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lRvING lIouEE, NEW YoRK, July 20, 1852
10 the Survirors Of the Henry Clay
l see in The Herald a notice for a
meeting of the passengers, to be held
at the Astor House this day, at II o.
clock. regret | cannot be with you,
to enter my protest against the man
agement of said boat.
stood at the wheel-house, above
Kingston, { | think it was, } when the
Armenia came alongside. l then
thought the management of the Clay
was to blame in crowding the Arme-
MIA so near the shore. Immediately
went to the man whom l supposed to
be the captain, and protested against
the boat racing. also went two 9TH
er times to him, and importuned him
against such conduct. All the answer
| could get was No DANGER"
had a wife aboard and little daugh-
ter, 7 years of age left my wife
in the ladies' saloon, and took my little
daughter below for her to get little
sleep. She fell asleep Immediately.
| lay down by her, and about half an
hour after heard an uncommon noise
above. l went to the cabin door and
saw smoke. | returned to my daugh.
ter, took her in my arms, and carried
her on deck. 1t was with difficulty
opened the cabin door, l saw flames
and volumes of smoke around the
chimney. | handed my little girl to
gentleman on the hurricane deck.
then thought of looking for my wife.
All was in commotion ; my little girl
crying, "Don't leave me, Pa !"
climbed up the hurricane-deck, took
her in my arms, carried her on the
windward side of the smoke-pipe, and
climbed out on the timber that held
the canvas upon the bow Of the boat,
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held my daughter in my arms until
the boat stink handed my daughter
to a gentleman in the bow of the boat,
jumped down myself, caught iny little
daughter in my arms, and dropped her
some twenty or thirty feet over the
bow into a gentleman's arms, and then
jumped down myself took my daughter
to farmhouse near by; since which
time l have seen nothing of my wife.
l suppose she perished in the flames
or found watery grave. | left Yon-
kers at sundown last night, to telegraph
and write my friends, and return there
to find the remains of my wife this
morning. This is the reason cannot
be with you. l think there was gross
mismanagcment by the Captain of the
boat, and so enter my protest.
ISAAC MCDANIELs, Rutland, Vt.
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Saratoga g. Washington Rail Road

The following notice of this road
and its management is from the Troy
Post:
"The Saratoga and Washington
Rail Road is within the bounds of our
own State, connecting the fashionable
resort of Saratoga Springs with White
hall, at the head ofnavigation on Lake
Champlain and the terminus of the
Northern Canal. The main road is
forty one miles long, in addition to a
branch connecting it with the Vermont
roads, and it has connecting links with
the Hudson River, and Central line Of
Roads Of the State. 1t owes about
six hundred thousand dollars and its
earnings last year, after providing fol
its interest, were sufficient to secure a
dividend of six per cent to tie stock
holders. The business of the line will
doubtless be increased by the Patts-
bureh and Montreal road, which will
be shortly opened for travel. This
road, we believe, has no floating debt
The Superintendent of this Road
has just completed arrangements by
which connections are formed with 9th
er routes so that passengers leaving
here at eight o'clock in the morning
reach Boston at six i'll the evening ,anC
Newport early the next morning
Those leaving at fifteen minutes before
twelve NJ. arrive at Boston at half-pas
seven in the evening, and those goins
by either of the evening trains reacl
Boston at two o'clock the next after
noon. This is the quickest route t.
the eastern cities, and as it is as chcal
as any other, and passes through dc
lightful section of the country will vi
doubtedly be preferred by travellers
Farther particulars may be Learned
from the advertisement in this paper
.Suratoga Times.
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AND COMMISSION AGENCY,
FsTARLisnED At THE oFficf OF
ADAMS & CO.'S EXPRESS,


For the accommodation of Country Mer-
chants, Surgeons, ply icidns, llortculiurists
Artists, and the public generally. The subscri-
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execution of every practicable. proper and re-
munerative commission in the way of
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Artists Materials, Scientific Works and | II
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Seeds, &c, and forwarding to any part of the
United States and Europe.
He will guarantee. and give security, if nee,
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at the very lowest market prices and he
will employ as buyers, only persons Of we'll
approved taste and skill in the selection of Dry
Goods, Millinery. &C., distant dealers in these
articles may send to him with the most implic-
il confidence in having their orders filled in
the most acceptable manner. Persons dcsir-
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steamer tickets, if they wish,) by communica-
ting with this Agency.
