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The Philadelphia Inquirer says that the semiannua Au-
gust interest on the debt of Pennsylvania promptly paid
on Monday last at the Bank of Pennsylvania.
1t is thus that PENNSYLVANIA answers her busy
calumnators abroad Without suffering herself to
be thrown off her guard by the abuse that has been
cast upon her by her European creditors, she has
steadily pursued her purpose of redeeming her
credit, and she has fairly accomplished it.
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FrnE ~ N,saUA.-We learn from the Nashua Telegraph
that the machine shop OF the Nashua Mechanics and Manu-
actuers Association burnt the ground on SATURDAY.
morning The lire discovered about half past 3 o'clock
and had made such Roadway with scarcity of water to
make il impossible the building Considerable stock
&c. saved The loss, roughly estimated by the Tele
graph about 500 and there insurance on the pro
perry different offices in Salem and Concord Mass and
Hartford Conn the amount OF 81 900 The loss falls
heavily upon class Of young mechanics, who besides the
immediate loss must suffer to very great extent from the in
terruption of their business.
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SaIP FEVER IN CASADA-The number OF sick in the Emf
grant Sheds at Montreal the 29th 1850 deaths dur
ing the preceding twenty -four hours, 20 At Quarantine,
Quebec 656 emgrants have died within four weeks.
On Wednesday week 1867 passengers arrived at Crosse Isle
in five shps-one of them from Bremen with 326 passengers
There remaining in the hospital Quebec the 18th
l9i7 ship fever patients deaths from the 18th to the Gath,
1877 The late arrivals brought up about 1000 passengers
but the sickness among them had diminished.
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MISSIONARIES SMLED.-Rev VIM. Wood, Of Henniker
n II. Mrs Wood, Of Groton, Mass and Rev. Geo Bowen
of New York. sailed from Boston Saturday, under the
appointment of the American Board Of Missions for the
Bombay Mission. In the Switzerland, from Liverpool was
Mr. Amos Abbot wife, and five children, Of Andover Mr.
A. has been for the last thirteen years. missionary Bombay
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A Change in the Post Office Regulations.

On and after Saturday last Posmasers prob ibited
from forwarding subscriptions for public journals as they have
been in the habit of doing for long time past the regulations
which conferred this privilege having been rescnded Here
after persons desiring to subscribe their subscrp
tons to newspapers must enclose the money letter. The
postage under the law very trng each individual
subscriber.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-08-07

LIFE SsURAScE.-A striking instance of the advantage of
Life Insurance (uys the ST Louis Republican of July 27)
was mentioned TO yesterday. Mr.. HAYNES, gentleman
Of Marion county, in this city few days ago The po-
icy of insurance his life had expired aud he hestated
about renewing it but finally concluded to do it. the amount
of SIS, O0O He then in vigorous health He went
home exposed himself in the hot sum- returned town. Law
down in the draugh Of current Of air and there contracted
the disease which caused his death days afterwards
The insured upon his life goes the widow, and she
cannot he henrlred Of n.
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REy. w. l.. McCILLA Ann THE PREsIpKsT.-The Phla-
dephia q Sun of August 9Th says "We have received
from the Rev. w L. McCala full statement Of his memo
rabe interview with President Polk, which shall lay be-
fore the public in tomorows Sun" We shall of course give
the Rev. gentleman opportunity Of being heard by our read
ers. After the official publication in the 'sUnon" copied
into this paper mpeachng his veracy, he has right upon
that point to speak for himself.
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communication from an officer board the United States
ship Jaesoc positively conradcts the assertion that she
lay in perlous position" whilst aground on 'Chingo-
league Shoals" that she sent officer Norfolk for
sistance She touched the shoa of finding it
several miles further from the shore than her chart indicated
but got of again in few hours with the assistance only Of
her sails She in charge Of her proper officer, Com
mander Samuel Mercer.
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VERMONT AND MASSACHUSETTS RAILRoAD-It is
expected that the passenger trains will commence
running on the Vermont and Massachusetts Rail-
road, from Fitchburg to Grdner, in few days. The
road has been run over With freight cars for some
days past.
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STEAMBOAT DIsAsrER-The United States steamer Ant,
Chdse while off the mouth Of the Sabine river the
ing of the l2th burst of her boilers killing F. " Car
michael private in the 4th regiment Indiana volunteers,
scang Aaron lawson of the Indiana volunteers and John
Brannon and Thomas Newland, of Cincinnati. The In
diana troops board to be the Rio Grande by
chartered vessel.
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The Washington Correspondent of the Baltimore
Patriot states that the Secretary of the Navy has
contracted with Major ARNOLD HARRIS to carry the
United States mail from Chagres to Astoria, in
Oregon, in steam vessels of one thousand tons each
This is continuation of the route contracted for
by Messrs. SLoo q Go. from New York to New
Orleans, Havana, and Chagres.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-08-07
THE SPECIAL ELECTION IN VIRGINIA.

