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Day
1
Month
May
Year
1843
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Public Domain
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The whig press and whig lecturer?. have abused the libcrty party without mensure, bccauae we are a mail nvnoritj. The Democrats are strong and able to defend theniielvee, and henee they are treoted with comparativo respect. Their rage increased becatise ofter having been nbused by them, "C Wl[[ mt lurn round and vote for them. The day is not distant when we shnll bea inajoritv," and the whjgs Email - a very pmall niinority. The whig party is going - going - going to picces ns fiift aa a party ever hasted to rujn, wliile the Liberty party is rspidly rieing to power. We cun bide our time. Smolcy Chhiuiitt. - It has been clearly demonstrated by science and piacticul experiment, thatthis great rtrawback upon domestic comfort is remédied by an uneïring nnd simple preoess, viz: n slight bnt conti nucd enlorgc ment, commencing at the bottom of the fiue, and extending lo t!ie top. This is sure to produce a draft, and it is presmned that in most instances of defective chirnnies, inattention to this simple rule, in the origina] ennstniction, VVOuid be found tlie cause of it. - Piscalaquis Farmer. Sound Made Visibles- An Ëngtfsli paper gives an account ol a discovery by Rlr.Soutiivorth of Manchester, by which sound is made visible, and tlie speech of nny peraon may bo taken, even by ore who nows not how to write. It seems, from the descripticn to be a siibsianre which receives the impression öf sounds as fullycs the tympanum of lheenr,nnd retains thewi as legibly as any typogrnphy. We 11, they liave learned to paint wiUi light a in Daguerrotype, and may learn to wrife uit sound for all we know .-Marshall Stalesman. Falhcr Matlhew, - A letter has been received from this great apost le ot' Temporalice, in which he promises to visit this country. No man in Europe would meet with a more cordial welcom. Heaven gaidè the ship! We would give more and travel farlher to see this great, good man, than to get a view of Queen Victoria and uil the crowned heads in Europe. lic has done more for his fellow men and the world, than all the Kings Ihat haveruled since the days of Nero.- Rochesler Democrat.We aro glad to be able to say that tli Houee'of Representaties of' Mainé without dissenting vote, has passed a reí o] ve authorizing the Governor to send an agent to any Southern port or place where a citizen ó Moiiie may bo impritonrd or held as a slav soiely on account oí bis color, and to clain such citizen, und, if need be, to prosecute hi claim for freedom in the Supreme Court ofth United States, at the expense of this State - Kcnnebec J uur nal. The legislature of Maryland has given the sporliitg gentlemen a pretty severe dose, in a gaminnr jaw wlnch they have just passed. II makes the oflynce of keeping a gnming table a misdenieanor, and fines the person keep ing it one hunúred dollars for each offence keepers-, waiters, or those in any way aidiiig or asíisting, bhall be fined twenty dol Jara for euch ofience. Betters at snch table are held guilty to misdemeanor anü are to be find $0. One James McPherson, being arraigned be fore Ihe Circuit Court on charge of blgmy, plead guilty. Örj being biought up for pentence, he exliibited & pardon from Cov. Porter, graníed, of course, before trial. Such an cutive is a disfrace to any State that prelends to be civiüzed Hnd governed by the clear principies ofmoralit)-. Lrgimi of Honor. - This body consists of 49,678 members, of vvhorn 21,622 enjay the pentions. The populalion of Franco is about thirty-five millions. It follows that one in everyseven hondred and fonr of the vvhoJe nmnber, men, wonien and children - enjoys tlie decoraiion of the Legión. Nearly 6,000 crosses wcre disiributed daring the vear 13-12 3Rum Ui the Jlrtm.-ln the late Florida exhibition unuer Lient. McLaughKn, it is slated, by Pr. Barion of tlo Medical Bureau, that dnring a period of 8 months, there wer? pur chased for tlie use of the sick, of Brandy, port, champaigne, madeira, gin, whiskëy, eider, ale, porter, bitters and nlcoh I, qúánrui s amounting to the enormous sum of $2,076 Li! IIow natural! Rum, war, and slavery are a part of the same brood, begotten by sin upon dcath!- Albuny Patriot. General S'coft lias writteil a letíer to tho Danville (Va.) Rejorter, on the question of slavery, which is fnr in advance of nny thing our modern American statesnipn lnive dn red to utter - dcclaring nmong othef tbrngp, dis persuüsionj "that it is a high moral obligation of triasters, and state.sto employ all means, not incompa'able with the tafety ofboth colors, to ameliorute elaverv to cxterminatioiv' The Cörits Cas p.-The ihvèMigaHoh iil this case has clofed. The jtiry rcturned a: verdict that Corlia carne to lus death by a wound from some person onknown. Mr. and ftírs. Colton werë, ihereupon, ïmniediatclv 1 charged. The Tribune eays that nothing in thi? teetimuny rixes puspic on of eruüt upon any body, and the affair remains enveloped in its original mystery. Iihode tsland.--The Snpretoc Coürt of this State, at Nowport, discharged the prisoners ngainst whom indictmenfs for treason wei e pending, they having petitioned thu Governor for pardon. This tefmiiiation of the prosecutions, upon the offendors making full submission to the la we, wili, we believe, be universally approved. .Varltrdom.-Two nativo christians were recently put to death by the heathen miers of Uadagafcar. Piercely as they p.ro pursecuted, it is said Ihat the number of Christians is rapi(tly iriorening in that i.sland. Like shivcs in JYorlh Carolina, they nre liable to be put o death for having a Bible in thcir pogsession! Bañe and Anúdale. - A ehip sailed from Roston, Mass. a few duys since, foi n jinathen land with twelve miasionanes of the Cross on board, and fivo thnusund gnllons of rum. This is equal to llie Frene i brandy and missionaries, lalely forced upon the sjándera in the Pacific. D.Li Child states in tho Liberato that imong the "property" for wliich the P'loridn ieople claim poyment, is a Idrge numher of toornen caried offby General Jackson's army ! War, slavcry, proslitution and alcohol, all uiited!The lollowing notes show the bcginnings of the present vast coramercc of the weaie.ni iiiland seas. The fir&t vessel hearing the American ñng upon Liike Kric, was the sloop Detroit of 70 tuut, in 1796. In 1797 ths schooner Wilkinson of Detroit, wns built; lier capncity wos 80 luns. In 1800 tlie Good Intenr, of Si tuns, was built; she was wrecked in 1200. In 1799 the Government built the '-John Adanis" nnd "Tracv." In 1005 the Bchooner Nancy was built 'dv the United Slatea at Black Rock. In 1806 the "Coutractor" was built by Porter, Burton & Co. In 1810 the "Catherine"' wns built. Tn lülS the first stenmboat, "Walk-in-the water," was built ai Bi:ick Rock; ot which time thero were, in n 11. about thitry sail vessels on the Upper Lakes. In 1324 two new stcamboats were built. In 1325 three more were nddrd; from this period to 1832 four steamboats were built, and the whole nnmber of stearnboats in 1841 was upwards of fifty, nnd the number of sailing vesseis little sliort of three hundred.

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