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We cony from the n: G. Ficavune

We copy from the n: O. Ficayune
and Tropic the latest news from
Mexico, with the comments thereon.
The course Of President Jones OF
Texas, 10 opening negotiations with
Mexico, is somewhat singular, i! The
conjecture be tree .ha. his PROPOSE
ton ccntemplates hostility to annex
alton. The precise nature of the
proposition is not stated. and from
The call for a war grant, it is proba-
bic that the Mexican Government
wished to present to the Congress
the alternative OF recognizing the III
dependence Of Texas or commencing
war against the United Sta,es.-
The weakness Of the Government
is shown in its conduct towards Sam
Ia Anna and Cnnalizo. Those men
are to be permitted to escape pun
ishment, for se.i-expatriation is but
the iniatory step TO the restoration
of Santa Annals power. II Mexico
should become involved in Difficult
ties, he would unquestionahly avail
himself thereof, 10 regain his former
station. Missouri Reporter.
Democratic banner., 1845-06-07
ABSENCE OF MIND.

A gentleman who took his lady TO
ride, on return put his wife in the
barn, and carried his horse to bed;
he did not find on, his mistake until
he awoke in the night, attempting to
arouse his wife, telling her. her mails
had not been cut for 4 twe'vemonth.
Democratic banner., 1845-06-07
FRIENDSHIP OF THE WORLD.

When see leaves drop from the
trees in the %beginnidg of autumn. jus.
such think Lis the friendship of the
world. While the sap Of maintain
ance lasts. my friends swarm 10 a.
bundance-but in tie winter o! need
they leave me naked: He is a hap
py man that has a true friend at his
need--but he is more truly happy
that has no need OF his friendship.
Democratic banner., 1845-06-07

"Qui, splitting that nasty tobacco
On the floor, Josh, or III whip ye.'
la mother, why don't you sgsak
properly. You should have said--
cease eiecting that offensive saliva
Of the Virginis weed, upon the
promenade, or shall administer to
yor 4 severe castiga!ion- Thai is
proper, ma."
Democratic banner., 1845-06-07

Il The steam boat Frolic, belong
i0g 70 The Union Fur Company, arrived
ia s.. Louis a few days since from the
Rocky Mountains.
Democratic banner., 1845-06-07

TAx'SG THE MoSEy.-The n. York
Legislature have resolved TO accept the
States quota of land fund, viz: $94 600.
Democratic banner., 1845-06-07
OREGON.

Those who desire any information
relative 10 Oregon, can obtain the same
BY addressing a letter post paid to J.. ).
Webb, Independence Me-, and ipcloslns
One dollar.
Democratic banner., 1845-06-07

GThe main difficulty at tho
present day is that our books are not
written for the "common people,"
but exclusively for scholars, philoso-
piers, and statesmen.-U.S S. Jour.
nal.
Democratic banner., 1845-06-07

An Irish paper says: AT present
the Scotch poor are not fed; they ex-
il, or the recollection Of what they
n,e in former years.
Democratic banner., 1845-06-07

The coin that is most current a.
mona mankind, is flatterv--'he only
bcnef, of which is, that by hearing
what we are not, we may be instruc:
ted in WIN. wa ought TO re.
Democratic banner., 1845-06-07

The loot of a chinese female, from
the heel to the great toe, is only fonr
inches long. There ore some NJ
rroes in this place whose heels aloha
are near q Foor.-B~oonshoro tMd.f
Democratic banner., 1845-06-07

"Thouas, fear you are forgetting
me-" said. q bright,eyed girl 10 her
sweetheart, the other day.
"Yes, Isabella, l have hsen for
GETTING you these two years."
Democratic banner., 1845-06-07

~ The Missouri Journal speaks
very fvorably of the merits Of the
Bowling Green Academy, under the su-
pcrintcnGence Of Mr.. Hubbarl.-Era.
From some strange oversight on u
part, We neglected 10 notice the exam
~ination at This Academy, so honorable
to Mr.. Hubbard as an instructor Of
youth. Few individuals possess in a
more eminent degree the faculty Of i'm
parting knowledge to the youthful mind
shan Mr. Hubbard; and those Of our citi-
zcns who have children 10 educate can-
not ~ better than entrust them TO the
charge Of Mr. Hubbard. The healthy
location ard fine society CT Bowling
Green. are additional inducements 10
enter scholars at this Institution.
Democratic banner., 1845-06-07
NCENDIARIE

Two attempts have recently been
made to fire the city Of St. Lonis.
Democratic banner., 1845-06-07
MORMONS.

