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The Daily spy., 1848-12-11
TO THE FRIENDS OF JUSTICE AND Hi.
MANITY

You have, doubtless, read the appeal of the
ECommlttee appointed in the case OF Capt's. Dray.
ton and Sayers, imprisoned at Washington
whose case is now being argued before the Cir
cuit Court of the United States in the District of
hColumbia, on an appeal for new trial which
appeared in the public journals last week. The
Importance OF that case requires an immediate
II1nd hearty response from every friend of good
government, justice and humanity. The Com
mittee are now several hundred dollars in arrears
IAnd the expense is still accumulating. Thew
lfannot, consequently, meet the drafts that are
lDelng made upon them, unless immediate aid be
Federed. They have requested me TO raise the
requisite amount as soon as possible. twill take
Ilulte too long time for me to do it, BY individual
ppIlcatlons, or visiting towns aud taking collec.
liions.
II In view of the pressing emergency, and to save
pme and expenses OF collecting such sum as is
f4eeded, will not the generous citizens of eyery
Pown where this appeal is read, take measures
lft once to forward such an amount as their cir
fumstances will allow, and the Importance of this
fase requires. As this is not party question. il
les hoped that ALL OF every party and sect will
3Eheerluly contribute. 1t is an appeal to all low
dfrs oil humanity, justice, good government, the
.honor OF our country, and OF Christianity.
Please send in your money to Mr. J. P. BIan.
chard, No. lS Purchase street, or to the under.
slgnsd, at the Office OF S. E. SewaU. ESQ. No
40 ashngton street, Boston. Do not wait for
me to come after it, for it is wanted iD,nediafeI
Editors, favorable to justice and humanity. are
requested to contribute by giving this an inser.
ton in their columns
In behalf OF the laws,
II. CUMMINGS, Agent.
The Daily spy., 1848-12-11
REhoar OF THE PosrMAsrER GENERAL.

ksEkORr OF THE PosTMAsTER GENERAL.
The following is briet synopsis -
The Post Office revenue under the reduced
rates is rapidly increasing, and amounted during
the last fiscal year TO $4,47l OFT; exceeding the
annual average of the nine yeais immediately
proceeding the passage Of the reducing act,
$6,45S, and exceeding the revenue of the ysar
Immediately preceding the last $425,ls4.
The letter postage amounted to SO, $50, ,3Ol,
exceeding that OF the previous year $295, ,7sl.
The newspaper postage amounted 10 $767. .334.
being an increase Of $l24,l74.
The report next proceeds to set forth tie con-
dltion and operations OF the department in relation
to the steamer mail service.
Among the most prominent Recommendations
whlch II sets forth, are these ITO make the rate
OF postage uniform for letters at s cents the halt
ounce; for newspapers at cent the ounce for
periodicals., 2 cents the ounce; and for foreign
letters, Is cents the halt ounce the total abol.
ton CT the ranking privilege; the prepayment
The Daily spy., 1848-12-11

Cook on the occasion. Ol this there i, diversity
in the testimony between Mrs Ward and other wit>
nesses You viii reco lec the different given
i re alton To gong for tie doctor hs iakng out OF the
chld, aud going foI Mrs ymond His alleged un-
illn1nrss to 20 for the doctor is impodan true be-
cause il shows an objection to having relief, or The case
subjected TO the observation OF such person But her
statement Is conuadicted by M y.lond, and you
will Judge in relation 10 ii.
In relation 10 The proposition for posi moriem exam
inaoh-there is objection in ihe communiy 10 such
examinations and il the proposition vas made without
any definite object the objection would he entitled TO no
particular weight but if there is reason I" suppose that
was objected for the purpose OF conceamelt 1t be-
comes impoltan. he Jury will judge III relation TO it,
The circumstances relation to Cynthia Aelcaf were
then examined at some length and The iury asked
to consider whether they could reconcile the contfadc
tory statements with intention 10 tell the trnlh, and
would Judge what he tue acts were IN relation hereto
The testimony olhcr points was then examined,
after Lich recdptulaton made oi the points OF
the case with the substance of the testimony applicable
TO each The jury to judge, whether the facts
necessary To constitute the crime had been tsaclory
proved and were not reasonably reconcllable to any
other hypothesis. If they were proved they would
return verdict of guilty, but if they were not proved
TO their reasonable satisfaction, they would return
general verdict of not gully.
The Jury then retired and alter absence of forty
minutes reuined with verdict OF NOT GUILTY aud
the prisoner was forthwith discharged.
The Daily spy., 1848-12-11

