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GREAT AND DESTRUCTIVE rLoon.
wmEELirG, rEn. rs.

WHEELING, Pm. Is.
IL falls to our lot to-day 20 record
the most extensive and destruc tive
Hood which has occurred in the histo-
~ OF this country. The Ohio river
commenced rising st this place ON
Thursday last. On Friday, seon af.
ger 2 o'clock, il began to overflow its
banks. The water rose at the rate of
ls inches an hour till Saturday morn
ing. when il began to rise less and less
rapidly till 8 at night when il came To
stand and soon after began tn fall
The precise height OF the river above
low water mark has not yet been as
eertained. IL is known TO have risen
higher than it has risen since the me
mOry Of the oldest person now living
IL being from to 6 feet higher than il
was At the memorable foods of 's4
And Is. The destruction Of property
oecasisned by this calamity is beyond
ealeulstien. The whole valley Of the
Ohio from lite source 10 it's mouth,
within the reach Of this treme ndous
freshet must present one uninterrupt.
ed scene Of waste, desolation and dis
tress. The farms on the rich bottoms
have been swept Of the fences, aud
dwellings, barns, corn and meat -hou se 8
with their contents, and the stock.
All the towns and villages along the
river have been wholly or in part in :
undated, and many~of the buildings
with oil they contained have been car.
Tied away.
All the low part Of our town has
suffered severely. IL is impossible II
this time to estimate the loss Of proper
ty-42 houses, we are informed, ostly
small frames. have been swept away
from South Wheeling. The bridge
over Wheeling Greek is gone-55
houses were counted passing by on
the river from Saturday morning till
l2 o'clock. A large ware house. filled
with flour, lodged on the upper point
OF the Island. The river 10 now even
with the banks. In our next we shall
be able to give more particulars.
Times.
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n letter from Pert Au Prince, under
date Of The llih January, Published IN
the rev Orleans Bee, Says com
msreial treaty has just been concluded
Detwsen th's (Hsyii) aud the Uniied
states oeYernment Commodore III
iIoi' commanding the frigate. was en-
Was'ed With the management Of the
negotiation. {"
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Combustion. The Philadelphia Ga
zetie Of Thursday last, says--Just as
the southern mail was leaving this city
Tor the north, this morning, the mail
bag was discovered to be on FIRE. II
vas immediately opened, fears being
entertained that some hot political pa.
pers OF opposite opinions, had got to.
gether and were consuming each other
up, somewhat after the manner Of the
Kilkenny cats. Several packages were
burning, and one quite in blsze. I,
- supposed to have arisen from unex
tInguished sealing waS--or perhaps
from spontaneous combustion. Con.
lectures a. to any other cause arc, "a
use the ordinary parlanee, "shrouded
~ mystery"
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AnLIsorox Rorsr.
Tuesdos Nigh, FEB Ia. Is,s

Iuesdoy Night, FEB IL, 1852
CEsTLrHEs; The letter YOU have done I'M,
TOE honor TO write to me requesting my con;
sent to the removal Of the remains OF m,
venerable grand parents. from their resting
place. to the Capitol. have this moment re
ceived.
give my most hearty consent to the re
movai OF the remains, after the manner re.
quested, and congratulate the Government,
upon the approach communication of .
great act OF national gratitude.
have the honor TO be,
with perfect respect. gentlemen,
your obedient servant,
GEORGE w. r GUSTS.
To the Hon JoHs c. C.LaouE,
Vice President 0f the United State,
ASpHEw STEyEssox,
Speaker Of the n of Representative
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The Ct ~ the Che.apeake and

The fsiS6tsSf the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canssmsy be gratiiied by wit
Messing the launch Of Boat Of the
largest size, which has beep built as a
Specimen Of the freight boats to ply
on that Canal. She will carry 1000
barrels or 40 cords Of oak wood, and
can be drawn by two horses at the rate
Of q knots per hour.
The boat will be launched on Frida y
u9th) morning, AZ 81 o'clock from the
lot Immediately below the Stone Ware
house, corner of q and 9Th Street,
West, on the Potomac below George
town.-Naf. Int.
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novNr vInsox, vrn.I5. I8So.


