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a* m I v ¥ VOL. III. NO. 36. -YAN, -OCTOBER 28, 1845. WHOLE NO. 140 'PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY, BY RODNEY L, ADAMS, / AT PENN-YAN, ,N . Y. Offio® on the west side o f Main street: Entrance, first stairs south o f Elm-street. T rams .— Vo subscribers who have the paper left at their Ld o o r f, $2.50 a yea r —to office and mail subscribers, 91,60 a Nyear, i f paid within three months, or i f deiuyed beyond that time* $3,00 w ill be charged. 1 RATES OF ADVERTISING. One square, (^16 lines or less,) one week, 50 cents, and 25 cents for each following week. Yearly advertisets will he accommodated upon reasonable terms. Legal advertisements will be charged at the rates established by law. P R I N T I N G ^ O f all kinds, neatly and promptly executed. How He Won Her. We hope (he moral of the following tale will be productive of much good. Young men who are am* bilious of success ill the matrimonial line, should study well the seeret. Our friend, who furnished the sketch, says he sees no reason why it should not be true. A young lady of eccentric character, but of rare f mental endowments and extraordinary personal at* tractions, had five suitors equally assiduous in their attentions. Unable to decide upon which she would bestow her hand, she gave them notice to call upon her at a certain hour on a stated day, and each state his claims in the presence of the others. At the ap pointed time the lovers arrived. Four of them were confident of success, but the fifth had a down* cast look and sighed when he gazed upon the object of his devotions. “ Gentlemen,” said $he, 44 you have all honored me with proposals of marriage. I have, as yet, neither refused nor accepted any of you. I now desire, that ea£h of you will state your claims to my hand, in order that I may know upon what grounds I may be justified in bestowing it.” A answered as follows —44 If you marry me, you •hall live in a splendid house, have servants and car riages at your command, and enjoy all the luxuries of fashionable life. I am rich.” ‘ B spoke next—“ My rival has said very truly that he is rich, and be offers yon a strong induce ment ; I am of noble descent. My grandfather was a duke, and although not wealthy, I am o f a family with whom an alliance would be considered an % honor by the wealthiest heiress in the land .*1 C slates hi 3 claims thus —44 I am a politician,and hav£ now a reputation that older persons have envi ed. Next year I shall run for Congress, and I have no doubt of success. By marrying me your name will be handed down to posterity.” , D twisted his mustache with the air of an exquis ite, and said —“ Angelic creature !—Ton my soul I think you have already made npyour mind in my favor. You know how I am admired. Who i$ the most fashionable dresser in town ? Who rides the finest horses ? Who frequents the most fashionable places? Who is a better judge of the opera ? Ru mor says D, but, ’pon honor, I’m too modest to in sist upon it.” When it came to E’s time to speak there was a pause. All eyes turned towards him. Poor fellow! he was dreadfully embarrassed. J 44 Well,” said the beauty, “ what say you, Mr. E .” 41 Alas !” was the reply, 4* I yield to these gentle man. They have the advantage of me in every re spect” And he took up his hat to leave. “ Stop,\said the lady, 44 make your statements, no matte r how humble may be your claims.” “ I am poor.” ‘ 44 Go on.” . \ , V “ lam not of noble fa -#l Go on, sit/* 44 I am unknown to the world.” “ No matter—proceed,” 44 I have neither the taste nor the means to dress fashionably, I work for my livelihood. It is hardly possible that I can make you happy, for I can offer you none of the inducements held out. by my rivals,” “ I am to judge of that, sir, what next.” * Nothing, only I loVe you, and take a new $ pa P * r At this Messrs. A B C and D burst out into a loud laugh, and exclamed in one voice —44 So do w e ! I love you to destraction £—1 take four papers ! ha ! ha 1 • y Silence,” said4the lady, 44 in one month you shall haVe your answer.. You may Withdraw.” At the end of (he month the suitors again appear ed. Turning to each other iii succession the lady thus answered; / . \ 44 Riches are not productive of happiness.” 44 Boast ed nobiltiy of blood is the poorest cf all recommeda* tionsj” “ Fame is fleeting,” and “ he that has but the outward garb of a gentleman is to be pitied. I have taken the trouble to find out the names of the newspapers to which you all subscribe, and have ascertained that none of you, who have boasted of wfcaljth, nobility, fame or fashion, have paid the prin- teirs ? Now, gentleman, this is dishohest. I cannot think of marbying a man who would be guilty of a dishonest act. I have learned that Mr. E- not only subscribes for a paper, but pays the printer l There fore, I say, he is the man.. I give niy hand with the full conviction that he is one who is every way cal culated to make me happy.” . , Need we extend our narrative. Tlie disappointed gentlemen disappeared quite suddenly} and the lucky suitor was united to the object of bis devotion | and in a lew years, by his honesty and industry, be came, not. only a distinguished, blit a wealthy manj and was esteemed by all who knew him. Young men, he paid the printer I9 Is there no moral in this. > [Washington Bee. ily” a \ Mexico. * The pipes of war are hushed. The menace arid bravado of Mexico have subsided, and she acknowl edges her inability to resent insult, or defend her own. Perhaps the next arrival wifi bring us news • of an other revolution, and the establishment of P a r edes , or some other warrior chief, as dictator at the Republic. '■ Meantime our soldiers hover by thousands alongj if not within her borders. They are well trenched, the4poor windy official at Washington informs ns, to guard against surprise. From whom 1 How valor vaunts itself now that the foe is too feeble to assail us. A miserable and mean conflict of arms or di plomacy has ours been in this Mexican-Texan af fair. X But there are grave questions to be discussed, if we mean to maintain the Constitution as it is, or hold the Executive to its letter. He may not cer* lately delarewar. But in effect, Mr. Polk has done it; that is to say, he has done that, which if Mexico had been our equal, would have brought on war. Where his authority tg march troops to a disputed territory ? Were his constitutional right to send soldiers into Texas ? We have not time, however, or space to discuss these questions now—and must be- . content, at this time, with calling the reader’s atten tion to them. [True Amer* Hard to Convince. D ialogue ,— B etween M ercury and A S chool boy .