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WEST POINT, or TALE OF Urea.

WEST POINT, OR A TALE OF TREA-
SON; dramatized by Joseph Brsek, Esq, from
tale of that name.
Thisinteresting drama, by our youngtowns-
man. was performed some time since.in this
city, and with much success. We UNDER.
stand it would have been continued, but in
consequence of the dran.atis persona, being
nearly all characters of the strongest cast, it
was found impracticable, with the company
BY which it was performed, to give the piece
that strength, which it required 1t would
give us much pleasure 10 see il performed
again, and we commend the play to either or
both of our enterprizing managers, and hope
they will take 1t into consideration.
The play has been published, and in addi-
ton to Its own intrinsic merits, contains
prologue, written by John FL. Hewitt, and an
epilogue by r. Horace Pratt, both excellent
and worthy the fame Of their aushois.
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TIIlS TIPPECANOE II EXT BoOIN'

A further supply of the TEN BUM mas
been received, and arrangements have been made
to supply orders to any amount. The admirable
,,,,rner in which this little work has been got
ten up. and the power of truth embodied in 1t
pages, have already gained for it an eNtraorul-
nary degree of popularity, and we predict that
it viii have an unprecedented circulation
It's extreme cheapness places it within the
reach of every reader, and no one, be he old or
Young. should fail to read it.
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A PROPHECY.

1t is stated by the Washington correspondent
of the Charleston Courier, that when the nomin-
alton of Gen. Harrison was reported to Mr.. Van
Buren,, the latter remarked, that the old General
would either "receive vote at all, or be elect
ed by acclamation." There are few even among
the loudest of the Office holders who do not con-
cede that Gen. III. will receive liberal support
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MR., BENJAMIN SMITH.

q We regret to learn says the u S. Gazette,
that inquiries for Dir. Benjamin Smith, late the
Pennsylvania Bank, have not been successful
he has not been heard of since the day before the
Baltimore Convention. We believe a committee
of gentlemen visited that city and Washington
for the purpose of obtaining information of Mr.
S. but were unable to hear Of him. 1t is of con-
sequence that person absent in such way
should be inquired for closely. The life Of cit
izen is precious in republic, and all good rea-
sons unite to induce the closest search for one
whose absence is unaccounted for.
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LIVINGSTON Co. Ky.
Gen. Duff Green:-

tTeH' IItLU U LtII'--
You will please send 10 this post office five copies Of
your Wing vessel ''The Pilot" Buad her OF good ma
teraIs wish 10 sail her against tie pirates, Csis'
of Virginia, Globe'' of Washington and ''Yeoman' of
our State-three one; but do aot despair of
cess; we fight and whip them five 10 fireis
kindng in this district that will consume Lynn Boyd,
any other Loco Feco Fair Representation, Fair Wa
ges,-No sub-Treasury, Standing Amy.
Ynurs-
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offices, and through the Central Committee, have
full list of all such persons in the county, for-
yvarded to us as soon as possible.
In suggesting the propriety of RAISING A FUND
for the dissemination OF Information, it is no
part of our purpose to exempt ourselves from the
duty we have always willingly assumed, of cir
culating, in addition to public documents printed
by Congress, SPEECHES, CIRCULARS, AND PAM
PHLE1S, published at our own expense, and cal
culated to sustain our own views of public men
and measures. We have not been, nor do we
intend to be, remiss in assuming this expense.
But what are our individual means of circulat-
ing such information, against a committee of
our opponents, who, with immense funds, col
lected from party numbering in their ranks a
large majority of the mercantile and professional
classes, and backed by the banks, in a contest
waged against the present administration mainly
to restore to these institutions the use of the pub
lie revenue and the credit which the Govern
ment has heretofore given to their notes by re-
ceiving them in payment of the public dues
With all the aid we can hope to receive from
our republican friends, we are convinced that
our circulation will not be comparable to that of
our opponents We, however, promise that ANY
FUNDS YoU MAY SEND on TO Us, shall be employed
in bringing into circulation SUCH PAPERS, PAM
PHLETS AND SPEECHES, as are calculated to adj
vance republican principles and relying on the
justice of cur cause, we will not doubt that with
the small aid which may be given to eur indivi-
dual means, the people will be prepared witt
sufficient information to meet the great issue
which is to settle the character of our Govern
ment, one ofliberty and equality or of mono
poly and privilege.
We also urge upon you to extend the circula-
ton of republican newspapers The Republican
press has adapted itself to the pecuniary condi-
ton of the country, and to arrest the misrepre-
sensations Of our opponents, sheap publications
may be had at a subscription price of one dollar
from this until the presidential election, and
at less price, for several subscribers who may
send on their names.
We again urge ON you the necessity of imme
diate action in organizing your county, in pub
fishing your organization, and in sending on to
us, forthwith, complete list of the names of
persons and the appropriate post offices to whom
we should send PUBLIC DOCUMENTS 1t is also
important we should know who constitute your
committees and the post offices where we may
address any one of them. In making out lists
of names, we wish them made out without re-
spect to parties, as we believe that many of our
opponents only want correct information to form
a correct Judgment. Let the lists include all
who feel sufficient interest in public affairs to
read the information we may furnish them.
We are, very respectfully,
your obedient servants,
WILLIAM r. KING,
CLEMENT c. CLAY,
REUBEN CHAPMAN,
DAVID HUBBARD,
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For the convenience of the advertisers, and sub
scribers to the PILOT, an Office has been opened
at the S. e. corner of Baltimore and South SITS.
where persons having business with the office
will please call.
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MIR. GEDDEs.

