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We have received inforas.s;oa Of the .ppoin,-
rne"' OF PrTra v. DasIxl, Esq. Of R;ehrnood,
to the ONCE OF Attorney General of the United
States This viii create vacancy in si.- vi-xi-
nia Executive Council, for which &c sl,-li doubt
less have esnt:idaaes in ABUNDANCE.
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The Disaster 10 the New England
In addition to the facts already as.
certained relative TO the melancholy
accident on board the steamboat Ne -
England, We learn the following facts
from u gentleman who arrived in town
yesterday. The body Of q gentleman
was found near the scene of the wreck,
with about 1900 dollars in his pocket.
IL was understood he was bound for
Hartford, where he was to meet his
wife.
A trunk has been picked up two or
three miles below the place where the
accident occurred, which contained
$4,000 dollars in money, and about
10, 600 dollars, 10 negotiable paper.
We are happy to add, that Mrs.
Stockton, who was seriously wounded
by the explosion, will most likely re-
cover ~ I. Ga=.
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a Pittsburgh paper thus explains the origin
OF the term HoOsher, applied to the people of
Indiana. Before the lands in that State were
regularly surveyed. there were a great many
neutrality-suspicious., as they are called The
surveyors afterwards, finding one Of these,
would ask who's here ?" and put the name
upon the map The question occurred so Of
ten, mat on seeing the smoke Of these cabins
tho phrase became familiar, "here,s another
who's here" Hence the general term
HoO'her. This ctymology may stand till an
other u found or invented. II is at least a.
plausible Is many other derivations.
Btih. finer.
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The steamboat Lady Lafayette was
burnt, at the mouth Of Ohio. about the
9th inst.- Net0 Orleans Bulletin.
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STEAMBOAT pfsAsTER.


The Norfolk Beacon sapposes, from the fol.
loving letter. that Steamboat Lss been blown
sp.
"a Crrsfuek, IN c. Oct. oah, 1884
.pfesrs shields e .hIi5wn:
.'l have seen several gentlemen,
who have seen frsgn3ehts Of . steam
boat washed up ON the seabeach, near
Cahee Inlet, in this county, which in.
dicates that some Steamboat has blown
up. ADD doubtless all on board perish.
eel. The fragments Of railing, and
beams Of the upper deck, the plank
composing the wheel houses; wood
partly burut,supposed from the furnace;
several pieces Of chairs, and one whole
chair, and various other fragments,
have come on shore.
Capt. Partridge. Of the schooner
Postmaster, saw, off Cafee Inlet. about
the 18th September, between him and
the land, q steamboat standing to the
North, a considerable distance in shore
OF him the man at the helm saw an
unusual smoke in the direction of the
steamboat, and observed that she had
blown up-he standing to the South,
and hearing no explosion, did not think
any more Of it. In day or two the
fragments came on shore. From the
appearance Of the fragments, the steam
boat must have been new, and | sup
pose all on board have persisted.
mot having seen any account Of il
in your paper. | thought is proper TO
give you this intelligence.
Yours. &c.
SPENCE HALL. :
''P. S.-The above intelligence
have received from persons who live
in my neighborhood, and who may be
relipu nm g Hy
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"P. S.-The above intelligence I
have received from persons who live
in my neighborhood, and who may be
relied on. S. H.o
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A Touch OF THE SUBLIME. A young
attorney in one Of the interior counties in
Alabama had volunteered his services in
behalf of a man accused Of "A murder. He
arose and addressed the jury as fol-
lows: i" Gentlemen Of the Jury :: In this
town have passed some of the hspp lest
days of nv existence it is the scene oI
nv childhood-I have pursued the rural
walks and sylvan scenes of this delightful
place-I have watched the sylph-like form
of beauty as she glded through the macy
dance. All my earliest recollections aud
fondest hepes are clustered here. In
throwing my Syes around this delightful
apartment, 1 behold many Of the earliest
friends of my father-his dearest, foadest
associates. Oh I! how my throbbing bo-
som beats with gratitude to the Great Dis
penscr of all good, that he has enabled
me to return once more to this delightful
vilIage-to end my days amid Ks cnchant
ing pleasures" He proceeded thus far.
and stopped for want Of breath--stood q
few moments, viewing the audience, as il
conscious Of a mighty effort, and agaip
commenced with these words Seen.
tlemen of the Jury: II is pretty tough
case don't exactly know what to think
Of it--you musf uss your own Judgement
about it."
