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and blood' Of The ''PoOE and oppressed Slaveg
may come in duty free, Or ii leasl, Il
nominal rate, because It il The Foundation
ofths employment and sustenanes III milIions
Of British subjects and because ninc-,en,b, 81
the article used are the pFoduc. Of slaye.
labOr,-bNt sugar is almost entirely il 4 diaer.
emit situation. The amount Of free-labor suv,t
brought INFO competition 9lt6 Briah ColOnial.
sugar has not increased,p and The whole 4.
mount cOnsumed Sat home,'' has fallen short ol
the aggregate product Of free laboF--erqo. Il Il
moi necessary to take eff the duty upcn slaye.
laborsugar! Diferenlial duties must continue, "
exist 70 sbuckle and p~aralyze competition With
our own production, and 10 crafty ths ,asts INA
prejudlces Of rabid abolitionists. who are avsy..
from wearing fabrics made Of slave prowo M.
ton, but make wry ~faeesif they ale called upop
70 Use slaye-grown sugar.
The courgeO Of the British G-oyerpmep, 4 u.
erence to these articles, affords fair specim.,
Of the motives and reasons Of their cOnduc, II
the proposed reduction Of their tariff II o,ba,
respec.s. Self and interest are at the bottom.
and i sir Robert Peel can induce Other NJ!
TONS now in a fair way to beeome ndspenden,
q Great Britain IN manufactures ID II othar
lh'ngs' and NOT only 20 become Independents
bnt soon 70 be rivals, to adopt free trade. /.
will have accomplished more ior The prosps,i,s
and aggrandizement Of his country thap any
other q the statesmen, withfe wv exceptions.
that have gone before hlm.-Na6sA4e Bann,r
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PaIplt Elonnence.


The following eloquent passage Is from the
funeral sermon on the death of the princes
Charlotte Of Wales, by the Reverend Robert
Hall, N,
sEternityit is SURELY not necessary to remind
you, invests eyerylstate, whether of bliss or suE-
terilg, with a mysterious and awful Importance
entirely itscwn, and is the only property in the
creation which gives that weight and momont
to whatever il attaches, compared to which all
sublunary joys and sorrows, all interests which
know a period, fade into the most contemtible
inslgniicance. Ip appreaciating every other
object it isseasy to exceed che proper estimate;
and even Of The distressing event which has so.
recently occurred, which many Of US possess, is
probably inadequate tothe occasion. The ma
tim has certainly not been wanting, in the
proper expression Of its poignant regret at the
sudden removal Of this lamented princess, nor
Of their sympathy with the royal family, depriy-
ed by this visitation Of is brightest ornament.
Sorrow is painted on every countenance, the
pursuits of business and of pleasure have been
suspended, aodthe kingdom is covered with the
signal Of distress But what, my brethren, it
y be lawful to indulge such thought, would
be the funeral obsequies Of alostsoul! Where
shall we find tears fl to DO wept at such aspec-
taolel or, could we realize the calamity in all
its extent, what tokens Of commisseration aud
concern would be deemed equal to the occa-
sion. Would II suffice for the sun 10 veil his
light and the moon her brightness; to covertheI
ocean with mourning, and the heavens with
sackloth2 Or were the whole franc Of nature
to become animated andyocal would it be pos
sible to utter a gtoan too deep, orr cry too
piercing stoexpress the magnitude and extent Of
such a catastropheqp ~
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j q ssauMNMfNNL -HAa
tuck i home, he heard somethin rattle, broke
the old chist, an found lois ii gold n silver ii
it, in a false bottom l hadn't seen.
Now, if I'd tuck that chist hum, ia never
found that money, orifI did, they'd been conn
t@erleit, and I'd bin tux up for passia en- sem.
Well, | jest told Patience about it, when she
rite up and called me a darnel fool. Well, SEES
! ) Etc that is hard, but never you mind that, jest
go on, you can get herPyen can file the rough
edges off jest as you pleased, Now, thinks /,
is time to look arter Nance, Next day, down
went. Nancy was all alone. l axed her if
the Squire was in, she said herwarnsht. Coz,
SEES / (makin bleev | wanted hirn5 our colt
sprained his foot, and ! cum ID see ifthe Squire
wont lend ME his mare to go 10 town. she
sed she guessed be wood, betteris sit downgtill
the Squire eomE in, down | sot; she looked sort
a strange, an my heart felt queer all around
the edges. Arter a vile, SEES !, are you goin
down to Betsy Mastin's quiltip? Sed she did,
mt know for certain; SEES she, l apose you'd take
Patience Dodger, sed mont and again / mout
not; ses she, | learn you're goil to get married;
SEES !, shouldn't wonder a bit, Patience il a nice
gal, ses Hooked al her. / seed the teefs 4
cumin. SEES !, may be she'll az you to be
bridesmaid. She Tiz rite UP, she did, her face
as red as a billed beet. Seth Stokes! ses she,
and she couldn't say any more, she was SO full.
Won't you be Bridesmaid? sesT, no SEES She
and she burst rite out. Well, then, SEES /, if
you won't be bridesmaid, will you be the
bride! She looked at me; l swan to man
! never seed anything SO awful putty. 1 TUX
rite hold of her han-yes or no, sss !, rite of.
Yes, SEES she. That's your sort, SEES /, as 1 gin
her buss and ahug.' ! thon fixed matters with
the squire We soon pitched traces to- trot in
double harness for life, and neverhad cause to
repent Of my bargain. .aamb5h
.fgyUt.4 Sg.a tg l# tx ~S.IW.
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AntlaaitY q .he ohlnese Empire.