We are not in possession of complete returns Of
the election which held in the Petersburg dis
trict on Thursday, for Representative in Congress
to supply the vacancy caused by the death of Mr..
Dromgoole; but, from what we have seen, we think
there can be no doubt of the success OF r. X
MEADE. the Democratic candidate.
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OvEanIDDISG ESsLASD.-We hear that Mr. C;eoroe
Barrett acting manager of the Broadway Theatre Offer
ed JENsr Linn $780, nearly twenty hundred dollars
per night for forty nights Her engagements prevented her
entertaining the podga Offer which, however, was not so in
discreet as it at first may seem-N. Y Coyrier
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TO THE EDITORS.
A0rAscO, PRIScE GEORGES CouSTr, (MD.)

AauAsco, PRINcE GEoRsx's CouSrr, (MD.)
AUGUsT 2, lS47.
Messrs. GALES & SEATos Having recently received the
following communication from Major General TAYLOR, in
ply to one from myself forwarding to him Of resolutions
adopted in May last by meeting Of the Wings in Nottingham
district IN this county, approving of his course in conducting
the war with Mexico and the time nominating him
Tor the Presidency in ls4s, you will confer favor upon
those represent as well myself, by giving il place in
your columns. Yours, respectfully,
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IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.

The New Orleans mail which was due last night
having failed we extract from the Charleston Cou-
per the suboned interesting intelligence from Vera
Cruz, which we find transferred to hat paper from
the New Orleans Times of The 3OtIl ultimo.
1t is important, putting at rest, for the present,
all prospect Of effecting peace through the me-
dunn OF negotiation. General Scofr was to have
marched on the capital on the 18th pltimo, and we
shall, doubtless, in few days be in receipt of in
diligence Of exciting interest
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Drowned in the Ohio river, near Louisville on the It'll
umo, TnoNAs BrRSEs and SAMUEL c. wooD, eldest
ofSILAs WooD, Esq, Of New York.
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2uaSco, Prince Georges county, Nd.
THE OLD AND THE NEW.

