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Washington telegraph., 1852-09-08
Value of wives i'm China.

Not long since, young English merchant
took his youthful wife with him to Hong
Kong China, where the couple were visited
by wealthy Mandarin The latter regar.
ded the lady very attentively, and seemed
to dwell with delight upon her movements.
When she had at length left the apartment,
he said to the husband, in broken Eng
lish, (worse than Broken China:)
What give YOU for that wifey-wife
yours"
oh replied the husband, laughing at
the singular error of his visitor 1.-TWO thou
sand dollars"
This tho merchant thought would appear
to the Chinese rather high figure; but he
was mistaken.
"Wel,' said the Mandarin, taking out q
book, with air of business, ''s'posc you
give her to me; / give you fire thousand"
1t is difficult to say whether the young
merchant was more amazed than amused;
but the very grave and solemn air of the
Chinaman convinced him that he was in
sober earnest: and ne was compelled, there
fore, to refuse the offer with as much placid
ity as be could assume.
The Mandarin, however, continued to
press his bargain:
Il give you stren thousand dollars said
he, you take 'em?"
The merchant, who had no previous no.
tice of the value of the commodity which
he had taken out with him, was compelled,
at length to inform his visitor that English
men were not in the habit of selling their
wives after they were once in their possess
sion-an assertion which the Chinaman was
very slow to believe
The merchant afterwards had hearty
laugh with his young and pretty wife, and told
her that he had just discovered her full val
ue, as he had that moment been offered Sc
ven thousand dollars for her; very high
figure, "as wives were going in China at
that time.-HarUey' Magazine.
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-08

Run IN THE GRoUND-Dr Milo, of Ve-
tay. Indiana, elopcd the other day with the
wife Of Mr.. Jacob c. Smith. The proceed
ings were characterised by the greatest cool
ness on the part of both the missing ones
The Doctor borrowed the buggy of Mr..
Smith to 90, as he said, to Rising Sun
Mr. S. kindly gave him the vehicle, and
walked himself into Vevay for the purpose
Of presiding at a court. On his return
ing home, he found an affectionatc letter
from his wife, stating that he had always
treated her better than she deserved: she
begged him to take care of little Ruth, and
be as happy as he could She took one of
her children with her To steal mans
wife is bad enough. but to borrow the hus-
bands buggy to carry her off in is certainly
adding insult to INJURY" Mr.. Smith has
since heard no tiding Of his friend, the Doc
tor, his wife, or the buggy
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-08
Good News!
We clip the following paragraph from the
Nashville Banner of the 18th inst

We clip the following paragraph from the
Nashville Banner of the 18th inst
Tile tide IS turned, and strOngly
We now tell our friends, who will remcm-
Der that We have not misled them by erro-
neous estimates heretofore, that Tennessee
will vote for Scott and Graham by triumph
ant majority. We know of democratic
changes in their favor, and we hear of them
throughout all the counties. They COM
mence with our immediate neighbors, in the
street we live on, and are to be found in the
city, the districts OF the county, and the
counties of the whole State. We can name
a single district in a neighboring county in
which thirty-six voters who voted for Cass
four years ago now repudiate Pierce. We
think we can name a county hard by where
the whig gain upon the last election will
be from three hundred to five hundred
votes We now believe we shall gain in
every, or nearly every Middle Tennessee
county. Our news from East Tennessee
is from reliable private sources, and is very
cheering. From West Tennessee we have
not heard so definitely, but we believe we
are there too on gaining ground. We do
not care to boast, but we rejoice that the
people of noble, patriotic Tennesse, are
with us, and we cannot well help saying
so. Huzza for Scott and Graham
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-08
From the Union, July 90, 1882
MANCHESTER. Julv Is. 1850

DEAR SIR l have just noticed in a late
number of the Republic two communica-
tiOns, taken from the Manchester Demo-
crat published here, and the Iadepeudem
Democrat, published at Concord. purport-
ing to give a report of speech made by
General Pierce last December at New Bos-
ton Nothing could be more false and Ca
luminous than the account there given of
General Pierce's remarks. | was present
at the meeting, with several others from
this city, and remember very distinctly the
drift and substance of his speech. This
was the first popular meeting Of the last po-
litical campaign, and was held at the home
of John Atwood, then the abolition cand-
date for governor. General Pierce's speech
was mainly devoted to justification Of the
course pursued by himself and the Demo
cratic party the year before, in resembling
Mr. Atwoods nomination for governor in
consequence of his opposition to the Com
promise measures In the course of his
speech General Pierce alluded to the Fugi-
tive Slave law, and made strong argument
in support Of it. 1t is wholly untrue that
he pronounced it contrary to ''moral right"
but, on the contrary, in reply to question
proposed by an abolitionist present, he said
the present law was the same. in principle
and substance, as that which received the
approval of Washington, and many others
of the wisest and purest among the found
ers of the Republic. He thought that
these men were to be considered as moral,
as conscientious, and as patriotic as those of
the present day, who were for political ef-
feet, constantly storming about slavery, with
out being able to suggest any practicable plan
for its abolition.
The speech was throughout Thoroughly
national speech, and produced powerful
effect No full report of it was published,
though brief abstract of it appeared short
ly after in the Union Democrat of this
city.
remember seeing the reports copied by
the Republic when they first appeared, and
conversing in regard to them with several
persons who heard General Pierce's speech.
All agreed in pronouncing them a gross
perversion and almost entire fabrication
from beginning to end. Both reports were
evidently written by the same individual
which accounts for their close similarity
Both of the papers from which these
communications are taken, are, as you well
know, violent abolition journals, and have
been unsparing in their hostility to General
Pierce, and, indeed, all the prominent men,
bers Of the Democratic party in the State
One of them was started by the Abolition
lists some years since. as the organ of John
p Hale and his associates, and the other
was repudiated by the Democratic party
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-08

