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Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-25
Theirs. in his History Of The French Revo.

Theirs. in his History Of The French Revo-
luton, holds the following language:
Clouds had arisen between France and
America. Old Washington had suffered him
self to be- drawn into the party of John Adams
and the English, which was DESTROYS O fbring.
ing America back to the aristocratical ana
monarchical state. The injuries suffered from
certain prlvatecrs, and the conduct of the
agents of the committee of public welfare.
served them Tor a ptetext, a pretext very ill
founded. for the wrongs done by the English
tothe American Navy were of u far more Sc
rlous nlturc; and the colluct of our agent,
was ensured at the time, and ought TO BE- cx-
cused.'
There are some precious hum5ugs directing
the public mind in Europe, aud not a few of
them are in France, where the facts of his
tory are made 10 bend ,opersonal feelings, and
parties are sustained by the Justification of
facts. Perhaps it has always been so: we all
most suspect it has been. We detect the i'm
position, when the facts and the historians are
of our own times.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-25

All accidental sorrows may be dwelt upop
with calmness, or recollected with gratitude
TO hlm who sent them; the sorrows which
spring rom ourselves preserve their unmiti.
gated bitterness.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-25

We shall attend to various matter of inter
est tomorrow that we have been prevented
from doing to-day for want Of time and room.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-25


The New York Courier appears to be scep-
teal, notwithstanding the publications which
have been made in the Washington Union
respecting Mr.. McLANE and The Oregon ques-
tion-and winds up AN editorial by addressing
the following queries TO the official journal:
Did not Mr.. Polk write to Nj. McJane
or cause HIM To be written to, Offering him
the mission TO England, and did not Mr.. Nc
Ldnc decline it!
Did not MIR. Polk thercupon invite Mr..
NlcLane 10 visit him at the Presidential man.
sion, and did not Mr.. McLane in compliance
with such request, make the visit?
Was IT not then and there agreed. that Mr.
McLANE should take the mission to EnolanI
with permission To return next sImme and
was not Nh. McLANE induced TO take il. sole
Iy and entirely, because Mr.. Polk desired him
to opena preparatory negotiation i'm London ON
The Oregon question, ont OF which instructions
might emanate 10 the British Minister here
winch would result IN the peaccablc termina-
ton Of this question:
Did not the President, JAS. X. Polk. in
that interview promise to give Mr.. McLAyr
such specific powers and instructions as indu-
ced Mr.. McLane to believe there would h, mn
dlnlculty III settling the question, and did mo
not therefore agree TO accept the mission and
obtain a simple icGUG Of absence from the III
rectOrs OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company to attend TO this important nation
al affair?
Lastly, Is it not a fact that since then tho
President has been induced Ia change his hon.
est and PdeVc intentions in relation to ORE.
gO"i; anu IN consequence, has he not pjolutd
lils lnltl to Mr.. McLANE, and left him nm to
tlsr tiInc OF The sailing of the Great Western
1ithoHt the promised iHstJHciions?!
We pause Tor a reply.
OaThe following is . description If 8
pigeon rOost, given by an Iowa paper. II !.
highly illustrative Of the "womdcr, of thc
west
There is AL immense pigeon roost in tho
forks oi the Maquoketa, in Jackson county
SUCH az has never been seen in This count,.
before, Ii IS three miles long ond a half mill,
IN width. There can b. 40 estimate mad. q,
their numbers Their r%oOstihg place, arc a.
bout d mile distant from uieirn Sis AMI feed.
ing places. being three in number. and each
one covering q section Oiltnd. aud. in PASSING
to aud fro. they durkcn the air with tie 4
numbers. break down young trees with their
weight aud hundreds are killed by getting ON
tangled IN the falling limbs and brduch6s
Ihr people Kill them with clubs. and thci,
noise y 80 loud when nyiug that the rerort of
a gun fired among them cannot b, heard 5nJ
a Prtooh cdn s'andin one place and shoot all
day, tn, birds returning as soon as Won can
load. Thcyare building their nests. and tbc
P"oplc arc alarmed lest they may Il, stroy ihcir
crops
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-25
TUESDAY NOVEMBER "a. is.o

The following are the commuters appoint
Ell at tho. Memphis Convention, held ON the
18th inst.
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-25
rANDlNG COMMITTEES
sources ofthc South.

