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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-09-25

Potfcs-A man named Hugh Donahoe was a.
rsts ,estsrs-y .os tisor6ery conduct snd taken be
ar Ilt.- Dflnscr when BE- rss discharged d. -if-
Al, D1nah1- hearing Of the Arrest be: not the e.s
casrrc Of Der h-soani procede. 10 the Tombs 10
shsi cUgli % s,z-. While al tns Tombs abe me. =
uan nasn=c Eenry Sre-icsn. yOung 1alb OF the lag
- t.f rtr Il sns would y ria Office 10 Chambers
All Is IL nisffT flr hrr she w-n. - tbe II
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sae reP.ed Ihss had y sold pses. he then Told
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-09-25

REAL Estate ~ HARLEA.-The well known
homestead Of CH,RLEs NJ GRAHAs. Esq ON llo'h'.t
between sixth and Seventh avenues will be sold at aDc'
ton in lots on Tuesday nes, Ii embraces q comn'-
dious dwelling house, barn, sc with variety OF fu'
aud choice grapes extensive and productive garden
and some 50 lots beside which the bare earth soo'e
grade as measured by City Surveyor Is ~ io' cubic
yards which sells there III cents per yard or over
81 nnn See niYertlsament
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-09-25

" Practical ELocvrios; By s,x'L Nils
SWEET Fourth EdiuOa up Sis ls.no) Z Il pss,e. Al
esny We have L.; Ins 10 examine ,h. work entirely
busits raes and drsetons clear aud udicoz. and
It's solectiers well ehoseI. The sVihor b.. teen 10,
years ,escser Of Eiocuiloa - iiesussei lecsares
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-09-25

PArESr PRIAN AiS-ucHr srosf 90 Iso'-DeF0 4
the sale OF this cookinsstoNe AZ CoRfss, y b'ss
M.rranlea 4 .nneI.oL aIllcle Lo- Nool ~ coal ,.L
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-09-25

~ Madame BISHOPS Concert was last even.
ing postponed sccoUnt OF the storm. Il will posl-
lively ioko place % Thursday next, sept 80.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-09-25

Iv- INDIA RUBBER SoLEs, to be applied to
Boots aud shoes sresdy In a. well as 10 ne" ones
scd which are certified by those who have used them
a, ou,l,sus TWO or three Of leather beside keeping out
all moisture or dampuess, sre Manufactured By Mr. A.
J. Wheeler. 4lg Broadway cor Canal st. Nr Wheeler
IA, made these oles tor gears in Buffalo and the Press
Of that city is unanimous and unhesl,.'iDs In their
praise He has removed 70 this City In tbs hoPe OF md
iag here larger sphere Of ou'ine's snd doubtless WILL
DO so We trust tho attention OF manufacturers as well
a. consumer. will be drawn 10 his improvement
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-08-21
TO THE EDITORS.

WAsHISGToS, AUGUST Is, ls47.
Messrs. GALES & SEAToN A remark in your paper OF
this morning tends TO confirm impression which
extensively prevails in relation the responsibilities Of the
Telegraph though doubtless not SO intended Abiding to
the late news from Mexico, you say
Except the casualties of the camp and garrison, proves
nothing IN reference to the probable duration Of the war;
less that all the reports that subject which have furnished
matter for Teegaphc dispatches and Newspaper
ring the last four weeks have been essentially false In that
respect the Telegraph since its extension 10 Richmond has
been Stngudry unhIcky IN bringing from the South no
neos concerning the Which besides being false ,oen
reached that city, has not become still deusiUe us
Transmission Northoard."
To the casual reader the last sentence conveys the impress
sion that the exaggeraon of the news if not its sehood
is the fault of the Telegraph The fault if any, is that Of
the Reporters for the Newspapers oho make up the matter
'chich the Telegraph transmits The Telegraph forwards
whatever is handed to it for that purpose, without inqung
or having right to inquire, whether be false It's
responsibility that Of mailbag railroad car which car
res letters or newspapers containing false news and nothing
more 1t may be "singuary unlucy as the instrument Of
Others but neither its managers are in any degree re-
sponsibe for their mistakes or exaggerations
OF all this you undoubtedly well aware and is not
to inform to any intentional error on your part
that write this but prevent misconucon Of your ar
Gle and correct impression existing to con
Siderable extent in the public mind.
Very respectfully, &c. AMOS KENDALL.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-08-21
A CARAVAN FROM THE sELKIRK SETTLEMENT.