Ihe Rev, mr.. Milne, an English missionary,
has recently returned to his native conntry
from China, the field of his labors, and Is now
delivering lectures on the Celestial empire
In the course Of these LECTURES he has made
some interesting statements respecting the an
tiqpity Of the empire. The Chinese, it appears
divided their history into three parts, anthem
tic, traditional and neurological. At the pre-
sent time they have a very correct and distinct
mode Of computing their historical eras by
cycles Of fftyyears. Applying this estimate
70 the authentic period, Mr.. Milne finds that
the first realPersonage who sat upon the throne.
10 China, began to reign 220O years before
Christ. This was las years after the flood,
and,47 years after the confusion Of tongues at
Babe, This calculation Is not wholly impro-
babe, The BabyloniAn Empire issupposed to
have been founded in 22l7; Ashur laid the
foundation of another Kingdom at Nineyeh
about the same time; and the Egyptian mon
archy dates from 2l8s, Mr.. Milne states vari-
Gus facts, Cleaned from The early history Of.
China, which go to prove that the first King
must have gynchroniyed with The immediate
descendants Of Noah. The whole lumber If
E@Perors, belonging to IA dynasties, is 2ae-
The number Of Expresses does not aPp"ear.-
"These," says the lecturer, behaved 50 III, and
were 50 often at the bottom Of ali mischief,
that i was found necessary, three Or four hun
bred years ago, to dispense with their services
in this capacity.n-Boston Traveller.
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sen s%ernenta.

The New Haven Courier contains an &C.
count Of an interview with a couple Of IA SER
Pents, had recently at the mouth Of he Della
ware, between Cane Henry and Cape Charles,
by Capt Lawson Of the schooner Empire, from
snog Hill, Nd, now in New Haven. Tie
editor said he had the account from the lips Of
Capt. Lawson himself. Ii is 50 specific and
precise, thatit must either be true, Of q down
right fabrication BY Mr.. Lawson. We copy as
lollows.-M 7. Enc.
Capt Lawson was al the time ID charge Of
the wheel when bis vessel grated upon some-
thing, which he supposed to be a wreck, frCD
theEAct that q dark looking object resembling
at first glance a rusty spar, VAS at the same
time seen, standing erect, immediately by the
side, and above the railing. Soon, however, il
was discovered 10 be q moving body, with .
head and mouth, which was plainly marked BY
a redish color along the side orabOui the jaws
and the Captain with much alarm concluded
that he was really and truly, instead of going
over q wreck, in contact with the old fellow
himself, the real "sea serpent.n
After the schooner had passed over him, it
was observed that there were two in company.
The one first seen nised himself from the
water some 10 Or 2 feet, and exhibited abody
N length, as near as could be ascertained, full;
sixty feet. About 10 feet frpm the head there
commenced aswell as large as a barreL cover
ed at stated distances with nearly pointed pro-
j%eclions, and reached in length about ten feet,
and then ended quite abruptly, when the body
again assumed its regular form, which was, the
Captain thinks about the circumference Of a
scchooner's spar.
The full length Of the serpent, or whatever
y may have been, wac judged n be rome hun
dred fet ils head small ID proportion 10 lie
body, The wind being light the two were
seen together, TO the %leeward, for full half an
hour, seemingly amusing themselves BY alter
%nntaiy rising from the top,of the water, and
then sinking again beneath tho surfaces their
heads whenever above the water, wsre always
observed pointing to the east.
To this s,atement, substantially, Capt. Law
son, as yell as hia hands, are ready to make
oatb, as the opportunity presented gave them
every chance to see, judge, and make compa-
ratiyely correct estimates,
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scene at the cate Of paradise,