APPOINTING BY Tns CONVENTION.
COmmitice on fts Miiitryy art Napal re
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-25

"Said whatY'
"Why he said II he catchcd me thar again,
he'd cowhide me till | hadn't am inch of riue
left on my back, dam his old pictur'
Clarendon EGgls.
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-04-09
YPsILANTI (MICH) WEDNESDAY APRIL g. 1915

reply of his antagonist, who already seemed
lapsed into insensibility.
ANSWER, Mat Dolanll. he cried, impressseiy.
'for the love of heaven. answer me-was it a true
fight"
The voice appeared TO rouse the fainiing man.
He raised himself in the doorway, and stretched
his right hand towards Evans. excalming-
True as the cross, by the blessed Virgiu!" and
as ne spoke, fell back into the arms OF his friends.
Evans was now safe. Half dozen OF the So
beres of the ps-,y escorted him down to the police
station. where they knew he would be secure; and
Dolans friends, bearing him with them OIL a car.
departed, without an attempt at riot or retaliation
This chance took place sixteen years ago. but
since that day there never was a fair at DunlaVIn
tina, the oraugemdn Evans was not the guest OF
Dolan; nor is there fair night at Donard that
Mat Dolan does not pass under the humble roof oi
Johnny Evans. give the tale as il occurred, ha-
wing always looked upon il as an event credliabe
10 The parties, both of whom are alive and well or
were year ago; for it is little more since Evans,
now nigh sixty years old. walked me off my legs
on days grousiag over Church mountain, and
through Grams hole, carrying my kit into the
bargain. Adiue. 1t will be long day ere for
get The pool of'He-kette," or the angel ia whose
company first stood by IFS buhbling brim.
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-04-09

war, the most valuable in peace, that eyer gave
safely and strength to a free people" Tbs
scheme If carried into execution, would al once
give us access to The resources of the Great MIS-
sssippi vaIiey--open communication with the
Ocean. entirely in our own keeping. aud enable
us, in the event of war with England, to antci-
pate the aggressIons of tina, country by assuming
the mastery Of the Lakes.
= have been induced TO make these remarks.Mr
Editor, in the hope of calling the attention of aher
pens than my own TO this subject for da think
1t high time that a mattar Of sach vital importance
as the defence Of The Lakes, was urged upon tina
immediate consideration of the Federal Govern
ment. Happily for the nation We are COW eiIJoy.
ing the blessings ofpeace. and may add that the
spirit of The age seems to Indicate long period
Of International tranquility but we should not tor
get Oh how siightla circumstance may hinge the
action of mighty powers. aud that only frw
years since the question Of war OF peace between
this country and Great Britain, appeared 10 hang
on the conviction acquttal of nameIess vaga-
bond. Above all we should bear in mind the wise
advice of the Father of his country-He admon:
shee u.s. sin time of peace prepare for war; soc
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-04-09
POET 10 ".
Ills not always May.

H is not always May.
All things are new-the buds the leaves,
That guild the elm-tree's nodding crest,
And zen the nest beneath the caves
There are no bires in last years nest
All things rejoice in youth and love-
The fnlness of their first delights
And learn from the soft heavens above
The melling tendernens osnight,
Maiden! that read'st this simple rhyme,
Enjoy thy youth: will not stay
Enjoy the fragrance of thy PRIME
For, oh it is not always May.
Enjoy the Spring of Love and Youth,
To some kind algel leave tho resi-
For time will leach thee sooh the ruth
There Are no birds in last years nest.
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-04-09

