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TELEGRAPIiIC.

NAsmyGToN, March 2s Government has in
ter,arcd for the release Of the American engia
neer who was wantonly imprisoned by the Gu
ban authorities.
D. William Baldwin is sad TO be the person
accused of puroinng paper from the State De.
partment, relative 10 Mexican claims and the
awards of the Commissioners. The President
says it is doubtful whether there i any law pun
lshing the offender and recommends the passage
of one. warrant has been issued for the arrest
of Baldwin.
New YORK, March 90 Six engrant vessels
arrived here yesterday with 2S37 passengers.
The Democats of Jackson county Ga, have
resolved to support the Baltimore nominees, If
not Free Soilers.
GOVERNOR GENERAL or CANADA. The Mon.
treal papers are authorized 10 deny ,he repor.
that Lord Elgn has rendered his resignation as
Governor General of Canada. There was no
| foundation for the report
PHILADELPHIA, APRIL. TIE Philadelphia
| Methodist Conference bad the Maine Law un-
der consideration last evening, and, after an ami
mated debate, resolution, pIedging themselves
as Ministers to use all proper measures to in
duce the people under their charge to unite III
obtaining said law. was postpon ID to be called
up at future session. The argument was that
the passage Of TIE aboTo would identify them
with one of the political parties.
NV York, april l. The fugitive slave ar
rested yestorlay, Is named Horace Presron.-
He is claimed Ly William Reese, Of Baltimore
/ The case is being examined before the Commits
. cloner.
BALTIMORE, April !. The Democratic mem
hers Of the Maryland Legislature have appo
/ Cd Col. Lloyd and COL Fly delegates at
to the National Convention. Both are in t1os-
cf tass.
The ship fever amcag the patients at lie
pta is very violent. eni several deaths have
occurred The Common Council have ap pro-,
prlated $1,000 for the relletoi the sufferers,
PHLADELPHA, April lst. The Pennsylya-
mia House have resolved to pay the expenses Of
ko 3uth's visit, amounting TO $500.
The Wisconsin House have ordered the death
peralty bill to Il third reading.
The Nirginian Democratic delegates 1t il
said, will go for buchanan.
New York, April lst. Andrew Stevens
publishes in the Police Ga,eile OF this morning,
full statement of the Astor Place riot. and
acknowledges himse.tthe getter-up Of it, at the
request of Mr. Forrest, and with his money.
w AsHi- LECTION, ApTll H-lhe WING hucO'
was well attended. Mr. Mangun presided
Messrs. Dockey and Chandler ac,ed Is sec
retares.
Mr. Marshall of Tennessee, offered a rcsolu-
ton, which was warmly debated but not final.
ly acted upon.
Southerners avowed their ir'cnnon not to 70
into National Convention, WI tout declaration
Of principles.
No nomination was made, and the Caucus
adjourned till O'Clock Tuesday week.
o. The Maryland Wig Central Commit
tee have called a Convention at Baltimore on
the 2lst of May, to choose Delegates to the
, National Convention, anl make an electoral
ticket.
o. Kos7UTu IS on his vsy Norhvar'S
. again, and is expected IN Boston sbo1' he la,'
# this month
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ANEEI ENTERpRIrE.

4 correspondent of the Scientific American
in writing from East Dorset, gives the follow
ing interesting description OF a novel mode of
transport ng timber from the Green Mountains:
Your paper being the repertory of all thatis
new and useful, propose to give you an ac-
count of new fora OF overcoming resistance,
used ly Nj. Cochran, an entcrprising Yankee
Of East Dorset, Vt. Allow me to premise that
during the construction ol the Western VI. Rail
road, it became necessary that very short time ;
whereupon Mr.. &. (who is one of the direcors)
contracted to furnish 10000 yellow birch ties
and large amount Of bridge and other timber.
