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Grs Foorr's EXTRA MrLEAeE.-About

the close OF the late canvass ior Tue oice Vi w
ernc, cSarge was published IN several ne Ispapers
sdye,se - Cen Foote, which he did not deem ne.
cessarv 10 notice at the time ana "nicn oi
self.rs spect prompted him 70 pass by without the
ieas, attempt at refutation he was quite willing 10
80 anv votes of which Il was possible 10 deprive
him bv assailment so palpaoy lllioeTa and unjust
When the Secretary Of the Senate, according %
usage requested Gen F. 10 hle with him his demand
for mileage, he not having CONVENIENT means OF as
certanng the precise extent OF the usuaiy rdFel-
led routeto Washington from Jackson, or wha' route
in fact might be regarded as the one Usually
he inquired OF Mr.. Dickens, the secretary Oh sne
Senate, what amount his immediate predecessor,
Mr. Chalmers, charged. Having equal respect Ioi
the integrity anc intelligence of MI Cnalmers, ne
resolved 10 be guided by the precedent estaolsned
by him He charged, therefore, precisely what Mr..
e. had charged, adding on mileage from Memphlsto
Vicksburg,-Mr. Chalmers residing about as lar
from Memphis al Holly Springs, as Gen. +. ga al
Jackson from VicksOurg. This We are assured IS
true statement Of the facts Of the ease.-Mss rag
at the lnion
Ia This is the way that inveterate sco1ndrel
Nobody is always cutting up his dirty capers.-
Foo.e, like good many others, has pocke'ed
several hundreds of dollars OF Extra Mileage De-
sides the Constructive Mileage for journey ne
never made at all; but then he had noth-
ing TO do with it. He only told the Secretary Oh
the Senate to allow him according TO what Mr..
Chalmers charged" Now follow up Chalmers,
and he will explain that he never charged
at all,-he only told the Secretary to make out
his account accordingly to what somebody else
was paid-and so you may track them back as
far as you please and find Nobody responsible
is there on the face Of this round globe
goose so silly as TO believe that if Mr.. Chalmers
had happened to charge" or receive two or three
hundred dollars less than the proper sum, I'm
stead OF more,) Gen. Foote would have ordered
his account squared by Mr.. Chalmers's II there
is one such goose on EARTH let US hear him hiss :
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By telegraph to the New-Ysrk Tribune.
c,,.rs, Alleged Fsgifive Slave.
HlRRIsBuRoH, Pa, Monday, Dec. 6, ls5

H.RRrsBuRoH, Pa, Monday, Dec. 6, 1851.
William Kelley, ala. Bill" claimed by ia
cob RICHTER, of Carrca County, Maryland, as his
lawful merchandiss, was captured by U. S. Dep
uty Marshal sAaeher, a, Jersey Shore, LycOm-
ing County, Pennsylvania. This piece of prop
erty was eaken before Mr.. L. s. Commissioner
McAG.ter, examined before daylight this morn
np and remanded to the care and custody Of the
atoresaid Jacob RICHTER Yours, &c,
DAUPHIN.
T. This affair seems TO have been conducted IN
manner quite as summary as that consemplatedby
the law The process Of examining man BY can
die light or gas light, or no light at all, and husting
him of into bondage in the dark, lest daylight and
trial nigh. reveal the fact that he belongs to hmseu
instead of another, VIII no doubt come quite up to
the Union Safety Committees IDEAS of Union Saw
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SOUTH AMERICA

u We have later dates from Rio de ia
neiro by way of England, with the following ntall.
sence:
The GeyseT steam vessel, Commander latham,
has arrived a Spiihead With dates from Rio TO Oct
Is Monievideo, Oct. - The war IN the Banda
Oriental was terminated. Onbe had retrsated 10 his
country house at Rin;on. The Argentine forces
were reported 10 have joined Urguiza. The on.
tnials had joined Gen GaIzon. Provisional Gov
eInmeIt was talked OF. The war had been effected
without bloodshed. The town Of Monteyideo had
been Illuminated. :
commander Tatham brings original dispatches.
announcing The termination OF this long war
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BUFPETING THE EEAR.
For The Tribune.