MARRIAGE. Old Bachelors and happily mar
led men take very different views of the mar.
Jed lie. For example the old Bach thus des-
ibes the condition as he understands it.
"Nosy clack and constan, brawing,
Dscord and domestic strife;
Empty cupboard, children bawng,
Seeding woman made wife /"
The man really blessed with s' better halt 4"
is describes the condition
II "Loyely looks and constant counting
Sweeening all the tolls Of life;
Cheerful children, harmless sporting, Hst
Lovely woman made WIFE,"
The Daily spy., 1848-12-11

UJ The HAUsER FAmlLY-The celebrated Tyro-
Iese Minstrels, who have gained great popularty
in our cities will give 10 the people of or,
cester this evening. They cousins 10 the Raners
who visited few years since, and those who heard
gher delightful performances, will unquestonably have
acuTlosly TO hear the Hausers. See advertisement
The Daily spy., 1848-12-11

/ u Our reports of the arguments of the counsel in
Ehe case Of Cook are necessarily greatly condensed.-
That of the Judges charge is only skeleton of the
most important portions of it.
The Daily spy., 1848-12-11

ONO. The accounts from Ohio are to the 7th
inst, The House of Representatives had an
ganized at that time. The Democrats held pos.
session OF one side Of the hail. and continued in
session day and night. Tho Wings occupied the
other side Of the hall, and adjourned from day to
day, The Wings and free soil men propose TO
compromise by temporarily excluding both sets
oil members from Hamilton county. The major.
ity OF the democrats, however, refuse 70 accede,
and there Is no prospect of the compromise being
effected.
In the Senate, Brewster Randall, Esq, Free
Soil Whig from Ashlabula county, was elected
Speaker. Thirty -Iour ballotings for Clerk had
taken place, without success.
COLUMBUS, Friday, Dec. 8
In the Senate, to-day, on the 2lst ballot, John
r. Knapp, (Loco) was elected Clerk, receiving
l9 votes.
In the House no progress was made. An ul-
timatum from the Wings and Free Sellers was
submitted to the Locos this morning. 1t is sign
ed by eight Free Sellers, including Townsend
and Vandoren, and has been agreed to by the
Wings; that the conestors from Hamilton Coun-
ty be excluded until the House is organized, and
lneir case settled. No business to be done until
this is all disposed Of, except meeting the Senate
for the Inauguration of Governor Mr.. Letter,
Loco Chairman, pronounced the resolution out
OF order Mr.. Pugh appealed, but Mr.. Letter
was sustained. Mr.. Pennington, Whig, offered
resolution that the Wings are ready to receive
any fair proposition at any time, from the Loco.
FocOs, which was carried. House adjourned till
Tomorrow.
The Daily spy., 1848-12-11

The Rothschild who came over in the Cam.
bria is one of the young men, son of James Roths-
khild, the head Of the Paris house. He is %
pears OF age, and comes merely TO see the coun-
Ikv
The Daily spy., 1848-12-11

but IL miles OF the track Of the New Haven
ana New York Road are yetto be laid, and FIVE
esHgIUf fmgWusg tV@ofk on IL. The road win
be open by Christmas. h#
The Daily spy., 1848-12-11


The erst inquiry whether Mrs Cook died Of Po'on-'na
be 4 dead Il not questioned. che was woman Of srcng
constitution and perfect hsahs suddenly taken sick at her
supper with symptoms, whicA 50 far as they CO. are all In
aea,ve of poOnihe absence Of vomiting aud pusnE are
not inconsistent with poisoning Then there was the preser
v.,;ou Of the body-arsepc is undoubtedly presrvave
~ Won haze what places the matter beyond all queson-the
andnc Of arsenic in the remains If we cannet rely on scen-
e we rely on any thing DR. Webster
showed you the arsenic he obtained lie told you the whole
was carefully eonduced and gave you an account OF it,
Tn. de.ndsnt had DR. Guy, chemist present. and ne has
made no ob,ecton 10 IT, You will weigh the testimony i'm
partially and Judge Of poisoning has not Ossp made
out. s 4,
a.n,',.,.a, There Is no iumaon Of any wny in which IT
could h.y. been accidentally done, without Cooks
hedge. There no nmaon, any circu@'ancs 70 inouc'
tn. opinion tha. Of suicide The defence nave
undertaken to show that Mrs. Ward is the guilty person.
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A Brave OH ,SoLDIER.-Mr. James Nc.
Donald, of West Cambridge, Mass, passed
through here on Sunday last, says the Bal'i'
more Argus, Aug. i6, on his way to Frederick
city. N H., to see his daughter, the wife of Or.
Bgelow. He represented him-clf to be the
brother Of Sergeant Mcdonald, who tricked the
old tory on, Of his horse Splim-says he is in
his 9th year, and was in 80 engagements
was at the battles OF Lexington and Bunker
Hill, and at the taking of Burgoyne's army,
lasting six days-received two wounds at the
B tile of Brandywine-was at the battle OF
Trenton, Princeton and Germanton-lost an
eve at the battle of the Cowpens, l7th January,
l779,-received three wounds at the battle Of
Camden, under the brave DeKalb-fonght at
Guitord Court House, Under General Green
WAS at the Paoli massacre, &C., &c.-foughtin
the late war under Scott, at Bridgewater-.was
his sdjutant. His son was in the same battle,
and lost his arm-is now 20 years old-post'
master at Upper Sandusky, Ohio. He says his
twn-brother, Timothy, died five years since al
Providence. What is the most remarkable, he
is as active as man Of 35, and as straight III
an arrow. Our informant says he dined with
him on Sunday, when he left for Frederick city
on foot, with b'ld military step. which surprised
all who saw him. H. says he can walk fort,
miles day. H, is q tins looking old man
with head as white as he driven snow.
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The science Of Q School Examination Il very
oret,ilv explsined bv the following s0ecdote:

The science Of School Examination Il very
pre,,ily explained BY the following shecdote:
A country sctool teacher, preparing for an
exhibition Of his school, selected Z class Of pu.
pills, and wrote down the questions, and answers
to questions that 10 would put to them exami-
nation day. The day came. and with II the
,oung hopefule, all but one. They took their
places as had been arranged. and ali wen, glibly
on until came the question for the sb.entee,
when the teacher asked "1n whom do you b.
lever The pupil who sat next the vacant
seat, without noticing whose question il was,
answered, =" Nspolsoa Bouaparte." mo, no !"
angrily exclaimed the teacher. :" In whom do
you believe Z" "Nspoleon Bonaparte Here
the teacher began to smell the rat, and said.
" You believe in the Holy Ghost, do you not 2"
" No." said the boy amid the rosrs Of uncontrol.
able laughter, "thc boy what believes In the
Holy Ghost hasn't come to school to-day; he's
ut home, sick a.bed.
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HOP I.

A great variety Of flowers hath the Creator
planted in the garden Of the human mind. A.
mong those moi the least attractive and beautiful
is Hope. In looking at the structure Of the
mind, we do not regard hope as distinctive
faculty, but AZ an exercise. II belongs II the
class of en- tions, and although less violent than
some, for instance fear and anger, II is more
powerful, and in kind Of way most needed in
the constitution Of man. Il las a sustaining
power. It places itself right Opposite to that
dark and dread emotion despair, and is perpetu.
ally engaged in counteractinR its influence. 1t
may be true that there are found some in whom
II appears only as elirering light, but theee
oy reason oil this idiosyncrasy may be considered
as exceptions. The law Of our nature is to
hope. The necessity Of the law 10 a. obvious
as the law itself Without the operation of
such principle it would be impossible Ia live
in this world, certainly to live in comfort
Hence when amid the fall of man 90 many flow.
era of Paradise wi,hered and died, this remained
with its bloom and beauty to please his eye, and
cheer his heart. Sbme plants there are that
can grow only in Paradise. This will spring
up any where-even amid the deserts Of the
world. II is never to be eradicsted from the
soil Of humanity. 1t is congenial and coeva
with u, for as long as we live there will be de-.
sired and expected good before US. It seems to
underline the entire strata Of human faculties
and feelings, SO that If they could be conceived
to disappear or be extingnislied, it would still
remain. Like perennial spring embosomed in
the earth. it dwels within man. 1t is a spark.
ling fountain in the interior court of this august
teinple-the soul of man, whose waters are ever
bubbling up in beauty and brightness. Hence
flows the stream u. comfort through the valley
of human life. There is not condition of hu.
mainly on which hope is not attendant. There
is not an aspect of our destiny on which her be-.
ngnant light does not fall. Who is a stranger
to her impulses2 Childhood reaches forward to
youth. Youth impatientIy awaits manhood
Manhood hopes on The very confines of age -
Tne traveller, far distant from his home, has
this for cheerful companion. The mariner,
tossed uponthe treacherons wave, with joy an.
ticipates the hour Of his anchorage in some
friendly port. The sick man continually look.
ing forward to the time Of restoration to health.
Even the dying man often hopes to the moment
Of giving up the ghost. In the busy busting
world Of human beings how many are led on
by this in the pursuit after wealth, fame, power,
promotion, pleasure. She smiles OH the immur-
ed captive dropping and sorrowing within the
gloomy cell to which superstition, despotsm or
bgotry has consigned him. Oh gentle, genial,
un>leeping hope holy offspring Of infinite be.
nevoence. divine creation Of the O,nnip oteut.-
". Y. Observer.
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THE UPPER CRUST.
"Oh! What goodly outside falsehood hath"