As the only place from which Mr. G. could lr3-
cure the ties ard timber was three miles distant
from the railroad, on the tops OF the Green
Mountains, in a place inaccessible by any
feasible road, Mr., C.s friends and foes Joined in
predicting that it was impossible for him to
fulfil the contract. Mr. 6. ascended through a
rocky ravlne to the mountains top, and there
gathered, in one vast pile, 30 900 ties, and other
tnlers Then the question arose with every
one, by what means all this to be convene d
to the railroad! Only few weeks of hot
summer weather is allowed to accomplish it in
and nothing but rocks and CULTS intervene -
surely necessity is the mother of invention.
Mr.. &. goes to work nd bui Ids a small sub
sianliaI spout or ilnme of long narrow p,anl
stretching from rock to rock down the mountain
gorge Here It rests on rock, there high ol
the hraNches Of q tree. aAd there highiu the air
il tarrd ecro.- nc valley supported like 4 tele
G"ph'" Nuc. va .oCI or FIVE week: the Wlol
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Moral BEAUTY, have said great deal
about prospect ami landscape; wllI mention an
action or two, which appear to lle 10 convey
as distinct a feeling OF Tie beautiful as any
laniscane Whatever. \ London m4rchant,who
believe. is still alive, while he was staying in
the country with a trend, happened To mention
that he intended. the next year, to buy ticket
in the lottery his friend desired that he would
buy one for him at the same tine which, OF
course, was yery willingly agreed to. The CON
vcrsation dropped, the ticket never arrived, and
the whole a,ldir was entirely forgotten, whcC
the county gentleman received information that
the ticket pGrchased for him by hic friend Lad
come up a prize of t2O 00O. / pom his arrival n
London, lie inquired OF his friend where he Lad
put the ticket, and why he had not Informed l!r.
that it was purchased. :" bought them beth
the same day, mine and your ticket, and flung
them both into drawer of my bureau, and |
never thought of them afterwardS.'
'But how do YOU distinguish one ticket from the
other and why am the holder OF the fortunate
ticket more than YOU p "Why at the time
put them into The drawer, put a little mark
in in, upon the ticket which ! resolved shorId
be yours and upon ro-opCning the drawer,
foun. that the Cne SO marked WAS the fortunate
ticket" Now this act on appears TO ne perfect
iy beautiful ; it is Is bean idell in morals, and
gives that calm, yet deep emotion Of pleasure
which every one 80 easily receives from the
beauty of the exterior world.-Siir,y Smith,
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DEF 4NCE OF Fort STEvENsoN.-A military
officer with whom we had been Intimate re.
ates two incidents connected with Croghan 5
Gallant defence of Fort Stevenson.
As the British and Indians in their operations,
had violated the pledge and usage OF civilized
warfare, by wantonly numbering their prisoners
the members Of Croghan's band, only one hun
drcd strong, with six FOUNDER, and besieged by
abort six hundred English troops and thrice the
number of Indians. had mutually agreed to stand
theit ground to the last and sell their lives as
deat.y as possible
When all was ready The British commander
sent a mes senger, unde: Gag Of truce, to treat
for The surrender Of tie fort. Croghan, poin..,
inc to him as he approached, cxclaimed:
1t will not do to let hiE! enter here and see
our weakness. Who viii volunteer 10 meet
hin,
rs it was pretty certain that whoever should
leave the fort Of such mission, would be mur-
dercd bv the bastard loe there was d /, ,iet pause
when Ensign sjhpp replied:
i will, on one condition..
what is it =
Pledge me your word as a. officer lnl man
Of honor, that you will k4ap that gan bearing
directly on me, and tnat you will ire it oiltAe
moment raise ny hanl.'
The pledge was given and Shipp went .orth.
Toall the argument aud persuasion ot the en-
emv, his unwavering reply was:
i am instructed to say that we defend the 'ort.
Soon the indians ba1an TO surround hDm.
One cluched his cpauletlc another bis sword.
