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L a t e r F r o m E u r o p e . The Steamer Cambria, Capt. Judkins, arrived at her berth in Boston on Sunday Evening at half past 9 o’clock, after an unusually short passage of twelve days a n d two hours, bringing 108 passengers.—[Traveller, June 4. The news from England is not specially im portant. The general tone o f the newspaper press is pacific and rather good natured. The news by the Caledonia from this port, was re cei ved with the greatest eagerness, and the gen erally moderate tone of our newspaper articles on the all exciting Oregon question, had ihe e f l'ect to allay the excitement which before existed in Greai Britain. The intelligence from the Continent, and from the East, possesses more interest. W a rs and rumors of wars, famine and insurrection, are the leading items o f intelligence. The Oreook Q u estion— We can only repeat what we have previously stated, that on the part ofih e British n ation no desire exists to measure lances with the United States about the Oregon territory j the umbrage is to be found in the language o f M r. Polk j bat all politicians appear io be agreed that the present is the time—now or never —for bringing the affair to a conclu sion.—European Times. Assuming the rights o f the two nations in Or egon to be equal, and the resolution to defend those rights to be on both sides the same, the late American Secreiary of State pointed out to the Senate, in the most forcible language, the absolute impossibility of sustaining a contest with Great Britain at the present time in and for tbe Oregon territory. The coast is separated from our mighly eastern establishments by only a few weeks' sail across the Pacific; an Ameri can squadron must circumnaviga'e Cape.Horn by a route of 18,000 miles before it could reach the Columbia. By land the difficulties are still more insurmounmble ; for w h o e v e r transported an army across 1,200 miles of pathless desert, where the only food to be obtained is the game still in undisturb.-d pns ession of those midland solitudes? The country is, as we have repeat edly observed, inaccessible to any people or any forces but our own ; and moreover, it is already in the possession of o ur Hudson’s Bay Company. TteJ-iine for inactivity is p ast, f r -hat is ihe very weapon which we are told, by the best authori ty, is to be used against us. It is still as desira ble and as possible as it has ever been, that the question should be settled by an equitable ar rangement, sanctioned, if necessary, by an ar bitration. Bill i f the American Cabinet slinks back into lhat inactivity of which we now thor oughly understand the m eaning and motive, it becomes ihe British Ministers to put an end to a convention that only affords a cloak for hostile designs against a British province, which have been already openly avowed by ihe President of the United Stales, and are only postponed by the superior craft of other American statesmen.— London Times. We have all along expressed ihe opinion that it was impossible lo s-e how any American statesmen or party, when in power, could yield or make such concessions as could at all meet the late peremptory declarations c f our Govern ment. Brt'ish Ministers made the mistake of making Iheir first proposal their ultimatum, and as Ame rican negotiators refuse this, the negotiators that have ciine since, and are to come, will shrink lo the last, in a country like America, from maintaining less, or yielding more than their predecessors The fairest, ihe only setilement of Ihe Oregon, would be a division of Ihe lerritory in dispute, end the Columbia river is the line of that lair division. The sole advantage which ihe Arne ricans would gam by fixing the frontier a t the 49th degree would be lo deprive us o f the mili tary and the commercial advantages o f that riv er, the territory north ot it being of small value. The river is therefore, the g reat poim in dispute, and for all the purposes of peace and trade the possession of one bank suffices. To claim both betrays belligerent rhotives, being the very last motives to which we should give way.—London Chronicle. W ill of a M illionakie .—T he will and codi cil of Ph f.p Juhn Miles. Esq., late of Bristol, banker, have just been proved in Doctors’ Com mons by his executors, who have sworn the p er sonal properly alone to be above the value of a million sterling, the highest am o u n t to which duty is payable. He bequeaths to his sons (eight in num b er) £100,000. The residue, a l ter very many legacies, is given to his sons and executors The will is dated in 1812, and is of great length, (79 sheets of paper, or 360 folios.) The codicil is dated in 1814. The stamp affix ed to the probate is of the value of £15,759. Extensive preparations are being made in Dublin, Cork, &c., for a monster mee'ting a t Ta ra. Mr. O’Connell will commence the day’s proceedings by attending a mass, which is to be celebrated in the open air. The Algerie stales that ihe greatest anarchy reigns in the empire of Morocco, and that the people ofthe south are in open insurrection. In a H u n g a rian paper there appears an an nouncement that two hundred Bohemian fam i lies are to be sold in parcels of not less than five families in a lot. The sale is lo lake place at Bucharest. IT A L Y . A letter dated F.o.ence, May 7, says The greatest tranquility reigns ihrouglioul Tuscany ; unfortunately, it is not the same in the Papal states ; there the agitators continue to conspire, and it will require all the vigilance and energy of the government to prevent ano ther insurrection. The disaffected—and ihey are in great numbers—are far from being intim idated by the recent military condemnations ; they hold frequent secret meetings, and dur ing the night post on the church doors the most seditious proclamations. The police is most active, and in many p ans of the Pope’s do minions a military commission holds permanent sittings. Withinthe last fortnight the following condemnations have been pronounced, and the unfortunate beings executed ; two a l Ravenna, one a Faenza, two at M a c rtata.” PRUSSIA. C onigsberg .—L etters lrom E a s t Germany speak of political disiurbances of a somewhat alarm ing character having occurred in lhat part of Europe. It appears that in one or two of the principal towns, conspiracies having been hatched against the existing authorities ol Prus sia, a result, it may be supposed, of the general distress produced by the extreme Eeverity and long continuance of the winter. IConigs- berg is said io be the city most particularly sub ject to the prevalence o f thisunfortunatespir.it of disaffection. H U N G A R Y . D readful R avages of F amine . —T hp n e w s of the famine which continues to prevail in the comitat of Arra, in Hungary, are filled with de tails truly horrible. Men and beasts are living on ihe same aliment, and lately on a surgeon of Zazrira, m a k ing a post m o riem exam ination of the body of a young m an who. had died of hun ger, he found in the stom a c h a quantity of un digested hay. G R E E C E . Accounts from Athens describe the state of this country as any thing but satisfactory. A great agitation prevailed in all pans of the king dom, and the people were becoming moie and more dissatisfied and irritated wiih the a rbitra ry and violent system pursued by the govern ment. RUSSIA AND CIRCASSIA. The Russians are collecting vast armies for the conquest of the Caucassans, not le>s, it is said, than 180.000 men. The new commander of these arm ies is Count Worunzoff. MOROCCO. The Algerie states that the greatest anarchy reigns in the empire of Morocco, and lhat the people of the South are in open insurrection. ALGIERS. Letters from Algiers of the 6th, describe the insurrection in the mountains of the Ouaienser- ris as complete, and adds that several Arab chiefs who- had consented to receive appoint ments from the government had been sacrificed. It is alro staled that nearly 2000 mounted Arabs appeared on the 3uth instant before Or- leansville, and menaced an attack, but withdrew on a sortie being made by the garrison, support ed by the cannon ot the camp. On the 28ih a serious engagement took place between the hos tile A n b s aud a Fiench detachment. The Arabs were defeated with a loss of 20 killed and 6 wounded. CHINA, INDIA. AND EG Y P T . The dates from Bombay by the overland mail, are lo the 25th of April, from Calcutta to the 21st, and from China to the lOih o f F ebruary. The troubles in the southern M ahratta coun try were over, a vast number ol prisoners, of the baser sort, having been taken. The chiefs at length surrendered themselves. The troops are now nearly all withdrawn. The last de tained detachments are hastening into the can tonments. The expedition which Sir Charles Napier led into the territories of the Jakranees, Doomkies, and Boogties, lying in the mountainous tracts to Vv!eST>Wa^d Toolajee, has been successful. The Punjaub continues the scene of outrage, treachery, and intestine war. The events dur ing the last month have been of the most e x tra ordinary nature that can be imagined, even by the reader of oriental history. ^ , » e.rylh’lnS ‘3 tranqui' aboul India. Cholera ? 