From tbs correspondent Of the Mo.
Republican, we learn that the trial of
the supposed murderers of the Smiths,
was progressing at Carthage, in Han
cock county, Ill. From accounts, pet
jury and subornation Of perjury, is call
the 60" there, one witness having ac-
knowledge ed that lie was TO get $500
from The Mormons and $500 from Gov.
Ford, for testifying. we receive these
reports with many grains OF allowance
Democratic banner., 1845-06-07
DISGUSTING!
Southern papers defending Gidding'
Of Ohio.

T-The Missourian, conducted ny
J. H. Ticc, is upon our table. from a
hasty glance at lis editorials we are
era.iGed in saying that much OF the bit
terness and acerbity which formerly
characterised this sheet has been drop
ed. True policy certainly dictated sach
a step, and in its present dress, we wei.
come the advent of the Missourian, and
hope it may prove a valuable auxilliar,
in the dissemination Of Democratic prin'
ciples.
Democratic banner., 1845-06-07

From the Palmyra Wing we learn
that the Scarlet fever is raging dreadful
X in Shelby county. Mo.
The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1845-12-02
DETROIT.

Detroit is one of the oldest cities in the
Union having been founded by Antoine
de la Motto Cadillac, under commission
of Louis XIV, of France, in l7OI-one
hundred and forty-four years ago. 1t was
first visited by the Roman Catholic Mis-
sionaries in 1920, and the French Ian
guage is still commonly spoken there
In most respects art has done less for the
city than nature, and this remark is es-
pecially true, if the whole field of vision
be included, as viewed from some favor
able and elevated point. AS you APP
proach the city from Lake Erie, a scene
of calm and quiet beauty comes over the
mind, as you view the old French settle
ments on the Western margin of the
broad and noble stream, and the fertile
and cultivated islands which repose in
the clear waters on the East. Here are
pasturc-grounds covered with grazing
focks and herds, and meadows, and fields
of standing grain, and farm-houses, and
splendid mansions. Detroit itself is situ-
ated on the southwest bank of the river,
on plain which extends along the stream
and the lakes, and for many miles back
into the country. This belt of land is
elevated about 80 feet above the surface
of the water. The surrounding country
though not aflording the most generous
soil, with proper cultivation, will abun-
dainty repay the toll of the husbandman. II
is especially adapted to grazing. Most OF
the farms in the neighborhood are in the
hands of the French, and their deccnd-
ants,
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A new Railroad Completed.

Ihe completion and opening of the
Old Colony Rafirood, from Boston to
the ancient town of Plymouth, in Mass
achusetts, was celebrated on Saturday
last, The route passes through the town
of Dorchester, on its seacoast border, eros
ses the Neponset river near its mouth
passes through the villages of Quincy and
Braintree, and thence proceeds through
or near the villages of South Weymouth,
Centre and South Abingdon, portion of
Hanson, a corner of Halifax, and the viii
lage of Kingston, to It's termination in
Plymouth, distance of thirty-seyGn
miles.
A large company of stockholders and
invited guests left South Boston at ten o.
clock and reached Plymouth in about two
hours and half. They were cordially
received by the citizens of that hospitable
town and escorted to the Pilgljn HALL,
where collation. was in readiness. The
Hon. Nat. Morton Davis presided, and,
after the repast had been dispatched,
number of toasts were given, interspersed
with brief and appropriate addresses by
the President of the day, the Hon. John
Quinsey Adams, the Hon. Daniel Web
ster, and other guests. Every thing went
off well, and the party returned to Boston
in the evening, much gratifod with their
excursion.
Ii is about twelyemo 18th since the a
bove work was commenceI, and it has
been completed at cost less than the
capt. ! Of the company, which is a mil
lion of dollars. This constitutes the sew
enth of the main lines of railroad which
now radiate from the city Of Boston as
common centre, measuring in all, with
their branches, more than eight hundred
miles in extent, and some Of them des-
tined to be soon much further extended.
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From The Naichez Free Trader.
The Origin OF the Prairies.