On the 10th of July there arrived the village ST. Paul.
ST. Peters and the Falls of ST. Anthony on the Upper
Mississippi the most novel and original looking Caravan that
has appeared since Noah ark evacuated Our read
that there isolated settlement of several
thousand inhabitants high latitude of British North Anne
RIGA, known the Sekirk Settlement Cut off from the
commerce of the world they rely entirely upon their
sources their FARMS their oks and fishing and hunting for
suppor-belng community speak, of Robinson Cru
Their crops having failed the last seasons they have
been forced 10 break out of the ds again and food
the market of the great bawng world Formerly their chief
point Of contact with Toronto but now
owing to the increase of supplies the Upper Mississippi
and the abundance game forage that route they trade
at ST. Paul. the head of steamboat navigation the Missis-
spp river. Into st. Paul they the 10th of July,
caravan OF hundred and twenty CARTS single e
moving along by moonlight Long after the head of the
caravan had reached the village, the heightened of fol-
lowers could be moving the undulating prairie,
partly visible and partly hidden between the bowy ridges of
the extended plain, crawling onward like huge serpent
the extreme still being invisible, and partly hidden in the
dimness of distance.
They had travelled southwark the prairie six hundred
miles, having been nineteen days their way through re-
gion aboundng in bufaoes encamping night in
around which the carts ranged fence in the
the streams and in many places found scarcity Of fuel and
even the dry Of the buffalo, which they for fuel
They often suffered for the of WATER many of the
smaller streams were strongly impregnated with the
ment Of the buffalo to be unwhoesome. They brought
along large elk bear, and other animals which they
had captured their way and many packages of s They
had very choice lot of buffalo robes well dressed which
they sold at ST. Paul by the lot at 50 so EACH
They had with them also abundance Of specie, and
waited few days St. Paul for the arrival Of steamboat
load of -four and groceries The made up Of
and boys of all ages kindreds tongues and complex
ions, including large proportion of Gumbos. Their dresses
various could be imagined, being uniform in only
single article Of appare-al The carts were
made wholly of wood and hides the hubs being covered with
bandages Of hide drawn while Soft and there shrink
ing until they became nearly tight bands of iron Some
of these odd twowheeled vehicles drawn by little horses
and others by oxen each ANIMAL horse OK being geare in
harness of green hide They again on their way
back to the frozen wds Of the North many Of them probably
never again to commune with the great world.
Wisconsin Herald
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-08-21

BUFFALO AND MISSISSIPPI RAILRoAD.-This is the name
of railroad chartered by the Legislatures Of Ohio and In
diana, and which, when completed, will form connecting
link between Toledo at the extremity Of Lake Erie
and Chicago the southwestern point Of Lake Michigan
The whole length Of the road, according survey will be
two hundred and hrtytwo miles, and will in nearly
straight through the whole northern tier of counties in
Ohio and Indiana the neck Of the peninsula formed by
Lakes Huron and Michigan According the report Of the
engineer who surveyed the route the whole cost of the road
is estimated at S52l5OO0 The grades present no formida
bic obstacles and the road when completed must do an i'm
mense business -
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-08-21

BREsLAu, PRusSAS SrLEsrh,) JuSE 2s.-Yesterday,
al noon Tue inauguration Of the equestrian Of Frederick
The Great took place in presence of the King and the Prince
OF Prussia Among the persons who were present at this
soemny was soldier Of the age of one hundred and nine
years. who served in the army Of the great King This sol
der was born AZ epnz on the 9th of February 1885, and
wore the Prussian uniform the time Of The seven
war, in which he took part He certainly the only sccan
living whose birth goes back to the period when our province
made part Of the Austrian States At four o'clock in tho ae
teoon the King and his august brother left Bcslau by rail-
way for Berlin.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-08-21

We have heard anecdote of tie late BENJAMIN MIR
RILL Esq, Of Salem, which think worth repeating
The Court session in of the smaller shire tovps
and large number had collected the dinner table, Mr.
Merrill happened to be the head of it, and near the foot
was farmer noted both for his mpudence and means Mr.
Merrill was at the time president of bank Suddenly Mr.
the farmer, halooed the top Of his voice from Tho
bottom Of the table, "Square Merrill is - notes goo3 ?"
The Squire finished the remark which he was making 10 an
immediate neighbor, and then replied, He is our head
singer and never heard any complaint of his notes.
RelcburyJDorf HeroT
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-08-21
NOTE, BY THE EDITORS.