—M ercury .— Did you know your father had to pay a tax of twelve cents a yard on your shirts, to help maintain the lordly proprietors of the cotton fac tories ? f S choolboy . —No sir, I didn’t. M.—Well he does, though perhaps he never knew it. I can prove it by the census, and by the statistics of manufactures* S.—I don’t see how that can be ; for mother gave only eight cents a yard for the shirting. -Did the shop-keeper give the tax gatherer all she gave him for the cloth and four cents more ? M.—No i but the whole duty on imported cotton is seven millions of dollars, and if this is an average of 60 cent, then your father pays a heavy tax on all your shirts, cost whatever they may; S.—I can’t see how father is taxed at all. whole price mother pays for my shirts is not so high as the duty is—and if lordly proprietors or dandies choose to wear fine cambric shirts and pay a duty on them, I don’t see Why other folks should care for that. . From the Dundee Record, Common Sense vs. Humbug. ‘ [At request of Dr. Purdy.] ' Mr. Editor:—Dr. Huson says in the Whig of the 9th Sept., that I agreed to discuss with him the fol lowing question:—“ Is the Homoeopathic system of medicine founded upon scientific principles.” After having thus defined the question at issue between us, I did expect that in his next article he would confine himself to the affirmative of the question, and attempt at least to demonstrate and prove that Homoeopathy was founded upon scientific principles. We will briefly review the Dr.’s article, and sum up his argu ments, and see what he has proven. In the first place the Dr. says he “ will proceed to furnish the evidence of my misdeeds by correcting my garbled extracts.” In his former article he calls these same extracts “ pretended extracts” in three places. Has he shown that they are “ garbled or pretended?”— He has published the 16th and 20th sections o f the Organon entire; and says : “ as far as I quoted they are in italics.” And, if the reader will take the pain 9 to read the above sections as the Dr. has pub lished them, he will see that he has not pointed out a single sentence that is “ garbled” or altered, and that all (he Dr. can complain of, is that I did not give the whole sections. But does it make an extract 44 garbled and pretended” because the whole section is not given ? An extract Webster says “ is a pass age taken from a book or w r itin g a n d had I not a right to take a passage from the Organon, without being accused of making “ garbled and pretended extracts ?” and has not the Dr. instead of correcting my extracts proved them true and genuine 1 and his own assertions false when he calls them “ garbled and pretended.” In the second place the Dr. sayst “ But before giving the sections it is necessary that a foundation shonld be laid, upon, or from which, to reason.” We will now examine the Dr.’s founda tion a little and see if we can find where he got his materials from which to build it. Why I can tell you where he got them—he has stolen them! and from the great Hahneman too! he has taken the very ideas, and . words, of the great benefactor” and used them as his own! and I should not wonder if the immaterial, spiritual philosopher should haunt him for it! His spiritual essay or foundation is all stolen from the Organon he has taken the 10th, 11th, and 12 th sections almost verbatim, he has “ garbled” some; for instance the 1 1 th section contains 115 words, he has added 3 words and left out 2 , and put the word “ disturbed” for “ deranged;” with these exceptions, it is verbatim. Now then to what other conclusion can we come, than that the Dr. has pro ved himself without a foundation of his own. How transcendency brilliant, does the Dr. appear when he says, “ it Dr. Purdy after reading the above can not understand the 16th sec. doubtless others can,” when I had read it a dozen times or more and tried to understand it before he copied it and called it his own. If what the Dr. has stolen from the Organon were arguments that went to demonstrate the 16th section “ was founded upon scientific principles,” there would be some appology for him, but such ar guments are 4 like Beelzebub casting out devils.’— We have shown that the Dr. has proved just two things, 1 st, he has proved his own assertions false when he calls roy.extracts 4 garbled and pretended,’ 2J, that he is a plagiarist. We will now try and prove the negative of this question, and first we will enquire the definition of the word scientific. Web ster defines it to mean 4 producing certain knowledge or demonstration,’ and if his definition be correct, any system to be scientific, must be susceptible of being pioved and demonstrated as certain. Is the Homoeopathic system susceptible of such proof and demonstration ? or has Dr. Huson thus proved and demonstrated it ? or that part o f ii referred to in his’ Iasi communication which is the Homoeopathic path ology or the 4 doctrine of the causes and nature of dis eases.’ Hahneman says and Dr. Huson repeats it that 44 diseases are of a spiiitua! immaterial nature,’ and that 4 the morbific agent is a spiritual immaterial agent,’ and that as matter (that is the material form ol medicine) cannot affect the spiritual and immate rial, it is only the agency, effect, influence, power or spirit of the medicine that can combat the morbific agent. The Homoeopathic pathology to be founded upon scientific principles mu 9 t be susceptible ol be ing demonstrated and proved to be ‘certain knowl edge.