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Democratic banner., 1851-05-14

"HoNoR TO WoMAN."-We have read
with infinite pleasures, sulogiums on the
sex, from Mango Park. Lsdyard, Schiller
and every gallant writer Of modern times
but the Macon (Ala.) Republican beats
them all. Here it is:
Women and Ns,Uspopers.-Women are
the best subscribers in the world to news
papers, Magazines, etc. We have been
editor now going on eight years. and We
have never yet lost single dollar by female
subscribers. They seem to make it apoin'
of conscientious duty to pay the preacher
and the printer,-two classes of the COM
munity that suffer more BY bad pay( and nc
pay at all than all the rest put together
Wheneve we have a woman's name on ouI
book we know it is just az good for two
dollars and half as picayuue is for g
ginger cake. Besides, whatever they sub
scribe for they read, whether it be good,
bad or Indifferent. If they once subscribe
for paper they are sure to read it, upon
the principle, we suppose, that if they did
not their money would be thrown away
as an old lady, whom We once knew, for
whose sick servant girl theDoctor had pre-.
scribed dose of oil; but as the girl would
not take the oil, she took it herself rather
than let it be wasted. Hence, we say, they
are the best readers. For these reasons,
we had, any time in the world, rather have
IA dozen women on our books than one
man.
Democratic banner., 1851-05-14

SPEEDY JusrrcE.--On Saturday night, ,af-
ter twelve O'Clock, some person entered
several rooms Of the Barret House, in which
guests were sleeping, and stole therefrom
a couple of watches. Suspicion having res
ted on an individual! by the name of Hsr-
din, from Fl. Madison, he was arrested,
brought before the Justice, examined and
committed to Jail by noon on Sunday. On
Tuesday morning the Grand Jury found q
bill Of indictment against him; in the after
noon Of the same day, he was tried, found
guilty, and, on Wednesday morning. SEN
fenced to two years. Imprisonment in the
Penitentisry.--fBurlington Telegraph.
Democratic banner., 1851-05-14
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Pictorial Drawing- Room CompaaiO,
MARRYING A FORTUNE.
BIZ GEO. CANNING HILL.

Full half Of mankind will never get through
searching up meney-matches for themselves, un-
I'll the other half has done with holding the mo-
ney. That is a fired fact, which no one will at.
tsmpt to call in question.
Tom Turnabout was one of the penniless ones.
Not that It was, by any means, the fault of his
own, but it merely happened to be so; it was SIN
his sfhrs" to be poor. And what made the mat
tar worse, beside being poor, per Sc, he was a
poor bGrrister-a situation rendered by al odds
sxquisitely distressing; for briefiess barrister
b always short of everything, from soap to suits.
Tom, was, withal, an individual of more than
ordinary personal attractions--so far the opin.
ion Of the majority of the other sex went-and
upon this opinion he early determined to found
pretty much all his future. With his aEable and
excessively social manners, It would have been
no wonder ct ell if he did not have to undergo
many pang in the measurement of his living by
hiS circumstances.
At last, by one of those most fortunate Of the
dice Of chance Of which we read or hear but
rarely. Tom Turnabout was married, and to q
lady of foftune. It tseemed to him as If the for.
tune was expressly accumulated for his use and
sehOof alone. And on his wedding day no man
~ anywhere TO be found, who could make show
q larger share of enjoyment in prospect.
Matters went On well enough for time-as
vel, perhaps, % ought4o have been expected;
ief The "hrisness baEfistsr'' was now possessed
comfortable home, snd assured of an excel.
~ ssa. living. togethsr with young and pretty
"'H; Tor Mrs. Euphrasis Turnabeut, q every
Democratic banner., 1851-05-14

A Nuns WIsH.-Southey, in his "Om.
nia," relates the following:
"When / was last in Lisbon, a nun made
her escape from nunnery. The first thing
for which she inquired, when she reached
the house in which she was to be secreted.
was looking glass. She had entered the
convent when only FIVE years old, and from
that time had never seen her own face"
Democratic banner., 1851-05-14