The Letter of Mr.. KENDALL, which we lose no
time in placing before our readers, satisfactorily
exonerates the Telegraph agents from blame, whilst
il admits the fact of exaggeration of news, &c.
This only confirms an impression, which we have
long entertained, that the Telegraph ought (if such
thing be practicable) to be placed under the con-
troll of the General Government, at least so far as
to exclude the possibility Of either fraud, mono
poly, or gross error in the transmission of public
intelligence
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-08-21
PATENT RIGHTS IN FRANCE.
FROM THE COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

NEW YoRK, AUGUST 10, ls47.
GENTLEMEN II very often happens that persons call at
my Office inquire about the patent laws Of France, and de-
sire to direct them one in Paris to whom they
trust their power Of attorney for the purpose Of taking patents
would be obliged to you, gentlemen, if you would make
known through your estmablc paper that NJ Gadissa has
created in Paris periodical called lie Breret LUeaton,
and central agency for the purpose s to give advice to
inventors before they apply for patents 3D. to draw the de-
mand for patent caveat &c. in France and other countries
81, to sell the patcntrght form associations between
capitalists and inventors 4th, to dispose Of the produce
of inventors who speculate for themselves 5th, to cal
the attention Of manufacturers merchants and
the patented inventions 6th take and transmit
inventors all useful information either cancelled patents
patents 10 force 7th advise inventors in all suits
lation to counterfeits.
The agency Of NJ Gardissa is established in Paris No.
IL Boulevard st. Martin From the knowledge have Of
the character and ability Of this gentleman do hesitate
recommend him to all persons having patents take
France
| hope, Messrs. Editors, that this communication being
entirely for the interest Of American inventors you will
kind enough to insert it in your paper.
Respectfully, your obedicnt servant the Consul General
France l.. DE LA FOREST.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-08-21

CAUTION PiRESTs.-A child of Mr. Andrevv Ho,ve .,
Townsend, (Mass) was poisoned week before last with
green card which given il for pIaythng The fluids
the chds mouth dissolved the green pigment which it
oms. For several hours the little sufferer was cold nn
less and vid Antidotes and remedies were promptly and
perseverngy applied by the attending ply scan and The
child now well Dr. Hitchcock asccriained that the green
pant "nrn oanen'ed The card was composed Of Schees
green Carsenie Of copper and carbonate Of lead two mos,
virulen poisons. ~ 'ios'
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-08-21

CaEATUREs WITH TuousASps or EYEs-Wbat ,vo,,,,
thought OF quaduped whose head with the exception ~
the mouth and place Of uncture with the neck was ora,ea
two enormous masses of eyes, numbering upwards ~
$4,000 IN each mass Yet such is the condition of ho
OF vision in the dragon fly. In the common bee tho $40
structure no, less apparent The fiery eyes Of uany Cad
flies, (IaJdn which present vivid bands Of nurns s ~
green are composed OF similar lenses and each eye contains
nearly seven thousand The ant has fifty lenses the hons
fly four thousand while above seventeen thousand b -
counted IN the eye of butterfly, and more than sn en-
thousand In that Of a species Of beetle ivy IVY
lBdfferSon's Introduction 10 Zooloo,,
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-08-21

MARRIAGE ExTRAoRDIsARr.-In Kingston, N. H.. Col
William Webster aged 81, to Miss Martha Winslow AGED
49, BY the above union, the bridegroom has married his
sisters granddaughter which makes the bride wife to her
great uncle sister her grandfather and grandmother and
aunt to her father and mother and great aunt her brothers
and sisters She is sepmother to FIVE Children fourteen
grand children, and one great grand child.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-08-21

RrLuo.D AccrDESr.-The Pusburg Gazette says that
quite serious accident occurred the Columbia railroad d
ring last week. by which two from Ohio named Edward
Edwards and Thomas Williams killed. The axclree
of sctonboat truck broke while the train was in full
ton, throwing Of the off the track and literally
breaking up the remainder The up train be-
fore discovering the obstruction come in collision with
the broken cars but no serious damage sustained.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-08-21
CANTON.

