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The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-20
Slave Trade.

A writer in the Journal of Commerce,
says gentleman Of Connecticut, largely
engaged in ship-building, and successful
business man, had occasion to visit Cuba
in 1888. Passing up river in boat,
there was large company Of slaves just
imported from Africa on board, in all the
squalor, sickness and nakedness incident to
their terrible "middle passage" He en-
tered into conversation with the trader who
had imported them, and in the course OF
his questions, inquired whether the British
were likely to suppress the traffic. The
answer was, mo! NorHiNe can hinder it
but such settlements as the Colony Of Lii
IBERIA. You I'D Yankees are likely TO
shut us out entirely"
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-20
The Mobile Guaras.

81 NEVER did like MIR. Polk much, /"
said our Mrs. Partington the other night,
"but expect he had-tO send them soldiers
down to Mexico; and twas for the coun,
try, too, they said, and maybe twas but
he hadn't no right to send them Mobile
Guards over into Pa-aris to fight French
flrriners; and | wonder what he did it for
"a Paassel Of discontinued savages, make
the best Of ml'-Knickerbocker.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-20
TotaI


There is good deal Of character in an
anecdote Just related to us of "an heather
man and a publican" in down-esstern
region. A. party of young men were "ms.
king merry in an upper room," when the
landlord came up and said; Gentlemen,
wish you would make little less noise
here, for there is man below who is very
sick.
''Silence like poultice came
To heal the wounded ear
Of the sick man for while, but presently
the rollicking was resumed. The landlord
came up again, and said: "Gentlemen, |
wish you'd make leetle less racket; the
man down stairs is dying" All was now
still; when all at once the door was open
ed. and Boniface popped in his head to say
"Go ahead now, gentlemen; make as much
noise as you like. The man is dead"
Knicksr6ocksT.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-20
spectacle. ana u.ar,,s.

We have heard Of Quaker woman, who
was deaf, who used regularly to go to meet
ing. and without hearing single word.
could nevertheless report everything which
was said. One 'Fnstday' she came home
without being able to give any account oil
the discourse. Her vision was impaired;
and when asked in relation to the exercise,
she replied: 81 can't tell anything about it;
| went to meeting and forgot my specta
cles, "-KnickerbockeT,
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-20

One night, coming very late out Of tav.
ern. Sheridan fell. and being too much
overtaken with liquor to recover his feet,
he was raised by some passengers, who
asked his name and place OF abode, to
which he replied by referring to coffee
house, and hiccupping--"Gentlemen, am
not often in this way--my name is WILDER
force. "--Sherilaniana.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-20
A Wis DascsusHIsea.

We remember witnessing the complete
discontinue Of wit, Of no inferior order,
by message. politely delivered at supper
party BY little girl. If you please. Mr..
B., mamma sends her compliments,
and would be much obliged il you would
begin to be funny. Theodore Hooks Re-
mains.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-20

Once two goats met on bridge which
was TOO narrow to allow them either to
pass each other or to return, in which diff
Guilty one Of the goats lay down that the
other might pass over him. That great and
good man, Mr.. Cecil, has very justly pro-
nounced the courteous and accommodating
goat a much finer gentleman than Lord
Chesterfeld.-Magoon's Proverbs for the
People.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-20
SO0sl RuaIlsh Wenther

Do you remember the Mapping sailor in
the Mediterranean, who called out to his
shiPmates one morning. when there hap
pened, after six months clear weather. to
be slight fog, "Turn out. boys turn out!
Here's weather as IS weather; none O. your
id blue skyp'-Knickerbocker.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-20
Singular Node Of Arr.v,u. a. a Verde.


was IN a case some little time ago in
which one Of the parties, from an honorable
anxiety to save his client the costs Of a spe-
clal jury, acquiesced in a common Jury;
who, to his CONSERVATION, gave a verdict
Tor -four hundred pounds to the plaintiff.
who, the late Chief Justice Tindal had told
them, was not entitled to one larthingl One
oil the jury afterwards declared that it had
been resolved to give verdict for the defend
ant, but that all the others had determined to
give verdict for the plaintiff, and after sew
eral hours alteration they put four slips Of
paper into hat, bearing respectively the
four sums one farthing. fifty pounds, four
hundred pounds, and one thousand Ii was
agreed that the foreman should draw one
OF them, and the verdict be according
ly; and he drew the slip which bore the
sum of f400l-WaTTen's Practice Of the
Lac.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-20

Ceremony keeps up all things it is like
penny-glass to a rich spirit, or some
excellent water; without it the water were
split, the spirit lost.-Selden's Table TaH.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-20
|. ChurchIIl,s wis.