ALMOST AN ELoPEMENT.-A man living
in Croton, in this county, who has . wife
and three children, started few days since
from Athens, on the opposite side Of the
Des Moines river from Croton, to runaway
with an other mans wife, but after rowing
the skiff in which they were some two miles
down the river, he began to think it would
not pay, so he told the woman that he would
not go any further, that he could not sleavs
his poor children" so he turned bsck, land
ed his "frail one" and her goodsatbsf' has
bands residence, rowed the skiE ont to
sand bar in the middle Of the stream, and
left it, waded ashore, and returned to his
'frst love-" wiser, sadder end more CON-
tented man, where we hope he viii contin.
ue to stay and take care Of not only his
"poor children,' but his lawful spouss.-7
Iowa Statesman. = t-.,.s,
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"We won't indulge in such horrid antic.
ipations," as the hsn-pecked husband said
when the parson told him he would be join.
cd to his wife in smother world, never to be
separated from her. "Parson," said he
|''I beg you won't mention the circumstance
again"
Democratic banner., 1851-05-14

Barnum's .Nsw Enterprise.-Tbe Mir
ror states that locomotive museum is now
in course of preparation, at New York, and
will be ready to start on its travels early in
May. 1t is to be called "Barnum's Amer
ican Museum" and will comprise q com.
Plete menagerie of living animals, large
collection of wax statuary on the plan Of
Madame Tassaud's exhibition, a great
number ofmiscellaneous curiosities, giants
dwsrfs and all the principal features which
characterize the muse ums of large cities
General Tom Thumb accompanies the es.
tsblishment. The travelling paraphsrnalia
is one of the most costly and gorgeous de-
scription. The exhibition will be given
under an immense variegsted pavillion.---
MIR. S. B. June, the famous wild beast hun
ter, and several other agents are now in
various parts of the globe in search ofnov.
elites for this exhibition, which will be ad-
ded as fast as they arrive in the country
Some half a million dollars are to be isves-
ted in this mammoth enterprise.
Democratic banner., 1851-05-14
MY Heart is with thee.
By G. d. PRENTICE.

When dewy eve closes
Her flowers with a sigh,
And summers bright roses
Grow pale in the sky;
When spirits seem STOPPING
. Ger day in llis grave. '.s>- -.
Their solemn wings dropping
Afar Ger the wave;
When the love-star is keeping
Her watch o'er the sea,
My warm heart is leaping,
Sweet spirit, to thee.
When the breeze with a whisper
Steals soft through the grove,
n sweet, earnest lisper
Of music and love;
When its gentle caressings
Away charm each sigh,
And the still dews, like blessings,
Descend from the sky;
When a deep spell is lying
On hill, vale and lea,
My warm heart is flying,
Sweet spirit, to thee.
When stars like sky blossoms
Above seem % blow,
And waves like young bosoms
Are swelling below;
When the voice Of the river,
Floats mournfully past,
And the forests low shiver
Is borne on the blast;
When wild tones are swelling
From earth, air and sea,
My warm heart is dwelling,
Sweet spirit, with thee.
When the night clouds are riding,
Like ghosts on the gale,
And the young moon Is gliding,
Sweet, lonely and pale;
When the ocean is sobbing
In ceaseless unrest,
And its great heart 10 throbbing
All wild in its breast;
When the strong wind is wreathing
With billow and tree,
NV warm heart is nesting,
Sweet spirit, with thee.
When the song birds are dreaming,
OF blossoms and love,
And green leaves are cleaning
In moonlight above;
When silence leans listening
From heavens blue steep,
And the shOt-star streams glistening
Above the blue deep;
When love seems unspringing
Bright, boundless and free,
My warm heart is clinging,
Sweet spirit, to thee.
When in slumber thy fancies
In loveliness gleam,
And q thousand romances
Are bright in thy dream;
When visions Of brightness
Like young angels .tart
In beautiful lightness
All wild from thy heart,
When thy calm sleep is giving
Thy dream wings to thee,
o, say, art thou living,
Sweet spirit, with me.
Democratic banner., 1851-05-14

Some years ego, a medical student, who
had paid more attention to billiards than
anatomy, was brought before professor
for examination, when the following ques-
tiOns and replies were passed:-What wo'd
you do first in case of man who was blown
up by gunpowder?" 81 should wait until
he came down." "Well, sir, if should
knock you down for that impertinent reply,
what muscles would 1t put in motion?"-
"The fsxors and extensors ofmy right arm;
for should floor you immediately"
Democratic banner., 1851-05-14

MARRlED-Hon. Reuben H. Walworth,
ex- Chancellor of New York, was married
on the 18th inst, at Harrodsburg Springs,
KY, to Mrs. Sarah E. Smith, Of Jackson
vile, ILL.,, widow of the late Colonel Har-
din, who was killed at the battle of Buena
Vista. Mr.. Walworth was a widower, his
first wife having died about two years
since.
The republic., 1851-12-12
The Ohio Democracy and the comprom,s.

