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The Panola lynx. (Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1845-1846, 1846-01-17

PowERs' BUsT. OF WEBSTER. The
eminent American sculptor. m sthe
course of has photographed CONVEX
f.saliohs with Mr.. Lesier. recently pub
tshed. relueslhe. hisforyof his hpst Of;
Mr.. Websier-mhoinvited Mr. Powers
To his farm ar MarshfeId; and Of his
/ visit there, Mr. P. SAYS.
81 visited him at bis country scat,
and number the faw days Is..spent'
there among The happiest ofsiny life.
I~have never heen in the presence of
a man " be left upon my mind an i'm
pression ofsspch@infellectial. power No
familiarity with him ever abated #his
feeling. He always made me think Of
MHcheal Angeles gigin1ic statue; ma
1.tnral. bur one Of natbre's exaggeraiions;
out Of her cotnnionswap Of working. put
l::stil hersouns week s Heesatfor me Of
ten, until 'Ifell i had done all desired
10 doswilif. his head. All ariisls t~who
! had copied nj. w ebster's features. have
comp hiIed of him as sitter andI
| found him at times a little INPATIENT
!. althopgh~he was always kindly. Bat.
| he would get almost asleep, Gorsit WAS
7 roo tfutt-u fsyrsruc>S
sit-stl teand~do nothing. He often he
came gdrewsv, and at snch tunes his
ffeatures lostsmuch ofttheir expression.
| especially his mouth. which became en-
iirefy cf,aaged.. - \
Is..taehedsil q efeat adv an'age. as well as
| a great pleasure, 1o. bssthIs.admittedl
thess9eietv of stieh.asrnan. and 4efthim.
notsonfy With a feeling OF gratitude and
admiration but with even a more: lofty
conception of his. genius and goodness
Than before.
I Mr., Powers soon after wehtfo Earepe.,
and received "a visit from .Thofwald-
sen, the gfeaiest living SCULPTOR, whose
fatiention on -easting .his-eye around the
studio. was arrested. by sfhe bust of
Webste says Mr.. Powers:
ale examined i with greataffeption.
This mus. said he, .'be the hrs, ofsNr
Webster. no ssnoderH resemb!ss him. fnI
Echaracter.ss I never SAN sapvihipg that
APPROACHED The snblilnry.I see here.
except few antique heads Bot. the
expression surpasses every bust ever 1
saw. Greek or Reman.. doth; if ha
ever bad an eqnaa. aelPf-a long and
careful exanina'ioR Qf .iF.ehsfer's head.
he Stood back a Eesasz IS rom il. and
again taking off .hiS. ia. he declared
viii surprised newell, saw SO grand
head before.'''.
STRENGTH OF FHE HUMAN FRzmE
One Of the moss Remarkable and inex-
pIieable experiments. relating 10 the
strength Of the human frame IS, that ia
which.a heavy ana may be raised with.
the greatest facility when he is lifted
up the Instant that hissown, lungs and
those Of the persons who raise him are
inflated with alr. The beaviest person
in the party lies down upon Two chairs.
his. legs beng Supported by.the one and
his back blythe ether. Four persons.
one at each leg. and one at each shoal.
der, Then try 10 raise him. and find his
dead weight TO be, great. from the. diff
cphy they expe tiehce disappearing him. !
-When replaced in the chair. each Of
The npr persons iakes. lloldsofs his body.
as before, and sfhe person sle hes-liftAd
gives two signais by ciapping hisshands.
AT The fifst,sigHaI, he himself and his
The Panola lynx. (Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1845-1846, 1846-01-17
Yours truly, in haste, -.
JAMES GUTHRIE.

