The native American., 1837-08-19

weheard vender Of waiermelions cry out, as we
passed down to our Office this morning-"fere's de
Ice watermiAions, big Charles County horses
there's growth for you, ye Yankees! 0
Niles Register, an old and valuable paper is to be
published in this city, We welcome its Editor to our
District. fE
steamboat, the Paul Jones, is to be set foot
between Alexandria, Washington and Georgetown.
The invalid soldiers of the Florida campaign to
be removed to Old Point Comfort. May the name be
medicinal. ~ rs sA
Mr.. Cooper the Novelist, has got into snarl with
his neighbors Of Cooperstown. 1t seems that Mr..
Cooper had beautiful tract Of land that projecting
into Otsego Lake, afforded the worthy towns-people
with fine location for picnic parties. This practice
Mr. 9. objected to; the people had town meeting and
passed resolution forbiddng the introduction OF Mr..
Coopers works into the town library. Poor Mr.. Coop
er how he must feel! Who will lose by the opera
tion? Easily answered.
The Baltimore Gazette says that is not necessary to
have "dreadful accident Maker attached to news
paper establishment the steamboats,, roads, &c.
supply his place without cost to the Editor.
The same paper is laudatory Of our Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal Directory, for their promptitute in issuing
their small notes. They certainly tended much to re-
| lieva the vacuum of small change.
Napoleon used to say that when he wanted any inn
portanr work done, he always employed man, (pro-
vided he had good educaton.) with long nose.
A pompous announcement is made of the marriage
of Mr. Forrest and Miss Sinclair in the London papers
and copied into papers.
The Lowell Advertiser says there is man in Yer
mont tall that he can't tell when his feet cold
The Boston Pearl saysit had heard before Of a man
who had to stoop to hear it hunder-precious wits!
The Germans contending that dead men think,
and say that poor Queen MaIys lips moved in prayer
C) one hour after her head was cut off Windt states
that having put his mouth to the of departed cr
mnal's and calling him by name, the eyes turned to
the side whence the voice came, and this is atested
by Fontenalle, Mogore, &c, &C. On the word murder
being called in the Of acIimnal executed for that
crime at Cobentz, the half closed eyes opened with
expression Of reproach those who stood around
For part, have been of the opinion that during
life only Minks--after death he kno,os-but we
have chickens fntter ten minutes after the head
had been wrung off M
Time and Tide. According to recent and accurate
observations, the tide travels from the Cape of
Good Hope to Gibralter $1,000 miles) in 10 hours
which is 400 miles per hour. The distractions in
points Of coast modify and retard this velocity. At
Liverpool fall Of onetenth of inch in the barome
tor raises the tide inch, beautiful illustration Of
the law of gravitation.
The U. s. fgate Macedonian, and store ship Relief
of the Exploring Expedition, have dropped down to
the Bite Of Craney lsland.-N~joMp paper.
More than three thousand men are employed on the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal, above Hancock-and
eight corps Of engineers stationed the line between
that place and Cumberland. Common laborers get
from $l,l2 to l3l per day; black smiths and rough
carpenters about so, and stone from 1926
WAkRENToN, (vA.) AUG. 70 It is computed that
there upwards Of three hundred yisiters at the
Farquier White Sulphur Springs, and the number is
daily is increasing,
PHILADELPHIA AUGusT H.. Last evening, Mrs Dali
las, mother Of Mr.. George M. Dallas American Min
lister Russia, insantaneousy killed, the start
ing of her carriage horses in the of Philada
pha; the fright produced appoplexy, Of which she
died.
Yesterday duel was fought at Carrolton, on the
race course, about 10 o'clock The combatants were
cocpers. They fought with rifles at the distance Of
fifty PAGES. As usual, there was large crowd Of
spectators witness the fight. The first fire one Of
them received the ball of his antagonist in the back of
his right hand which came ont at little above the
wrist. The shot before he pulled the trigger
Of his rfehe then fired and grazed the of his ad
versary. No further harm done Like generous ene-
miles, after the first shot, they advanced shook hands,
buried the tomahawk, drank julep and smoked the
calumet of peace. The quarrel about game Of
dominoes.-N a. Picayune
| ,ss ENGLAND.
In the House Of Lords, the 4th Of July, the bill
meliorae the criminal code had its second reading
on motion of Lord Denman On the 5th bill to place
graduates of Durham College and the London Uni
verstes the footing with those of Oxford and
Cambridge, with regard to praccing at law, was read
second time, on motion Of Lord Brougham.
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