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AUGUSTA, State Of Maine, M@'ch4, 1888
To Major Jack Downing, at President
Jackson's house in Washington City.
Dear cousin Jack. The Legislator
folks have all cleared out to day one arter
tother Jest like flock Of sheep; andsomc
of 'em have left me in the lurch tn for
they cleared out without paying me for my
apples. Sumo Of 'em went oil in nv deb,
as much as twenty cents, and some nine
pence, and shilling and so on. They
all :cpt telling me wen they got paid of
they'd settle with me. And SO waite.
with patience till they adjourned, and
thought was as sure Of my money as
though il were in the Bank.
Bot my patience, when they did ad-
iourn, such hubbub guess you never
see, They were flying about from one
room to another like so many pigeons
shot in the head. They run into Mr..
Harris room and clawed the money of
his table, hand over first. 1 brustled up
to some of 'em and tried TO settle. come
to one man that owed me twelve cents,
and he had ninepence in change, but he
wouldn't let me have that, because he
should loose halt cent, So while we
we're bothering about il trying to get il
changed, the frst knew the rest Of 'en'
had got their money in their pockets and
were of like shot some in stages, and
some in sleighs' and some footing it. ]
out and followed after 'em but twas NJ
use !; couldn't catch one Of 'em. And
as for my money and apples tn, guess J
shall have to whistle for 'em now. Its
pesky hard, for owe four aad sixpencr
vet for my board, and lve paid away ov-
cry cent I've got for my apples, and don't
knuw but shall have to come with anoth
er load to clear out my expenses. How
somever you know uncle Joshua always
told us never TO cry for split milk, so
moan 10 hold my head up yet.
] dou, know but shall havo to-gfve ur
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A society has been established in Bos-
ton, called the Young Married Women's
Anti-iorgetting-to-put-th pot-on-the- fire
at-l l-o'clock Society.
Curious Accident After discourse
by MIR. Backhouse at the Friends Meet
ing House in Lynn, on Sunday evening
last, a person stationed at the door pre-
scntcd to tho auditors,as they passed out,
copies ofwhat was supposed to be re-
ligious tract The donor and the recip.
tents were naturally astonshed on discoy-
ering that Hoods almanac for 1882, had
been inadvertently distributed instead of
Religious Tracts, as they wero thought to
be at the time. III Bost. Transcript.
When the Notification Clouds were
lately pending over our country, Lnfay-
elite expressed the wish that his own dcath
might preccae the dissolution Of our Un-
ion.
The Rev. Mr.. Bronson of New Bed
ftrd has accepted an invitation to became
tho pastor of the First Baptist Society in
this town. Fall River Monitor.
The Legislature of Massachusetts adj
Thursday, tho 28ih ult. after n session OF
three months, and alter passing 22l Bills.
General Jackson Is now ia his sixty
ey.pia ytat. '
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20 s. aDTOCATE.

