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Nunc pro Tune.

On the 9th inst. the wings have resolved
to celebrate, for the first time, the snniyer-
sary of the battle Of Niagara, fought thifty.
eight years ago. Well, it strikes us that ii
is most time the battle was celebrated, If it
ever is to be. Itmust have been great bat
tie, the glory of which keeps 50 long, and
ought TO be commemorated sooner or later.
We think sooner; The wings think later. The
wings have iI--it is TO be later. Thirty
eight years of silent admiration are 70 be fol-
lowed BY grandcelebration ofalI whiggery
on the very spot where The battle was fought.
The whig party is becoming more grateful
thani it used TO bs. The two past generations
left the General to. ..he enjoyment Of his con-
gresslonal medals and resolutions. The wings
of 80 have discovered that the hero Of Lundy
Lane has been neglected, and they cannot
contain their gratitude any longer.
This sudden aud unexpected swelling Of
the whig hear! towards General Scottreninds
Ius OF an anecdote told us ofan old vaprant In.
dian squaw, who infested secluded village
in Connecticut many years ago, and who az.
ter exhausting the benevolence of.the neigh
borhood by every imaginable appeal presefl.
ted 6erself one day To- Mrs. Edwards, wife of
the late Governor with both hands thrust IN.
70 her eyes, sobbing and crying most distress,
fully. Mrs. Edwards asked her what was the
matter. 's
20 dear! 0dearF was the reply, aI--lost
my y poor dear popoose nisnine years ago:
and--l--I-.I can't stand II any longera =
30 the wings have pent in their gratitude
for General Scott thirty@eipht wears. and nnxvt
find they '.can't stand II any longef.s, q
Wecongratulaie General Scott upon, hav-
ing survived the birth and deyelopement Of
this new emotion in the whig party. MI.
Clay lived and died too soon. IN. Y. .Posfr
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ahoslslng Mortality on shipboafd.
The English papessc0nlsin sn account II
q aRost horrible mortality on board he Brit
ish ship Lady Montague. On the passage from
China to Callao, with 500 souls on board,
including passengers and crew. II seem that
sickness and fever seized the helpless crea-
lures within a fewdays after her Departure
The water and provisions which had been
provided for the emierants became puIid--
The mortality that ensued need not Be more
particularly alluded to than 10 mention that
the suferings Of those on board were Of the
most frightfll description. Many commit
ted suicide by jumping overheard. and By the
time the ship putinlo Hobart Town no few.
sr than l9Shad rerished. BY great efforts
health wasres:ored on board, AMI she sailed
|again for her destination. but The disease soor
|re-appeared, and by the time she reached Cal
lao.th list Of victims wasswelIed TO 27a.--
Only three persons out Of crew Of 36 mer
whcwent out with the vessel, returned home
OF the emigrants she took on board ut Cum
lsingmoon, only 20l reached Callao.
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Meigs Q 9. Telegranh.

This paper came to hand last week with
the yaledictory of R. 7. Van Horn and the
salutatory ofMessrs. Brading &Thomson, who
are now the publishers. The retiring edi-
tor, in his final salaam, says some good and
sensible things, among which is the follow.
ing,that we commend 20 the tonsidera ton ol
our patrons, as every word contained there
in is ''trne as preaching" He says:
Finally at the close of seven years SER
vice, with a slight intermission, we ought to
be able to give some advice as TO the duty Of
patrons to the press. The great cause of The
inefficiency OF the country press, so much
complained of, lies with its patrons. No
man can do justice 10 the columns of his
newspaper, unless he is properly supported
without support, and in debt, how can man
devote his Intellectual energies to the drudg-
cry OF composition Harrassed as he is BY
debts, by the responsibilities ofa family, by
the feelings of an honest debtor, without the
ability to pay, helabors against current that
he cannot overcome. Your Indebtedness to
him annually is small sum--payit-prompt-
ly and il will be returned 10 you ten fold, in
the increased life aud vitality which il
will impart to your paper. So long as the
remedy lies with you, you should not com
plain. s,
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Remarkable Case Of Longeyity,

An old lady, named MrstMcElroy, is now
living in Philadelphia, who viii be lOs years
old on the 29lh inst. Twenty-one years ago
she received what's termed second sight. and
can now see as clearly as ever She does all
her house work, waits upon her youngest
dsugh,er, ffty one years ofage. who has besu
blind fo' three years past, and attendsa store
Or shop they keep in the front room. She
was married in 1870, when 46 years of age,
and is the mother ofseven children. three q
whom are dead. She has distinct recollec.
tion of Gen. Washington and various scenes
lofthe revolution. Her father, who wasa
German, lived to be elo7 years.old. She wa,
born at Allentown, Pa.
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Fatal Epidemic in virginia.

