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Charter Elections in Erie County

Bn6at0, March l0-Full returns from every
town in Erie county show the election of four
teen Know Nothing supervisors, six Fusionists,
and three Wings.
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Democratic Mass Meeting in New York

NeO York, March THE Union mass meet
ing in Tammany Hall tonight was very largely
attended. Senator Stuart, of Michigan, VS. the
principal speaker Senator Douglas was sSsent,
in consequence of illness. Resolutions were
adopted, taking strong and open ground il favor
of the acquisition of Cuba, and pYtting it fl rward
as an article of Democratic NTH. They also
denounced the Know Nothings, and whei SEN
ator Stuart said that no good Democrat could
belong to the Know Nothings, there were
number of Kisses.
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Aggregate


The cavalry and rifemen must, of course, be
regularly organized and drilled uniform COM
panies. AS stated above, they constitute an
aggregate of 47,85S officers and men. The
commissioned officers of the infantry are but
little inferior to this in number Assuredly the
whole militia force is formidable enough on
paper but no doubt it would be extremely diff
fcult to raise from this body of l,862,2l5 men,
an army of loo, 900 for actual service.
Baltimore american.
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thousand barrels per day of ten hours, day after
day. BY its use, about one-fourth more slaves
can be obtained from the same timber. than by
riving and timber can be worked by it which
would not rive at all, and which can be OBJ
tanned at much less price than the ordinary
stave timber
The proprietors also exhibit all the other ma
chinery necessary for finishing the slaves and
heading, ready for the cooper's use, consisting
of a stave jointer, crozer, headturner, &C. All
these work with great accuracy and speed; and
the jointer especially is entitled to a fuller de.
scription than we can now give it. The pro-
prietors claim that with this machinery the ex-
pense Of making barrels may be reduced fully
one half.
ScoTT's Corn AND Coz MILI-In another
column will be found an advertisement con-
corning this mill. We have had the pleasure
of witnessing the operation of this Little
Giant" as the inventor has very appropriately
termed it, and consider it one of the most per-
feet, simple, and economical Corn and Cob
Crushers we have yet seen. 1t brushes the corn
alone, or the corn and cob together, to any re-
quired degree of fineness. The inventor claims
that these mills will grind ten bushels of chop
feed per hour, with one horse, and do more work,
according to the power applied, than any other
mill yet invented; and from what we have
seen, we fully concur in his opinion. Their sim
picity of construction, size, cheapness, and
easy mode of propelling, will readily recon-
mend them to the consideration of every
farmer
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Central American Colonization.

A Geographic despatch from this city to the
New York Journal Of Commerce says: "Colonel
Kinney has resigned his commission as Captain
General of the Central American Colonization
dent, has also resigned, and ex-senator Cooper
has been appointed with full powers"
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Comic, but not coarse serious, but not heavy.
NEW DIALOGUES.

NOR Reading and Speaking - The Hundred Dia-
IL iogues," by William b. Fowle. contains hundred
aud pieces, published for the first time They
long, short witty and wise, and have high moral tone,
happily mngng instruction. with wholesome amusement
Price SLIP. postage paid, by mail Address
n. A. CALKINS.
AS No. 3ie Broadway, New York
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General Cass at Detroit.

Detroit, Narch General Cass arrived here
to-day, and was received with a salute of thirty
two guns.
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FOR SALE OR RENT.

'I'HE Mercer Water Cure Estabsh,e,-The situation is
L good one, building new, abundance Of soft wa,er
with ten acres of land connected with Persons wish
ing 10 rent or purchase address
WILLIAM NJ. STEPHENSON
<SS Mercer, Mercer Co. Pa
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Bangor, Me-, March THE town ele tions
held throughout the State yesterday resuk ID, as
far as heard from, in favor of the Know Moth
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ings. AT Bath, they elected for Mayor, Freeman
h. Morse, and the entire City Council.
Chicago, March III. d. Boone, Know Moth
ing, has been elected Mayor of this city by
small majority.
Municipal Election
Mn'cdukie, March Sat the charter election
to-uay, tne whole Democratic ticket was elect
jority.
Sreat excitement among the Indiana Politicians.
Cincannatt,l March g. Considerable excite
ment mas prevailed among politicians at Indian
a a since the adjournment of the Legislature
Inc Governor yesterday appointed several State
olhcers, but the Secretary of State refused TO
administer the oath of office; consequently, the
places remain vacant.
Inc election of members of the Legislature
Oh Kansas will take place about the 18th or
aoth OF March. The "Free State Squatter +"
iears, rom past experience, that the first Legis.
iature Will be Pro-Slavery. A claim has been
made to the land upon which the town of Law
renee Is situated, on the ground that none but
the United States authorities have mower 70 Low
on a town site on the public lands The Com.
missioner of the General Land Office in this
city, having been written to on the subject.
says:
"1The idea of others attempting to Law off q
town site on lands thus claimed, or in anv
manner interfering with such claims, is simply
absurd. No power exists anywhere except in
Congress to lay off town sites on the public
lands; and where individuals attempt so to do.
until duly authorized by act of Congress, they
forfeit all claim they may have to theland."
The Fremont Case
1t is seldom, we Presume, that the decision
OF any private cause by the Supreme Court has
given so much satisfaction as the Judgment
pronounced by that high tribunal on Saturday
last, In favor of Col. John c. Fremont. confirm.
ing to him his valuable property in California.
The Opinion of the Court was delivered by the
Chief Justice, dissenting Opinions being given
by Justices Catron and Campbell Int
The Pennsylvania Senatorial Question.
Harrisburg, March 8.-A series of resolutions
was offered in the State Senate today, to aunul
the vote of adjournment of the convention of
both Houses till October, and fixing the adjourn.
ment to the 10th of March. The resolutions
were referred to the Committee on the Judi.
ciary.
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Indiana LepialaturA.
Town Elections.

