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THE PETITION FOR INCORPORATION

we are glad 10 witness the deep interest and
excitement, which the question of Incorporating
the town has created. 1t is right and proper that
1t should be thoroughly discussed and understood,
but let it be done in good spirit, and with the in
tentlon of arriving at a just conclusion Our
opHon is decidedly in favor of the act, because
we believe it will concentrate the energies of our
people. at the same time that it would do away
with many local difficulties that we now are sub
jeet TO. One objection that we have heard urged ,
Is that it would materially increase our expenses
this, on examination, will be found not to be the
fact. The same machinery that is now necessary
or our local government, would answer all our
purposes, when Incorporated. We would, to be-
sure, have Mayor or Intendent, but his expenses
might be paid by fees, for actual services render
ed. from the persons whose interests were sub
served by him. Until very few years past, the
City of Charleston paid nothing TO its Chief Ex-
ecutive Officer, and the station always command
ed the services of the most distinguished of lis
citizens. Why should it not here?
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-11-25
U. S. BRIG CAMBRIDGE

A statement of the date of August 9Th appeared
In some of the papers to the effect that serious ap
prehensions were felt for the safety of the U. S.
brig cambridge as she had not been heard of for
nearly three months. letter has been received
from an officer on board the Boston, dated Sep
tember 18th. stating that the brig Banbrdge had
arrived safely at Monlevdeo from Rio Janeiro.
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-11-25
EFFECTS OF CIGAR SMOKING.

A few days ago, Mr.. Christopher SeweIl, of
Boston chemist, and young man Of good parts,
died from the effects of an inveerae habit of smo-
king cigars He frequently consumed thirty
day, which had brought on so great debility,
that he died from the rupture of small blood
vessel
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EHoW TO WRITE FOR NEWSPAPERS

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6-Pay the Postage.
These rules observed will always ensure the
publication ofan article, and what is more desire.
able to the writer, will secure its being read
Boston Times.
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EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY

We are informed by the New York Tribune
that Gov. Wright has committed the punishment
of Vansleenberg and O'Conner, who were lately
sentenced to death for being engaged in the anti
rent disturbances, from hanging to imprisonment
for life. So far the Governor has exercised this
power in manner to command the admiration of
all
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Government Itself 10 take from any human being
the life granted him by his Creator. / would wei.
come It as the harbinger Of brighter day. when
no individual of the race of man shall ever lose
life by the act Of another
am, very respectfully, gentlemen, your friend
and fellow citizen,
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
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HAVE CARE.-A brave &c cit " says the Gin
clnnat Herald, marching home the other night,
after days work, met well dressed woman,
who modestly accosed him. My husband is i'll
i know not what TO do-will you 90 and get
some medicine with me, /" said she. g Certainly"
was the reply. And off they went, but they had
not gone far before she was taken ill., "Oh ;" she
cried, when they had reached dark spot, 90 feel
badly-hOld me--I'm fainting." And she strug-
gled as II she meant to prevent il if she could,
though her attendant had Of course to hold her up.
lew minutes passed she was better, and very
soon told our " cit" that she would make her way
home, thanking him for his kindness. They
parted. Soon after, the man put his hand into his
pocket for something when 10 he found his wal
lat opened and his money gone. Fortunately the
next night madam was arresied-Boston Times.
A Coon FISH SToRY.-A Philadelphia paper
says, Captain Bennett, Delaware pilot, yester-
day related the following, for which he vonched
A few days ago the crew Of the pilot boat Pulaski
which attends the lower Light in the Bay wishing
to soak and soften some salt junk, put seven or
eight pounds Of it in bag and at night lashed it
outside Of the vessel in the water The next
morning it was gone. That day they baled
for and caught shark. On bringing the fish a.
board the boat and cutting it open, 10! in its bell
y was found the missing bag of beef in a state OF
perfect preservation and rendered soft and fresh
that most delicious dinner was made oft. The
yarn is fishy, but Capt. B. is sailor Of veracily.
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The following letter was written by the Hon.
John Quincy Adams to Committee of the
Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Capital
Punishment
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-10-25

MONTICELLO, (GA.) OcToBER 10, ls45.