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of the names of officers, crews and passengers
in vessels at this port.
Where il is desired that advertisements may
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and Property, any proper and compensaling
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REFERENCES
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Wells, BuIierhcld & Co, Edwards, Sanford
& c. 3; low,
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Tho following lines were addressed
by John Howard Payne, the author ol
: Home, Sweet Homc," whose death
ut Tunis, Africa, has been recently
chronicled in the newspapers, about the
year 1914, to Miss Mayo, of Virginia
now Mrs. General Scott:
Last night, while restless on my bed
waited for the dawn of morrow,
Soft slumbcr cascd my aching head,
And soothcd in fairy dreams my sorrow
l stood in that serene retreat
Which smiles in spite of stormy weather
Where flowers and virtues clustering meet
And checks and roses blush together,
Where soon twelve sylph-like forms,I dream
ed,
Successive on my vision lartcd,
And still the latest conner seemed
Farer than she who just departed.
But one there was, whose azure eye
A melting holy lustrc lighted,
Which ccnsurcd while it walked the sigh,
And chid the feelings it excited.
"Mortal," mystic speaker said
In these the sister months discover
Select from these the brightest maid
Prove to the brightest maid . lover
heard, and felt no longer free.
From all the rest gladly sever,
And in perennial joy with thee,
Dear Mayo could abide forever.
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Bsay~It it stated that there will be a vc.
ry light crop of peachesin New Jersey
this year; and in the vicinity of Del
aware City the crop, it is allodgcd, will
be only about half the usual quantity.
The Wilmington Republican, however,
says that in that section of the State
there will probably be a full crop.
Some 10000 baskets we're sent from
Delaware City last season, and it is
thought as many will be sent the pres
ent season, from all appearances.
From fifty cents to one dollar is to be
realized per basket, and the Reynolds
it is reported, are unwilling to engage
in advance even at one dollar basket
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Law of Newspapers.

|. Subscribers who do not give express no.
ticc to the contrary, are considered as wishing
to continue their subscription.
H. If subscribers order the diScontinuance
of their papers, the publisher may continue to
send them till all that is due be paid.
Ill If subscribers neglect or refuse to take
their papers from the Office to which they arc
directed, they are held responsible till they
have settled their bills and ordered their pa
pcrs discontinued.
". If subscribers move to other places
without informing the publisher, and the pa
per is sent to the former direction, they arc
held responsible.
V. The courts have decided that refusing
to take paper from the office, or removing
and leaving it uncalled for, is prima facic evi
dence of intentional fraud.
VI. A Postmaster ncglccting to inform 2
publisher when his paper is not taken from
the office, makes himself liable for his sub
scription price.
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E~sg The Cholera is raging fearful y in
some portions Of the south western
States. A late paper says Every
person that was able to leave Jackson,
Missouri, did so, and have not yet re-
turned. Since last Sunday there we're
not enough left to bury the dead
Some eight or ten corpses lay in diff
fercnt houses several days. The town
Of Jackson looks like deserted farm
business of every kind is suspended
and every dwelling house is locked up.
The cause of this disease breaking out
is attributed to a negro ball. 1t APP
pears the negroes danced late, ate
plentifully, and drank freely; on tho
next day fifteen died.
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CoURTEsIEs OF TRAvEL.-Thc wa
of the road is not well understood any
where. Ill bred men presume upon
the presence of females in their charge
to ask favors Of other men in the cars
to which they have no claim what
ever. 1t has a churlish look, some
times, for a man to refuse to incom-
mode himself for the convenience Of a
woman, but we often observe great sci
fishness, and total disregard of the
comfort of their male fellow passengers
on the part of the dear creatures.
Women who travel great deal are apt
to contract a habit of cxaction, and
when tLey are well placed, often mani
fest supreme indifferencs as to the ac-
commodations ofthose whom they have
dislodged. 1t is difficult to say how
much man should endure to obhge a
female who is stranger to him, and in
whom he feels no interest whatever.
We do not propose to discuss ques-
ton so delicate. Perhaps some of our
lady readers will determine the point
for us.-Bnfalo Advertiser.