To hSe Hon. hse Presisiu Of the SENATE.
and !Speaker q The House Of Repress-,fatires.
Gentlemen: Z have to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of your letter and the resolution. Of
Congressto carry into complete effect that
which was adopted in Dec 1879. for the re.
movsi OF the remains Of George Warrington
TO the Seat of Government.
have received with profound sensibili,y
the expression of the desire of Congress. re.
presenting the whole nation. to have the Gus
tody and care of the remains of my reyered
relatives and the struggle which Il ha. pro.
duced in my mind between a sense OF dur
to the highest authorities Of NV country and
my private feelings has been grea,Iy etnb.r.
RAISING But when I recollect that M. ~ I'M
IN respect TO the disposition Of his re mains
has been recently carried into full effect, aud
that they now repose in perfect TRANQUILITY.
surrounded by those Of other entleared mem.
oers OF the family, hope Congress will do
justice to the motives which seem TO me 60
require that should not consen, to their
separation.
pray you, gentlemen, to communicate
these sentiments and feelings to Congress.
With the grateful Acknowledgements Of the
whole OF the relatives OF my grand for
the distinguished honor which Was intended
to his memory. and to sccep, for your.elye,
assurances OF my gratitude and esteem
JOHN A. WASHINGTON.
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The Baltimore American says-@A
gentleman who came up the Ohio from
Louisville to Wheeling, and rea ched
this city on Saturday night, confirms
the statements made, that almost eve
~ town and village on the river was
more or less injured by the overflow Of
the waters. He states that he counted
two hundred houses which had been
carried of, and we're floating down
With the current.
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From the Norfolk Herald Of Feb. -.

Most Distressing Occurrence. is
our painful duty 20 announce the death
of Mrs. SARAH G. PIERcY.--the cir.
cumstances attending which are truly
heart-rending. and particularly illus.
trativc. OF the uncertainty Of human
life. Mrs. p. had, but q little more
than 4 week before, been bereft of q
beloved sister, whose two infant chill
dren she had taken under her materna
care; it was while affe ctionately caress-
ing one Of these dear little ones, in her
bed chamber, on Saturday evening at
) o'clock. standing with her back 10
the CRATE. that her dress (of light cali
COY caught fire, and before she was a.
ware Of it the flames had assembled 10
her neck! Literally stunned with
fright, her presence of mind entirely
forsook her; she rushed to the bed AMI
threw herself upon IL, but only commu.
nieated the flames TO the bed clothes
without extingaishing that in which
she was enveloped. She then rushed
down stairs. In the mean time her
screams with those of the children.
had been heard at the next hause, the
master Of which ran in and met the
unfortunate lady at the foot of the
stairs: he seized her in a moment, and
throwing her down and wrapping the
carpet around her, Immediately extin-
gu'shed the fire. which had by that
time nearly consumed her entire cloth.
ing! A physician was imme diately
called in. but she was past all hope
Of recovery; and after remaining in
the most excruciating agony till II
o'clock next day. she expired.
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cocKsAcKrE, (N. W Feb. 8.

cocKsAcKTE, u. " Feb. 8.
Melancholy Deaih.-A young man
by the name of Barber, living with
MIR. John Griffin, Of New baltimore
was found hanging in the cider house
OF MIR. Griffin on Thursday morning
last. and was dead; although it was
presumed he had hung but short time.
1t is supposed by the family that Bar.
Der did not intend 20 commit suicide
that II was entirely accidental. lie
bad been known by the family at va.
rious times to alarm an idiot lad, re.
siding in the same house, BY threat.
ening to hang him, and would pu,
a rope round his own neck, and 90
through the ceremony Of hanging, 70
show the lad how he would serve him.
At this time they were in the cider
house together, and the idiot came into
the house and repeated several times
he hangs, no hangs; the family took ma
notice Of it, supposing tina, Barber had
again alarmed him by repeating his
threats. IL is thought the young man
had fastened the cord round the beam
while standing on q stick of wood, and
that his feet slipped, and he was i'm
mediately strangled.
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sATuRDAY. FEn. la

