American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-09-13

is our Government
The Nea0 Governor The number of strangers
present at the Inauguration of Lazarus w.
Powell, as Governor Of Kentucky, on the I'd
inst, is estimated at fifty thousand. The in
augural address is said TO be an excellent one.
Seventy Hungarian exiles, who went up in
the steamboat Isaac Newton, on the 10th inst,
were promptly passed over the railroads from
Albany to Buffalo, FREE.
Personal.-Hon. Edward Stanly Of North
Carolina, has arrived in Philadelphia, to ioin
his family, now there.
Methodists.--A statistic article on Method
ism In New England appears in Zion's Herald
which reports in the six Conferences &C. 206
members and 500 preachers. Vermont has the
largest number of members in proportion to the
population, it being /. to q. The Methodist
population of New England, including families,
is estimated at nearly 400, 600, or about equal
to the population of Connecticut.
After the close Of the Revolutionary war the
British king ordered u thanksgiving to be OBJ
served throughout the kingdom. minister
of the Gospel inquired of him, " For what are
we to give thanks? That your majesty has lost
thirteen Of your best provinces 7" The king
answered, mo" is it, then, that your ma
Jesty has lost one hundred thousand lives of your
best subjects ?" ''No no., said the king. Is
it, then, that we have expended, and lost, an
hundred millions of money, and for the defeat
and furnishing of your majestys arms?" t'No
such thing" said the king, pleasantly. tWhat,
then, is the object of the thanksgiving?" "Oh,
give thanks that it is no worse"
The Providence Journal says: I'VE have
heard of the case of an adventurous rattlesnake
which bit an old topper whose skin had been full
of liquor for many years. The man was not
hurt, but the snake died."
Public Parhs.-The New York Board of AL
dermen have finally passed the ordinance for q
large Public Park, and there is no doubt of it's
passing the other branch of the Common Coun-
Gill; or of its approval by the Mayor Those
who have done their best to secure its adoption
have right to rejoice at the approaching real
ization of their DESIRES and those who inhabit
New York fifty years hence will be grateful to
the foresight which planned, and the energy
and persistence which carried through such
work.
The NeW York Battery Enlargement, which
everybody supposed had been killed by the
Mayors veto, will probably be accomplished.
On Wednesday evening, the opinion in relation
to this matter of the counsel to the Corpora
ton, Henry E. Davies, ESQ.,, was presented to
the Common Council. Mr.. Davies pronounces
the veto null and imperative, and the ordinance
providing for the enlargement perfectly valid
and binding upon the city. The reason Of this
is, that whereas the charter provides that when
the Mayor sees proper to veto any measure, his
veto must be sent to that branch of the Common
| Council i'll which the measure originated; this
was not done in the present case, consequently
it veto at all, and the ordinance remains
in force the if it had been tacitly passed
over by the Mayor, or had even received his
appreciation. The Tribune learns that this is
the view not only of Mr.. Davies, but of others
among the most eminent jurists of the city.
Such being the case, we presume no time will
be lost in beginning the preparatory labors CT
the enlargement.
The population of Cuba is ! 200, 600; that Of
Havana, its chief city, 1876, 900. Its surface is
"a, 900 square miles that of Jamaica 5000;
that Of Hayti 2S,000. England, including
Wales, is 55, 100 square miles in extent Scot
land $4,000; the State Of New York 1920.
E1csllent.-Punch says, an astronomer being
asked what the use of an eclipse was, replied
oh, don't know, it gives the sun time for
reflection"
mad dog in Bridgeport entered a lady's
school. The teacher had the presence of mind
enough to pour a pitcher Of water upon it.
which threw il into convusions and gave time
for the escape of herself and the children.
IN appropriate ISigR.-A man who had es-
tabished tppling- house, being about to erect
his sign, requested his neighbours advice in re-
gard to an inscription for it, His friend replied,
81 advise you to write on it Drunkards and
Beggars made here
Ice exported from Boston in August eight
thousand two hundred and forty-one tons;
since January seyenty-six thousand seven hun
dred and fifty tons, being twenty thousand nine
hundred and ninety-six tons increase over the
same time in 1850.
Chateaubriand says, " In new colonies the
Spanards begin by building church the
French ballroom and the English tavern"
A National Geographical and Statistical So
cicty is about to be formed in New York.
A curious claim has been put before the
Judges Of the London Exhibition. crack
Drained poet put volume of songs and ballads
in the exhibition; everybody thought of course
il was intended as a specimen of typography
and bookbinding, but he insists upon it rs q
specimen OF poetry per Sc, and now calls for the
first prize for himself as the first of poets
A FIRE took place in chemical warehouse,
and the flames were spreading rapidly, when
they were instantly subdued by the accidental
breaking of demijohn Of ammonia.
military company composed of colored citi-
zcns Of Newark, New Jersey, has been duly or
ganized, under the designation Of the " Barber
Guards.
British nautical pride has been lowered con-
sideraby by the Yankee yacht America"
The Boston Commonwealth has a new motto
Trust to the People," singular one for
paper which requires payment invariably in ad-
vance,
We have very often been shocked, while read
ing thrilling tales of the sea" to perceive tho
indifference with which the author tells us
about the winds ,chistling through the shroudsr'
as if such wanton lcvity did not deserve q re.
buke.
Never wish thing done; but do IT,
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