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Judge Geary.

In letter from San Francisco which we find
in the Washington Union, we extract the follow
ing account OF the manner in whlchawell known
and highly esteemed Pennsylvania, Judge Geary
performs mis- duties of high Office on the borders
OF the Pacific Ocean.
Our friend Colonel Geary--now Jungc Geary,
who was in the Mexican war, discharges the du'
ties of hs Office with as much facility as though
he was an old hand at the business. Right, reas.
on, and Justice 0nclUdng law he takes for his
guide in all his official acts, which are very nu'
merous, as well as arduous He IS bland, KIND
and firm, asking no favors nor does he shrink
from any responsibilities. Should the Judge per-
nit his name to be used in the gubernaloral can
vass upon California becoming state, he Will
undoubtedly be elected by large majority, and
have the honor Of being the first Governor oi Cal
ifornia. General Taylor missed figure when he
removed Col Geary from the post office here
Joseph Daniel, Frenchman, Of small stature,
good looking, and aged 81 years, will be hung
by The neck until he is dead, on the 26th OF Octo'
her, He was tried before Judge Geary and an
impartial jury of twelve men, and found guilty
of murder in the first degree, by shooting his
companion, and robbing him OF SIX thousand
dollars in gold dust. Judge Geary,in very feel
ing and impressive manner, pronounced to the
nrsoner that awful sentence Of death, "that you
be taken to the place of execution within the
walls of the prison, and there be hanged until
YOU are dead
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them on piece of prophry. Then put
the powder into small vessel of pure
water, and when it has settled at the bot,
tom, draw off the water, and dry the pow
der in the sun. This powder must be pre-.
served in bottle when you want to use
ii, put a small quantity of gum ammoniac
into distilled vinegar, and leave it to dis
solve during the night. Next morning the
solution will appear exceedingly white !;
and if you then strain it through piece
of linen cloth, and add to il the powder of
egg-sheIls, in sufficient quantity, you viii
obtain very white ink.
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FOUND DEAD,-The corpse Of man, suppos.
ed to have died some ten days previously, was
found by a company Of hunters, in shanty,
erected by lumbermen, near the Eddy Llcks, on
Beech Creek, in Centre county, some ten miles
from its mouth, on Thursday night the 18th ult.
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pPThe Students of Princeton College
N. J. are in rebellion. 1t is supposed,
the faculty will have to dismiss about fifty
or sixty of them, If this is true, it is bad
business.
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NONSENSE.
A little nonsense now and then,
Is rel ished by the best OF men

go IT BoB TAlL"-A specimen Of the re'
'pu; Hoosier' was found by Capt----, OF the
steamer -, in the engine room OF his boat
while living at Loui,vile, one fine mornIng IN
June. The Captain inquired to know "What ne
was doing there
"EIave you seen Captain Perry I" was the inter
rOgative response.
81 don't know him aud can't tell what that
has TO do with your being in my engine room''
rsplied the Captain angriIy.
'sHold on! That's just what was getting at
You see Captain Perry and walked down togeth'
or. CAPTAIN Perry asked ne to drink, and SOL
Aid knew that wanted to drink,or wouldn"
have been so cussed dry. So Captain Perry and
drank three or four times Capt. Perry and
v,as putt,ng in some extras on one toe. sings
out, Go it Captain Perry,h Your biler does bust'
With that man steps up to me, and says he
"See here, stranger, you must leave"
"Says I, hat must leave for ?"
"Says he, you are making 100 much noise
"says l. .Pye been in bigger crowds than this
and made more noise and didn't leave hu'her'"
"Wi,h that he took me by the nap OF the neck
and the sea, of the breeches, and lett! AS
was shown down street, met lady know
she was lady by remark she made. Says she'
.Young man, reckon you'll 90 home with
me"
"And went" !"
"pd hin in her house hut short time, when
heard devil knocking at the door. knew the
chan wanted to get in whoever he was, or he
wouldn't have kept up such laundering racket
By and by said voice;
mIfyon don't open, I'll burst in the door"
"I nut on bold face, and says |, stranger
does this woman belong to YOU ?"