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SCOTT NOT A DUELIsT.-It is cred
table to Gen. Jackson that he forgot
the high advantage Gen Scott obtained
of him, in the following reply to chal-
lenge from the former to a duel. 1t
was a controversy of military etiquette,
in which old Hickory found his friend 5
soup too warm for him. Scott was
then thirty.
HEAD QUAssERs 1st and 81 Military Depart !
mcnts New York Jan. 2, 1917.
Sir Your letter of the Sd ultimo
was handed to me about the %, and
has not been read, l might say thought
of since. These circumstances will
show you that it is my wish to reply to
you " dispassionatcly."
Iregret that cannot accept the
challenge you offer me. Perhaps |
may be restrained from wishing 70 lev
el pistol at the breast of a fellow be-
lug, in private combat, by sense Of
religion but lest this motive should
excite the ridiculc of gentlemen of lib
eral habits of thinking and acting, |
beg leave to add that l decline the hon
or of your invitation from patriotic
scruplcs. My ambition is not that Of
ERosTRATUs. should think it would
be easy for You to console yourself un-
der this refusal, by the application Of
a few cpithets, as coward. &C., to the
object of your resentment, and | here
promise to leave you until the nert
war to persuade yourself of their truth.
| have the honor to be your obd't
scrv't, WINFIELD SCOTT.
To Gen ANDREW JACKSON, comman
ding the Southern Division of the Uni
ted States Army.
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E1y~Thrce blocks Of California marble,
ordered by the Legislature Of that
State for the Washington Testimonial
Monument, were nearly ready fol
shipment at last accounts. One block
is Of grey marble, with fine black veins
running through it; another is nearly
black, and the third most beautifully
variegatcd. They are each four feet
IN length, by twenty two inche:
square.
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Portsmouth and Concord Ratiroad
The Portsmouth Journal says" All
the rails are now down-thc last bridge
is nearly completed, and there is little
donbt that in the course of the second
week in August, that long courtship
which has been going on between the
seaport and the capital of New Hamp-
shire, will be consumatcd in iron bonds
of matrimony."
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with intent to kill Mr.. Balfc in Ire
land, in June, 1851. The English
Government demand his surrender un-
der the Ashburton treaty. The sur
render of Kainc is resisted on the
ground that he is demanded not rs a
fugitive from justice, but as a political
offender.
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THE EXTRADITIoN CASE IN New
YoRK.--A great deal of excitement
exists in New York city, relative to an
Irshman, named Thomas Kaine, re
Gently arrived in this country. Kaine
is confined on a charge Of assaulting
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E1- Gerrit Smith writes to his
friend Fred Douglass, that the Chap
lin affair at Washington had cost him
(Smith) $4,000 ; and he says" |
am robbed Of these $4,000
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THE FAUQUIER WHITE SULPHUR
SPRINGS,
Fauauier County, vi


4 RE now open for the reception Of visitors.
n They are situated on the Rappahannock river,
thirty eight miles above Fredericksburg. and fifty,
nearly due west, from Alexandria. The Alexan-
dria railroad cars, leaving at a. m, carry pas
sengers at this time Cst June) within seventeen
miles ofthe Springs, and first rate coaches,
good turnpike for tho remaining distance, run
daily TO them.
The agents of the railroad company confidently
expect to be within about eight miles Of the Springs
by the last Of July, when passengers leaving Rich
nnond at 8 D. m. will get to the Springs by noon
the next day, via Alcxandria--or may take the
Louisa Railroad to Gordonsvile at 81 a. m, reach
Culpeper Court. house that evening. and breakfast
next morning at the Springs, the through ticket
from Richmond by this route being So. Or, by
taking the Fredericksburg route at a. m,
may spend the afternoon in Washington or
Alexandria, and be at the Springs by noon the next
day. Timely notice to Fredericksburg would
secure direct conveyance by hacks, so as to reach
the Springs the same day passengers leave Rich
mond.
A tri. weekly line of stages will be run from
Winchester to these Springs.
Terms Of Hoard: $50 for the season, ending
October 1; SIS for three months; $50 for two
months; $35 for one month; SIS for two weeks;
$40 for one week; 81 rs per day. Meals or lodg-
ing go cents each. Servants and children under
twelve years of age half price. No charge for
children under too years OF age. Horses so cents
q day, or $40 q month. 80
Payments to be made weekly.