Pale in the Face "A jockey was bargaining
with counryman. fur Nurse that happened 10
have a bald face. and observed To the Iaitsr he
looked pale faced. Yes, sir said,he countryman
land by The time you have looked ihro' halter Bs
long as he has. you will be pale in The face foo.
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-04-09

BUSINESS Ut uSefulueSS-dl tneSe cOnsptteu W Iett-
der his life happy and its continuance desirable.
Nor was it that he looked with Indifference on
death; for who has such icy slocism. or rather
who has such blunted sensibes. such supiiea
mind, as to contemplate with indifference change
of fleeing aud charge of worlds? Blu, he regard
ed death, with all its terrors only as passage to
another state of existence, state IN which this
corruptibe shall put on interruption, and this
mortal shall put on immortality.
sTruetis an awful thing to die;
Twas even in him; but the dark vale once trod,
Heaven lifts its everlasting portals high,
And bids the pure in heart behold their God"
Mr.. President, when one of Us rises here 10 an.
nouuce the death of "a colleague, he cannot but re-
feet that, if he stay here, the time must come
and he knows no; how soon when another col
league shall perform that sad Office toward him.
self. We all know that we must follow our de-
parted associate. and no one OF US can tell how
few steps he may even now be behind him.
hope this reflection may chasiIse us in our
too heated pursuit of worldly objects: may teach
us to hold the world but The world: may inspire
US with kindness, forbearance, and mutual good
will. and lead us, while we serve with all our pow
ers the Country which honors US. to reccollect
still that we are not here always, and that
not yet behed nor comprehend, nor capable Of be-
ing fully conceived, are before us all. sn13
During the delivery of these remarks Mr.. Web
sler was himself much affected and seemed 10 feel
era of the Senators wept while he spoke, and the
audience in The Galleries joined in tins touching
tl,bute to tine power of the speaker aud the char
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-09-18
ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA.

The steamship Caledonia arrived at Bos-
ton on the 3rd inst, bringing advices TO the
10Th ult.
The cotton market is steady, and the mar
ket for American provisions was active.
American securities had again revived, in
consequence of the reception Of the news
that the Pennsylvania interest had been &C.
tually paid and transmitted.
The prospects of a good harvest in Eng
land were more favorable than at last ac-
counts.
The amount Of specie in the Bank of Eng
land is no less than fI6,O00.000, an uhu-
sualIy large quantity. On this account the
Bank refuses TO purchase the Chinese in.
stalment of 100000 in silver, and it will
be publicly sold.
The Hon. Louis McLane was presented
TO the Queen on the Slh ult., and was most
graciously received. Mr.. Everett presented
his letters of recall. 1t is difficult TO say
which of the two ministers is regarded with
the most favorable consideration. Mr.. Ev.
erett is an universal f%avorite, and Mr.. Nc.
Lane, it is evident, enjoys also these good
feelings, for the papers speak very warmly
in his pr aise.
THE QUEENS VISIT TO GERMANY
Her majesty has at length set out upor
her long projected visit 10 the continent, az
Ter having dismissed the peers and The rep
resentatiyes of the people from their arduous
labors during a protracted session, to the en-.
loyment of u welcome recess.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-09-18
The iocnfnco naners

INDIANA MoNEY.-The locofoco papers
in Ohio and Illinois, are very busily engaged
~cautioning the public against receiving In
diana money, and denouncing it as worth
less? We hope hereafter no locofoco will
be caught with a dollar of it in his posses
sion. Send it home, gents, we can find use
for it here. The following, copied from a
l%ocofoco paper printed in Sparta, Illinois,
is rich item, considering IFS source, and
will be news 10 all our readers:
"Since the failure of the Indiana Bank,
great excitement prevails throughout he
country. Our farmers, during the week,
might be seen going to and fro in our town.
with immense rolls of paper on the Indiana
bank. Their great object seemed TO be to
get rid of it before it goes entirely down.
But it was no go-tLey could moi get two
bits on the dollar. This will make our peo-
pie more cautious hereafter. We have al
ways cautioned them against the worthless
issues of banks, and they will see o who
is right"
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-09-18
RAILROAD TO OREGON.

