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The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-10-17

tSuicides-In the city of New York
during the year ending December 81.
1899, no less than 693 cases of suicide are
reported! Sixty cases Of suicide occurred
in London during the month of July last.
The competition between couple of
steamboats, lately reduced the fair for pas
sage between New York and New Haven
from So down to IL l-2 cents, and from
that to one cent.
Tobacco. The last news from Europe
has given activity to the demand for to-
bacco: aud prices have slightly advan-
ced.
Tn Boston, they are beginning to dis
pense with binders on horses. They say
the use of binders is a foolish custom,
that instead of preventing, they increase
the shyness of horses, that they are lot
known in Europe, except i'll England, and
are fast going out ofuse there.
When Peter followed Christ at dis
lance, Satan easily stepped In between
the n
The beginnings Of sin are modest--th
issues oft are lmpudcnt,
A JoLc.-A down east editor asks his
subscribers to pay up, that he may play a
similar joke upon his creditors. We like
to see good joke 60 round.
A good Reference" DO you know
Mr.. Pr asked one friend of another,
referring to an old gentleman who Was
famous for his fondness for the extract Of
hop.
ayes, sir, know him well"
"What kind of man is he q
"Why, in the morning, when he gets
ND, he is a beer barrel, and in the evening"
when he goes to bed, he is a barrel of
beer"
Nc,v Remedy for The Toothache.-A doc
tor in Portland announces, as thclatest rene
dy for the toothacht, that the mouth be filled
with cream-when you are to bump y0u
head AGAINST the paH, until IL turns 10 but
ter. Query, the wall, or the cream, or the
head IN. o. Pic.
You laundering, laundering, thick headed Ounce;
You're an ass not 10 pick out tie truth sir, at once,
Can'tyo see, without making so foolish SPLITTER,
That the head-not the cream nor the wall is the
butter? Star.
The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-10-17
SATURDAY, OCTOBER II, 1910.

ing plants by dividing the roots, and plant
out any seedlings or rooted cuttings, sown
or struck in the course Of the summer.
All plants in potts. as auriculas, carnations,
&c. must be well supplied with water, and
have stations afforded them suitable to
their condition and Culture. n Furn.cr.
The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-10-17
A death occurred in Upper Canada

A death occurred in Upper Canada
which almost seems an act of special re
tributon. As Capt. Warren, one ofthe VII
lains who burned the Caroline during Il
occupation Of Navy Island by the "P'
trios was describing the manner in whic
he killed anAmerican found on board,an
suiting the action to the word he fell bac
and expired instantly.
The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-10-17
Pc Ell RY.
HOME.

BY s. D. PHELPS.
NV home! what treasure,
How dear to my heart.
How rich is the pleasure
That thou dost impart;
No place can excel thee,
No spot on the earth,
So sweet and so pleasant,
AS that Of my birth.
The days of my childhood,
Ispent meath thy shade,
Ard roved in the wildwood,
And skipped in the glade,
With youthful companions,
So blithesome and gay,
And happy and joyous,
The time rolled away.
Ine'er shall forget thee,
Blest home OF my heart,
Tho far from thy precincts
I'm doomed to depart;
The fond recollections
Thou bringest to me,
OF endearing affections,
Shall bind me to thee.
Sutield, Conn.
The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-10-17
BOARD OF COMMON Council. !
MONDAY, OCTOBER ), 1870, !

The Board met All the members present except
Mr.. Bacon. @t
Mr. johnson, Gon the Committee Of Ways and
Means TO whom was referred The resolution from
the Board of AIderncn "an,hoFizng the nayment Of
taxes on certain lots occupied by The Washington
Asylum" reported the sane with an ameoAncu /
The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-10-17
Vol. ". CITY OF WASHINGTON,

