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From the American Courier.
SUMMARY OF TIE INTELLIGENCE.


We have devoted so NIGH space 70 tho
events in Paris, that our other "details OF our
news brought by the Cambria, which an;vcd
lat New York on Saturday morning, bringing
fifteen days' laterintelligence fFssn abroad,
must necessarily be brief. io9 ai .9fg
The aspect Of affairs in England maecs,it
clear that Lord John Russell's Ministry is!
Eon the point Of being driven from power--+
France changes from monarchy TO a. re-
Pablic; but in England there will be only a.
change OF Ministers. 5fS s,oy
Lord John Russell propounded bis budget
in the House Of Commons on the evening Of
the ilSth Of February. .and,ihe excitement it
created may be Inferred from the fact that
alEthe approaches to the Hbuse were block,
Cd up by crowds Of well dressed persons,
4lours before the customary time Of begin.
ing business, Hl il
Never did Budget receive d less favorable
welcome. The only remi,tsdiax is that on
foreign copper ore, which, only produces the
triaing sum Of G4l 900. That part Of the
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Fods GovEftNefs.
JOHN B. WELLER,
THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE.


The French Revolution, which the late
foreign news stated as progressing, by the ov-
erhrow Of despotism, 20 the establishment on
;,s u,;us of Renubl;can fiesdom. was brought
=, !, con.e..ence of tho opposition Of Lou.
4 Ph;lIipoe's government 10 the extension Of
,ha ,;.b, of .utF,aoe. which 4 miserably cir,
.uusc,;bed IN Frnpce. The French King
I'M. commanded = mai, rity in the Chamber
Of Depu,ies wholly by The mower Of money
To .becL ,t;s an cao,, ,va. made IN extend
=, q, l u ,,h,;o
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dinners and speecnes,) we've maze . mcaps
10 influence public opinion in favor OF the
prooosed reform in the riqh, Of voting
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.'s '.,s.;.~ -. i. ca.J,n,, :.
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the press had already been virtually crushed oy
the continually recurring prosecution and
;mpr;a onment Of i,s conductors The Mhole
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man, united 10 eSpeh'ng 'ne aesPo'' Nho'
ewing bis throne 10 evolutionary move
ment, had not only deceived Lafayette and
Tho F,epcb ,eonlc hui had ohtiaped the
gsedom he Ind been cIe,u,rd d ny..s.. e
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possessed o. The io'ms ano nucn o. 'ne snO'
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diffusion Of liberal principles, and the grad.
ual Improvement Of mankind, has supported
him under al circumstances; and he has
steadily pursued his object with all tho pow
er OF his intense and collected energies.
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The feud between the Clay and Taylor
wings becomes, every day, more interesting.
The latter claiming that the wbig general
committee has resolved itself into a mere
Clay caucus, are taking measures TO have a
Taylor wing rally generally.
The Albany Evening Journal adds
its potent VOICE TO the discomfort, and des-
signates the Clay pledges exac,ed from the
delegates recently elected TO Philadelphia,
not only unnecessary, but such as "no cir
cums,ances could have rendered proper.
~ " Correspondence NTH tae Washing
ton Union.
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As the County Convention is called 10
transact The usual business pertaining TO Con-
ventions, il is unnecessary to call a special
meeting to.appoint delegates to the Colum-
bus Convention Of the 10Th Of May
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ore. rs Whitaker, has been nominated
as the Democratic, and Horace Mann, as the
Wing candidate, TO gil the vacancy occasion
ed by tho death Of John Quincy Adams.
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WAsnrNcroN, March 81, 1s4s.

Tie Ten regiment bill has at length been
,dispused Of, after afo,ding the members on
both sides Of the Senate Chamber an oppor.
tuniiy Of defining their position on the Mex
ican War, and the different issues growing
out oft. Mesas. Berrien5 Calhoun, and
W ebster, were among the last Speakers
The bill passed lis final reading inibeSenate,
on Saturday morning last, by the following
vote: ,s2Q4, geE 1sR
YEAs--Messfs. Alien, Ashley, Atchison,
Athefton,, Bagby, Benton, Bradbury, Breese,
Butler, Cameron, Cass. Davis, Of Mississippi,
Dickinson, Dix, Douglass, Downs, Felch,
Foote, Hannegan, Hunter, johnson, Of Geor-
gla, Lewis, Mason, Moore, Niles, Sturgeon,
Turney, Westcoit, Yulee.--29.
NAYs-MessrA Badger, Baldwin, Bell,
Berien, Calhoun, Clark, Clayton, Corwin,
Crittenden, Davis, Of Massachusetts, Dayton,
Green, Hall, johnson, Of Indiana. Mangum,
Phelps, Underwood, Upham, Webs'er---l9.
Of its ultimate passage in the House, by
small majority, have no doubt. That il
wilfmset with oppbsitiofs the re, Of a deter
mined character, there is mo- questions but
as the friends of the BILL insist that the ten
regiments are intended TO b,ild up the pres.
ent peace government in Mexico, and no. TO
PROSTATE il, this view of tho question may
have the tendency TO secure for il support
IN quarters not relied upon.--Pkil. Gaz.
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A SPOONFUL Of scraped horse-radish, pu,
into a pail Of milk, will keep'it sweet man y
Jays longer than the ordinary period. :
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ELECTORAL TIOKET.


