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GENERAL InrmIIonuon.
AND rHg UNITED sTITrs

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So great has become the commune alton
between this county aud ireland. that /, Wa.
aseertsined by clerk in the Pos, Office. AT
Dublin, that the postage received upon the
e"e''' IN an American post bag, 10 one dsy,
vas upwards Of 1900.
VIZ. oConneIi isemploy,ng himself in pre-
Pafanon Tor strenuous effort 10 procure the
abolition OF tthes m ireland. lie intends.
says The Dublin Register. to give notice Of a
OIL, Tor next session, That the payment of
hthes and all composition rent, moiu,. or
other sst'sfsction thereof, or substitution
therefor, shall totally and forever cea,e."-
lie would extingu'sh tIthes; and compel the
landlords to contribute 10 make good 10 the
Paohe a reasonable share Of the property
which the exoneration OF these land. from
u'he would confer On them. lie would com.
Pen.aie The lay imPropretors and the bene.
need elergymen. we see no possible obiec-
ton to his proposition. Tithes canned last.
They will not last through the next session;
and u O'Conncll II the instrument OF abolish
ing them, his would be the proudest boast
any patriot could ever make-thst he obtain
ed Catholic emanciPation-thath he abolished
tithes,
The Hon. VIM. Hunter, of this
place, Charge d'Afaires TO Brazil, ac-
companied by his lady and family. lief,
town yesterday for New York in the
steamboat President. We understand
MIR. IL. will proceed immediately to
Norfolk, and embark there in the shin
LOUISIANA, which will convey him and
suite to the Brazilian Court.
-NsEp0rt Herald ca iar
WASHINGTON, NOV. III.
The BaLloon.-The ascension, by Mr..
Parker, on Saturday afternoon last.
from the Square of the Presidents
House, has probably never been ex-
ceeded in beauty. A cloudless sky
iavoured the spectacle, of which MANY
thousands were witnesses. The wind
had been high during the day, but had
moderated before the ascension. though
still blowing fresh from the Northwest.
carrying the Balloon off, at a great
height, but in full view, in a direction
little East of South. The bold adyen-
turer landed safely, We hear, on the
Maryland side of the river, in Prince
Georges county, some miles below the
Terry opposite to Alexandria.-Iaf.
Mr.. Parker the Aeronaut. arrived in
Baltimore this morning, in the Steam
boat fredericksburg, lie landed in ST.
Mary County. having travelled about
~ miles in the short space of one hour
and ten minutes. Ed. Patriot.
Mr.. Hugh =. Parker, who made a balloon
ascension al Washington on SATURDAY.. the
10th inst, started AT five minutes before five
O'Clock, p. NJ. and at six, p. NJ. landed on
the farm Of Mrs. Neal, near Leonard town.
IN ST. Mays county, about sixty miles In
direct line from Washington. lie says
Near unto the place where I descended
stood three colored men, whom requested
to come TO my assistance. They would NO,
come, nor could get them to speak or An
srer any questions They appeared com
PIetely horror-struck, and ran TO the house
Ahd told Miss Eliza A. Neal (as she informed
mel that the moon bad fallen, and the man
IN The moon had spoken TO them. She
laughed at them, but being prevented by in
disposition from seeing for herself, ordered
them TO 90 again and see what il really might
be- During this time my balloon was dashed
ABOUT by the wind. and several times nv
graphing broke its hold, when the balloon
would start, and for near q mile was drag
geo IN THIS manner before could persuade
them that was a bona fde mortal and no
supernatural being. They, however, soon
became zealously engaged, and, taking hold
OF The car, they led me To an open space op-
Posits the dwelling where succeeded m dis.
charging the gas from the balloon, and had II
placed IN safety"