wife OF Shadrick Nichols and her two
children, has been discovered and hung !!
Suspicion fell upon Nelson, a. yellow
boy, belonging to~Mf.. Bowm who is
a near neighbor to. Mr.. Nichols. The
boy was brought TO town and lodged IN
jail, where he confessed his5guilt. He
stated that he first went 10 the house
.ofMr Nichol'sa week aga-tast Monday,
looked througlfa4the window and saw
that. s. Nicholas bad not retired bnu
was sitting up, engaged in sewing. He
then returned home, and after waiting
some lime so.lhat she-couldzbe asleep,
he again went, and murdefed sher;
breaking her skull With. a board, and
then KILLED the two children because
they awoke! There were #siiif two
children IN the. house one about g. Years
old, a daoehler Of j. Sebastian Esq.
and AGES 70 ~ lady murdere}! and
lhe&sfher ai3stle soa Of Mr.. e&lcho! S..
gIshefis1d tAen PASSED bis sirlrld over
tie faces. ofsthcse two. To- see IL they
were Jaw saSes, Fhe bay was still. asleep
send lifssoFposed lile li,jie gitE,was. al
re .saa:she moved aot tlft inse fqfisykhe
Ssas fhJsfaBea as the bitle -emid had
The s;eur aee and zpf esenee of mind en-
Euugh To-Day perfectly. sill, watch her
Opportunity, and slip from The. bed. and
escped to her iuthef's house, which was
not very far ,saRd give the alarm. Be-
fore any ono reached The houses. how
ever. tire asseesmnltrs ] 9
But the most he'llsh part remains
yefioy be told This incaraates hell
s.heapd ravishedsthe lady after s5realsing
her SIX u4l - Hard as this is TO sbeieve.
1t IS no fiction no fnere. phaf1f5m of the
ltnag lhati or would 70 God Il was! The
siead body was exaf mined BY ladies and
the aboveTis the gar,iiet rendered 10 rhe'
acoroncr.-eHe7ssta { llfhs journal.
We have n3t.space for fuflhef de-
taAs 1t APPEARS the .neis,hbors ols ahes
.fnilrrtef d-4sti became furious; went.
80. lhas --s4srpke il open--took out the.
.fiendish cdfprif, and conveyed. him to
The scene of'hs brutal. atrocities with
thesiniention of burning him which re-
Solutions Grey changed. aud hung him,
sfhe himself sspefiioned for The latte
punlshment) To- d gate post onlhe prem.
ises. Hesimplieaiedstwo while men ia,
his crime-one of.whom- has s;aee been
compelled 10 leave the coun,ry-bat
great caution should be. exercised in
receiving the statement Of such a i'end.
--ARpeqk.s ~.
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EIGHT DAYS LATER FROM ENGI. AND
BY THE STEAMSHIP CAMBRIA.

Total Loss Of the Cambria on Cape Cod
CretO and Passengers Saued-- Great Encits
nlent IN England on the Irish Coercion Bill
and Corn La,cs-Erobable Retirement of Sir
Robert Peet-4dvance of Cotton-.aHeppt
TO sdssa''inatc Louis Phillippe-FYight of
JNarodez from Spain, &c. &c.
The steamship Cambria, on coming into Boston
on Saturday night last, went ashore on Cape Cod
The passengers Zone hundred in number) and
mails were saved but the vessel, it is red. will
be a total loss. She went ashore in fop.
The news brought by her is down 10 the 10Th
ult., and is of pacific character. The advices
that went out from this country by the Hbernia
were considered in England as tending to pre-
serve peace between the two countries.
The English people are engrossed by their own
public affairs, and the excitement upon the Corn
Laws and the Irish Coercion Bill had reached
such pitch that il was expected Sir Robert Peel
would have to retire from his position at the head
Of affairs.
The opposition to his measures was expected to
be led by Lord Stanley
The Cotton market had advanced one eighth of
penny, the Hiberoia having carried out CON
hrmation of a short crop.
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DROWNED.

The body of a white man was found yessrsdsy
morning at Tunis' wharf. An inquest was con-
vensd, and the verdict rendered was, nse TO
his death from causes unknowu. bat supposed to
have been drowned From the appearance Of the
body, we should infer that it had been in tho
water for considerable period of time, and fsern
the dress (blue roundabout and trowsers) weala
suppose him to be sailor, and if SO, possibly the
cook and steward of the Br Brig Minerva, Capt.
Hammond, hence, for ST. Kits, whose Sudden
disappearance just before the sailing of the brig,
was the subject of many painful surmises to abe
captain.-Beacon.
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DEMOCRATIC TRIUMPH.

Quite contest took place in the 4th Ward,
New Orleans, for Aldermen, on the 25th ul,.,
between Allen, Scotchman and wing, bu.
whose friends tried to run him uader democratic
colors, and drummed up to his support the :" Ma
tive American vote )" and Davern, the regular
Democratic candidate. The result was, for Dav-
ern, 270-for Allen, 2i0-democratic mai. 60!
The election was considered important. because
it decides the political complexion of the Conn
ellis of the Second Municipality. Not less than
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, it is estimated, were
expended by the wing party to prevent DaveyD's
election.
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CONGRESSIONAL.