II now, huge and shaggy bear,
By hunger driven from the North,
From the dark forest issue forth,
And IN my neighbor's garden fair
Has climb'd, and with has claws begins to tear
Ny neIghbors children, playing there -
Ii the fierce assault should see,
Shall | permit the thing TO be
Not so indeed But If fail
To bufs him with iron fail,
May my right ammo ihoughsless prayer
BE munchd by him, the Northern bear
IIEwrllYS
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-09

MIsslssIpPI.--The Union victory in this
State is not go complete asst has been represent
ed. OF the Senators holding over, II are State
Rights 3 Union,' and doubtful while of the
new Senators, are Union, State Rights,
and two not fully heard from, but presumed to
be State Rights As yet, the two Houses
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- he 81. Louis papers announce the
rnvalIn that city efthe gentlemen n
In tae Gsfernneni Of tah IN consequence oftbs
81 y aseIs and also, Of three members Of Inc Nor
mon conn union There now for the drS ,r, 60
ments AID counter statements and II : cor
that me STATE otheers bad been precipats IL n
cult:es might have been adjusted. 'D' e---
u A waading factory in Clarksburrb
Berkshire County famI2rl7 known as the Old siI
~, was tesIogsa BY IRE, nigh: of ssh Loss s. eo in
slred for Slee. IL was owned by Samuel Clark Asa NJ
Cark, John H. On, and joseph Saith and ooeratsd b. ~.
latter, whose lcSs On sioc, eoTeTta b. inssrspre
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-09

FRoM TAMPIco.-By the arrival this
morning of the schooner Oregon from TsE.ligo,
which port she left tie 18th inst we Learn from
Captain Trens, that the schooner Bonita NJ, char
tered BY the Mexican Government. Arrived OF
Tsnpico Bar, the 18Th inst. from Vera Cruz, hag-
ing on board as passengers, Buckingham Smith, EsQ.
Secretary to the American Legation IN Mexco Mr.
Castillo Lunez, Mexican Consul for Brownsville.
ard Mr.. Robbie, brother 70 the Secretary Of War.
AT Thornton, the English Secretary, arr q a
Tampico on tne 18th inst. from the City Of Mexico.
The Bonita as TO sal on the 10Th for MaianofOs.
4 schooner Of war from CoatZacoalos, arrived of
TampiCO Bar on the 18th inst. The schooner
p. VI. Sears sailed IN company with the Oregon Tor
this poit LETT IN brig Thomas Walton. The Ore
son brought &5,0I4 IN specie, consignment 10 This
cry. iNew.Orleans Delta, NOV 80.
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II SAVANNAH has chosen DR.. RICHARD
D. ARNOLD & Union y Mayor by SCI votes to $40
for Thomas Purse, Democrat The South
ern or State Rights party has been logged
out OF its name, and gone back to Democratic
as more winning. Seven Union and five
Democratic Aldermen were chosen, on rival
ceneral tickets
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-09

w "A IerG Conrention for the XVIII
Congressional District Of our stre is called by
leading citizens ofboth parties, to nee, at Reese
vile on the 18th inst. We note tina, the o..
position journals in that Iron region are outupon
che Wings fer trying 10 make Protection a party
question
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-09

Positive Union majority-..l0
We suspect the Senate will hardly agree to
go into Joint Ballot for the election OF Uen'
Foote L. S Senator for sixyear term from
the close of the present Senate.
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" The Independent Wig is new and
strong weekly Just started at Lancaster Pa, by Ed
ward Mcpherson. We believe il does not consider
the clause respecting fugtives from labor the en-
tire Constitution. The Lancaster Union has been
merged in TIE Whiy
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CANADA.

seetarian Common Schools and the Forthcom-
ing Elections-WilIiam Lyon Mackenzie
Candidates for Parliament and the Reform
Ministry-The Property Qualiiication-rhc
Toronto and Guelph Railroad-Negro Col-
The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1851-08-28
WESTERLY, R. l., AUGUST 2s, 1851.

