Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1848-05-04
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Since !, was inconvcnin, lor Clay to "'Ioy
Mey;con he is determined to 'SIng' The wing Pa'H'
A severe gale on the Lakes has been most o''''-
,,ons 10 the shipping. Fifteen vessels ashore neal
Sandusky.
There is a gil in Carroll county Mu. ""0
weighs 4ls and Ia pounds, What "'e '"'
will, make for some one Exchange F'P"'
perhaps she won't J .
,h,o,omor named Collins, on Saturday zen
,0',,oen TWO cas- wien untg, motion, li!Ie west
orA,hurn, aud was instantly killed.
z,so il Icfo,e The people, that the wing leaders
opposed the recognition the provisional govern,
ment of France!
Ar,sr marriage in Connecticut, the bridegroom
,,ok the parson aside very mysIcnousy' ana WINS,
pcred 10 him, 'cant yon take your pay IN '"'e'"
1ohn Donkey saws formerly the seat oil inc
r,encb king spet t-h-r-o-o-e but since TIE ar
,clo was pitched ont of the TOiIlcrics window we
write it t-h-r-c'w-n'
Esxrrcxy-E,eryin indication in this state
furnishes strong evidence that the accused 'Ns'-
,n,ion Of slavery will soon disappear from within
her borders. God speed the day
"Bob is that dog Of yours pointer" mo-
10 i half hunter and half setter. lie hints Tor
honcs when he is hungry, and sits by the stove
when he's satisfied
Major Bliss, the hero, the scholar and Inc '''eno
or Gen. Ta,ior, arrived here yesterday from the
Fast. We believe he on his way to Baton Rouge
-LouisriNc Journal .APrHl9.
The Boston Traveller relates thai druggist who
has of late years been induced to advertise, hndS
business and profits quadruped; last year his prof
ITS were ttrcniy tiousand dollars.
The Wheeling, (Na,) Times says;-"Nlr Clay
has numerous and warm, and great iiends but ii
no, enough he might as well have none, 50 far as
the Presidency is concerned
A SL1Gnr MIsrAKE.- "'rhere,' said an old
lady, pointing TO tho angel and trumpet upon MIR
Suec,et's church, 'you see whn, the principle o
them Uni,ersallers is. Only see, they've got {
Teller up with bottle TO his mouth"
RETRrYcHMENT- I he Post Master Genera
has recently saved, over former rates 500 900 ii
contracts for the transportation Of the mail. Thi
looks well for further reduction,
BEvEyoLENcE,--Mr Chpp, of Portland, ha
left, by will, fund Of eight thousand dollars, fo
the education and relief Of female orphan children
and four thousand dollars for furnishing fuel to IN
fortunate widows and other poor women,
WIsCoNslN.--Th vote on The new consiiu
ton of Wisconsin was very light only about hal
the whole vote being poI'cd on the queslon-in al
22,50l, The majority for the constitution is 10,
293. No returns were received from Brown, Chip
pewa, La Pcute, NlCunowac, Rchland, and ST
CroiS, which would probably increase The vote t
25,QOO.
MAYsLAuGHrER.-John Yates, coorc
man, living in Pleasant Valley, was convicted o
Tuesday IA, the Poughkeepsie Circuit Court, {
mansIaughter, in causing the death Of his child, |
months old, by seating it on a hot stove aud burn
ing ii SO badly that ii died the same day. TIL
child was sickly anduoubesOme. Sentence ruul
teen years in the state prison.
Dispatches from Com. Perry represent the COZ
dI'Ion OF Yocaon as desperate. lie says
Gov. Mende2 has declared to me, that, rain
10 obtain aid from the United States, he shouI
apply to other powers; and as a last resort, II
people OF fucatan would offer up tho sovereign
' OF The state 10 whatever power would consent
take it under protection"
MASSACHUSETTS, AT the democratic CONVEX
lion OF the 9th district Of Massachusetts, held ,
Wednesday last, NATHANIEL MouroN.
Taunton, was chosen delegate to the national CO
Hentlon at Baltimore, and SAMUEL c. BALDw,
MS substitute, The convention expressed ore
e'ence Tor The Hon. Levi Woodbury. for the Pre-
dCncy.
THE FRENCH MINISTER The National
telligencer publishes copies of official notes
tween NJ, Lamartne and VI. Psgecr late Fren
Minister at Washington, by which it appears II
the Provisional Government offered to conlin
tho Inter funcionary in Office lie however d
cIIned the honor, stating in reply that, being
tached to the dynasty of Louis Phpp and ECO
WINGED that the happiness of france WINS close
c0nnec ted with its preserva,ion," lac could
consent to represent the present power. and tu
over his papers 10 his secretary.
LAUGH.
She had that charming laugh, which, like so
The song Of spring bird, wakes suddenly
When wa least look for it, |, fingered long
Upon the ear, one Of the sweet things we
Treasure uuconsCiously. AS steals along
a stream in sunshine, stole its melody,
As musical as it was light and wild,
The buoyant spirit of some fairy child;
Yet mingled with soft signs, that might eAprcsv
The depth and truth of earnest tenderness.
CaStus ~ Clay--whose testimony can,
wen be disputed by The Clay wings, as he "
lhef special emissafy from Kentucky to hahn
Gay IN me north in 1874, nor by The Ta,
wings, as he is an ardent Taylor man now, n
was member of the late whig state convention
hentucky-h has made the following candid avov
OF Inc utility of the charge against Mr. Polk, II
,he march to the Rio Grande was the cause of
war with Mexco:--