MoNIicELLo, (uA-) oCTobEk 10 ioro'
Messrs GALES & SEAToN: Whilst you are exult-
ing, and properly too, at the partial success OF the
friends Of sound Government in the recent election
in Maryland, it will afford occasion to continue your
strains OF graduation TO be assured that the friends
and advocates of the same cause in Georgia have
gained signal triumph. To be sure, the condition
OF affairs was not altogether embarrassing as in
Maryland but the same conflicting elements were
at war, the same principles marked the contest.
Georgia has nobly refused to take retrograde step
in her well-administered Wing policy, and has proud
ly indicated and sustained her gallant Executive
and the un6inching Wing Legislature Of ls43 The
results of this triumph of conservatism have not yet
been appreciated. In the far future | think ! can
discern the rich rewards for those who have achiev
ed this unappreciable good. Henceforth, we shall
feel reliance in the stability of our State policy
and cheering confidence that enlightened and pa
triotic public servants will no longer be condemned
and SET aside to make room for demagogues, who
pour their insdious ISLANDERS into the public ear,
reckless of all else save their own advancement.
!" Verify as Mr.. RITCHE is wont to say, " the
skies are Frightening" GEORGIA.
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GEORGIA ELECTION.

The latest accounts we have from the election in
Georgia are contained in the Miledgeville Journal
Of Tuesday, follows:
sTn the counties heard from Crawford has the vote and
maories 3l,29s, and McAister 80 sO4 majority for
Crawford 495. Ten counties yet remain to be heard from
These counties last year gave Clay majority Of 1913 votes
IF they do better for the Wings this year than they did the
last Mr. Crawford will be elected by upwards of 700
ority-u calculate upon gain Of about $50 in the
naming counties, and therefore confident of Mr. Caw
fords election by 1900 majority.
"The Legislature under the late law, is composed Of III
members-47 in the Senate, and $50 in the House. From
the accounts received have doubt Of the election
twenty two Wing Senators. The Democrats will probably
have majority Of three in the Senate. In the House we
have already heard of the election of sixyseven Wing
ber and certain Of two more, which will give eight
majority in the House, after giving Henry and Madison to the
Democrats one Of which we expect TO get"
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ANOTHER WING VICTORY

The news from the Ohio Election of last week
is good. Locofocoism is defeated, and the ascen-
deney in the State Legislature preserved to the
Wings, to whom the returns are favorable beyond
expectation. The Senate is safe for the Wings,
and several members have been gained by them in
the House Of Representatives. The popular vote,
so far, is greatly in their favor. Hear what the
Ohio State Journal says Of it,
Delaware county rolls up 400 or 500 majority !;
Marion, Unexpectedly, gives Wing majority !;
Montgomery gives an increase OF more than one
hundred over the Presidential election; Muskin-
"gum rolls up 500; Shelby gives gain of $50
since the Presidential elections Belmont gives a
gain of more than one hundred; Greene gives be-
tween LOO and 200 TO Wing Senator, being a
large Wing gain. On the other hand, in Fairfield
the Locofoco majority is cut down from l, 100 to
200; Butler is cut down from l,4OO TO 400 I;
Knox is cut down from 600 to 200; and, TO crown
the whole, Licking changes Locofoco majority OF
$40 to Wing majority of between two and four
hundred! Whatever may be the result in the rest
of the State, these facts speak for themselves, and
say TO the whole country that ONO is A Vine
STATE She takes her stand alongside Of Ken
lucky, Vermont, Massachusetts,, Connecticut and
: those other States that are unalterably Wing =
A later number of the Journal says: " we are per-
fecty safe insaying that there WILDE an ample Wing
majority in both Houses. In the Senate the ma
'jority will not be less than six, and in the House
will not be less than ten, and may reach sixteen
or eighteen! Last year our majority was sixteen
on joint ballot; the year previous there was a
small Wing majority in one House only, and for
many years previous to that time, with single
exception, there was Locofoco majority in both
branches Of the Legislature. Our progress is on
ward! Ohio is Wing throughout all her borders,
from river to lake. We have gained in the popu-
lar vote in nearly every county, and if there was
contest for President next week, with the man of
our choice to lead the noble Wing legions, we
should count our majorities by tens 81 thousands
Honor, honor to the gallant and unfaltering Wings
Of Ohior'
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FROM OREGON.