cause them to rank them among the many
other favors of heaven. W"
To diminish these ungrounded appre-
tensions, the timid should be informed
that of 10000 persons that have died in
London, within space of thirty years,
two only fell victims to lightning. They
should also be informed that they unreal
sonably prolong their fears at each scock
He who has time to dread the conse-
quence of a flash of lightning, is already
out of its reach
1t is the lightning alone that can hurt
us, and if we have seen it, it, is folly to
grow pale, and tremble at the clap of thun-
der, and to stop our ears against the noise,
which announces all danger to be past
The greater the interval between the
thunder and the lightning, the more re-
moved the danger.
If with our finger to the pulse, we can
count twelve or fourteen pulsations, we
calculate that the storm must be three
miles distant. But the very best proven.
tive against this or any other alarm, is the
testimony OF a good conscience. Tranquil
and firm, the just man fears not unreason-
ably the judgments of Heaven. Heknows
that at the order of God, all nature flies to
arms against the sinner, and at the same
time feels that the just man is under
the safeguard of Heaven.
| His Creator, the God whom he loves, is
the Master of the Universe, and rides on
the wings OF lightning! He has his time
for threatening, and his time for punish
ing. Fear should be stranger to those
whose glory it is to love God, and to con-
fide in him even when the earth shakes
to its very centre with His thunder, and
appears to be grooming in the agonies of
dissolution Pomghkeepsic Journal.
The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-10-17

Important TO MariAers-W What has
hitherto been regarded as all impractical
bic undertaking, has been accomplished.
We learn by the late English papers that
a Beacon has atlength been erected on
the Goodaoin Sands, at the suggestion
and under the supcrintendance ofCapt,
Bullock. The. official account Of the
positions and bearings Of the beacon arc
not yet given. 1t was probably erected
on the screao prinoiple.-'The Goodwin
Sands are dangerous shoals composed Of
quicksand, which extend to considera-
bic distance in the eastern part of the
British Channel, off, the mouth of the
Thames where thousand of vessels have
been lost with all their gallant crews.
The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-10-17
L1noyfont Railarau Invention.-Mr

Important Railaoay Mvention-Mr.
Henry M. Naglee, Il young but ingenious
and accomplished engineer Of Philadel-
phia, says the Pennsylvania, has just in
vented mode Of constructing the rails
for curves in railroads, which we think is
of very important character. It attains
the great desideratum in civil engineering
of enabling cars to turn upon the shortest
necessary curves without difficulty or
DANCE friction is diminished, and the
axles are exempt from injury, while the
wheels Of the car regulate themselves to
the turn, avoiding the danger drumming
off.-The invention is simple and upon
the combination oftwo established mech
anical principes,-The committee of the
Franklin Institute have, as we under
stand, awarded Mr. Naglee the SCOTS
Legacy premium for his important and
useful Improvement
The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-10-17

T'avelzing and Transportation.-E 1t
would require twelve stages, carrying
fifteen passengers each, and one thousand
two hundred horses, to take one hundred
and eighty passengers two hundred and
forty miles i'll twenty-lour hours, at the
rate of ten miles an hour! One locomotive
steam engine will take that number and
90 Two tripsin the same time, consequent
Iy will do the work of two thousand four
hundred horses! Again, it would require
thirty mail coaches, (six passengers each,)
and three thousand horses, to take two
hundred passengers and mail two humid
red and forty miles in twenty-four hours,
at the rate of ten miles an hour. One
locomotive steam engine will take that
number and 60 two trips in the same
time, consequently will do the work of
six thousand horses.
The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-10-17
MONDAY, OCTOBER IL. 1870

The Board met pursuant to law.
Present: Messrs. Randolph, Krkwood, Goddard,
Brent, Carbery. Brady Clarke. Dove and Marshall.
Mr.. Goldsborough, the President being absent,
Mr.. Brent the Vice President, took the chair.
Mr.. Goddard presented petition from the Man.
ayers of the Jefferson Library Association which
was referred to Messrs Goddard, Carbery, and
Dove.
Mr.. Clarke. from the committee 10 which was
referred the bill from the Board Of Common Conn
ell authorizing the purchase of A. b. McLean's
wharf and certain lots in square SOB, and for other
purposes" reported the same without amendment.
and it was then, Oh motion, ordered 10 lie on the
table.
Mr.. kirkwood from the committee to which the
petition of John II. Nourse was referred, asked to
be discharged from the further consideration of the
subject and they discharged accordingly
On motion Of Mr.. Randolph, the Board resumed
the consideration Of the bill concerning this;es and
enclosures - and il was then, motion, indefinite
" postponed
On motion of Mr. Rando PHI, the Board resumed
the consideration of the resolution concerning the
salary of the Comm ssioner of the 81 Ward :" and
it was then, on motion, indefinitely postponed -
On motion Of Mr.. Rado phi, the Board resumed
the consideration OF the resolution in relation :" 10
rebuilding the arch constructing the wooden
bridge across Pennsylvania avenue al 81 street
west" and it was then, on motion, indefinitely
postponed.
And then the Board adjourned. l'rE
The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-10-17