The CASE OF MINER. The trial of A.
mos Miner, for the murder, some month,
since OF John Smith, Of Foster. in tl..,
State, came up Tor trial before the Su.
preme Court, in Providence, on Thurs
day, and closed on Saturday evening last
rhe journal says M
The prisoner was ably defended by the
Hon Dutee j. Penrcc and Christ opher
Robinson, Esq. Miners coun,enance,
without indicating vicious passions, may
be said to be rather insane, and to devel-
ope very little character Of any kind.-
His aspect, during the trial, was that OF
oppressive sorrow. He is but forty-seyr
en- years OF age-but adsersity--which
we are told has boen hss 4et--has fotel
stalled the work Of Time, and his grey
hairs and care-worn features would be-
speak him man of three score. As he
listened to the testimony oil the witnesses,
or the arguments Of counsel, the T" fruit
iui river oi the eye" often overflowed, and
deuged his face with tears-but at times,
his agony seemed TOO great for such re-
liei,-and the fountain OF his grief became
SEALED, and its waters too bitter, to we'll
up, in heart drops, his eye. Such sor-
row is athousand times deeper than that
heralded by tears. Miner will leave a
wife and nine children. He was born in
S,onnington, Connecticut, and has resid-
ed in that State and in Massachusetts. -
Alter the prisoners counsel had closed,
the Attorney General, in comprehen-
siye, condensed argument, explained the
law & the testimony to the jury. After an
u bic charge irom Chief Justice. Eddy, the
jury retired, and in lhirty-hve minutes,re-
turned verdict of--GulLTY.-While the
Jury were coming Into court, the counte-
nance of the prisoner was strongly mark
ed with mingled anxiety and fear. There
was an intrea,ing agony--so to speak-in
his look and manner. When the verdict
was pronounced, his lace suddenly be-
came suhused-but in moment
- The hearts tunuli,ous blood
Rolled back ia silence TO its cell, s,cif and
heavy Jlood;"
and he was as pale as marble. He will
be sentenced, with the other criminals,
during the present week, when we un-
ders,and it is intention to address the
Court.
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GRAMMATICAL SMOKING. As it is Gus
tomary with cigar smokers to relate the
news of the Gay with cigars in their
mouths, and as the generality of smokers
make an awkward appearance in conse-
quehce Of not understanding the theory Of
punct situation, in smoking; the following
sy stem is recommended: A simple puff
serves for comma;( y puff, puff, semi
colon;( y puff, puff, puff, a colon;(:l puff, !,
puff, puff, puff, a perod.() A pause,
with a cigar kept in the mouth, represents
dash - longer or shorter in contin-
uance. With the under lip raise the ci-
gar almost against the nose for an excia-
nation( D--and to express great emotion,
even to the shedding oftears, raise as be-
fore, thu cigar I, the end of the nose
For an in,errogation,( y il is only neces-
sary 10 open the lips, and draw the cigar
round the corner of the mouth. Taking
the cigar from the mouth, and shaking
the ushes from the end is the conclusion
of paragl aph;(T and throwing i into
the fire, finishes the section.(S) Never
begin a story with half smoked cigar;
Tor to light another whilo conversing, is
not only a breach Of politeness, but inter-
feres with the above system of punctua-
on, which destroys all energy and har-
mony Of expression.
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Frrato senile IN sui gioreniI taore,,
Elm aspetto acnnoso ANNA heta."
Hodnet is a village in Shropshirs. -
Like all other villages in Shropshire, or
any where else, it consists principally OF
one long street, with good number OF de-
tached houses scattered here and there
in its vicinity. The street is on sligl t
declevtv, on the sunny side of what in
Enslan they call hill. !. contains the
shops of three butchers, five grocers, two
bakers, and one apothecary. un the
right HIND, as you go south, is that very
excellent inn, the Blue Boar; and OH the
left, nearly opposite, is the public ball, in
which all sorts of meetings are held, and
which is alternately converted into dane
ing-school, a theatre, chapel, BALI
room, an aucion-rooin, an exhibition
room, or any other kind of Room that may
be wanted. The church isia little farther
off, and the parsonage is, nsusual, white
house, surrounded with trees al one end
of the village. Hodnet is, moreover, the
market-town of,he shire, and stands in
rather populous district; so that, though
of small dimensions itself, it is the ralying
place, on any extraordinary occasion, ofa
pretty numerous population.
