New-York daily tribune., 1845-12-15
Things in LowcII-The Look for Free Trade.
Correspondence of The Tribune.

Correspondence of The Tribune
LOWELL, Mass Dec Q, l545.
Dear SIR. The Message Of Mr.. Polk and the Re-
port Of his Secretary have been received here, and
have not made 80 much impression as these Free
Trade nostrums might have led TO expect. The
truth is the people Of Lowell and Of NcwEnglaad are
well that they stand Free Trade as long as
any other part Of the country can They say Let fhe
present Congress carry out Mr. Pok's recommends
tions and we will sweep the country in AZ as we did IN
40. We bide time"
FLETCHER WEBSTER Esq. gave us one Of his lectures
on China last night. The hall filled with our most
jntelRen, people The Lecture gave very general sat
isfaction. He gives the second on Friday night.
female named Belinda Scott committed suicide in
this city on Sunday by taking opium. She had only
been here two days, and was in search of work. She
appeared respectable No is assigned for the decd
Our sleehing continues good and is being improved
by men and boys The weather to-day is cool and frosty
MIR Cluer. the English Chartist has been up TO Man
chester speaking on the Factory system, and made
gross attack upon Varand of the American, one OF the
best fellows in the world. Cluer has a foul mouth.
OLD VINE DIsINrERREp-A colored laborer
engaged In making excavation for ciscrn in the
yard OF the dwelling house No Is Marketst Gate iona
Kecnes) found IL half gallon TASKS OF wine, well secur
ed by stonc about eight feet below the surface When
or by whom it buried is unknown. The " ne has
It's flavor but not its strength its effects upon the
discoverer amply proved. From the dccayed condition
Of the corks evident that IT must have been buried
long time ago. Newark Adv.
~ THE BAROMETER struggled for many years
with prejudice and ignorance bur there is be-
lieve few American ship masters who do not consult 1t
faithfully and conide in It implicitly And the lew who
from caelcssness ,cmerty, dsobey its warnings pay
the penalty In rycn and lost spars and top
mass. Some ambitious Captains are unwilling to lose
time by shortening sail while all is fair but those who
obey their Barometer gain more by making sa when the
mercury begins rise though the gale has not yet
abaed than they lose by getting things snug IN acticpa
ton of 1t. Alb. Eve. Jour
~ application will be made 10 the Legislature
the sitting for II renewal of THE Orange and
HnHoper RdKrodd' charier--also for an alteration in
their route either to extend il TO Paterson or to pass
through Caldwell Bloomfield and 10 Newark orto inter
the Morris and Essex Railroad any point between
Newark and Madison. Also, with the privilege ofeXtend
ing II from Rockaway 10 Dover or iackettsown through
Stanhopc. public meeting on the subject is TO bched,
at lifts Hotel in ParsipPnny a, o'clock on Friday ai
ternoon the 10Th inst. Newark ADV.
LEARNED DoG.--Thc London papers announce
the arrival in that city from Paris, of remarkably
trained dog who is perfect master ol pantomimc
action. aud who, though he cannot speak, can read
and write and lay out table better than any waiter
This wonderful dog performed so nights success
sivey nj the Olympic Circus in Paris in lie Chen
deS PyreRSeS." He is shepherds dog trained by
a Mr.. Wallcns who has long been celebrated in
Europe IA the most accomplished instructor OF the
canine race. AS an actor, a late London journa!
says that he knows his part perfectly, and he thor
oughly enters into the spirit Of it, He has studied
it-he has reasoned on it-hc shows his thoughts
and his actions, and the expressions of his features
he is perfect master of pantomime. He does all
but speak, has more than once saved human life,
and, in 1885, the Belgian government rewarded
with a medal of honor his instructor, Mr. Wallens,
for having, by the aid of Emile he dog saved the
life Of person who had fallen into the river Escaut,
ut Ghent. Like alluue geniuses, Emile is the most
modest and kind hearted OF mortals--to the learn
ing Of the sage, he adds the simplicity and playful
ness of the infant The peted of society he is not
it's spoiled child for whatever may have been the
case in by gone years Emile has not now the re-
motest approach TO puppyism about him. He is,
indeed L. Rni 1es (hIlnS >,