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DEAR Ccmpr:
Among The many desire. wlIlf Whfrh
your humble servant is afflicted. stand7
prominent the want Of some kind Of
mental Dagssreotvpe hy which to
transmit 10 you aud mr. .fyienis, some
Of the evanpeaent IDEAS floating about,
or +" laying about lopse rs DppNy ks
hath it. These seem to me ut tunes,
bright with truth, end sparkling with
wit /, but by Us ti.ne they have been
constrained t'Sroseh lIo ipks'a,l and
bottled up into q letter, must Of ne
cprsy be lla'ter than antique soda,
and that without the amtyosia Of Mus
selman's syrups. Oh while | think
OF it allow ne to essay some express.
sion Of th1ukg for the honor duneE IN
my promotion 70 the post Of Irregular
correspondent . and in 81 doing. if
the fervor oi my gratitude be at all ~
accordance With tie state If the wealth
er hereahnlts. YOU can have 80 ca,ise
to accuse 40 If eprlness- nSrru'y n3,
easy enrsa hand So for 'hn matter
Of news, shall not at all attempt any
competition with Morse or OAilly,
nor speculate largely upon the proha-
bic effects If Raglan death. Me;su-
ny % as ] remarked
How this weather affects ones long
ing after something not To- be found
At home, il does abo'nipably af1lot hu.
man nature, is truly n powerful
weakness " with which we con all 40.
cuse ourselves. Yet ia call them palia
ted sins Many day ago rs yonp1-
sters-thought il delightful to leave
the china tree shade, and seek the
clear waters aud foolish fish Of Amile.
eoquet'lng on the way with Jo Coop
ers and Garigs ardent and pleasant
waysi1e entertainment. At another
time Of year, we could not find any
way Of dancing bnt by going to For.
ele. Well, tie Brnloe bellies were
worth IN effort. How do vo, make
ont with GreenweIl' Wsere and
what is il ? VEGO.
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fnr THH rpatr
Another Declaration of Iusls pendent
IfJspnr3enfe,

I Wherefore do this, am 10 diseased
That purity repeis NE 2 IT 80, tHFn
ri nuke virtue II NECESSITY
Jpave them; for would rot
Sooner ffigu bel7v, than serve IN fsaT
she9s9
When IN the course ofhU1nan events
/ it becomes obvious tn the person in
tefested, t'iat fe,toip PARTIES will noi
bow down to lin, nor serve firo
and i becomes inpossibIs to rcmaif
III their soeiefy without upllol,|ina GER
tain ptlnci pies, Which, though formerly
advocated by him, are now for cerfatn
reasons repoeitant 10 GFery "prmcfpli
Of his naftpF " q decent respect tc
HAT public, which he has outraged, re-
quires, that he should declare the
causes wsieh impel bin to this action
W. hold tl,%sse faci4 to be- self eyi
de'a.Ss yhat whom party becomes 80
perverted as 10 refuse reward to its
launch adhereuts, and confer those
rewards npon men whom he docs not
personally admire; it becomes bis du-
y to blnyelt, bis country aud his pochrt,
TO seek elsewhere for a reward suitable
to the eIfprts he 'as made. and is will
ing TO make; to dunn he principles
Of the party he has 50 streneonsIy ad-
vocated Prudence would irdecd die
tate patience, but four long years
would but develope mistrust Of me
that would forever debar the pleasant
little race Of Office, ojter your humble
servant.
It is true claim the honor Of hav-
ing founded and assisted in fostering
this system Of rascallfy upon the peo-
pie but cannot see beyond person.
al prejudlces, which like dark cloud
has severed the sunlight Of principle
from my gaze, aud cast the shallow Of
Democratic love DER my fevercd
brain.
n. that shadow will seek refuge, and
Fave apariy in whose ranks | would
be .orced 10 remain a pr1onle, and seek
in tie arms of my cid foe, that prono-
hon which arises not from merit, but
from the personal ability and talent
Of a. J BLACK MUGGs
% The fixed saIery Of the Cover
nor Of Indiana, is Il 800 but when,
the contingents are added in it amounts
to about $4,000,
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TuD Fturr.-.The flute is BY no

TuB FLurE.-The flute is by nc
mems, moan instrument When
properly discourse upon it has the
melody Of the Ints. aud tie eadeuce
If the penny whistle but The flute.
like anyother wind instrument must
be dextrouslg played upon. Or 1t is
both stale aaxsnl Improbable.
The Crescent complains Of some
Young gentlemen, near his office, not
known who iboculapd with musical
madness, wastes bis wind, upon the
desert air. The Crescent says, true
y.