Woman.-How valuable are woman's
labors as mother, nurse and teacher; so
much so, that the two sexes are like the
date tree: the male plant produces flowers
only, the female fruit. We should remem-
Der, too, that Adam was created out of
Paradise, and Eve i'll it, and something
earthly therefore still clings to Adams
race. Even in the heather mythology,
we find, though the gods often transformed
themselves into beasts. the goddessses
never did. ...
The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-10-17

A New York Sculptor. Ohio has Of
late sent out several young sculptors, who
bid fair to acquire much credit for their
native State but we Of New York have
something of promise, in this branch o.
art, which is thus chroniced in the Sep
TENDER Knickerbocker, in notice some
of" Our Artists, at Home and Abroad y
"Kneeland, q native of our Elm
pire State, and companion with Craw
ford in his studies in America, has devo
ted his leisure from pursuits of kindred
art, in which he has been eminenlly sue
cessflll,to the thorough study sculpture
and the benefit Of the severe discipln
which he has taken upon himself is visi
BILE in the few busts which he has model
led, or sculptured in marble. We hav
often admired the little group, wrought
in the latter materiel, which Mr.. Asto,
had the good taste to secure, and whic''
forms so pleasing an ornament of his man
sion. With his fine genius, and an un
compromising determination not to res
satisfied with superficial knowledge
his art, we must regard MIR. Kneeland a.
one of our most promising artists; and ",
cannot but believe that his liltimte sue
cess will be marked and triumphant"
The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-10-17

Steam Fire Emgine.-The Mechap
les Institute, New York, during the pre-
valence Of incendiarisal last winter, pass
ed Il resolution awardinga gold medal fc
the best plan ola steam fire engine. Thn
medal was last week presented to Capt. J
Erickson. for his plan, out of four submit
ted. The successful plan is that of an en-
CINE weighing less than 81 tons, and tn;
with the lowest estimated speed has !
power of los men, and will throw 800
lbs. of water per minute to height
los feet, through nozzle of Ii inch,
diameter. By increasing the speed to tn
greatest limit easily and safely attainabl,
the quantity Of water thrown may Is
much augmented.
The Tattler says the machine is tn
most simple in construction ever model
led. The absence of any rotary relieve
the necessity Of much of the apparatr
peculiar to steam engines. The motto
of the wheels in going to a fire commC
nicates motion to the bellows, whic
gives an artificial draught, so that III tie
minutes from the time the torch is appl
ed to the fuel, the steam is up, and Il
engine ready for work.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-03-23
WHAT AN OPPONENT THINKS OF THE
PROSPECTS OF GEN. HARRISON.

The Tory papers pretend to give no credit to
the accounts with which they are meeting in ev-
ry direction of the movements o the people. But
all are not so blind. The following candid ac-
acknowledgement is from The Charleston, SC, Cour-
ier n paper in favor Of V. %. Does thai paper
appear to thiuk that tho enthusiastic zeal which is
stimulating the whole Wing party from New
Brunswick 10 the Oregon is manufactured to or
der?"
'We deem il right TO make our readers aware
that contrary TO our original expectation, the
prospects OF Gem HARRISON for the next Presiden-
cy are improNing and Frightening. Division and
schlsm no longer distract and laraze the Wings,
but they nre united in solid pllannx, from one
end OF The Unln 20 the other, aud moving heaven
aud earth 10y vigorous, concentrated and enlhusi-
aslic efforts, 10 accomplish the overthrow Of the
present administration and The triumph Of their
fay orite candidate. The financial iolIies of The
administration much To our regret give Gen. ii.
an advantage of position, which hi, friends are
making the most of aud which calls for the most
nclive counter exertions ON the part OF the powers
that he, to whom Notwithstanding their financial
sins, we yet cling with the fondness Of old afec-
lion, and gralilnde founded on their noble and
gallant stand for the righs ofthe South, the integ
rity of the Constitution and The peace OF the I'm
ion"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-03-23
From The Patriot.