1t appears by statement of the Cashier of the
Northumberland Bank, that Mr.. Geddes, who
a short time since so mysteriously disappeared
from Philadelphia, had distracted the sum of
1856, from parcel which had been entrusted
to him By the Bank, and that the Institution is
loser to that amount by his voluntary absence.
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man by the name of Hayweiser, was crush
ed to death few days ago, in the vicinity of
Gettysburg Pa, by the falling in OF a bank, from
upderwhich he was digging sand. a
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Willis Gaylord CT ark, Esq, Editor Of the PHI
ladelphia Gazette, has been appointed by Gov.
Seward of New York, Commissioner to take the
acknowledgment of Deeds &C., for the State Oh
PENNSYLVANIA.
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The New York Sun states that the Free Bank
ing Institutions Of that State, established under
the General Banking Law, have by recent law,
been placed under the supervision Of the Bank
Commissioners the same as the Safety Fund
Banks. This measure will tend to render thera
more secure and give them larger sha1e ofpub-
lie confidence.
The New York Express says &c The law
passed by the Legislature requiring all the coun-
try banks to redeem their bills here and in Alba
ny at per ct. discount, will have happy effect
Before, there were some half dozen banks that re-
deemed when and where they pleased, which had
the effect to discredit the others. The present
law VIII put all on a par, and furnish the public
with a sound and healthy currency. Among the
lately suspended banks under the New Law, the
Wool Growers alone has resuscitated its credit.
Its Bills are now redeemed at par, by Messrs.
Smith, corner of Wall and William street, ]. K
Goodman, So Wall street, and J. B. Wood, Is
Wall street, and also at the Commercial Bank in
Albany"
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The Philadelphia City Mission Society As
sembled in Annual Meeting, on Tuesday eve
ming, in the Rev, DIR. Bethume's church. The
Rev. G. H. Alden Of the Protestant Episcopal
church in the chair,
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From the Gettysburg banner,
6 DECLINE THAT WORK Y,

To THE VOTERS or THE BOROUGH OF GETTYs-
BuRGH
Having been settled on the Van Buren, ticket,
/ decline being Candidate. &C go for Gen.
Harrison. NICHOLAS WEAVER.
May IS, 1910.
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A Bill has passed the Senate of Pennsylvania,
to equalize the rates Of Tolls on the York and
Maryland line, and the Baltimore and Susque-
hanna Rail Roals. Those on the former are to
be increased, and on the latter decreased
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BY THE SOUTHERN MAIL.
WASHINGTON OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
WAsHINoToN, NAV 16.