The Philadelphia Ledger has taken ground
in favor of Mr.. Whiiney's project of a rail-
road from Lake Michigan to the Columbia
river. We have noticed from time to:time,
that others of our exchanges regarded the
the measure, as not altogether visionary.
Mr.. Whitney intends TO bring the subject
again before Congress at its next session
He asks from that body a strip of land, of a
certain width, extending from one terminus
of the proposed road to the other. If Con-
gress grant him this land, and appoint
commissioners TO take charge oft for his use,
be pledges himself to construct the road.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-09-18
grace as was felt under the illstarred infuen

grace as was felt under the illstarred infuen
ces OF the last Locofoco incumbent.
If public virtue is necessary TO the per-
manency of republican institutions, as all the
philosophical writer's On government contend.
il follows thai the course pursued by Jack
son and Van Buren, was e%minently hostile 10
our form of Government. Prescription nee
~essarily brings about corruption, as The sPoils
system does robbery, and, under their united
influences, public virtue, the main support oil
repubIicanism, is weakened. Such was The
view which the illusirious Henry entertained
Of the nature of this Government and whal
would be fatal 10 IFS permanency. He fore
saw the abuse of the Executive power and
patronage introduced by Jackson, and pre-
dicied that it might be destructive, at some
day, 10 the existence of our free institutions
What we have already seen of IFS disastrous
results assures as that it may, if not checked
by the might of the people, undermine the
structure ofour Government.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-09-18

We learn from the Lexington (Ky.) Re-
porter, that a complete and very extensive
counterfeiting establishment, which has for a
long time been in operation in Lincoln coun-
ty' within forty miles of Lexington, has been
discovered and broken up. About two months
ago, a man named G. w. Robson, Familiarity
known as "Wash. Robson" a gambler, pas
sed upon a broker of Columbus, (Ga.) in ex-
change for gold, $50 in notes of various de-
nominations, from 500 to S., ~purporting to
be issued by the Bank of Charleston, and
the South Wesrern Railroad Bank, So skill
fully executed were they, that many business
men protested they were genuine, even af
ter evidence had been adduced to prove them
counterfeit. Robson was arrested, and
while lying in prison, was taken so danger
ously sick. that he believed he would die, and
under the influences of his feelings, made a
confession, disclosing the place where the
money was manufactured, and by whom. In
consequence of this information, the Sheriff
of Lincoln county, aided by a number oil
citizens, made a decent upon the farm of John
and William Banton, whom they arrested, and
then proceeded to search the house they liv-
ed in. There they found a complete assert
ment %ofapparatus for the manufacture ofspu-
rious bank bills and coin, comprising presses
fargo and small, stamps, dies, crucibles, met
ais, and every thing necessary for the perfecl
execution ofwork, all of which were, ofcourse
taken possession of.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-09-18

A BOLD FIGURE OF SpEEcH.-Atthe great
council of the Seneca Nation, held about two
weeks since, near Buffalo, the subject of re-
moving these Indians across the Mississippi
being under discussion, one Indian speaker
laid he had no confidence in his white faith
ers; why should we have? HIS white fath-
ers had murdered their Saviour, and phat
Kind Of Treatment could a poor Indian expect
from mel who had killed the Son ofGod.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-09-18

SMALL BILLs.-The Indianapolis Journal
says that several of the lo~cofoco papers in
this State declare the mex Legislature, hav-
ing power TO do so, will refuse TO extend the
privilege TO the State Bank of issuing bills
of a less denomination than FIVE dollars
These wise statesmen are again about to tink-
er with the currency. Do away with Indi-
ana small bills, and the whole country will
be flooded with shin plasters from the neigh
boring States, which in the end will prove
not worth so much blank paper. viii the
people submit 10 be again fleesed merely to
crafty the peculiar notions of a few design
ing demagogues?
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-09-18