Bartlett herself appeared. She was fine
looking old lady, with an intelligent eye,
which scanned Mr. Harry's features curl
ously.
did you wish to sec Eliza she asked.
Mr. Harry replied affirmatively.
Indeed, said she 1 think there must
be some mistake, sir. Perhaps it is Jane,
or Mary, you wish to see =
ooh, no; Miss Eliza rejoined Mr..
Harry.
Il must ask, then, why you wish to sec
her. pursued Mrs Bartlett mildly.
Harry blushed violently, perceiving
which, she added quickly
'For Eliza is so young, that am sure
you can have nothing to say to her which
you would nor first communicate to me-
young p echoed Harry, confused.
why she is only nine years old you
know
Harry was confounded. But remember
ing that he had the name of his charmer
only on the authority of Dick Stevens, he
fastened to explain matters.
1T must be one of her sisters, then.
met her at-Hall, two nights ago.
'There must still pc some mistake, re-
piled Mrs. Bartlett. Neither of my
daughters have been to-Hall this win
ter
Il think I am not mistaken. This is
the address she gave me- said Harry firm
ly.'
'Ohr cried the old lady, you mean
our nursery-maid She was at-Hall
two nights ago and she said she expected
a young gentleman to call on her.
Nursery-maid p echoed Harry indig-
nantly. 1 don't know any nursery-naid !!
'Oh, it is her you wish to see p replied
the old lady good humoredly. 'She saiC
you called her Miss Bartlett, but she didn'
mind it, as great many call her so, sh'
has lived with us so long. l will speak tt
her.
'N--no-I beg-don't trouble your
SELF demonstrated Harry, nervously. q
was mistaken. II beg your pardon
Good-day ma am
Harry left; but the affair got out; ant
to this day, he has not done blushing whel
genteel ballroom acquaintances arr
mentioned.
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NUMBER %

The MoTHER's LAST LESSON" Will
you please to teach me my verse, mamma,
and then kiss mo, and bid me good night 7"
said little Roger l., as he opened the
door and peeped cautiously into the cham
Der of his sick mother; " / am very sleepy
but no one has heard me say my prayers.
Mrs. L-was very ill-indeed, her
attendants believed her to be dying. She
sat propped up with her pillows, and strug-
Cling for breath her lips were white, her
eyes were growing dull and glazed. She
was widow, and little Roger was her
only-her darling child. Every night he
had been in the habit of coming into her
room and sitting in her lap, or kneeling by
her side, whilst she repeated passages from
Gods holy word, or related to him stories
of wise and good men spoken of in its
pages.
"Hush =" said the lady who was watch
ing beside her couch "Your dear moth
er is to ill to hear you tonight" AS she
said this, she came forward, and laid her
hand gently upon his arm, as if she would
lead him from the room. Roger began to
sob as if his heart would break.
81 cannt 60 to bed without saying my
prayers indeed l cannot"
The ear of the dying mother caught the
sound. Although she had been nearly in
sensible to everything transpired around
her, the sob of her darling aroused her
stupor, and turning to friend she desired
her to bring her little son and lay him on
her bosom. Her request was granted, and
the chile's rosy cheeks and golden hair
nestled beside the cold face Of his dying
} mother.
"Roger, my son, my darling child
aid the dying woman, "repeat this verse
! after me and never forget it," when my
, father and mother forsake me, the Lord
will take me up" The child repeated it
G two or three times distinctly, and said his
/ little prayer. Then he kissed the cold, al
a most rigid features before him, and went
/, quietly to his couch. The next morning ne
= sought as usual, his mother, but he found
!, her stiff and cold.
This was her last lesson. He has never
forgotten it-he probably never will. he
has grown to be mana good man, and
now occupies post of honor and profit
in Massachusetts, Inever could look upon
him without thinking of the faith so beau
, tifully exhibited by his dying mother.
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They wake with mingled joy and pain,
Fond memories of thee;
But would we call thee back again
We joy that thou art free.
Amid each conflict, woe, and fear,
When dark our path appears,
Tis sweet to know thou canst not share
Our anguish and our tears;
That on thy head no more shall fall
The storms we may not flee;
Yes, safely sheltered from them all,
Wejoy that thou art free,
For thou hast gained brighter land,
And deaths cold stream past;
Thine are the joys at Gods right hand
That shall forever last.
A crown is on thy angel brow,
Thine eye the king doth see,
Thy home is with the seraphs now
We joy that thou art free.
Aug, 1851. C. w.
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ICED CHAMpAIGNE.-Ag gentleman who
has been in the ice trade at St. Thomas
relates some funny anecdotes about the
natives there and their luminous idea of
Boston hard water -
"He once sold lump to a gentleman,
whc sent colored servant after it, with
directions to have it kept for dinner-table.
The servant took it home, and enquired OF
the cook how it was prepared. After con-
siderable discussion in the kitchen cabinet,
it was decided to have it boiled. At din
ner the gentleman called out for it, and
was in high glee, for he had drank iced
champagne in the states, and he felt a
mighty hankering for second trial of the
same beverage. Soon Sambo made his
appearance, with eyes rolling on the out
side, grinning like a frightened monkey.
'Where is the ice, Sambo p said the
gentleman.
'Oh! glory, NASSAU replied Sambo,
{ put it in de pot and boiled him MORN hafl
an hour, and when / went to look for him,
he was not dar."
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GREAT MEN.-One of the chief char
acteristics of a truly great man is the re-
fusal to be entirely moulded into the form
of the society in which he lives, and his
striking out told and original paths of his
own. He stamps his own name on the
age in which he lives. He often lig ghts
with and controls circumstances rises in
spite of the dead weight pressing him down.
Indeed, it would seem when the Almighty
entrusted great faculties to any man, he
placed him in adverse circumstances, in
order that the majesty and might of those
powers might be better exhibited by their
fierce struggle with outward foes. A great
man, it is true, must express, to a certain
extent, the spirit of the age, but he guides
even when he obeys it. Genius sets up
the standard Of revolt against old opinions,
and thousands who were before vascillating
flock to it. Great minds perceive with
clearness those ideas of progress which
small minds perceive only indistinctly ;
hence the enthusiasm SO common to many
great men. They feel so perfectly assured
Of the truth of their opinions, that they 60
right onward in their course, sustained by
an unwavering faith, and with none OF
those doubts and fears common to indis-
tinct PERCEPTION. Your truly great men,
too, is energetic he uses his own will, and
is not to be shaken from his purpose.
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We Joy that Thou art Free.