The House, after to-day, have voted to take
recess from half-past two to four o'clock. OBJ
iectiens were made, but the rules of the House
were suspended by large majority.
Some of the members of the House, after dis
covering that they had voted for a very extraor-
binary resolution yesterday, in regard to the
printing of the House, proposed reconsidera-
ton. The resolution adopted, fixed the price of
printing, not for the House of Representatives
merely, but for Congress" The resolution was
so worded, and is, therefore, regarded as multi
ty by some of the members. Mr. Briggs of Ms,
early this morning, drew the attention of the
House to the wording of the resolution, and,
considering ii as a nullity, he moved reconsid-
Grafton of the vote. The yeas and nays were
called for, and the resolution was lost, SO to S4
The rest of the morning business, to one o'clock,
was taken up in the consideration of bill for
limiting the fees of registers Of the land office,
and others administering oaths in regard to own
ership of land, presumption rights, Sc.
The remainder of the day from one o'clock,
was devoted to private business.
The Senate is not in session to-day, having
yesterday adjourned to Monday. MIR, Webster
will speak upon the bankrupt bill on Monday.
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SrDDEN DEATB.-A young man named Elihu
MeGinness. of Green Co., Pa, was killed on
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MIR. catlin is doing well in LOndoa with bis
Indian Gallery
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The Annual Convention of the Protestant
Episcopal Church ofthe Diocese ofPennsylvania,
Commenced its Session at Philadelphia ON Tues
day evening.
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The trial of Commodore Elliott is still progress
sing before the Court Martial at Philadelphia.
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and Indignantly raplied---"I dcspise both
you and your $40. | can see your drift.
| had thought of voting for Mr.. -, but
if the leaders of his party are up to this
system of bribery and deception. it is
time for me TO alter my MUD. shall vote
as please" the chargrined politician
shrunk away. The truth is, he had not
bet cent on BIS vote, but he went with
a lie in his mouth to see what effect a
prospect of $40 would have On his vote.
We have, too, known politicians con-
trive to induce certain lukewarm men,
bers of their party to bet on elections,
with the view to get them more person
ally interested in the campaign, and to
make them more Jealous in the cause.
Iniquity in variety Of forms is con-
nected with the whole system of betting,
and should therefore be d;scountcnanccd
by every friend of q sound morality and
Of our political prerogativcs. 1t is no bet
Ter than downright gambling, and men
should be as much ashamed to pledge
their doubtful veracity in bets, as in being
caught in gambling for money in any
other form.
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should think you could afford better hat
than the one you wear
The looks aint nothin;' its all in the
behavior. This Gre hat was my religious
Sunday got mcetin' hat. I've got bet
ter one to hum, but don't dig 'taters in
it, no how
You have been in these parts some
time should guess!'
l guess SO tew. was born'd and got
my bro't'n up in that ere house; but my
native place is down in Pordunk.
'j'hen you say it is about three and a
half miles to the next houscT
Yes sir; twas spell ago, and l don't
believe its grown'd much shorter since
Much obliged. Good by
"Good by to ye---that's slick marc Of
yourn.'
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CONSTITUTION AND GUERRERO E.

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TYRANNY OF MEHEMET ALI.
BY AN EYE WITNESS.

The boasted civilization which Mchem.
ct Ali has Introduced into the countries
under his sway, is only superficial, and
has no origin whatever in any real i'm
pcuvemeat or amelioration in the condi.
lion or for the benefit Of their respective
populations.
In Egypt the whole of the lands belong
to the pacIiq; besides himself there is 10
landed proprietor, and he has the absolute
monopoly Of every lling that is grown in
the country. The following is the maE-
ncr in which it is cultivated: Portions
of land are divided out between the fallahs
Of village, according 10 the numbers;
seed, corn. cotton, or other. produce, is
sivcu to them: thus they SOW and reap,
and the produce 10 per cen; is Immediate
" taken to the Pacha's dcpots. The re-
naming 25 per cent is left to them, with,
however, the power to take it at price
fixed by the Pacha himself, and then re-
sold to them at a higher rate. This is
generally done, and reduces the pittance
left them about 5 per cent more; from this
they are TO pay the capitation tax, which
is not levied according 10 the real number
Of The inhabitants Of village, but accor-
ding to numbers at which il is rated in the
Government books; so that in one instance
with which | was acquainted, village
originally rated at 900. reduced by the
conscrip'iun to 100, and by death or flight
TO 40 was still obliged to pay the full CAL
lalion; and when went there, y of the
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-11-25

