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THE OREGON AHGUS,
to
Kroni I' plum's Lift of Frenioul.
kit tarsal.
Christopher Carson wa Urn in Kvntuc
kjr about tlie year 191 1, bit fuller having
Uen one of the early settler of ilini Slate,
and noted in M dy as a hunter and In
than lighter. Within year or two aflor
tli birth of Kit, tlio family moved to tlio
j.-d for hi I if'', and ii win spared.
Tlii put on effectual Hon to all inch In-
soleul proceedings, and Americana ware in
aulied no longer. Carson in .till living,
being yet, indued, in his prima. President
Pulk nominated him to the Si nnlc fur a com
mission in tlm army, corresponding to what
ho had held in tlio California Utmlion, thai
then frontier of Missouri. At tho ago 0f of a lioUluuunc)' in ll riflo corps. The
fifteen Kit juined a trading party to Santu
I'e. From that point ha went into the
lower Mexican provinces following various
advrnturct ; among other he was employ.
cu ursom nine at a icamstvr, in connrc-
lion with ih copper mine of Chihiiuhua.
At seventeen year of age he commenced
life an a trapper, in the region of iha Rio
Colorado of California. After many peril
he returned lo Taos, in New Mexico, and
joined a trapping party to the head water
of iho Aikansas, and apent about fijiht
nomination wa not confirmed by the Sun
ate. Hii faithful commander tins recorded
hi name on tho geography of the conti
nent, by calling after him a river and a
lake, in the great bnsin they explored to
geiher. IIu in, at thi time, Indian agent
for New Mexico, lie a early married to
a Sioux woman, to whom be wa devotedly
attached. She died, leaving one dnngli'er.
Carson' present wife is a New Mexican
lady of gri-Ht worth and respectability.
Tiir Musical LocoMotivb. .The new
year in lhat occupation, principally among Lu.ftln (nilH;cu instrument, the "Calliope"
he mountain where the Missouri and
Columbia rivers lake their rise. The buvi
siess of trapping was then in its flourUhiii
taie, and formed a class of men of mark
eil and striking irniti. Nature in her ori
j;inul ixpects, and in all her wildue-s and
grandeur. w iheir home. Savages, fierce,
bone, and stealthy, met them at every
poiul ami priviitimi, dangi-r, "nil tufll'iing
wpre an onlnmry exuori. iice. This moil.
I'flifi', iu itspcrfict fi ! in and nmiily c.
citt'liieiitu mid ncliit'veiiic in, wa favorable
in ninny nspicls In the dcvehipnir m ol
noble energies nrd sviiliiueiils. Carson
mhjii hi'Ciimu pre-eminent in theao charao
li.riilif, and was fjnious as a succoMful
Irapper, uin-riiig linl, and reliable guidu
and Under. In conflicts with hostile Indians
he conducted nianv a duriii" mid victorious
eiiterpiise. In one of iheso tmdlicts with
the Blsckfed he received a rifle hall in
his left shouldur, the only personal injury
ho ever met in buttle.
IIu in a remarkably pcncrnbla and quiet
man, leuiperulu in his habits, und strictly
inoinl in hi deportment. In a h-tter writ
(en from Cslifoi nia, in iiitroducii g
Cur von ns the bearer of lim'cli"s to the
eovcniuienl, Col. Frenioul sars : "VViih
ine, Carson and truth mean the same thing.
Ilo is always the same giilhint and dis
interested." He is kind. hearted, nml
averse to all quarrelMiimo and turbulent
(ceil?, and has never been enguged in any
mere personal broils or encounters, except
on one single occasion, which he sometimes
liKideNily describes to his friends. The
narrative, as he gives it, is fully confirmed
by an eye-witness, of whose presence at
the time he was not tiware, and whose ac
count ho Ims probably never seen or heard
of. I shall tell the story as it is gathered
from them both.
