners of a frame building who were insur- ed for only $600; D=-K. Underwood, who lost his stock of drugs and medicines, valued at $8,000, iosured for $2,500; Bigelow and Hopkins, who lost hardware to the -value of $5,000; Boyd and Hammond, wha lost some $1,000 worth of dry goods; Mr. Crittenden, who lost some. $1,000; Mr. Sinclair, who was insured for about $9800; and . Josiah Ward Esq. Entire loss not less than ~The printing establistiment of the Adrian Watch Tower, (a slip§ffrom which, published at the office of the '\whig gives the above particulars) was several times on fire, and suffered much by the removal in a hurry of type, forms, fixtures. &e. ENGLAND-NORW A Y, The accounts of the exireme distress of the laboring population of England, received by the late arrivals, are very properly a subject of interest with the American people. .It is right that we should sympathize with the miserable wherever. found, and it is our in- terest to investigate the causes of popular misery in other countries, that we may shun speculation about the i fing of the mass of popu- Intron in Britaiit; «whigs and tories seem a- like desireus to'alleviate it, but neither is willing to do it by the only practical means. Carlyle, . proposes education. 'The whigs propose the repeal of the Corn laws. Both of those measures would undoubtedly prove of some advantage, but neither would be ad- equate to the end. The onty secret about the matter, if it be a secret, is that the British people are plun- dered of the fruits of their industry, and it is gh to satisfy both the desires of their plunderers and their own necessities. / To look for adequate relief from the Gov- ernment, as at present organized, whether administered by whig or tory, is to Jook for a moral impossibility. Itis like looking to robbers and pirates to secure the enjoyment of life and of property. The privileged voters, would be willing to see the non-vo- ting multitude cedmfortable, if it coula be done without dimjuishing their own luxuries and prerogatives; but when such diminu- tion is presented as the means, they recoil j From it. R 5 3,1») \RVs ty On A » 'The only effective \remedy is that pro- posed by Jeremy Bentham, to place the power in the hands of those who have an in- terest in reform, instead of an interest in opposition to it; in short,annual parliaments, universal suffrage, and election by ballot, is some®mear approach to this system. With- out these, the relief which is wrung from the aristocracy in a moment of distress, com- passion, or alarm, will be withdrawn as soon as the emergency is less pressing. A striking evidence of these truths may be found in comparing the institutions and the condition of fingland and Norway. lt is not known to all our citizens, that after the downfall of Napoleon, the Norwegians resisted for some time the attempt to sub- ject them to the dominion of the King of Sweden;but at length the matter was com- promised, by allowing them a consfilution without any nobility and with universal suf- frage, not even a tax being necessary as a qualification for a voter, and the King hav- ing no power to raise moneyfrom the peo- ple except through their representatives. The consequence has been that the con- dition of Norway has been constantly im- proving, and the people are among the most lightly taxed in the world, while the condi- tion of England has constantlyfgrown worse, and her people are the greatest tax payers on earth. Aristocrats turn up their noses at the idea of universal suffrage, but all experience proves that it is a sure protection, and the only sure protection. of the poor against grievousloppression.-Pennsy luanian. The Sieam Frigate Mississippi.--This noble vessel will probably leave this port to- | day. The workmen have been busily employ- ed in preparing her for-departure before the close of the river. A| correspondent, who has been on board this vessel, ~examining her, pronounces her a noble and perfegt mod- el of vessels of this class, and an Rhovor to the workmen who have been employed upon hey, and to the city who gave her birth. He says \he has been aboard of many of the best of the British and Frech steamers, and of all he has seen the. Mississippi is incompar- ably superior in model, machinery, and in the clear and open deck for her heavy arma- ment. 'The Mississippi is to be one of the home squadron, and as itis the intention of the Segretary of the Navy. to increase this class of vegels, so well adapted to the protec- tion of our harbors, we shall probably ere long have our whale coast so. well guarded as to make a foreign enemy adopt the bet- 'ter part of valor, and discreetly keep oway from our shores. Such is the condition in: which our naval defences should be kept, and in such -we hope to see them speedily placed.. We may then, in the confidence of security, laugh at tne bellowings of the «Bull\ across the water, which to do in our present defenceless state, partakes too much of the character of bravado. Ledger, The Hoo. Daniel Jenifer, Minister of the United States to Austria, sailed from New York on Monday last, in the packet-ship Westminster, London, on his way to Vienna, accompanied by Thomas H. Morris as Se- retary of Legatien, and James C. Jenifer | Attache. ~ orders of England, which embrace all the ; VOL. VH. NO. 20. Fire at Oswego. -We regret to announce that the U. S. Hotel, the property of Mr. E. Knower and others, and occupied by Mr. Foreman was nearly destroyed by fire this morning. The fire originated in the upper part of the building fromthe burning of one . of the chimneys.and at the time of itsdiscove ery had made such progress asto baffle eve- ry effort to check the raging element until the combustible materials of the main body of-the building were consumed. Through the Gxertions of the firemen and citizens, the wings of the building were saved, and: the walls of the main edifice, it is supposed are not materially injured. Most-of the, furni- ture was saved, We have heard 'no esti 'mate of the loss, but it cannot be less than 10 or 15000 dollars. 