Time hath not power to bear away
Thine image from the heart,
No scene that marks life's onward way
Can bid it hence depart;
Yet while our souls with anguish riven
Mourned loved and lost for thee,
We raise our fearful eyes to heaven
And joy that thou art free!
We miss thee from the band so dear,
That gathers round our hearth,
We listen still thy voice to hear,
Amid our household mirth;
We gaze upon thy vacant chair,
Thy form we seem to see,
We start to find thou art not there
Wejoy that thou art free.
A thousand old familiar things
Within thy childhood's home,
Speak of the cherished absent one
Who never more shall come,
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From the Boston Weekly Museum.
Ballroom AcQuaintamces.

Mr.. Henry Pringleton is young gen.
tleman of agreeable manners, good looks,
and abominable self-conceit; distinguished
for his galantry, black whiskers, and aris-
tocratic aspirations.
1t is we'll to have good opinion of IS
self but there is certain sort of pride
which renders its possessor contemplate.
1t is that pride which makes you blush to
be seen in the street with the noblest, best
hearted fellow in the world, because he
may happen to wear seedy-looking coat
or a hat of last years fashion.
With this sort ofpride, MIR. Henry Prin-
gleton was severely afflicted. He sought
to rank with the most genteel, with the
acknowledged aristocrats of society. He
aimed high, and on one occasion he shot
considerably wide of his mark.
This is the way Of it
Mr. Harry was at ball a rather re.
herche affair, of course. Mr.. Harry never
patronized your ordinary assemblies, one
is so apt to meet vulgar people in such
places-that is, people who work for liv-
ing, shop-keeper's daughters.
He was at ball. Magnifcently had he
famed, and innumerable hearts had he
broken, in the course of few brief hours.
Yet Mr.. Harry was dissatisfied. He OBJ
served that fcw-marvelously few of the
elite were present. Had he made a con-
quest, at which one of such lofty aspira-
tions might feel grati6ed' All, no! He
sighed, like Alexander, for an object wor-
thy of his prowess.
"Who was that young lady you waltzed
with lasti p asked sleek dandy.
Il declare l have forgotten her name,
and really, think I neglected to write it
down. replied Mr.. Harry. Il thought
she could MT be very fashionable never
met her before
why cried a genteel fellow, with a
glossy moustache, who had heard the ques-
ton and reply 'that is Miss Bartlett, daugh-
ter of William H. Bartlett. Dem genteel
people. know 'em. That's Eliza the
prettiest of the three daughters
sAhp Exclaimed Mr.. Harry, she is pref
ty. was sure she was none Of the crowd,
though never had met her before
Mr. Harry gazed with admiration at the
charming young lady, who, to speak the
truth, had not appeared to him remarkably
beautiful before. A Bartlett What a
conquest For Mr.. Harry was sure the
girl was smitten with him.
Il must cultivate her acquaintance,
thought he.
During the remainder of the evening, he
devoted himself exclusively to Miss Bart
lett; who received his attentions graciously.
Perhaps you imagine Mr.. Harry forgot
the poor girl whose heart he thus deliber.
ately labored to win. Not he He had
promised to call on Miss Eliza, and he
remembered his engagement with heart
swelling with gratifed pride and lofty aspi-
rations, he went to the address his char
mer gave him, and approached the door,
on which the dear name BARTLETT
shone engraved in silver.
MIR. Harry was shown into the parlor
He had inquired for Miss Eliza; but Mrs
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AnecdOte of Jenny Lind.