WIN. McNISH, Superintendent
June Ode e&tri.w3m&w2t
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A Coon REASON AND PLAIr Oas.-The fol.
lowing incident took place at Dearborn, in this
Two plain and sensible appearing farmers, who
were acquaintance. met ard shook hands near
HaIpin's tavern. "Wcll," said one Of them TO the
other, "what brought you to Wing Convention!
You are not Wing, i believer" "No," replied
the other-'I am not Wing; but have heard of
General Scott. who is the Wing candidate for
President; but give you my word, though pro.
fess TO be reading man, for a plain farmer,
never heard Of our candidate until he was nomi-
mated! shall vote for General Scott, because he
has shown himself true man and a patriot"
SWELL" replied the other, 81 have determined to
do the same thing, for the same reason. Had
well. known. patriotic, Democratic statesman been
nominated, should have supported him against
General Scott; but ! am not politician enough to
vote for q mere man of straw, solely because we,
the politicians, have seen fit TO nominate him.
[Dthoit Adpertiser.
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BosToN, August 9, 1852

BosToN, August 9, 1852.
To the Editor Of The Republic:
MYDEAR SlR In q late number of your jour.
nal you have published letter from Mr.. George
W.P. Gusts to Mr.. George w. Cbilds, on the
subject of Stuart's unfinished portrait of General
Washington, now in the Boston Atheneum.
This picture was purchased of Stuart's legal re.
representatives. by the proprietors ofthat nstitu
yet Mr.. Gusts considers that, of right the picture
belongs to him.
On the death of Madam Washington, says Mr..
Custis "she bequeathed all the family pictures to me.
/ torote to Stuart, and offered price to be paid
for the original, although 1t ,cas to haue been the pro-
perty Of Mrs. Warrington ',oithout money and w,th-
out price, All efforts Of all parties failed Stuart
died, and the original, that should haus been mine,
soas sold by his heirs to the Boston Antereum."
How far this pcture-which was never finished,
and never in possession of any member of the fam
lily, and which, according to this version, was 20
have been executed, "without money and without
price," by artist of high fame, and who was for
ever VIGOROUSLY poor-how far such a chattel
might have passed under the term "family pic.
tures'' in Madam Washington's will, may posi-
bly, admit Of some little debate.
There is in this quarter version of this matter,
which version is just odd the first exhibition
of the unfinished picture, and which Mr.. Stuart,
in his pleasant way, frequently rected in the hear
ing Of his visitors General Washington had be.
come heartily weary of the sacrifice of time and
patience demanded by artists who were ambi.
tious Of executing his bust or portrait Stuart
importuned him for another picture, and the
General finally consented to sit, with an under
standing that Mrs. Washington should have the
picture ,ohen it soas finished. Stuart soon vailed
of this permission and executed the head, leav-
ing the rest unfinished. as it has ever remained.
From time to time, whenever Stuart met the
General, the latter inquired when the picture
would be finished; and Stuart finally said the pic
ture would never be finished, for, If it should be,
Mrs Washington must have il The inference,
from Mr.. Stuarts statement, and from his manner
at the time, was, that General Washington was
amused with the pleasantly. not at all that he was
offended by any evidence of bad faith on the part
of Mr.. Stuart, in whose right, and in that of his
descendants, his fame artist, we believe, was
not and is not, more precious than his reputation
as an honorable man. Gilbert Stuart was noto-
riously fond of his joke, of nothing so, snuff
always excepted, which he took by the handful.
SIGMA.
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NoRrHERs WIscoNsIN-The Prospect.--It is IN
derstood that 8. Lisle Smith, Of Chicago, the most
eloquent speaker IN the West, has consented to
stump Northern Wisconsin. The northernportion
of the State 10 right; the people. identified they
are with the interest of the improvement and con.
nexon ofthe Fox and Wisconsin rivers, cannot vote
for Frank Pierce. because he has invariably uoted
against riuer and haybor improvements. The Loco
focos attempt to deny this; but how? Not by re-
ferrng to the record of his votes in Congress- not
by any professions he has made; but simply by the
braggadocio system Of promising every thing "with
no intention Of performing" which has so long
distinguished the acts of that party.
Mr.. Smith will find warm hearts and willing
minds (even in the ranks of the Locofocos Of this
State) who will welcome him to Wisconsin, and
assist in carrying wisconsin for Scott and Gra-
ham-for Wing principles and Wbig measures.
Green BGu SpectutOr.