SATURDAY, FEB. H.
In the House Of Representatives,
the rss"lutisn from tho committ..
on the Public Buildings, for the exc.
eution Of marble statue Of Wash.
ingion, to be placed in the Rotuudo
OF the Capitol was taken mp aud pass
ed by vote Of ayes -, noes so. Va
Tious private bills were reported and
acted on, after which, the House. on
motion OF Mr.. Carson, went into n
committee ofthe whole, Mr.. Spaieh,
IN the chair, to compensate Mrs. De
cater, for the destruction, by the
gallant Commodore Decatur, Of the
'figate Philadelpbis, in the harbor
OF Tripoli. The confederation Of
this we'll known case, Oeeupied the
House during the residue Of the sit.
ting. The bill sppropriates the sum
OF 100000 Tor this purpose, and
provides for its distribution amonr
Mrs. Decstur, the widow Of Comma.
dore PEBBLE, and the officers add crew
OF the u. s. schooner Intrepid. n,
their legal Representatives. Mr.. Car.
son addressed the Committee in sun.
port OF the bill, aud Mr.. Tracy pro.
posed an amendment 10 distribute
the sum according 10 The pro.i,iops
OF the prize law, boz the an,endmep,
vas negatifed. MIR Psarce moved
further amendment, that $4,000
- the S3i 900 SLOTTED in the bill 70
Mrs. Decsiaf, should be paid TO the
oeiess OF Commodore Decatur
Upon this long discussion ensaed.
Before sny decision vas arrived ~.
however, the committee rose and
renorled nd The HIM. .a..
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Distressing Fira-On the night Of
the 9th inst. the dwelling. house Of Mr.,
James Lewis. Of 6uffield, Come cticut,
took fire, which had made such progress
before discovered. that its inmates. 1s
in number, had not time even TO save
their clothes; they were compelled 70
travel about quarter Of q mile. 10
their neighbers, IN their night clothes,
and barefoot, during which time the
most Of them had their feet badly fro
zen. The following circumstance.
which probably was the means Of saw.
ing many Of the inmates from destrue.
ton, is worthy Of notice. The family
had retired to bed and were in q sound
sleep, when the dog, either to make
known the danger. or 10 be relieved
from sufiocati5n by smoke, Jumped =.
gainst the bedroom door Of MIR. Lew.
10, and howled, SO az to awaken the
family, just in time for them 20 make
escape. Hartford Times.
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Of full length portrait Of Gen. WASH
rsoros. 10 be placed IN the Repressn-
tsiivc Hall.
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Castiaifg. - ALFHEus p. wrtsav.
Zen. highly esteemed and useful 81.
sisen e Aorgsntowb, We. was drown
- a bsswHsvills on Friday the iOIh
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A great Public Meeting was held at
Philadelphia on Monday evening 18th
INST. to sustain the Senate Of the u !.
States in its rejection Of Mr.. Van
Buren,, as Minister to the Court of st.
James. Daniel w. COKE, Esq. was
called to the chair, John III. Powell
and John p. Wetherill were appointed
Vice Presidents, and Samuel Brashcars
and Henry G. Corbit, Secretaries.
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IN The House Of Representative. or
tuesday the i4th instant, M. Jarvis.
from The Committee on the pabl,r
buildings, reported q fesolafion IA
fec''nE the CLERK Of the House Of Re
preventative TO procure tie e4eest,op
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CANAEDAIcUA, Fen. s.-CdsuaIlV.-
a singular instAnce Of seIf.destruc-
tion occurred in this place on Mondsy
evening last. Samuel ~. Journey,
lad about 2 years Of age, vas dis
covered banging by q rope suspend =
ed from the ceiling, by person who
vss at the same tins busiIy en-, ploy.
ed IN the same room. lie had been
amusing himself with tho rope, and
while at play, remarked that he 10.
tended TO hang himself. The person
vho was prssss, paid no attention "a
mss remarks, until some minutes e..
'sFWsrds, when she happened 10 Iesk
Fouad, she observed the boy Ivioe
With his neck across The rope but :
lev inches from the floor, = ps,fe,,
corpse. An inguss. wss called 4,
kobt Royce, Esq. verdict, aee;dey
fai, ercifed by ardent spirils.
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The Adelphi Theatre, in Baltimore,
was mobbed on Monday night the sth
inst, in consequence Of the appear
ance of MIR. Anderson, an English per.
former, who had rendered himself IN
popular by some unguarded expressions
IN relation to the American character,
which he used on ship board, before his
arrival IN this country. The following
IS an extract from n detailed account
Of the transaction, given by the Balti-
more GaZette:--
Just about this time, the bows, after
few attempts. succeeded ia demolish-
ing the fence on Saratoga street, which
gave them free admission to the rear
OF the building, when a Shove. of
stones coming through the windows ad
monished the audience of the pecessi.
ty OF retiring for self protection, and
warned the performers Of the approach
OF their enemies. After q few mo.
ments, entire possession of the Thea
tire was gained, when several parts of
the scenery, together with the orches.
ira, lamps, &c. were demolished, ami
q search for Nit. Anderson, who had
ielt The Theatre and returned TO hi.
lodgings IN safety--and thus ended the
scene, which must convince Mr.. An.
derson OF the entire hopelessness of
his reception by the American people
wIthsny other feeling than that of dis.
gust.
II was nothing but The magic of MIR.
Booths name that rescued the building
and its contents from entire demoli.
ton, as the persons who were engaged
IN destroying the interior, when told
that the property belonged to him, i'm
mediately desisted.
MIR. Anderson. for the same offence,
was pelted from the New York and
Boston theatres, short time since.
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CONGRESS-.
REMAINS or WASHINGTON.