A Democrat yesterday offered to bet one
hundred dollars that there was no truth in
the articles copied from the New Hampshire
papers respecting Gen. Pierce. A Wing
accepted the wager But (said the Dem
ocrat) who shall decided Atwood said
the Wing. "Oh no, (replied the Demo-
crat,) | can't trust Atwood "Well, (said
the Whig,) will leave it to the officers of
the meeting, whoever they be- mo, ire
joined the Democrat) L wouldn't believe
anybody in the world :" That's specimen
Of saving faith.-Richmond Wig.
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-08
From the Manchester (N. H) Union
Democrat, Of January ID, 1852.

From the Manchester (N: H) Union
Denaocrat, Of January ID, 1852
"He repeated what Mr.. Aver had stated
before-that the present Fugitive Slave
law, about which so much noise, is made,
acas IN no particular different from the
lar Of 1893, under which we had lived
nearly sixty years. -
The above is an extract from the New
Boston correspondence of the Abolition
Democrat, giving an account of the speech
of General Pierce in that town, on the Sd
instant General Pierce said no such thing.
He did say that the law of 1850 contained
no provisions which were not embodied in
the law of '93 and IN tile common Lnac ;,
and he repeated it two or three times in
the same words so that he acas ''fully un-
derstood'' by everybody except this CORES
pond.nt. Elder Foss alias "a Voice."
did inquire why it was necessary to pass
the present law, Gen. Pierce replied =
For the very good reason that the old law
had been declared unconstitutional, mas
much as it required service Of State eff
GERS which they were not bound TO perform
"A I05ce' was heard very frequently du-
ring the meeting, but we apprehend it will
not very soon trouble Gen. Pierce again
1t is equally untrue that the General used
any such language as is ascribed to him in
the I11depe1zde7at Democrat.
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-08

GRITTY GRIEF.-By-the- by, speaking of
the various forms in which grief is manifest
ed, reminds me of something heard day
or two ago. A servant-girl was talking of
the loss her sister had recently sustained in
the death of devoted husband. Poor
Mary" said She though George has been
dead near six months, yet she grits her
teeth cuen () now whenever she thinks of
him.
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-08
VOL. XII.
From Arthur's Home Gazette.
The Present.

Look not forever forward,
With anxious heart and eye,
But heed, with watchful earnestness
The moments as they fly.
He. who upheld thee in the past
VIII leave thee not alone.
So. let the future rest in hope,
But ma Ike this hour thine own.
What if sad memory whispers
OF wasted DAYS and hours?
And, for the fruits that should be thine,
Brings only withered flowers?
The moments, spent in vain regret
Might yield nobler store;
The present is thy working time,
The past returns no more.
Let neither memory nor hope,
With dreams thy soul beguile,
The present only has the power
To make the future smile.
So work, for truth. for goodness,
Ere the passing hour be flown,
The past, the future, leave to God,
The present is thine own.
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-08
The Supreme Court of Maine has decid

The Supreme Court of Maine has decid-
ed that the inhabitants of that State may
keep liquor in their houses for their own
use, and that liquor may be brought into
and transported within or through the State,
if it be not intended for sale. The amount
of the decision seems to be, that the legisla-
ture may prohibit the sale, or keeping or
Offering for sale of liquor, but cannot prohib-
it its use.
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-08

RAILRoAD.-Messrs. Gibbs and Phelps,
Engineers of the New Orleans. Opelousas
and Great Western Railroad arrived here
on Monday last. and left yesterday to locate
the line between here and New Orleans
Contracts are to be advertised for the FIRST
of October, when the work on the road will
be commenced. Thi6oae1Mz Minerva.
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-08

For girl to expect to be handsome with
the action of her lungs dependant on the
expansive nature of cents worth of tape,
is as absurd as t. look for tulips in a snow
bank, or full-grown oak in a fower-pot.
Dutchm0n
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-08
Hon. II. HIBBARD.