The following interesting letter from correspondent who
has resided several years in Canton and who is well quail
fed to give good view Of appearances and affairs in that
Daily Advertiser
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-08-21


wthal The person his right to copy him in dress
the kind Of hat which he cocks after the
fashion, and has the devil may-care look but he
carries his nationality about him. and any that he
German There also many Englishmen about, some
Of them very fine genteman-ke fellows who represent their
country with honor. Then there is a little bueheaded
pert man, standing in pair Of obstinate looking boots He
to belong the SnOS class somewhat largely repre-
scented here, who remind Of bagmen and from
Manchester and Birmingham persons who exist in little
world of conce and prejudice who apply great energy
unimpoan affairs and BY whom ordinary objects repre-
scented as fearful, incredible, and astounding"
Well may as well be off, BE careful how you cross
these planks for low tide there any thing but bed of
beneath you This she'd here the right built upon
piles driven into the mud and filled with lazy Cinnamon,
CATS and yellow dogs is the headquarters Of Old Head"
person. his way, of some substance and Importance He
number OF boats which he lets to foreigners besides
which he takes Of their boats finds boatmen,
errands and is in short useful character and quite favor
lite. think had better take :" Dollar boat" Dollar
boats built something like Hong boats but much
smaller The sheds which you about mostly boat
houses Here some Of the boats-pulIng and sailing
but most of them have gone out. All here's Old
Head" "Head want-chee Dollar boat" every well,
SIR" This is rather nice saboat c. though the rig
ging is quite du f7t Head what for you no fx-ee
that boat proper +" "Well don't know that boat no
blong my" "Marskee suppose you ask-ee misser ,
he give you money makec all-o proper" "Misser -
you no eavez be he all same to- says he cnchng his hand
convusivey, and holding up for your Inspection" HE
yah cam How comprehensive and expressive that
bit Of pantomme. He's dirty looking rascal to be sure but
good-naured fellow and quite forcbe and pungent in his
remarks, you perceive.
Here we are launched upon the Canton river amid thou
sands Of boats from the immense and unwieldy unks and
chopboats down to the small "dusout," at home call
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-02-18

crowd, or sharing responsibility with the mob he was
easy enough; but when reflection has rushed upon him
IN his retirement, revealing to him his own indivdua-
ty or when the finger of scorn has been pointed at him
IN social life, where he has been used to expressions
OF respect he has found that the fanatica politician
has ruined the man, & that the world either not wise
enough or not charitable enough 10 discriminate be-
tween Them Beware, then, my young friends, how
you even seem to commit yourselves to the spirit of
party No matter to what party you belong-act with
1t no farther than you conscientousy believe that it is
acting right. Put not your conscience in the keeping
OF any man, or any body of men-above all, put it not
at the mercy of the mob-t is too noble principle to
be trihed with Beware of the beginning of this evil
for it is insduous; aid you may get completely I'M
der its power before you have begun to suspect your
danger-Dr Sprague.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-02-18
UritIen for The Liberty Bell for 1917.
THE CHILDLESS MOTHER.
BY J. e. SNODGRASS.

After practiclng my profession for year or
two in Virginia, amid the scenes of my boyhood's
mountain circled home, removed to Williams
port, quiet little village on the Maryland side
of the romantic Potomac. During my residence
in the latter place, an incident occurred, the re-
laion Of which will, perhaps, serve useful pur-
pose, while furnishing, as | have been requested
to do, ga page for the Liberty Bell"
At the dawn Of day in early spring, | was
startled from slumbers rendered perhaps unusll-
ally profound by the labors of the previous day
The cause was a scream, which violently cleft
the cold air with its piercing agony. instant.
ly Sprang to my feet only to have my ears sd
lued by shrleks still more startling. SO lout
had the voice now become, that it seemed t(
startle from the bosom of the quiet river echoe.
such as perhaps had never been heard since the
days when its CLASSY tide used to reflect the war
whoop of the Indian and the scream ofthe pan
ther.
The voice could readily be distinguished as &
female, though coarse and harsh in its tones Ii
soon ceased, however, as if stfed by the very in.
tensity of the agony it had expressed On sub
sequent inquiry of a servant, | obtained the fol-
lowing solution of the Soul-troubling mystery.
In hut square or two distant, had lived
for some time, colorcd woman, the mother o
two children, whose wants she had supplied with
the labor of her own hands She had regarded
herself as "free woman"-free as the air o
the surrounding hills-and she was so re
garded by all who knew her But she had nj
"free papers," having omitted to secure them, il
was said, through over-conhdence in the source
from which she had received verbal pledge O
freedom Fatal omission, too frequently mad,
by the virtually freed.
Little did that sable woman dream, amid tht
quiet darkness which enwrapped her toil-wOrI
| frame in unconcousness, that a still harder lot
| O, how hard a one--was so near its awaiting
She was aroused at early dawn, by rap at hel
humble door.-She responded to the signal anC
babe the vistants enter. They did so; but lo
what purpose, suppose you reader! To talk o
work to be done by those who are glad to "asl
leave to toll" or utter other words of cheer
No-alas! No Far different the errand OF
which they came. One of them claimed her a
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-02-18