aNN -H 80
A poor tailor being released from this world
and q scOlding wife, appeared al the gate 81
Paradise. Peter asked him if he lad ever been
in Purgatory.
"No," said the tailor, Shut / have been mar
ried.Y
son" SAID Peter, SHAT is all the same"
The tailor had scarcely got in, before a fat
turtIe-eating Alderman came putting and blow
ing.
"9aIlo! yen %follow," said he, ."open the
door.p
"No. 50 fast,n said Peter, shave you ever
been in Purgatory ~
sNO,' said the Alderman, abut what is that
to the purpose? You let that poor half starved
tailor 10, and be has no more been in Purgato-
ny than II
"Bpt he has been married. 2 said Peter.
"Married." exclaimed the Alderman, awhy,
I've been married twice"
"Then please 60 hack again. said Peter,
aPuradiSo is no place for fools"
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sir Robert Peel, in his late speech il the
British Parliament on the 9th Of January, up-
peared disposed to claim credit for the uboli-
ton ~ofthsduty upon cotton, though involving
. loss of between six and seven hundred
pounds id the revenue; but while he was I'M
willing 70 exempt sugar; which was the result
office labor rom the general application Of the
principle q reduction, he was not prepared 10
make q relaxationH with respect 10 the admission
Of lsugarn produced " slayo.lsbots Cotton,
may b mixed up with the ssweat
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Cold weather

Ledyard, the celebrated traveller. who ~.
verSed,sOme Of the dreary regions Of Rusyis. &
a letter from Siberia, gave the following shiysr.
ing description Of the weather in that Quarter
Of the globe;
"You have no idea Of the excessive and oold
N 'he cold region pf sibers, BY experiments
! have made At Yakusky, I found on liz len IL
November, the mercury in my thermometer
frozen. In December, I found by repeated ob..
servatlOns, that two ounces ofclear quick ill,
yer, openly exposed, frOze hard in fifteen min.
ptsgs. observed that in these severe frosts tho
air was condensed, as it is with youin ihiek
fog-the atmosphere is INSTRUMENTATION l.
iatiguing, &c. It is a happy law Of nature,
that in such cold, there is seldom any wind
when there y, it is dangerous to be- abroad.
There are no wellA ot Yalusky; for il il found
byexperience that the water freezes Al sixtv
feet deep. People Of these regions are there.
fore obliged 70 use ice and snow. They have
also zoe windows glass is no use % the rev WIZ
have i; the difference Of the state Of the ar
within and without, is 50 great thar the RIasSjs
covered on the inside With several inches of
frost, and inthat situation il less luminous tbah
ice. The timber of the hopse splits and opens
with loud cracks-the rivers thunder and issue
with broad assures grOsus Belsaath he rigors
Of Winter.
Captain Back, also in his journal, while er~
Ploring the northern section Of this coptir
nent, for Capt. Ross and his comrades, giysS y
uncomfortable idea Of the weatherin
the winterseason. He says that while ,encamned
ip big winter quarters, when ths tbsrmometor
was not seventy below zero, he made some sx-
perimentson the effect and tendency Of the cold
on sulPhuric and nitric acid. The effects pro-
duced by the cold, when the thermometer was
one hundred and tro degrees below the freezing
point, are thus descdbedin his Journal.
Such indeed was the abstraction Of hest, that
with eight large logs Of dry wocd in the Gre
ofa small room, | could notget ihSymom-
etOr higher than II deg. plus. Ink and pain
froze. The soxton cases and boxes Of sedSon.
wood, principally fir, all split, Nor wa this
particularly agreeable TO our persons;
he skin, and the hands especially, became
Try cracked and opened into unsightly and
gashes, WHICH we were Obliged to an
loint with grease. On one occasion after wash
ng my face within three feet Of the FIRE, my
lair was actually clothed with ice before / had
line to dry it. From these facts some idea
may perhaps be formed Of the excessive cold
L seemed to have driven all living things be.
US; we he'd been accustomed to see a few
Pa'ridges about, but even these, hardy as
hey are. hadHdisappeared. Once, indeed, a.sol-
tary ravan, who's . croak madp me ,ERn out to
ook athim, swept round the house, but imms-
lately winged his fight 10 the westward.
but the passing wind broke the awful
Of this barren and desolaie sdeh'
~
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Daniel webster,