Disappointed affection frequently
drives nen to extreme measures. and
music is said TO have n smoothing in
Hlence on the soul Perhaps, there
fore love is the cause Of The ineessant
stream Of melody that flows through
our windows like the whlstling Of .
December storm If 50, the love
must havI,epn as intense as that Of
Leouder or Jonathan, aud become a
part and parcel of the hutiet's Icing.
Music in moderation is meloiioua--
it 'ouc'tes the heart strings Since u
whistle has actually been mhde Of a
pigs tail, we are wilI'ss TO admit the
poetic ,t,mticV-" There's music in
eve'y'''ts . Tut, let The rule Of px-
-eaplons have Its way. There is no
music in W blowing # love sick
swain on german flute no music in II
Bopzo, or the Bones, and il those peo-
pie "domn beiom are troubled with
aaq greater nuisance than the squal-
ling # bad, black babies, we should
like to know what II is.
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Ey We say for bis sake, because

~ We say for his sake, because
we do not like to see a promising gen
ius, by whom We place much store
! deliberately and gratuitonsly cn'tiva'
ing in his nature mn inveterafe skepti
r'sm Of human virtue, as the above IN
dicates, and also for This, to-wif The
innate and uniform skep'ieism Of VII
to- in others, is mostly but The reiieo
ton Of The skepfiek's own moral dos.
tituion --Dem. 1dpoeote's Thing
atoM 7'oun.
The Comets Editor, has no obiee
ton to being called genius, bn
would prefer that the word "promis
Wg" be not connected with it. We
make no gyatuitioNs promises. Ii
Ahis respect, there is no difference be
tween lis. We never say anyfhin1
without first calculating, how the mi
versal democratic party (of which
we CHIN to be tho only true expon.
enf will receive il. When satisfied
that what We are about to say, will go
down 1wi'boot gaging the party; then
We give a full dose. it is for this
reason, We keep publishing exposes
Of Know Nolipgsn" troubles 10
the camp fire brand in the party
E" Excitement in The Wigwam etc,
Of which we verify beiiye orr party
will never have s'ufeit. But may
we ask our lear coufern. not to use
the word womisip1 when he wants to
compliment is, rs genius" For
our promises always come after pro-
positions. IF GenI i. Green Jones,
(who is still candidate for Governor)
)%ere to conc and say to MS; "advo-
cate me for Governor, we should
ask. WHIST for Z when he should
answer then We would Ego in accord
ing to the extent Of tbs pvopeliin1
power, promising to use the moral
influence. Of our promising genius !;
but not otherwise. The Democrat,
ought not manifest 50 much surprize,
that the Comet editor is not Know
Nothing for the the Comet editor
could not sleep o njgbts, if he did not
regularly put the Advocate in bis
bead. before going to bed
Let us ask our good injured neigh.
Dor u " eo1nnadv/um. - How can any
man. who reads the Advocate be
Know Nothing - Como, YOU man.
who ore Tue author Of many unnamed
" things about town answer ~ this
question.
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Music serves to make home
pleasant by engaging many of its in
mates in delightful recreation. and
thus dis7elling the sourness and gloom
with frequently arise from petty. dis
putes, from discomfort and envy.
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the Clinton American Patriot, edited
nv Dunn Green, there is call for the
1nvineibles TO rally IN Clinton, on the
4tb prox. A good cut Of very
martial looking man, on very spir-
horse, epuetted, sworJed, and other
wise complete in detail, commands
attention, to the call for " lnvipcibles."
In time Of peace like this, We should
| like to know--and will not be content
until satisfied why, and for what is it.
What pray, is to be done. that the
"Net to- be conquered are called on,
to rally, the 4th prov Is it to extend
the area Of Iiberty2 IF 40 where to.
in what direction Are the Invinci-
bles Of other parts invited to join .hs
grand conversation on the 4fh prox
Ifso, the governments should have wind
Of the matter, for it may suffer death,
10 its extremities If MI the Invincibles
Of this section come together.
Thank the lord for IL, the military
line Of business does not contain aW
the Ipvinciables. There IN an unnum-
bered host of Ingincbles in politics
fellows who have tough skins and
soles that cannot be penetrated with
the outward sting Of shame, or the
inward reproof Of n pricking conscience.