Nothing much distinguishes the false Democracy of the
present day from the real Repubcansm Of early history
as the spirit of ofice-worship. .-.. 49,
Mr. Polk intending make tour through portions
of the Union, sends his proclamation abroad. His menas
take to trumpet it richly caparisoned horses, yoked
in ours and skies triumphant charos mahas and aids
gerng in the sheen of their official robes every police
officer Gold Hays, for nstance parsonage such cowd)
appears in his coach and four and thousands rend the
with shouts of savsh worship, and ALL by prearrange
ment.
These thoughts occurred to US while reading the following
in exchange paper. What contrast in less than fifty
years !-Bu6alo Commercial
Mr.. David Ames, believe in his seth year. fur
nshes in the Springfield Republican, the following memo
randum of the visit of JOHN ADAMS the public works in that
town nearly fifty years ago
'The writer of this remembers well, he thinks in l799,
being then Superintendent of the Public Works. that the
elder ADAMS then President of the United States drove up
his office door, without any attendant but his servant and
inquired for the Overseer of Public Works. and wished to
through the shops the hill and at the water shops The
writer accompanied him through all the works; after which,
he, together with the then Master Amoer COL Orr received
invitation to dine with him and his lady the hotel then
kept by Mr. T. Parsons.
" After dinner the President his journey, any
private gentleman would, without any ceremony"
The present Parliament of Great Britain is of the few
that have lived their natural term of years. being
rarely found that long time passes without ministerial
crisis of kind to necesstate appeal to the people,
During the years just completed however, have
triyed only pass the greatest scheme of modern times
the introduction of ade-wthout resortng the cleo
ton booh but have actually accomplished it by the Of
Parliament elected under Sir Robert Pees banner for the
express purpose Of resisting the Com ado
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Of Europe, and the vast business inte-
rest between this country and Europe,
international cheap letter communion
ton is Of high utility in its results, NOR
al and pecuniary. The press Of Eng
land has taken hold Of this matter to a
considerable extent, and it certainly
would be a scheme worthy the at,en-
ton OF our government.
Ii will be seen that these movements
of Mr. Burritt are in harmony with and
for the furtherance ofthe eternal Chris
tan principals Of free trade, and unre-
stricted intercourse among the nations
Of the earth. This great stream OF
commerce SO longdemanded, will soon
burst through all distractions, sweep.
ing the instruments Gifts confinement
10 certain destruction, will gladden. the
people of the whole earth with the cur.
rent Of its healing waters.
The work which Mr.. Burritt has un-
d~ertaken will be extended by his own
exertions to the continent on which he
will soon make descent. The work is
one Of pure devotion to his kind, and
the elevation of his character, purely
of purpose, and perseverance in good
will do much TO accomplish il.-Eve.
ming Post.
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Sudden changes from very hot, to chilly wealth
err, are unfavorable to health; and it is a fact uni
v~ersally admitted, that heat and moisture are pow
erful agents in producing disease, and that con-
slant dry aud constant wet weather are both favor
able to its generation; 1t does not signify what we
call it; it may be ague; it may be bilious fever; II
may be yellow fever; II may be dysentery; it may
be rheumatism; II may be bronchitis: it may be cho-
lie; it may be constipation of the bowels; It may be
Inflammation of the bowels; il may be inflammation
Of The stomach; it may be a nervous affection; but
still it is disease, and a disease durable by the Bran
dreth Pills, because they remove all impurities
from the body, all that can in any manner feed the
progress OF the malady; no matter how called; thus
these pills are not only the most proper medicine,
but generally the only medicine that need or
ought to be 6sed.
BEWARE OF CoUNTERFEITS.
Be very careful and 60 to the Agent when you
want Hrandreth Pills; then YOU are sure of the
genuine article, When you purchase otherwise.
inquire whether the person selling them knows the
Pills he offers you are genuine Brandreth Pills
Every man knows whether the article he offers YOU
10 true or false. Beware Of cheats!
0J-A fresh supply Of the above Pills. inst re-
ceiyed by the folio owing AGENTS
J.. r. 81. H. MoRRls, Woodsield.
WIN. STEEL, Stafford.
wa H. K~ERRIcAr, Carlisle.
j. M. RouND, Summerfeld.
IF. BIDENHARr q Co., Malaga.
H. RoUND. SarahsvilIe, Morgan 90.
WELcH& THoMrsoN, BsalIsvils.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.-By virtue of a writ of
- veditioni expon. to me directed from the court
of Common Pleas Of Harrison county, Ohio, I will
offer for sale at public outc,y at the front door of
the court house in the town of Woodsheld, Mon
roe county, Ohio, on Monday the 26th day of
July, ls47, between the hours of ten o'clock a m
and 4 o'clock p m Of said day, the following real
estate, to witt The west half of the northwest
quarter of section l, township 6, and range Z, ly-
ing and being in Monroe county. Ohio, and taken
in execution as the property of Woodman Okey at
the suit of the President, Directors, and Company
of the Belmont Bank Of st. Clairsville.
VIM. D. PATTON, Sheriff, M. c., o.
juno 1851 65
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A DEMONSTRATORS SALE.-The subscri-