The Ohio Democracy and the Compromtse.
The reader cannot have forgotten the occa-
sional discussions which have taken place be-
tween ourselves and the metropolitan organ OF
Democracy, in reference to the views of the
Democratic party of Ohio upon the Compro-
mise measures. The late gubernatorial con-
test called forth frequent illusions to this point
We limited that the Governor elect was un-
sound on this vital question, and that in this
respect he was but a reflex of the unsound-
ness of his party, which had become the com
mon receptacle of Freesoil ultraism in Ohio as
well as in Massachusetts. The Union be-
came very angry, and without any equvoca-
tion vouched for the orthodoxy both of the new
Governor and the party by whom he had been
elected.
The action of the Democratic caucus at the
commencement Of the session of Congress com
pleteiy unnerved our contemporary--wheth
by blasting honest hopes, or by stripping dis
honesty of all disguise, we presume not to de-
eide. Atall events, our contemporary has been
almost Aamb ever since. Lesser organs Of
the same party in other sections of the country
are less discreet. They approve Of the deter
mination of the caucus to shelve the question,
and in their out-spoken delight they now and
then give vent to expressions sadly at variance
with the bright visions with which the Union
was won't to beguile its friends. As a sample
Of these expressions, we select some passages
from the Washington correspondence of the
Ohio Stat ,sman-the recognised organ of the
Ohio Democracy, and the staunch ally Of our
metropolitan friend. The writer says:
1.-THE Democracy are fairly in the ascendant,
and seem resolved TO maintain their ascendancy
Some Southern men disposed to make the
Compromise measures tests of Democracy; but
they found no encouragement either in the Senate
or House Democratic caucus. The resolutions
proposing the new tests were promptly laid on the
table in the House caucus; after which the pro-
motcrs Of them wisely gave up the idea OF pressing z
them upon the Senate caucus
"The Wings, on the contrary, in the House eau
Gus, adopted resolutions Of a similar or identical
character, and thus took upon themselves tho en-.
tire responsibility of those measures, to which their
Administration had already fully committed them.
A few Wings left the caucus, but not may.
"The credentials of your Senator Wade, were
presentedby his colleague Senator Chase; those Of
Senator Sumner, by Senator Case. II seems that,
when General Cass was our Minister in France,
MIR. Sumner terms Of very friendly inter
course with him. In the absence oi Senator Davis,
The republic., 1851-12-12
Irredeemable Paper.

The banking house of SELDEN, WIrHE
& Co., or some one on their behalf. desires
know why we remind Mr.. Speaker BoYD II
they issue paper currency redeemabie in 7
ginia fu,lds2
Simply because we are opposed to the lss
of currency redeemable in ass-sehibg but 9,
and silver; and because it is inconsistent w
the Sub-Treasury law for any officer of /
Government to make depository of banki
establishment which issues paper redeema
in paper.
we have not examined this subject su
clently TO be able to decide whether or
these gentlemen have made themselves LA
to severe and disgraceful penalties by tn
financial operations; but we have no hesitali
In saying that no officer of the United States
justified under the existing laws in Deposit
the public money in the vaults of shinplas
mandatory.
The republic., 1851-12-12
ISossuth.

The great Hungarian exile stands strong
chance of falling martyr to an excess Of kind
ness. His friends are acting as though desir-
GUS to become his executioners; and he has no
alternative but to submit with as much grace
and fortitude as he can muster. He has
already gone through more since his arrival in
New York than would have killed an ordinary
man; and yet the process goes on, in spite of
all his gentle protestatons, and his delicate
hints about failing health and strength. What
common mortal can think of KossUTH's daily
life in the Irving House without shudder2
From morning till night his time is occupied
with a noisy throng Of visitors, who crowd
upon him in manner calculated TO excite
strange notions Of American propuety. To
spend the day in perpetual hand-shaking,
and bowling and receiving bows, were bad
enough in all conscience; but KossUTH's
fate is infinitely worse. He is exposed to
running fire of addresses. all compliment
tary, Of course-all saying nearly the same
The republic., 1851-12-12