SENATORIAL ELECTORS.
LEGRAND BYINGT0N, Of Pike county;
SAMUEL STARKwEATHER, Of Cuyahoga.
DISTRICT ELEcroEs.
ts,. Diss. JonN SNYDER, Hamilton:
a. do GEoRsE KKsLiNe, Warren;
"a. do FaANcis A. CunaINeuAM. Pfeblc;
An. do @. yoLNEy DoRsEy, Miami; 81
5sh. dc .CnARLEs M. GoDrREr, Putnnmi
9Th. DO SAMUEL MYERs. Crawford;
7,h. do JoHN W. BELL, Highland; se
9th. do DANiEL CocKEkILL, Adams;
9th. do SAMUEL DifFEnpERFER, Picknwayl
10th. do CnaRIxs CARPENTER. Delaware;
Ilsh. do DANIEL J. SwINNEy, RichIand;
I2th. do Lewis ANDERSON. Lawrence;
18th. do JoHN LrDEy, Perry;
llth. do WfLLiAm LAWRENCE, Guernsey;
18th. do WIIIsAm G. WALroN, Monroe;
10th. do JcsEPH BuEys. Coshocton;
17th. do WILLIAM McDosALp, Jefe son;
18Th. do Dawn A. SrAaKwEATHrR, Stark:
10Th. do JoEL B. BUrrLEs, Trumbuii;
20lh. do HKrar 0. PAyrE, Cuyahogaj =
aist. do ABuAH IvKs, Huron.
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Ir,ne, t:.,,,for6i:;a contains an area Of 420,-
600 squire sour miles, AID New Mexico 95,7oo-
square miles. Assuming i,see lie cGs' ol 'ne war;
and the purchase money 10 be in rS;rnd num-
bers, 100000, 900, the acquired terrl,ccrv
would cost less than thiity cents an acre.
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c OM M ON PL e A s..

Defiance April A, July a. November IA.
Wiiliams-April II, July II, November 81.
Pltnan,-April 10, July 10. November 20.
Tan Wert--April 25, October II.
Pauiding- 2, October "a.
Henry---May 0, November7. ln lAl ~
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GEN. Scorr's CoRREsPoNpENcE.-
spirit of the "hasiy plate Of soup.' iniroduc.
ton to Gen. Scott's correspondence seems
10 have governed it throughout. What the
Wing partzan presses said ofthe admins.
tration as very good party CANNON, Gen.
Scott appears honestly TO have believed
His great military talents are unfortunately
clouded with selfish and vain Jealousy
that makes him forget his own dignity, and
squabble with every one with whom he had
Intercourse, not an immediate dependant
The following extract from bis reply TO Trs'
on bis first arrival 10 Ssexico, will sustain all
We have said Of the want OF 1i:;osit,r and self
respect on the part Of the late Gecerai!n-
Chief Of the army in Mexico: <.
I 81 very much doubt whether can SO far
commit the honor OF my government as to
take any direct agency in forwarding the
sealed despatch you have sent me from the
Secretary Of State ofthe United States.
"On this delicate point, however, you will
do as you please :and when,i able Isball have
advanced near 20 the capital. may, at your
instance, lend an escort 10 your flag Of truce;
and il may require a large fghtingdeiachmenr
10 project even flag Of truce against the
rancheros and bandiiti who now infest the
national road all the way up the capital.
81 see that the Secretary Of War purposes
to degrade me, by requiring that I, the COM
mander Of this army, shall defer 10 you, the
chief clerk Of the Department Of State the
question Of continuing OF disseminating hos
,ilities.'' a. m e86ie
Itis q little surprising that this same dig
nifed General Scott, should afterwards SO
far "degfade" himself, as contrary to orders,
in company with this same "chief clerk of
the Department Of State" (thcn recalled,) to
proceed to negotiate treaty with the Mexi-
can government If The Wing Press expect
Io'realize much from the exposition Of Gea.
SCOTS correspondence, the opening sample
Is rather unpromising. We do NOT blame
them for desiring to Withhold his writings
from the people. They justify the admins.
fration for its course towards Ger. Scott. and
exhibit that officer IN a light which renders
It impossible TO mako anything out Of a. cry
Of persecution on his account.
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THE WOOSTER BANK BROKE.