There is an article in the Siglo Diez q
Nuece OF the 18th ult., which bares heavily
on the difficulties to be undergone by the
Mexicans ina campaign against Texas. II
asserts that during the eight years they have
been making war against Texas, they have
ncuer made a single step which could enable
them to conquer that territory, and not even
to prevent its extending its increase and
power. The previous funds intended for the
campaign, which would have been sufficient
&c have carried it on, were wasted in another
way, so that the troops of Matamoros have
been obliged to become mechanics in order
&c gain a livelihood.-There was no money
30 pay The army. The imposition ofany new
contribution will meet with powerful resis-
lance. The Mexicans have acted like a
prodigal and iI-advised heir: they have lost
their credit, and wasted their wealth, and they
have consequently arrived at that state of
poverty which is almost incurabie. The ar
ticie ia question states that il will be difficult
20 carry on a war with Texas; that the insub-
ordination movement in San Luis Potosi,
shows the disorganized state OF the country,
and that the United States will laugh and
gain confidence from the fact that Mexico is
in a disturbed state. From the general lone
of the Mexican papers, and from the almost
utter impossibiliiy for Mexico to organize an
army, we are under the impression that there
i little or nc probability of any hostile pro-
eesd;ngs on tbs par, Of that power.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-09-18

"BLAcK-EYED TExAs."-Senator Dickeu-
son, it will be rendered, called Texas
.black-eyed." A contemporary thinks that
if she has got a black eye, the color must
have been acquired in some drunken frolic,
as the following description of her in the
Picayune would almost justify such a suppo-
sition.
sin some parts of Texas the absolute ne
cessaries of life are whiskey and tobacco
bread and meat are mere secon airy consider
ations."-N. Y. Ere. Mirror.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-09-18
VALUABLE DIsCovERY.-A

A VALUABLE DIsCovERY.-A New York
paper notices the discovery in that city, by
an individual, of the art of preparing a fluid
composition or wash, upon we'll established
chemical principles, which will efectually
protect all wood substances against taking
fre-so that such substance, if coated with
this wash, although surrounded by flames,
would not incur the least danger from igni.-
ing by contact. To owners ofshingled hous-
es, and other similar buildings in large cit
les, where fires are frequent, this discovery
offers a sure protection. This wash may al.
so be used for coating the scenery of thea
tres, and as it can be made of any color, and
in no instance requires TO be used oftener than
once a year, it may be considered a desider.
alum long wanted.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-09-18
A D BEWITCHED.

Lieut., Wilkes describes an amusing scene
which he witnessed at Astoria, Oregon,
where, among a crowd of Indians, were sew.
eraI squaws, all dressed in their best ATTIRE
The principal among them, was a widow,
whose time of mourning for the death of her
husband, had just expired. Her object was,
according to the custom of the Chinooks, 10
notify her friends that she was ready to re.
ceive the addresses of any one who was in
want of wife.
The widow was of masculine make, and
what we would call a buxom dame. She
was attended by seven others, of small stat
ure in comparison, who were her maids, and
all evidently accompanied her to do honor TO
the OCCASION. Every half hour they would
arrange themselves in a row, and the window
at their head, affecting a modest downcast
look would commende a .chaunt, informing
the bysianders that her period of mourning
was out, that she had forgotten her deceased
husband giving her giiet TO the winds and
was now ready TO espouse another. This
chaunt was accompanied by a small move =.
nent of the feet and body, which, with the
cultural song and consequent excitement,
of such an exhibition, caused the fair ones TO
wax so warm that the perspiration rolled down
their painted cheeks; this, with the crimson
flush, all tended to add brilliancy to their
dark, eyes, as they were now and then cast
around upon the multitude of Indians, who
seemed all admiration.