The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-25

me bye, Major, what's Their s2e y "Size," IN
oil sizes from Eve feet Two 10 six feet and nothing
ehorer.h "God bless me-, said lhe Down-ensler,
"but those are very unusual dimensions; ! must
certainly see Them, and will be al your office 70.
morrow morning. Very well, replied the Major,
and they parted, Tho one to assist In signing no.
tarial act" and the other 10 inform all Chnrres street
that b. G. 4 Go. had received of OF domestics six
tering the MAJORS Office The nsxt morning, he was
shown about fifty OF tho most likely darklcs that can
be found In town. md whose worries grnned IN most
marked contrast when they heard the bostoninn
declare that he was after cotton domesics, ana not
those Of The color and quality before him. n. q
Biiietin.
CoapLAIsrs, ron REMovALs.--Wc shall give
place 10 the expose Of every officer who has been re-
moved and appeals 10 The press for The publication Of
his grievances ~ Washington Union.
A few yeats ago, the reporter Of the Union was
expelled from the reporters gallery Of the U. s. SEN
ate for some lndignity ID thai body. ~
The Union commenced its lamentations and COM
planned Tint The Editor was expelled from The Senate
Of the u =. Father Richie Then in order to perpet-
iafe the shame Of those who were guilty Of SO great
an outrage, promised 10 preserve. and publish In a
book the lamentations and condolences Of his brelh
sra Of the press. The promised volume has never
been published the reason, probably, Is that the
venerable author found The volume rather large AZ
all the small Eenusee Of The country who were am,
bitious Of fame and never expected TO ba heard of
BY future generations, has,encd 10 seize the only
and poured In their lamentations in both verse and
prose ! 4 ss,iSs4Ss s5E
The venerable champion OF modern democracy, II
viii be seen, by the above extract, promises to pub
lIs the lamentations, &c, of all the martyrs In the
cause Of democracy. Those valuable productions
will, doubtless, be published In book FORM lille
'Ritchie's Book Of Poictical Mnrtrs,' Fred. Md
Herald.
/ "TnE FAsIrp UpAs TaEE.n--what passes with
most as fable, Is after oil reality. Brookes Jour
for their author ranks already one of the most
variable men OF the age-having, by his individual
enterprise, put In ruin series Of events resulting In
the conquest and the probable civilization Of the cav
While making geological examinations in search
Of coal, ho with his friends, discovered an isolated
npas tree toDtears iorcdrid nearly forty feet high.
lis trunk was almost straight, It's bark smooth and
Of red tan color and Its head dense mass Of dark
green glossy foliage. The ground beneath It's shade
Il crowded with oombs,y yet vegetation iourlshes lux
nranily round It's roots, In tapping u no bad effects
10 obtain portion Of the wood bark and juice man
50 much atuplfcd that he was obliged TO dcsist
II is ascerianed that the bread fruit tree the null
berry, and the COW tree Of Soulh America belong 10
the same natural order as the deadly Upas. u.
Puritan.
MsEaAI AoENr.-H Hon. John w. Allen Of Cleye.
sss" q M Sfs q s u a.
an excellent one. Detroit Adpertissr.
Yes, and the appointment Of Mr.. Allen viii give
great satisfaction 10 his friends In Ohio-and John
w. Allen has none other than personal friends In
Ohio. No man IL more universally esteemed In all
the social relations Of life, and has more of public
spiri and has done more to advance the prosperity
Of our city than MI; a But he Is strongly suspec-
ted Of being little Tdyopsh and.neyer strong
expression save when he speaks Of the AboItioniss
Mr. Allen Ia one Of the most devoted and energetic
members of the old IPhig guardians welded great
influence In his pArty--is high minded honorable
and magnanimous opponent, and Is every Inch
num- True DEM.
Correctly said, neighbour and not endorsed BY us
The appointment Of Mr.. Allen will give 'PreAi salts
faconh to troops Of friends out Of Ohio for he num-
bers them all over the Union warm-hsartsd. true
friends Of trie worth Clereland TO- Herald
EsaIrsH INsoI ENcE The barque Thames, Cap
lain Harmon arrived at New Orlenns from Chngres.
having sailed the 18th u Captain Harmon pub
fishes ths following
"Latitndc2 20 deg. so min. North, longitude SO deg.
II min. West, p. NJ, discovered ship 10 the
southwark but could not distinguish her colors as
gun we Instantly hoisied 0ur ensign In ten min
ntes she fired shot from her starboard bride gun
which fell short OF VA once md half onr length
GsteIn and In range. We Instantly took In our stud
ding-sni and hove TO. She came up 20 we saw her
flag. She proved TO be an English shprigged sloop-
ofwar. Al 3 l4P. Nj, she failed up on onr weather
quarter, and sancd me with tho following language
You d. Yankee, why did yon not answer my
signal and not give me the trouble 10 come up hsre
! have mind 10 blow you out Of water He said
no more, squared his yards, sci his studdng- sals
and went about his business. made sail and passed
him at p. NJ.