In lately passing through the prairie
country we were at some pains in search
ing for geological facts by which to ac-
count for the formation of these vast level
plains and their destitution of timber
The result has satisfied us that they were
once covered with water, either as the
bottoms of lakes, running streams, or in
the same manner of the everglades of Flor
ida. The upper stratum is loose sand or
dark loan, such as forms the bottom of
lakes and rivers or contiguous marshes;
the next is sand, clay, and pebbles of
large size, bearing evidence of having
been rolled about by the action of the wa
ter, and deposited in their present posi-
ton by the same agency. Large num-
bers of fossil shells, of fresh water forma-
ton, are found in every direction and
stratum. Besides these, large erratic
blocks of granite; sometimes many feet
in circumference and many tons in weight
and other transported fragments, are to be
met with scattered over all the prairies;
and, on the southern shores, of the lakes,
wherever the superfic al sand and gravel
have been removed from the rocky strata
straight parallel furrows appear ploughed
Ill their smooth surface, running in
general southern direction, and always
preserving their parallelism.
The only rational mode of accounting
for the appearance of these transported
fragments, rs no formations of similar
nature exist south of the great lakes, ap-
pears TO us TO be through the agency of
water and ice. During the submergence
OF these vast fields, when the lakes must
have disembougued themselves through
the Gulf of Mexico, these huge boulders
were caught up by the ice, firmly imbed-
ed in it, and driven off by the northern
blasts or streams into more southern eli
mate, and when the ice melted Ill spring,
they weie deposited where they now are
found. This is TO us the only means of
accounting for their appearance, as well
as parallel furrows in the rocks on the
southern shores of the lakes. By what
agency this state of affairs was changed,
whether by the upheaviug of the praires
from the action of internal fires, or their
gradual filling up by the annual deposl-
ton of the loose detritus washed down
by the stream or deposited from the melt
ing ice, it is useless to speculate. But as
the whole of the alluvial lands of the val
ley of the Mississippi are Of comparative
ly recent formation, it is not improbable
that the waters Of the great lakes washed
the bases of the hills on both sides Of the
Mississippi, and that the whole intcrven-
ing space, now so fertile and fruitful, was
then dark rolling stream of liquifed
mud. To us it appears that the whole
west is the richest field for the geologist
in the world, and none more so than
those portions of the country lying be-
tween the lakes and the Ohio.
The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1845-12-02

Several thousand of the youth OF both
sexes were saved to be sold as slaves
/ The young men taken from the literary
seclusion and intellectual refinement of the
college of Scio, were sold to the degraded
servimde of hopeless bondage. The young
| ladies taken from the parlors of their opu-
lent parents, from tbs accomplishments of
| highly cultivated life, and who had visi-
ted in the refined circles of London and
Paris, who had been brought up as deli
cately, says an English writer, Gas luxuri-
ously and almost as intellectually as those
of the same classes among ourselves, be-
came the property of the most ferocious
and licentious outcasts of the human race"
1t is said that forty-one thousand we're
carried into slavery. For weeks and
months they were sold through all the
marts of the Ottoman empire, like slaves
i'll the South, or cattle in the shambles.
As the fleet returned to Constantinople
| from its murderous excursion, the whole
| city was on the alert to witness the trium-
phant entrance. AS the leading ship
rounded the point of land, which brought
it into view of the whole city, many cap
tured Greeks were seen standing on deck
with ropes around their necks, and sud-
denly they were strung up to the bow
spirit and every yard arm struggling in the
agonies of death. And thus, as ship af-
ter ship turned the point the struggling
forms of dying men swung in the breeze.
These were the horrid ornaments and tro-
phies of barbarian triumph. In view Of
them the very shores Of the Bosphorus
seemed to be shaken by the explosion of
artillery, and by the exulting shouts of
the millions Of inhabitants who thronged
the streets of Constantinople, Pera and
| Scutari.
These outrages however terminated the
sway of the Turk over the Greek; they
aroused through all Europe an universal
| Cru of horror os..l1la4o Tho Cx-r,,-
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New Series. J
u Dunnren larare Aao.