The woman who makes the contemplate blunder
In getting up pies,
To shorten the upper crust more than the unoer'
Is very unwse
Not only penurious, meagre and mean.
But called in the papers decidedly green"
ButIook thro this world and you'll find that the upPe
Are ever more short,
More tested in temper, more sinted in supper,
More brief IN retOrt-
Besides in their relish tor splend0r and dash.
They often get short Of health, credit and cash.
And man Of deception is ever lover.
Wherever he's found;
And life is book IN a ine snowy cover,
Most splendidly bound
Each leaf has an edging Of gold but within
1t is dark with inscrp ti0ns Of folly and sin.
II strangers you meet at the wedding or party,
Bestow not your trust.
Your confidence. frank, unsuspectng and hearty,
On short upper crust
Or you'll learn that not pastry alone hath the sin
OF an outside much better than what 10 within.
You will find the same spirit perva ling all classes,
The high and the mean
Like rich satin cloak it envelopes the masses.
Over ragged moveen-
As spotless false bosom may horrors enclose.
And gaiter boots laced over de.estable hose
There is counterfeit breeding in full circulation.
More brilliant than gold
There is counterfeit talent and false reputation,
Most fair to behold;
And ounterfeit wealth, aud its glittering dust,
All snowy without, like the rlcn upper crust.
But give me the friend that is frank for wonder,
And trusty though rough
Whose upper crust proves very much like the under
And neither are tough;
Letus win what we can ot the graces Of art,
But pledge for them never the truth the heart.
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Tksrs-Are as invaluable to the health a

TRsrs-Are as invaluable to the health and
comfort of man As the sight and SOUND OF their
rustling foliage is acceptable to his IA ate. II Is
an important fact, though not sufficiently known
and remembered, that trees emit oxygen IN
large quantities, and this gas is not only most
essential to human life, but-mngled steadily
and copously with the atmosphere of ou' dwell.
lings-promotes cheerfnlness and that energy OF
will which enables us To pursue our sv"cat'ons
with zeal and pleasure. Employ the most stu
Did servant at some work that can be done under
the shade Of trees, and It will be done quicker,
better, and with less fatigue than under the dead
shelter Of boards and bricks unenllvened with
foliage.
Who that has passed from the glare Of the
sun, or the torpid shade OF = house removed
from verdure, to the musical canopy Of thick
leaved trees, has not observed the refreshing
| invigorating influence 4? 1t is the health and
happiness inspiring breath OF their waving
branches that bathes the senses in delight
And not only in giving, but receiving. are trees
benefac,ors 10 MALT, like other divine gifts.
they are not in excess. and made to crowd ont
the Giro ulation OF air and the sailing visits Of
sunshine. They absorb the noxlous gas which
animal life is constantly breathing out. and
which, il again inhaled, becomes so prejndicia
and even fatal in close rooms when the same DE-
composed air is received over and over into the
lungs This gas inhaled so sbnndsntly by AMI.
NAL life, and hurtiul il inhaled again, 10 needed
and absorbed by the vegetable creation, and II
returned by it in generous supply OF the oxy'
gen necessary to animal lie.
A grove should shade every school.houss u
the land, and II your neighbor will not hell
you, plant them yourself for the health and en-
|joyment of your children and ehildren's chill
idfen. They will bs better and more enduring
lepi'aph than he unfelt and unbelieved praiss
they will cut upon your tombstone. Plan
trees around your own house for your own sake
and along the highway for humanitys. Ever.
tree will De good act, aud ift its head over IN
relieved wayfarer in at,esta,'on of your lovini
Kindness to fellow men.-Letters Of Cora Nom
gomery.
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It buries every error-covers every defect
ex'ingnishes every resentment. From It's
peaceful bnsom spring none but fond regrets
and tender recolec,ions. Who can . * down
upon the grave 'oi an enemy, and no, feel a
compunc,ious throb that he should have warred
with the poor handful Of dust thai lies moalder-
ing before him 7-Irving.
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to mistake, and thus misrepresent motives and
trifies, with no direct object, are magnfed into
mountains Of unntentional offence. II is the
zane In social life. Let 10 guard against it,
Delicate regulations are like the polish of costly
cutlery-dampnes eorrodes, and the rust,
thought removed. leaves q spot.
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ABEAurIFuL SESTIMEsr.-lhe sunlight that
fnllows a shipwreck is not less beautiful though
il shines upon the remains OF the broken bark !;
what is saved, is 50 much more precious than
that which has been lost. The domestic circle
is always too small 70 allow Of rupture it is
always too precious to make excusable any
neglect to prevent or heal disturbance. There
are enough to minister by hints and reports 10
domestic unkindness; aud unfortunately the
best, under such circumstances, are much prone
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taneously. Puschner is to enter Hungary from
Sisbenbnrgen with 10000 men; Rukavina, with
IS 900 Se,vians, from the B,nat; Nuge, Dab.
len, and Todnrowich, with 10000 men. will
also move upon the capital from the Coetion
frontier.
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e6.727,2s6
2,o97.O53
l,2ls.0OO
l.ll7,ssI barrels Flour
$500 ITO bushels Corn
i04,C0o Larrels Pork
$l0,672,369