Ship, who WAS a man Of lierrucan frame,
released himself by powerful effort, and turn
;nr 10 the Convoy coo,ly said -
ST., hava pat myself uaIor the protection
of your truce. w'hnnt knowing your rOdc OF
warfare. Aou see that gun, SAID be. pointing
to the solitary six pounlar, Its charge titn
CRANE, and have the sole;nn pledge oI my com.
mander that it Will BE- fired at me the moment
rive the signal. Therefore restrain these men
and respect the laws Of war, or you Shalt in
stan.Iy accompany me to the other world
This was enough. Shipp was no more mos
Tested but returned to his comrades il safety,
fonrht out the desperate action that cnsuet, and
obtained pronot,on for his bravery.
The counter instance, referred to at the head
of our paragraph. was told rs follows:
After the BRUSH and Indians had withdrawn,
Croghan had missed one man - only one who
had belonged to lis little band and all the efforts
to fad him were for some time unsuccessful.
At lenrth his remains were discovered in the
rarret of one Of the L1ock houses where he had
crpf tlor safety, and was cut in two T. cannon
ball.
All the rest considering their chacce oflifr no,
worth a Thought had only sought to do thHil
duty and escaped alive from perhaps, the mos
desperate fight un record. The o:li man that
was Killed, happened to be the only man whl
proved himself coward.
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'''' " u""F" l""' '''''9' " ""o"' '"''' "
S'l'an q""nu'y "' G'"cpr'eS every "ecNi ="
many caSe9 'q"a' 20 we a'hou"' ,,''t "'cu W
'e spent a. my oar LOT Hq'or' our y! WV
'oest d"u p'S' '"9'o''e'H nave ",'g"uy
"e Peu9t oy my P'rS"aS'on' ""u avn ,Gt ~
ny ~ 'cst "u'' every man l "e'Peu " 'u',' 10
'S,'.eu 10 MN sen, MS Ia'I',y' ""9 9po,e'{ r,,
,I 'o"lu vi "'"'F app, 1H9' io.''"Io I l;,,.
'uu,eST, ana ,nen a"o'ner o' l''p 'e'or"eu u'''N-
9iS LOOK 'ne ii'or'-A''s''caH fdPe'
A'"rieS' Account. 0i 'hlo''- o'o"ci
james Smith.
This Western prisoner was prisoner among
the indians in the territory now the state OF
Ohio. njnety-s2vcn years aEo when the buiit-
- and the elk ranged in its forests. The jour
nal Of Colonel Smith was published in pam
phet nt Lexington, Ky, in 1859, fnd lis ac-
cu"a'c and intelligent account OF the country
u,u ''',''.',, "''' ~, g. ,r,, ono ybn foo. nnT
iga, -, ,, o,rly L.f lry of 0bio Nc GnJ
M ,,;,,t ~ tio nov,,,, Iorrnal.
'"I 'o',o' '.' .,'r ~, ,;oa inl,,n, Ia
,, ,,.had - Lo ,.a, i ,o,rs ola ,horf
W ~ i''", ""' ~ S,!i.,;' ~;
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lDput IhrO OH tIn WhOln roam. and n pynrps-
sim of increased ;ntcrcst
.Ycs. Mr.. President, no won't on q h,vn
been pror eellcr. AMI ,n,nv a rloss have
sold TO Won. and TO the Secretary there. and tc
dozens of others that 500 Lcrn ,-rlancin,r
pround unon the connanv
That's flct.' broke in the President. sn,nv
oin-toddv and hrandv-punch have taken ot
yonr bar. Rut times are cI,nrcd now. mi
we have bcrua 10 carry the war into the on.
cmv's camp. And our war has not been altorpth-
cr unsuccessful. forwc haze taken prisoner one
of the rumsellers' bravest Generals But 90
on friend W. LET rs have vour ,yop-
ricnce.'