* Do the Homoeopaths propose any experi ments or tests by which their pathology can be dem onstrated ? or does Hahneman merely assert that dis eases and their causes are all spiritual and immate rial, and every Homocopathist is bound to believe it without any other evidence than Hahneroan’s word for it. Now then l am not disposed to take the ip se dixit of their god unless they prove that he is in- spired, or possessed of supernatural power as were the apostles when they wrought miracles in spiritu al things and cast out devils. I find just as much ev^ idence to believe that the great imposter Mahomet went to heaven on the Albarak, and saw all that was going on there in one night and back again. We have tjie word of Mahomet that 'he did all this, and his followers believe it, without evidence or proof of his inspiration; and we have the word of Hahnem(an for the truth of his pathology without any other evi dence, and Dr. Huson prelends that it is founded up* on scientific principles. The Dr. evinces .a great anxiety to leave this part of the system, and says in his 4 next article he will explain the principle Like cures like.’ Now I would advise the Dr. not to leave his pathology until he has demonstrated it to be foun ded upon scientific principles, for if the Homoeopath ic pathology is not scientific, the principles and prac tice founded upon such a pathology cannot be in ac cordance with the principles o f inductive science. , w. S. PURDY. Barrington, Oct. 13, 184$. , Will the Yates Co. Whig please copy the above. ' 1 W.S.P. For the Yates County Whig. To the Public. (Refused publication iu the Dundee Record.) As my name has been drawn before the public in the play of 44 The Devil amongst the Doctors,” and some charges alleged against rae, I claim the privi lege of replying. / It is true that I have acted as an amenuentis for Dr. Huson, and most of the articles which hare ap peared over his name have been copied by mt from Dr. H.’s manuscript, in order to insure correct ty pography—my hand writing being generally pretty legible—and from these circumstances have ariien the drives of Drs. Purdy & Palmer at me. The public generally do,pot know that while Mr. Butman is ostensibly the editor of the Record, Dr. Alexander S. Palmer is the. real acting one, and 44 does the editorial” for the paper. No one there fore can fail to perceive that owing to his connection in that manner with Mr. Butman, Dr. Palmer con trols the columns of (he Record; Lake Superior Hines. *» A correspondent of the Cleveland Herald writes from the Saull St. Marie as follows; 1* l f A I I • ‘I 441 have seen heading; towards this mineral region ex-Cabinet Ministers and Govorncrs, Congressmen and Professors, Bankers and Capitalists, Adventur ers, Woodmen and Miners; and I have seen them on their return with their 4 pockets full of rocks.’— That this region abounds in copper ore to an inex haustible extent, and of a quality vastly superior to any elsewhere discovered? are not matters “of c<?n. jecture. That this is now positively known, has be come a fixed fact, and that gold and silver also abound, recent explorations abundantly establish. In this greedy scramble for sudden wealth, in which all men are more or less inclined to engage? some will obtain it and others will be disappointed j but the great truth still remains, that the precious ntelals here abound, and if energy and enterprise be only tempered with discretion and perseverance, the ef forts of such will be crowned with success. But the existence and locality of this mineral wealth are no new discovery, as is generally supposed; nor are 4Lake Superior Mining Companies’ devices of these modern days* In 1665, Father Allouez heard of the existence of a 4 mass of pure copper’ on the South ern shore of Lake Superior, and searched for if.— And as early as 1721, says Charlevoiz, the bracelets of the Indians, the candlesticks, crosses and censors were made for the use of the Church, by a goldsmith at the * Soo,’ from the masses of pure copper found on the shore of Lake Superior.u ? „ v . . . R emoval of two blacksmiths . —The Pittsburgh Morning Chronicle tells the following:—A man lived in a house between two blacksmiths, and was disturbed by the noise they made. At last they prom ised to remove, on condition that he would give them an excellent dinner, which he very readily agreed to do. When the promised feast was ended,\he asked them whither they intended to remove their domicils. 44 Why,” answered one of them , 14 my companion Will remove to my shop, and I to his.” The [Portsmouth Journal. ID-Abr«n Van Alstyne of Montgomery Co*. declined th» Loco Foco nomination for the A*?em- ITT* Rochester yielded $3,323 of Postage during the iast quarter, under low postage, against $3,819 during the same quarter of last year—a falling off of only 15 per, cent. Considering that the circulation of Politfeal journals and documents.last yeaj* was unprecedented, wq consider this really no falling off at all. Let this Postage Reform bill alone, and We shaft collect mote postage m 184$ than We have ev er yet done in any year* [trUwnfc. Mr. Butman must of necessity have some “ rfeht hand man,” and as t)r. Palmer Junior is generally pretty officious, and wishes tp exercise ibis tajetits in governingrti/e public, the cddfedversylunder bis su pervision has taken sufch a course as would best suit the 44 old school Doctors,” and^tend to injure Dr. Huson, No matter ih what shape an,article came from the other side—Whether it was a slant a t 44such a man as the challenger,” or a declaration that Dr. Huson was a 44 quack,” an 44 ignoramus,” or an 44 imbecile whether it was a diive at the Doctor’s 44 Homoeopathic family,” or in the more chaste and elegant language of Dr. Palmer it denounced him as having circulated 44 a foul and base falsehood,” and Dr. Huson 44 a low dirty contemptible liar,” or even 44 Satan” himself; no matter whether the ar ticles transcended all bounds of even modest decen cy in expression or not, nor from whom they emana ted, so long as they met with the approval of Dr. Palmer the columns of the paper were and still are open for their reception. And all this notwithstand ing the editorial article in the Record under date of August 14th, which contained the following in re gard to the discussion ; 44 We feel disposed to open our columns to correspondents at all times provided their communications are upon subjects worthy of perusal and reflection and couched in respectful terms . But whenever they depart from such a course we shall feel justified in rejecting them, because a pub lic press ought to be the medium through which infor mation, truth and decency in expressions and subjects are promulgated, and none o t h e r s Had such been the earned intention