In l ho year lSHj, tho Rev. Samuel
Parker made an exploring and missionary
tnir, under the auspicx-a of the Anturican
Uoard of Coiiiiuiioners for Foreign Mis
sions, beyond the llucky Mountains, and
as fur as the settlements on the Columbia
llivcr. In his printed journal he gives nu
account of tlm incident to which I am re
ferring ; it occurred on the 12 ill of Aug.,
ut a point on the borders of Green Iliter,
beyand the South Puss, on the occasion of
a "rendezvous," that is, on a spot selected
for Indians, trappers, and hunters to bring
to market their peltries, and obtain supplies
from the agents of tho fur companies.
TJiere was a largo concourse of savage
tribes aod all '.ho various dunigrns of the
wilderness. There were Frenchman, Spi n
iards, Dutchmen, Canadians, and Western
tnckwooJainen. Iho Kev. Mr. i'aiker uii
pened lu bo there, to w'nnm the strungo
gathering. Of course thera were some
rude characters, and not a little irregular
ity and disorder. Conflicts wore liable to
rise between quarrelsome persons, growing
out of the feuds among tho tribes, and uui
Miosilie between the representatives of
different nations, ull actuated by prido of
race or country.
A hunter named Shunan, a Frenchman,
who was well known by the title of the
''big bully of the mountains," mounted bis
horse with a loaded rifle, and dashing de
fiantly around, challenged any person, of
any nationality, to meet him in single com
bat. Ilo boasted of his exploits, and uned
the most insulting and irritating language,
and was particularly insolent and abusive
toward Americans, whom he described as
only worth being whipped with switches.
Kit Carson was in the crowd, and his pa
triotic spirit Vindlcd at the taunt. Heat
once stepped forward and said : '-I am an
American, the most trifling one among
them, but if you wish to die, I will accept
year challenge." Shunan derted him.
Carson at once leaped upon his horae, with
a loaded pistol, and bo;h daubed into close .
conflict. They fired, almost at the tame i
moment, but Carson an instant the quiek
et. Their horses' heajs tooohed. Shun
an' bail just graaed Carson's ihcek, near
the left eye, and cut off some lock of his
,4ir, CireQ's ball entered Sbunan's hand,
cama out at the wrist, and passed through
V. ar.ii ?S3T the !Lc v. Th lu ly
locomotive, invented by Mr. J. T. Siod-
lard, of Worcester, took the mid-day train
from Worcester lo Providence yesterday,
attracting crowds of people On tha route.
A correspondent of the Providence Journ
al si-ami ofl upon i ho subject in the fol
lowing style :
''As I stood on ihul beautiful Cove prom
enade and heard the fiisi n.ilea of the ap-
pro'ichiiijt Worcester train. I must own to
having been, for a moment, in the enor-
umusuess of my feelings. I came by noti
fication, and prepared at nil points for sur
prise, but, could it be possible ! Yes, there
was a locomotive, and it was a rather staid
old fotty, too, one of those most mnchiiiv
of "II machines, a thing that has always
been lo (lie the personification of hum drum
toil, a creuture lied down to a single track
in life, und never indulging in any pastime
beyond a snort and a puff; there was thai
worthy old drudge, actually careering to
wards me, with a jolly sort of look, decked
with evergreens, all its breeching kicked
uff, and a bran new holiday housing on,
Hailing Columbia, th it happy laud, with n.'l
its might ; bidding old Dan Tucker lo cleni
I lie track, with much jocularity ; showing
us how the Wcazel ''pops," and finally
when nbrenst of us, bursting s amioJicnl
ly into a trumphant anglee Doodle.
As I remarked, I was nt first l st in my
feelings, but surprise soon toned itself down
in'o meditation. Well, thought I, old fel
low, what a blessing it is you arc so patri
otic, if you must be so noisy ; nnd then I
began to think how nice it would bo to use
him in the coming fight, and enlist him for
Ivansus; and to wonder whether we' couldn't
somehow get him, like ihe llowadji, to
tako the stump for "our Jessie," and sing
a little prose steam politics. The idea
seemed to mo both a good, and feasible
V . .1 I . I .1
one ; but 1 was a little too quiuK, tor wnuc
the thought was swelling within me, ilio old
fellow gave n huge snort, nod sputtered the
Marseilles II) tnn all over us, following ihe
compliment w:tn uory u oiore.