1nsurperablo fellows, who lie and
steal, on compound principles Of inter
est--who cannot be conquered. be-
cause You cannot catch them
who will fight on the strong side as
long as there is u chance for spoils;
and when there Is not. go over to the
enemy and sell all their dearly earned
virtuous reputation, for fifteen pieces
Of silver. The days Of Cbivalry are
gone, and the virtue of this age, is to
be ever, On the 1nyincble side ; when
you are not show your heels. Meu
are Inv1nciable but principles foun-
ded on lmmutable truth, are pregna-
bic on oil sides, to the attaets Of mere
sophistry and buncome logic.
THE PEoplE's Wfsurno EsrAr.
ttsHNENT No doubt Mr.. Holdings
worth's invention Of the "KnurkIo
machine" gave rise to tho idea,
which has been very recently bodied
forth in New York, Of a "Peoples
Washing house " It is located in
Mott street. The first day it opened,
$4,000 of the unwashed " were pr-
ri6ed
The = W WASHING Establishment" ia
a great moral institution. Could it
be so arranged, by machinery, as to
take man in one way, his clothes
another; and wash both at the same
time, it would be an institution worthy
OF State patronage. An institution on
this plan, once established, would soon
lead to another very desirable adAcn-
da. Ssppose--(and it is not at all
unsupposable) tie advance Of surgical
science is such I; that in connection
with the washing outside tina. the
liver and spleen could be cleared Of
their imperfections, by purga'ion
md that the top part Of the heads Of
the people could be lifted off, 50 that
he learned phrenoIogist might look
n, and arrange the " organs, " to dis
course better music? Would not this
be the greatest discovery Of any age,
# this could not be done, then might.
not a small opening be made by the
process Of h'eponing 50 as to squirt in
! little pure water, or to let in a ray
# light from without ? We think so..
st any rate, could the heads Of the-
'cople pass through the hands Of an
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EF Mr.. Perry has written 10 his
friends in Washington, Recording to
the Star, saying that the Spanish
ministry are exceedingly }pleasde with
Gen. Dodge, whose frankness, cour-
fesy aud Intelligence thus impress
them. q
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CooL lMppupnNcE.-~" VIII you
ob''ge ne with light, sir?' seer
tainly !, with the greatest pleasure, =
says stranger, knocking Of 'ilo aslies
with bis little finger, md rreS@,rt-
ing the rcd end Of The clghre with .
graceful bow Smith commences
l',mhlinE in his coat pocket takes ont
bis hnndkerclct shakes it, feels in
bis vest with desperate eporgy looks
blank. " VOL? do declare. hav.
emit got one, true as the world. Have
yon another you could spafe2' Ger
taitlv.' says Stranger. with Il smile.
"and | beg you will accept it," There
is puff. putting 'iIl the fresh cighr
lgnltes Whom they separate with q
anave bow and wave If the snnd -
Smith chucks his friend, under The
ribs, with, There didn't | tell YOU ]
would get it ? That's the way to get
along ~ the world. Nothing like
cool polite impulence !" We thought
so too -4~ Thjrnqo Ty1bane.
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lrE-The British Council. Mr. Rowe
croft Messrs. Turnbull and Hsmilton,
and Capt Ioshner, who were arrest
ed at Cincinnati charged with violat-
ing the neutrality laws BY enlisting
troops for the British foreign leigons
have been held to answer the charge.
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~There is report by the steam
ship Arago that fire had occurred at
Constantinople which destroyed 5000
houses Q
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| -
| To rnF FnrnR up rHs CGHtf! ~
0 Tear Sir Will YOU be kind
enough 10 furnish, us with one number
Of Your paper, published in April last
for The enclosed stamps, and pay pos.
| tage On IT,
We do not design .Ifs as an adver-
tisemon1 while sending f,r the paper
We only Thought it orr duty to give
you the price Of baud Warrants. II
you think proper, however On your
own hook. TO say in your paper. 40 a
subject Of Importance to yonr tenders,
to let them ktaw whit JOHN M.
CLARKE. IL Co, Bankers and Deal.
ers in Land Warrants, Of Washington
City, give for Land Warrants, y
course we will moi fight about it, but
Fut It into ont I,it7e ttel stnnke II
There is spic1ng of honesty about
The above. not usually found in pin
ted circulars, 81 and therefore 1t Is. we
publish it. with the additional utelll
gence to all parties concerned, ihaf
.. NJ Clarke Il Co. Of Washington
y. G., nre now giving tho highest
market price for Land Warrants say
one dollar and eleven cents per acre.
Such persons ms are entitled 10 houn-
tv lard, sht uld bear this fact in mind !,
it will cave them from being shaved
to the bone by domestic land rats :.
and tie ce#atry is full of such. Clarke
4 Co, is not the only house in Wash
ington, dealing in this kind Of paper.