Laughabie In rear of and above the mahoga
ny and velvet cushioned pulpit, &C. &c. on Thurs.
day, was The following inscription, in monstrous
great capitals:
"Wm N. Harrison, The Hard Cider and Log
Cabin candidate"
We suspect tint our neighbor had much stron-
ger attraction to the cider than tie pulpit for he
has got the motto right, but there is not an inch of
velvet on the pulpit. But let that pass joke with
the ocolocos when MIR. Van Buien, with his gold
plate, his British coach, and his liveried ser.
wants, walks out of the marble palace, called the
white house and when "the hard cider and log
cabin candidate" walks in the laugh will be on
our side. So laugh on, gentlemen; ourturn comes
next
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-03-23

uVes, dated tile 9th instant requesting the Presi-
dent to communicate to that body "whether any,
aud, II any, whit measures have been taker, since
The rejection of the recommendation of the King
of Holland of new line boundary between the
United States and the Province of New Bruins
wick, 10 obtain information in respect to the topo
grnphy of the territory in dispute, by a survey or
exploration of the same on the part of the United
States alone; and also wheihernny measures have
been adopted whereby the accuracy Of the survey
lntely made under the authority OF the British
Government, when communicated, nny be tested
or examined" has The honor TO report to tho Pres
ident that no steps have been thought necessary
by This Government since The date above referred
TO, to obtain Typographical information regarding
the disputed territory, either 10y exploration sur
vey, on its part alone nor has it thought proper
to adopt any measures to test the accuracy of the
tophographical examination recently ninde by a
British commissioner the result of which has not
been made public or communicated TO the United
States.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN FORSYTH.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-03-23
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

| According to promise, we continue the lynch
ing operation upon sundry outrageous locofoco
lies. The word Gle is a hard one, to be sure, and
such an one as gentlemen do not like to use. As
design is TO apply it TO cases where we are full
" convinced that the utterers ofthe base coin do
it with 'malace preepnse,' as tho lawyers say,
knowing themselves to be viola,ors of truth, we
fits these cases but The short aud strong - lie J.
and that truth, Justice and fair dealing demand
the term. Lie No. ], was the charge that Bari
son was John Adams federalis,: we dsproved
it by the ayowa to the contrary in Harrison let
ter of 1921, and also by the testimony of one who
had been his neghbor from the days of John Adj
ans TO this time, viz Judge Burnet Lie No. 2,
was that Harrison was co,pdrd and that we dis
proved by the evidence of old veterans, who were
officers and soldiers under him, both in the Indian
lan and who gave the strongest testimony to his
bravery and skill as II General. Now for
LIE. NO. III.
"Gen. Harrison voted to sell white men into
slavery for DEBT"
This lie was published during the last contest
IN many Oft the Van Buren, papers, and by The ra
trot with the rest. At that time It was most rl-
umphanlly Lefuted both by The act i'sei tor winch
harrison voted and by letter from The General III
which he fully explained that tie act Was n deed
of mercu 10 the unfortunate, and not of oppression
! TO poor debtors AS to debIo S, the truth is that
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-03-23
Extracts of letter from gentleman in New

Extracts of letter from n gentleman in New
York to his friend in this village:
From present appearances think ihat the peo-
pie OF New York will see worse times in the
months of April and May 1910, than they saw in
the spring Of 1897. Most of the merchants will
fail. They are In ling every day. Some houses
who vert through the hard times OF 1887 have
sunk at last. One of the heaviest houses in the
city failed last week for over million of dollars.
II the people allow themselves much longer 10 be
blinded by the Vaccinations OF the Dutch Magi-
clan, and his equally worthy disciples, this coun.
try will lose that spirit Of enterprise for which she
is noted, and which has made her the most iorini-
dahle rival TO England in point of commerce.
Credit, which has ever kept up the enterprise Of
this country, and without which, believe no cOun
try can prosper, has been already crippled by
the mad actions ofthe present Administration that
the people cannot do business with the facility Of
folmer times because they have not that conf
dence in each other which they once had And
if those men continue in power who have so long
grown fat upon the misfortGncs of the people, the
cash system will come into operation with all the
horrors of monopoly, as most all The business OF
the country will be done by few large capitalists,
and instead of lis henefng The poor, ms Gen. Jack
son predict the rich man will he made richer and
the poor man still poorer. The Wings are in fine
spirits; they unite like soldiers who are deerm-
med to conquer. The actions of the Locos be-
speak fear of the old Man Of the Log Cabin. II
the wings do not divide and act like fools, they
generally do about election time,) at the coming
election they would carry every thing before them.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-03-23
ANOTHER WITNESS FROM THE OLD
DEMOCRATIC PRESSES.