All the way home I heard the plucky old
fellow louring out luue after tunc, and I
must say I wus overjoyed, in ecstney, until
us I approached my house, it occurred lo
mo that I might have been all the time mis
taken, nnd what I bad supposed was pure
musical spirits, might benfter all drink.
Yes, there it was; the murder was out.
Had he ben a taking a little "eo'thing hut,"
and seasoned though ho were, it had evi
dently got into his head.'
Imagination had begun lo soar in all di
rection", nut as yet the idea waa always
shew! of her, and everywhere she was met
by old sober steam engines playing patriotic
devotional or Ethiopian tunes. Ihe next
national anniversary had appeared to my
prophetic eye provided with its fifty-horse
pnwer ode to freedom ; every public meet
ing I saw supplied with its steam "Tyler
too's;" I was even mniiclpaling a new bok
of steam minstrelsy, adapted to old passeti.
tjer engines, with simple tune for second,
hand freighters, and scales for gravel train
beginners. My brain was in a whirl, but
I sobered it wiih 'he single reflection the
fellow drinks. I cau'l tolerate him and I
won't especially as he has jjot no vote."
Rivr.i-r.AR Presentiment. Mr. J. C
Rogers, a youne man engaged on thi pa
per as a comoitfr, came to the office y
terday morning and lold ihe hands that he
wa unfit for work. Heine ked what
ailed him, he said that he dreamed during
the night that he saw his mother in her
coffin, and the dream was so viv id and had
alii cled him so deeply lhat he could not
work. He remained about the office all
day, much depressed in spirits, until about
4 o'clck in tha afternoon, when he recieved
a telegraphic despatch announcing that his
mother was dead. The lady Lad enjoyed
perfect health to within a few Lours of her
death, and no communication whatever had
been recieved warning him of her illness.
We have examined into these facis careful
ly, and can touch for them, Tha com
munication of th circumstances of the ter.
Th Wtstkrr aa Its Hln.
There i no subject of morn imiortance,
and yet thero i none wiih whiili inun of
science, and otliers, are o auperliciully
acquainted, a that indicated in tho above
caption.
Tlio heal of summer nnd the old of win
ter, the rain and the snow, thu thunder and
lit I'ghltiiug, the hurricane and tho gentle
breeze, how many mingled associations of
pleasure and griefare connected with these!
Our enjoyment, yea, our very existence,
H may lie said, are dependent on these ope
rations of naturo, which we call ihe
weather.
Sometimes, a In 1854, the clouds will
refuse their refreshing showers for n long
period, and over extensive trac!s of country
tho ;rass wither and llm com and wheat
fields become parched and barren ; ihe low.
ing kiue perish for wunl of the water-brooks,
and then famine comes and desolates many
once happy homes. Sometimes, again, thu
cloud will pour down their torrents for long
periods, and the floods will come and sweep
resistless over InotuJ lands, carryiiiL' the
crops of the fanner from his fields, and his
flocks from thu vales. Aguin, tlio hurricane
w ill sometimes come on swift wins, benrini;
destruciion in iis pathway ; and if accom
panied wiih red holts of lightning, inny
consumo well filled barncs and storehouses,
nnd level many beautiful dwellings to a. li
es. Were llioso weather changes govern
ed by immutable laws, and were we well
acquainted with these, we might adopt
special means to meet special ends, and
provide aiiainsl the coming drouth, the
floods, and the hurricane. Hitherto Iho
weather hits bom considered fickle as the
human temper, and if it is governed by
fixed laws, ihe whole world lieth nearly in
uross darkness resnecuni; ihein. Ihe sky
may be cloudless to-day, and lo morrow,
ven, in a few hours, iho Imliininu and the
ten) pest may come, und no man living, sn
far as we know, can predict iho event with
coriainty.