There is u l. calthfnl rivalry md com
petition there, which keeps the price
up, to the full market value Veter-
ans Of ] 4 10, should paste this in
their hats.
Il Relic The New York Courier
and Enquirer, of Saturday last, says
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ia territorial convention Of the
free State garty has been held at Ksps
sas, at whS.h resolutions were passed
denouncing the fra'dnlrntly elected
mob Legislature, renf-ing to obey any
OF It's laws, and requesting the legally
elected members to withdraw from il.
The hanger of civil war in that quar-
ter seems TO be on sse increase.
| True Delta. -
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flaquemlne has given up her anuu
ii victim to the Mississipippi-o or
rathcr this Is the secona.on within Il
year. On Tuesday las, Charles, son
Of Mr.. Bar'helmi, was drowned in the
river, while in swimming We presume,
and his body recovered op Thursday
We learnt no further particulars
Not a year passes that some one
is not drowned in The river or bayou,
gener4iy boys. Parents cannot be
too caTcfuI in preventing their boys
from bathing eit'Tf in The bayou or
tIycr.-.P1alueml,seI .SentlnkG
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The New Tork Herald announces
n meeting Of the Cabinet in Wn-hipg
ton, on The II inst, II which it was
in'matcd by Mr.. Gushing chat he
would like 10 have the place Of Mr.
Buchanan at the Court Of St. James
aal that HE es'inable gentleman who
etsaslitutrs the political advisers Of bis
Exrel|eney, were seriously troubled
thercat
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n ic.-The Now York Courier

Il Relic.-The Nsw York Courier
and Enquirer, of Saturday last, says
We saw, yesterday, paradcd in a
window in Nassau street, a pass
or clearance for ship. bearing the
signature ofJames Madison, Presidela
james NInnroe, Secretary o. State.
and David Gelston, Collector of this
Port fhc vessel named was the
Rockingham, of some three hundred
tons-a good ship in those days.
Tk document is ornamented with a
Autograph st a horbor seenc-lisbt-
house, whaSes, Ase.-and is interest
ing from other combinations han that
it bears the signatures Of two Of the
Presidents Of the rni'ea States.
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II t7F att t1f.t ~ q TIC Smithsonian
Institution have received information
Of the death of DR. J. u Fleural,
United 9tates Consul 1T Leipsic sax
ony in The 9Th year Of bis aee, Of
apar Iexy H. was also The agent for
the Smithsonian institution, il Cente.
raj aud Northern Europe. The Star
says his son Dir. Felix FlerEal who
has assisted him in all his duties for
many years, has received the appoint
ment rs agent for HE Institution.
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Mr.. T. G. Simon, in a volume emit
tied Scientific Certain,ies%f Plane
tary Life, sides with DR.. D. Brewster
AGAINST DR.. Whewell, in maintaining
tl~probability of the theory that the
planets are inhabited. He does this,
however, by new and ingenious ar
gument, which he contends that the
stars, as well as the palnets, have opa-
que planetary systems like ours.
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ESCAPE FROM lSE PGNtTENrrARY.
About 4 o'clock on Monday morning,
three of tho negro convicts, Mt tie
Penitentiary made their escape over
the wall by means Of a ladder. They
were discovered, when the last man
got off the wall. The alarmNssas Civ
en- and they were pursued Neis fol-
lows had time to make good their os-
cape At this writing, they have not
been retaken.
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% The fixed salery OF the Cover
nor Of Indiana, is Il 800 but when,
the contingents are added in it amounts
to about $4,000.
Washington telegraph., 1855-06-20
A Marshal of tha United States.

Among the Americans who attended the late
ball given at the Hotel De Vile, Paris, was Jack
Spicer, OF Kentucky. Jack rushed the dress some
what strong and sported epauletts on his shoui-
ders large enough to start four Major Generals in
business Jack was the observed of all observers.
and got mixed up with a party his friends could
not account for. Wherever the marshals of
France went. there went Jack: and when the
uarshals sat down Jack did the same always
taking the post OF honor The day after the ball
Jack called on his old acquaintance, Mir Mason,
our Minister to France. who started up little
conversation in the following manner:
Il hear, Jack. you were at the ball last nISht.'
Il was. sir and had high old time"
For which you are indebted. suppose: to the
high old company you got mixed up With By
the way, how came you associated with the mar
shas1''
Howl By virtue of my ofIice-they were mar
shals of France. while | am nothing else than
marshal of the Repn5ic. showed my commits
sion and took post accordingly"
BY right of officel what do you means"
Read that, and see"
Here Jack presented Mr. Mason with Whitley
brown paper. with seal big enough for four
pound weight.
