The Arkansas advocate., 1834-11-14
Summary.

The facetious editor of the Bel Air Ciitii- zen says that the dreadful fall which he ex- Perlenced at the result of the election in t1aFford so prostrated his faculties that he could do nothing but cry for two days, 1 pus when ne heard from Baltimore, Anna polls, and all the whig counties, he was so overcome with joy that for two days more he could do nothing but laugh-and So be- tween crying and laughing for more than half the week, he could only get out half paper for his readers.-.annapolis RepubH- can.
 We regret to learn, says the N. York Gazette, that MT. Joseph L. Hays. one of onr late most active and worthy police off, cers, died in Philadelphia, on Saturday, of cholera. MT. H..left this city on Friday, and was taken i'll on the road. We sym pathise with his family and friends for loss, which, to them, cannot be repaired. Ii may be said, with truth, that Mir. H. was an amiable and an honorable man.
 More indications of an early Winter.- Ice made quarter of an inch thick, in Boston, night before last (Oct. 22), and some snow fell at Salem on Tuesday. The Gardiner Chonicle says, on Monday ! night "the weather in the midst of warm rain became cold, and on the following morning we had premature snow storm, the ground was covered for several hours."
 The Botany Bay convict population be- gin to show evidences of their knowing how to appreciate the sweets of liberty. What was anticipated as matter of course has come to pass more speedily than was expected. They have sent home to Eng land petition, signed by near 1000 per sons, and IT yards in length, asking for colonial assembly.
 A person at Mannheim has offered to the British Government, to communicate for an adequate compensation, an invention or apparatus by which all vessels, whether of war or commerce, may be completely pre- served from shipwreck and to receive no pay if competent navy tribunal does not decide in favor of his plan.
 Communication between Pittsburgh and Baltimore 1t is supposed will be effected in As hours by a proposed route, via Stewards vile, Mount Pleasant, Somerset, Bedford, Hagerstown and Frederick, in Md. and connect with the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road.
 Mrs. Royall, in the visit she has favored us with since her sojourn in Gotham, begs us to say, that though her name Is spelt rogal, it is not pronounced 50, and she IS no Van Buren man fer a that"
 A pedestrian, who calls himself "The Rabone Youth," lately walked, at Stafford, ' miles in one hour. ran II in the next, and again 7 more in the third hour!
 The memoirs of the Duchess of Abrantes are about to be terminated, making Is volumes.
 The widow of the great navigator, Capt. Cooke, is still living, aged over 100 years.
 The Mormonites number 10000, and have 500 preachers.
 Curious Inuention.-An ingenious artist has invented a machine for engraving, which will execute fac simile of any copy which is given it. Its copies of me- dals, are in the highest degree of pdrlec- ton. The work IS al least as well done as if is possible to be done by hand, and at less than tenth of the expense. Give the machine a bank note plate and 1t will copy ii on steel with more accuracy than the most ingenious engraver. The contriyance pro- misses to be of great utility. Ii has now been some months at work night and day, so that its complete success IS no longer doubtful.-Jour. Com.
 A splendid new custom house at Liver pool, now finished, has been erected with out the use of single scafolding pble-- the bricks, stone and mortar all being con- veyed up through the agency of steam.
 A society calling itself the Ornamental Tree Society, organized at Concord, hts re- ported favorably of its progress. In that town it has already planted ll6 ornamental trees, and still busy in this project.
 yERMoNr.-The legislature of this State convened at Montpelier on the 9th { inst. On the 4th ballot Hon. E. A. BRIGGs was chosen speaker of the House, and on the 9th ballot Robert nierpont, CIerk.- Timothy Merrill was chosen Secretary of State without opposition. The House then