of Mr. Butman, I ask would he have allowed all the articles publication that have been published in his paper ? No. Dr. Palm er had and still has the control, and communications that cut too deep are rejected. If it had not been that Dr. Palmer and Mr. Butman were afraid of of- fehding the old school physicians, why would they have wanted to show the rejected article to the other gentleman referred to in it, when he had the consent of one (unnamed) upon whom publicly it reflected as much as upon the other. Dr. P. well knew that so far as he was concerned he could have a privilege be yond any correspondent in availing himself of a de fence under an editorial head, and he was fearful that the other gentleman with the proof in Dr. Hu* son’s possession, would not deny the alteration,of the proof-sheet referred to. The declaratiop of the editors, 44 that no one (as they could learn) knew who it was that altered the proof sheet .unless his (Dr. Huson’s) amanuensis did it himself,” carries with it an idea similar to the robber when closely pursued, crying stop thief! stop thief! in hopes of escaping from detection in the confusion that he endeavors to create. . r The putjltf’v'-f cn»irserc<*n *wbe.mer 3 ^ tors of the Record have ever 44 refused; to publish any communication from” Dr. Huson on the sub ject matter of discussion between him and any oth er person—a technicality in expression will not save their credit there. As to the article “ originally intended for publica tion in the Record”—concerning the post mortem examination—I have authority for saying that al though it was probably handed into the Record of fice containing the 4 two important personal para graphs’ as they are styled, published in the Recoid as from the Yates County Whig, yet before that ar ticle was set up in type, ora reliable answer had been given by Mr. Butman that it would be published, Dr. Huson concluded to withdraw it, and demanded it of Mr. Butman who refused to deliver it up until he had taken a copy of it, which he had no right Jo do. If Dr. Huson upon a subsequent reading and reflection, saw fit to strike out the paragraphs re ferred to as too personal, it was* his own act, and none of f he editor’s business. The article belonged to Dr. Huson and had not been given to the public* Dr. H. in all the articles that have been published with his sanction has strictly maintained decency in expression, and avoided personalities as much as possible; and the public are indebted to the editois alone for the surreptitious publication of the two paragraphs which they say they publish in justice id themselves. They had no buSines^ with those par- agrphs and are responsible for tl\e breach of faith in their publication—but as Dr. Palmer probably caus ed them to be inserted, let him beartrfrith them. So far from Dr. Huson 4 having* become alarmed at his situation in the discussion,’ he hasivsimp!y transferred it to the Yates County Whig, where it will be continued I trust, in a becoming manner be tween him and Dr. Purdy, and any other gentleman who may see fit to join over his own signature., As to Dr. Huson and his Scribe as the Pharasees f * . F* • of the Record style me, opposing the paper I would remark that n 6 two persons excepting those who were attachedc,lo the office, have done more for the paper—exerted themselves more strenuously in its favor^ or were more anxious to have a paper suc cessfully established in this village than Dr. Huson and myself^ j Wev were at liberty to withdraw our patronage whenever we saw fit, and did so when we found there was unfairness in its managment— when it was made the vehicle of jlander and abuse of our selves and family we withdrew our support, and jf others viewed the course o f the paper in a similar light,,they were certainly at liberty to withdraw al so*. .If Mr. Butman’s subscription list has increas ed since, of course he should not complain. The editors say that 4 t\yo exchange periodicals directed to the Record is withheld , by me, and de livered to; a pejrson. filpt connected with the Record office.’ If they is qr was withheld,, Mr. Butman and his brother-in-law, Mr. Booth, should tave set tled the matter. Mr. Booth claimed two pdiodicals (not exchange-papers) as his,.,and they wefe deliv ered to him. If they in fact belonged to Nr. But man, Mr. Booth should not have detained )hern.— However, as all the Record papers and rotgazines are now taken out of the mail bag at the Stirkey of fice, t am no longer accountable for them U either of the claimants—of which I am very glad, partic ular^ as Mr. Butrfian’s exchanges were rather nu merous and were delivered without any chtrge for postage, pursuant to law. , In conclusion, t beg leave Jo ask Dr. A. S. Calm er how he can expect the public, or the greater share of them to countenance him when he pronounces them 4 locomotive buffoons,’ and uses such language as the following in relation to this community* where within half a mile of the Record office can be found more than thirty families who employ ho- mceopathfc remedies in sickness, saying nothing about the number of others besides who live within two or three or four njiles of the village/ Read;—^ Speaking of Dr. Hdjson he says, 4 let a religious and moral community support him, He.; but let them remember that the man who asserts a false hood is a liar, and that whoever supports him (Dr. Huson) supports a liar,'and it is an oldfmd just pro verb that the partaker is as bad as the thief.’ There are soma 4 respectful terms,’ with. Jpgity rhetoric, de cency in,expression, and elegancies of diction tha^t well become Dr. Palmef tp make pse of. He prob ably forgot when he wrote that article that he palling the public genefrallyjuch indecent terms, and that he himself, like most other , professional merit, was dependant upon the public for ,a. livelihood. If that is the way he rides so early, where will he gal - lop to next ? « «■ . V Ei)W’D HOOGLAND. For the Yates County Whig JVtf. E pitor : I {.must crave your indulgence once more in regard to the post mortem examination of Mr. McCallis- ter’s( child heretofore alluded to in your columns. Dr. A- S. Palmer does not reassert in his last ar ticle the falsehood originally stated by him 44 that no structural lesion of any of the vital organs” was made; 4? merely an exhibition of those organs,” which every one present at the examination knew to be untrue. .. He lays great stress upon my not having* denied that the child,died from the effects o f strychnia (the active principle of the nux vomica or dog button,) and says that as 1 have not denied this it is presump tive evidence that J knew that the child had taken it. Wonderful good logic! Convict a man for not deny ing a Charge before , the dharge was made. Does Doctor A. S. Palmer think that I administer strych nia in all cases as he does pepper ? The Doctor is quite a grammarian for an editor— behold]! 