"Say he, She does"
"Then, says l. she's virtuous, think from al
that have seen of her!'
With that, he made at me with pistol IN ont
hand and bowie knife in the other, and being
.Ii,le pressed for time, jumped through tn
winder, leayin' the bigger portion of my coat tail
AL was streakin' it down town with the trag
menrs autterng to the breeze, ! passed friend
rLrew he was frenG, by remark he made
Says he,
"Go it, Bob.taa! he's quinn on yOu'"
"And that's the way happened to be in you
engine room. am a good swimmer, Captain
hut do excuse me il you please from taki"' t0ater.
nc-A good story is told of a city belle VIII
lately visited country relative for the purpos
,r.osrding a few weeks recruiting her health.
accompanying her cousin to the barn yard, i
her domestic errand Of pailing the COWS, her eye
rollsd with astonishment as she saw her cousi
ssat herself and tug at The cows nipples "Wh!
j, tina, the way they do ii % said the beauty
thought tthey took hold oilhs cows tail'and pumI
ed the milk out Of her.
What's she got that very long tail for
- al tn
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Whimsical interruption.

When DR.. Brandon was rector Of Ethan, IN
Kent, the text he one day took to preach from
was, Who art thou" After reading the text
he made las was his custom) a pause, for the
congregation to reflect upon the words, when
gentleman in a military dress, who at the psianl
was marching very sedately up the middle aisle
of the church, supposng it 10 be question ad-
dressed to him, to the surprise Of all present re
piled
81 am, sir, an officer Of the l7,h foot, on re-
cruitng party here and having brought my wife
and family with me, wish to be acquainted with
the neighbouring clergy and gentry"
This so deranged the divine, and astonlshed
the congregation, that though they attempted to
listen with decorum, the discourse was not pro.
ceeded with, without considerable difficulty.
PLEAsANT.-Sitting down n barber's
shop to be shaved-lathered with strong
yellow soap-the brush as large as pain
ter's-barber sweeping lis detestable brush
over mouth and all, preventing any posi-
biIity of breathing, by stopping up your
nostrils with soap>suds. TO conclude the
whole, upon opening your mouth to re-
monstrate, receiving said brush and all Its
appurtenances plump into it.
| THE SHAvERs,
The barber shaveS with polished blade,
The merchant 5hayes in constant trade,
The broker shayes on twelve per cent,
The landlords shaves by raising rent,
The doctor shaves in patent pills,
The printer shaves in printing bills,
The farmer shayes in hay and oats,
The banker shayes on his own notes,
The LAWYER shaves both friends and foes,
The peder shaves where'er he goes,
The Oficeh hodor shaves the natIon'
The parson 5haves to mems salvation,
The willy churchman shaves his brother
The people all shave one another.
Wdits Ink for Writing on Black Fope'
Having carefully washed some egg
shells, remove the internal skin, and GRIND
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Having carefully washed some egg
qhens remove the internal skin, and grind
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Wlits Ink for Wri'ing on Black Poper
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t%"Would it " ere lawful to marry two wives I"
.rrl,med a youug man desperately IN love with
couple Of country oousins Try one TO begin
18th "u.s the answer Of surly old benedict
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height is saved The consequence is, that the en-
gines are under the deck, aud this is of no small
importance in war steamers, as exposure OF the
machinery TO shot would s0sn disable the boat.
There is another advantage in this the weight is at
the bottom, and there being more base than height,
there would be vast difference IN rolling sea, or
in the recoil of guns.
The engines are bolted down TO the immense
thick floor with sixty iron bolts in each bed plate.