One person abusing another in the pre-
sence Of Churchill, the poet, said, "He was
90 extremely stupid. that il you said good
thing he could not understand it. "Pray,
sir said Churchill ibid you ever try him.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-20

A Roman sutton who went to WOO his
mistress. took with him bar of iron and a
bag OF gold. The treasure he threw at her
feet, and the stubborn metal he bent in her
prsse,nce.-Acfon.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-20

4 No man is the wiser for his learning: it
may administer matter to work in, or OBJ
lects to work upon, but wit and wisdom
are born with man-Selden's Table
TaH.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-20

Old friends are best. King James used
to call for his old shoes; they were easiest
for his feet.-Selden's Table Talk.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-20
Trade Of the wabash.

The Wabash Atlas, Of the 9th instant,
gives very gratifying account Of the bust.
ness Of Lafayette. 1t estimates the value
of the exports from that town the past year,
of productions Of the region around it. by
the river and canal, at not less than four
Millions Of dollars. Upwards Of three
millions Of this. it shows in the enumera-
tion Of eight articles as follows;
81, 46s bbls Flour, estimated at 81 per
Dbl, sl25,S72
375 ,470 bush Wheat, estimated at 55c
per bushel, BOG, sos
597, 773 bush Com, at pc, ISL $40
A, 499 bush Oats, at l5c, 6,675
20, 422 bbls Pork, estimated st IS so
per Dbl, l6s, 376
2, 232, 1857 lbs Land, estimated st SC, Ill, 619
Bacon and Bulk Meat, estimated at 900, 900
l6, 1ss lbs Beef and Tallow, aver. sc, s0,e40
Total, s., 1928, 500
II our editorial friends at Logansport,
Covington, Teme Haute and Vincennes,
can furnish US with similar statements and
estimates Of the export trade of the towns
in which they respectively reside. we shall
take the act as one OF courtesy.--Cin. Gaz.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-20

TIT ~"~N n =
To Mr.. James Consladt Holmes.
The Cecil Whig., 1849-03-17
TEE CECIL WHlG.

sLs-N0 one has cent US an answer 10 the rid
die we published last week. TIE Vllsnt inc
oppearsta as to have been adIres SEA to "Fn,N-
ces S,RcaVr OssooD," ard the WY wa arrive
at this conclusion, is, bytakng tho d.s. letter of
the first limo, tho sc;on letter Of thu second
line, tho third Of the third, g.. down to the
twentieth Of the twentieth which letters written
il sue ,es m IN the order ind Gated, form the nalne
On above. Any on, practced in writing, will
appreciate the ingenuity cvinccd in so construsi-
ing the verse, that the stated letters s.ioald ap-
pear in the proper places throughout the ria lie.
This riddle brought to m:nA a beautiful
enigma" written in Byron's tim, ani attribu-
ted to his pen, bat never acknowlci gel by him.
Eis beautiful composition, but ofa dif,ront
class. We give it below.
Enigma.
Twas whispered IN heaven, twas mlttcr'd in
hell.
And echo caught Eintly the sound as it fell:
On the confines O. earth I was permitted to rest
Aud the depths ofthe oceans its presence contest.
Twill be found in the sphere when It's riven
usunder,
Be seen in the lightning and heard in the thun-
der.
Twas allotted to man with his earliest breath, =,
Attends at his birth and awaits HIM in death;
1t presides DER his happiness honor and health,
Is the prop oihis house and the end n!hs wealth.:
Without il the soldier, the sealner may roam,
But woe TO the wretch who expels it from home.
In the whispers of conscience its voice will be
found
Nor cen in the whrlwind Of passion be drown
ed:
Twill not soften the heart, and though deaf TO
the car,
Twill make it acutely and instantly hear.
But in shade let it rest like delicate flower
OH breathe on it softy-it dies in an hour.
The Cecil Whig., 1849-03-17
Correspondence Of The Cecil Vhig.
From Port Dep0sit.