Where, where are all the birds that sang
A hundred years agol
The flowers that all in beauty sprang
A hundred years ago!
The lips that smiled,
The eyes that wild
I'm flashes shonc
Soft eyes upon
Where, oh where, are lips and eyes,
The maiden's smiles, the lovers sighs,
That lived so long agol
Who peoplcd all the city street,
A hundred years ago!
Who filed the church with faces meek,
A hundred years ago!
The sneering tale
OF sister frail,
The plot that work'd
A brothers. hurt,
Where, oh where; are plots and sneers,
The poor mans hope, the rich mans fears,
That lived SO long ago!
Where are the graves where dead men slept
A hundred years ago!
Who were they the living wept
A hundred years ago!
BY other men
That knew not them,
Their lands are TILED:
Their graves are filled:
Yet nature then was Just as gay;
And bright the sun shone as to-day,
hundred years ago!
The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1845-12-02

duce annually 10000 tons Of ore; Essex
county 1900 tons; Clinton 5000; Frank
lin 600; st. Lawrence 1000; amounting
in value to more than $50O,O0O. The
value of iron produced in the u. States
in 1885 was $5,00O,0O0, in 1887 ST.
100000. In Ohio 1900 square miles are
nuderlaid with Oh. A region explored
in 1888 would furnish iron, 81 miles
long, and 6 miles wide; square mile
would yield 100000 tons of pig iron,
so that this district would contain ,0S0,-
100000 tons. By taking from this re-
gion 10000 annually, "a larger quantity
than England produced previous to ls20)
it would last 300 years! as long dis
tance, certainly, as man looks ahead
The States of Kentucky, Tennessee, In
diana, Illinois, Maryland, and Virginia,
possess inexhaustible quantities of iron
ore. In Tennessee 100000 tons are an
nualIy manufactured. Notwithstanding
our great resources, more than one half Of
our cutlery, hardware, railroad iron, &C.,
is still imported from Great Britain. Ii
is supposed by Geologists that the weekly
supply of gold from our own mines will
be equal to the demand, and that our
mines will yet be more profitable than the
mines of Brazil or Columbia. The most
extensive lead mines in the world are in
Missouri, where the lead region is 20
miles long by so wide. These mines in
1926 produced 100000 tons, and the
whole. produce Of the United States was
1892, I05 tons. 1t has been estimated
that the quantity of iron required in Eng
land for railroads, &c., for the current
year, will be about 100000 tons, which
it is supposed will be equal to all that the
country will produce. The quantity of
lead manufactured in the United States in
1923 was 1921 ,73O lbs; in 1929, A.
54l $40; 1880, 1882, los, 1882, 4,2SI,-
$40. The copper trade, until within a
year or two, has not been of much impor-
tance-as thesgesult of the efforts made,
were not sucbas TO justify our great ope-
rations. Butnow it appears to be attrac-
ting a good deal of attention. Whether
the demand for copper stock is fair in
dex to the value of the copper regions re-
mains TO be seen.
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TIL II
Deetrltttlon anU @acktiIg
OF SCiO.

BY REV. J. c. 8. ABBOTT.

Scio was one Of the largest, richest and
most beautiful islands of the Grecian Ar
clIipelago. 1t contained, at the commence
ment of the Greek Revolution, 100000
inhabitants. Extensive commerce had
brought to the island the treasures of the
East and Wost, and her opulent families,
refined in manners by European travel,
and with minds highly cultivated, afforded
the most intelligent and fascinating society
of the East. Schools ilourished upon
the island, and richly endowed colleges
were crowded with Grecian youth. The
traveller, lured by the moonlight of that
gorgeous cline to an evening stroll through
the streets of Scio, heard from the dwell
lings of the wealthy Greeks the tone of
the piano and guitar, touched by fingers
skilled in the polite accomplishments
Many Of these families were living in the
enjoyment of highly cultivated minds
and polished manners, rendered doubly
attractive by all the establishments of
wealth.
The Grecian revolt extended TO this is
land, and Sultan Mahamoud resolved up
on signal vengeance. He proclaimed to
all the desperadoes of the Bosphorus that
the inhabitants of Scio, male and female,
with all their possessions, were to be en-
tirely surrendered to the adventurers, who
would embark in the expedition for It's
destruction. Every rufiian of CONSTANT
nople crowded to the Turkish fleet. The
ferocious and semi-savage boatmen of the
Bosphorus, the scowling, Christian-hating
wretches, who IN poverty and crime,
thronged the lanes and the alleys of the
Moslem city; rushed eagerly to the squad
ron. Every scoundrel and renegade up
on the frontiers of Europe and Asia, who
could come with knife or club, was recei-
we'd with welcome. In this way re-
enforcement of about ten thousand assas-
sins, the very refuse of creation, were
collected, and other thousands followed on
in schooners, aud sloops, and fishing
boats, swelling the number TO about fifteen
thousand men, to DIN in the sack and the
carnage. The fleet dropped down the
Bosphorus amid acclamations of Constan-
tinople, Pera, and Scutari, and the rever-
berations of the parting rolled along the
shores of Europe and of Asia.
II was lovely afternoon IN the month
of April, 1922, when this fleet was seen
on the bosom of the Hgean, approaching
Scio. 1t anchored in the bay, and imme-
diately vomited forth upon those ill-fated
shores the murderous hordes collected
for their destruction. Who can imagine
the horrors of the night which eusued p
This brutal mob, phrenzied with licen-
tiousness and rage, were let loose with
unrestrained liberty to glut their ven
geance. The city was fred in every di-
rection. lndiscriminate massacre ensued.
Men, women and children were shot
down without mercy. Every house was
entered; every apartment was ransacked.
The scymetar and pistol of the Turk
were every where busy. The frantic
cries Of the perishing rose above the roar
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AN
Wntasp 15re0tcanlent.

