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The DEATH of SIR WALTER Scorr,
says the Alexandria Gazette, will cause
grenter sensation in the literary world than
would the loss Of any other citizen of the
great republic of letters. The feeling ex-
cited is of IA different nature from that ex-
perienced when Byron yielded up his spirit
in Greece, martyr almost TO liberty. The
course of the author of Childe Harold was
like that of some dnz2ling meteor, which
astonishes and hewilders the senses of those
who gaze on it, and whose sudden extinc-
ton is almost anticipated at the moment of
its greatest brlllancy. But Sir Walter
Scott has been shining planet in the liter
AIRY armament, appearing always with the
same Notwithstanding the same ex-
banded spare-givlng light and gindnesS to
the world, and whose entire disappearance
men would never think of or raruIate upon.
But The hand of death has not come to rob
HIM of any honors To he expected. He liv-
ed long enough to reap a fall harvest of
iameg and has only been taken away whilst
lie was enjoying the fruits of his labors.
He performed, during his life, enough for
glory" and has left ON earth
One of the few immortal names
That were not born 10 die.
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TEMPERANCE Sur. The Dalainatia Of
Boston, (America) is row lying in the bar
nor of Greenock. The captain stated to
some gentlemen who waited upon him 10
make some inquiries respecting the spread
of temperance principles among the seamen
Of America, that for the last three wears, no
spirnucus liquors had been used on board,
and that from his own experience, he was
fully persuaded they were quite unneressa-
ry either for himself or his men. He had
never, since the time he was in command OF
vessel, a period of twelve years, had Il
crew better behaved, or better able to dis
Charge the duties incumbent upon them. In
stormy weather it was his custom to deal
out hot coffee to the men, in place of ardent
spirits and he had foun-l it to answer all
the pun poses of the latter beverage, without
any of lis disadvantages. As farther
proof of the progress of such principles he
mentioned that, m building the Dllamatia
60 persons had been employed. aud he was
not aware of one glass of spirits hnving
been consumed On the occasion. The mate,
a relative of the owners, stated that the
same company had % vessels sailing on
temperance principles, AMI that no difficult
ty was eyer found in obtaining men 10 en-
gage on the express understanding of there
being no splrItuous liquors provided on
hoard, indeed, so general is the practice OF
sailing vessels on this priHriple, AMI so man
fest the advantages, us to la".'',n doubt on
his mini thai. long, 1t woald h>,r>-..--.
universal. Scottish Guardian.
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ANDREW JACKSON
Mr.. JAMES GOwEN,

Something like the IVES, India boon except
that II was unnecessary.
We will wager irife that the Gi.trai wrote
this ward, as he pronounces it, Williams.
t1his is an infamous caunny and poor Porter's
memory should be protected from it, All the cler.
gymen who attended him up TO the moment of his
being hung, abundanily satisfied that the
guilt OF MURDER did not lie upon his conscience
He had never shed human blood ; and no one bu,
Gen. Jackson would have given credence to the
Munchausen story about "cutting off a man.
head" &c.
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PoTTsviiLE. (Pern..) Ny. 2

louisville. (Fenn..) Nov 2
DREADFUL OccuRELNcE Yesterday al
'ern"on, while twenty men were engaged in,
the coal mine Of Samuel J. Potts, ESQ, the
water suddenly rushed down from an adjoining
nine, which has been for some time unnccu.
pied, drowning two individuals, who were una.
BILE by reason of their situation To make their
escape, The remainder sustained no injury
one Of whom was immersed in water up 10 his
chin and saved himself by cIinging to The roof
Of the mine One of the deceased mine,s was
a l"telgner' engaged in his fir days work on
this side uf the AlIanic
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From lie L.irernooL .flbion.