THURSDAY fKa. 10.
10 the House OF Repre- se0tatives.
the Speaker announced that the Vice
President and himself, in fulfiiment Of
the joint resolutions Of the two Houses,
IN relation TO the Centennial Apuiver-
ssry Of the Birth Day Of George Wash
ington, addressed letter to Mr.. John
A. Washington, and TO Mr.. G. w. p.
Gusts, requesting their consent 10 the
removal Of the remains Of George
Washington, and Martha Washington
and had received their answers, copies
Of all of which he laid before the House.
and which are ~ follows:
wAsHiseros, rrp IL, 1852.
STA; The Senate and House of represent.
atives have passed Joint Resolution to cele.
braie the Centennial Birth Day OF Gsoaos
WAsarseros, authorizing the President OF
the Senate and Speaker Of the House OF Re-
representatives.. to make application to you for
his remains, 10 be removed aud deposited in
the Capitol a. wasbingtsn.i in conformity with
the resolution OF Congress of the Gath De.
cember, 1879.
They have PISSED another Joint Resolution,
authorizing ms to make application TO you
and Mr.. G. w z. Cus,is, for the remains OF
MARTHA suiseros, TO be removed and de-
posted Of the same time with those Of her
late consort. 1Konsk WAsHiSsTox.
We herewith enclose copies Of these Re
solutions. and in the discharge Of the duty
imposed on us. have to request that you " III
give US - early an answer to this application
a. may be practicable.
We have the honor to be. with great respect,
Your obedient servants,
j. c. CALHOUN.
Vice President. and President of the Senate.
A STEVENSON,
Speaker OF The House Of Representatives
.ar John a. Washington. Mount Vernon.
A similar letter to the above was adj l..
dressed to q. w. p. Gusts, Esq.
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Mr.. Canning--Mr. Afonroe--and
The South american Repu6iics.-In the
London metropolitan Tor January, re-
ceived by the Hannibal, we find au ar I.
ticle Of so much interest TO the Amcri-
can public, that We lose no time in lay.
ing IL before our readers. tbs found
ed on review Of . recent work by
MIR. Stapleton, (who is understood 10
have been the confidential secretary Of
Mr.. Canning.) in the Foreign Quar-.
terly for October; and reveals the irn-
portant fact. that the famous passage in
President Monroe's Message of 1875,
against the interference Of the Holy
Alliance in the affairs Of the American
Continent, was sent forth TO tho world
by virtue Of full understanding he.
tween him and Mr.. Canning; that the
ground assumed was to DO maintained.
IL necessary, by the combined force Of
British and American Arms.
...ksss. ~. \. Jour Of Com.
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The Nave Insurreefion IN Jamoica.
We learn from passenger on board
the brig Montilla, ut New York, which
LETT Kingston on the e7th January, that
the insurrection Among the negroes in
that island had IN great measure sub
sided. Nearly $50 plantations had
been burned. aud the destruction Of
property was immense. The number
Of blacks killed during the disturbance
in different parts of the island, was q.
bout two thousand. jour. Of Com.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-01-19
FARMERS MAKE THE BEST PUBLIC MEN.