This is not usual The English fasen them with
wood screws; but Mr.. Law found they would draw,
and were by no means so secure as the bolts. They
are not fastened TO the sides of the vessel, but stand
independent in the centre. There is powerful X
brace between them that connects them and makes
them one In the centre, and also cast on the bed
plate, is the condenser The boilers, instead Of
being all on one side, are two fore and two aft of
the engines and thus very important purposes;
besides giving the engineer an opportunity OF seeing
all the fremen together, and ascertanng whether
they are doing their duty, while he can look at the
same time at his glass gauge, without leaving his
post, they will enable the water-wheel to be placed
as near the centre as possible, while they form
each when filled with water, resistance of seventy
tons against the uplifting force of the engines, Just
in the very spot where resistance is wanted. The
Ohio has her engines ten feet abaf of the centre of
the vessel, the Georgia twenty feet They are sup
ported with braces and rods of great strength, in
stead of number of small ones, that never pull to-
gether, and always in the say So wide are
these steamers, that you have ample room to go all
round the engines, an advantage not possessed by
other ocean steamers.
The water wheels are thirty-sx feet in diameter,
and the bucket ten feet on the face. The beam that
supports them has been already described The
brace underneath it outside is not attached to the
side of the ship in the usual way but is fastened to
strong iron knee bolted to the boat.
These levathan steamers are by no means def
cient in ornament; but considering the objects for
which they constructed, ornament weighs but
feather in the balance against the stupendous
strength that is visible in every timber, and knee,
and brace, and bolt, and plank.
II is expected they will be ready for sea in about
three weeks, and then it will be seen what Ameri-
enterprise has accomplished.
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the last fifteen years. We have tracked
the Locofoco leaders in their plumbers, first
to the post Offices, then to the land Offices,
and finally to the custom houses. There we
leave them for the present We shall re-
sumo the subject, and shall give before we
have done with it, in detached sketches
and chapters, a complete history of the
Locofoco Twenty gears War on the Trea-
sury of the United States.
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INDIAN OUTBREAK IN FLORIDA.

At the close of the Florida war, the
Seminole Indians remaining in the PENN
sula were assigned, as temporary resi-
dence, tract of land lying between Char
lotte Harbor and the Lake Okeechobee.
General Worth, who made this arrange
ment in lS42, reported the number Of
warriors left in the country at less than
one hundred. In lS45, Captain Sprague,
who had been acting in Florida in the
stead of an Indian agent, reported the
number of warriors at less than one hundred
and thirty; and estimated the entire Indian
population, of all ages and sexes, at some
thing short of three hundred and fifty
souls. Since that time we do not know
that any report of the number Of Indians
in Florida has been officially made.
The recent reported outbreak of the
Seminoles has arisen from the following
circumstance; On the Atlantic side of the
peninsula some four families were settled
upon Indian river, nearly opposite Fort
Pearce. Four warriors visited this settle
ment recently, where they were received
in friendly manner. After receiving re-
freshment they departed; but a short dis
lance from the houses they discovered a
man by the name Of Barker, and another,
working in an open field, upon whom they
fred. Both Barker and his companion
| we're wounded. They ran, taking differ
ent directions. Barker was pursued, over
taken, and killed with knives. The other
reached the settlers houses, and succeed
ed in making his escape, with all the rest,
to San Augustine. Indian river is ra-
Their a sound of the sea than a running
stream: and the settlers made their way
to San Augustine in boats, where the news
created great deal of excitement The
settlements upon Indian river are some
forty or fifty miles distant from the tract
of country assigned to the Seminoles re-
naming in Florida. From this circum-
stance il is feared that the murder of
Barker is the beginning of concerted
outbreak. No other corroborating proofs
have reached the Government; but the
War Department has made preparations to
despatch sufficient force to the country to
repel the Indians if they contemplate other
hostilities, orto bring the murderers to JUS
tee, if this is merely the violence of few
stragglers.
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SURRENDER OF ROME.