The Farmville (ya.D Journal mentions q
rumor that disease of most malignan,
character, somewhat resembling cholera, Is
prevailing to an alarming extent in Char
lotte, Lunenbmg, Mecklenburg, and other
counties south& east of that place, The blacks
particularly, and that large.number of them
haze died, one gentleman in Charlotte hav-
ing lost ten, and another in Mecklenburg as
many as forty. is
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Dog-Days.

The Canicular, OF Dcg.days, commence on the
Sd of July and end ON the 1lth of August
Before the alteration Of the style, in 1852, they
began. according to some almanacs, on the 10th
of July and ended on the 9Th of August; in
Others, they began on the oath of July and ter
minated on the 26th of August We trust that
Of Sirius will be the only canine reign this year.
Our streets at night have become quite peacea-
BILE since the dog-law, from fear of hydrophbia,
was enforced by the City Fathers.
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In a bad way Again.

Our Front street neighbor had another
.pbai SPELL" on Wednesday, caused by. the
following simple assertion, by an English
paper. relative to Gen. Pierce: Sand to de.
scend 10 minor particulars in his political
creed, he is at once man Of New England
and yet decided champion Of free trade
This is nothing but truth, and why should
the London Times not tellitY There is nc
markof appreciation Of the democratic prin,
ciple Of free trade, in the above quotation,
Notwithstanding the labor of our neigbbor
10 make il SO appear; and deven If there were,
"vot Of II" Free trade is now the estab-
lished policy Of bo:h countries and such re-
marks can do neither good nor harm. Our
neighbor is Of opinion that the British no,
bility ought toassist the "Locolocos' to elect
Pierce, cause he is a free trade man. Now
il SO happens that the mobility" won't do
any such thing, as they, more thOn all 9th
ers, are opposed to that very principle of free
trade. They are more likely, therefore, to
assist in any plan which will tend to the es-
tablishment of a protective tariff in this
country, believing If this were done there
would be q better chance of one for their
own protection in England, than 10 assist in
perpetuatinga policy which takes from them
certain aristocratic privileges. and will, ere
many years greatly aid in other reforms now
beginning to be agiiated.
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N. p. Willis a. .Johu Van Ruren,

N. P. Willis, itseems, has demanded salts
faction Of John Van Buren for offensive Ian
guage used during the progress of the For,
rest Divorce case. John won't accept tn,
challenge and N. P. is sorely wroth because
he cannot have an opportunity 10 heal hi
wounded honor Several letters, all but one
being from Willis, are published in the New
York Herald. Willis insists on making q
hole in Johns coat.
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Hanover.

ARREST OF Six AMERICAN S4IloRs. -
TROUBLE BETWEEN THE HAHovEBIAY Az
THoRIrIEs AND THE AMERICAN CoNsuL.--A
letter from Bremen, OF the l4th ult., in The
Augsburg Gazette, gives an account ola mis-
understanding which has arisen between the
American Consul at Bremen and the Hano-
yerian aulhorities,of Lehe, d place quite on
the frontier Of the territory Of Bremen, and
having, i would seem, jurisdiction over d
portion of The roads Of BreHefiayen. The
facts Of the case aie these. Six sailors of
the United States bark AreihusS had got into
debt at Bemertlaven with a public-house
keeper, who, on hearing that the Arethusa
was 70 sail in few days, applied 10 The ait-
|.thorities ct Bremerhaven to get the saiiors
arrested, or else their properly seized; but
the authorities had no power in the matter,
owing TO arecent law of Bremen, which pro-
hibils the arrest iof debt of sailors in active.
service, or. the seizure of their property
The creditor then bethougbt hinsel II of the.
following plan to obtain payment
! Hetransferred his claim 10 an inhabiiant
OF .Lehe, who applied 10 The Hanoseriapau-
thorities; the latter immediately on thear-
irving within their jurisdiction, SEMI .oul a
boat, demanding The arrest Of The sailors in
question and os the captain demurred, he
| was threa tened with forcib.e measutes. ard
THAT the cannon Of the adjacent Hanoveffan
| tort were ready loadedto enforce the demand.
The captain at last yielded, but applied 10
the American consul, who has Just SEPT a
not TO the Hanoyerian government, demand
mo ron, \, ~ fRnn r. 4; ,s ~
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-07-23