1 he ni iononier lias watched tho motions
of the distant plain ts, has weighed them
in a balance, nnd can tell the exact period
when the moon, niter a long interval, will
hide ihe sun's rays from the enrth by dav ;
and also when the eccentric cornel, nfter
long journeys in unseen regions of space
will re-visit our system nnin but he can
not positively tell ihe particular almospheric
changes that will occur to-morrow in the
city where he dwells; and yet a correct
knowledge or coming atmospheric changes
would ho most useful to all men.
Can such information ever be obtained I
Not unless such phenomena arc governed
by fixed laws. Well, when wo consider
that ihe planets roll, and the tides flow by
immutable decrees, can any period doubt
that the weather is governed by fixed laws?
That such laws do exist no one in his sen
ses can doubt, and that they will vet be
discovered we have as liltlo doubt, and it
is a shame so little has been done to discov
er them. Wo are glad, however, that
soni. tiling has been done, and there is a
promise of something more. Various sta
tions have lately been established in our
own country tor taking meteorological on
servations, and all the lending nations of
Europe have also entered upon the same
course of investigations, such observations
extending over various parts of ihe globe,
and for a number of years continuously,
will no doubt lead to astonishing results.
Already by private enterprise and keen ob
servation, J'r'il. bspy and Mr. v. u. Ked
field, of this ciiy, have made valuable dis
coveries relating to gales and hurricanes,
and the latter has laid down some practical
rules for navigators, regarding the roiury
progressive course of tornadoes, which
have proven to I e of great benefit, by teach
ing seamen h'iw to withdraw from their
power. The spots observed on iho sun's
disk, take place at regular intervals, and
these, Sir Wm. Herschel asserts, niiect the
weather on our globe to such a degree as
to regulate the very price of wheat. Lieut.
Maury bus done much to reduce tho weath
er changes on the ocean to a science. It is
believed by Humboldt and other eminent
philosophers, that the sun is the source of
magnetism ns well as heat, and that the vi
brations of the magnet are to our globe, as
the beating of the pulso to the human
system.
In an arliole in the North British Re
view, belived lo be wrilton by Sir David
nrewstnr, ho says: "Had Ilipparchus and
Ptolemy mado hourly observations, and
had they also bron made by their cole n;pora
ries and successors in diilereni parts of the
world, we might now be predicting the
weather with as much certainty as we do
the planetary motions." The great num
ber of meteorological observations now be
ing made in various parts of the world, in
spire up with the hope lhat such a result
will yet be accomplished. We bail every
"4. IHrx kailcs, in order to bo binding,
must be ellcdive, thai islosay, maintained
by a forco sullicieni really lo prevent access
to the enemy's co.isl."
1 hese four points aro imlii'iiible, because
no can not accept tlio lirsi point tho alio
liiion of privateering. tiov. Marcv res
pectfully pr. .poses, huwever, two (limine!
amendments.
1st. Either to add lo the ffit jooposi
lion in I ho "decluralinu" of the (..oiiirev.
of Paris
"Ami lhat the priva'e property of ihe
subjects or citizens of a belligeieut on the
high seas shall bo exempted fum a-izure
by public armed vessels of the other bel
ligerents, except it bo contra bund," or
2d. To adopi iho 2d, 3d nnd 4th propo
sitions, without the first.
The argument contained in the reply of
Uov. Alarcy is historical, argumentative
and forcible.
It goes to say that no nation has a right
lo prescribe lo another what shall constitute
her military or naval force, and that we can,
consistent with our institutions and policy,
neither agree not to employ volunteer in
land, nor privateer on the high seas.
When a nation having a large standing ar.
my is tbreatning a nation with a small
standing army, the latter must have re
course ro volunteers ; and so with nation
with a large navy, the latter must have re
course to privateers, otherwise ihe nation
with a large navy could employ a portion
of her navy to keep I lie inferior navy of
her enemy in check, and with the resi
sweep thecommcrco of the latter from the
ocean. Parity of position could only be
reached it the armed cruisers nt the stipe.
rior navy and other national ships of war
would forego making captures of iho en
emy's properly on the high sens, or if the
nation with an inferior navy armed priva
leers lo inllict ns much damage on the com
merce of the grcuter naval power ns the
latter does on its interior enemv.
llarklar for fcusklai t'.ara.