Showing an increase, in four years. 'eee@y
The western Farmer has found an answer
TO this question New England is his customer
before all the world. She presents steady ana
constantly increasing market for oil kinds OF
his surplus productions. In looking 10 New
England he looks TO = certsinty--thsps " hosh'
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We are obliged to "a Western Farmer for
the difiicultie. which lie in his way,
and will endeavor to remove them. 1t was our
intention ut some time to 60 over this ground,
and we may as well do it now.
H. wants to get all the money he can for his
surplus productions, which is not only natural,
but right and then he wants to get all he can
for his money, and that again is tight. He
thinks that he can best accomplish his desires
by the free trade system. because England will
give him more cluth for one dollar than we can
We think he can gain his end only by the pro.
tective system, because we say il is only under
that system that he can get his dollar 10 start
with and without the dollar il is a matter of in
difference to him who sells cloth chea pest, for
he would not be in the market as a purchaser.
Tne first thing then for the Western farmer
to do is, to find purchaser for his surplus, and
his first question, Where is my customer? For
AN answer to this question, let him examine the
following statistics:
In l844, 1--WE take that year for two reasons,
l. There was no famine any where, und the op.
erations represent the current Of trade under or.
binary circumstances and 2. We happen to
have the documents on hand. our exports from
all the States to all Europe, Of -four, corn, and
pork, were a. follows, viz:
l6l lO3 barrels Of fur, o3l0,556
SO 900 barrels corn, 44.42S
1865 barrels pork, ll7,ss0
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Burlington 5ree Dress.

Published at Burlington, VI,
BY D. W. Z. CT A n X E,
Editor Gnd Proprietor.

To Village subscribers who receive the paperbyo IN
VIC M
Iffpsid in advance, s~
Office, ~;
lfpaid IN advance, :. l50
ADVERTISEMENTS inserted on the customary terms
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ei,6i0.0s5
l.l76,307
{ exp's) 100000
923,Ol7 barrels -four,
1860, 663 barrels corn,
$1,000 I" pork exclusive o

Thus II appears tina, under ordinary eircum;
stances the consumption o New England
for the bread stusis and the pork Of the .e''eul'
tu,sI States, is more than sir t;s'es as large q
as that of An Eueops, and the saIns preparation
will hold good when applied 10 beef, lard, hides,
wax, hemp. beams, castor oil. lead. feathers
oats, rye, barley. butter and all other produce
tons Of the soil, except tobacco and cotton.
The imports of the present year, estimated as
befo,e, and allowing the present month OF De.
csmber pro rata To the other eleven mouths, will
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From the Boston Atlas.
n ney and Business.

MEssRs. EDlroas 81 have read with care
and attention your articles on the protective
system, and am satisfied that the popular idea
entertained among us. that protective duties are
for the benefit Of the rich, Is fallacy. am
satisfied that your reasoning 10 correct, and that
labor reaps all the benefit but then it 10 the ID.
Dor Of New England alone, as it seems to me /;
don't sec how we Western farmers are bene.
fitted by the system. We, very naturally, want
As many yards of cloth for one dollar Is we can
get, and have . notion that we can obtain q
greater number from England than from New
England, and therefore that free trade is the
best system for our interest. Still, l should be
glad 10 zee the old States and a. protec-
object to it, If you can shnw me only that
shall not lose by il. raise corn, wheat ."a
pork therefore, SO far as eating goes, am in.
dependent. Having surplus Of these articles,
! wish to turn that surplus into money, and so
find the means to supply all my other wants
but you see it is great object with me to make
my money 20 as far as possible.
AWEsrERs FARMER.