of Massachusetts,, General Cess was the pr
person 10 present the credentials Of Mr. SunEt
" Much amusement was created IN the Hous
the swearing in Of Speaker Boyd, by Giddings
whom the duty devolved, the oldest menb
the House. Giddings says he swore him in /
oughly, and upon the higher law, and that
don't behave right il won't be his fault
elaine, too, that as he swore in the Speaker,
the Speaker swore in the members, that they
all now higher law men, and regular Freesoi
by apostolic succession %
The Union sometimes cites the States,
as an authority in relation to the characte
the Wings Of Ohio. 1t is much more lkel,
be familiar with the secrets of its own frien
and we should therefore like to know what
Union thinks concerning the gladstone
which runs through the above passages.
whole extract is pregnant commentary on
positive assurances and congratulations
have been put forward as To the position o,
pied by the Democracy Of the Buckeye St
The Union's endorsement becomes WORTHLESS
view of the facts of the case
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The House then adjourpsd until Monday.
PETITIONS.

By Mr.. HOWE; The petition of Hugh Smith and
twenty five others, citizens of Crawford county.
Pennsylvania, praying Congress to establish post
route from Smiths mills, on Little Sugar creek,
via Cochranton, TO Whi,nan's, on the Susquehan-
ma, and Waterford turnpike, in said county. Re-
ferred.
BY MIR. HIBBARD: The memorial of J. f. Mar
tin, late acting Consul at Lisbon, praying for com
pensaton for diplomatic services. Referred to the
Committee on Foreign Relations
BY Mr.. ii ID. MOORE: The resolution fthe Grand
Inquest OF the eastern district of Pennsy ylvana ro-
aung to the deficiency Of post office accommoda
tions in Philadelphia.
ALSO the memorial of officers of the navy relative
to an equality Of rank, &c.
BY Mr.. CHANDLER: The memorial of David
ID. Porter, lieutenant in the United States navy,
praying for similar allowances were granted 10
John Hogan, as diplomatic agent to the Island Of
st. Domingo, having been employed upon similar
duty. Referred to the Committee on Foreign AT
fairs.
Also the petition of +. r. Peal, asking for com
pensaton for valuable articles lost by shipwreck
while with Exploring Expedition; and also for ar.
rears ofpsy. Referred to the Library Committee.
By MIR FOWLER Thepetition of Edward King
man and one hundred and ten other legal voters of
Mansfield, in the county of Bristol, Massachusetts,
praying for The passage of tariff laws for the BEN
eft of American citizens. Referred to the Commit
tee on Ways and Means.
The republic., 1851-12-12
COnZreAa.

In the Senate yesterday the resolution of cor
dial welcome to KossUTH was further debated
by Messrs. FooTE, CAss, BERRIEN, DOUGLAS,
the subject to day.
In the House of Representatives several bills
were introduced, and the Presidents annual
message was considered in Committee of the
Whole on the State of the Union.
The republic., 1851-12-12

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
We give to-day abstract containing all the
essential facts Of the very able report Of the Secre
tary of the Interior. This Deparment-the last
one organized-has become to be one of the most
important branches Of the Government II en-
braces matters intricately connected with the in
ternal prosperity of the country, and, therefore.
upon its proper administration there is much de-
pending In forming his Cabinet, the President
was peculiarly fortunate in the selection of the
head Of this Department Mr.. STUART is truly a
national statesman, and has displayed a most ad-
mirabe Fitness for this new and somewhat difficult
position. II was predicted by many that, being a
Southern man, the Department under his admin
istraton would fail TO accomplish the purposes OF
its organization. But in this all have been most
happily disappointed, and the Department is prov
ing itself to be Of the most useful "nstituons
of the country.-Aibany NJ " Register.
The BALTIMoRE PATRIOT, long established and
sterling Wing journal, and withal an excellent
newspaper, has recently donned new dress an
evidence Of prosperity which we are happy to
notice.
The republic., 1851-12-12

WHOLE FAMILY PoIsoSED-I Three Disd from
the Effects Yesterday morning a servant girl in
the employ Of Elisha FoTTest was arrested and
brought before his honor the mayor, charged with
murder, by the administration Of poison. Within
the last five weeks the entire family Of Mr.. Forrest
have been seized with sudden sickness at the
stomach, and three of them, the wife and two chill
dren, aged respectively two and eight years, have
suddenly died. MIR. Forrest and Oldest son, who
also at one time considered in critical con
diton, have partially recovered. The last Of the
three died day before yesterday, when the physi
clan requested permission to hold post rlortsm ex
animation, II being his opinion that the child was
poisoned. Nancy Farrell committed TO Jail
by the mayor, for examination, on Monday morn
ing next ht ten o'clock-Cin. Com, Dec 5.
The republic., 1851-12-12

