Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-01-25
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utes Of the General Conference, that there
are one hundred and Mir y-seren thousand
colored members of the Methodist church,
in the slave-holding States, and ght thou
sand three hu dred and forty,f'e in all the
non slavs-holding States.
A Washington correspondent Of the
New York Commercial Advertiser says
that Mr.. Gushing has project in view
for the establishment of more direct in
tercourse with China, by lines of steam
ships, by way Of Panama and the isthmus
Of Darien, and that the government is
prepared to offer facilities for the execu-
tion Of the project.
We see it stated in the Bangor Wing
that an establishment has been in active
operation for some time past at PASSPORT,
Maine, in which Holsters, clans and fish of
various kinds, turkies, ducks, sea fowls,
&c., are prepared for the table, cooked aud
dressed, enclosed in air-tight cases, and
shipped to different parts Of the world
The meats thus prepared, it is said, will
keep for months, and even years.
Grcd Voyage.-The Magnolia arrived
yesterday, with thirty-nine hundred bar
rels Of Sperm and whale oil. She has
been out twenty-five months, and brings a
clear profit to her owners of twelve or
fifteen thousand dollars. Capt. Simmons,
and several Of her crew are Vermonters
.NcsD Bedford Bulletin.
r. speriiy of Boston. The number Of
houses and buildings built, and now build
ing, in Boston, from January 10 December,
1874, as appears by the hooks Of Tie city
marshal, is 1872, Of which number TAI
are Of brick. At East Boston the mum
Der in the same time is 295, and at South
Boston 1913. Increase over last year 5o7
buildings. Nothing can retard the growth
Of the Literary Emporium.
Walking.-On the utility Of bodily ex-
ercise as preservative Of health, wri-
ter in London periodical lays it down as
positive that "walking is the most periec,
exercise for the human body; every arte-
~, from the heart to the extremities, pro-
pels the blood quicker and more equally
in walking than in any other exercise
The blood is drawn from the head, and
upper parts, where it IS most slow and
languid, and is circulated with rapidity to
every other part"
Mn. MArrur.-A correspondent Of the
New Orleans Crescent City, writing from
New York, thus speaks Of the labors and
appearance Of this celebrated clergyman:
"Brother Maffit Is in town, lectnring
and elcctrib ing the ladies', as usual. That
man has certainly discovered the waters Of
perpetual youth that Pones~de Leon lost
his life in searching after. His face has mt
an additional wrinkle, NOT a curl Of his
Adonis head is awry. II possible, he has
q more seductive smile and more be-
witching voice than ever"
Ia Mons TRousIE IN rHs ErrscorAL
CapR~H.-We find, in the Episcopal Re-
corder, published at Philadelphia, an arti-
Gle headed ssRecent Developments in New
York." in which it i stated that sort d
conspiracy has been discovered amongst
some Of the members Of the General Theo-
logical Seminary il this city, the object d
which appears to be to render the institu-
ton, a. far as practicable, subservient to
the principles and policy Of Rome. Il is
said that the association has its common
seal, with G. U. (Catholic Unity) upon it,
its secret meetings, and its correspondence
with the papal authorities in this vicinity.
The Recorder states that the 7th Of January
(to-morroW) has been appointed for the
trial Of the offenders By the Faculty, and
calls upon the bishops 70 meet the solemn
responsibilities which such developments
devolve upon them a. the visitors Of THE Gem
er.I theological Seminary Of the Church.
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