The national whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1847, 1847-08-02
NEWs &o. BY THE MAILS.

"Let dogs delight" &c.
Mr.. Root, of Harrisburg, fell through the scafjld-
ing Of Susquehannah Bridge ON the 2sth instant,
and was killed.
| A brute by the name Of Swift in BarnstabIe co.,
Mass. attempted to shoot his mother on the 9Th
instant. but fortunately missed his aim. What sort
! Of heart must that son havei g4
Two persons were drowned in the All gheny a,
Pntsburg on the 3lst ult.
David Shade was killed on the 3oth ult. by falling
from the bridge at Duncan's Island in the susque-
hanna. st 1lae Wee
The Telegrsphic posts are all up between Raleigh,
N. g., and Chersw, 8. @.
General Taylor has been nominated for President
BY the Wings Of Augusta, Maine. The utmost en-.
thusiasm prevailed. ".
The Jamestown soop Of war got of Chncateague
shoa and reached Norfolk in safety on Friday last
| white man enticed two negro slaves from Co
lumbia, $. G. last week, came with them through
Charleston in open day, and took passage for VIII.
mington. N. e.
The Greenville Convention Of the 18Th ult re.
solved to take to make navigable for steam
boats The Holston and French Broad rivers and to
build railroad from Knoxville. Tenn. to Char.
lottesville, Va
Ennison's Condenser applied to the high pressure
engineers of the Western Steamboats, saves 25 per
cent of fuel and increases the speed Of the boat 25
per cent lsi aa..
Real chalk has been found in Georgia
The free negroes Of New York intend celebrating
the emancipation Of their color in the West Indies
at Canandagus
great Taylor Wing meeting is to be held in
Dayton, Ohio.
loved my wife at FIRST" said wag, ..and for
the first two months felt as il I could eat her up
Ever since then I've been sorry didn't"
The Boston Post is ron the Mexican war, but Il
AGAINST The Chinese war. Pray where is the diff.
ference 4 s3
The New York papers now say the steamship
washington Is very stiff sea boat. Two weeks
ago they said she was SO crank that ballast had to
be put into her to keep her from turning over
Salt applied to the roots Of the Ounce tree will
certainly make il bear fruit.
Mr.. Abbott Lawrence chairman of the Chicago
Convention Executive Committee, charged with
presenting to Congress in proper form the views Of
the convention, has called meeting Of the commit
tee at the Astor House on the 18th Of September.
The increase Of receipts at the New York custom
house the week ending the 3Oth ult. over the re-
ceipts same time last year is Sl0,lsl.
/ On Saturday last the steam pipe Of the steamboat
Niagara with 200 pers ms on board, exploded as
she was on her way up the North river Seven Der.
sons were scaldel. No deaths.
The New York and Albany railway up the Hud-
son has been put under contract from the city Of NJ
York to Break Neck Hill. Five sxths Of this road
will be perfectly straight
4 Judge French is again in the field for Congress
from the Flemngsburg, Ky. District The Wings
say they'll eject him--to stay At Tome
The recruiting officers Of the End Miss Rifles say
in the papers tina, old Zach will move against San
Luis on the lst Of September Do they know
4 Park Benjamin says Of Lola Monies and the muss
she made ip Bavaria:
Paruriunt Monies, nascetur ridculus Nus
Somebody asks Prentice what he knows about
Twigg's GENERALsH1r. Prentice replies, nothing.
He hasn't any
General Cass, it is stated on auth, rity, intended
10 visit the Chicago Convention, but was scared
from his purprse by the course Of the Washington
Uaiop upon that assembly!
A. H. Clayton, Judge, is spoken of as success
scr to Mr. speigh, fr m MISSES to the u States
Senate.
1t Hunter, the hero Of Alvarado, is to receive a
sword from the Trentonians on The 9Th inst Tren
ton is his birth place.
DR.. Cummings, Of Sallaten county, Tenn, was
killed on the 9th ut. by Mr.. Davis in a rencon-
tire Of momentary animosity.
Speaking Of the probable candidacy of Gen. Cass
for the Presd ncy the part Of the Democrats,
Prentice says, II is amusing to think tn t the only
military feat of Cass break his own sword in
impotent wrath, while Ia, lor has broken the sword
and cloven the shield of Mexico!
Sixty children Of Irish parents have been taken
up for thieyng in ston during the last six months
Sad want of moral teaching here!
The Louisa, Va, Railroad is to bs extended 10
Charlottesville forthw,,h.
MI. Goldsborough is in favor of the immediate
SoHPiettoh VI tuc IuHDtIlaHu canai
Congress Hall at Saratoga is the Temperance
House.
Mr. Walker, the Secretary of the Treasury, has
commissioned two, officers Of the New York custom
house 10 go to England and report to him the ope-
rations Of the Warehousng system in Great Britain.
"HiIlo. old boss, why can. you give us better
beef"-cried volunteer to plain looking man loi-
tering behind the column.
whats the matter with the beef"
It's dry aad tough as your saddle skir,r
DO you know me 7"
Know youl To be sure do, you're the old
butcher" ~
Guess the surprise of our volunteer when he came
to know that il was General Taylor whom he had
accosted thus
Big Indian Creek Mills, in Harrison county la,
.utped bv Arc or, ha OH 81, .-L.