Cincinnati, March THE Indiana Lftisla.
ture adjourned sine die without electing { aited
States Senator or State officers.
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NATIONAL Misunderstanding to the an
nual report of the War Department, as trans
mitted to Congress, the strength of the militia
of the United States is as follows:
Infantry.
Commissioned officers 45,O22
Non-cOmmissioned and privates l,769,335
Cacalry.
Commissioned officers $40
Non-commssioned and privates 1889
Rifemen.
Commissioned officers 1853
Noncommissioned and privates 32,456
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ngs; AT Bath, they elected for Mayor, Freeman
II. Morse, and the entire City Council.
Chicdgo, March III. ID. Boone Know Moth
ing, has been elected Mayor of this city by a
small majority.
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zCLARKsBURG, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER sth,Is50

melancholy in the company Of Lord az.
fox. His lordship Was a, stannehs
hunter, and kept horses and hounds II t6s
English style. The hunting season had
arrived. The neigRborho6d bounded
with sport but fox hunting in Virginia
required bold. and skilful hofsenanship,
He found Washington bold as himself in
the saddle, and as eager to follow the
hounds. He forthwith took him into pc
culiar favor !. made him his hunting com
panion and it was probably under the
tuition of this hard-riding nobleman thai
the youth imbibed that fondness for the
chase for which he was afterwards remar-
ked.
Their fox-hunting intercourse was at
tended with more important results. His
lordship's possessions beyond the Blue
Ridge had never been regularly settled
nor surveyed. Lawless intruders-squat-
ters. as they we're c0lled-were planting
themselves along the finest streams and
in the richest valleys, and virtually ia
king possession of the country. 1t was
the anxious desire of Lord Fairfax to have
these lands examined, surveyed, and por-
toned out into lots, preparatory to elects
ing these interlopers or bringing them to
reasonable terms. In Washington, not
withstanding his youth, he beheld one fit
for the task-having noticed the exercises
in surveying which he kept up while at
Mount Vernon, and the aptness and ex-
actness with which every process was.exe-
cuted. He was we'll calculated, to by
his vigor and activity, his courage and
hardi6ood, to cope with the wild country
to be surveyed, and with its still wilder
inhabitants. The proposition had only to
be offered to Washington to be eagerly
accepted. 1t was the very kind of occu-
patton for which he had been diligently
training himself. All the preparations
required by one Of his simple habits were
soon made, and in very few days was
ready for his first expedition into the will
derneSs:
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tEplroR . PRoPRtEfok IS,
WMOLE NO. ao8.
Al.sfRING OF AIsHA.Ps.

a man named Wsagg tFas brought Into
one ufthe City Courts In New fork at Tor
disturbing the peace. No witness apI
peared against him, aad he was request
ed TO tell his own story.
JRags-Mr. Wragg, will; you state ths
tacts connected with your. Arrestg
Ar. WrOgg- Certainly, Sir. Last
night about ten O'clock I was goinE
along the street quietly and unostasious.
~, with my mind occupied in profound
meditations, when suddenly my thoughts
and visions were simultaneously arrest.
ed, notify a member of the police. but by
an old hat which was lying on the sides
walk. Now. I,haye deep aversion to
an old hat. In fact, might say that the
whole world has rooted antipathy to
old hats, 1t may be because old hats
are emblematical of "a mans going down
the hill of adversely. Men under such
circumstances aud old hats receive the
same kind of treatment, named Aleks'
Now, nine out of ten seeing that old hat
lying on the sidewalk would have given
it kick, and that sir, is just what did.
l Kicked that old, hat. and. not only
that, but kicked frightfrlly large stone
which was inside oft; felt myself tall-
ing forward, and unfortunately fell against
a fat woman, with sufficient force to CAUSE
her to fall: in falling she Knocked down
a ladder one end Of the ladder struck
me, and the other hit cart horse the
horse gave jump. and the cartman was
thrown off from his cart he fell on bull
terrier dog the dog gave yell, and biz
the carman, who rolled over on me 9
niger rushed out of an alley and kicked
the carman for falling on his dog +; the
carman picked up stone and threw it at
the niger. but unfortunately. It went
through the window of Dutchman's
grocery and fell into butter tub; the
Dutchman came out; by this time had
got up and was about to castigate boy
whom | saw laughing. from which cir4
cumstance 1 was led to believe that he
had put the stone in the,old haiti ran
after the boy. When he saw my bellicoSe
attitude, he yelled out for his father.
The Dutchman ran after me. and just as
| caught the boy the Dutchman caught
me. Sir,' my physical power was not
sufficient to cope with both. Lam not d
Sampson. was vanqulshed; not only
that, Sir. but when released from their
grasp | was taken by three or four other
Dutchmen.
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