Mn. EDlToR:-The "Frost X ing" has relaxed
| his hold upon our waters. The iccLergs, with
! which the Susquelhnna las been blocked, have
passed away, and are now numbered among the
things that were. And terrific as was tie ap-
! pcaral'cc Of the ice, and as inrregnable as it
seemed, it has passed quietly, and lmost imper-
ccrtab!y away.
| Already have a number Of vessels arrived, and
our port IS whitening with sails. Activity, has
sprung upon us this week, and sc begin TO make
a show Of business. Soon the bIsv umbermen,
will be tlronglng III. wharves and streets-(did
you know we lad more than one street in Port?)
mentioned in former communication that a
| number ofhuuses were being hnilt here Ills
said tlat one will be for ''pubIic accommodation. "
Think you not Mr.. Editor, that the sir Rum a:-
comodation houses in this town, ought TO be quite
sufficient for the public good. Perhaps tho Court
may determine that the screnth is not necessary
Sixty five the voters of this town, protested
against having any more rum mills, at work in
il, when the last one was licensed, what will be
tic expression of their feelings and judgment
tor remains TO be seen.
o Sir this traffic in Rum causes the hearts
OF some mothers and wives, and sisters Of this
town, TO biecd and acrithc.
The day however is coming when all that
makclh lic shall be swept away as with the
hcsom OF destruction-Ekton Division Sons Of
Temperance is swaking up, am told TO the inn
pJr."nce Of doing what she can, to arrest the de-
vastltng lido. 1t has rejoiccd me greatly to see
notices in your paper Of the revivals of Religion
that have been progressing under the ,ninisra-
tlons OF two of your parish priests, the Rev VIM.
III. Elliott, and Rev. Jas McIntre.
In the political world, appointments. and dis
| appointment, are, or soon will he, the order OF
day. The knowing ones are unable to determine
| what will be Gen. Ia ylor's course. The Union
has recovered somewhat from its dependency
since the nomination of George Loyal Esq =,
the Navy Agent at Norfolk There arc seve.
raj applicants here for the post office and all
will not get t-though all have the qualities OF
industry, capacity and fidelity.
Your spring Court vii soon be in session, and
will afford You an opportunity of seeing many OF
your iriends-Uo say nothing of our dcbtors.)
| March Is, 40 Yours, Il. w.
The Cecil Whig., 1849-03-17
ADVERTISING. "A wheel will rur

ADVERTISING. "A wheel will run
without grease and man mag do bust
ness without advertising, but it is hard
work So says somebody, and a truer
sentiment was never uttered. No man
does too much business, that is, he never
has more customers than he can attend
to, and as advertising brings business, it
follows that every man doing business
should advertise, for his own benefit and
the convenience of the public. TO make
advertising prcft'h'c to the advertiser and
eonrenicn' to purchasers. papers having
the largest circulation should be selected
for the dissemination of business notices.
-Prou Star.
The Cecil Whig., 1849-03-17

Mn. PoLK's LAsT.-The nomination Of Mr.
IIannegan is thus noticed in the New York Tri
bunc:
This nomination to Foreign Mission of de-
featcd Senator. at o'clock Of the Sunday morn
ing after the Presidents own term had expired,
strikes us as one oftho most Polk like acts of the
year 1919. ASIDE from the indccercv of the
deed as it affects the new President. whom his
retiring predecessor thus provides with Minis
ter. tho wrong done to the country is even more
glaring. There is no more need of or excuse for
sending one Minister Plenipotel.tinry TO Gcrna-
ny and another 10 Prussia than for sending one
u Great Britain aud another TO Scotland, or for
Great Britain sending one to the United Stat g
and another TO Virginia. 1T this moment Bar
on Roenna, formerly Minister from Prussia is
again among us as Minister from Germany; and
we are very much mistaken if Congress- in au-
thorizing Mission to the Germanic Empire, did
not abolish that to Prussia. We know that the
House voted so without dissent, yet it is barely
possible tha, in rcceding from its other amend
mcnts TO defeat the Walker, this provision was
lost Be tins as it may, the reason for stopping
the Prussian Mission in instItuting the German,
is obvious and irresistible; and Mr.. Polk. in
shifting Mr.. Donelson's credentials, and author
ixing Senator liannegan to take fresh pull at
Treasury for $4,000, has boen guilty of an act
for which the extra allowances Of Congress af
ford the nearest parallels.
The Cecil Whig., 1849-03-17
AIRLINE TO CALIFORNIA.

AiR-LINE TO CALIFoRNlA.-The N. Y.
Tribune of Monday has The following:
Our s,aid citizens were somewhat excl
ted on Sunday by the appearance of large
handbils, announcing in bold capitals, tha,
the Aerial Locomotive will leave this city
on the 18th Of April, Oh lis first hgh, 10
California. TIE p'ice Of passage is fixed
at $50, including board, and the Trip is en-
pected to be made, in cain weather, in two
days-again,t head winds. five days. The
proprietors Messfs. Porter & Rohjohn, p,o-
pose 10 STOP by the way fer companies Of
not less than twenty. We are glad to
lie arm that the plan will a, leas! be fully
tested
We see i. stated that Captain Taggar,
OF B sion has made another invention,
which will be finished sufficiently to make
an experiment in a few months. He in
tends 10 make the first tip from Boston 10
Bunker Hill.
The Cecil Whig., 1849-03-17