41 d’d not as he (?) says look at my instru ments Iso steadily but that I saw you (?)! contrary to the torA^;y,’ f y r ., K$ol oiru of* them have'ufny Recollection,’ Ac. In corroboratian of one of Dr. P.’s original false hoods that 1 4 stated (before uncovering the child for dissection,) that the left arm and some part of the leftside was mortified before it died.’ He has pub lished an affidavit made by H. Spence, Jacob Rum- ner, (was Dr. Rumner present ?) and A. Maring \jdio swear to the doctor’s assertion. Let me ask* tne Doctor was he afraid that my simple denial was of more weight than his assertion, or did he suppose that the public would believe those men any quicker for swearing to it, when the affidavit is an extra judicial one, of no legal force, and the parties to it had previously coincided with Dr. P. in his publi cation ? I still deny that such a remark was made by me; but I did say (as I have before stated,) that the appearance before death was the same as at the time of examination -^-44 being a purple appearance of the surface of those parts.” As to the persona! abuse so lavishly heaped upon myself, I care not; but when he charges the public with being liars and thieves be forgets what is due to those upon whom he is dependent for a liveli hood. Dr. Maring in a complimentary card published in the Record of Sept. 25, says: 41 would embrace the prese$£*sj&portunity of advising the Dr. (Huson,) that whenever and wherever he misrepresents me or my practice, I shall expose his contemptible con duct to the world.’ Let me ask wherein has my conduct been contemptible that he should wish to expose it? I have never misrepresented him for his calibre was too .insignificant, and as to his practice I could not, for fie had not enotigh to entitle him to be called a 4 practising physician.’ It happened a few years ago that said Maring studied medicine and surgery with me for a bile and when he left be took away a part of my librury, and now he has the impudence to say that I had, not any! I take this opportunity to request him tt> return the books that he carried away. . , What was the matter with .the ehild ? Dr. Spence says, 41 entertain kjut little doubt had an analytical examination of the contents ».of the stomach been made, the cause of death might, readily haVe been discovered;’ meaning that tlie child died from some poison which could have beeii defected by analysis. Dr. A. S. Palmer infers Ihatjhe .child died frbm Strychnia p,r Hydrocyanic acid, which he says 4 will produce symptoms similar to those exhibitedva few hours before death ; and in order to have given an opinion those facts ought tp have been known.’ I presumed those facts m,re known, as Drs. Palmer, .0DPDcL°A^f,,^rof(f»69 ty .be physicians. fh&y ignorajnE'f liicctsj bef&re^hey cOmmu?^d th|is controve^V? ! If Strychnia will produce qeldi and leave no traces of inflamatory action observable up on dissection, bow can he account for the purple ap pearance of the left arm and side ? the same as to the Hydrocyanic acid which he classes with Strych nia. Next he says, 4 any old woman could have ;to!d what ailed the child.’ Do his assertions cor respond? If so why did he not tell at the time of dissection ? or does he admit a probability that 4 any o|d woman’ knows more about the effects of Strych nia and Hydrocyanic acid than he did at the time of the examination ? , Dr. H. Palmer who was, also present at the ex amination has said that the child died of dyseqtcry; and the famous Dr. Maring stated publicly in my of fice, and gave me authority to use his name 4 against ;he world’ for the assertion,, that the child died from Dentition or the. effects, of. Teething; (the child was seven months old I) Now who is right, if either ? or did the child die from 4,soipe extraneous sub stance in the stomach* such as worms,’ (as Dr. Calmer says,) which Dr. Paracelsus Spence was anxious to discover by analysis.: Yours respect., RICHARD HUSON. » • » Seven Days Later from Europl-Arri- H val of the Hibernia. 1 i oney The steamer Hibernia arrived at Boston on Son* day morning, at l past nine ofelock, having left Liv erpool on thq4th, making her passage in 15 flays.-rr The most important, news by this arrival relates to the harvests. In order to put a stop to the excessive Railroad speculations in England, the rates of 1 have been advanced.* »• x .,v . In England the improvement in the.income,of rail roads continues,-especially on routes where the fare has been reduced.. ; la France the demand for iron exceeds the supply, causing high prices.v Mr. King had returned to Pa- I IS* \ • • 1 y 1 In li eland the Repeal goes steadily onward. ; Mr. O’Connell has appealed with renewed vigor at Dub lin, and the revenue of the Spciety has increased., In Belgium the potatoe crop is better than was ex pected. In Germany a club has been formed called 4 Young Germany.’ It goes for Revolution and assassinating Rjngs. t -v, ; y*V ; v*-* •i,v V-,f 'Italy proposes a treaty,with the United States with a great reduction o f duties. »• . > / Russia finds herself worsted in the Caucasian war. China news, to June 27th had been received.-?^ Nothing of interest from that country or India.— Scinde was quiet under the British yoke. < 1 . , The Corn market continues firm; and the fine weather which prevailed last week,,at the sailing of the steamer, having been followed by repeated .and heavy falls of rain, the market,, in the;.early part of the present week, acquired additional firmness, and continues so, with a slight drawback, at tlle.vpre 6 ent time. Large quantities of Floor are daily arriving from the United States and Canada; and from the nature of the advices recently sent across the Allan. tic,uthe supply from thosp quarters, there is.every reason to believe, Wi{J increase. From the .pause* at whieh vre glanced in our last publication, the im port rate on Wheat has advanced 18s.