OreiiSlodard.of Ilusti, N. Y., has obtain
ed a patent for a machine for husking corn.
The enrs of corn aro pushed down by an
abu ndant between ft puir of roller having
raicd slump of rubber upon them, The
tollers rotate in a direction couiinry to thai
in which the ears nre pushed und serve to
strip oil the husk. The butt or stalk pari
As Kxi'Kctrii. The Miking are sign
thai ihe iVi';i tif Ttror draws to a clot ;
I. I lie leading Muiillit-rn lepers lament
lu leading articles thai the South abounds
in men secretly hootihj to the policy of it
polilieians.
3. Hi, l,ouls, the cliM city of Missouri,
ha just elected to Coiigrcs Fiancii P.
Diuir, Jun., a gentleman openly opposed to
every point of the said policy, and who
an distinctly kimwn in the cuavass a a
of the ear, is cut off by means of a knife, supporter of Col, Fremont.
which comes in play as soon as the ear
pus-es the tollers. The husks aro discharg-
ed at one place, and the clean cars nt anoth
er.
uses !'
eflbrt that is made to reduce "the weather I far iho common sense and the nalural con
uNew Marallmc Law1' Progress.
In the London Siar of tho Hist nil. is an
nrticle headed as above, which pays aev
eal high compliments !o the United States
as the pioneer in an ellort lo ameliorate
nnd improve iho innratime code of ihe
world. The Star says it is true, thnugl
the matter hns been fullered to rest quiet
ly thai it was the influence alone of the
United States which induced the belliger
ents, during the recent Russian war, to re
sped tho rights of neutrals upon the high
seas. Hut lor Iho known liicl that a dec
laration of the "right of search" and an
attempt to carry it out in practice by France
nnd hnglnnd, would have involved tho L in
led Si ales in tho conflict, the old game of
search and seizure would have followed be
yond a doubt. The Star adds:
"Nothing wns said by our statesmen or
diplomatists of the reul motive which in
duced our government to "suspend,"
during the war with Russia, the exerciao
of its old "beligerenl rights ;" as our peo
ple know nothing of the secret corrcspnn.
dunce lhat w as carried on between Lord
Clarendon and Mr. IWliainin, they have,
of cource, considered this nmro Immune,
courteous treatment which neutral flags
have received dunng the lale war, ns an act
of homage on our pnrt to ihe advanced
civilization ol Hie age.
Speaking of tho invitation of tho late
pence conference lo the United Stales to
join in an agreement lo put dow-u priva.
leering, the hinr remarks:
"Tlio American Government have met
the invitation with a counter proposal, of
fering lo go a great deal further, nnd put
down liu robbery of private property at
sea aliogethcr. And "o have not the
slightest doubt that, eventually, iho lSuio-
penn powers will he compelled In acquiesce
in this overture; for ns the United Slates
are now the greatest uiiiraiime tin' inn in
tho world, ns measured by iho only reul
standard, their mercantile tonnage, there
can be no maratime iiilcruaiionul law en
acted to which they nre not as-icuiing
parties.
Ihe Americans say, and say truly:
'We have no huge fleets of war vessels like
hnglnnd and I' ranee; wo have only one
line. of battle ship in commission. In case
of war, therefore, wo must rely on our
merchant vessels for carrying on operations,
nt least for the first six or twelve months;
and we should call upon our citizens to
turn every private tdiip into a vcr.0e'i of war.
These you call privateers, but their mission
would be prcc:s ly iholot your royal unit
imperial navies lo capture, or destroy ev
en thing afloat belonging lo the enemy ;
and where is tlio difference in tho scale of
justice, morality, or reason, between doing
these acts by means of vessels built ex
pressly for the purpose, and by others
which were originally designed for belter
1 lie re is no answering this logic,
and its changes" to a positive science, be
cause, as we have already stated, such
knowledge will be most usful and impor
tant lo all men. Sr.irntijic American.