The apparently sudden surrender of the eternal
city to General Oudnot after the enthusiasm with
which the people was said to have pledged itself to-
be buried In its ruins, has created much surprise
This circumstance, the length Of the siege, and the
evident vaor with which the city has been defended
has constrained all who know any thing of the his
tory of Italy since the first French revolution. to
with the warlke operations. Ii was notorious that
the chief resistance made by the Swiss soldiers
and the legion OF Garbaldi, composed of advennur-
ers from every portion of the world and that in the
accounts Of the sortes scarcely reference was
made to the natives of the city. The triumvirs
themselves, with one exception, we're not Romans
and the two prominent leaders were Garibadi and
Avezzana, the first of whom had fought for and
against the governments OF the South American
republics; crused on his own account on the Bra
lillian and Buenos Ayrian coasts, and approached SO
near TO piracy that the incest casustry was neces-
sary TO distinguish his conduct from that course
against which all nations war. Avezzana was un-
doubtedly brave man, who had seen much service.
in Mexico, but il may be doubted if that coan,ry
be the best school Of republicanism Ii is possible
therefore, that the people of Rome may have been
overawed by this band Of hardy adventures, but
nothing definite can be known until another arrival
shall bring the particulars Of the surrender and of
the reception Of the Pope, who it is said has de-
termined to return to his capital, and by personal
observation to satisfy himself as to what share his
own subjects have had in the recent troubles.
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TAMMANY HALL.

The Democratic General Committee O
New York refuse to accept the right hanc
of fellowship held out to them by B. F
BUTLER and his friends. Old Hunkerisn
declines going to the Barnburners, SO the
Barnburners will have to 60 to the Ole
Hunkers. Unite they will-unite they
must, on some terms. Locofocoism can.
not and will not stand exclusive from the
offices. Any thing but this might be borne
This is intolerable.
The Old Hunkers 60 for the Baltimore
Platform, which nominated General CAss.
They refuse to recognise any organization
OF the Democratic party in New York, ex-
cept that emanating from the Syracuse
Convention of 1847, and none in the
county of New York but that having its
headquarters at Tammany Hall. They
refuse to enter into any negotiation OF
treaty with body of pretended Demo
Gratis, of spurious organization; and avow
that they can only admit of political fell
lowship with them when they, as indi-
viduals, support the principles, measures,
and organization of the party.
All this tends to prove the sagacity OF
Mr.. JOHN VAN buren, in announcing the
dissolution Of the Locofoco party as ma
tional party. We are well persuaded that
there is considerable portion of the Old
Hunkers in the State Of New York, who
will never unite with the Free Sellers,
Barnburners, and Abolitionists. They are
not prepared to join reckless and violent
opposition to President TAYLOR, on the
ground that he is southern STAKEHOLDER.
They do not sympathise with the outcry
of the ofice-holders, because they have
always advocated and practised on the
doctrine that an administration cannot
support itself, and permit the public Offices
to remain in the hands of men who seek
its overthrow.
Some Of the Barnburners are equally
pertinacious with the Tammany Hall
Hunkers. They will insist on opposing
President TAYLOR because he is from a
slaveholding State. The chances are,
therefore, that the attempted reconcilia-
ton in New York will result in dividing
the Locofoco party by three instead of two.
There will be the ultra Old Hunkers, the
ultra Barnburners, and the middle men of
easy virtue, who are ultra upon no subject
except their solicitude for the spoils.
1t is probable that the attempt at re-
union, then, will strengthen President
TAYLOR, and the great national party
which elected him and which will sustain
him.
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BY the arrival here yesterday Of the steamer
Palmetto, Captain Smith, from Galveston the 18th
inst, brought dates from that place to the 18th,
and also papers from other points Of Texas.
The election canvass is still going on warmly,
the various candidates addressing the people at DIFF
ferent places
The trade Of San Antonio, il is stated, has been
considerably diminished by the Indian forays, but
this loss has been more than compensated by the
trade with the army.