7 K „ t m0n,S Son?e of the Madras troops, but the health and condition of the people at lar*e is satisfactory. The Bishop of C alcutta is oblig- r ° t07 noiaild °n furlough for the be nefit o f his health. me oe The news from China is not rem a rkable __ There was a partial stagnation of business, aris- in mfl0m holidays ot the Chinese new year The commercial markets are much the same as at the date of the previous advices, both as regards India and China. AUBURN JOURNAL. W e d n e s d a y , J u n e I I , 1 8 4 5 . BILLS OF BROKEN BANKS. Notice is given by the Comptroller that he will redeem at par the outstanding circulating bills of the Commercial Bank o f New York, ihe Bank o f Buffalo, the Commercial Bank of B uffa lo, the Commercial Bank o f Oswego, ihe Clinton County Bank, W atervliel Bank, and the Bank of Lyons—all of them insolvent Safety Fund Bills. This will be a m atter of particular inter est to bill holders. ____________ _ “ Ye Gods! annihilate both lime and space, And make two lovers happy,” Used to be the wording of an old song and although the blind images of heathenism were incapable of answering so devout a prayer, it would seem that the invention of steam has es sentially accomplished its leading portion. As a sample : time used to be when the m aking the distance between New York and Albany in a week was considered pretty fair—and when on the first application of steam lo boats it was reduced to thirty-six hours, all was considered as accomplished. The route could be made in so short a time as that, and without having to wait the assistance of wind—pray what more could be desired ? But the human mind is never satisfied; experiment has followed ex periment, until at the present time the distance is made in about eight hours, and some are even found to grow weary at t h a t !—while as to the price, which in former limes used to range from S3 to $ 15, all that is now asked on the best boats is twenty-five cents! N o r does this case stand at all alone. It is but a sample of ihe rest. The distance between Boston and New York, which a dozen or fifteen years since, used to occupy about 36 hours, (being brought down even to that short period, only by the working o f sleam ,) is now made in twelve hours ! and the cost of travel has been brought down in a cot responding manner, only $2 be ing now asked, in place of the 88, 810 or 815 of former times. Indeed the cheapest way at the present time for a person wishing to make the distance between Boston and Albany would be by ihe way of New York, costing for the whole distance, for provisions and all, little or nothing over 83. The same facts, so far as speed is concerned, are applicable to our own section—accomplish ing the distance from here to Albany in ten or twelve hours, and that, too, wilh nothing more than a “ gentle jarring,” instead of being jolled and jammed about for some two or three days and nights as in the olden times in the niud- ploughing vehicles of the “ Express Mail Coach,” or “ Pilot Lines.” But rapid as Is all this, and vast as has been ihe improvement in the conveyance o f passen- gers and intelligence, it Is nothing com p a red to what we are yet to see, so far, at least, as intel ligence is concerned. The Magnetic Telegraph, is the article lhat is fitted, more than any thing else, to “ annihilate both time and space,” as we have heretofore seen by its operations be tween W ashington and Baltimore—and as no parts o f the country are disposed to see other sections blessed with a d v antages not enjoyed by them, we may soon expect to see sim ilar Tele graphs established upon all the main routes.— Arrangem ents have already been made and the materials procured by the citizens of Utica lor of such a line between that city and Albany— from which two points it will soon be extended until the Capital of the nation is connected by a moment’s touch with all the leading points of the several states. H ere is a “ connecting link” in advance, even of every thing aniicipated from the present advancing age—from which the greatest benefits to the Union and the world, may very justly be aniicipated. P . S. As ihe above im portant line has already been settled to Utica, would it not be well for the people of tjiis section to begin to look about them in regard to it? W ithin a few weeks past, a general movement has been made in several quarters for improving the typographical appearance o f the press in the Whig cause, a s well as in some cases, o f adding still more to the talent and energy by which it is conducted. The Albany E v e n ing Journal, New York Tribune, Rochester Democrat, Ithaca Chronicle, Seneca Courier, Madison Co. W hig, N iagara Courier, Steuben Courier and Rhine- beck Advocate—are among those thus improved, all of them among the most respectable of the Whig press. Nor would we any longer over look the great improvement made by us with the commencement o f the present volume, in the advertising portion of o u r own paper, by which the favors of customers a re rendered much more conspicuous, and of course more advantageous than before, without occupying a fraction more room. This, may be set down as a real im provement, as well as a decided specimen of true economy on the score of room. The D e l e v a n H o u s e , is an immense estab lishment just finished and opened near the R a il road Depot in A lbany, to be conducted on the Temperance principle. S t r o n g D r in k in C a n a d a . —It appears from official documents, lhat the amount of Brandy, Whiskey and Wines d rank in Canada each year, would give five gallons to each male and fejna!e over 15 years of a g e ! It cannot be that cold water meets with much favor in our neighbor ing province. On the score of insanity, proba bly, a share of the effect o f this great use of “the poison” m ay be traced out, as it appears that the per centage o f insane to the population m Lower Canada, is nearly double what it is in this State. There, there is one insane person in every 452—in Upper Canada, one in 500,—while in New York, there is one in 887. S hocking D e a t h .— On Thursday o f last week ten infant son o f Mr. Charles Arnold of Salisbu ry, was burned to death, by communicating fire to its clothing. The lady under whose care the child then was, had left the house for a short lime, having taken the precaution to close the dam p er ot the stove; when it appears that the child ignited a dry shingle through the apprr- ture ol ihe stove, by which it set fire lo its cioih ing. On returning, the lady of the house found the little sufferer comgleiely deprived o f dress by the fire, and most dreadfully burned, and raising its arm s for a moment a t her entrance fell back and expired.—[Herkimer Journal. N e w Y o r k M a r k e t , Saturday.—Flour 84,56. Feathers 28 to 30 cents. Tallow 6J to 7 cents. New Prime Pork 810,50—Mess 813,25—Old Prime 89,62 to 89,75. Rye Flour 83 to 83,12, Oats 32 to 33. Northern Corn 47 to 48. Mess Beef 88,75 to 89—Prime $5,75. Butter 10 to 12. Cheese 5 i to 7. The Tocsin editor wishes to give a short a r ticle touching his “ duty,” and therefore favors his readers with only seven paragraphs! “ T h e G u i l l o t i n e in M o t io n ,” says the last Patriot—under which it gives the names of fif teen brother democrats, who have been “ pro scribed” by the new Prison Authorities. The Patriot knows nothing now of the good old doc trine of Rotation in office. The heavy shock of frost which did so much injury to fruits and gardens in this section a week of two since, seems lo have been felt, with nearly equal severity in all parts ofthe country. Some of the New York and Albany papers have commenced denouncing the runners who infest the steamboat landings. I f they only keep on in the good cause thus commenced, un til some real good is accomplished, il will be well, for of all the nuisances by which civilized communities were ever abused, these are the vilest. B ish o t D e L a n c y , has so far recovered from his recent injury as to be removed about a week since, to his residence in Geneva. A d runken fellow named William Smith, was last week tried in Cortland co. for burning the barn of Andrew Barnum of Cortlandville.— ‘ Bill” had already had three drinks ofliqnor —wanted a fourih—was refused by Mr. B. _ threatened vengeance—a fe w hours after set fire to Mr. B .’s barn, which was destroyed—boasted of his vengeance being satisfied—was indicted tried—and sentenced to the State prison for five y e a r s !! Of how many Jives has this been the outline! Montezuma, June 9, 1845. M r. O l i p h a n t ,— Dear Sir, — In your paper of last week it is stated that the Board of Excise Of Mentz had granted licenses, to three individ. uals in town, to retail spiritous liquors. This is a mistake, which you a re requested to correct in your next number. * But three licenses were granted—two for tem perance taverns, without the privilege of selling spintotts liquors, and one Grocer’s license for medical purposes only. This last was granted to a temperate man, on the recommendation of temperance men : otherwise we should have to go to the town of Auburn to procure the article iu cases of necessity. Respect fully yours, ' _________ N oyes P almer . I The favor o f “T. Y .” tn our next. T H E OBJECTS O F A CONVENTION. The bill submitting the question of a Conven tion to the People has become a law o f the S tate. There can be no doubt that the People will de cide in favor of a Convention by an immense majority. There are m any questions which loudly call for Constitutional Reform. Let us briefly advert to them. 1. T h e R e f o r m o f t h e J u d i c i a r y . —There is not a man but will admit that the Judiciary sys tem as at present organized is very defective and inadequate to the wants of the State. Some system must be devised which will ensure a speedy and efficient administration of Jusiice. Nothing can be more perplexing or unjust than the delay to which parties litigant are subjected. The amendments introduced in the last Legisla ture on this subject were absolutely trifling and would have been found totally insufficient to cor rect the g reat evils which now exist. Thorough and searching Reform is needed in all the Courts of L aw, and eminently so in the Court of Chan cery. The d elays and press of business in this ] last tribunal have become insufferable. A Con vention will go to the bottom of these matters, and we doubt not the results will be highly con ducive to the public welfare. 