General Intelligence

Erpeclorating Tobacco Juice. - Tho galleries of the Senate and House óf Reprcsentativesare not furnished with sittoons, and the resultof fucIi neglect is a general squirting of narcotic from tne moutbs of ungallant he creatures and disfiguring, the externals of the ladies there congregated This nuisance, hnving become intolerable, is happily censured in a burlesque strain by one of the Washington papers. This article is in the form of a memorial to Congress, and the rneinorialist, wonld beseech your honorable bodies,' In view Of gentlemen who Do - chew Pigtnil, Nailrod, Nigger Twist, or Honey Pew, Some measure - At your pleasure - By which such gentlemen at eat The herb by pounds and unces, May not spit on the ladies' feet, Nor on their costly flounces. The door-keepers, it is suggested, shall interrógate each gentleman on entering, 'Do yon chew?' and if he answers in the affirmative, the door-keepers shall deliver a smal! spittoon with the injunction: Take ihnt, sir,And keep it in your pocket, or jour hat, sir; And when you spit, sir UtelT, sir; And when you spit, sir, Don't spill it, sir, But leave, we 'mplore, sir, Tjie box at the door, sir! The proceeds of the gale of ihe graös takeu from the pubHc grounds, are to pay theexpen ses of thïs arrangement. - .Boston Ckronicle. Electors fot Presidmt.Thë ñurñber óf Presidential electors is equal to the number of Representiitives ánd Senators from each . State. The next election v'ül tie under the new appar-tionment;. and for the convenience of tnir readers we give the foliowing eta;temerj!. of the number lo whicli éaclí State is entiiied. It wil] be weil to preserve this table FftEE STATEÖ Mnirfp, q New Hampffhife 6 Massachusetts, J2 Vermont, q Rhode 4 Corn c:icuv eNew York, qq New Jersey, 7 Pennsylvania Lg Oh'io, 23 Tndiafra,' jj Tflïnois, 9 Michigan, . 5 Free States, i6o SfAVB STATES. : Delataré, s Maryland, g Virgina, 17 North 12 South 9 i Georgia, i j0 Alabama y Louieianay q ; 6 Teniiessee, 13 Kentucky,' j Mfesoüti, 7 ArkeiVss, 3' Sla-vê' 115 Total, 275 Necessary for a chöice', t38 The frcè States have a majority in the electoral coHegeofSS-. They have 22 votes more than sufficient to cohtrol the Federal