DR. J. 5. Ford has made report of his expedi-
ton from Austin to III Psso. He made the tourney
in twenty-five days. The distance by the nearest
road he computes at five hundred and eighty-nine
miles They went out by some Indian camps on
the Colorado, and followed up Bradys creek a
westerly course to its head, crossed to the South
Concho, thence crossing its tributaries TO the main
Concho, or Blue river, thence to the Pecos. which
they followed up for twenty-eight miles, and
struck off s. As w, when at forty eight miles they
made the Toyai, a swif stream forty feet wide
and eighteen inches deep. The party travelled
thence by the northern end Of Pah-Cut To Puerto
Casr'so, upwards Of sixty miles, before reaching
permanent water; thence forty miles to Eaglcai1
Pass, which is fifteen miles from the Rio Grsnde.
and one hundred miles from FL Paso.
project IS on foot, and subscription has been
opened at Henderson, Texas, for clearing out the
Sabine river and making il navgabIe for steam
boats Of ordinary size.
Another party Of typographical engineers has
been sent out by Gen. Harvey to explore the route
to FL Paso by the head of the San Saba
gentleman informs the Galveston Ne,os that a
man by the name Of Boswick was killed in La
Grange on the 7th by Gen Msyfeld.
Mr.. Rufus Chandler was killed on Sunday morn
ing, the 10Th uIt., in the town Of Rusk, by Gen.
Jos. L. Hogg.
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II would be an insult to the intelligence
of the country and to the character of the
Hon. TRUMAN SMITH, TO imagine either
the people or his reputation are at all al
fected by the coarse and rabid assaults
which are made upon him by the Union.
He may safely leave his defence to his
countrymen.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-03-09
COUNTY COURTS.

Hon NJ NJ CoTRREN, has introduced into the
Senate, bill to "organize County Courts" which
we presume will meet the wishes of the people,
and will probably pass both branches of the Lee
gislature The following are the principal fea-
lures of the bill
1st The qualified electors Of each county shall
on the first Monday of September, 1s49, and once
in four years thereafter, elect County Judge who
shall be of the degree of attorney and counsellor
at law The Court shall be court of cord and
shall have clerk and SEAL and shall have concur
rent juri dic.ion with the Circuit Court where the
sum does not exceed $1,000, Except actions of
eectment and actions cognizable before Justices of
the peace) and exclusive appellate jurisdiction of
all classes of appeal and certorari from justices of
the peace Said Court shall have the powers and
jurisdiction now by law conferred upon Judges of
Probate
I'd. From and after the first day of February,
1880 the Office of Judge of Probate TO be abolish
ed, and the Judges of Probate required to deliver
all papers and records of their office the Judge
o. the County Court
Sd. The County Court to be held at the county
seat on the first Monday of every month, except
when the Circuit Court is in session. and shall
continue from day to day, as the Judges may
deem necessary for the transaction of business
4th The clerk of the Circuit Court shall be
clerk of the County Court Trials may be by
jury of six twelve, as the parties may demand,
or juries may be dispensed with, and the sub
mitted to the Court The Sheriff or his off GERS
are TO serve process. Amicable suits may be en-
tered without process. The plaintiff must give
security for cost
5th. The County Judge to receive two dollars
per day for every day actually engaged, Except
for probate busness) besides certain other fees for
taking bail, ORDERS notices, &c the per diem to be
paid by the county; the other fees by the parties
litigant-the probate fees allowed by law.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-03-09
From Washington.
INAUGURAL AND CABINE T,
III ADVANCE OF The MAIL.

BY the politeness of Col. DoUsMAS, we are fur
nisaed With copy of the Inaugural Address of
President TAYLOR, in season for our paper today,
for; which he has our thanks. 1t was delivered in
the PRESENCE of thousands of American citizens
who had. assembled in front of the Capitol.
Aol. !, informs Us that just previous to his
leasing sladison, Telegraphic despatch was re-
ceiSed announcing the following gentlemen as
constituting the new Cabinet:
Seq stars of State. NJ CLArToS, of Delaware
! ureasury-ABBoTT LAWRENCE, of Mass
Navy-W. H. CRAwFoRD of Georgia
J" Var. A. COLLIER, of New York
Po't Ma4ter General-CALEB B. SMITH of Ind
Attorney General -WM. B. PREsroN, of Va.