—*the result of the inferior qualities thrown on the market. The import duty on Flour is now 10s. 10d» per barrel.— In some instances, recently, Irish Flour has,receded Is. per saOk, and Canadian 6 d. per barrel, influenced by the large arrivals from the West, which amount since Monday to nearly 9,000 bbls; Sales 3,000 bbls States Flour, at 27s.» ', « ' u\ 26,845 bbls Flour had been received.in Liverpool from Canada and the States the week preceding tlie 30th Sept*, t j • \ 'x The home deinand for Iron is daily on the increase, the manufacturers are.working hard, prices are well supported* and the trade is as brisk as it well can be. The export trade, on the contrary, is dull. Pig Iron commands, in Glasgow, j£4 15$; in Liverpool, five guineas., In this town, Bars ^realize £9; Hoops, £10 15s; Sheets, £12; Rails, £ 1 2 5s, and best Re fined, £ 1 1 15s. ' > The produce markets are not so active as they have been. Rice is in less,demand. Sugar has re ceded a little, with Jess inquiry, while the price of Foreign Coffee has improved a shade. P rospects of the H arvest . • » .4 The reports which have reached us since our last, respecting the progress made with the harvest in the North, are not of a characterjo allay the excitement previously fell on the subject^ . The heavy rains which fell up to the 21st inst. Was succeeded by dry, but qnuspally cold weather. Sharp frosts were; ex- per,teheed on lhenighis, of the ji2d and 23d justanl, and thpugh the femperatpre has since risen, the shift of wind to the Southward, threatens ajeturn of ,wet. The interval of dry w.eather has. hitherto been,of tpo short duration,to admit of much.,coi;a,being curejd, and thie extreme cold has prevented dhat not before. r ^ _ % J - »» . 1 ip a ripe miaking much progress towards maturity.,. 1 ., It is therefore feared, and not without reason, that the more backward parts of the kingdom may fare even worse than the South; and as the reports of the.yield from the forward districts do not by any means improve as threshing is proceeded with, the estimates of the results of the harvest become daily more discouraging. These considerations have had Death its a Punishment. The calm observer of the progress pf Ideaaand of Events must realize that something must be done on the subject of Capital Punishment. .The doubts and fears, the hesitation, and anxiety, of the advo cates as well as the adversaries of this penalty, are rendering the course of Justice in regard to the most flagrant crimes and criminals tearfully uncertain and halting,, Men ; who theoretically sustain Capital Punishment, equally with those wjio oppose it, shrink (rom rendering a verdict which involves the taking of Human Life, unless the guilt of the ac cused be not merelj flagrant, but absolutely beyond a.doubt. Now this can rarely be, where the culprit has wit enough to be really an accountable being; so trials, are spun out, prisoners, cleared, pr juries disagree, whereby the welfare of the community is prejudiced or periled 1 The.repeated trials of Polly Bodine, like those of Ezra White, Thos. Rector, of Albany, the escape of Ellen Jewett’s murderer,(the recent disagreement of the jury in the case of Ort* rin Woodford,, who killed his wife in Avon, Ct., and many other) instances, establish! ihls. MOrder trial? axe now enormously co’stly, yet for the conviction of apprehended murderers there,is not more than even chance. , We hardly remember av.case of disagree ment of, a jury on,a murder trial where, if,the penf ally had been , imprisonment for life, a verdict of guilty would not have been rendered. < W,e impugn noUHe integrity of the jurors 5 . they doubtless acted conscientiously; but they could not agre£>to cut off. a human being from life while a shadow of doubt of his blood-guiUiness remained. Soothe legal penalty, in losjng the moraj certainty its infliction, loses its chief .terror, and Crime frequently stalks unawed and Unpunished. . v> \... « . ( . . We inaisl that. thgro toiisl. be.a remedy for this, and thdt the subject must be discussed and pondered until that remedy. ,is found and.adopted, v We hold ourselves boupd to obey the Law, even where we believe i.t erroneous, until it shall be legally changed;, hut this view, is not so .prevalent, as it should be; and, at.any.rate, the ad.versaries of Capital Punish ment have a right to a fair test, 10 determine whether that pubiip sentiment which is the ultimate law of a Republican State is indeed against themM , To afford such a test,, .the question .must be unembarrassed by all disturbing influences and considerations. Oq the last Tuesday of April qext, the People o f this State will meef in their .several .Wards, and Townships to discharge some of the most important duties, ever'devolved on Freemen., There will hp no 4 spoils/ at stake, but something far higher and nobler. Each county is ,Jo choqse its delegates tp the State Constitutional Convention, and each Town or City is.to ^ay whether.it, will or will not licensq the fartkei; sale vof Intoxicating Drinks within its borders.,1, These questions arfc totaijy distinct—pit is impossibleio.blend or 4 logroll’ them. The,people meet simpl^.to perform the gravest acts of Legisla tion. ; We propose that, in addition to these, our next Legislature - at an early day shall pass an act submitting also.sepnratply to the People,! at jthig.im portant Election, the question-??44Shall the Punish* meat of Death continue to be inflicted in this State? Yea, or Nay ?” and let thq laws^of ourStatebemain? tamed or altered in conformity with the‘popular d&» ciston* :r i* *. . \ \ •.