THE PACKET SaIP VIRcINIAN. II the
building of new ships may he taken as
proof of the prosperity of the Shipping IN
teresis, the ship owners OF the United
States must lie highly prosperous. Almost
every week fresh specimens OF the naval
architecture Of the Americans arrive IN our
harbor. where they excite the Summation
and dIaw forth the encomIums OF visitors
The most recent specimen OF the sElll ot the
American shipwrights is the packet Irgin-
/ ian, commanded by Captain iSnac Harris,
late of the Birmingham. This fine vessel
+ is upwards of 600 tons hurlhen. Her mod
Ell is heanniui, and gives her, though so
large ship, II light and elegant appcar-
ance. She admcasures 1884 from stem
tn.strrn. and across the beam 80 her deck
which is flush. is. therefore rnnmy. afford
ing ample space for the hcn-cooD, the COW,
and t:le ire house, and all the other accom-
motiu,ionS usual on board these floating h0-
fels, which packet ships may I've properly
teuominatet, Strength Is mol, however, IN
any instance, sacrificed to mere beauty OF
, anDaurance The beams, knees, &c, Of
the F,rgininn are 50 strong, rs we simple
iradesman should imagine, almost 10 defy
the violence of the elements 10 whose fairy
she will he exposed. The cnbns of this
fine vessel combine, in high degree, ulii-
tv with elrganre. The main cabin is
splen.Id. all the rich American cabinet
woods being finely combined and veneered
50 as 10 render the tout ensemble beautiful
, in the extreme; while the exquisite polish
on the furniture makes it as brilliant as the
, furniture of Il cabinet in genlleman's man
sion. The ladies' cabin is remarkably
pretty, and their state rooms in consequence
of the breadth of the vessel. more roomy
than in most cid packet ships. a bust OF
, the late Mr. Jefferson, which is said TO pre-
sent striking likeness of the original, Or
naments The stern OF the Virginidn. with a
+, figure of Fame on the right and another OF
Ceres on the left of the deceased states
man.
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The COMET, now visible by the aid of a
glass IN an eastern direction, (South of
Hercules,) passed Inc orbit of The earth on
the 29th, between II and IL o'clock. II is
now moving off in a Soniherly direction. in
cllning wi,hal to the East. II passed lust
,oithin the orbit 1850 within N of the
Earth, about the 2lst ;;egree Of Cancer.
The diameter of the Comet is upwards of
$4,000 miles, including what may he called
lie enueiope. II is not possible for a comet
TO come IN contact with the Earth at anv
other time, or place, except when crossing
the ecipllr. This ~ past; ami. in spite of
the wonderful, Oninous prophecies, 10 the
contrary, our earth still moves on as usual.
at the rate of about 65.000 miles per hour.
Inits orbit. Had the comet beer just 80 DAYS
lnter IN lis revolution, or, had The Earth
heen % days advanced in lis orbit the
Comet would have stfurk the Earth. at the
point Of the ecliptic where the comet cross.
ed ; or, to say the least, their two amos-
pheres would have mingled together; and
Their mutual attraction, probably would
have caused n collision Of the two bodies.
There is little chance If any comets COM
ing ~ contact with The Earth; NJ least any
OF those which haze appeared, or whose
orbits have been ascertained.
bingham Gasetic
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bfr. Crawford, in letter under date Of sept
18Th. recently published, declares: ~ reiec,
qualification us peacenble constitutional meas.
IRE. For verify believe that no man in M.
senses ever believed il 10 be So I reject il M n
revolutionary measure, because every consriiu.
iional measure Of redress has not been lred
and because II will. in all human probabilit y
bs Intellectual and injurs none but those who
resort 10 II ."
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PRESIDENTIAL CoNsTBUcrIoN A waggish
fellow yesterday presented his ballot al 4 nnll
in one OF the upper wards aud aier two or
three questions had beeH PIT Ia him bv one ot
the Inspectors, his vote was challenged On
being asked by the same Inspector whether he
was prepared 10 take ;he onih-he replied {" he
had no objections TO take he oath as he nnder.
St00d IT, The poor man was rejected which
shows that these Jackson people are not con.
.sislent even in their own Inconsistencies.
NeU York Commeriat .4dseyfiser.
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DAvr CnooRErs LAST C,ooL., =, II
the Pre:ideni's levees nj wnshing,on ias, VII,
tet, yas offered an Ice. After tos,;na !, =.
whispered To gentleman near him. " the c w.,
IL very sweet, but how mortified Tho Cona.ni
" fpld Re ifhe knew il wsv fror.n" "'''
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Now tie election is over let us talk about
great s9"dShes, md such things We can tell
bigger squash Story than any Of our colem.
prraries by "A jng fall a single squash seed
in the garden Of II. G. Quincy, in this CITY,
has produced this season nlne squashrs which
weigh fmO hundrrd 0nd ten pounds The arr.
est weighed thirty seven pounds These squash.
es, at Nv" aud half cents pound, fair mar.
knt price, would come 10 Ere d0iiars and "a
qn"rifrj quite pretty sum to be produced by
a single squash seed. Whether they were
jackson or anti-JackSon squashes, we aIe not
informed But we are told that they are blno
squash, and Of excellent quality.
Portland pabsr.
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One of the few immortal names
That we're not born 10 die.

SCENES AT SEA. While the brig Jane.
of Bristol, james M'NalIy, master, was on
a voyage from Monte Vileo, with cargo
Of jerked beef for the Havana, on the night
OF the 9th December last, two Frenrhmen.