Four or five persons have reached ST. JOSEPH
from Oregon. They brought with them many
letters, which deposited in the post office a
that place, and we suppose we shall soon be in
possession of much later advices from Oregon.
1t is stated in the ST. Joseph Gazette that the
company of Oregon emgrants, who some time
since lost their way, and were high up on the Mis-
souri,, were Mormons. They were left at Fort
Vermilion, three hundred miles above the Bluffs
at one time, about two hundred lodges of Indians
had assembled there with the view to drive them
off or exterminate them, but the traders had obtain
ed, after much persuasion, permission for them to
remain till next spring, at which time they purpose
prosecuting their journey--H. Louis Republican.
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TO THE EDITORS.

NEWARK, (OHo,) OcToBER Is, ls45.
MEssRs. CALLS & SEAToN In the National Intelligence
Of the 18th instant You copy article the subject
CoppER in Missouri have been engaged for the last oul
years in investigating the mineral wealth of that State and
from my observation believe it to be of the most impor
an mineral regions the globe Its not only ch
but believe nexhaustbe. Extensive mines Of copper
at this moment in process of development.
am engaged with a company in working mine in
Madison county, 35 miles from the Mississippi, the from
which yield, by the analysis of Mr. Chiffon of New York,
643 per cent of pure copper. Silver is combined with it.
but the per centage has been determined Cobalt is also
in combinaon in specimens very rich Of course the
quality Of the varies in different parts of the mine
We have sunk shaft about rs feet deep, and find vein
the black suhure the that analysed by Professor
Chiffon, 10 feet Deep feet wide the top and fee,
the bottom Below it lies the red and yellow suphuret in
large crystals.
We hope when our facilities for mining are complete
be able to raise of day. which, at the prices Of
ered the Revere Copper Company of Boston, will ave-
rage about $50 per ton We have at this time considerable
ore IN haasitu to that city.
1t is strange that the mineral wealth of this country has
been long overlooked and that country abundant in
its mineral should long ago have attracted
particular notice from the scientific. All the American geoo
gsts ocked last Lake Superior and the world is
full Of their exavagan reports, whilst region accessi
be aong greater facilities for mining with equal to
say the least, in quality and quantity too in fine climate
where the of subsistence abundant and aborers
the ground whence the mineral products be cheap
shipped the market and what and better whe
the dscoverer of the mine may become the fact ha
been entirely overlooked How is this Is because dis
lance lends enchantment to the view ;"
No Territory State in the Union is deserving Of NOR
careful geological survey than Missouri and yet from the in
of her counse she probably the last that will max
one. Her minerals not only abundant but
red than those Of any equal territory the earth In m
cabinet have specimens of her copper, ron lead zinc, tin
cobalt, silver nickel, and temgsten.
expect TO visit that State few weeks and 10 devote
part Of the winter in exploring the country and have
caon to ask small portion Of the National Intelgencer tc
make public the result Of my labors.
Yours, truly, ISRAEL OLLIE.
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NAVAL School AT ANSAPoLn.-This institution
is rapidly organizing. The Maryland Republican
says: 1.-The various buildings have been repaired
and surprisingly improved, considering the small
expenditures and the brief time allowed, especial
'ly the quarters allotted to the midshipmen; and
the professors are busily employed in classifying
the sailor-students agreeably to grade, merit and
the nature of the prescribed studies. About forty
young gentlemen have already reported them
selves, whose handsome appearance and gentle
manly department give cheerful aspect to the
streets Of our quiet city, and elicit universal adj
miration."
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PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION.