2. T h e C u r t a i l m e n t o f E x e c u t iv e P a t r o n a g e .— And here, too, is ample room for bold and stringent reform. Most o f the appointing pow er should be taken from the Governor a n d given directly to the People. The scenes oi profligacy and corruption which have been enacted at A l bany should remove all doubt a s to the proprie. ty of b reaking up root and branch this prolific source of turpitude. The truth is, the whole m atter of appointments to office has been con trolled by the Governor and a few unprincipled Demagogues, who always surround him. The voice of the people has been stifled and set at naught, and men have t#en thrust into impor tant and lucrative offices who were obnoxious to the community in which they lived, and desti tute ofthe requisite qualifications to enable them to discharge their official duties. We w ant n o more of the Albany Regency. It is a corrup', selfish and despotic cabal. It has ruled in the very spirit of the Reign of Terror. High mind ed, honest and honorable men have been tram pled upon and insulted, and the public patron age has found its way into the hands of a set of miserable, slavish scullions, whose chief delight has been to do the dirty work of their masters at Alban}-. It is precious and consoling to know that the reign of this desperate cabal is approach ing its end. W e have no doubt that a Conven tion will do this m atter ample justice. 3. A JUST DIVISION! OF THE SENATE AND ASSSJI- b i . y D is t r i c t s . —The ends of justice and the rights of all Political parties sternly demand an equitable division of lb? State into Senate and Assembly Districts- N o right minded man can object 'o this, and especially no Republican, as it is the only mode in which the voice o f ihe peo ple can be legitimately heard. The present sys tem is notoriously unjust, and a Convention will no doubt apply the proper corrective. 4. T h e A b o l i t i o n or a l l P r o p e r t y Q u a l if i c a t io n s f o r t h e R ig h t o f S u f f r a g e .— The ad vancing spirit of the age and the genuine im pulses of true Democracy, are all a t w ar with the idea of imposing a property qualification upon the Elective franchise. The capacity of the People lor self Government, and their right to participate in the choice of .their rulers are axioms so well established as not to require any deiailed recapitulation. No Party can be truly Democraiic which re sists a measure so just in ilself and so in accor dance with the Republican spirit of our institu tions. No distinction should be made a s to col or. A man is not responsible for his complex ion. Beneath a black skin may rest an honest heart, true independence, and an intelligent and enquiring mind. M ake the colored m an think that there is a general desire to improve his con dition, and to elevate him in the political, intel- leclual and moral scale, and we shall soon see a marked improvement in his condiiion. W e can not doubt that a Convention will remove all property restrictions upon Suffrage. 5. A C u r t a i l m e n t o f t h e E x p e n s e s o f L eg is l a t io n .— Tlie e n o r m o u s expenses o f Legisla tion has long been a crying evil. The Legisla ture while in Session with its Stationary and other incidental expenses, costs at least $600 per day. To pass a law authorizing a town to raise fay tax $1000 to build a bridge, will cost a t least one day’s legislation, $600. The sam e rem ark applies to a vast num ber of laws which are also of local application. It can thus be seen how unnecessary and expensive is much of the Leg islation of the State of New York. We contend lhat the power to pass laws of a local character should be conferred upon the Boards of Super visors of the counties. They are vastly better informed as to local m atters,—can act more a d visedly, and; at a tythe of the expense. In this way would the length of the Sessions of the Legislature be very much shortened. But we may be told that all necessary amendm'enls to the Constitution can be made by the Legislature. The history of the State has shown the contrary. All the material and valuable Constitutional amendments which we have had, were made by the Conventions o f 1801 and 1821. All Legis lative amendm ents require a two-thirds vote, which can be seldom obtained; and thus Ihe ne cessity of a Convention is abundantly demon strated. There are a variety of other questions which will no doubt demand the attention of a Conven tion, but w« have not lime at present lo allude to them. We have indicated ihe most impor tant topics that will occupy its deliberations. We are well aw are that there are some who fear the effects o r a Convention, and anticipate the prevalence of Radicalism, which will unset tle the fundam ental principles of the Govern ment. But we humbly believe that such gloomy forebodings have no substantia) foundation.— Ours was designed! to be a Government of the People. The very genius of our Institutions contemplates lhat the fairly expressed will o fthe People should be shadowed forth in the funda mental law of the State. Such Reform as the People manifestly demand, is all that the friends of a Convefffion ask for. The Convention will unquestionably be composed of the ablest and best men in the State. And it will be em inent ly a Conservative body. While decided and ef ficient Reform will be contended for, no Revo lutionary or destructive measures will meet with the slightest favor. We have the fullest confi dence that a Convention will be called, and that its deliberations will result in a vast improve- m e n tof the grannie law of our State. L. D17* We a re requested to state that tbe Auro ra Horticultural Society will hold a meeting in the Hall o f the Academy in that village on Fri day next, a t 2 o’clock P. M. Flowers and fruits in abundance will be exhibited; and a general iuvitaiion is given to all who a re charmed wilh these, “ fairest of N a ture’s o rnam ents,” to attend. T h e C h a r t e r E l e c t io n in Liverpool, Onon daga co., resulted in the election of the W hig ticket, with the exception of a single Trustee— on which there was a tie. The majorities va rying from 3 to 24.. L a st y e a r the village gave from 15 to 20 Locofoco. P r o f . P o t t e r has been elected Bishop of Pennsylvania, and has signified his acceptance. He Will probably be consecrated in October or November. ___________________ The A s t o r H o u s e , in New York, is h ereafter to be kept without a bar-room—in fine, on the Temperance plan. ____________ A w f u l S u ic id e . —A young man by the tmme of George Burnham, about twenty four years of age, and employed in the large Cotton Factory, a little west o f our village, leaped from the sixth story window of that building on Saturday last, —falling head foremost upon the rocks below, dashing his brains in every direction, and cau*. ing instant death. The only cause attributed for committing this rash act, was a low depres sion o f the mind, brought on by a few days sick ness, a n d a long Continuation of inflamation of the eyes. It is said that he was to have been married within a short time. * “ T e x a s k n o w s h e r i n t e r e s t s . ” — Argus. Texas does, indeed k noweoough of “ her inter ests” to let America pay her Nationaldebt. And the Statesmen and Presses that exclaimed loud est against a n y thing like assistance or sym p a thy for such of o u r sister States as were unable to pay their debts, are loudest i n favor o f assum ing and paying the debts of T e x a s ! We wish that Americans knew their “ interests,” or knowing, bad the honesty to be faithful to them. —[Alb. Jour. PEREGRINATIONS ABROAD—NO. XI. London— L imits o f the “C ity\ and Metropolis — Walls and gate—London Coffee House — Lud gate— A misfortune— Old S t. Paul's— Exterior o f the Structure— The Chapel— The Singers — The Rotunda— P ainting and Statuary— The Whispering Gallery— The Ball andOross— The great Bell and when tolled— Cost o f Building— When built — Former B uilding — St.Peter’s, 4'C. The London Coffee House, is the most popu lar and the best known hotel iu the city and nearly so in the meiropolis. The ‘-city ” be it known, consists of but a very sm all portion of London. It is that portion and the heart of the metropolis, which lies within tbe limits circum