Ttte New MaraMaie l.w.
The Count Sabtiges, the French Minis
ter at Washington, has received the reply
of our Government to ihe proposition lhat
the United States should assent to iha "dec
laration concerning maratime laws," adop
ted by the plenipotentiaries of Great Brit
ain, Austria, France, Prussia, Russia,
Sardinia, and Turkey.ai Paris, on ihe I6ih oi
cience of mankind are on its side
It seems that our government has taken
hold of the matter in earnest, and purpase
to substitute for the present system of seiz
ure and confiscation, a principlo which
shall throw ihe same shield over private,
property at sea which usage has made ap
plicable to that on land. Our government
asserts that the hold of a vessel claims as
much respect as the apartments of a store
house on land, and thai there is no reason
why one should be held sacred and the oth
er for prize.
This new aspect of the maratime quej.
lion Las puzzled the Knglish government
a little, since while Ibey cannot deny
of April, 1836, which the Count PE Sar-' i's justic, they dislike lo give up a princl
pp winoo lln nilrueu pu cuu-m9 iur 111.1:1-
fering w ith others, while at the same lime
adding to their means of supporting an
enormously espanded mz.atirne force.
i he Star close its lotice ol this topic Ly
tiges has presented in behalf of ihe Em
peror of the French. The President
declines lo accede to the four polnta of iha
Isaid declaration, to it ;
before the telegraphic despatJi a a sent. "I. Privateering i and remain, abol- ymg that as this proposition comes from
Publicity would not be gwea to this occur- ished.
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. .i. .r,;,. troth r.f tha main facts 'coodi and justice, there is Utile douut that it will! enow won it.g J'" - "
10 ,hB er'l,.ra .trulhcf lr ,V";:g0?r , .L .i J i,:.i...i. l .. .1.. ,.m,;,.n.l U.t,t: iioused Ihe cause of Filmore, were overla-
(,oVr.P''tAh:tr, S.'tmder ensroy'. flag. U vat vA a'.nwt lecunlib!.
Tiir I'uiLosoi'Hir or Dkow.nimo. Man
Is tho only animal that drown naturally
Ho do? 10 because he is endowed wiih
reason ; that is ta say with a large spheri
cai urain wiui a kuii on it, winch rise
above hi noe. If he fulls into deep wa
ter, in spilo of hi great brain, he has not
presence of mind enough to slick his nose
out and keep it out, ns ho might easily do.
but let his heavy head, like a stone, press
his nose under water. In this position ho
inhales, and fill hi chest wiih water, so
that he become, on tho whole, so much
heavier than water as to sink. Whilo the
lung are rilled with air, the body is lighter
than its bulk of water, and of course swirus,
just as an iron vessel does. All, therefore,
which is necessary to keep a person from
drowning in dtcp water, i lo keep thu wa
ter out of the lungs. Do you ask how this
is to be done ?
Suppose yourself a Lolile. Your nose
is the nozzle of the bottle, and must bo
kept out of the water. If it goes under
don't breathe at all till it comes out. Then
to prevent it going down again, keep every
other part under, bend, legs, arms, all un
der water, but your nose. Do that, and
you can't sink in any depth of water. All
you need to do to s euro that, is to clasp
your hands behind your hack, and point
your nose at tho top of ihe heavens, and
keep perfectly still. You will never go
undor water lo tho end of time, unless you
raise your brain, hand, head, knee or foot,
higher than it. Keep still, villi your nose
turned up in pcrltct impudence, and you
nre sate.
This will do in tolerably still water: in
boisterous water vou will need a little of
the art of swimming, which if you don't
gel, you deserve to be drowned
C'AmiN Symnk's Hole. Moat of our
renders have doubtless seen allusions to the
theory of Cupt. Symmes, who maintained
that the world is hollow, with an opening
at the pules. Dul there arc many who prob
nbly do not know the particulars of the
stisngn hallucination which bus caused so
much ploasitntry. Captain Symmes flour,
ished uboul the yenr 1818, when ho resided
in Ohio. Tha following copy of one of
his circulars will explain the nulure of his
theory '.