* *4 * We ask an garly expression of opiqipn vdn( this head from a)l who take an interest in Government or Human L ife., We have intended to make the proposition pjerfectly fair to .all partieo, _ We desire a public judgment upon it, unembarrassed by Poli tics, or any extrinsic matter. If .the People say Hang, by a decisive majority, we will urge, the ad versaries of .Capital Punishment to conforzx) rigidly tp the existing laws while they labor fpr the enlight- of the .Pepnl* and thfj tion o f the Penal Code. If they decide against Hanging, who will contend that the maintenance of the Gallows is desirable or likely to do good ? .; , . [Tribune. £ew England and Virginia- J 2 A large number of New England and New-York farmers have, within a few years, gone into Virginia, Principally Fairfax county, and purchased the waste land, that is, the land exhausted by bad cultivation. They have gone to work in, the ftiew-England style, with 44 their own hij*ed ” help, and are redeeming the soil, and bringing back.the means of wealth, which Providence placed in the bosom of. the.earth. * The success of this_er\terpi;ise has beep beyopd aH expec tation. ' The grateful earth responds bountifully to the kindness of the husbandman., and not a drop tails from his brow, that does not promote the fertility of the soil. A correspondent of the Alexandria Ga zette, who is a close observer of this inroad upon the manners and customs of the Virginians, has written a series of admirable papers upon the improvements made, and recommends that Virginians shall adopt the mode of life, and encourage the means of labor, which proves to be so eminently successful to their new neighbors. He thus concludes one of his es says: • v / • • l “ Of late yeafs, we .have had frequept appeals tp the people of Virginia to imitate the citizens of the Nofthen States in the improvement of oqr natural resources, by the constrpqtioqs ofRailroads and Ca- nal§r-iL*Kestablishment of manufacture^, the im provement, of our, Agriculture, and the extension of our commerce. But are we prepared to adopt the means essential, to success? Are we willing tq bring up our children to wait upon themselves? pan we substitute hired 4help’ for servile depen dents? Will we Promote the mechanic arts by en couraging our 60 ns to learp them? And shall we be able to discard those prejudices by which honest labor has been depressed, and false notions%of gen tility engendered amongst us?” * • I * I . \ A G reat P urchase .— The proprietors of the Lowell companies and the new Essex Company down the river, have purchased the water rights of lake Winnipissiogqe, Sqfuam Lake, Newfound Lake b - 6 i e d recetitly at St. Louis, Capt. John N$t gpn, aged 80. Besides being a Hero of the Resolution be Hit t&fii f1 j§f f $ 0 ft the mmuri and Great Baj,f situated M Nqw Hampshire, and which are the gr^at feeders of the jVlerriiitack rtiy^r. By this purchase., the water-power of the^Merrimack will be immensely increased, a,nd will secure a full supply of water every day in the year. Thq lakes which we have named, w.e understand, give a surface of waiter of between 86,000 and 100,000 acres,. Du ring nine months in the year, the water for the sup ply pf the ribills in this city is abuudaut; but with these great sources, so managed as to be arawn up- ’miner or,a time pf drouth, the supply Wilf aifrajT oe abundant and the power in this city arnq below, greatly increased as well as rendered more permanent. We look upon this purchase as one of great value to Lowell, $nd of interest to our citizens. We predict that it will lead in time, to an .increase in ou.r manufacturing establishments,' corresponding at least t0 the increase of water-power which it wilj create, Lowell is destined to be tL great city, much greater than itiaby of us imagine. v [Lowell CoOrier. Aten are m^de in the image of God. Crentlemeii are manufactured by the tailors, barbers and poot blacks. Women are the last.most perfect work pf God.,-- Ladies are the productions of silk worms, milliners and dressing maids. ijp^The New Vork locofoco: Mayor ha$ refused to license a colored Cart man.‘ That’s wiWt we call riieannessf , \ \ their effect on the minds of sellers as well as buyers, and with a greater inclination to purchase, less, dis position has been manifested to sell. The upward movement has consequently continued, and at some pf .the principal markets materially enhanced terms hay? bfyetv.paid forvWheat. 1 , f, •, .... A>. By our Scotch advfees, we learri that harvest ope rations, which had been interrupted* by the; heavy rain that fell between the 16th and 22d, had qgain been actively resumed; it will, nevertheless, require several weeks of dry weather to get in what is still abroad. The lively reports from the south had caused sellers of Wheat to demand materially en hanced terms. At Edinburgh, the article rose about three shillings pe^ quarter, and at Glasgow the rise amounted to 2s. 5d. per boll, being equal to.5s. per q r. Much anxiety was felt there to ascertain in how far the Potatoe crop had been injured by the disease so prevalent in England, butas nothing very positive is stated on the subject we are inclined to think the mischief is not great in that par,t of the kingdom;. , From Ireland the complaints, in regard tp this mat ter are, however, becoming general; even along the West coast, where the crop was previously stated to have escaped injury, the root has, it* is stated, been discovered to have been attacked. In the southern • '* t parts, of the island the bulk of the grain had, we are Informed, been got in, and even in the North the fields were fast being cleared. On the whole, we are disposed to think tiiat the harvest will turn out better iu Ireland than this side of the channel. . * ' 1 * * • ^ .1 / . * ■ ' **»*•' # Inklings from the .Metropolis; ., . The Washington correspondent o f the Courier fa vors us with the following: . ' * . 1 * * • / As sundry guesses are kping made nowadays about the Qabinet, its harmonies, its probable re-con struction, Ac., I may be permitted to put forth my guess as to these affairs. . ( , • IsL T he P resident .—I informed you a few days since that the Cabinet had re-considered their decis ion on the domestic policy of the Administration, and that it was said that (he President would in his.mess- age recommend the Southern Free Trade Policy, as otherwise there were symptoms of rebellion in the caucus! I have had additional reasons to believe this to be true. * # \ ’ -> \ v. * | 4 _ 1 2d. T he S ecretary of S tate .—A s a consequent of the President recommending the Free Trade doc trine of the South, Mr. Buchanan may resign fpr the purpose of making capital in Pennsylvania? There seems to be a general opinion that Mr. Buchap'an will go on the Supreme Bench, but I have rqason, to believe this to be very doubtful. 1.incline to the be lief that he will retire to private life, to train for the next Presidency. \ \ . 