American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1844-12-14

Santa Anna will be inclined to postpone it to 4
more convenient season.
ELoCrrIoNARy LECTURE OF PROF. MAGENIs.
! The Lecture and REGULATIONS of the above gem
! tleman, at the Saloon of the Law Buildings on
Wednesday evening, were highly gratifying to
select and intelligent audience. His reading
of Paradise LOST was indeed an intellectual
treat, and we arc pleased to hear that he in
tends, during his stay in this city, to devote an
entire evening to the reading Of Alilton'sWorks
| We would recommend TO all persons who
are so unfortunate as to be i0retsrate Siamn,eT-
ers, to call at once upon MIR. Magenis, as he
can enable the unfortunate sufferer to mngle
in conversation, and bear his full SHARE with
out the modification Of stumbling upon sylla-
bles, or having "his tonguo-hinge suspended in
his half-opened mouth"
ANOTHER AND INTERESTING APPLICATION
OF THE TELEGRAPH. The National Iutolli-
gonccr says the parental anxietcs of gentle
man of the Post Office Department there were
on Thursday relieved by Il telegraphic despatch
at one O'Clock =. NJ, announcing that his
within five minutes, happily made him grand
father to a fine boy. "Alother and son doing
we'll" Tho grand parents returned thanks to
MIR. Morse for his instantaneous and polite
communication Of joyful event that other
wise might not have reached them for many
hours by the sIo,O process Of the railroad mail
coming at rate not much over twenty miles
all hour!
Personal News. Hon. Thomas Morris,
formerly IT, S. Senator from Ohio, died sud-
denly on Saturday last at his residence in that
statc.--T. Fisk, Esq. bearer OF dispatches to
the U. States from Prussia and Belgium, ar;iv-
cd at New York on Wcdncsday-D. Van
derner has arrived at Washington, bearing the
electoral vote Of South Carolina in favor of
Polk and Dallas-A shoemaker named Jas.
Caragan was found dead near Brownsville, Pa.
on the 9th inst, having persisted from cold
A New York Quaker has sent Father Matthew
present Of f500-Rev. DR.. Barnes, Of the
Free Church of Scotland, has consented to set
lie at Toronto.
! ExHuMArIoN OF TIE BODY OF AN AMERi-
| CAN TRAVELLER. On the 18th of October,
saysa German paper, ''tle body of the late f..
! S. Wheeler, teacher of the Greek language at
Cambridge College in North America, who
died at LEIPZIG, in June 1913, at the age of
twenty SIX years, was, on the application OF
his relatives, exhumed in the presence of no.
tary and witnesses, in order to be sent to
America"
HoLLDAy-sr. THEATRE. We are pleased
to learn that this iavorte place Of amusement
will be opened in few days, under the man
agement of MIR. l.. Rodney, from the northern
theatres, The stock company already secured
are of the character that will do justice to the
drama, and "hold the mirror up to nature. y
The celebrated Mr. Anderson is engaged, and
will appear in the fist part Of the season.
| AN ARMY OF OFFICE SEEKERS. The Presi-
dent elect has been compelled TO abandon his
country residence, and take apartments in a
hotel in Nashville, in consequence OF the great
rush of Office seekers calling upon him. The
Office seekers in Nashville, on Tuesday, from
all parts of the Union, numbered over six hun
drcd. All waiting to see "the President
NORTH RIVER STEAMBOATS,. The travel on
the Hudson this season has been unusually
great. The Knickerbocker alone, according
to the Albany Citizen, has made clear of all ex-
penses, the snug sum of$s0,0 900 to 100000.
i A VEro. The Governor Of New Hamp-
shire has vetoed bridge charter, because the
stockholders were not made individually re-
sponsible. The Legislature sustained the
Governors veto.
PENNSYLVANIA. The Treasurer of this state
reports, that on the 30th ult,, there was q
balance of S663,s5 remaining in the treasury
The receipts of the year have bean 1891,
1858, aud the expenditures $3.50, S35.l5-
exdess of receipts $434, 45039.
|, GUILTY. The jury in the case of Rynnger
one Of the Philadelphia rioters, after an absence
r of 1877 hours, has returned verdict of guilty O
v mansaugh,er with recommendation to NOR
cy.
: HENRY CLAY. "1he Virginia Association
i of Ladies for erecting statue of Henry Clay
was organized in Richmond last Monday.