Il German, Il Portuguese aud two Spaniards.
who formed part Of the crew, rose upon the
rest. killed the Captain and the two mates.
and confined the other Englshmen, consist
ing ct two seainen and a hoy. Shortly af-
forwards the brig drove on shore in gaie
OF wind, and the mutineers. with the boy.
landed IN the boat: the two Frenchmen and
the Spanlard ran off and have not since
been iounn. The two English seamen were
washed nshore from the wreck, and had
the German and Portuguese unprecedented !;
they hive been brought TO England in The
Maidstone, for trial. Subsequent 10 the
Captains death his cabin was ransacked.
and douhoons, sovereigns AMI dollars were
divided to the amount of el,CO0 sterlino.
The men are conlmltted for trial at the next
Admiralty session.-English paper.
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me 'nthcr and mother of n young French
r'rl afflicted with rheumatic pnins determined
on curing her; and, according To the advice of
ono oi those lemalo Physicians vito are 10 he
found in every village, they placed The plrl in
an oven, where she expired aitcr ahon, thirty.
fve minntea kpking
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CHRoNoMETERs. The British Admiralty of.
fer annual premiums TO the three Artists whose
chronomelers, on trial, perform with the least
variation from mean time within prescribed
limits. The ninth annual irial ieruInated in
December last, and the result shows an asion
Ishlng accuracy, as well an extraordinary
Improvement IN the construction of chronome
.els. The prizes were awarded scverally to
Nessfs Cotterall, F6dsham, and Webster -
The actual error in the rate Of either Of them
did not amount to one second in year-a dc
gree of accuracy which wonId ha We enabled a
seaman to navigate vessel round the world
with less than the error Of Il mile in longitude
the nctual errors were. Of the first seventy
hundredihs of second, of the next eighty six
hundrcths OF a secnnd and the Third eighty nine
hundrcdi his ofa second The greatest difference
OF late between tbs instruments was less than
one-titth Of second. The least variation
proved at any previous trial, was that of in.
strument to which the first priza was adiudped
IN 1873: II was two seconds aud twenty seven
Observation-Disclosures american.
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NrcuIGAN. The reported refusal of the pco.
pie al Michigan 10 urganZe n State Govern.
mcnt ~ preference Ia irrrtorial dependence.
appears 1" 'iavc been premature. A few 81 the
COMMITTEES remain Ia be- heard rom bn, the ma.
jrriiP 50 far as asecrIaned is about 900 IN ia
v"r of a State government.
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Explosive POWER Of GAS The Journal oil
Connlerce FelItes that soon after tn organiza
ton of political meeting al Masonic Hall. N
York, on Monday evening last report was
heard over head, resembling the discharge of a
SIX FOUNDER; and Immediately. considerable
portion Of the ceiling. together with the central
chandelier, was precipltatrd upon the heads. nf
the assembly, who rushed in a panic from the
ro"m, surprising that it was caused by Tor
pedo or bomb placed for some diabolical pur.
pose in the upper rooms. The mystery was,
however, soon explained A servant had bee n
sent to the room, over the central part of the
Hall, to light up. lie opened the closet con.
tanning the gas pipe, 10 let off some gas A
quantity Of gas had escaped from the pine and
was confined in ne coset. The gas was in
santly ignIed from the fame Of the candle
held by the servant, anG exploded knnckinr
hinl over, irarinr Ia pieces the closet donr. and
breaking lhronsi' The reilins beneath. sisppi.
ly no person was injured.
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MPoRTAIioSs OF ARDENT SPIRITS. Tine fol-
towing schedule ~ from official returns in differ
ehi years. Except in 1923, so much of the quanti-
y imported as was afterwords exported. is deduct
90 from the amount here given and of course, the
s"ounl mere gwen, except in 1923, was actually
consumed IN this country. The quantity exported
gallons. ~
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SPAIN.

NOVEL DUTY OF 4 GOVERNOR In tho Van
Dieman's Land papers We have very G,,.rr.
lng account Of The first lady spccnla:inn of Eng.
land 10 this colony. the ships aen. III, r,eighl
ed with Young females on n matrimonial nd
venture from the mother country. Governor
Hnhnr hnd personally examined The condition.
ana treatment "l these chIldrnn 81 the Sln'c."
and %. who had received nfE,rs NJ m,r,,o,.
wero ordered by his excelency to enter into
the holy estate.