What in the name of Heaven is thjss"
MY commission CT '-marshal''-I received it
in 1859. when assisted in taking the census in
Frankfort
You don't mean to say that you travel on
thiss''
Il don't mean anything else. That makes me
marshal of the Republic. and intend TO have
the office duly honored."
Mr.. Mason allowed that Jack doing
large business very small capital. We
shOnld rot wonder Il the reader did the same. A
cenSus marshal of Frankfort mixing IN with the
marShals6f France is certainly rushing matters
in manner that requires much brass epau-
lettes- Jack, we are happy TO say. is equal to
the requirements
Washington telegraph., 1855-06-20
The First Shot of the Revolution.

The first American who discharged his Gun on
the day of the battle of Lexington was Ebenezer
Lock, who died at Deering, \, III. fifty years ago.
He resided at Lexington in l775- The British
regulars, at the order of Major Pitcairn. having
fired upon the few rebels on the green in front
of the meeting house. killing scme and wouuding
Others a signal of war. The citizens
writes one, might be seen coming from all direc-
tiohs, on the roads, over the fields and through
the woods-each with his rifle in his hand his
powder horn sluns to his side, and hIs pockets
provided with bullets Among the number was
Ebenezer Lock The British had placed re-
serve of infantry mile in the rear. in the drec-
ton of Boston, This was in the immediate neigh
borhood of Mr.. L., who, instead of fastening TO
Join the party at the green, placed himself in an
open cellar, at convenient distance to do execu-
tion.
portion of the reserve was Standing on a
bridge, and Mr. Lock commenced firing at them
though there other American in sight
He worked vaiantly for some minutes, bringing
down one of the enemy at almost every shot
Up to this time, not gun had been fired else
where by the rebels The British greatly dis
turbed at losing men by the random firing OF some
unseen enemy. were not long in discovering the
man in the cellar, and discharged a voIey of bull
lets, which lodged in the wall opposite. Mr..
Lock, remaining unhurt. continued 10 load and FIRE
with the precision of a finished uarksman- He
was driven TO such close quarters, however, by
the British on the right and LETT. that he was at
last compelled to retreat
He had Just one bullet left and there vas but
one way to escape, and that was through the
orchard In the rear. The solciers were all around
him, one of them having gained the s1chatd. Not:
a moment was to be lost-he leveled his gun at
the man near By, fired, and dropped the gIsn-the
man was shot through the heart. The bullets
whistled about him. Lock reached the brink OF
a steep hill, and throwing himself the ground,
tumb!ed downwards, rolling over as if mortaIly
wounded In this way lie escaped unhurt-
At the close of the war, he removed to New
Hampshire. where he resided until his death
some twenty years afterwards. lie lived In Sc
clusion, and died in peace
Washington telegraph., 1855-06-20

The PLATFORM OF The NORTHERx NATIONAL
KNOW NoTHINGs."-The following platform
having been adopted by the Americans OF New
York and New Jersey, will probably be approved
and adopted by the true 'Americaus1 OF every
other State in the North:
4. Americans shall rule Ame ricaI
2. The Union Of these Sta:esl
g. No North, no South, no East no WestE
f. The United States of America as they are
one and inseparable-
s. No sectarian interlerences N our legislation
or the administration of American laws
g. Hostility to the assumption OF the Pope,
through the bishops, priests ard prelates OF the
Roman Catholic Church here, in republic s,lc-
Ihed by Protestant blood
.. Thorough reform in the naturalization laws
s. Free and liberal educational institutions for
all sects and classes. with the Bible, Gods Holy
Word, as universal text book
Washington telegraph., 1855-06-20
Steam, Saw s. Grist NEs1.

NTE have established, and now have in full
w operation, in the immediate vicinity of
Washington, first class Steam Saw and Grist
Lumber.
In few days we will be prepared to receive
and Grind grain Our regular day for Grinding,
will be each Saturday. and at such other times,
through the week as circumstances will permit.
Persons bringing grain TO our Mill, svili be ex-
pected, to have their names marked OF. their
Sacks or Bags-otherwise we will not be respon-
sible for any losses.
Orders for lumber left with us at the Mill. or
with any Of the merchants of Washington, will
be promptly attended to-
All bills for Lumber, will be considered due.
on the lst day OF January; and if not paid at that
time. will bear the usual rate of interest
E. V. COLLINS & co.
Washington, Nor. II, 1854 a6-tt