scribed by the ancient walls, being about one and three-fourth miles in length, and three- fourths o f a mile in width ; while the connected town extends east and west from Bow to Ham- mer-smith, or about eleven miles j and from north ter south, the greatest width is from H al loway Chapel to Stockwell, about eight miles. The walls have all long been demolished, and there is but one gate with its postern standing, which is Temple Bar, upon the western limits of the city, over one of the principal thorough fares leading from the city to W est-End. The London Coffee Honse stands upon Ludgate Hill, scarcely fifty paces from St. P a u l’s Cathedral. It is a stone building, wiih nothing rem arkable in its exterior appearance more than its a n ti quated air. The site was the western boundary of the city that king Lud built or repaired, and Lud-gate stood im mediately in lront of where the present house stands. A narrow hall opens into a large room with stalls upon either side, in each of which is a small table accommodating toar persons, and sim ilar tables stand in uni form order, and stationary, through the centre of the room, the whole having the appearance of a refectory in one of our own cities. At one side is a kind of bar where malt and other li quors are kept, and where officiates a damsel to whom all orders a re given by the waiters or the guest himself. Adjoining this large apartment is a tap-room with small tables and cushioned seats, where .sm oking and drinking is carried on, and where W elch rarebits, sanwiches and sardans ar§hsprved up. The mantle is well supplied with long clay pipes, boxes of tobacco, and tapers. The upper p ari of the house is a r ranged into sleeping rooms, and the beds fester ed and tapestried. The location of this hotel from its contiguity lo the banks, brokets offices, counting rooms and jobbing warehouses, ren ders ii the most convenient as a temporary res idence for merchants and business men. The accommodations and fare are comm ensurate with the increased charges above other taverns in the city. On arriving at the station in Easton square from Liverpool, I found a trunk containing a portion of my wardrobe, all the money I had with me, together wiih my letters and papers, w a s m issing. The luggage train w a s exam in ed, also ihe taps of the passenger cars where way luggage was carried ; and although my oth er trunks were togetherthe most important one was nowhere to be found, and evidently had been purloined or left behind. I need not aver that I felt considerable uneasiness, to say the least, m being thrown into the world of London without letter, and what was worse, without my bills and papers that were to procure me funds for m y expenses, or scarcely a guinea in my pocket. A description of the trunk was given to the baggage master, who gave flattering as surances that it would be forthcoming in a day or two. Being thus circumstanced, without any ob ject in view, other than to ramble and gaze at the surface of things, I sallied into the streets and wended my way to St. P a u l’s. In a mo ment I was standing in full view of this mag nificent structure, which fronts Ludgate street and occupies an area of over two acres. And this is St. P a u l 's ! the pride and architectural beauty and grandeur of London. With a hasty glance I scanned the huge walls, the broad marble steps, the vaulted portal, the far pro- jeciin g cornices whitened like chalk by the blasts and rains of nearly a century and a half, and casting their impenetrable shadows upon the moss covered and time-moulded surface be low, the sombre bnitresses, the lofty battlements and steple upon each corner, the towering dome, and raised my wondering eyes to the top of the gigantic cross suspended lour hundred feet in air. The street opens to the right and left in front of St. P a u l’s a n d encircles the edi fice withjits burying grounds, which are enclosed in an Iron railing. Passing to the left along St. Paul’s Church y ard, I had a side view of the building and of the northern entrance. W ilh the exception of the extreme edges of the corni ces and corners of the buttresses, the walls are dingy, smoky and black. Calling some of the associations of St. P a u l’s to memory and the numerous descriptions I had read o f the interior with its curiosities, and seeing large numbers pass in, notwithstanding my previous determin ation of postponing w hat is called “ s ightsee ing” for some days at least, I could not resist the temptation of devoting an hour or two in viewing lor myself, without delay, what had been the wonder and admiration of so many millions. The Cathedral is in the form of a cross, and we entered by the northern portico into the a rea immediately under ihe dome. Upon entering ihe portals, we were requested to remove our hats, a custom religiously adhered to, a n d one in which we of course complied. The floor is of white marble tessellated, and the walls are covered with monum ents of heroes, poets, and worthies, and with paintings by Sir Jam es Thornhill, illustrating the life of St. Paul.— Turning to the right we passed through a gate way and aisle to the Choir on the east end, a small chapel with high vaulted roof splen didly trimmedj with scarlet arras and velvet, and listened for a moment lo the swelling peals of the organ and Ihe chanting of divine service by the choristers. The seats for the choristers were raised two or three feet above the floor, and the singers were boys from ten to fourteen years of age, some ten in num b er on each side. To an unaccustomed viewer of such a scene and listening lo such music, it was pleasing and delightful beyond description. Through another gate in the iron railing which surrounded the dome, and which opened be tween the monuments of Lord Nelson and Corn wallis we entered the rotunda and surveyedjthe lofty dome (310 feet high) with its b rilliant cov ering of various colored glass. The coup d’ceil of the whole when standing here amidst statues and monum ents and paintings, vaulted- roofs and galleries, was at once magnificent and sub lime. W e now ascended a fatigueing flight of 280 steps to the “ whispering gallery.” This gallery extends round the dome and is 140 yards in circumference. It is one of the great est curiosities in the Cathedral. We were taken to the farther end of the room, where we were made to sit, while the guide put his mouth to the wail by the door (140 feet from the listener) and whispered. We h eard the words seemingly at o ur very ears in a voice like thunder. We passed on exam ining the place to discover the secret of this wonderful echoing. As we as cended flight after flight of marble steps, and from gallery to gallery viewing the chief objects of interest till we arrived at the “ ball,” from which we looked upon the immense structure I no longer wondered that thiriy-five y ears were consumed in its erection. The ball, in which several persons m ay sit, is 19 feet in circumfer ence ; and above this is the cross which is thir ty feet in height. The curiosities that I bave not mentioned are the library, the geometrical stair case, the clock work and ihe great bell, and the crypts or vaults. A model o f the orig inal design of the Cathedral, by Sir Christopher Wren, the architect of the present building, is also exhibited. The great bell, I was told, weighed 11470 pounds and is never tolled but on the death of the K ing or Queen, or one o f th e royal family. The sum total of the fees of admission through the interior of the Cathe dral, is two shillings sixpence sterling. It may be of interest to state that the' present edifice was built by government at a cost o f £74S,000 and was completed in 1710, u n d er one architeci, one mason, and while one prelate filled the see, and ts the largest Protestant church in the world, and second in Catholic establishments only to St. Peter’s at R o m e ; while the latter was 135 years building, under employment o f twelve successive artists, and under a succession of nineteen Popes. The original building on this site is supposed to have been deslroyed. in the general persecution under the Em p eror Diocle tian—to have been re-edified under Constantine —to have been demolished by Pagan Saxons— and to have been restored in the 7th century, when the Saxons embraced Christianity. Iu 961 it was destroyed by fire; in 962 re-built; in 1086 again burnt, a n d not completely restor ed until 1240. In 1444, and again in about 100 years after, it suffered gjeatly by lightning; and at the g reat fire of 1666, it was totally des troyed. c . F. P. Eibridge, June 6,1845. The Parisian correspondent of the Courtier des Etals Unts, amongst other gossip has the fol lowing which I translate for you readers. P. Paris, May 17th, 1845. * * # * x young lord, belonging to one of the greatest families of E n g land, and occu pying a station in the political world, arrived in Paris a few days since and took lodgings in one of the beautiful hotels in the q u arter of the Tu- ileries. H is arrival had been announced by a diplomatic dispatch from London. It was known that the young lord had had many se cret conferences with queen Victoria, and it was not doubted, but he was charged with a mission of the highest importance. W hat was the object of this mission ? Our Agents at London were absolutely ignorant of it, but our government could not fail to be duly informed on the subject, for it is conceded that we deal openly and honorably with England.