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PUniic lMrRovEMENrs. II is stated in Tho
Princeton Courier that the Delaware nud
Rarithn Canal, connecting the Delaware md
Rnfiinn rivers AT h"rdeniown and New Bruins
wick, aud formin0 n sloop nav,y,,ion ho,,,.on
the city of New York and Phtlndcluhia and hv
Tho means of the Chesapeake and Dclawarc
Canal q State communication between the com
niefcIal towns on Tho Chesapeake Bay and
New England States, is in a Stale of Corwnrd-
ness and VIII he completed by the end of Tho
year 1881 The Canal is seventy five fee, nj
top water Inc, and seven feet deep, and will
conveniently pass vessels of six feet water .
me locks aro 10 feet between The gates, and
~ ieGt VIDE ard 100 feet from stem 10 siom n
square hnai may pass % feet wide and % feet
- len.th' Tho ieedet, or Delaware branch Of
un,s I7mai' extending from Trenton 10 Bulls
Island (2j r"ilcs> will 10 nsgigi hle
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NEW FREHCH MINISTRY. Those of our
readers who are conversanl with French
politics, need not he informed that since
the death OF NJ. Caslmer Perer, The Minis
try has been IN st3 MSs IF msr 70 sy's s,
new Ministry would he formed, the elements
of which must Of course correspond in some
degree with the character of ITS head. The
Paris correspondent Of the London Times.
in letter dated Sept. 18th, O'CLOCK, P. NJ.
says, The Ministry here is arranged.
Barthc keeps the Seals; Montalvet goes
out. Dupln takes the porteieulle of the In
terror, and The Duke of Bassano is to be the
Foreign Minister. The latter is "a Bona
partist: thus is the party correlated, as
since the death Of the Duke of Reichstndt
it Is no longer formidable in power. Bar
rot and the loctrinaires nre both set aside.
unless the latter accept inferior places. Nv
informant mentioned, that the Finances are
Offered 10 BIgnon, bu, can scarcely believe
II. The supeIanuated Duke of Bassano.
Secretary of the FIRST Consul, Bonaparte'
ls sufficiently Incredible"
NJ Y Journal Of Commerce.
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Y. Journal Of Commerce.
EAsTOx. iPn.A Oct. Dc

CAsToS, (Pa.) Oct. 70.
SUDDEN AND AWFUL RErRIBurIoN.-
About Two weeks ago. a man on horse
back came to the gates of the Delaware
Bridge at this place, about an hour after
midnight, and demanded passage. The toll
keeper, Mr.. Able, suspectlng That ne could
not he on an honest errand refused to get
out OF hed, and the man went off. The
next day ii horse vas observed wandering
along the shore, the saddle and brIdle hay.
ing evidently been thoroughly soaked wit
water. Mr.. Sidney Down Of this place took
the horse III charge, and stabbed him, but
before he could he advertised gentleman
arrived here from Heidelberg in Lebigh
County IN pursuit of horse thief, and henr-
ing OF tins horse, went 10 see him and IN
stantly recognized him as his property u2on
which the animal was delivered up TO him
and taken hone. The matter caused con-
siderable excitement and various coniec-
lures, The most Obvious and probable of
which was fully confirmed by the inteli-
gence received in the course Of the ensuing
week, from Rorky Falls. At that Mace,
about III miles below Easton, the body of n
man was foCnd-iuther tall ami iolerahIv
well dressed with a leather heit around his
body, containing about Sl2 in silver, and
having on his boots "a pair of spurs, No
doubt remains in the minds of our citizens.
hut that the horse thief in his eagerness TO
get out OF the way. attempted to swim the
River D"t being nnacquninted with it, and
unused to The piunglng motIDn Of II swimming
morse, was unseated, and met watery
grave.
A FIRE took place in Burlington, (Vt.l
on the morning of the 9th ut, which re-
suited IN the entire destruction of the brick
ana stone buildings, owned and occupied
by MI. Chauncey Good,irh. situated ON CoI.
iege-stIeet' about 100 rods east from Court
house square. When discovered the barn
whlrh was OF si0ne was furnace of fire
'ns'"e' ana oreakIny through the roof. II
WIS near me TWO story back part of the
man building 81 feet long occupied as a
RHchen ana wood house, and the npper sto-
~ hnIshed for lodging rooms. Tie from,
part OF me fnnln building was So feet long
with double piazza The wjnd WAS blow,
ing a heavy gale, and in FIVE minutes the
TOOLS OF tne Wnole, extending 1873 feet and
covered with $4,000 shingles, were sheet
o. h'e' 90 rapid was The progress of the |
Ha.neS, only one man except the family went
INTO any part OF the building, an Mr.. Good |
rich, aided by a hired man who walked him
had barely time to yet his family out. md
some some OF theIn with only their night clothes.