Doc1. J osEru p. CHAMBERLAIN We
regret to record the death of DR.. Joseph
p. Chamberlain, which took place at his
residence in Newark, Del. on the 7th
inst. in the G3rd year of his age. He
stood high as physician and as man,
and his loss will be severely ielt.
We find in the Delaware papers the
following proceedings of the Students Of
Delaware College on the occasion of his
decease.
Alta meeting of the students of Delaware
College, March 9th, ls49, the following rcsolu-
tions were unanimously adopted.
Whereas The students have heard with un-
feigned sorrow of tho deccase of Or. Joseph p
Chamberlain, n Trustee of the College, and an
honorary member Of the Literary Societies, and
whereas, il is becoming on the present occasion
to paw some tribute TO tho memory of one Sc
Justly cs seemed and respected by us all. There
fore
Resolved, That in his death the Trustees
have lost valuable member-tle College true
friend--the medical profession an ornament
the sick an unwearicd attendant-thc village an
excellent citizen--dnd his friends one much res
pectcd and beloved.
Resolved, That in the deep affliction into
which his family, by the bereavIrg providence
of an all-wise God, has been plunged, we SYM
pathizc most sincerely.
Resolved, That although in this visitation Of
our Heavenly Father to his hcreaved family onr
tendercst sympathy is of no power; yet, we can
rejoice that the consolalions of the Gospel arc
sufficient to l,cnl the deepest wounds; and it is
our earnest prayer that to them these consola-
tions may be abundanlly impaired.
Resolved, That the Students of Delaware
College will attend his funeral from his late
idcnce to day at eleven o'clock and as n testi-
moniul of pect for the memory of our decons-
cd friend, VIC will wear Grape on the left arm for
the space orthirty days
1t is further Resolved, That the committed
he instructed 10 transmit copy of tho above
resolutions to the afflicted family of the deceased
and in the name ni The Students express their
sincere condnIra,; ai i,A lIloin i'll their great and
lrrcpuraDlC lbs.
The Cecil Whig., 1849-03-17

ROME A REpUBL!c, Whatever the future
may have in store, l, is something 20 live in
the days of'he reconstructed Roman Repub
lie, with Venice also, Independent ard lib
eral, Sicily almost, enjoying the freedom
she has so nobly struggled 70. and strong
tendency to democratic liberty prevailing
throughout the entire Peninsula. These
bright por'en's may swiftly pass away and
be succeeded by another dreary night
of despolism, but they are not the less vel.
come while they exist. 1t may be vou,h-
safed 10 none Of us to see the day when all
Italy, including her Islands, shall constitute
one confederate republic, like our own,
with Rome for its capitol, and Venice, LON
hardy Piedmont. Tuscany, Naples, Sclcily,
Sardinia, &c, for its sIales, internally each
sovereign externally all united, forming a
conslel lalion hardly less powerful and glori
ous than our own. Italy enbod,es one of
the farest and most fertile portions OF the
globe. with a genial and generally healin>
Iul climate, half the wealth of the world in
the treasures of art and the irp!liss OF gea
us, an admirable position and some twenty
five millions ofpeople. With national uni
lv, republican institutions, genera! system
of common schools, a free press, and exemp
llon from foreign intrigue or domination.
Italy might again be no, only be the garden
of the world, bu! one of The most powerful
and respected among the nations of the
earth. Who does not desire such reno-
valion.-[N. Y. T,ibune.
The Cecil Whig., 1849-03-17

PRINCETON CoLLEGE.-We are under
obligations to Mr. Robert Hollingsworth,
of the Senior class in the College of New
Jersey, at Princeton, for a catalogue OF
that Institution for 1SlS-9, from which
we learn that its several classes number
as follows: Seniors, S3; Juniors, So;
Sophomores, SO; Fresh men, %; besides
8 Jaw students and 3 Resident Graduates.
This college ranks IN stand ing amongst
the highest in the country, and is in a
tlouIishing conditloa.
The Cecil Whig., 1849-03-17

TnE GOVERNMENT JEWELS. -Important
Ar"si.-An old offender, known as Jim
Wcbh, against whom there are several in.
dirtsments pending, and who is also sus-
pecIed with having been concerned in
stealing the government jewels, was arrest
el by Officer Bowyer, of New York, on
MONDAY The officer found him al Jersey
city, and by deluding him with the idea
that lhey were Old cronies, and abusing the
Police Gazette. got him 10 cross IN tie boat
10 New York with him. Tie Gazette char
ges that the thieves Hand and Webb are
tIe government Jewel lobbers, under drec
''o' Of James Young, the suspended high
constable of Philad eipfia
The Cecil Whig., 1849-03-17