AS to my experience, Mr.. President lie OK
bar-kccpcr resumed. 'in rIm sollng and drink
nr. for | have done crcat deal ofboth il nv
tilp. that would be rather toD lonr tc tell to-
nioht-and one that would much rather for
r1t than relate. 1t makes me trcmblc and sick
at heart, whenever look back upon tic evil
haze done. l. therefore, usually look ahead
with the hope of dong some GOOD tc INV fel>
lo,.-mcn.
But there is enc incilon. will relate. For
the last five years, haid working mechanic.
with wife ana seven small children. came
regularly. almost every uieht to my place. and
spent the evening in inv bar-room. lie came
to drink. of conrsc. and many dollar of his
hard earnings went into my til. At last he be-
came Il pertcct s0t-workinr scarcely one
fourth of the time. and spenlinr all he earned
in llanlr lis poor wife had to take in wash
inc TO sunnnri herself and children. while he
spent lis time ard the little lie could earn at
INV bar. Bnt his appetite for hQncr was 50
stronr. that his weeks clrninrs were usually
oonc bv Tuesday or "Wednesday. a,.l then
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ORsTREPFRoUs--Th colorcd people in
Patterson, \. j., disapprove of the recent law
of that State, appropnatlnE $1,000 year for
colonization purposes. \ M'cuug WAS he'd by
thcm on The 2}l ur., Mt which resolutions We're
adopted, declaring that they have an equal
claim with others t. American so!l-that they
regard the Colonization with con,empt-that
they disclaim all intention to remove or be re-
moved to any other countr. r.-thpt the Colonial
ton Society are premature in their ovcrtures 70
the people Of color, and that when the as3is-
tlnce of that Society is wal'el, due notice will
be giyel-Rathcr than be coHcct to leave the
United States, they say they will flee TO
Canada,-.\tw York ,iownai Of Commerce.
THE coercion Of the law alluded to Is this
that those who ip,si TO euiCrate TO Liberia, are
provided with the means OF doing So.
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THIRTY-SECOND CoVGRESs..-Fir,t
Session.

THE proceedings Of Congress on the Both
and 3lst ult, were absolutely without interest
or Importance. The House was chiefly engag-
ed lin discussing the Homestead Bill, and in
making partisan speeches about the next presl>
dency on that bill On the lst of April. the
following transpired =
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others The Senate adjourned during the
above debate.
HOUSE.
The House, on motion, resolved itself into
committee, and resumed the consideration of
the Homes stead Bill
Mr.. Ward advocated the claims Of General
Scott upon the Wing party, and said he was a
compromise man, who knew no North, no
South no East no West. lie declared him an
out-and-out Union mao, and argued his avail-
ability for the nomination.
Mr.. Everett spoke against the bill, believing
/ it an unjust discrimination. Before concud.
ing, the committee rose, and the House ad
Jourae6.
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From the Taunton Democrat.
webster and Choate.

The New York Evening Post has lately expressed its
belief that Mr. Webster has at last been satisfied
out for Scott and the Express has also nmaed that he
would relieve his friends" from farther embarass-
nent in regard to his course The Mirror on the other
hand says, in reference 10 Mr. Websters position in The
present campaign:
"We do not presume TO speak far Mr. Webster; but in
speaking Of him, and Of his present position, only
ercse common Yankee privilege; and we guess he will
neither open his mouth, raise his eyebrows lift his finger
nod his head We predict, for the twentieth and last
tme that he tc neither encourage rebuke the action
ns w sd ai ans % ns o. the
Rufus Choate invited TO speak at the late whig
mass meeting at Dedham with Bolts and other Scout
wings. He declined in the following brief terms" short
as pie crust"
BosTos, September 81, 1852.
GENTLEMEN have just had the honor 10 receive your
letter OF the 25ih, inviting TO convention on
the 9Th OF October.
1t would afford me the highest pleasure TO accept the
invitation, but my engagements put IT wholly out OF my
power
! am, respectfully, your obedisnt servant,
RUFUS CHOATE.