The Pennsyluania,a, a Locofoco paper, thus
briefly sums up the probable result of the late eloc-
ton for members Of the State Legislature in Penn
sylvania
"The Senate Of this State is composed Of thirty three
hembcrs, and will stand Democrats eighteen, Wings fifteen
Democratic majority three.
The House Of Representatives is composed Of one hun
ded members. The Democrats, think, have SIXTY OF
sixyfve Of them The residue Wings and Anti-m
Natives none although, perhaps, all natives Of the good
old keystone v
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SPECULATION IN GRAlN.--The news brought by
the Great Britain has caused great speculation in
the markets. The Albany Argus has the following
on the subject:
The news by the Great Britain Is highly important to the
grain and produce interests in this country The deficiency
in crops England and the continent is asceained TO be
considerable. and r. feared win h. great and the conse
quencea the water had been already apparent in the
rise Of corn and brsadu and potatoes Here the specua-
ton was large The Great Britain having been driven into
Holiness HoIsby sEs~ Of weather. express from Boston
over the railway 70 this city, and after making purchases
here, started In the wessn train for Buffalo yesterday To
this movement the directors Of the Utica and sche
nectady and Mohawk and Hudson Railroad Companies des
patched an express trsn a. half past yesterday az
ernoon with the news The operations here were large
About 1000 barrels Of -four and large qusny Of whes
changed hands The sales were at 80 for -FOUR bot $3.50
was refused asr the facts known Wbsai sold
LOG and l07 csn and lie offered for cargo coming In"
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IMPoRTANT.-The Susquehanna Democrat states
that the differences between the Delaware and
Hudson Canal Company and the New York and
Erie Railroad Company have been fully and fairly
adjusted, and all opposition to the railroad passing
through Pike and Wayne counties viii be with
drawn; and all the protection TO the works Of the
Canal, Company claimed by them have been ac-
ceded to by the Railroad Company.
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NRw HAVEN is a highly favored city. II appears to pos
almost monopoly of the meteors and shooting stars
physical as well intellectual The Palladium records the
advent Of and shining lights which illuminated
the heavens Of the City Of Elms Monday and Wednesday
evenings of last week One twenty times larger than
Venus and sailed very majescay through the heavens and
instead Of blowing up retired gracefully behind sombre
curtain Of clouds The other after ecpsing the moon, and
setting up variety Of shadows Of its exploded, after
yelling several millions Of miles, less In many seconds
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Union1 gives very graphic account of the melan-
choly loss Of the steamer Dayton
HEApqrAnrERs ARmr OF occuPArIox,
CoRrcs CaRrsTI, TsxAs, SKPT ls, s45
You will probably have heard before this letter can each
you Of the terrible and fatal disaster which happened on the
9th board the Dayton recently employed
here in public The boat have been dis
charged that day. her return from here to the depot ST.
Josephs Island where the " White Wing" from New Or.
leans had arrived to take her place.
happened that several officers who had been ordered 10
the depot upon duties connected with their company property
together with party Of ten fifteen non-commssoned Off
and pryates also took passage with board the
DAYTON.
We leA here about 10 o'clock A. NJ, and about IL M,
while the boat under way, the boilers burst with
mcndous explosion, killing instantly two officers Leuenans
HrGeINs and BERRY, OF the 18th infantry two segeaus
six Of the officers and Of the boat and wounding
al others, some Of whom will yet die of their wounds
At the moment Of the explosion sitting with two
other officers euenants GaAuia. Of the 4h, and Goa
DoS Of the 81 infantry the boiler deck the chin
ney, and Immediately the forward part Of Of the
boilers We were all thrown up high in the air, and fell
into the water about eighty yards from the boat The boat
with nearly all the cabin blown off Of her. Immediately took
fire. and very sunk, in about iathoms water hay
ing still on board many OF the wounded the dying and the
dead. The that Immediately followed and which
leave you imagine, horrible and appalling Its tern
bic reality battles and defes description and will not even
attempt IT, Fortunately, not far from the shore
not more than quarter of mile and all who prccip
taied into the water except those who killed outright
saved by the small boat and by cngng 10 fragments OF
the shattered wreck and rewood which covered the
in every direction
Lieutenants GRAulM and GonpoS, as well as myself
caped with lives most sngularly were. from
position, and the marks still left upon clothes which were
ndded and torn to pieces il by grapesho in the very
tex Of the explosion The thick heavy wooden seats Of the
chairs on which we were sitting probably alone saved from
destruction
The whole number Of persons killed. and who have since
died of their wounds is eleven and Is feared two others
now in the hospital, cannot survive.
The only injury received was from confusion
the leg which has kept confined my tent until to-day
although have yet RENTED days duty, and have been
able to attend n nv Office duties &c have been horse
back this morning. and in few days anticipate complete
recovery from my laneness and all my hurts Lcuenants
GnAuAm and GoRpoS both Of them bruised and slightly
burnt will also in days be able to return duty.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-10-25