"CIRCULAR.
Light given light, to light discover ad infinitum.
Sr. Louts, Missouri lerriiory,
rvoilh America,
April 29, A. 1). 1818
TO ALL TUli WOULD.
I declare the earth is hollw and hubitn.
bio within: containing a number of hollow
concentric spheres, one nil bin Ihe other,
and ihut it is open at the poles twelve or
siMecn degrees. I pledge my life in sup.
port of this truth, and am ready to explore
the hollow, if the world will support and
aid me in the undertaking.
JOH N CLE VE SYM M F.3, of Ohio.
N. 15. I huvn ready for tho press a
'Treatise on l he Principle of Matter,'
wherein 1 show proofs of the above posi
tions, account for various phenomena, nnd
disclose Dr. Darwins golden secret. My
terms nre, the patronage of this and the
new world. I dedicato to my wife and her
ten children. I select Dr.S. L. Mitchell,
Sir II. Davy, end Caron Alexander de
llunilolut as my protectors. 1 ask one
hundred bravo companions, well equiped,
to start for Siberia, in tho fall season, with
n indeer and sleighs, on iho ice of the frozen
. . i t i. i i
sen. 1 cntrairo to nnu warm biki ricu uuia,
slocked wiih thrifty vegolables and animals,
if not man, on rencbing one degree north
ward of latitude 82 deg. We will rcluru
in the succeeding spring.
J. C. S.
To Mia Exellency Gov. William Clarke."
The above is copied into a number of
Nile' Register for 1813, from an Ohio
journal, which vouches for Symmes as a
man of intelligence and respectability.
3. There will be a Fremont electoral lick.
el in Di I'aware. Maryland, Kentuckr.
Missouri, and prubally in Virginia and
Louisiana.
4. Northern newspaper ndvoealinir in
respectful language the eunso ofFar.xoNT.
U.N ION, AND A ItEUKNF.RATKD GOVERNMENT,
receive an increase of circulation in iha
Southern States, apparantty in consequence
of thai advocacy.
6. The business of Ihe large cilies of
ihe South i falling, more and more, into
the hands of Northern men, who will not
content always to bo tongue-lied.
u. II Is coming to pas, that IU) south
ern politicians will have either to furbifl
reading altogether among their subject',
or admit reading impregnated with North-
ern feeling .-luce no other will be produced.
Factj roR Editor. - For many yean
pnst the New York Herald has bean con
ducted as Southern Kliticiuus would have
it conducted. It has derided ?orthcrn reel
ing, nnd fed tho flame of Southern cc
tional agitation. Two month ago it veer,
ed suddenly around to the other sido, aod
has ever since advocated the election of
Col. Fremont, with a tact and efficiency
that have been the daily iheine of the towu'a
admiration. Tho paper, too, ha become
in other respects decent.
JMow, note llioso (wo reels 1
1. Wiih all its subserviency to the South
ern politicians, it never had a circulation in
all the Southern States together equal t
its circulation in the single little free State
of Now Jersey. In other words, its circus
latinn in tho Southern Stntes wa about 2,
500, to an entire circulation of 50,00011
3. Since its espousal of the cause of tha
Con-tilution and the Union, by its advoca
cy of the election of Col. Fremont, Ut cir
culation hni actually increased in Ihe
ioulicrn Mate!
Kansas in Eunore. The late newt
from Europe brings these two items!
I. A man has been sentenced In f ranee
to six years imprisonment for saying in a
railroad car thai Iho Empress was extrava
gant in her expenditure.
2. l our persona have been sentenced in
Italy to long terms of imprisonment for
joining the Free Masons. Otioof the con
demned is 00 yes re of age, another It).
I wo of iho culnrits aro condemned to the
ergastolo (imprisonment in Irons with hard
labor) lor lile ; another lo Ihe same pun.
ishmeiit for 20 years, and tho fourth to 10
years' hard labor.