— In the mean time the envoy of the Court at Lon don had been at P a n s many days, and no indi cation, no official aperture, had revealed the motive of his jo u r n e y ; he enveloped all his steps in profound secrecy ; he took Ihe most m inute precautions to escape the investigations of curiosity. Such conduct was well calculated to puzzle the three statesmen who fill, each, one third of the interim in the office of M inister ol Foreign Affairs. These three gentlemen put their heads together, but the union of their wits produced not the least light. On its side the English Em b assy preserved a gloomy silence, and it was in vain that delicate insinuations en deavored to obtain some information. The en voy extraordinary doubtless had private instruc tions ; he acted alone a n d without the co-opera tion of the high diplomacy. H e corresponded directly with London, by couriers, who brought him every morning a despatch and departed ev- ery evening with his response. The affair progressed, it was evident, but the veiljwhich shrouded it rem ained impenetrable England had a secret for us, who had concealed nothing from h e r ; our excellent ally refuses us an explanation; us, who refuse her nothing; it was on abuse of confidence which they well guarded against revealing to M. Guizot, for fear of affecting his convalescence ; but the day was to come in which the secret bursting out, might perhaps furnish arms lo the opposition. Cruel perplexity! {rightful uncertainty! The mysterious plenipotentiary left Paris the last of last week. He proceeded to Calais to em b arlr.?lt was known through our agents, that as soon as he arrived at London he hastened to the palace, and that the Queen h ad immediately granted him a private audience. Here is all that we learn of this great secret which diplo matic perspicacity will discover next week. There will be next Thursday, May 20th, at the English Court, a dress ball, given by queen Victoria. This fete, which is to be the most brilliant o f the season, throws into excitement all the lions of ihe British aristocracy. The Queen has desired that her costume should be graceful and charm ing, and has ordered it made at Paris. She has wished that the secret o f her ball dress should be kept to the very hour ofthe ball, and one of her intim ate counsellors has come to Paris secretly to superintend the mak ing of this precious costume, and lo bear it to London with care, circumspection and mystery ; behold all the secret which has so much alarm ed our statesm en. Let politics be assured Ihen: they are not at all interested in this affair, and the European balance of power will not be deranged. Most of Ihe costumes which will figure at queen Victoria’s ball come from the Parisian shops. If E n g land surpasses us in the art ol training race horses, and excites our admiration by her superiority in matters of sport, London is tributary to Paris for all that appertains to el egance, fashion, good taste and the fine arts. N E W PUBLICATIONS. T h e W h ig R e v i e w , for June, opens with the closing portion of the “Mystery o f Iniquity ’’— paper, intended to show up some ol the leadin enormities committed by the dominant party during the past election. It is a powerful arti cle—which will be read with shuddering, by all who have n o tasyet brought themselves fo sanc tion the infamous creed that “all is fair in poll tics.” As the article occupies m any pages comprising much of a thrilling interest, it is im possible for us to give our readers a just notion of its importance (for to be duly appreciated the entire article must be read)—but we cannot re sist the insertion of the following specially s tart ling paragraphs. “ T he associated gamblers and criminals of the city of New York had for many years main tained a peculiar connexion with the cognate fraternity of political adventurers and specula tors who formed the nucleus and directive a g en cy of “ the party” here. Distinct in organiza tion, though often possessing some members in common, these two sub communities of knave ry had subsisted, each in its swn sphere, but in a sympatheiic contact, productive of reciprocal profit incalculably great, consequently accum u lating durability bv duration. The gamblers had long been in the habit of paying to the responsible agents of the party with which they were thus associated, a large sum of money just before each election, a s a consideration for secret political intelligence up on which they would make their belting calcu- lotions and also a means of bringing about the purposed effects which constituted the certain details of success. The authorized General Committee of the party made an exact, thorough canvass of the actual lawful vote o f the city just before each election, and, upon that, decided how m any spurious votes were wanted to secure praclieal resuhs, and where they were wanted and could -be desirably bestowed. They could announce to iheir secret allies, with great pre cision, Ihe real majorities against them ; and then they arranged with them, in like precision, the exact apparent majorities in every ward or district, which were lo be produced by their joint means and agencies in the m anufacture of false votes. The sum raised by the gamblers, and contributed to tfie party treasury as their equivalent for secret intelligence, was £3000 in the spring of 1814, and did not much vary from that amount for some time previous. This both paid the expenses of the laborious preliminary canvass, and furnished means for m aking good, its deficiencies by iilegal ballots. The gamblers could also furnish the instrum ents and agents of fraud lrom among their retainers and depend ents. All the powerful influence of the lawless and criminrl class of the community were with in iheir reach.” The eleven following articles, bear evidence in themselves of being the productions of some of the first minds in the country ; and at tbe same lime exhibit a variety in character and lone, which adds vastly to the interest of a work of this description. The subscription for this work should a t least be doubled—it richly m er its a proof of ihis description, of the public a p proval. J. C. D erby & Co. Agenst — $ 5 a year, free of postage. A new volume commences in July. _____________ _ ___________ The W andering Jew , N o . 12 of the H arper edition, is received by W v k k o o p . In the pre sent No. a fearful portrayal is given of the cho lera times in Farts, adding much interest to its uniformly graphic sketches. 6 cts. T he C ultivator for June, at D erby ’ s , from which we have copied some interesting articles upon o u r first page. S e l f , is the title o f a lively novel, representing fashionable life in E n g land. It is by the au thor o f Cecil,—whose sketches a re full of life.— At W y n r o o p ’ s —2s. D o c t . C o p l a n d ’ s M e d ic a l D ic t io n a r y has reached its 8th No., which treats upon diseases of the Eye, Fevers, & c . &c. A t W y n k o o f ’ s — 4s._______________ __________ T h e N e v il l e s o f G a r r e t s t o w n , a Tale of ' 1760, by the author o f “ Charles O’Malley,” Arc. h a s reached its 4th No. A t W y n k o o p ’ s — 6 cts A destructive hail storm passed over the neighborhood of Chambersburg, Pa., on Wednesday, destroying large tracts of timber, and leveling several barns a n a houses to the ground A man named Johnson had ten acres of finq tim b er completely broken down and au excellent barn raised from its foundations. Several fat cattle were killed by lightning in West Bedford, Chester county, Pa., recently. , A u r o r a i i o r t i c u l t u r a l S o c i e t y . A t a meeting o f the Executive- Committee o f the Aurora Horticultural Society, a Premium L ist was prepared, a n d the following Committees appointed': O n O rnamental T rees , S hrubs aND F lowers . •Mrs. David Thomas, Mrs. Wm. Dean, Miss Phebe Ta!cott,M iss Caroline C. Wood, Miss Ma ry Dougherty. On G reen House P l a n t s . —M rs. Benjamin Wood, Mrs. E . W . Arms, M rs. John Peters, Miss Clara Darling, Miss Paulina Wood. O n F ruit T rees , V ines and F ruits —Messrs. Isaac Jacobs, Augustus Howland, R ichard Mor gan, W illiam Cozens, Amos Willits. O n K itchen G ardens ANd C ulinary V egeta bles .—Messrs. Samuel Griggs, John Hussey, John B. Bowen, Sherman Smith, W alter S. Al len. On G a rdens.—Messrs. C. E . Shepard, E d ward Dougherty, Chas. Richmond. - On D iscretionary Premiums.— Messrs. L. A . Morrell, David Thomas, Henry Ivtson, J r., Henry Morgan, Alexander Thompson. L IST OF PREM IU M S TO BE AW ARDED ON FLO W E R S . 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For the best variety of the Cactus 50 For the best variety of G e ranium , 50 For the best variety of Carnation, 50 For the best variety of T e a R o se, 50 For the best v ariety of Calla JEthiopica, 50 For the best variety of Oleander, 50 For the best variety of A gapanthus Uin- 50 bellatu s , .................................................. 50 For best variety of Amaryllis .................... 50 For best variety of Cyclam en,................... 50 For best variety Passion Flow e r, 50 For bes variety Hoy a C arnosa, .............. 