TUESDAY, May S.
The Senate to-day was occupied in the consid-
GRAFTON Of the bill providing for the adjustment Of
suspended -smption claims An animated and
interesting discussion took place. We report it
az fully as our time and space allow, regret
ting the necessity Of condensing considerably sew
erd able speeches. The bill, after having been
reported from the committee of the whole, with
several amendments, was recommitted
The House took final action on the bill To SUD.
ply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the
current fiscal year, which has for a long time
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THE NAVY

We publish to-day the able and luminous re-
port OF the Secretary of the Navy made to Con-
gtess In response to call from that body, and in
d'casing the views of the secretary as to the re-
forms which are demanded in our naval service.
weshail, as soon as possible, give our views some
what at length ofths remarkable document. We
call attention to tnow, showing the earnes,ness
and energy with which the present cabine, are Ia,
boring to carry out those measures of admiuis,r.-
tive reform which the interests and The people az
the country require. AS model of clear and
conclusive logical statement, this report is every
way worthy of its authors reputation .-Unisn
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WHOLESALE INCENDTARIsM.

On Saturday night, systematic and da,Fag
attempt was made to burn, it would appear, the
whole city of New York, thirteen houses having
been set on fire in the short space of eight bOsss
The fires were kindled in different parts of the
city, ranging from the neighborhood of the Park
to Twentieth street, and from Ninth Avenue TO-
the Dry Dock, The True Sun enumerates the
fires, by which it appears that the Williams sus-
oeeded in destroying large amount of property
their own office was fired among the number
To the extraordinary exertions of the firemen. The
city is indebted for its safety.
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been pending between tho two Houses. Ii must
yet again BE- submitted to the action of tho Senate.
The House then took up in committee the bill
making appropriation. for the Pos, Office Depart
ment. The committee adopted the amendment
OF MIR. Mckay, aPpropra,ing s25, 900 for the
line OF mail steamers from New York to Bremen
thus confirming, to this extent, the Post Office
contract. The bill is still in committee.
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sB|Th advertisement of our friend Chic on
another page, we hope will not be overl ooked or
forgotten by our readers. The delightful walk,
enchanting grounds, abundance Of beautiful flow
ers, and delicious refreshments all combin ed. offer
attractions not to be neglected. The beaur will
not require to be reminded that this presents the
most pleasant promenade with which the lovely
bellies can be favored.
What ca" be the effect Of so lovely combina-
tion but to unite the love Of the luzuries offered,
and also the luxury Of louings Try it, you
can't be disappointed
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From the Boston Post.
CORRESPONDENCE.
WEST RoxBURY, April 81, 1876

WEST RoxBURY, April 81, 1916.
Chas. O.. Greene, Esq,
Editor of the Boston Post:
DEAR STR !: have no desire to pIooDg dis
cussion of which, probably, your numerous read
ers have already had enough; but having receiv-
ed this morning a letter from VIM. Brown, Esq,
Of Liverpool, whom Mr.. Lawrence, in bis second
communication to Mr.. Rves, has 80 justly char
acterzed as one of the most eminent mercha nts =,
well as one of the best and most honorable
men in England" deem it only justice to give
the letter of my esteemed friend the largest
circulation in my power My duty in tho present
case appears the more obvious as, by publishing
the letters of Mr.. Lawrence with my own, may
perhaps be considered as having aided in giving
currency to what Mr.. Brown informs me he con-
sdsrs T" an unfair use " of his argument.
therefore send you the communication, and hope
you may be able and willing to give it an early
insertion in the Boston Bost.
| remain, very truly,
Your friend and obedeni servant,
s. d. BRADFORD.
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RICHMOND Hit
Liverpool, March 20, 1916. {

bIVeTp0OI, WHICH ~, 1916
DEAR Sir : Some friend has favored the with
your letters of the 9th, 7th, and 10Th ult, to Mr.
A. Lawrence. You show very clearly the Galls
cy of his reasoning. He makes mos, unfair
use Of letter Of mine, by quoting from ii a gar
bled extract without taking the context. He Ia
too shrewd and intelligent not be aware tb,,
wheat, Indian corn. &c., are as much yony na,n-
raj manufactures (the surpus) for export, as lone
as you can produce them cheaper than other
countries, as dry goods and hardware are ours and
when you can tTansmuse the products of your soil
into cotton fabrics. &C., and sell lhsm in foreign
markets to advantage without forcing them into
existence by unnatural means, it 10 your in,srsst
to do so. Products that spring up from the adj
vantages Of climate, circumstances OF situation.
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THE ELECTIONS.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

Pendteton-Newham, dem, elected without
opposition. Very thin turn out of the people.
Logan-A Democrat elected.
Fayette and ,Nicholas--A Democrat eleeted
Lee-Richmond, dem. 400; Fulkerson. wbip.
254. Democratic maj 2l5.
Hampshire-Daniel Thomson and Asa Hiett,
democrats re elected.
Prince EdUdrd-Samuel C.. Anderson, DEM,
elected
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THE ELECTIONS IN NEW YORK