Ono evening in February, tho mail
from London stopped at the Blue Boar,
and gentleman wrapped in travelling
cluak came out. The guard handed him
a small portman,eau, and the mail drove
on. The stranger entered Tho inn, was
shown into a parlor, and desired that the
landlord aud bottle Of wine should be
sent 10 him. The order was speedily o.
beycd; the wine was set upon tho table
and Gilbert Cherryripe himself was tht
person who set it there. Gilbert mex
proceeded to rouse the slumberiog fire
remarking, with sort Of comfortable loos
and tone, iha, Il was u cold, raw night
! ria ~nest ssscnttd with a nod.
" yOa ea., tbs village llcdnes, DO y0'
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Trgina Elections. Mr.. Tyler has with
drawn himself from the contest for Con.
gress in the adjoining district Loudon.- =
This withdrawal leaves Gen. Mercer with
out any opposition to reelection.
Messrs. Faulkner and Carskadon have
also retired from the canvass in the Win
chester district, leaving still four compe-
titofs for the honor Of serving that district
in Congress.
John Taliaferro, formerly most esti-
mable member of Congress, from the
Stafford district, has, at the solicitation Of
many voters, consented to be again can
didl,e for thu. Office.
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A certain leading counsel is celebrate d
at the bar for the following mode Of ex-
aiming a witness "Now, pray listen to
the question ] am going to ask yon. BE
attentive I; remember you will answer as
you pisase, and remember, l don't care a
rush what you answer" SC. The learn
ed lord now on the woolsack, somewhat
weary Of the monotony of his perorations,
one day accosted him in the street,
"nal is it you, c.? Now, pray, lis
ten to the question l am going to ask you.
Be attentive RENE nber you will answer
as you please, and remember, / don't
care rush what you answer--How are
you!S
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Clerical The Rev. LUTHER CRAw-
FORD, Of this city, late Secretary Of the
Rhode Island Sunday School Union, has
accepted the unanimous invitation Of the
Middle street Baptist Church and Socio-
ty in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to be
come their pastor.-[ Daily Journal
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The navigation of the Hudson is once
more free from alp distraction, and the
Steam Boats are beginning to run their
regular trips from New York to Albany
The mild and pleasant days Of last week,
which were succeeded by warm rain,
had SO powerful an effect upon the ice,
that it took its exit in very sudden and
peaceable manner. ~ II is hustle and
preparation, and the white canvass oc our
sloops is again spread to the breeze.
Hudson N. Y. Gazette.
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W A r r + N .

DsArH BY AN ELEPHANT: MDLLE
'pJEcK. MdlIe D'jeck the huge animal
which has been 40 frequently exhibited IN
Liverpool, at the Theatre Royai and
,AmpiIisheatre, has killed one OF her at
tendants. The French papers give the
foil owing account ofthe catastrophe On
the 26th, the two elephants lately seen al
the Cirque Olympique, were exhibited al
Pacaudiere, in the department Of the
Loire, ia France. Two Englishmen &C.
ted as leaders to these animals, and al
night, they marched them off to La Pats-
,se, small town within four leagues OF
that village. The owners having observed
in the eyes of one of these elephants,
named d'Jeck, that it harboured some Ill
humor against one OF the leaders who had
Ill treated it some days before, warned
him OF his fears, and recommend ed him
not to accompany tho caravan. This the
latter did not attend to, but on the con-
trary, affected to more severe than usual
against the beast. They had, however,
scarcely travelled a league, when the ele-
phant, stung by its condu ctor, who wished
20 force it on, turned round, seized the
man with its trunk, anl lifted him off his
horse, flung him several feet above its
head. The unfortunate leader, having
his leg broken bv the iall, was unable to
escape, and the elephant laying hold OF
him a second time, threw him into ditch,
and trampled him under his feet. Ihe
infuriated animal then ran towards car
man, who was journeying along the road,
seized hin. and pitched him into a field.