we learn from The Ohio Statesman that
the Wooster Bank, as has been often pre-
dicted; has failed badly. The following is
also found in the ielegraphic Dispatches Of
the O. S. Journal:
s CINCINNATI, March, - 3P. M. +
Editor Ohio STATE Josrssl;--rhe Woos-
ter Bank broke yesterday. ~
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\ Il is stated from of6cia! documents, tbAt
there are but 81 900 slave Eoldrs in Kentucky
in Tgpulaiion. OF i75,0oe whites over 2I-
years old.
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A TarpUrE TO our ADoPrED CrrIzENs. -
Col Wynkoop has addressed letter 10 one
Of his friends in Pottsville, in which he pays
the following tribute to our adopted citizens.
Before this gallant gentleman left for the
wars, he was an ardent "Natiye:" sag 3H
"The Irishman and the Germ,n! have
seen many Of them in one rank--i have
been with them in battle--haye seen them
wsu nded and dying Lave trodden oref their
dead bodies on the field--bave Witnessed
by proof stronger than revelation, their aiiec-
tioh fof the land Of their adoption; and trust
ih God that the time may come whenI shall
be enabled, in some degree, by future con-
duct, to repair the wrong honestly done to-
wards these people, by myself, during the
past. | say honestly, because as poll
iician was honest in my opinions, and be.
lieve was unhesitating in my expressions =
Time, however, has corrected the error, and
in school, too, not easily to be forgotten"
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CT II the Editor Of the Reporter cannot
confess like an honest mag thar his party has
afforded the Mexicans aid and comfort, per
haps he would have no objection 10 inform
his readers that AIssrs Ciay. Webster, Gal
latin and others have deem elscsed by the
Mexicans, honorary members Of the Mexican
Peace Society oflhe City Of Mexico. o.--Li-
ma Argus. s. afsl.A ~ n8MsssNs !
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! GENERGL TAYLoR's METlf"UisN - An or
derly scrgean, in the Illinois volunteers in
Mexico, who had been a Bit Of a preacher at
home, took fancy TO exhot,iu the camp;
for soldiers on service are a little free or so,
occasionally require 10 be told that there is
such thing as the devil. The excitcmenis
ofa camp, operating upon this peculiar turn
soon made him very jealous. quite fanatcal
and caused him to behold everything through
spiritual medium. Becoming quite insane
upon this point, he regarded camp as camp
dieefing,a general order as a sermon, the Mex
leans as devils imps, and Santa Anna as the
devil himself. One day after the Battle o.
Buena Vista, he saw',he Gesefal standing or
the grass, surr ounded BY party Of officers
to whom he was relating some incidents O
the Battle, As the old hero got warm, the
tears ran down his cheeks, and as he hates
towards, and was indignant at Santa Anna
| for running away he berated the chap in rathe
rough style. The sergeant full Of bis mnn
omaha, mistouk ffe Whole affair for spiri,u
al meeting, and thought the General was OK
hortIng his officers against the snares Of tht
evil one; and as the General frequently men
toned the enemy, and in no very compliinen
tary Ter ms, Of course the sergeant took 70
granted that he meant the arch enemy, The
devil himself Full II religious fersor, The
sergeant writes an account Of the affair /,
soniebody at home; and this somebody, wan
ting an Office, and relying upon the sergeant.
Influence for getting one, Conceives the de
| ,n,. oc ,rnL;nr = ccsraf;or ,,ror sbx
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Good and Bad Luck.