3d. T he S ecretary of fHE T reasury .— Mr. Walker will retain this position as long as he can.— The rumor that he will succeed Me* Buchanan in the St,ate Bepartrbent, I believe to beventirely incorrect. Mrl W. has no idea of leaving. thve Treasury. It is a great lev?rMtAwaids.the.ne^tPresi(tenpy. f,\. ,, ^th. T h £ S ecretary of the NAvy.---Mr.l Ban* croft will, it is said, retire from the Cabinet and go tq France as Minister, to hayif.time to devote to his historical. pursuits, Nous verroi\s. r , ; 5th. TH e S ecretary of W ar .— It is said.Mr. Marcy will go to Russia. I think he will remain where lie is. If,he leaves the Cabinet,jLwill be as the price of the support of the New York Delegation towards giving the printing o f Congress to the Or gan. There is an irreconcilable hostility towards him, and nothing but his sacrifice will satisfy the Van Bnren hunkers. Mark that. • 6th. T he A ttorney G eneral .—M t. Mason tyill • * • accept the State Department, when vacated by Mr. Buchanan. ;f . 1 t , I learn that tlie Organist was not content with re fusing to publish Blair and Rives’ Prospectus, but also had the stpallness—the extreme littleness—^to refuse tp publish a note which those gentlecnen wish ed to publish, to inform parties to whom qopies, of their Prospectus »had heen sqnt With the postage un paid, that it had occurred by mistake, and,.that it was their intentioh to have prepaid the postage. _ Thiji copduct remipds .me of the Yankee saying- « Whittled down to the little end pf notbingy” LE SOLITAIRE. m Fatting Swine. ^ v;. ..h,: , One of the mpst important duties demanding Xhi farmer’s attention this month, is the fattening of hja swine. . The practice of some at the north is to com mence one mon(h later; but this is vety bad eccm* ornf, for. all animals will fat much faster jn milej weather thanjh cold. Besides, the^e is ajways. a good deal about t|te farm which is n^ver so valuable as in this,month; and if gathered up qnd epuked, is the best food that can be given for .the.cqmmeqce** ment of. tfie fatting process. We would name, .small potatp.es arid,roots pf. all kinds, cabbage, turnips , 1 pumpkins,apples and unripened and imperfect.,ears of jcorn.,, After these have been fed a month' Qr $9 commence with a mixture of the; different kinds- of meal, or corn alone, aud shove the apitnals as, fast as possible^ getting them ready fpr the market by the middle of November tothe first,of. January.. | f de layed longer than this Iqst mentioned period, however cheap food may he, or high pprk may seJJ, fatting 9 swine will be a loosing process. The hoes should be allowed to exercise a little in the open air, and have charcoal and.rqtten, wpod to eat twice a week, and whatever water they may wish to d(ink. Some contend that they will no.t fat ten as fast for this, but that.^remains yet ,to be*prov-J ed by careful experiment. Af any rate we know that the mea} is pmch superior when fatting animals have a moderate degree of exercise, and plenty tof. fresk pir and water. If closely eqnfined they , become fe verish, and their meat is not only flabby and tastless • but positively unhealthy, v h • ' Another,thing.v Sufficient .attention is not paid to tlte cleanliness of. swine. Depend upon it, no ani mal pays better for keeping him clean than t^e hog 5 and after .all, he is not half so dirty a bea/ 5 tvas he irf usually set down to be. No creature, enjoys clean quarters better than he does—tempt, him with a good bed of.cleaa straw, and see. {The foiJowjng experi ment was recently tried in England Sii pigg 6(> the Norfolk breed, of nearly equal weight were put to. keeping at the same time, and treated the satoe Us to/ood and litter for about seven weeks. .Thtee of them were left,to shift for Vhem3elves astocleanlte ness ; the other three were kept as cfean as possible; by a man emplpyed fo( the.purpose, vjri^h eurrycomb '; and brush. The last consumed in seven weeks few er peas by the bushel than the other,three, yet they weighed more when killed by seventy-two pounds- # Northern farmers may talk as much as they please but they don’t understand, or rathqr carry into effect any thing like sp good a system of fattening swine n!i those do at the west. There they, commence feeding earljr in September, in a nice green pasture, yVHti plenty ol shade, trees, and a clear stream ruriffitigr . thropgh it. Here Master Porkibus daily barites his : sleek sides, eats luscious roasting ears to his fill , drinks, and walks about or sleeps at his pleasure ; and the way hq contrives to>extract the fat from the corn tb coVer his rotund ribs is„ quite* charming— completely distancing any other chemical process that ihe Wit of man has yet invented. It is worth ft\ joprney of a thousand miles, any> lime, to take m* look at a small field of corn five hundred acres, crown** ing the rich buttons of .tjie west on one side of a fence, and a /i/tfeherd; of2 or 300 grunlers making? away, with on the other, indeed, we speak with-' in bounds in sayivig. that We have seen thousands o f acres of corn stretching along, these vallieSvSecmirig’ at a liitle distanpe, like one continued fields 2 and we* once counted 531 ho£s in one herd. Talk about pork and cp^n in Newi York ! Take a trip* to the Sciotat> or Miami, apd.tie Wabash, and one will then get his eyes open and know something* about them*; [Amer. Agriculturist*' I POP “ Orleans marked are f«tbcr dull. Cauie, inclemency of #e«t&er. - » J T exas .—Latest dates from corpus christi* Septv 2$.—Gen. Worth had arrived at St. . Joseph’s with' six companies of bis regiment—the 8th Infantry.-^ Three companies of 3d Artillery, (one being Major Ringgold’s light company,)-and one of the 7th, from Pensacola, have also- arrived. Captain ftirtggold lost only tinee hor3es pa,,the voyage; \h6 remainder are all in good condition. Lieutenant Duncan’s company of Light Artillery had arrived, with a loss of thirteen hefses.., Most of the troops under order* for Texas hod arrived. ,,The Lexington, from New York, had.pot yet mpde. her destiawcoo. The troop* weyealUae^cR^thyahky scarcely anything like fever, heing known. Ther. Were no movement* on> the part of the Mexican* indicating a warlike spirir as (Si te was heard. A report had reached the A m T T j J > reV0lut,01'}J a l« P a , and the consequent {.Union.