The operatives in the factories at Pittsburg and
Allegheny city have called meeting, from which
they excluded their former leaders, and invited the
manufacturers, who attended, and came to terms by
agreeing TO adopt the ten-hour system soon as il
shall be agreed to adopt it in the manufactures
throughout the country.
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Mn. PREsroN.--We are happy to learn, from q
letter Just received in this city, that the Hon. VIM
C. PRRsToN, whose severe illness at distance
from home was noticed some days ago, has stuff.
ciently recovered to be able TO return TO his resi-
dence in Columbia, Is. C.) where he now is.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-10-25

Governor PRATT, of Maryland, has recommend
ed that Thursday, the 9th Of November be SET
apart and observed by the people of Maryland as
a day of public thanksgiving and prayer.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-10-25

New HAMPSHIRE SENAToR.-Hon. FRANKLIN
PIERCE, for several years member Of the House Of
Representatives, has declined the appointment Of
Senator, rendered to him by the Governor of the
State Of New Hampshire, to fill the vacancy occa-
stoned by the resignation of Mr.. WOODBURY..
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DISASTER OF THE STEAMER DAYTON.

The following copy OF letter from IN officer Of
the Army serving in Texas copied from the
Union1 gives very graphic account of the melan-
choly loss Of the steamer Dayton:
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THE HENRY CLAY VASE.

Amagnfcent Silver Vase, upwards Of three feet
in height, very skilully and beautifully wrought, has
attracted much attention at the Fair Of the American
Institute, in the city Of New York. II is said to
have cost thousand dollars, and to reflect great
credit ON the manufacturer, WIN. ADAMS. The fol-
lowing inscription upon the Vase discloses its his
rory and destination
PRESENTED TO HENRY CLAY,
By the Gold and Silcer .artisa,fs of the city OF
Nesc York,
As tribute Of their respect for the faithful and patriotic
in which he has discharged his high public trusts,
and especially for his early and untinng advocacy Of
''PRorrcrroS AMERICAN INDUSTRY"
lS45.
Committee.
WM. ADAMS, EpwARp Y. PRIME,
M. G. BALDWIN, DANIEL CARPENTER,
A. G. PEcKHsM, Dawn DUNN.
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Two DoLI1ns year; or OxE DOLLAR for the first regular
session az each and FrrY CESTs for the final
sion Of each Congress and the for each Extra Ses
sion--payablc i'm all in advance
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Icr was formed standing water III this vicinity Fri
day morning week,