50 For best variety H y d rangea ...................... 50 For best variety Achitnines Grandeflora, 50 L IST OF FREM IUM S TO BE AW ARDED ON FR U ITS. 1. For the best variety of Apples, o f each variety not less than 6 ........................ $1 00 2. For the 6 best varieties of Apples, of each not less than 6 , ........................... 1 00 3. For the greatest variety of P ears, not less than 6 of each variety, ................ 1 00 4. 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For the best single variety o f Grapes, not less than 6 clusters, ..................... 50 16. For the best h a lf dozen Q u inces,. . . . 1 00 17. For the best p int C u rrants, ................ 50 18. For the best pint Raspberries, 50 19. For the best pint G ooseberries, 50 20. For the best pint Straw b e rries, 50 L IST OF PREM IUM S TO BE AW ARDED ON V E G E T A B L E S . 1. For the best h a 'f dozen B eets, 50 2. For the best half dozen Carrots 50 3. For Ihe best h alfdoz. Round Turnips. 50 4. For the best half dozen R u ta B a g a ,. 50 5. For ihe best 3 heads Cabbage 50 6. For the best 16 stalks tied in a bundle of Rlteubarb or Pieplant, .................. 50 7. For 1 qt. of the earliest shelled Peas, 50 8. For 1 qt. earliest shelled Lima Beans, 50 9. For the best 3 beads Cauliflowers,.. 50 10. For 1 dozen of the best T o m a toes,.. 50 11. For the 3 best specimens of. the fruit of the Purple E g g plant ...................... 50 12. For the best variety of the Squash,. 50 13. For the best Pum p k in ........................... 50 14. For the best variety of Corn, not less than 6 e a rs, ............................................. 50 15. For the best dozen O nions, ................ 50 16. For the best half dozen P a r s n ip s ,... 50 17. For the best bunch o f Asparagus, con sisting of 20 stems 5 inches in length, 50 18. For the best variety of P o tato e s ,... 50 19. For the best W atermelon .................... 1 00 20. For the best M uskm elon, .................. 50 21. For the 6 earliest Cucumbers grown in the open ground,.............................. 50 22. For the 6 earliest, raised in hoi-bed or otherwise,................................................ 50 23. For 1 dozen best R a d ishes, .............. 50 24. For 6 pounds best H o n e y , ................. 50 PREM IUM S TO BE AW ARDED ON GAR D E N S . 1. -For the Garden kept in the best con dition, ...................................................... 2 00 A L E X A N D E R THOMPSON, Sec’y. B eauties and M orality or L oco -F ocoism .— Perhaps no papers of the Loco Foco party, ex hibited during the late Presidential campaign, more horror for the “ immorality of duelling” than the Cayuga Patriot and Tocsin. Indeed, so strong were their feelings on this subject, that the very idea of electing, or appointing a man 10 office who had ever been engaged in a duel seemed to shock the moral sensibilities of these twin-organs of loco-focoism to the highest pitch. If you pointed to the fatal duels of Andrew Jackson, and other prominent men o f their party, they would tell you that “ times have altered.\ But now an opportunity presents itself, in which we can test their sincerity, on the “ immorality of duelling;” —for among the first acts of Mr. Polk, after his Inauguration, was the appointing his own brother William Polk, as Charge de af fairs at N a p les;—and this brother killed a man in a duel, n ear Nashville a few years since. And immediately upon the adjournment of the late Congress, Alcee L a b ranche,a well known duel list o f L ouisiana, and who, but one y ear ago, shot a man dead in a duel in that State, was appoint ed by Polk, as Surveyor of the port of New Or leans. But more recently M r. Polk has seen fit to appoint Gen. Jones, to a high and lucrative office ; and we suppose it is welt known, that this Jones was one of the prime movers in get ting up the fatal duel between Graves and Cilty, he acting also as the principal second of Cilly when he received his fatal wound. We have waited to see if either of the conscious editors of the Patriot or Tocsin would not administer even a gentle rebuke to M r. Polk, in appointing duel ists to office ; and more particularly conferring a high and lucrative honor, upon the principal second o f Cilly ; —but we have waited in vain, not one line has yet been offered on the subject. Circumstances have undoubtedly, rendered in convenient for them to repudiate their pretended notions, which they held only a few months ago, on the “ immorality of dueling;”—or in other words, “ times have” again “ altered.” Here then, are exhibited the beauties, morality, aud consistency of Loco-focoism;—and it a blush could be extracted from the political visage of a loco-foco, we should now look for blushes from these personages on their turning and twisting upon the “ immorality o f dueling.” But you might as well look for “ diamonds in a turnip” as shame from a ioco-foco for inconsistent polit ical action. And now it is to be hoped that hereafter, we shall h e a r no groans and lam enta tions for the “ murdered C illy;”—or witness any more “ Young hickories, decked off in mourning crape in commemoration of his death.” ___ P. The Quebec F ir e , on the 29th ult, appears to have been o f 1 he most disastrous character. N ot less than 10,000 people suffered by it, and the most o f them poor people. The houses destroy ed and injured were about 1,800. Twelve bod ies have been d u g from the ruins on the 30th,and many persons were missing. Two Methodist churches were deslroyed, and the Palace, which was the residence of the iniendants, in which were many sick persons, taken there for safety, who perished in the flames. T h e loss is estimated at from £100,000 to £750,000, of which but a small portion is insured, say £60,000. The number o f persons who have perished, is esti mated a t one hundred. Eighteen schponers and a new vessel were burnt a t the Palais. M b - C l a y , a t A s h l a n d .— A writer in the Tri bune gives an intesesting narrative of a visij made, during the last month, to the seat of Mr. Clay, at Ashland, in Kentucky. The writer de scribes him as being a t present rather feeble in health, and obliged to resort to glasses in read ing, but his step and his voice firm and strong as those of a man in prime o f life. A bust of himself, and another o f Mr. Frelinghuysen, Sav age’s print o f tbe W ashington family, and seve ral portraits adorned the room, in which the visitor was cordially received ; and here sat Mr. Clay in bis easy chair, everything about him neat and simple a s his own dress, and taking his occasional pinch of snuff from a silver box, on the lid o f which was a tog cabin engraved, and he looking more like the q uiet happy farmer than a n y thing else. H e has lived a t Ashland forty years, the place having received that name before he had it. It contains about 600 acres, all highly cultivated but a large park ol some 200 acres. The w riter goes on to describe Mr. Clay’s horses, and his fine Durham cattle, as welt as the articles raised upon the faim, the trees growing there, ice. H e says that the hou ses occupied by the slaves are all very neat, and surrounded by better gardens, and more flowers and shrubbery than one half of the farm-houses in the country, and all the inm ates are as happy as human beings can be. Charles, of whom so much has been said, is described as a kind of second master o f the household to Mr. Clay, and as enjoying the greatest trust a n d confidence. To him can the keys of the wine cellar be given without fear, and on all occasions where help is needed, Mr. Clay calls for Charles. H e is a fine looking, middlingsized negro, aboutthirty years old. and could not be induced to leave M r. Clay. The farmer of Ashland >s probably visited more than any man m the country, and he en joys showing his friends the lands which he has brought to such perfection, and is constantly adopting every improvement lhat is suggested. On the w riter’s return, the next day, “ The Swiss Bell-Ringers” were on a visit there, and the great man look them ail out on a walk over his grounds, picking a flower here a n d there for those who attended him, and playing the easy and affable host. He talked of Lord Morpeth who, he said, used to go on foot a mile down to the post, and bring up the mail before he (M r, Clay,) was out of bed. A lter an hour spent in the Park and garden, the “ B ell-Ringers” pro posed giving M r. Clay and his family a speci men of their music. Mr. Clay had expected the Bell-Ringers, and had invited fot the occasion a few friends. They performed before him to his very great delight, and he sent for some of his home-made wine, pressed at Ashland from the Catawba grape. After performing several pie ces in the house, the Bell Ringers went out into the park, and rang a chime on a peal of twelve bells, their auditors silting in the house. After narrating other facts, the writer says that he shall ever look upon his visit to Henry Clay and Ashland, as the brightest spot in his life. He had brought away from there in his recollection a thing of beauty,—and K eats says :— “ A thing of beauty is a joy for e v e r !” Before parting with Mr. Clay, he gave his visi tor two Ashland canes. The sun was behind the woods when the visit terminated, and he left the Sage Farm e r with as much regret as though he had been his own brother. And thus he concludes :— “ On Sunday the day following my last visit to the Mansion at Ashland, I could not resist the inclination to see once more a place to me so very hallowed. On my way up I passed Mr. Clay, who with his wife had started for church, Alas ! thought I, as I looked upon his high, calm brow for the last time, can this be the gambler, Sabbath breaker, blasphemer, all these vile characters blended, which have been ascribed to him and cried abroad by men whose lips were too foul to speak so great a name as his will be when they and their memories are less than ashes ? One hour wiih Mr. Clay, at home, stamps ‘libel’ on all these execrable lies, and he who enjoys that hour, says in his h e a rt,‘That is the simplest and noblest man I have ever looked upon !’” T h e M orm on T r i a l s .