The Whig standard., 1843-12-04
CLIPPINGS.


the arrival Of the first canal boat from Brooke
vile, Indiana, by the Whitewater canal. Ihls
is neD era in the commerce OF our city, and
will be very important one. 6 shsE tIt.sa
This morning the g Native" arrived from
Brookevle, bringing with her small cargo OF
thirty barrels OF apples, and dozen or two OF
passengers. 9 s; 4aa85 H s8I
We are informed that other boats will arrive
tomorrow, and that, in fact, there are about
twenty or thirty boats already loading for this.
city. There are also three warehouses nearly
finished al the canal basin, and others, we pre-
sumo, will soon be erected. So this division OF
commerce is now i'll full operation Cincinnati
Chronicle. ta 8 sS @h4iE ie Al +
Hora's Confession-The Baltimore Patriot
states that there will be published in pamphlet
form early in the next week a full and circum-
stantal history of the life of Adam Horn, taken
from his o,cn mouth, including the particulars OF
the murder in Baltimore county, OF which he
has been convicted. "a
yAcgmtted.--We learn, says the Mobile .Ad-
vertiser of the 23d ultimo, from the Selma Free
Press Of the 18th, that Napoleon Lockett, Esq,
of Marion, who killed Colonel Martin A. Lea III
an affray some months since, had his trial in
the circuit court of Perry last week, and was ac7
quilted. M aass,.ssst N. gg4fa y,
Death BIZ Hydrophobia. The Patterson, N u
Inteigencer says that small boy, about seven
years Of age, son Of Mr.. Hugh Reed, Of that
town, died of Hydrophobia on Thursday morn
| ing last. He was bitten by very rabid dog
/ some four or five weeks previous to his death.
| A man by the name of Brigham, to whom the
| dog belonged, was also bitten about the same
lime, whose present feelings may be better inn
agined than described. sItliss5a " lAslH 7fi0asF
1 TEXAS Afairs.--The New Orleans Tropic,
IL fy,l III
originated about England buying up President
4 Houston, and taking Texas under its protection,
(which letter we published short time since
]! states in recent number that it has discovered
the whole story to be without foundation. 1t is
altogelhera fabrication, without the least ground
for its circulation. m ae .~ @3ssiv.5I ,GtSe
"a Zinc Ores IN Tenncssee.- The Nashville Ban
ner states that the State Geologist, DR.. Troost,
4 has prepared an appendix to his Geological Re-
port, which contains very interesting notice Of
some zinc ores discovered in East Tennessee du-
ring . late trip to that partof the State.
4 The Wings Of the Fifth Congressional District
Of North Carolina have appointed Henry w.
4 Miller, Esq, of Wake county, delegate to the
National Conv enton to be held in this city in
/ May next, and Edward L. Winslow, of Cumber-
land, his lternate.--Balt Pat. sl bss dgslig
u Ne,c York Finances The New York Courier
says: t.The canals in this State are not yet
closed, and such has been the amount Of traffic
thereon, that the nett receipts for the last year
4 will exceed the interest of the State debt two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars" a sf
/ The New Haven papers mention the appear
j ance Of a sperm whale in the sound, near Mad
i ison, on Saturday slast. Chase was made by
i Captain Morgan and Others, but they did not
4 succeed in capturing him. He is said to- have
fact;
so oCAao4 State Debt.--Thei funds necessary to
meetthe January interest on the Ohio State debt,
| payable in New York, are nowready in that city.
| IA man named Lebar has met with a severe,
handling from several Of the citizens Of Easton,I
Pennsylvania, in consequence of his having at,
tempted to swindle them in the way OF pretended
purchases. The duped merchants, having held
| 4 council procured coWhides, and fairly whipped
| the fellow through the streets Of Easton. Quite
| an excitement was the consequence, and several
| Of the cowhiders have been arrested. sEnt.3 s,g
| We learn from the Providence Journal thatthe.
| manufacture of mousselaines de lane has been
introduced into the country, andis successfully
carried on by Messrs. Dunell * CO., of this city.a
asThe dwelling Of Basil d. Mulikin, Esq, in /.
Prince Georges county, Maryland, was destroyed
by fire on Friday night last. Loss So, 900
insurance. M t,..s sa ~. r.
Reciprocitn- Three English mechanics ar.
rived in the last steamer from Liverpool, for the
purpose of examining the latest Improvements
in our machinery for the manufacture of Cotton,
An agent Of one of the, Lowell companies is IN
Europe for a similar purpose. 1 74al s,sau
It is stated that there are in Cincinnati seven
flour mills with II runs OF 4z feet stones. They
consume yearly 936,000 bushels wheat, and pro-
dnce 1s7,20O barrels of flour. IS To the above
l,,,;s - sbortlv IA bp added another one which
will probably turn out 100 barrels Of -four daily.
An exchange paper says, it is as hard 10 tell
where moderate drinking ends and drunkenness
begins, as it is to tell when pig ceases TO be a
pig and becomes HOG. le5as,'f'a Y. s- 8a'8
The Indians believe that the season called the
Indian Summer is caused by q gentle wind,
which comes Immediately from God. l,4sa 81
Mating made of India rubber is now coming
into use abroad. Roofs are also covered with
India rubber, at Scents square foot. t'a 'ig
Seven hundred barrels Of adulterated Bordeaux