MANCHESTER, N. H., July Is, 1852.
DEAR SIR: observe in the Republic
of Tuesday last an article copied from the
Abolition Democrat of this city, purporting
to give an account of the speech OF, General
Pierce at New Boston, in December last
1 need not tell you that the account is It's
sue Of falsehoods from beginning to end ;
but as others, less familiar than yourself
with New Hampshire politics and politicians
cannot be presumed to have the same assur-
ance, enclose two or three copies of the
late emission from the abolition press here,
to show the estimation in which General
Pierce is held by that faction at home.
X x X
You will hear from us again, and speedi-
ly in reference to the New Boston meeting
II X X 4
Very truly, yours,
j. NJ. CAMPBELL.
Hon NJ. NORRIS.
From The Boston Post, July %. 1852 I
The undersigned having had their atten-
tion called to a communication published
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-08


Personally appeared Andrew L. Foss.
and made solemn oath that the above aiiida-
Wit, by him subscribed, is true. Before me,
JACOB S. HARVEY, j. P.
Letter Of Mr.. GOOdaIe.
MANCHESTER DEMOCRAT OFFICE,
July 26, 1852
Editor Of the Republic.>
SIR: I noticed in the Washington
Union some days ago statement that a
report of the speech of General Pierce at
New Boston, on the I'd of last January, had
been republished in your paper and the
Union on the authority of Messrs Norris,
Peaslee, and Hibbard, pronounced said re-
port to be totally false, and the paper in
which it appeared to- be infamous -
As you have no knowledge of me, it will
be proper for me to say that ara a Demo-
crat-have ever been an opponent Of the
Wing party-and am opposed to the elec-
ton of General Scott l state this that
you may understand that l write to you sole
ly to defend myself and maintain the truth.
Until the passage Of the Compromise
measures I was in full fellowship with the
Hunker Democracy, and had personal ac-
ouaintance with General Pierce. In COM
mon with portion of the Democratic party
I opposed the Compromise. and in 1851 sup
ported Mr. Atwood, the anti-Compromise
candidate for Governor. At that election
the Compromise Democratic candidate was
defeated by the people by over 5000 ma
jority.
In order to regain their power with the
people, General Pierce and friends, after
the election took especial pains to represent
to the leading anti Compromise Democrats
that their feelings in regard to the inhuman-
ity and wrong of the Fugitive Slave law
did not differ in the least from those who
had supported Mr.. Atwood; but that, for
the sake of the Union and the fulfilling the
compact of the Constitution, they deemed
it best to acquiesce in 1t.
AS the election for 1852 approached,
General Pierce expressed desire TO address
the citizens of New Boston, where Mr.
Atwood resided. aud which had given him
q vote Of 24l to 40 for Dinsmore, the op-
posing candidate Desirous to obtain cor
rect report of General Pierce's remarks,
requested two gentlemen of intelligence and
high character to report for me. They did
so, and the report of the one which was
published in the Democrat of January 8
was substantiated in every particular by the
report of the other The accuracy OF the
report was not denied by single paper un-
til the recent manifesto of the Washington
Union. As the Democrat had not only
the largest circulation in the city but also
in the county, it would have been folly to
have published any other than true report
of speech which was listened TO by hun
dreds 1t is no trirlul evidence Of its ac-
curacy that its correctness was not question
ed by men Of any party.
1t is an easy matter at this late day to
find parti2ans who, induced by hope of re-
ward and by party prejudice, will stand
ready to deny the truth Of the report but
let thorough investigation be made, and it
will be substantiated in every particular,
and by testimony of such reliable and posi-
tive character as to convince every candid
man. When this is called for IN a suitable
manner, am ready to furnish it.
Respectfully, yours.
JOHN H. GOODALE.
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-08
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things, that he had "most revolving feeling
at the giving up of slave - that he ''loath-
ed the Fugitive Slave law and that the same
"was opposed to humanity and moral right ="
A. T. FOSS.
STATE OF New HAMPSHIRE,
Merrimac. S., July %, 1852.
Personally appeared Andrew I. Foss.
and made solemn oath that the above otida-
Wit, by him subscribed, is true. Before me,
JACOB S. HARVEY, j. P.
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On Friday November 10 in the 27th year Of her are,
AMELIA. wife Of Frederick Stertefeldt.
The friends and acquaintance OF tho family. and
those OF her mother, Mrs Wahl also the members Of
the Scion Lodge, of Q. F., are requested to at.
from her late residence, No 40l Pearl street. Of
Vsndewater street
On Saturday, November 20 CALVIN P DoRMAs, printer,
aged IS years.
His relatives friends and printers generally are re-
quested to attend the funeral this afternoon from 81
On Saturday, November 20. of typhoid pneumonia
JAMES ErGIE, emily Of james and Sarah A. Weaver
eyed years IL months and days.
The ft nds and relatives the family respectfully
invited to attend the funeral this day. from No 90 Full
ton street, Brooklyn.
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JOHNSON. reot Of the late william johnson, of Staten
Island, in the I'D year of her age
The relatives and friends respectfully requested
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taken to Staten Island for interment
On Friday November 10. Of scarlet fever NATHAN SON
OF Leonard L. and Sarah Gale aged years. months and
% days
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near the Bowery.
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The friends of the family respectfully invited to at
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O'Clock from the house of her father No Albion place.
(Fourth street) without further invitation.
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and Jane DAILY. aged years and months.
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No. l62 East Eleventh street corner OF avenue A.
At Stockholm Sweden, October IL after . lingering
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