1 Ins is nearly ns bad as the sway or tha
Pierce dvnasty in Kansas which kills,
burM, anl ravhhrt for ojiihiW ui'.
Humph 1 A Republican club has
been formedjat Wheoling, Va. Lift Illuf
Irated.
t'.auithl a Tartar.
The Cincinnati Enquirer "pitched in"
lo iho Rev. J. A. Gurley for taking an in-
interest in politic.
Tho gentleman rebukes the editor io this
wise
Talk nbout preachers keening silence
when such ilamuiiu'e deeds nre being com.
milled under tho name of law nnd order-
when men are stricken down in tliRcapilot
of the nation fur the expression of honest
opinions, and tho lash of the slave-driver is
laised over their heads i Jam ol silence
when civil war rages on our frontiers, and
the Republic itself is in poril 1 Why, sir,
what sort at llumi do you take preachers
to hot Dumb idols, stocks, stones, slaves,
fools, or servants of the Devil I
Preacher or no preacher, sir, I would cry
nut ngain.it such iniquity and spar not,
1110111111 it should cost mo my life I Al-
though always a Jcflbrson Jackson Demo
crat, (the first vote my father ever guvo
was for Jellerson) 1 say down wun ttte aei.
notion and liruvnu of the party now iu
1 i-i r .1 -
power, or tlio liutrucs oi iu uuuan io
cone.
I agreo with you that it is beneath the
dignity of the ministerial office to engage
. .. . i . .t i . f .1 . l
in Politics When IHO on eoi is me einvHiion
of men nnd not principle! of truth and
justice, i Jut n man whocnu keep silence
whon he knows what is going on in rtnnsn
and Washington city, must have a heart
of tone.
In conclusion, sir. I beg leave to say that
because I oi' liberty and hate, opprrtsion,
I dare to denounce the government at
Washington as seeking llm subjugation of
t rany rr. n n Justrious and free people, for the dec-
The ew lork Herald gives a list ol larntion I make in public and private, tarn
.... .V. r I . .. . '
the papers recieved al inni ouue irom van- alone responsible not my religious associ
oiis parts of ihe country, with their party
antecedents, and their present political po
sition. The whole number given in the
lis: is 247, of which 103 aie for Iluchnnan,
122 for Fremont, and 47 for Filmere. Of
ihe Northern portion of these, 0.) arc for
Buchanan, 120 for Fremont and 13 for Fil
more ; of the Southern, GO for Buchanan,
1 for Fremoni, 34 for Filmore- The ante
rodents of the 105 Buchanan papers are,
Democratic 08 ; Whig 7. The anteced
enis of the 122 Fremont psf.frs are, Inde
pendent, 18; Imoeraiio, 12; Whig 78 ;
K. N' 14. The antecedent of the 47 Fil
more paper are, Democratic, 1 : Whig, 42;
K-N.4-
fcme four or five of the democrats na.
per in the Fremont list, abandoned the for.
tunea of Itucbanan after having at first
raised his stands rd, and a number of Ihe
ate and friends; and I bide myself under
no robes of ministerial dignity. 1 ask to
bo treatad ns tfreemantna citizen. That
Is all. l ours, in all kindness,
JOHN A. GURLEY;
! -iv the lag of Fremont.
Walking on tub atf.b. An un-
mense crowd assembled on Tuesday after
noon, on the bridges and quay of the
Seine, to witness the movements of a well
dressed man who was walking on the river
between the Pont du Carousel and the lock
at the Mint, apparantly with tha greatest
ease, .(lo had each foot in I small trian
gular box, ecurey fastened with strap
round his legs, and in his hand, he carried
a long balancing pole, similar to those
used by rope dancers, except that at each
end was attached a large inflated bladder.
Whan getting off hi balanoe, he dipped tha
end of ihe pole, and the resistance caused
by the bladder touching th water restored
him lo hi equilibrium, Galignani'l Afet-icrje.