The poor man fortunately came off with IA
slight bruiso but the horses took fright,
and would have probably added to the con
fusion, had notthe car upset in ditch a.
long the road, where they were compelled
10 stop. All these misfortunes would
have been but the prelude of Others, had
not the horses of the Paris mail coach,
which was passing by at the moment,
stopped in good time, and the othei lea
der, ut the risk oil his life, succeeded in
calming and securing the elephant. The
unfortunate Ehglishman was conveyed to
st. Martin d'Etreax, where be expired in
a few minutes.
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The author Of the tales in Blackwood,
styled, 7"Passages from the Diary of a
Ply sic,an," il a young tsarrister Of Lon
don named Warren, whose talents are
certainly evidence in his tales, although
some Of those alluded to are but butter
fly transformation OF similar, or the same
tales, in chrysrlis state, from old num-
hers Of other periodicals. .
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The Baltimore Gazette states, that the
British government ship Tweed has fired
into three American vessels within a few
weeks.
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The whole quantity of water supplied
to the inhabitants Of London daily by tho
water companies, is 20 ,O0O, 900, gallons,
distributed to ab out 1875, 700 houses aud
other buildings, which is at the rate Of a.
bove goo gallons day to each house.
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CONFINEMENT.

/ Few men scern TO be entirely happy Ir
the stuation in which they are placed
The poer man ipagines that if he pos
,essed ri.hes he should ba contented and
happy. lie rich, il, the midst of his pos
sessions, is oien weary Of world that
has no new excitement TO offer, fretted by
ten thousand CLAIMS upon his generosity,
ambi,tered by ingrstltude, snd sickened
with the heartless fatery Of eantending
heirs. The uneducated man envies the
idol Of literary fame every thing seams
bright and golden 10 his patl., and he does
not know how often the darling of popu-
lar favor mourns for the peaceful spirit of
the ambitious aud the uutroubled faith of
the ignorant how often he despises the
friendship which he sees but Of temporary
Importance, and how in very heart-sicIl-
ness, he shrinks from publicity which the
world will heap upon him,SS the rancorous
aninosity it is sure to bring in its train.
Content IS the whole of wisdom--the a.
mount Of all philosophy. Every class of
mankind has an equal share of happiness:
and what we do not helieve, is a more
distinct knowledge of our troubles than
any others. We may believe that, if we
would change places with the wealthy and
The celebrated, we should have philoso-
ply enough to avoid their res,lessness s.
langour but we deceive ourselves. Nor
tails cannot escape n mingled destiny
For wise purposes, there is drop of Bit
terness at the fountaIn.-it mixes with all
the waters oflile and whether we drink
rom an earthetn or golden cup, we can
not escape our portion.
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wARREN, r.. 1. SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1889.

retailing apples, I meet with so many
headfiaws about it. was thinking that
soon as the Legislator adjourned I'd dtake
load of apples and apple sauc, and few
sausages, and Come on to Washington
and 80 long with your company to South
Carolina. But they say MIR. Clay has
put stopper on that notification bust
ness, SO that its ten chances to one you
wont have to 60.
Your loving cousin,
EPHkAlM DOWNING
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DAZZLING ARGUMENT. "You teach, !"
said the Emperor TraJan to Rabbi Josh
ua, "ihat your God is every where, and
boast that he resides amongst youe har
tions, should like to see him." .sGod's
presence is indeed .eve.y where, ,,'replied
Joshuas but he cannot be seen no NOR
tai eye can behold his glory" The enl-
peror iassted. "WeIi," said Joshua.
''suppose we try TO look first at one of his
ambassadors?' The emperor CONSENTED.
The Rabbi took him into the open air at
noon-tay, and bade him look at the sun
in its meridian splendor. Il cannot said
Traiar, "she light dazzfes me-" Thou
art unable," said Joshua, "to endure the
light Q, one of his creatures, and canst
thou expect to behold the resplendent glo-
ry Of the Creptorl Would not such a
sight dnnihilale theel
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