"Nighfs cdntles arc burnt out."- The
St. Louis Pennant has discovered new
economical night lamp: listen to him;
Gill vessel---an old tea cup is very
good with Iard---takc a piece of soft thin
papcr---a bit of newspaper will do---say
twice the size Of dollar, from the centre
of which, with your thumb and finger,
gather and twist up small Lard sharp
point. half an inch l)ng, or less, which is
the wick of your lamp. Pace the paper
(sprcad out flat, with lhe little point pro-
jecting up.) in the cup Of lard, 50 as to
cover all the paper save the point Of the
wick. Then all you have to do is to light
it, and it will not only burn all night, but
generally, if well made, two OF three
nights"
Are you going to take cut patent!
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MISCELLANEOUS
BETTING.

A bet implies questioning of the ve-
racity of the individual to whom it is pro-
posed, and as such might always be re-
garded as direct insult. 1t settles no.
thing. 1t does not make hair black or
white. Il is species Of gambling--,he
getting OF anothcr's money without an
equivalent. An honorable man should
scorn thus to enrich himself at anotherS
injury. When 4. offers to bet, as a test
of.the sincerity of lis own belief he Just
ly gives bystandcr reason to infer that
he is selfconscious of dishonest profcS-
sion---iust as man is not to be believed
who thinks to bolster up his vcracity by a
voluntary and profane oath, in common
discourse.
All it proves, if it prove any thing, is
that each party in tine contract believes
what he says, and this strikes us as very
unworthy way of establishing the veraci-
ty of the disputalts. At least, a man un-
dervalues his OWN veracity, when he sets
price Oh it in stake of dollars and
cents. If man has no better way to
demonstrate that he can tell the truth.
when he processes what he believes, he
had better abandon altogether his preten-
sions to veracty.
Betting on elections has become quite
an evil Of our times, and should be re-
buked. Pray, cannot man satisfy his
neghbor that he believes Gen. II. or Mr..
Y. B. will be elected President, unless he
does it by laying down a S. bill! What is
this but setting just that price on his own
vcracity?
We have said that bet alters nothing;
but the integrity of politicians has contri-
>cd way in which it may alter results by
affecting votes; and this way amounts to
ncthing short Of an indirect brlbc. We
recoicct Q case in point. Preceding the
late G,lbernatoria! election in this state.
an ardent and leading politician of a
neighboring town, made it in his way to
call on an honest mechanic, whom he
thought he could operate upon by the
promise of money, but he did not dare
to make q direct offer for his vote in
cash. So he took the following method
to obtain his ocject: Mr.. b. said he, vc-
ry humbly and privately, Il have a curl
osity to know how you intend to vote for
Governor on Monday next. True, it is
none Of my business, because every man
has right to vote as he pleases, and far
be from me the thought Of interfering with
shat right; but you must know that
have made bet with man on the sub
ject of your vote. He said you would
vote for Mr.. .-, | did not believe IT,
I could not think such thing of you. l
always supposed you was on the -
side, and 50 / risked bet of $40 that
you would not vote for Mr.. Go
not approve Of betting and if I gain the
$40, | do not calculate to keep it myself
but to give it to you. Will you be so
kind as to tell me whether YOU mean to
vote for Mr.. -or not?" Here was an
ingenious plan contrived to offer Mr.. 3.
$iOif he would vote against Mr..
Was it not an attempt at bribery? Hap
PLY the plan defeated itself; for the me.
chanic was not such a fool as the gentle.
man in broadcloth took him to be. He
saw at once the design upon his integrity
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fifteen minutes and to crown his antici
patel triumph, directed that a hnes'ead
of molasscs be hoisted upon deck I"
treat the Did Yankees
Oar Frcnchman, who was, meanwhile
a silent, though not an unintcrcsteh oh
server of what was passing before HIM,
again put Oil his most winning smile, and
remarked.
"Captainc Dacre, sarc, wid your per-
mission Stay upon deck ard sec de
flight"
GO 10 the deSil!' responded the vain
and sc!f-conccited boaster-now busted in
preparations for bold and brilliant ac-
chicvement
Our hero was soon snugly cnsconsced
amongst the rigging; and the two vessels
continued gradually and silently to ap-
p:oach each other. The Constitution
having now got within reach Of the cne-
my's long guns, !hc scene that followed
is thus described by the lively little
Frenchman.
'Capraine Dacre, he sail dis way, and
den he sail DAT way, and den he, .,go-Coom!
DE Yankee man, he say nolhing-but
he sill keep comm
Again Captaine Dacre sail dis way,
and den he sail dat way, and again he 60
-toom!
DE Yankee man he say nolhing-but
he still keep comm
Again Caplainc Dacre sail dis way,
and den he sail dat way, and again he
go-b0Gm!
'Enfn, de Yankee man go pop, pop,
pop. pop, pop, poplt
'Isay to Captaine DAcre,-Sare, wild
your permission | 60 below-:iS Too hot
hcre'
lie went bclow-and the action con.
tinued-resulled as stated in your last pa
per.
When the firing had ceased, our little
Frenchman, peering up the hatchway,
espied 'one officer like man, and Cap
taine Dacre handing his sword The
truth flushed upon him in all instant. He
rushed upon deck; and finding himself
again a: liberty, he capered about like
one 'posessed.' Finally advancing to the
now mute and fallen Dacre, he said, with
an air which defes our humble pen.
You tell me, sare, you take dis ship III
fifteen minute-by gar lie TAKE YOU!
'.Yor, sare' he added, with low bow
aud bitter emphasis, Il. tank you 1or my
government despatch and n.y. lap books.
NJ
SS.ranae as it may appear, this order
was actually obeyed. And at almost the
first shot The Constitution struck the hogs
head, its contents, spreading over the
deck conduced no doubt, to the Gucr-
ricre's defeat.
tit is proper to state, that after the first
broadside, the action was continued by
ere gun at Il time-but in such rapid Sue.
ccssiou, ;hut the Captain Of the Gucrriere,
believed her to be on fire; and in conse-
qucEce ordered mo.ncntary suspension
Of operations.
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POETRY.
FOR THE JOURNAL.
PROSPEROUS HILL.