The Democrats have decided majority of the
Delegates elected to the State Convention The
result, subject to some few but not material va
ristions, is as follows democratic delegates,
76; Wing delegates, As; Anti Rent delegates, T.
Total 1873
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without being prosecssa are vuons.,;,,.,,- :,
legitimate manufactures of the eoun,.- mo
wheat or anything else, and they do No, sors'
capital and labor into less profitable ehann.h
| consider it suicidal pursuing any eour.s ,b ..
will lessen or abridge tho expectation of H.
products tor which your country 10 best 6,,sd
and which prevents you receiving the m.nuso'
lures OF products Of other nations who naS-
happen to have more natural advan saoes g.,
their productions than you have. 1t is ext,sn,.
folly and unjust on our part refusing to receivs
your grain, &c., which gives our landed i,,e,a.,
a monopoly of our market. In both eases !, =
quite clear we are benefitting class inte.e.,a :,
the expense Of the natinn. We SEQ ouy error il
England, and are retracing our steps, and 4 Am
much mistaken If your landed interest ave aot =,
gacous enough to know that a competition from
and by nations that want food, is much bette, ,h,.
being confined TO one CUSTOMER homo ma,
kst-alons. The policy of the manu- fac,urers !.
clear enough--it is to buy the farmers wheat >.
cheap as they can, and make them pay higher
price at their shops for clothing than other coun
tries could supply i, at.
Your protection duties check Your exports an.
keep down the price of your wheat, Sc. T; 70, VIZ,
cannot sell without buying and getting returns
which may make Mr.. lawrence business le,o
profitable. Protection puts double edged sword
into the hands of the rnonopolist class, to enable
them 10 buy cheap and sell dear.
am happy 10 think that the world is getting
wiser, and will not submit to be plundered much
longer. send yoa copies of some letters have
written on these subjects am aware that !
have not made the most of my case, but have en-.
deavored to contribute my mite to sustain a cause
which think ere long will override those fsudsI
Prsjudices which have TOO long disgraced the
statute book of nations
remain yours, very respectfully.
WILLIAM BROWN.
s n RR.nropD Fec
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IOWA ELECTIONS.

TIE election for Delegates to the Convention
IN Iowa, has resulted favofably to the Democrats
So far as heard from, the Wings have elected 2
members and the Democrats H. There win
be very large Democratic majority in the Co.
yention.
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TREASURY NOTES OUTSTANDING.
BY report of the Register of Treasury, j, ap-
pears that the amount of Treasury notes outs,ans-
ing on the first day of May was S498,ll4.
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EXCHANGE BANK OF VIRGINIA.

The following named gentleman were appoin-
ted Directors of this institution at the annual
meeting of the stockholders held in the city Of
Norfolk, on yesterday. The Executive appoint
ments are To be made
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Business generally was dull No improve
ment since the last advices
There was no change to note in the Flour mar
ket. which continued firm at former prices.
The iron trade had undergone no change.
The Provision market dull, large arrivals hav
ing recently taken place.
Latham 81 Co., brokers of Dover. have failed
Their liabilities are 100000.
Another attempt has been made upon the life OF
Louis Philippe. AS he was driving with his
family from FOntainbleau, man seated upon a
wall fired at the King. Several balls struck in
side the carriage. but none reached the object a.
ga'nst whom they were directed. The assassin
was arrested.
IRELAND.
The news is distressing-in some parts ofTip
perary the peasantry. unable to resist longer the
cravings of hunger, have broken into the shops
and helped themselves. The town or Clomme
is in state of SIEGE and the poor starving people
are only kept down by fear Of the bayonet
SPAIN.
The latest accounts from Spain announce the
very gratifying fact that Narvaez has been driver
out OF the country. He has fled to the South OF
France. The liberty of the press has been res
'ored. and the outrage popular freedom. which
this licentious and unprincipled despot perpetra
ted, are being softened, or in some degree a,oned
for. Nothing else of importance.
TURKEY.
Letters from Constantinople of the 9th ult.
announce that the Abbazez, an independent tribe
OF Circassia, had rejected 1.-The offers of Russi;
for peace, and juined Sebawl
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FRon THE SouTH PAss,-A party OF traders
from Fort Laramie, near the pass IN the Rocky
mountains, report mild winter and 1000 roads
they were last fall
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OUR FLAG!