NJ Two members Of the Msssachusett
Wing State Committee, Messrs Hooper ant
Swan, have resigned their places. The Bos
ton Courier tWhig) says that Mr.. Fearing
another member of the committee, will also re.
sign. and makes the following pointed com.
ments on the affair:
"The enthusiasm and wild-fre' which
certain persons manufacture upon pspel
for the use Of Gen. Scott, seems to be. quite de-
ficient in the power Of imparting hope and con-
fidence." p's
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az loE PleTcA aEainat aootr.


MT. Clay FOR Pierce against sco,t.
I, the Washiagtcn correspondent II the Nash
vile American writes as follows s
q hear from many that Nj. ciav says.ths.
ne lScottl cannot and should not sef q elses
tcral votes BY the BY Il Is notorious al ,, svs4
Washington that MI. Clay Is openly far P;sycs.
lin opposition to Scott, whose i,o5itbination Ss
Ideprecates as an insult 10 the Wing ,pafty. and
whose election he regards as likely to lead Is
q speedy dissolution Of the Union. III these
facts are doubted BY any Wings in your region,
Ijust ask them to bring the certificate cf any re-
spectab,emans saying that he has in any way,
tshape, form OF manner expressed even an ildi,
rect approval Of the action Of the convention
nominating Scott, of declared his preference
/ for Scott over Pierce, He will not live long
enough to take aD open part IN this canyAss,
though to more than half dozen Of his friends
lattending his bedside ne has taken occasion 10
express his dying belief that .ail true patriots
ishould prefer Pierce 10 Seo.t,y'
f We think 1t highly probable. al It IA ooite.
natural, that the venerable patriot Of Asliiand
should have preferred the, election ofPiefe & 70
that Of Gen. Scott, the chosen candidate and
tool Of w. H. Seward, to whom Mr. Clay, ati.
lministefed that memorable rebuke In the'Sen-
ate for declaring that there was "a higher iaw's
lin this country than the Constitution Of the U.
Estates, to wit: the MOE law Of abolition. It
Imust be a source Of painful disgust to the great
llwhig statesman on his deathbed tobehold' the
lwbig party abandoning all those cherished
ldoctrines for which he had struggled through
his long and brilliant public life as itsleader,
and, with nothing but mere sham pretence OF
a compromise platform, surrendering itself body
and soul to Seward and bis anti slavery ac-
completes in treason and parricide. The nom.
ination Of the map who prevented Mr Clay
frym getting the nciaination Of tie whig party
lin1640, when hesC0uld have certainly been
elected, was bitter insult offefed TO the dying
sage in his last moments. II those who
I have professed such attachment To- Henry Clay
are as faithful 70 his memory as they appeared
to love HMM life, they will resent this wrong
and insult thrust upon his deathbed.
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Unfortunata Family.