lie lost al IN his carriage honsc and barn,
Morse cba'se, hnfhesses. sIeighs, &c with |
nearly every article Of furniture, ruthinp. |
library, DC. Loss estilnated with building
Tou' $'"'o 70 $4,000, Insurance $500. /
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DOGS. An cmigrant physician Of Che
mango county, New York tsays the Boston
Atlas had faithful dog named Bent, that
always attended him in his medical visits
around the neighboring villages. He rould
never prevail on him to take plare in his
vehicle, but he would follow him on foot
until the doctor stopped; when the instant
/ he alighted from the vehicle, Bent would
spring in and protect his property. II any
one dared to approach the horse, the dog
gave him to understand, by most signih
| cant gruwl, that he must he careful how he
I lrespasseh on the rights of his master. AT
home, when his mistress had been Washing
and lett her clothes in the yard over nigh:
to dry. she had only to call the attention Of
! Bent To the circumstance, and he wond keen
guard faithfully till morning. i'he health
OF the dortor berame seriously Impaired,
anu he made voyage 10 Europe with the
I hope OF reghinlng u. A few days after his
departure the dng became very uneasy. and
Oc6ureu rnt village IN search OF hin. "'''
Having become evidently satisfied that
his master was not to he found in the imme.
date vicinity of his residence, lie made an
excursion about the country, TO the distance
OF hily or sixty miles, and stopped at every
house where his master had ever heen. in
the hope of finding him. He was gone
nearly three weeks, but finally he came
home, and gave up further search in des-
pair. Upon the return of the dortor, the
dog manifested his JOY in the most sagacious
manner. He threw his fore paws around
his neck, and embraced him very affection
aiely. From that moment he was unwilling
to go into the kitchen at night. until he had
satisfied himself that the doctor had gone
to rest. He would insist on entering his
bed room and would raise himself upon the
bed and look in aud see if he was there.
AT the doctors death, the dog seemed to be
perfectly conscious of the loss he had sus-
tanned, and testified his sorrow in so affect
'ng manner, that it was remarked by eve
ny person that saw him.
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OUR MASTER

q lie IcGS b0ra 10 command" C0r0tiary-
Pe acre G1ra 10 be commanded.
Cas- 1T BE- POSSIBLE? The Lexington, Ky.
Ohsorver, IN giving account OF The Prrsl-
dents reception and stay IN that city, relates
the iniiawing
The afternoon was spent in making aud re
coIging calls. Some OF those who had recnv-
cred from The designations ni Sutmday, reap
peared an the scene, aud Offered their homage
"a him who was - torn 10 cOmlRdRd" Some
'ot these . bent line pregnant hinges OF the
knee before their Sovereign We shall men
ti"n but one instance OF this extraordinary de-
votion. For tho credit of human nature. we
wish there was dHt one. 4 person was intro.
duced tn The President in his drawing room al
the hotel, and Immediately hnch dorm Ect0re
him, and dill tie damage If aa OricniQt Stare
TO ms Muster! This instance would not have
been distinguished from others very similar
but for the remark upon 1t by Governor Breath
III, who was IN attendance. While the self
ahased man in his PROSTATE position, the
Governor exclaimed, " Only took, GcRcrai, and
tcitHeSS the deroti0H paid you By ktBtnch-
inns :" We did not witness this ourselves,
but have the testimony OF persons who did
and who are ready 10 be sworn TO 1t.
UNPARALLELED BARBAKIrY. The Ches-
ter county (Penn.,) Democrat confirms a
! horrld account of murder and incendlursm
/ cquallng in enormlty, if the details are void
OF exaggeration, the most barbaIous cruel
1 ties practised among hostile savases. The
victims are represented to have been an old
man aud his tanliy, who had some months
previously settled in that neighborhood and
the popuihce the instruments of this all
c'ous vlliainy. They suspected that these
emigranls, though in perfect health, we're
under the influence of the epidemic which
has scourged the Atlantic cities. A unver-
sal panic ensucd. The dread of contagior
prompted the neighbors to close their doors
agaIns; the old man and his family, and tc
avom all intercourse with them. They
were soon driven hom their dwelling
wandering about without shelter. A hun.
bile mechanic received the distressed FAM
ly it:to his house, which was surrounded in
the dead of night by q inob who rushed in
murdered the owner, the old man and his
family, and then frei the building, whcl
was reiured 10 ashes. The writer of the
account stales, that on the next day might
he seen the bones of the miserable Vie
TINS. blarkened by the smoke Of the monl
derIng ruins, lying exposed to the public
gaze" 1t is understood that the lngIead
ers have been arrested.