I may here, as well as anywhere, impart
the secret of what is called good md bad Mck.
There are men who, supposing Providence
to have an implacable spite against them, be-
moan in the poverty Of a wretched old age,
the misfortunes of their lives. Luck forever
ran against them, and for others. One, with
a good profession, lost his luck in the river,
where he idled his time a-fshing, when he
should have been in the office. Another,
with a good trade perpetually burnt up his
luck by his hot temper, which provoked all
his employers to leave him. Another, with
a lucrative business, lost his luck by amazing
diligence to everything but his business
Another, who steadily followed his trade, as
steadily followed his bottle. Another, VIII o
was honest and constant to his work, erred
by perpetual misiudgments-he lacked dis
%cretion. Hundreds lose their luck by en-
dorsing, by sanguine speculations, by trust
ing fraudulent men, and by dishonest gains.
A man never has good luck who has a bad
wife. | never knew an early-rising, hard-work-
ing prudent man, careful of his earnings, and
strictly honest, who complained of bad luck.
A good character, good habits, and iron in
dustry, are im%pregnable to the assaults of all
the ill-luck that fools ever dreamt of. But
when | see a tatterdemalion creeping out Of
a tavern late in the forenoon, with his hands
stuck into his pockets, the rim of his hat
turned up, and the crownk knocked in, | know
he has had bad luck-for the worst of all
luck is to be a sluggard, a knave, or tippler.
-Beecher,
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who believes that war is right, and that it is
right to fight for freedom and against tyran's'
is a traitor to his own principles if he will not
take his gun and shoot Jas. X. Polk, John
G.. Calhoun and Henry Clay as he would
wolves-those man-stealers and tyrants who
traffic in humanity and woman's tears.
The audience was large and deeply atien-
tive, and the addresses produced a powerful
impression upon all present. The resolutions
were passed almost unanimously, only two
or three voting against them.
On motion of Truman Case, Resolved,
That copy of the resolutions be sent TO the
Anti. Slavery Bugle and Practical Christian,
for publication.
]. T. SMALLEY, Sec.
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Facts about China.

China is about one-third larger than all
Europe, and three times as large as the an
cient Roman Empire, in the days of Angus
tus. The Chinese census gives the popula-
ton as 362, 900, which DR.. Morrison thought
TO be nearly correct. This gives about 277
TO the square mile, the average in England
being go in each square mile. This vast
population is composed Of several different
families. The aboriginal Chinese still main
tain Independent existence in the interior,
west of Canton. The Mongols compose the
larner number but the Manchoos from the
north are a stronger race, and more energetic,
as appears from the fact that though num-
herring but 1000, 900, they conquered China
in ten years, and still hold possession of it.
The Thibetans resemble the Hindoos. About
thirty dynasties, or successive races of kings,
have already ruled in China. Their records
are perhaps the oldest extant, except the BIZ
BILE. The great wall of China has been
standing 2,l00 years. 1t is composed of
two walls, each about four feet thick, and
twenty feet high, inclining inwards, and fill
ed up with earth and rubbish. Towers are
raised every three hundred yards. These in
some parts are of considerable strength, in
others mere piles of earth. Through three
or four large gates the whole of
Central Asia pours into China. That divi-
sion of China called by US Tartary, contains
about 100000 square miles. In the west
part lies the great desert of Central ASIA
For ages the only road from Europe to Chi
ma lay over this sea of sand, and this was one
reason of the isolation of this great empire.
Some parts of the desert are at the great ele-
walton of $4,000 feet above the level of the
sea. The cold in these parts of Thibet is
intense. At Pekin, the capital of China, in
latitude 40 degrees, while the heat of sum-
mer frequently rises to ITO degrees, the Their
mometer is sometimes for weeks together
below zero. The climate of Canton is re-
markabIy fine, ranging from 40 to 60 degrees,
and seldom in summer rising above 30 de-
grees.
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Let's sit down and talk Together.
BY THOMAS MACKELLAR.

Let's sit down and talk together
Ofthe things of olden day,
When we, like lambkins loosed from tether,
Gaily tripped along the way.
Time has touched us both with lightness,
Leaving burrows here and there,
And tiDging with peculiar brightness
Silvery threads among our hair.
Let's sit down and talk together:
Many years away have past,
And fair and foul has been the weather,
Since we saw each other last.
Many whom we loved are living
In a better world than this,
And some among US still are giving
Toll and thought for present bliss.
Let's sit down and talk together:
Though the flowers of youth are dead,
Sweet ferns still grow among the heather,
And for us their fragrance shed.
Life has thousand blessings in it
Even for the aged man,
For God has hid in every minute
Something for our eyes 10 scan.
Let's sit down and talk together;
BOYS we were-we now are men;
We meet awhile, but know not whether
We shall meet TO talk again.
Parting time has come: how fieetly
Speed the moments when their wings
Are famed by breathings issuing sweetly
From q tongue that never Etings.
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COvERLET e. CARPET WEAVING.