FREE TRADE-LOw DUTIES-NO DEI,T-SE-
PARATlON FROM -ECONOMlY-RE-
NORTHUMBERLAND STRICT ADHERENCE
TO THE CONSTITUTION.
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NORFOLK.
w, w. Sharp, Rich'd Dickson.
w. l. Hardy, F. w. Sou,hgsts.
H. B. Reardou
RICHMOND.
J. G.. Hobson, Jno. l.. Bacon.
Thos. NJ Smith, Geo. II. Booker
PETERSBURG.
G. w. Belling, Jas. Orr,
C.. f. Fisher, Chas. Kent.
GAINESVILLE.
F. w. Venable, VIM. Towns,
Edmund Hester, VIM. Jeter.
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A DIDMoED.-Tho Dahlonega Times. Of the
Odd ult., says -" We were shown on Tuesday
last, diamond Of the first water. about the size
Of largo pea, belonging to the Rev. PendleioR
Cheek, of Henry county. II was found at tho
Union gold mines, not long sincs. Others OF
smaller size have since been found, and diamond
hunting has superseded gold digging"
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-05-02

In that body debate viii have its course, and every
form Of amendment will assert its right before final
vote can be taken on the Tariff BILL should the bill
depending in the House Of Representatives ever
reach the Senate. So that we consider ourselves
within bounds in allotling two entire months to the
Tariff question alone. a 1
The annual appropriation bills also will proba-
bly, consume great deal Of time. Five months OF
the session are gone, and bill to pay arrears of ex-
penses incurred for various objects during the last
twelve months has not yet got through the two
Houses, though the House of Representatives is
consequently without funds to pay its own contin-
gent expenses Acting in such a dilatory and i'm
methodcal manner, how many weeks, nay months,
will it not require TO pass through the House Of Re-
representatives. the requisite appropriations for the
Civil and Diplomatic expenditures, and for the
Army, the Navy, and other objects LAS the auction
eer says) too tedious to enumerate?
However, il il, sQme. satisfaction to know that
Congress can now beginto work, and that the men,
bers have every possible motive to get through with
their task as early as they can.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-05-02

The Quarterly Review for March, received by
the Caledonia, has long article on the Oregon
question, advocating settlement the same terms
as those proposed some time since in the Edin-
burgh Review, to wit the prolongation of the line
now separating Canada and the United States
the 49th degree-as far as the coast south Of Fra
zers river, and thence through the middle Of the
Straits of Fuca TO the Ocean. They profess to be
convinced by advices they have lately received
" that the American Cabinet will not, and, il il
would, could not, make any larger concession !"
and they consider such settlement as " sufficient
for their honor"
For once, the Uhig Edinburgh and the Tory
Quarterly of one opinion, and that opinion the
same as is held by large majority Of the Ameri-
can Senate We may, therefore, look with some
confidence for an early settlement Of the question.
limited States Gazette.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-05-02

largely indebted for the prosperity of her workshops to the
protective tariff Two Of the resolutions OF this meeting are
as follows
Res0ed That the mechanics and manufacturers OF Al
eghany county be requested forward to the Central Com
mee at Washington suitable specimens OF their skul IN
dusy embracing not only and curious articles, but also
such required for the regular of business oge-
Their with statements Of the usual wholesale prices OF such
articles.
Resoied That committee Of forty members be appoint
ed to receive and transmit Washington such specimens
the expense of the owner and make such other arrange
they may deem advisable promote the Of
the exhibition and the adequate representation OF this county
thereat"
Thus from the great centres of manufacturing industry and
skill have gratifying evidence Of the interest which Is
felt in this approaching national meeting and Of the cxertons
which making to give the fullest possible effect to its pro-
cecdngs.
The following observations which find in the 'Boston
Traveller" deserve to be particularly impressed upon the
public mind
The exhibition be confined any particular de-
scpon of manufactures, but will embrace all Of goods,
and every kind Of handcra, from railroad iron 10 tbs finest
cutlery, and from the huge anchor that holds ship TO the
delicate pin that fastens ladys dress The main pur
pose of the display announced be to exhibit the ordinary
productions of labor made for the general Market and not
up merely with view to exhibition"
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-05-02

We learn from the New York Commercial AID.
vertiser of Saturday afternoon that Mr.. Senator
WEBSTER had arrived in that city from Washing
ton, with his family, on short visit to his home.
On his passing through Philadelphia, we learn
from the United States Gazette, committee on the
part of large number of the citizens rendered him
Public Dinner, to be given hereafter, testi-
mony Of the value which they place upon his pub
lie services an invitation which it is understood
was accepted.