A DEMONSTRATORS SALE.-The subscri-
IA Der, as the administratrator Of John b. Mob
ley, deceased, will offer for sale, on the I'd day
Of August, lS47, between 10 O'Clock, a m. and 4
O'Clock, p. m. of said day, at public outcry, at the
front door Of the Court house in Wo0dsfield, Mon
roe county, Ohio, the following described real es-
tate, 10 wit: A part of the west halfo the south
east quarter Of section 80, township 4, and range
4, beginning for the same at the west side of said
half quarter in a dream at a post. thence by lands OF
James Taylor, SEN, north seventy eight and a half
degrees west eighteen rods to a post, thence by
lands of Samuel Wright, south thirteen degrees
west sixteen and one half rods to a white oak,
thence south ten degrees west fifteen rods to a Ser
vice bush thence south three degrees west eighteen
and one half rods to a Maple, thence south one de-
gree west thirteen rods to a Maple. thence south
four degrees west twelve rods to a Sugar bush,
thence south three degrees east twenty-one rids to
a Maple, thence south thirteen degrees west four
teen rods to a post, thence by lands Of Archibald
Barcus east thirty-fve rods, thence by lands of
said Mobley north to the place Of beginning
containing sixteen acres, more or less. Also, the
east half OF the southeast quarter of section 30,
township A, and range A, Except sixteen rods off
the south end Of said tract sold by Paul Rush to
Archibald Barcus) containing sixty seven acres,
more or less. Also about three acres of land, de-
scribed as follows: Beginning at the southwest
corner OF the east nall oil the northeast quarter OF
section 80, township A, and range four, thence east
sixteen PAGES, more or less. to Hampton H Tay-
lor's line, thence northwest with ssid Taylor's line
to the road, thence southwest with Nelson Bar.
Gus line 10 the line of said half quarter, thence
south to the place Of beginning;--all of which lands
are in Monroe county, Ohio, and in the late Ma
rietta Land District; subject to the dover estate
of Sophia Mobly therein. Terms-one-third cash
in hand. one-third in one year, and one-third in
eighteen months, with interest from the day of
sale, to be secured by mortgage or other approved
security TO the satisfaction of the administrator.
HEZEKlAH SAFFELL,
Admir- Of John B. Mobley, decd.
iuly g, lS47-5t
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mastery over the free ones. They
have just assisted in admitting Florida
into the Union, without a struggle, and
withoutthe agitation ola MIssouriques-
tion-and they are now assisting with
men and money 20 carry to successful
conclusion the Mexican war, although
tainted with questions as repugnant to
their feelings as they are unnecessary,
gratuitous, and premature. Under these
circumstances, it. is doubly wrong to
start a new slave test which no north
ern man ofany party can stand; which,
Ifadopted at the south, must lead imme-
diately to a political division, similar to
that which has taken place in n Of
the churches--the Methodist Episco-
pal; and which prevents christians 81
the same country worshiping the same
God, from communing at the same Ia
BILE; a test which, if adopted in the
slave States, must put an end to the
present organization Of political parties
as founded on principle, and introduce
new ones bounded by geographical
lines, and resting on the sole principle
Of slavery propagandism--such as The
Father Of his country, in his last par
ting voice, warned US against--nnd such
as would eventually lead to the destruc.
ton Of the Union. In the Senate, in
his Oregon letter, in his speech at St.
Louis and his letter to Howard county,
he had taken decided ground against all
this new movement; and he had notyet
heard Of the first one of his constitu-
ents who disapproved his course. New
err, in the whole course OF his public
life, on any great question whatever,
had he mel such unanimity; and he felt
himself authorized TO say, that Nilsson.
ri, for one slave holding State, will not
follow the lead Of the slavery propa-
gandist resolutions, which he stigmati-
zed as fire brand TN the day Of their
first introduction into the Senate.
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Ordinances

