The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1849-04-21
WEEKLY VARIETY.

to amend the constitution, to give the people the
election of Judges, to be approved by the next
Legislature, and then submitted to the people at
the election following.
ou-Ths mines discovered by the Mormons,
near Salt Lake, In the Rocky Mountains. prove
to be copper and lead. instead of gold.
1cJ- The Frederick (Md) Examiner of the 4tn
inst, says the wheat fields OF that county present
the promise Of iue crop.
o. The number Of smigrants that arrived at
New York, during the year ending with the lot
inst. was l04, ,s36 sasl IN.
o. The number Of persons killed by the explo-
sion Of the Virginia was IA badly wounded,
some mortaiIy, g.; slightly hurt S; unhurt 3
o. Fitz Greene HalIeck. Esq, the distinguish
edpost, who has shown symptoms of insanity Tor
some ten days past. is now confirmed lunatic'
asd has been placed by his friends in the asylum
At Bloomingdale.
u- The Winchester virginian SAYS" The
mountains of Warren and Rappahannock are now
infested by wolves. They are in gangs of ten or
twelve, and have lately committed great depreda-
tions among the focks Of sheep for many miles
round. trfa .f fH
aJ- A writer in the New York Sun says 1t is
injurious to cough leaning forward, ast serves to
compress the lungs and make the irritation greater
Persons prone to the enjoyment should keep the
neck straight and throw out the chest. By these
means the lungs expand and the windpipe is kept
free and clear. There is an art in everything,
and the art Of coughing is perhaps as important in
its way as any other.
R;- The Baltimore American says: "We saw
gentleman the other day, who had been spend
ing the winter in Havana. and he told us he was
surprised to find the subject of the annexation OF
Cuba to the United States SO generally discussed
there, and that the sentiment among the people
was almost unanimously in favor ofit.
0r,- II is rumored that third Whig paper is to
be established in Washington. There seems to
be no doubt OF the fact This paper, it is said,
will be ia the especial confidence of the Admins
tration. lg sag3
no. A rich old farmer near Easton, Pa has
been holden to answer for cutting off the ear of a
young man who was courting his daughter. The
old fellow entered the room and proposed to him
either to be shot or lose his ear, and the poor fe
low chose the latter.
0tJ- All the Irish State prisoners, with the one
exception, are liberated.
o. The United States ship Lexington, which
sailed from Francisco on the 9th day Of Novem'
ber last, arrived at Valparaiso after passage oi
"a days. The Lexington had on board upwards
of half million Of dollars worth Of gold, por'
tion of which she left at Valparaiso.
Nry. General Worth was presented with beau
tful sword last week, by the Governor Of Louisi-
ana, on behalf of the Legislature.
o. The Burlington Qowa) Hawkeye says:-
"a gentleman from Keokuk county brings the
melancholy intelligence, that during the cold
weather Of last moth, party of five persons were
returning home from ball, which they attended
in that county. and it is supposed that they lost
their way. as they were all found frozen to death
on the prairie.
o. Advices from New Zealand, to the 18th of
November, report succession Of severe shocks
of earthquake in various parts Of that country,
which continued for some nine days, and by which
the Ao6sishIng town Of Wellington has been re-
duced almost TO ruins
No The Boston Transcript says the ship fever
has made its appearance in the Alms-'ouse OF
Roxbury, Mass, and other adjacent cities, having
been brought there by newly arrived immigrants.
Nisof a very malignant type, and has thus far
proved unusually fatal.
o. The steamer Niagara brought to Boston
from Liverpool very large cargo, her manifest
embracing some sixteen hundred and sixty pack
ages of merchandise. She has also specie amount.
iag to $i7 ,2sO, for New York account.
no A very destructive fire occurred at Toronto,
Canada, April TO- A great part Of the city has
been reduced TO ashes. The loss is estimated at
5000. 900 dollars
o. The Austrian Cover nment, anxious to be
agreeable to the Bonaparte family. have ordered
to place at its disposal the mortal remains OF the
Duke of Reichstadt, in order that they may be
united with those Of the Emperor in the Church
of the Invslides.
o. The National Assembly. by vote of n,
has voted further appropriation OF $4,000 franco
amonth for the expenses Of President BOnapsrte.
10 Late letters from Ireland state that Mrs.
Mitchell intends setting out for the Cape Of Good
Hope, with her FIVE children, in order to be near
her husband. !.8.el 4 gs
o5- Mr.. Collier, Collector at St. Francisco, goes
BY way ofSt Louis. iass IN "a aas, .,,a5sa!
o. Mrs. Alexander Hamilton has become 4
permanent resident at the city Of Washington, and
has token ahouse on Capitol Hill. She is in her
s2d year, has seen every President naugurated.
and retains vivid remembrance Of the past and