No LACK OF LASp.-The Commissioner of the
General Land Ofhce reports that 900 900 Of acres
of the public lands will be available for sale during
the present year. The minimum price is 81 25
inonse thatitis ond the reach and powerof mono
poly the price is at the same time small that every
man Of ordinary industry has the ability TO provide
himself with a homestead; and so long as Govern
nent offers hundreds Of millions Of for sale
the price Of about doys labor for each acre,
every man able to till tho ground viii have it in
mis- power 10 become freeholder.
IBoston Post.
The republic., 1851-12-12
A Fair Exchange no Robbery,

We understand that, in view of the propos
"decapitations' at the Capitol, arrangement
are making for an exchange of officers betwe,
the House and the Departments. There are
many Locofoco clerks in the Departments, (v
regret to say,) that there will be no sort of diff
Guilty in taking head for head, or in restorir
their heads to the guillotined. No one C;
complain if the really valuable and meritorio
WING clerks turned adrift by the Clerk of Il
House should displace as many DEMocRAI
clerks in good places still under WHIG contrc
The republic., 1851-12-12

THH CrsAE PRisoSERs--A letter from Mr..
SpraFue, United Stptes consul 1t ibraltsr, under
date Of 18th ut states that the prisoners sent from
Havana 70 Spain had arrived at CsdE few days
before. The vessels had been ordered to Port Ma
hon 20 perform quarantine. and would proceed
thence 20 Ceutn, where the prisoncrs will be con-
Yeyed 10 pass the term Of their confinement.
Boston ddpGtitsr.
The republic., 1851-12-12
THE REPU BLIC.
WASHINGTON:
FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER -. 1851
WING Platform.

"The series Of measures to which have alluded
are regarded by me a settlement, in principle
and substance-a final settlement-of the danger
ous and exciting subjects which they embraced" F"
[PREsIDENT FILLMoRE's MESSAGE OF 1850.
90 The Presidents message, at the opening Of the
present session of Congress, expresses fully and
plainly his own and the unanimous opinion of all
those associated with him in the Executive admin
istration of the Government, in regard to what
are called the Adjustment or Compromise mea-
sures of last ."-DANIKL WEBsTER's Letter
10 the Union Meeting at Wesichesier.
"ReSOIvsd, That regard the senes of acts
known as the Adjustment measures as forming
in their mutual dependence and connexion q sys-
tenn of compromise the most conciliatory and the
best for the entire country that could be obtained
from conflicting sectional interests and opinions,
and that therefore, they ought to be adhered to
and carried into faithful execution, final set
tiement in principle and substance OF the danger
GUS and exciting subjects which they embrace
Resolution Of IVhig Congressional Caucus, Deem
Der |, 1851.
The republic., 1851-12-12

Loss or THE EURRRA.-The steamer Corinne
from Demopos, came in collision with the Eureka
about ten O'Clock on Sunday night last, about two
miles below McCarty's ferry. 10y which the latter
boat was sunk The Eureka left Mobile on Satur-
day last for Demopolis with about 200 barrels of
cident happened. A fireman the Eureka whofs
name we were unable to ascertain. was drowned
The boat and cargo ia supposed TO be a total loss
No insurance, - Mobile AdUpis0, 3d.
The republic., 1851-12-12
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

Prayer by Rev l.. F. Morgan, and the reading
OF the Journal.
The following named gentlemen compose the
select committee to which referred tho memo
rial Of w. Il. G.. Morton, of Boston, asking remu-
neration for the discovery, by experiment. that the
inhalation of sulphurc ether will render the human
body insensible to pain, namely Messrs. Bissel
Fitch, Sutherland, Stanly, and Rantoul
Mr.. MACE was appointed a member Of the
Committee Of Claims, in the place OF MIR. SMITH, of
Alabama, excused; Mr.. DAVIS, of Indiana, on the
Committee of Public Expenditures, vice Mr.. JoBS-
SON, OF Tennessee, excused; and Mr. FLORENCE on
the Committee Of Naval Afairs in the place of Mr..
Ross, excused from the same.
Mr.. DISNEY asked, and was excused from serv-
ing the Committee OF Elections, of which he was
chairman, and the Speaker was authorized to fill
the vacancy thus occasioned