HORACE GREELEY FOR MAYOR OF New
YoRK.-A New York letter OF Thursday, 10
The Philadel phia Inquirer says:
81 have made inquiries among promi.
nent wings of the city and though public
movement has no, ye! been made, it is pref
ty well understood lha, the Hon. Horace
Greeley will oe chosen as the candidate
for the mayorali,y, Such is the popularity
of that gentleman among tire adopted citi-
zens of the city, there can hardly be a
doubt of his election over any other candl'
da,e.'
The Cecil Whig., 1849-03-17

TH1 PRESIDENT AND APPOINTMENTS -
We find the following official a,nounce-
ment in the National ln,eigencer of Sa,ur
day:
eve understand that j, has been fonnd
necessary by the President of the United
States 10 require 'ha; all applications for of
fice shall be made to The chiefs of The sew
eral departments, by whom thev will DO
submitted at The proper TINA. No direc,
application can be entertained by the Presi
dent for any office whatever" "
A usEruL HrSr.-Lndles who are dcsirous Of
Keeping their door knobs, spoons, Sc. n brilliant
order, will find that Camp!,ne and Rotten Stone
will give far brighter, quicker, and more dura-
Bile polish than can he obtained in any other
way. Camphine is the lrtIce used to give tho
exquisite polish to Daguerreoiypes, and nothing
has ever been found to cqnal to. Water and
chalk cannot be compared to it, and should Mt
once give place to the articles we have named.
TIDE WATER CASAL.-7he Susqu ,hanra
ana Tide Wa'er Canal il is stated. will be
open for navigation on Monday next, tho
18th instant. They have escaped all ;uju
ry from the ice, and have in prospect, The
American says, largely increased trade.
FAST WORKMAN. A journeyman shoe
maker of Philadelphia. informs the Daily
News, tha he can ana does make pair.
of boots every day the yeal round, and is
willing lu forfei, $500 that he will make
60 pairs in working week.
DISTINGUISHED VlsiToR. l, il stated
that the emnea, Savan, DR.. Thomas Dick,
whose works form a portion The sandarl
English literature, will visit the United
States during The coming summer.
DEATH OF VALUABLE PONIES. General
Ve'oh, OF Philadelphia, has los, his beau
liful dancing mare "Haidee" She died
on Saturday night last, and was valued at
- 600. The General purchased her from
Franconio's Circus, IN Paris, for 50 900 --
The small pony "Bee's Win.' purchased
IN England, died also few days ago.
The Washington Union States tina, thirty
thousand persons were present at the Inau.
sura,an-Not an accident occurred.
nS7Fast Day.-Governor Dana has set apart
the 5ih of April next, to be observed throughout
Maine as a day Of public humiliation, fasting,
and prayer.
The Cecil Whig., 1849-03-17

AGRICULTURAL SocIErY.-We see it
going the rounds of the newspapers that
Hon. James a Pearce is to deliver an
Address before the Agricultural Society
of this county on the 4th day of April
next, which will be during the session
of the court. We do not know what
authority there is for the statement. If
the fact is in possession ofGen. Sites, the
President of the Society, we should like
him to furnish us in some wise, with the
information necessary TO give proper
notice to that portion Of the agricultural
community who patronize The Whig.
The Cecil Whig., 1849-03-17

BRITISH EMIGRATION Statistics for 1s4S
The Liverpool paper, have made up The
emigration returns for the year 1918, by
which il appears that l27;5ol, persons
have emigraled during The year 10 the Uni
ted States from tia, port: 2,o66 10 IN. Brit
ish North American colonies; l99 10 the
West Indies: 29s to Australia; IA 10 Hong
Kong; and 12 10 Falkland islands; making
ii total of 10000. In ISl7 the number
who emigraled 10 Canada, &c, was 1000,
the last year only 1000.
"The Canadians, in their wisdom i'm posed
duty, and. though i, was small, we see its
effect says the Liverpool Mercury.
The Cecil Whig., 1849-03-17
Fly i'm the Wheat.

Extract .from ieiicr from the 7th Dist
81 see your remarks concerning the fly
in the wheat are going the rounds oftho papers
! guess il m ust he bad farming and poor land
more than the fly, that causes this croakng, for
in tEe upper end of the county, the prospect at
this season never was better, and some say new
or good. The winter has been very cold, but
very favorable for the wheat crop, the ground
being most the time covered with snow
$50
Nevertheless the worst accounts wo have had
of the ravages of the fly, have been from the up
per part of the county.-Ed]