By the explosion of the steamer st. James,
at New Orleans, Mrs. Asher, who formerly
resided at Louisville, lost two children. She
and the children were taken from the burning
vessel and safely placed in the yawl, which
unfortunately sank in deep water. Capt.
M'Coy attempted to save the family, but they
held to his limbs with such tenacity that he
had to throw them off to save himself. The
mother was rescued, but the children went
down. The Louisville Courier says Of Mrs.
Asher. that she was passenger on the i'll
fated Oregon when she exploded and burnt in
The Mississi pia few years since, and, five
are not mistaken, at that time lost child
A short time since She expressed 20 agentle-
man ofN. o. a strong desire to visit Louis
vile, and was only deterredfrom doing so by
a fear that some accident would happen to
the steamboat on which she would travel
And now, the first time since, in all proba-
bility, that she trusted herself 10 steam, the
whole family is swept away. How myste.
rious ore the ways of Providence.
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All the most disgusting details Of The Ac-
hill Libel Carr, recently tried in London,
are being sepriatsd in the highly religious
papers Of This city, conveying al the miHe-
.tias Of the art Of psisstiy seduction, into the
domestic circle. Parents who hSve any re.
gard for the well-beins and The purity ol
their children, should vigorously exclude ali
papers which thus pander 10 vice under the
garb Of morality
Yours truly,
lob TRoTTER,
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GEN. Scott he's had more difficulties and
qpargels withhis brotllsr officers than any
prominent one who has ever benin the army
and all onaccountof his sexcessiye vanity.
The officers in the war Of 1872 remembers
the efortsof Scott to have Gen. Brown, who
commended at Landy's Lane, couft.marshal-
ed and cashiered, and how the work was e.
nally Abandoned. ~ y
We have already given the letters between
Old Hickory and Scott in reference 70 The
slanders Of the eformer BY the latter
His quarrel with that brave. efficient and
gallant officer, Gen. Jessup, is also wen
known.
| Remember too, the fierce controversy that
occurred in 1928, on account Of Gen. Scott
refusing to obey The order Of hissupefior off.
cer, Maj. Gen. Macombe, on some presex,
about rank,
Aud every one knows that his jealousy o.
Gen. Worth, and apprehensions that that Of
1 fcer, by bis extraordinary bravery and sue.
cess. might divert the attention Of the amer
icln People from himself as Commander-in
Chief, induced him to getpp aquarrel viii
that distinguished officer, which reAectet
anything but credit on the American ar
my.
+ Every body, TOO, remembers his difficulty
with Pillow. in which he came out second
|best, about some anonymous letters wfittet
llloa New Orleans paper, which Scott consid
ered a sort Of "iire in the rear" on accouu
fits praise of subalterp officers.
He alsohad similar heartburnings agains
the brave Gen. Riley and the gallant Col
} Duncan.
n He showed, in all these, the excessive van
|, lily Of his nature, mo superior officer--n
subaltern oficer-no private must be seen b
the people but himself.
In l828-under the administration of inc
g. Adams-wben Gen. Scott refused obedi
ence to his superior officer, the Secretary 0
War sent him the following decided commu
, Inication:
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@-In an afffayat No1ubee, Miss, W. J.
Jemmison, the postmaster at that place, was
filled BY a Mi. Tilley;a and John Malone, Jr.,
who interfered, was also killed by the aocii-
dental discharge Of one Of the barrels of the
revolver in Tilleys hand.
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GT1he Belfast (Me.,) Signal. ofthe 18Th
inst, has the following; Wrecked on
Spoon Island Ledge, on Friday night last, a
schooner, name unknown. loaded with corn
and flour--all hands lost She sunk so as
to leave her rail out at low water. Three
dead bodies have been taken out of the
cabin"
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A monster Iron stea ynsb;n called ,hs 4

A, monster Iron stea rnship, called the Al
iato, is now building in one Of the English
ship-yards, which will be large enough TO
contain the steamship Arabia, Of 2,4O0 tons,
and a good deal Of room to, spare. Hen
length Of keel will be Sl0, and her prone
made, from Stem to stern, 800 ieet long BY
about 38 feet brord.
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0S The Memphis Herald says that Mr.
Almon Hays, Of Sharon, Richmond county
has field of Australian wheat. which rang.
es fromsix feetto six feet four inches in
hight, heads very large and grains double the
usual size.
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GTThe Baltimore Patrio; says that the
Office Of Secretary Of the Navy, made vacant
by the resignation of Mr.. Graham, has been
offered to Judge Chambers, Of Maryland, but
he has not yet determined to accept or de-
cline, K
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@At Louisville, of Friday last, John
Matterson, a,stranger, was shot at four times
by Ambrose Burton, two shots taking effect,
one sbattering the left arm and another strik-
ing the breast and glancing Off without infic,
ting more than flesh wound. ~
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0TThe rapid progress of our railroad
has quite astonished some Of those who two
years since were Of the opinion that It could
nsocr be built over jackson knobs" Since
the Locomotive arrived they are confidently
Of the belief that in the course oftime, prob.
ably at no distant period, we shall have the
cars running "clear out 10 Jackson The
sold fogiesp
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senator DOUGLASS.

