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lhe Philadelphia Museum was cre,vdei 4,
Tuesday morning with the fflenas II remns,.
aFce, snd the ceremonies Sers es,n,aeneeJ ~
ms Fefdlng Of the Decisrasiaaso or lndepe aaence /
i.sg Aosefs Hare, Jr. ESQ n IRE eancl,sien az
| Waehshe band. Playe! Hail Calumbla. The
'ssls1 seee.yed ey The Committee tron De apos-
We 81 Temperament Ireland, Father Mathew
Vas 1hin read BY John b Calahan. ESQ. ania
afrealea apfsls.of applause The folIaasns 4 :
copy q the letler: ~
CoRk, MAY 9th, Is4a.
| Desrly beloved ltiends-To say tl,st
am graiihedsaelighted, With yonr sse-
Tomato address would but feeble s,.,.a.-
II ny ieelingss Ny hear, lhrobs Win s.ra,.
tafe. whilst 1 read Over AGAIN AMI
lgaln every cheering line .nfs A. flA a..
i could command lie wings 81 sbe nern.
ing toiwait myself a. once into the mIdst
Of yoas and embrace You all, and 10 al I
n pun 10 you tidngs Of .grea! Joy frotn
fola lrsland. y X
ThelPrivilege OF paying you an eatly
Visits, regret 10 say, denied Is me, but
] indulge the fond hope, God permitting
| Of passing a few days il Ihiladslphia al
no distant PERIOD ~
Tour zealin our sacred cause Il well HI
knowE TO me; you are bfightgemin the Is
Temperance crown, and / have onlv q \
eShortIyou to perseverance, until eema \
strong drink IN any shape or form YOU
are to 3renoonce ioreyer.g and may The 4
blessing Oh the Lord. upon the heads of /
The RsEhabiles descend also upan you.--
Each q you. my dear Brother Teelotall. H
eTs, aafdto mos: atlectipnately, anazI 4
present through you my cordial greetings \
10 every oneoi the twentysnine thousand .Af
that glorious body by whom YOU have Il
been delegated,
Fervkn4iy imploring the great bestower I
Of all g9od TO conieron you every spifit--iI
ualand. temporal blessing,
Sm, dear brethren,
Yours most affectfonately,
TfIE0BALD- MATHEW. A-l
Alter i'he reading q The letters The orafon of 4
The. LAY, WILLiAs GEoRGR~R BAn, II. L. aI1. IL \
lsaliimete, occupied The undivided altentun of
the andlPace for upwards of al hour. iii ali ami \
mated and eloquent address "a committee NAV
appointed g wait on Mr.. Reed and request him
to furnish copy Of his Citation for publication, 4
which go doubt he VIII cheerfnllY do The
meeting adjourned about two O'clock, higA!y il
sragded with the proceedings re the day. \
philadelphia Mercury.
A MosT FkIeIlrFuL MuanER.-A letter dated \
New Lexington, Scott county, Indiana. and pub 4
hshe1 ~ the.Madison Bannef, gives the tp1t9a- 4
ing particulars Of most ffighfful murder which \
was committed on. Inc 18th ult,
| phe@ ALSO Of AsIIey.O. Afford, weot ii |
company with bis vile to1the house OLA.
| 0lAliord, on The evening Of the above
manned, where SOME angry words passed, I
growing out Of the bad treatment RsEch 4
| Mrs, Al. had received from her husband. 4
| The old gentleman ordered The son.in. law
| from his house, stating that he did not
want u be. troubled With him Young
/ Afford isnd: his wife thereppon left but
he fetgrued about nine clock at night. \
finding the. old mar in bed. Young Al \
i ford called to The old man from Without
sayingthat he wished TO talk with him.e--
The on man knowing the disposition and
previous threats Of young Afford. and ap-E
prehesaing some personal harm. look bis
gun and went out into tbe1door yard, and
asainq rileted the young man of, and. VI
on hisFetusal TO go away the old man
fred OF the gun-in an opposite direction,
however, from The young man, and mere
.Ily fort tie purpose of frightening hin
whereypop the Young man ran 1poA The
old man Lnocked.hm down. and witira
dirk k4ife cat his THROAT from ear 10 ear"
! Young Allfotd aed,a and has nol been tax en-!
Some tort Ior fifty persons were search
f Ing for shlp the follpwing day
/ IN uacommon H.eident.-On Sunday
morning. say the Dubuque Express ofthe
/ llth4ult., while the steamboat Rapids
was lying 5r OH landing, working off
/ steam, q Wild pigeon flew directly over
tie seape pipe, just after the puff bad
| bloan eff, when the air, partially return
ing, dew lhe pigeon into the pipe, and
down Int The. valve so that ii became
closed. From this position il could not
besdislodged till the seape pipe was IN
screwed and taken off. Several persons
on the landing saw the bird fip h, and.
The cause 0f BE difficulty thus became.
Immediately known, otherwise il il possi-.
bic that aa explosion may have been the
consequence.
A Clsange II Fo ti.,le. The Providence Chron.
ele states alIst the II Nathaniel B. Borden,
late Hfsmber OF Congress for the Fail River dis
triei, who resides in that village, las on Sunday
morning worth $4,000. He is nov penpiessI
Truly 90 RICHES take 10 themselves wings and
Idly awa5" Mr.. Bordens property, which was
lneasiy nll Of il 10 one spot, was completely de-
strose there being nota dollar oflinsurance up
on r.
| ColNclDENcE.-Wer we're struck, the
other Jay, in looking at a work called tbe
. Lives of=tbe Presidents, :, witha few cuE
lrioas Condolences nf numbers which rs.
late ID he line Of five Presidents, begin.
lining end ending with an Adams Here
is a table for instance. Of The periods in
wlliels they were born and went out of
office: II
| Barns Retired.
| 1875 John Adams 1901
1913 Thomas Jefferson 1909
lf5t James Madison 1917
+ 1853 james Monroe IS25
1867 j. Quincy Adams 1879
Now, it will be seen by ibis that JEFF
tiefsoI: was born just eight years after hss
lpredesessor Adams Madison eighs years