Messrs Blake, Gardner, Aspinwall. committee, &c.
This letter. and the made OF il by the wing papers,
remind us OF an anecdoe of Choate. That gen,leman's
chrography is about easy to decipher the char
acers on "Dghton rock" He once failed 10 appear in
court al the trial OF in which he counsel.
His absence could not be explained until il TO the
knowledge OF OF the opposing counsel that letter
had been received from Mr. Choae, which it impos.
sble for the court 10 read Judge. lawyers parties junes
all scanned and scrutnzed its mysterious characters but
whether il Greek or Kckapoo, none could tell, till
one sagacous than the rest settled the difficulty by
suggesting that "f Mr. Choate had sent letter. IL nigh
be taken for granted that its meaning that he vod
not be there himself" The wings at Dedham and the
wings generally" General Scott says, will have
adopt the construction OF Mr. Choates little letter
printed above II does not that be is "for Scott
but all the meaning, and the only meaning they gel
out OF il, is that be would not be "tbar"
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taken and by which the Legislative system which now
guards It's prosperity has been designed and put 10 force
II is thus verdict that wing policy shall not rule eoon-
try the acquisition OF half OF which il opposed, nor al.
minister a system which il never comprehended, could
never have created, and did always resist.
II i. matter OF rejoicing that the democracy OF the
North in the present crisis have been called thus 10 utter
the sentiment and the will OF the American people In all
sections OF the country II was MT time Tor The great
centre to speak II said early the canvass, oy an
ouen opponent of Franklin Pierce that "n HIM me dem
oersic sentiment Of The country had been placed IN homi'
nation and must prevail" The words were uue when
sooken and are now known of all men to be the truth
In he fnr,hest extreme OF the North we have the ma
,;oo., ma, whom tbe South brought forward. and TO
hammer The great central region rallies with shout
:, hooa and confidence and triumph which is TO sec.
,;o,., saoa,ieism the voice OF doom. New Englands
6, democratic candidate is hailed and accepted by the
neooIe everywhere "he man for The times"
n is a good and great omen. 1t indicates the living
to,cs of the common brotherhood" and :. the common
bond. II shows that, trampng down sectional and local
aversies the democracy and the democratic creed
somoehensive enough, both in intellect and feeng-are
I,,g. enough, both in mind and hearlo embrace the
whole country, and to guard and maintain the consu
,ional rights OF every section
To the democracy OF the North. then, the present
.,ss aupeas with peculiar power. They have furnished
= The country the representative OF the policy with
,,beb the peace and prosperity of the country must
.,,nd or fall They will do their duty The signs Of
coming victory will rather inspire them to new effort
than impair their energy lull their vigilance. The
second Of November will show new revelation OF their
union. their patriotism, and their power
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CovINeTos. Oct. Z. 1852.

Scott was in our city yesterday, and has been in Gin
cnnat day or two do not think be has created the
enthusiasm and called out the ervor which expected
from his visit; while satisfied that his indelicacy
in coming West has disgus,ed thousand wings whose
predictions not very strong for him before. Ia
the interior of the Stale bis visit has been rather draw
back upon him. while here L has only excited the dem
ocrats 10 their duty, fired their blood, and called
little FIRE from nnis II Ohio and Pennsylvania 20
as they should Tuesday they weotl Kentucky will
go for us by 1000
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State who does not chssruIly supper, the ticket We
all for Pierce and King.
MISSISSIPPI.

Pamela, October a, 1852.
can assure you that Pierce and King will GET large
majority in the northern congressional District think
larger than got-for the that agood
many OF the wings that they will not vote, and
some OF them will stand TO il and assure you do not
know OF single democrat that will not vote and some
wings have told they will vote for Pierce This State
will go for Pierce and King from six 10 thousand and
some think than that We believe that Pierce
is good for the White House, IL he lives