n correspondent OI Cne ~. IOh 1TtOUH,
writing from Buffalo, relates the following:
my charioteer was fine boy of To-.
He WHIPPED along over the plank-road, and
gossiped of the houses, the people and the
places we passed He was sharp-eyed and
clear-minded-a bright boy, who may one
day be President Stimulated by that
thought, when he stopped to water the
horse, we refreshed, pledging our insti-
tutions.' AS we stepped into the carriage.
How much is the next toll, your Ex-
cellency''
'Sir ? said the boy.
We drove on further, and we were
slowly climbing the hill.
'Have you heard Jenny Lind, sir;' in
quircd my Antinous Of the stable.
yes, often
'Great woman, SIR Don't you think
so p
Most decidedly
She was here last week, Sir-Get up,
Charlie =
did you hear her p I asked.
eyes, Sir and I drove her with to
the falls-that is Tom Rigging drove, but /
sat on the box
tAnd was she pleased =
'Yes, sir; only when she was going to
see the falls everyt ody in the hotel ran
to the door to look at her, SO she went
back to her room and then slipped out Of
the back door. But there was something
better than that, Sir
what was that p
'She gave Tom Higgins fifty dollars
when he drove her back. But there wa
something better that that, Sir
Indeed, what was that p
'Why, Sir, as we came back, we passe
little wood and she stopped the carriag
and stepped out with the rest Of the pirty
and Tom Higgins and 1, went into tn
wood. 1t was towards sunset and the WOO
was beautiful, Sir. She walked about
little and picked up leaves and flowers
and sang like to herself, as if it were pleas
ant. BY and by she sat down upon rocl
and began to sing loud. She sings some
Sir, and it sounded great ways. Blu
before she stopped, a little bird came AM
sat upon bow close by us. l saw it, Sir
with my own eyes, the whole of it-ano
when Jenny Lind had done, he began tc
sing and shout away like she did. While
he was singing she looked delighted, anc
when he stopped she sang again, and Oh
it was beautiful, Sir. But the little bird
wouldn't give it up, and he sang again, but
not until she had done. Then Jenny Lind
sang as we'll as ever she could. 1t seemed
to fill the woods all up with music, and
when it was over, the little bird was still
while, but tried it again in o few mo-
mcnts. He couldn't do it, Sir. He sang
very bad, and then the foreign gentlemen
with Jenny Lind laughed, and they all
came back to the carriage
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A Cadet writing to the Lowell Ne

A Cadet writing to the Lowell News,
says:
What would you think of standing with
in eighteen inches of the muzzle of a
twenty FOUNDER when it was fred' I've
done it, and it has so Jared me that blood
ran out of my ears, and then dare not raise
my hands for fear of being put in arrest
l have seen Cadets, while drilling in the
hot sun, faint away from excessive fatigue,
although have stood it very we'll SO far,
and can even have mosquito or spider
alight on my face without fiinching. The
mosquitoes are thicker than they are on
the Mississippi river, and they are sure to
buzz around fellows face when he is on
drill and can't brush them away. l have
seen some hard times in my life, but this
confounded, everlasting drilling, marching
and parading, beats it all. When night
comes l feel like sleeping. Speaking of
sleeping, I'll tell you how we do sleep.
We have no bedstead or bed-tick, but
simply a blanket, counterpane aud pillow,
so L just roll up in the blanket, drop ON
the floor, and pass off to dream land.
When | first came here, 1 could sleep no
more than " a toad under harrow" but
now l prefer it to any other way.