contributor 70 the London Sun IN some
agreeable icttings under the head Of @occasion.
q sketehss-hers and Mere,' has sharpened his
memory with "reminiscences Of a visit to Anne
Ilca' and is depicting some OF onr scholars and
statesmen with no inelegant pencil. No. 2 of
lhese sketches refers to o mass meeting held
during tie Presidential election Of 1874, the
writer being one Of the observers, and Daniel
Wsbstethimself the most ebservsd amongthem.
II Po1rtraying the personal appearances af the
great Pacihcator, the aketcher remarks parti-
cqlaFly upon his Genealogical development
"hls head be says with the most expressive
originality, ''was what attracted and riyetted
attentiOn-and such d head as Daniel Web
'ters' | believe, was never before placed on
mortal shoulders, 1t is peculiarly large, and
50 prominent about the temples, that it seems
as i an immense quantity of brain had been
packed into the Uranium whilst it was soft in
those regions, and had caused it 10 bulge outp'
Continuing the portraiture the same writer
ooserves-'bnt the most remarkable features
ID mr.. Webster's face are his eyes. CARLYLE ii
Oelleve) said they were like blast furnaces
blown out, when il repose. They are LARGE.
DARK, and deePly-situated in cavernous omen.
lngs, the roofs Of which are formed by The M.
per portions Of the huge orbits, the shaggy
orows forming a species Of pent house lids to
them Dark and shadowed as they are before
ne commences speaking, they are objects Of
attraction; but when the blaze of his own
eloquence kindles them, they glow like living
Goals, and are daboicaly Beautiful" This last
expression is certainly . peculiar one, but
those who have seen Mr.. Webster in the height
Of stern debate will readily conceive in what
sense the writer Intended it. In relation to the
statesndn's remarkable eloquence, the follow
ing correct description il given with The add
ton OF two most amusing anecdotes;
lie commences his speech in a low, deep,
yet perfectly distinct tone, and silence instant.
" pervades the vast multitude. AS he pro-
ceeds, the volume Of his Foice increases, until.
like q majestic stream, ii flows onward in its
deep channel With r%esistless power. He does
not deal largely in tropes or metuphors; and
yet, occasionally, he delights with the most po-
etieal past ages, His style Of oratory is not
the ornate, but the massive, and he is rather
clear and forcible, than ford or captivating.
Appealing to reason and good sense, rather
than 70 feeling and passion, he produces al
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AN old gentleman from she country asks--
al, as Lawyer Wolfe says, ths.stats is without
p co9etiiption, why does not the State take
sarsaparilla9 It restored my constitution. and
cannot see why j, would not restore that d
the State. a great Medicines remarkable
great medicine-is that ~aarsapailIs.n
And great i the old gentlsman's iHsa OF il
curative properties, we should say.-DeAc.
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The Washington Union, in an. eulogy upon
Senator Allen, says that he ID Sin advance Of
most Of his cotsmporariesn lie is certainly
five degrees and forty minutes in advance Of
his sensible coiempcraries. He stands on the
line d $40 40, whiie theysf IL content to stand'
on that Of IA9o. LbM bur ifal
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MiserahIe.

. Miserable.
nd look over the way tc
lent mansion, which he
paid for, and sigh out,
mans" 9H !
pr n%eighbor, and think
In the world, Shed .
a walk into the burial
aging to yourself, when
friend and never forget
very hour in the day
wonder if he will pay
means to cheat you,-
bill you take, and | cub
you have put the owner
PIE. Believe every shil-
put q sixpence crossed,
g about your getting rid
) ii.
body and believe every
be a rogue.
\, If you can possibly
|he sick Of afflicted, and
2 assist the poor.
can and screw down to
the faces and the hearts
~stortunes, your lack 81
st At no distant day you
Let the work -houss Be
|h all the horrors Of dis
miserable 10 your hearts
Q apsak,) sick at heart
Ihe world. Nothing
|Ags y~op-nothing viii
nlns ray IF warmth
yill PsaF dprk aHd y
MIL
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THB LAST or THE aTEl. PAaTYo soNR!-CsI.
Henry Purkitt, the last, webelisve, IL the gsi
liant band Of patriots, who threw thetsa over
board in Boston harbor previous II The revOlp-
tion, died in Boston, On The Oh uIis q the 90.
vanced age Of 81.
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A SON OLDER THAN BIS gATHERS-ias stated
that an uxoriOus lady, living sasas Berlin, IN
Plusqp, who has only sasinsd thnhge 81 loe
years, hos jUst contracted 4
With 4 youth Of 10. But
joke ID, that among ,he
bride brought u net
Of as.
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] IL !