We were the witnesses of ludicrous
incident which occurred in this city few
days since, for relating which we crave
the indulgence of the gentleman directly
concerned-decming it too good joke 10
be lost.
While sitting at our desk and laboring
assiduously with pen, scissors and paste,
to make out readable paper for our pa
irons, we were suddenly frightened from
our propriety" by the hasty entrance Of
a gentleman, exclaiming-"For Gods
sake help me to see what's the matter!-
I've got some dreadful thing-scorpion or
tarantula- in the leg of my pantaloons!
Quick-quick-help me y
We instantly rose from our chair, half
frightened ourselves. Our friend had
broken in so suddenly and Unexpectedly
upon us, and was so wonderfully agitated,
that we knew not whether he was indeed
in his senses or not. We looked at him
with a sort of suspicion mixed with dread,
and hardly knew whether to speak with,
or seize and confine him for madman.
The latter we came near attempting
There he stood quivering and pale, with
one hand tightly grasped upon part of
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ACCIDENT ON THE WESTERN RAIL
RoAD.-The freight train of cars from
Springfield for Albany ran over an OK in
West Springfield on Friday morning,
which threw the engine and fourteen OF
the cars of the track, some of which
were badly broken.
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CLASSIFICATION OF MANKIND ACCORDING
TO THEIR RELIGIONS.
Total,

CLASSIFICATION OF MANKIND ACCORDING
TO THEIR LANGUAGES.
The researches made by Balbi for the
construction of his alias Ehnograph-
,quc, have led him to set down the num-
ber of known lsnguages as 1000 at least;
but the imperfect state of ethnography, nc
states, has allowed him to class only 500
languages, and about 5000 dialects; of
which number, l43 languages belong 10
Asia, 53 TO Europe, ll5 TO Africa, III to
Oceanica, and 422 to America.
VEGETABLE SPECIES.
According to Humboldt there are 3s,-
500 Vegetable Species, viz; $500 in A.
ria, 1000 in Europe, 5000 in Africa,
5000 in Oceanica, and $4,000 in Amer
lea.
POPULATION OF CITIES ACCORDING TO THE
LATEST RETURNS.
Alexandria, 100000 Amsterdam, ,207,-
900. Antwerp, $4,000. Athens, 26,-
237. Berlin, 290,7S7. Berne, 2O,5OO.
Bombay, 100000. Brussels, l07, 900.
Calcutta. 100000. Christiania, $4,000.
Constantinople, 100000. Copenhagen,
$4,000 Dublin, $4,000. Edin-
burgh, 100000. Florence, 99,40O.--
Genoe, ll5,5oO. Hamburgh, $4,000.
Jerusalem, 10000. London, l,97O,727.
Leipsic, Al 800. Lisbon, $4,000. Mad
rid, 100000. Morocco, $4,000 Mex
ico, l3S,OO0. Munich, lOs,537. Ma
pies, 100000. New York, 100000
New Orleans, 40,272. Paris, 9O9, ,I26.
Petersburg, 469,720, Pekin, 100000.
Pclermo, 100000. Rome, l4s,9O3..-
Stockholm. s3,ss3. Stuttgart, 3s,5O0O.
Turin, l04 1000. Vienna, 333 900,