his "chattle," and ordered her to be seized as
his "sIa'e" 1t was done, and she was conveyed,
with her oldest child, to the county Jail, some
SIX miles distant, there to await the "highest bid
der" for the blood and bones of his fellow men!
"Was it the fact of being sold to Georgia,
that caused those unearthly shrieks?" you ask.
"Is that not common thing in Maryland"
1t is far too common, answer with shame:
but it was not that which caused such intense
agony. The cause was far worse even than that.
will tell
Nesting warm in that mothers bosom through
that sadly terminated night, had lain a babe, but
few weeks od-a babe which, colored though
it was, and doomed to become as deephued as
its sable mother, was her baby still, with all the
tender and helpless ways of a baby-ant that
mother loved it as fondly as the firest-sknned
mother of this land could love her own-But it
was deemed an iacumbrance to its mother in the
slave mart So they tore it rudely from her bo-
som! 1t was that which caused the shrek of
agonized affection, the speechless utterance of
mothers bereaved and tortured soul! Yes,
they tore that tender child from its mother, and
she became the inmate of a gloomy prison!
"For what cause!" you ask. Had the woman
committed any crimer'
Not the least possible crime was she guilty Of
except it really be crime to wear black skin
But she was a slave at least she was claimed
as such. Besides, you see they only transferred
her from one prison to another-for what is slave
~ but Imprisonment! In fact, it is generally
Imprisonment of the worst kind-imprisonment
for life.
what became OF the babel" some anxious
mother impatienty asks.
| cannot answer further than that it was left
with a colored woman, who promised its mother
to take care oft, This, it is probable, she was
allowed to do until it was old enough for the
Southern market"
Mothers of the land-ye who have borne chill
dren and felt the feeble pulsations of their little
hearts respond to your own-know you not how
to commlserate that cruelty bereft mother!
trust that you do. Then plead earnestly for the
cause Of the saye Strengthen the hands of
your husbands, and fathers and brothers, amid
their stern conflict with the giant Wrong-amid
their self-deniaIs and their suiferings-n the face
of private malice and public scorn Woman
can do much, faithful to her mssion-so much
that with the cooperation of the wives, and
mothers, and daughters of our guilty land, the
Liberty BeII' would soon cease to send forth
such heart-rending tones as the shrieks of the
ChildIess Mother.
baltimore.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-02-18
Forthc Green Mountain Freeman.
What has the Liberty Party Done!

Mr. demonstrating often been called TO reflect on
the question have placed at the head of this article,
cannot forbear to commit some Of my thoughts to pa
per- fyou think they will forward the cause of truth,
you may give them place in your excellent paper
What has the Liberty party done?
|. They have successfully called the attention of the
christian public to the duty of action upon their
scentlous integrity in the of the ballot box. Not
that all christians do act in this manner. But good
foundation has been laid in the real conversion of many
to the principles of righteousness; that now
look forward with unwaverng confidence to time not
distant, when all the true-hearted will as they APP
proach the ballot box, enquire, "Lord, what wilt thou
have me to do?" Be it So that some members of the
party have swerved from the path of rectude and con-
descended to the low arti6ce of partizans-that some
who have plead the cause of humanity have presented
motives unworthy of the bject they would gain, II
remains rue nevertheless that the party mdsSe and
the prominent actors in the party especially are actu