— On the 21st ult., tlie trial of persons charged with the murder of Hi ram and Joe Smith, commenced at Carthage, Illinois. The prisoners, J . C. Davis, late an Illi nois Senator, T. C. Sharp, editor of the Warsaw Signal, M ark Aldrich, W m. N. Grover, and Col. Levi Williams, complained by affidavit of the partial manner in which the jurors had been selected, and prayed the court that Elisors be appointed to select a jury, which the court g rant ed. The jury were not entirely empannelled at the last accounts. A correspondent of the St. Louis Republican says .- Every thing thus far has been entirely quiet and peaceable, yet there is a deep and intense anxieiy felt, whtch pervades all classes—the characters of the accused, the nature of the charge against them, and the peculiar stale of the relations existing betw een the M o rm o n s and anti-Mormons, all conspire to make the present trial of deep interest to the old citizens of this counlj'. Every boy almost attending court comes armed to the teeih, ancl frequently musk els and rifles will be seen taken out o f wagons wilh as much deliberation as if ihey were at tending a military muster instead of attending a court o f Jusiice. This is a bad slate of things, but extraordinary cases demand extraordinary remedies. The Mormons are said to have expressed a determination 10 take revenge, in case the de fendants should not be convicted, but it is hoped that more discreet counsels will prevail. G l o r i o u s W h i g V i c t o r y I—T h r e e C h e e r s fo r C a n a n d a i g u a . The election whtch was held in this village for charter officers, yesterday, resulted in the complete trium ph of the W h igs—the whole ticket, varying from 32 to 56 majority, and av eraging 43. This is the first time llie Whigs have elected their entire ticket, if we rightly remember, since the first election of Gen. Jack son. They partially succeeded in 1840, but wilh this exception the locos have had things pretty much their own way. The eleiion yes terday was w arm ly contested and a heavy vote was polled. The political character of the vil lage may be set down as redeemed.— [Ontario Repository. ____________________ E x t e n s iv e S a l e o f P ublic L a n d s .— Sales of Public Lands to the extent of 5,000,000 acres and upwards, lying in the Northwest, W est and Southwest sections of the country, are advertis ed to tik e place in the course of the ensuing Summer and Autum n. In Wisconsin Territory, about 370,000 acres of choice Lands lying on and between Fox and Wolf rivers, & immediately contiguous to Green Bay and Lake Winnebago, will be brought into market iu October next. In Iowa, two and a third millions of acres to be sold in September and October. In Illinois, upwards of 90,000 acres of rich bottom lands will be brought into market, embracing tracts on the Mississippi and islands in that river with sm all detached bo dies of land heretofore offered. In Missouri, up wards of a million of acres will be offered for sale, embracing tracts in the norih, norlhwest, west, and souhtwest’parts of the State. In Ar kansas there will be brought inlo m arket about- 1.000 000 acres, embracing nine townships in ihe new district of Champagnole In Louisia na, about 154.000, and in Florida upwards of 600.000 acres of fine sugar and cotton lands will be offered for sale. ___________ ____ The Bangor Whig s a y s :—“ one of our neigh bors, a day or two since, had some laces out dry ing, when a robin, building near the house, had the good taste to select and take up three yards of the lace, and to weave it into her nest.” The Hagerstown (M d .) Torch Light gives an account o f a grand battle that came off on Mon day morning between twelve runaw a y slaves from Leesburgh, Vu., and the constables and citizens of Smithsburg, Md. The slaves were armed with pistols and Tomahawks, and wound ed several of their assailants. Four of the twelve were captured after a hard fight. A plan is on foot to build a plank road from Milwaukee, westward. The experiment of plank roads has been tried in Canada, and found to work well. There are more than 100 miles in operation and several other roads are now in process.of construction, chiefly diverging from London\ and passing ihrough a level country, ranging from 150 to 200 feet above Lake Erie, and flat, wet and difficult of draining. These roads cost about 3,500 dollars a mile.—Boston T rav. ___________________ The .Northam p ton Courier says :—“ The Se lectmen of Worcester have offered a reward of $20 for the detection of any person known or detected in girdling trees. The offence of gird ling ornam ental trees, is one o f the.most villain ous and despicable that can be named. No one but a depraved and basely wicked person can ever be guilty of the a c t.” E7* The Cherokees are sufl'enng greatly for want of provisions. ____________ A skiff was upset in the river Trent, near Coburg. Canada, a few days since, a n d three persons, Mrs. Mary Moore, of - M urray, Jam es Brown and Jam e s M adigan, from Prince E d ward’s District, who had been to attend a fune ral, were drowned. A man named John Piper living near Colom bia, Pa., fell from his wagon one day last week and broke his neck. H e lived but a few min utes after the sad accident. F r e s h T r o u b l e s i n C e n t r a l A m e r i c a . V e ra Cruz papers lo the 20th ult. received at the office of the N. Y. Express contain the fot- lowing intelligence from Central America. Leon the capital of N icaraugua, which had been in a state of siege by Gen. Malespin, was taken by force o f arm s alter a bloody contest • and acts of cruelty were perpetrated by the coa- quorers equalled only in the wars of Buenos Ayres. The Guatemala Gazelle states that more than a thousand persons were assassin u. ed or burnt by Gen. Malespin, without distinc tion of the age, women, children and priests. While the besiegers abandoned themselves to these excesses, Gen. Cabanas and the other de fenders o f Leon retired with a few arms and the military chest; and, on reaching the province of Salvador, ot which Malespin is Governor, the man who had the command in his absence, and the people, rose against Malespin. The cham bers have declared his election null, as the re sult of military violence, at.d instituted proceed ings against him, ordered Lis property to be seized, and that, in case of his refusing to ap. pear on trial, he shall be held and treated as a traitor. He was afterwards excommunicated by Bishop Viterey, with all the ceremonies of the church, lor the assassination of the priests ot Leon. Malespin, on his part, was m arching for San Salvador a t the head o f his troops ; and his po- sition is exactly like that in which Gen. Santa A n n a lately placed himself in Mexico. Bishdp Campoy, of Camayagua, on his return from his consecration in Guatemala, stopped within the limits o f his diocese, and told the peo ple not to proceed, while Gen. Malespin had arm s in his hands. The Governor of Guatem ala had prohibited the admission of the Jesuit fathers, who were in the city on their way to that state, and it did not permit them 10 land in the port of Izabel __ It appears that this was done because the Presi dent Gen. Carera had received information that they were going to exert themselves to secure his overthrow. We are assured however, that he has paid their passage, although he docs not admit them. Y a n k e e N o t io n s .- N o fewer than 60,000 cheap American clocks have been imported and sold in England in one year. The duty imposed up on the article by the new English Tariff has blocked this game, and the clocks are now see king a market in ihe Capital of all the Russians —St. Petersburgh. S tooping to C onquer . -A novel marriage stip ulation is recorded, (not much to the advantage of the lady ) in a late num ber of the North Adams Transcript, where a story is related of a lair damsel in that lown who found it some what difficult to decide between two rival sui ters for her hand and made them both agree to accompany her to the office of the “ Squire,\ where she promised to make her selection on condiiion that the rejerted suitor should pay the marrage fee, present her wilh five dollars, and then depart the town for the space of one year. The Transcript says that this bit o f a drama was actually preformed, “and the disconsolate one left lown as per a g reem ent.” F a t a l A c c i d e n t . — A few days since a man named Allen Dale, a shoemaker, on his way to Utica, was accideniallv killed by the discharge of a g u n when near Little Falls. He had taken aim with the gun at a bird whichjflew away and suddenly dropping the gun on the ground the contents were discharged through his head, k i l l i n g h i m in s t a n t l y . H e w a s a b o u t 2 8 y e a r s of age, a Scotchman by birth,and had lived some four y ears in New York. He left a wife and two children, who were accompanying him .