OF THE TOWN OF WOODSFIELD,
Enacted by the Town Council, at their meeting
held June 8, 1874, and ordered to be published
June IA, l847.
Be 1T ORDAINED by the Town Council OF the
town of Woodsfeld, That for the more effectu-
ally preserving the health and good order of the
citizens of said town, that if any person shall sell
or vend spurious liquors Of any kind whatsoever, by
a less quantity than one gallon, (without being a
keeper of a tavern within the corporation of said
town. such person shall, upon conviction, forfeI
and pay a sum of not less than one, nor more thar
ten dollars for each ane every offence; to be col
lected by the Mayor with costs OF suit.
Be IT ORDAINED by the Town Council of the
town of Woodsfield, That if any person or persons
shall leave wood, ploughs, wagons, or any other
incumbrance, on the sidewalks, streets, or alleys,
for a longer time than twenty-four hours, it shall
be the duty of the Street Commissioner to remove
said property to the public square and sell it forth
with to the highest bidder, and apply the proceeds
of said sales to the use Of the town.
Be 1T ORDAINED by the Town Council Of the
town OF Woodstield, That it shall be the duty of
the Street Commissioner to examine all the cellars
in said town twice during each year, viz: in the
months of April and September, and oftener if it
be thought necessary; and upon such examination,
if any of said cellars are found to be a nuisance,
he (the Street COMMISSIONER is hereby authorized
ana required 10 give nouce 10 tue owner vi oCeu'
pant of such house or houses, to have their cellars
cleansed within ten days thereafter; and upon their
default to comply within the specified time, then
the Street Commissioner is required to have them
cleansed, and collect the amount so expended of
the owner or occupant of such house or houses,
with costs of suit.
Be 1T ORDAINED by the Town Council of the
town of w oodstieId, That il any person or persons
are found engaged in ball-playing on Main or Main
cross-streets, or on the sidewalks thereof, they
shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty-five cents
for each and every such offence; to be collected
by the Mayor, with costs of suit.
BE 1T ORDAINED by the Town Council of the
town of Woodsfeld, That a tax Of one hundred
dollars be levied for the current ear-June 8, ls47.
JAS. r. MORRIS,
Mayor of the town of Woods6eld.
H. M. BoGGEss, Recorder.
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A ENACTMENT NOTICE.-Notice is here.
"A by given that on the third day Of July, in the
year OF our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
forty-seven, Japheth Smith, former Sheriff Of Mon
roe county. Ohio, in an action of trespass on the
case upon promises. sued out Of the Court of Com
mon Pleas within and for the said county of Mon.
roe, a writ of Attachment against the lands, tene.
ments. goods. chattles, rights, credits, moneys aud
effects Of Waterman Palmer. a nonresident of the
State of Ohio, demanding therein the sum of FIVE
thousand dollars damages, which said writ was re-
turned at the June term OF said Court, A. D. lS47,
served. Attest. VIM. OKEY, Clerk,
July list Monroe Common Pleas.
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n ACADEM MY.
1--WE summer term Of the MONROE ACAl

"yHE summer term Of the MONROE ACAD-
ENVY willie on the second Monday
of May, to continue twenty weeks.
Tuition from five to ten dollars per term, as
follows:
Geography, Arithmetic, Grammar,
Elocution, or Philosophy, IS 90
Astronomy, Chemistry, Practical &c.
ometry or First Lessons in Algebra, 6 90
Algebra, Legendre, or Surveying, q 90
Moral or Mental Philosophy. Rhetoric,
Logic, Latin, or German, 8 90
French, Greek, or Hebrew, 10 90
TEXT BOOKS.
Davies Mathematical course, zig: Davies Arith-
metic, Davies First Lessons in Algebra, Davies
Elementary or Practical Geometry, Davies Bour-
don's Algebra, Davies Legendre's Geometry, and
Davies Surveying. h7
Grammar-By Lectures.
Elocufion-Porter's Rhetorical Reader.
Geography-Mitchelps.
Philosophy and Chemistry--Comstock's.
.astronomy-Olmstead's.
Bofany-Mrs. Lincoln's.
Geoiogy-Hitchcock's
Moral or Mental Philosophy-W ayland's.
Rhetoric or Logic-Whateley's
Latin-Andfews' Lain Series.
STEPHEN WOOD.