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must yield to the interests Of Ma
tional Party.
If we do the Patriot injustice we
will hasten to correct ourself.


dlnal for this country.
+ BENToN's DEFEAT AT ST. LOUIS.
.--7ln recent election in the city of ST.
Louis for municipal officers, which
turned upon the question of Benton
or no Benton, the Benton party met
with a signal defeat. Papers of the
most abandoned caste were issued
by the Union Office, and circulated
gratuitously, for some time previous
to the election; nothing, in short, was
left undone which depravity couidd
suggest or desperation perform 10
carry the election, but it was all in
vair; Benton had ceased to be the
idol of his people.
Death Of Com, Ba,ron.-Commo-
dore James Barrou, senior Captain IN
thd Uaited States Navy, died at his
residence in the city of Norfolk, Va,
on the 23d ult., in the S3d year ofhis
age.
Gen. Walace.-1'his distinguished
gentleman, ssys the Pendleto Mes
senger, arrived in the neighborhood
of Pendleton few day age. 1t is
said that the object of this gentle
mans visit is to look at some lands
on Seneca River, with a view of ma
king a settlement.
Cuban Eapedition.-President Fill
more has issued his proclamation
warning American citizens under
pain of the severest punishment not
to join any hostile expedition against
Cuba. We presume that the Expe-
dltlonists if caught this time, need
scarcely hope for protection from
this Government.
We have received the ADDRESSED de
hvered by Dr. Certls before the Tea
chers' Association in Columbia.
AaI-
F''ost.-There was frost seen in
this place on the morning of yester.
day.
Sumner the Freesoiler, was on the
25th ballot elected United States
Senatorfrom the State of Massachu-
selts, having received 74votes.
--a
AS poor Sims, stepped on board
the brig Acorn, on his way to slavery
he exclaimed, with streaminS ewes,
This is Massachusetts liberty! -
What dream then vanished
from the bright eyes Of that heroic
boy!-Col mon-Wealth.
The idea is sublime and the Ian
guage truly feeling; but to consider
that the heroic boy was smart lad
of bright molasses hue, who danced
and sang after he was taken on board
the brig, in infinite glee at having es-
capped the rascally opportunities of
the abolitionists, very much of the
opDIItijty vi llIC ibSd anu ldCnfymOSo
style oflanguage is lost. The beau.
ty ofthe sentiment, however, st;Il re.
mains.-BoSton Times.
Public attention has been greatly
excited in Constantinople, by the dis
covery ofan immense treasure of
Greek manuscripts, OF the highest an.
tlquity, found by learned Greek of
the name of Simonides, in a cave sill
uared at the loot of Mount Athos.
According to this account, the inn
portance of this discovery is incalcu-
liable, since itbrings to light vast
quantity of celebrated works quoted
by various ancient writers, and hith
erto deemed entirely lost. They fur
ni'h, as may be imagined, an exten-
slve list of proper names calculated
to throw great light upon MANY oh
scure periods Of history. Ampng
these precious volumes, which are
composed ofvery thin membranes,
Cine nature Of which is not stately
filled with characters, some are cal
culated to give complete interpre-
tation of hieroglyphic writing-the |
fortunate dlscoverer having already
successfully applied them to the inter
pretatIon Of tne inscriptions engraved
on the Obplisk of tho [J;n,,ol,..O . . ~