wv ENbE a. Ell w EA VIM
The subscriber, thankful for past ~favours
conferred the last season, takes this method
to inform the public that he still continues in
the well-kuown stand formerly carried on by
James McLeran, in the Coverlet and Carpet
business.
Directions.-For double coverlets spin the
woollen yarn at least IL cuts to the pound,
double and twist 80 cuts, ~coloring red, and
90 blue; or in the same proportions of any
other two colors that fancy may choose.
Double and twist 80 cuts Of cotton yarn,
number 5. He has two machines to weave
the half-double coverlets. Prepare the yarn
as follows: No. l, Is cuts double and twist
ed cotton, no. 7, and Q cuts single, no. s
blue to chain,. and Is to &c cuts woollen
yarn double and twisted. Cotton no. 7 or 8
single white to fill it. No. 3, prepare l6
cuts no. 5 double and twisted cotton, and 8
cuts blue single, and u or 19 cuts of double
and twisted woollen, and one pound single
cotton no. 5. For those two machines do not
spin the woollen yarn more than nine cuts to
the pound-color the woollen yarn to please
the fancy.
Plain and figured table linen woven.
ROBERT HINSHILL WOOD,
Green street, Salem.
June 10th, 184s. 6m-149
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TITLEs.-Several years ago there was a
young English nobleman figuring away at
Washington. He had not much brains, but
a vast number of titles, which, notwithstand-
ing our pretended dislike to them, have some
times the effect of ticking the ear amazingly.
Several ladies' were in debate, going over the
list; he is Lord Viscount so and so, Baron Of
such a country, &c. "My fair f%rends," ex-
claimed the gallant Lieutenant N, zone of
his titles you appear to have forgotten."-
'Ah!" exclaimed they, eagerly, "what is
that 7" ale is Barren Of Intellect" was
the reply.
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MORE NEW BOOKS.

Just received from New York and Phila-
delphia, among a great variety of school and
miscellaneous books,
Gibbons Decline and Fall Of the Roman
Empire.
keightly's History of England, a New
and Superior work, in two vols.
Baldwin's Pronouncing Gazetteer.
Bolle's Photographic Pronouncing Die
%tionary.
Wood and Bache's U. S. Dispensatory.
Davis's Revelations, 'the Most Remarka-
BILE Book of the Age" &c., &c.
Blank Books of every description.
Papeteries of all kinds, such as lace edged,
gilt, and embossed note papers, fancy enve-
lopes, motto waters, visiting cards, perforated
board, perforated cards, &c. Fine cap and
post papers, pens, ink, pencils. Paints (toy
and fne.) Crayons, drawing pencils, draw
ing papeA tissue paper. In short, a COM
plete assortment of stationary.
All for sale low at the
SALEM BOOKSTORE.
80
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POETRY Y.
The Snow Drop in The Poor Mans
Window.

1t was a darksome alley,
Where light but seldom shone,
Save when at noon a sun-ray touched
The little sill Of stone.
beneath the poor mans window,
Whose weary life was bound
To waste, at one dull ceaseless task,
The passing seasons round.
Springs dewy breath Of perfume,
And summers wealth Of flowers,
Or the changing hue of Autumn's leaves,
Meier blest his lonely hours.
He knew, too well, when Winter
Came bowling forth again
He knew it by his ~fireless CRATE,
The wind and FLASHING rain!
Pierced by the frost-wind's biting,
His cherries task he piled
Want chain'd him ever TO the loom
By the little windows side.
But when the days grew longer,
He stole one'happy hour,
To tend within a broken vase,
A pale and slender flower.
How t~enderly he mov'd it,
To catch the passing ray,
And smiled to see its folded leaves
Grow greener every day!
His faded eyes were lifted oft
To watch the snowdrop bloom,
To him it seemed a star of light
Within that darksome room.
And as he gently moved it
Near to the sun touched pane
Oh who can tell what memories
Were busy in his braint
Perchance his home in childhood
In a sylvan valley lay, STREAMS,
And he heard the voice of the. running
And the green leaves r%ustling play
Perchance a long-departed
But cherished dream of yore,
Rose up through the mist OF want and toll,
To bless his heart once more.
A voice of music whispered
Sweet words into his ear;
And he lived again that moonlight hour,
Gone by for many a year!
Or but the love of Nature
Within his bosom stirr'd
The same sweet call that's answered by
The blossom and the bird /!
The free, unfetter'd worship
Paid by the yearning soul,
When it seems to feel its wings expand
To reach a brighter goal!
An inspiration showing
Earth binds us not her slave,
But we claim a brighter being,
A life beyond the grave!