July 20, 1872 the New Hampshire Patriot, then
edited by Isaac Hill, explained the peuicoat story
thus giving the lie to Senator Aliens account Of
this affair:
AT n council with the chiefs Of the Delaware
ISlnwanee, Wyandot, and Senecn tribe of Indians
at Frnnkllneton, some of whom Ind manifested
symptoms Of hostility, Gen. Harrison, in speech
alluded to the agreement made by Proctor, To de
liver him up TO the Indians tC be murdered IN
case Fort Nleigs was taken and promised in case
he, llarrisonl was successful that he would lie.
liver Proctor into their hands: on condition that
they should do him no other harm than 10 put n
ptHicoot on him-"lor [said he uone but a COW
ard or squaw would kill prisoner"
In the Patriot of November %, in the same
year, we find the following high eulogy upon
Gen. Harrison
"What man lives, whose whole heart and soul
is not British, that cannot sine rely rejoice in tho
late victories of Perry and tlariSon; that does not
feel pride im the valor ard patriotism ofihe he
roes of the West, who have freed country urge
as the Empire Of Alexander the Great, from The
Indian tonnhawk and scnlping knife I II there he
surh one, lie il traitor to his country he pos.
sesses the spirit OF II murderer
| IN tie Patriot Of Jan. 7, 1912, we find the fol.
lowing paragraph touching the letter of Gen. lIar.
rison to Congress- nter the glorious battle of Tip
pecunoe:
| "To every American who feels for his com
try, the peru>al of that Letter will produce pride
and pleasure"
We conclude this article, for the sake Of
the comprison, with couple Of lille items from
the Patriot of recent date.
"Poor General, hadn't they better dress him M
III ed flannel petcoat, for want Of decent
pair Of unmentionables 2"
"rhe federal papers on both sides Of the Con.
necticnt river are drumming up for meeting al
Claremont on the 9th instant, to see if grand
hurrah cannot be raised for the red flannel petit
coat"
Go ahead. LocoIocos: abuse the old hero Thi.
is the way you are used up. Out of the mouths
the old Democratic presses will we condemn
YOU.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-03-23

uJ-1 he Patriot has not reraced that lie, char
ging Harrison with being John Adams iederuliSl.
This is just the pay we expected from that quar-
tcr-lor our correction OF The slave story against
Van Buren,. BY the way, the Patriot does admit
that Harrison did not support The alien and sedition
acts. Now, we demand OF the Patriot one thing
name a single objectionable measure Of John
Adams administration that Harrison did support.
Tie general and sweeping asserlionsof the ecceh.
trio, not to say crazy, John Randolph made some
twenty years after Adams day--will not weigh
feather agans. the evidence of Judge Burnett, aud
OF Harrison himself Name single bad measure,ior
which Harrison spoke voted or confess your
self guilty of acting upon the motto-"a liz well
stuck TO-" &c.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-03-23

.4noiher "adrance Ldck,oards." For something
like twent; years the tale has gone unconlradieted
that Senator Buchanan said, in old federal times,
--"if he had drop of democratic blood in his
veins, he would let it OUT He now conlludicts
il. Next, probably, we shall hear that he never
was lederaist
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-03-23

The glorious meeting of last week has infused
new vgor into the hearts of the wings: never was
there any thing like il in Vermont and well may il
encourage the Young Men OF Washington County
to strike boldly for democratic victory, under the
banner of " Harrison aud Reform"