In very clever book for young peo-
pie, called Louisa and her Cousins, we
find the following remark :-"Good far
mers have always been held in high es-
timation. came across an anecdote,
the other day, which proves that this was
the case in very ancient times; it is re-
lated by Herodotus, who is called the
Father of History. The inhabitants of
the island of Nliletus, in the Ionian Sea,
having been for a long time afflicted with
internal dissentions, at length solicited
the intcrposition OF the Parians, inhabit-
ants of an adjoining island. When those
whom the Parians selected to perform the
Office of arbitrators, arrived at Mlctus,
finding the whole state involved in eX-
treme confusion, they requested permis-
sion to examine the condition oftho lands
Whenever, in their progress through the
island, they found any lands under good
cultivation, which by the bye, did not
happen in many instances, they wrote
down the name Of the owner On their
return to Milctus, they called an assem-
bly, of the people, and placed the direc'
ton of affairs in the hands of those, whose
names they found on their list of cul ultiva-
tors; because, as they said, those who
took the best care of their own business,
could be most safely intrusted with the
public interest. These officers were ap-
pointed, and tranquility restored.
This anecdote struck us particularly
because it exactly conceded with our
IDEAS of the true principles on which the
privileges Of citizenship should rest. In
framing our own government, and under
the new order of things in France, it was
an important question what should give a
man right to vote. A certain though
small income was decided on by our leg
islators, as the necessary qualification;
and this test has much of reason and JUS
tice in It, because comfortable income
is the visible representative Of industry &
good character-for it is certainly true
in this happy country, that ali who have
health, can obtain decent maintenance,
except the lazy and the dissipated.
So far therefore as this principle mere
Iy extends to excluding vagabonds, it is
a good one; still it does not touch all ca
ses; for wealth may be inherited by the
lazy and dissipatcd, and thus the privi-
lcgc denied to the vicious bcggar, may
be bestowed upon the equally vicious
rich man.
1t appears TO us that the proper quali-
cation for voting is to have some regular
and constant cmploymcnt-to perform a
decided use as citizen, in the way of
some permanent trade, business or pro-
fession.
This shuts out both cxtromes-thosc
who are idle because they are rich, and
those who are poor because they are idle.
Massachusetts, JomuaiS Tribune.
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vinced that the very constitution OF man
requires obedience to precisely such pre-
cepts as are contained in the Bible; that
man is rewarded and punished on the
principles which are there delineated, in
other words, that the moral system oithe
Bible is the moral system of the universe.
| said it would be cheaper to apply the
moral means for the cure and prevention
Of vice than to meet the expenses which
will come in consequence OF the vice
which may be thus cured and prevented.
Should one half of what the nations of
Christendom have paid within the last
fifty years for the support of vice and the
evil passions of men, including the pas
sion for war, be appropriated for the next
fifty years to the amelioraton Of the NOR
al and physical condition of our race;
before the expiration of that period this
world would exhibit state of things al
together different from any thing which
has yet been known. BY the application
of such resources the gospel might be
planted, and schools and presses estab-
lished in every city and in every village
throughout the earth, and every family,
and every person supplied with the word
of life. AT the same time railways and
canals might be made from city to city,
and from village to village, from one end
of the earth to the other, to facilitate the
means of commercial and Christian i'll
tercourse between the great brotherhood
of man. Mountains might be levelled,
marshes drained, the crooked made
straight, and the rough places plain
The Andes might be taken down, and
90 to fill up the Gulf of Mexico, and the
place it occupies and the place it would
then occupy be converted into gardens
and house lots, to accommodate the in
creased population of the earth.
LAY PREACHER, Jun.