Liberty advocate., 1838-06-02

and though tho rook may sometimes take
a few grains Of corn, and the Startling oc-
: casionally invite himsclfto a little fruit.
yet their public services, in freeing The
} ground from vermin, which would, in spite
OF the. effort OF man, 60 on increasing in
number till famine would be the result. do
enttle these pretty creatures to the kindest
treatment. Let the farmer content him
self with employing children to frighten
away their friends when the seed is newly
sown, or when the crop is approaching to
maturity, but let the lives of the rook and
starting be religiousy spared London
paper.
VISITATION OF PROVIDENCE. the 1st
instant, the P.Ofice at Hennepin, ILL.,, was
struck by lightning. We wonder, that
more than halfthe post Offices in the coun.
try are not struck by lightning. They
Will be If We ever catch our thunder-cloud
again. Louisville Jour.
An attempt was recently made to burn
down the Baltimore Courthouse. We
are afraid that the court-houses in some
three or four western and southern cities
might be burned without any great loss to
the public. Ofwhat use are court-houses
where Lynch-law bears swaya-[B.
The editor Of the Pa. Democrat offers
to wager his "head against ten penny
nail" upon the success Of Mr.. Van Buren,.
We decline the wager. We'll not bet
hard currency against soft ONE ID.
Mr.. Snyder, late V. B. candidate for
Congress in Illinois, has retired from the
canvass. He complains of i'll health. We
apprehend that he has poor Gholson's dis
ease. 'Tis sickly time among the Tory
candidates.-[B.
Of the &c States of the Union. eighteen
have elected Wing Governors, and most
of the remaining eight will follow in the
footsteps as soon as the people can get one
more chance to try their strength at the
ballot boxes.--[B.
The Trenton Emporium complains, that
a gentleman, who has just been honored
with an Office, still continues to oppose Il he
Administration. What a pity, that the
Administration should not be able to catch
a bird, after wasting as Bulwer says,
"a whole bucket-lull of salt on his tail!'
IB.
white man and a negro yare n~n~..
ted AT henderson OH lho goth ult. for MUIR ,
der. They were hanged on the same gal
lows. The negro was penitent, but the
white man, whose name was Wernel, died
cursing man and Cod ID.
A HOME TRUTH.--A Van Buren, Post
Master in Maine thus accounts for de-
feat at recent election:
"About go voters deceived us-the truth
Of the matter is, we have so many d-d
drunkards on our side that they don't
know how they vote, or whether they (,
vote or not" :
SENATOR EwING.--The following toast,
so gratifying 10 the individual in question,
was lately given at festival in Ohio:
sour distinguished guest, the Hon. :
Thomas Ewing--an oster in 1910; salt I
boiler in 1918; a student at law in 1917; =
an able barris,er in 1895; distinguished !,
Senator in Congress in 183l--l837; re- I
turned to the Senate in 1910; and our can
1idate for President in 1914" :,
The Wings are in minority now and
they will be in minority in the next
election. There's double truth for their
comfort.--[Georgia Constitutionalist.
We do not think the truth in this case is
double, but it is most awfully t,cisted.
Louisville Jour.
"One murder makes an assassin,
hero,n and The Wings carry
out the saying with regard to stealing. 9
Ky q 0. Journal. : ?
Why do you say sol Is it because we :
always speak of Gen. Jackson as "the He
ro9"-[LOu. Jour.
The tory papers speak Of Mr.. Calhoun ?
as 'Mr. Van Buren's distinguished friend
The Fayetteville, N. c., Observer, says =
'It has recently come to our knowledge
that Mr.. Calhoun does not hesitate TO ex- =
press contempt for the Administration" :
b. Q
OXFORD DlsTRIcr, MAINE. We learn
from the Boston Atlas, that Mr.. Paris, the A
v. B. candidate for Congress in this Dis 3
lrict, is probably elected BY . majority OF =
about l50 votes. In 81 towns heard from,
he vote stands: for Paris, v. b, ,627;
Long, W., 3,274; scattering 227. Thus