'There was an insurance of $5000 on the building - Oswego Pal. The last invention is a «patent pocket grindstone,\ for dyspepties to-sharpen their appetites upon. § a It is not arms-the bedy and thighs that make a man, any more than does the coat and pantaloons-the dicky or whis- kers, but the mind! the mind! the inind alone, ~~ that gives character to the crilter! _ There is a salt lake in lowa, so stong that the'incrustations around it, are several inch- es in thickness. It is remarkable how these salt lakes are scattered over this. contingent, and generally where they ale most needed; and where it would be 'most (difficult to get supplies from the ocean. .> «~ ® Rags received at this office in payment of subscription. [Shiawassee Argas. Can't the fellow get rags enough without advertising for them? We know -a man who comfgenced the publication of: a' paper at the west. without a rag on his back,, and now he is covéréd -with rags, ~ & ~ [Harrisburg Signal. [We know ansther not a thousand .milea ; from Lockport.] Arabian Language.-SBome idea may be formed of the richness of the Arabian lan- guage, from the fact thatit contains one thousand different words for sword, hundred for serpent, and eighty for honey. What a language to make war or love in. 1 The Secretary of the Treasury anticipates a deficiency of fourteen millions in the reve» nue of 184%, to be met by seven millions balance of the twelve million loan,a re-issue of five millions of treasury notes, and two and a millions of new duties. © What a comment on the whig scheme of giving aw ay the proceeds offthe public lands! How to stop a run on a Bank. An cxcel- lent plan, and like many, other excellent things, an frish invention, is that reported by Charles O'Malley, to have been tmed by one of the Dublin banks to avoid the ties of suspension. Red, hol goin {was shov- eled out to the panic st J»:ll-_holders, and the run being th keds f had in the mea gangs? strecgihon Gf Z mend this plgo.to. out» Sip§gh \sent. The law doesnot specify the temberaty, the specie fe which they are required t deem their notes. -- Milas.] ssl s yf Two. things, well considered,. would= \pre vent many quarrels; firsty:to have it weltuas- certained whether we 'are disputing about terms rather than things; and- secondly,; to .\ ~~ examine whether that on which we difi'fii is worth contending about. . With an honest map, the senso of right is n far higher motiveffiazifthe hope of reward or the fear of punistimeht. Educate a community in the idoa that to work with the hands is degrading and dis- honorable,. and you educate them for vice and misery. A scientific Houw. -The Society of Arts in London bas been handsomely heaxed. A carriage with but one wheel, and to be used without horses; was advertised to be seen at. a cefthin place; the members of \the society and\ 'the public: in general were invited to come and see it.. 'The ardor of their expect» ations was somewhat dampened when they were shown a wheel-Darrow. Matters of Coursee-There care. certain things in this world which have so uniformly: turned out in the same way, that nobody dreams of their resulting in any other, in short, they are set down as \\*matters of course\-that is. events have always hap- peoed from the same cause,. or attended by the same circumstances, or produce'the same effects. For example: ‘ When a bank suspends spetle payments; itis always done for the public good as a matter of course. If the said bark becomes irretrievably in- solvent, and is forced to liquidate its affairs, the directors publish a card stating that the assets are amply sufficient to pay every thing, as a matter of course. . [Boston Transcript. People who degree af confidence in such statements are always deceived and disappointed, as a matter of course. Explained.--It has been a matter of won- derment to simple, unsophisticated. souls, how a man who steal a hundred thousand dol- lars should slip through the fingers of justice, while a Camishing wretch is sent to jail for stealiog a loaf of bread. The Philadelphia Ledger unravels the mystery. That paper says: ‘ . | ~*The poor fellow who steals but a pair of boots or a loal of bread, must be taken cars'of fortwo or years, otherwise 'he might bother the court again on similar charges; but the man who'steals by thousands, steals enough to last him through life, and will, therefore never afterwards bother justice; consequently he is tet offleniently on account of his tact. I ' Mr. Maffit.-'The Boston Post, alluding to some late flippant paragraphs in some newspapers, reflecting on the character of this gentleman, says: \This is ungenerous-Mr. Mafft bears an irreproachable character. No man has been assailed more fiercely, or passed the ordeal af investigation more triumphantly. He has, if is true, suffered much domestic afflictions but truth can fix no stain upon. bis conduct ts a som, a husband, or a parent.\ ' four -
