The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1849-03-17
WEEKLY VARIETY.

0TMr. Clay is now seventy.one.-
Messrs. Calhoun, Van Buren,, and Web
sler were born in the same year, 1882.
and are now CT. General Cass is sixty
six. General Taylor is sixty-four.
GA colored woman died in New
Orleans, about ten days since, aged 1871
years.
rA marble bust Of the late John @.
Adams has been finished BY ]. c. King,
Boston artist, from sitting given him
in l845. 1t is said to be a most per-
feet and and characteristic likeness Of
the illustrious statesman. 1t is to be
semitic Washington in a few days, TO be
set up in the Speakers room, in the
verv seat where Mr.. Adams died.
@Pernambuco dates to the lllh OF
January have been received. The in.
surgents are rapidly organizing to "a.
tack the government, for the purpose OF
overthrowIng the monarchy, and organ,
izing republic on its ruins. In the
sklrmishes which have ensued, the gov
ernment troops were victorious.
H-The Brokers Of st. Louis have
given public notice, TO immigrants and
others going west, that they will not
transact business in notes OF less de-
nomination than $40.
ora steamer arrived at Cincinnati
from Madison, Indiana, brings intelIi'
gence of five or six>cases Of disease at
that place resembling cholera, up to the
96 ult. The Louisville Democrat is in
formed that there were two or three
deaths in one day.
H-The Inauguration ball at Wash
ington city on Monday night is said. to
have been a magnificent affair. The
receipts of the ball were Sl9,5oo, and
The expenditures S8,500-leaving bal
ance of $4,000 to be distributed among
The poor of the city.
D-lt is mentioned as singular fact,
that Gen. Taylor never saw one OF the
gentleman composing his cabinet, until
lie arrived a, Washington. They were
all total strangers to him except by rep
utation. .~.
oo-A ball being given at East Hamp.
ton Mass, the minister of the place ask.
ed leave to open it with prayer, which
was granted. The prayer was made,
and the dancing went on.
etThe Steamboat Convoy, was de.
stroyed by fire near Nachez, few
days since. In attempting to escape
from the burning wreck, two men were
drowned. In the burning Of the boat
three thousand bales Of cotton were de.
stroyed.
N-Tables of the railroads Of the Uni
ted States, recently published in the A.
merican Railroad Journal, exhibit the
extraordinary fact that 642l miles o
railway were in actual operation at the
commencement OF the year l849 within
the limits Of the United States.
0o-The Homestead Exemption Bill
has been defeated in the Illinois House
Of Representatives, by close vote.
os-The Legislature Of Delaware ha'
passed an act directing the magistrates
10 arrest all free negroes who are Of idlt
and dissolute habits, and hire them ou
to service for term not exceeding ont
year. 5,t
0o-By ihe Bremen ship Hudson
news have been ieceived from Bueno'
Ayres to the Sd of Jan. Ii was ru
mored that the Brazlllians and Bueno
Ayreans were going TO o.war, and tina
the French would assist the BRAZILIAN
in blockading Buenos Ayres. Three
Brazilian men of war were in the river
one at Buenos Ayres. The EnglisI
minister was not received in his ca
pacity.
ed-The Bermuda Gazette says tina
the ship Neptune is expected from Eng
land, with 800 convicts on board, afte
landing whom she will proceed to tn,
Cape Of Good Hope, with about tb
same number of convicts whose goo'
conduct at Bermuda has gained for then
tickets of leave. which will give then
the advantages Of free emigraats. A
mong these is Mr.. Mitchell, who ma
, suffered much from asthma since hi
residence at Bermuda. ~"
GTThe House Of Representatives o
Pennsylvania have rejected the bill au
,horizing the issue of small notes b.
the banks, Submitted by Mr.. Ball. tn
whig State Treasurer. The vote wa
33 yeas TO 63 nays-every democra
voting against il, together with !
wings. s.;s
Grlron cofins are proposed by
Delaware correspondent OF the Phia