NIGHT.
|RMAN OF KoRUN.
night!
Pil-worn wighti
peacefully closes,
row reposes 81.
forming light,
night!
to restl
calm the breast;
Oh the streets is stealing,
lmau's horn is pealing,
lla softly, HHaste!
to rest
" sleep.
und ye sweep;
|forsaken lover 1T
image hover,
isPort deep,
sleep! Ian
cd night!
forming Lights
mother morrow
$ Of joy and sorrow;
'ather's sight, ri
yer on. GOOD night!
The YasOo City Whig,
vamPiana, "a
he ~foamingisea, ttl
St sailors sing ;9dI a1
he briny deep,
8 mermaid
q most admire
western wild,
g, sluee or quagmire;
d, the'swampers child.
1t has no speed,
BY lusty arms,
ndIe Of my love,
from alarms,
md shout is heard,
le Panther's cry,
. swamp,
laby.
or sturdy life,
/, stont, and damp,
bid feet will make
glorious swamp.
skin as tough i'q
side the slue;
Is any mud,
of blue.
), and stOuter heart,
e in her dreams, q
heyarmints growIs,
her when he screams.
q fearless child, a
nps and fens and bitches
look behind, totlN@
lewis or witches.
ISsAQUENA.
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It is said that Major onelsOn has basn ROM
mated ap Minister Al "A ustEip, 10 place Of Mr.
Wbsaton,rccallsd is
The daily union., 1846-09-25
PINEY POINT PAyILIoN,

nNE Of the most convenient, splendid, and PIC
" uresque salt water bathing places IN the
Unled States will he opened for visers the 18th
instant, for the summer campaign. The pavilion
and It's accommodations have been put in a com
pete state Of repair and offer to the invalid pleas
ant resort for health and recreation. The bathing s
delicious, either in the houses or in the open surf
''song the sounding shore" A fresh and enDstan
sea-breeze sets in in the afternoon, and continues
night ill eight or ten in the morning The payllIon
commands view Of the debouchure ofths Potomac
into the Chesapeake bay, the river IN front being
nearly ten miles wide. IL is within eight hours
steaming from Washington, twelve from Baltimore,
and twelve from Richmond.
The steamer COLUMBIA, Capt Guyther, leaves
Baltimore every Saturday evening, stops AT Piney
Point early on Sunday morning, and returns 10 Bal
tinore on Wednesday The steamer oceola, Capt.
Mitchell, leaves Washington on Wednesdays and
Saturdays on her way to Norfolk, and returns on
Tuesdays and Fridays, touching ut the Point 10
both directions, lansing and receiving passengers.
The proprietor with these advantages Of his es-
tablishment, and with corps Of obLging servants,
good fare good music, boats for sailing, and the
usual accessories of watering place. together with
moderate charges, confidently casts himself upon
the public appreciation. .-
j. Ii. BIRCH,
United States Hotel, Washington.
June l7--iftf
The daily union., 1846-09-25
nR. BANNING,s BODY BRACE

IL Thousands of persons afflicted by pulmo-
nary affections, dyspepsia constipation and various
degrees of local or general debility, have been re-
eved by this instrument. 1t is particularly adapt
ed to numerous ailments prevalent at the South, 10
spinal Weaknesses distortions, tendency of the
body to lounge and droop, both in children and
adults. BY restoring the form TO an erect posture,
it enlarges the chest so that the subject breathes
freer and easier, and thus many conractions of the
chest with attendant affections Of the heart and
lungs, are counteracted, and full play is given TO the
organs of respiration. le
The brace may be had in this city byapplying to
Mrs. Baldwin, who will be in attendance at all
times over E. Wheeler's hardware store Pennsy-
vania avenue near 7th street A gentleman will
aid in adapting 1t TO those who may call for the pur-
pose. us
Applications for single braces, from distance, as
also for patent rights, may likewise be directed to
DR.. Banning's office, 423 Broadway New York.
DIR. Banning can refer, if desired, to some of the
most eminent professors of medical and surgical
science in The United States, well as to numerous
distinguished ladies and gentlemen in this city and
other parts Of the country.
July Sly