FOR THE JOURNAL.
PROSPEROUS HILL.
DIV Fathers home! how mournful is the lot,
Which those doscrted ruins now proclain,
The scytha OF death has hewn around this spot,
a sad, slckening comment on thy name.
Stern havoc, like the domon of despair,
Amid the relics of departed bliss,
Presides in all its grandeur here;
And seems to love this lonesome Wilderness.
Low lies the manse, and crumbed into earth,
Where long my chdhoods busS happy day,
Be lido the cheerful board, and festive hearth,
In rustic sport past merrily away.
That giant Oak which waiv'd our fairy bands,
To moonlight gambols and the noon tide race:
Is now rott stump, and there it stands,
Tomourn the prostitute honors of the place.
And they with whom life's golden moments fled
L;ko willow leaves that ocr yon strcamlet wave
When once they saw their gay companions dead
Gould not but droop and die upon their grave.
Those heeting charms like wrcaths of mountain
snow,
Begin on nem'ry's troubled :icw 10 melt,
And scar2cly leave single wreck to show,
Thu here, indeed, have human beings dwelt
Save one rose bush which brcathes from every
part
C.usrd as it is, some fragrance Of IFS prime,
And seems like hope that rose bud OF the heart,
10 bloom triumphant On the tomb Of time.
IT'S this best thought that cheers away the gloom
Which life has DER tho pilgrims pathway hurrd-
Scatter sweet hope thy blossoms o'cr his tomb,
And yield thy fruits in some more genial world
HESPER.