— [Alb Citizen. T he H a l f O unob L etter .— A w riter in the Doylestown Olive Branch has been at great pains to ascertain how much can be transmitted lor five cents, An avoirdupois half ounce is 218 3-4 grains. W afers one grain. Sealing wax usual quantity, five grains. A sheet of foolscap weighs 172 g rains. Letter paper, 135. Small envelopes, 42 grains—large 52. Y on can send 300 miles a letter for five cents, con taining, viz : the sheet of letter paper enclos ing seven bank notes sealed with wax ; or the letter and three bank notes in an envelope.— Half a sheet ol'lciter paper with halt eagle en closed under wax. A sheet with a dime and a half enclosed by wafers. One sheet of letter paper with a quarter eagle enclosed, secured by wax. A sheet of foolscap in an envelope seal ed with a wafer. One and a half sheets of let ter paper sealed wilh wax or wafer. These calculations are based upon the ordi nary letter paper in use. By using very thin French paper, a greater number o f sheets go to the half ounce, of course.—[Exp. A M r. Bland and an Englishm an in Cincin nati play fully a g reed to have a shot a t each other with pistols: it occurred, and ended in the death of the former. The latter am rendered him self f t r trial. This is a very strange occurrence. A youth named Wm. Kimball fell overboard from a towboat in Oldman’s Creek, W est Jer sey, on the night of the 19th inst., and w as drowned. It is supposed that be was w alking in his sleep. ____________________ In consequence o f the reduction of the rates of compensation for carrying mails under the new law, the Rail Road companies in this state have signified their intention of declining lo carry them after the expiration of the present con tracts. ______________ ____ A method is said to have beenjdiseovered in England, whereby wood can be rendered a s hard and durable a s iron o r s to n e ; and it is farther stated that the experiment has been tried with so mnch success that wooden rails, thus prepar ed, have been successfully substituted for the iron, rails in common nse. M i l l e r i t e s C o m m i t t e d t o t h e W o r k H o u s e . —Theodore and H arris Pearson, supposed lo be under twenty-five years of age, and Jacob Mills, were, on Friday last, committed io the Work House, by the City Marshal, by virtue o f a wai- ranl from the Overseers of ilie Poor, issued un der the 1st section o f the 2dth Chapter o fthe Re vised S’atutea having reference to perrons who lead a vngranl life, exercise no ordinary c a l l i n g or lawful business', and in consequence are like ly to become paupers. We are informed lhat it was against their convictions of duty to work, and that the second adventists had funds enough to support them while the world should Iasi.— Portland (M aine) Adv. CC7* T he.Syracuse Star announces the death ofthe Chief of the Onondaga Indians,at ihe Castle on the Reservation, on Saturday last, at the age of 100 year*. A D u e l is said to have been fought at Mount Auburn, near Boston, on Tuesday, between two Southern gentlemen—one a Virginian; ihe latter being wounded in ihe arm, and the other in the hip, but neither dangerously S u icid e and D r e a d f u l A t t e m p t a t A ssa s s in a tion —Yesterday afternoon, aboul 5 o’clock, a colored barber, named George Southard, who kept a shop in Fifth street, above Chestnut, pro ceeded down to a small court running out of St. Mary’s street, above Sevemh, and on going in to an upper room of a house located there, drew a pistol and fired a t a woman named Flizabeth Ballard ; the ball took effect in her right side, and produced a wound from which she cannot recover. He then drew another pistol, and placing the muzzle to his neck, just beneath the right ear, fired ; the shot was so effective as to produce instantaneous death.—[Phil. Post of Saturday. T roy and G reeniiusii R ailroad .— This con necting link betw een M a ssachusetts B a y and Lake E rie at Buffalo, wili soon be in operation. It is six miles long, cost $180,000 and runs di rect from the W estern railroad at Greenbnsh to Troy, where it unites with Schenectady and Sa ratoga Railroad. Il runs upon a shell dug out on tlie high banks of the H u d son, continuing parallel wiih ihe river, directly ihrough the cen- tre street ot Troy. ___________ P recisely So.—T h e Hew York Sun thinks “ the tim e madt by the horses at the late race on L o n g Island, would not begin to c o m p a re with the tim e lost by those who saw them .” Saturday’s Pittsburgh Gazette says, “ singu lar as it may appear, the fire is not yet wholly extinguished in the burnt district. We observe it burning in some parts of the cellars of the Monongahela House. This is six n ttks after the fire.” _________________ _ _ _ Corn is retailing in the stores a t Columbus (Ohio) at 87 1 2 cents per bushel. The Demo crat says it w:ll readily bring 75c by the wa gon load. The market is almost bare of the ar ticle. __________________ __ THOM AS HASTINGS, Esq., of New York, will lecture on the Subject o f SACRED MUSIC, in the Session Room o f th e First Presbyterian Church, on Thursday evening next, nt h a lf past 7 o 'clock. A ll who feel a n interest are invited to attend. Auburn, J u n e 9/1F45. _________ _ T o satisfy the public on every point relative to the fair ness of his published statements, Mr. C. Brinckerhoff hns, among others, obtained the reliab’e services o f Dr. Chilton, who decides that the Health Restorative is entirely compos ed of Herbs and Roots. As regards the incalculable power nnd facility o f cure o f Consumption nnd Colds by this med icine, one can easily satisfy h imself by examining the myri ads o f undoubted certificates, o r by enquiring o f the referee*. J^yW O R M S K IL L THOUSANDS, and are much more dangerous to human life than would otherwise be supposed, because par- nts ore n o t awure th a t a majority o f diseases un der which their children appear to suffer arise altogether from worms, and while they are tampering with medicine* which are of no avail, the children pine away and soon die. The remedy is sure. Dr. Sherman's W orm Lozenge* rre know to be a specific. They kill the worms and bring them away, when all o ther means fail. Equally good and suc cessful is Dr. Sherman’s Cough Lozenges. 'J hey alley irritation from coughing, promote expectoration, and m a. short time restore to perfect h ealth. Even the most obsti nate cases o f cough give way, and when the sufferer has ap peared to be far gone in consumption, they have raised him up. Are you troubled w ith headacbe 1 T ry Sherman s Camphor Lozenges—they will cure y o u In a short space of time, a i well as relieve from palpitation, cramps, nervoin diseases, and painful affections o f the bowels. And Sher man’s Poor Man’s Plaster is decidedly the best strength** ing p laster In the world. I t cures rheumatism, weakness and pain in the b a ck, cheat, &c., and will act like a charm. Do not be imposed upon by spurious articles, but ask lor JJT • Sherman’s preparations, and see that vou get the genuine. T . M. H U N T , a n d R IC H A R D S T E E L , AgenH, Auburn. S ands ’ s S arsaparilla —The rapid sale o f this article in this community is a pretty significant comment upon its virtues ns a medicine. T h e agent in this city is constantly receiving testimonials ofthe almost incredible cures it wdai* ly effecting in cases where every other medicine has utterly failed. T h e case o f Mrs. A . hf. Phillips is well known to many o f o u r citizens, and wherever known is justly regard ed as one o f a most surprising character. Many other case* m ight be cited, b u t it is-unnecessary ; the medicine has been tested a n d is recommended by severalgphysicians in tbis vi cinity, who use it in their practice.—Norwich Courier. F o r further particulars, and conclusive evidence o u t* 1 perior v a lue and efficacy, see pamphlets, which may be ob tained o f agents gratis. . ^ Prepared aud sold, wholesaleand retail, by A .B & Co , Druggists and Chemists, 273 Broadway, N ew xorx. Price $ 1 per b o ttle ; six bottles for $5. 0 3 - F o r sale b y RICHARD S T E E L and T . M. H U M . Agents, Auburn grand test o f Bucban’s Hungarian Balsam i* now offered to the despairing invalid, v iz: # * T b e astonishing success o f this Medicine, in the core o Pulmonary diseases, w a rrants the American agent m soiic- itingfor treatment, a n d he does solicit, the worst possible cases that can be found in the community—cases that seeK relief in vain from any o f the common remedies o f the day. and b a v e been given u p by the mostdistinguwhed physiciaos, as confirmed and incurable. T h e H u n g arian Balsam nss cured, a n d will care tbe most desperate cases. It is no nostrum, b u t a great English medicine, o f known and eitan* lished efficacy. . Pamphlets respecting this g reat English Remedy may w had gratis o f T . M. H U N T , only Agent in Auburn, and of Agents throughout the county.