The "young giant'of the west" has taken
the field for Pierce and King. He highly
delighted the citizens cf Richmond, Va. a
few days since with one Of bis happiest ef-
forts. The Richmond Enquirer says bis
speech was one Of the ablesl and most elo.
quent ever delivered in that city. IL !.
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MORMON PoLYaAMy.-W. w. Phelps. oi
Utah, said TO bea leading Latter Day Saint,
andan elder in the Mormon Church, has
written letter to the N. Y. Herald, ac-
knowledging that polygamy is practised
among them and defending il.
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"ABIRD IN THE HAND is WORTH Two In
THE BusH."--This issaid to have been Gen.
Scott's reply toa friend who asked him why
he did not resign bis Major Generalsbip and
$l2, 600 a year. ,Il, nv.
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BnrsH IoSoRAscE or AMrRicA.--Mr. Wal
ter. member Of Parliament. and principal pro
prietor Of the London Times. stated recently in
the House Of Commons, thatthe United States
Senators were elected fol life. The Times en-
dorsed the error. The strangest fact Of all (says
Mr, Walsh, is that no member Of the House
corrected II. Z
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or late we have been impressed with the idea
that there ought to be permanent record made
Of the marriages, births and deaths within the
corporate limits Of trenton. 1t would be amat.
ter Of use and Of interest,--Lronton Register
Brother Simpson is becoming very much in
terested in the "rising generation," here ''of
late" A while since he recommended every
young man to get wife for life preserver,
saying one would do very well in time Of a
squaH But short time elapsed ere he had an
occular demonstration Now. he wants all the
marriages, births and deaths Registered, 50 ey-
cry body can tell just how many "responsibiIi
ties'' he has, withoutmuch trouble-or perhaps,
for some other purpose. A great and growing
country, this. and Ironton is one of the most
flourishing parts Of it. But, what next?
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scott I'm Alhbam,s

Five wbig papers Of Alabama have alrea-
dy refused to osupport General Scott. These
are-the Montgomery State Register, the
Chambers Tribune, the Auburn Gazette, the
Talladega Reporter, and The East Alabam-
ian. ..s ~. M, X Il VI
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DEPARTMENT OF WAR,

SiR:--It is not the purpose of the President
to take any special order in relation to your
late very eprehensible conduct, until suffi-
cient time shall have elapsed for the receipt
of your deliberate answer to the letterad,lres-
sed to you from this de partment on the 18th
inst The nature Of that order will, as you
perceive, depend in great measure on the
character of the answer received from you.
To put stop in the meantime to the
course of insubordination in which you have
deemed fit to indulge, the President directs
that from the receipt OF this letter, you will
consider yoursel II as suspended from the COM
mand of the Western Department of the Ar
my until his further pleasure shall be made
known TO you.
Gen. Atkinson has accordingly been direct
ed, by Order of this date, TO assume that
command -
Ihaye The honor to be your ob't serv't.,
PETER B. PORTER, -@
Secretary Of War.
To Brew. Maj, Gen. WINFIELD ScorT.
US. Army, Cincinnati,
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Our country letters state that seasonable
,a;ns an bringing forward The crops, and gem
salIv we have good accounts Of the corn. -
What Il however prrchased IN Holland and
E,snce lor Enaland. bdi not ID quantities.
The pDiAios rot ssenit % have riaved the ray,
sge this ssasOp,- xcsaps Papsr s;sg
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Man Drowned.

v fIH H. sHAINBHIDdEl July 10, I60I.
Editor Gdsetts "A man, named Jeremi.
ah Shelley, was drowned 10 day, while bath,
ing in Paint creek, near Pepple's Cardinl
Mill. AT The time ] write, Che body has moi
been recovered. He leaves a wife and smal
family, ioSmonm b is untimely loss.
.sk,f f' Yours, A. E. SILcorT.
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The Carolina papers state that a great
many farmers in the Salt Lake Valley win
leave there this summerfor Oregon and Cal.
ifornia, in consequence Of the confusion
among themselves. WIN - M
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Laying Up.

The Scioto No. ? has already gone into the
Dock, at Cincinnati, for repairs, and we learn
from lhe Clerk Of the Fashion No. 2, oui
Big Sandy Packet, that.she will also go to
Cincinnati, after making one more trip.
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90 The Ironton Register Is urgipgppon III,
citizens Of that place the importance Of sstab
fishing q boot and shoe factory, asathe hopeo
Ironton & IL mann iabinres h. .aI1
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A baronetcy has been conferred BY the
Queen Of England on the Scottish historian
now Sir Charles Alison.