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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-10-09
The Ohio state House FIrc-Loss Of Valua-
bic Dot uments.
tTrom the OHIO Stalesn

IRON the OHIO Statesman, October g.
About i've O'Clock yesterday morning those ~ our cit1ns
aroused BY the alarm of Are by the worken The
aresan well in the state House yard. II discovered
that Tie basement room n the northeast u the
building directly under the Office Of tc Secretary of
by workmen a "a shop. being rapidly cnvcupsi
in flames few minutes after the FIRST alarm the steam
IRE engine waS tho ground and followed by
the Capitol" machine. both of which poured u tremer.
dous stream of water through thu windows the steam
glne tie north side. ami the Capitol on the
An lnmeSo volume Of smoke eecapcd through the two
windows followed by shee u are eayiug ~ into the
very flces VI The nFemfn, making extremely dfc ut to
leading the locked and ui &C smoke
large pile Of stationery. wrapping and Ifntng paper IN
81 the suh.errane wrapped flames,
and Il was amost mi. sable 10 reach with water.
Bot the strenuous cxcrtions of the lrcmcn
cessfui. ard the flames spccumbe after hour hard
work. The room opened, but for some minutes
bot ~ furnace The stat Query the room, valued at
about $500 totally destroyed. Almost $500 worth %
heavy glass lss placed 10 the the day before
a Lta lo-s Considerable painting apparatus AMI
tsriss valued al from s20s $500 hecug ng tne con
tractor, Hamilton Cummings, of Cincinnati, Dc.
sroyod.
Fivc or six hundred volumes ~ public Documents en-.
bracng The only complete Of documents from
the rps organ ~ tho Territorial government
rresc, me, totally ruined Those documents were
81 great value records and wli he impossible 10 re.
place them Eler real value lncacuabe. though pro
baby thr whole lot would mt have void for area Tho
tca loss n Tie STATE will prrhs reach $500 aside lrutn
the eypeuse of repairing the room the VALE windows
and doofs ~ which coRsids rshly damaged
AZ W the urign " the IRE. p0thng known The doors
o,kcd and there bot opening the room
through which FIRE could have been the
mater al inside. which window lei down from the
top about four inches So smoking ~ss allowed IN the
sop aud u thought r. he the work Il an ncandiary,
though What object any could have had ug are
70 The stun must be a matter Of speculation.
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Our Iowa Correspondence.

FoRr DoDR, WkxnR COUNT, Iowa Sept 70, 1898.
Reason SAy Ne Kansas Pubic Lands are WuNs'o'~
t,o~ karka-Ressls Of tie Harvest in Ooa-8ludas
g tA< Post Office Department &C.. de-
Allow me 70 suggest another reason beside the one
given in the HERALD the 18th, why the public lands are
withdrawn from market Kansas, and would state that
reson to be this that so far experience has taught
he government hand warrants this year have swal-
lowed up more than nineteen wcnticths Of the land
sold and at no time within the past ten years has
there been any more desirable land put market than in
the month Of june 1855 In Northern and Western Iowa
neariy all the pre- emptons proved up warrants,
therefore experiment OF raising funds carry the
from the sale Of the public domain has proved
r signal failure.
Our busy town had surprise this morning by the ad-
vent Of about $50 OF Uncle Sans troops under the
mand OF Major Sherman who had service under
the flag OF General Taylor Buena Vista and other points
They have been cncamped the past days town,
securing forage FOR their endless train Of baggage teams
preparatory Tor their march 70 Fort Ridgcly.
The wheat in this State has been much injured by the
rust There was enough, hoWyer, raised last year 70
supply the State without any Importation from abroad
The corn was planted late but has matnred hney, and
out Of the way Of the frost three weeks The
hay crop is most abundant and is delivered in barn
stacked at 50 SO per ton.
Tho government has contracted 70 deliver two tr
weekly masone Via Des MONIES City, the other via u
brqne and Pacific Railroad The result Of all this is tn
sometimes l get a whole weeks supply OF the daily
HERALD in mail. The assigned for this
irrogular,y is, that certain muddy stream 200 miles
east Of this called sometimes the Father OF Rivers tn
are number of steamboats, and some Of them have
for carrying United States mails that the mail FOR
Northwestern Iowa taken by the said boats from thu
Chicago and Rock Island Railroad at Davenport, ami
transported UP and down the Mississippi, and sifted unit
il thought to be about right and then sent the
prairie westward.
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nEATH OF hN. JOSEPH A. HALL Ard.
NJ BALLARD the chief ~ ship news reporters, IL no
lie died carly THE morning, AT bis rcsdJnce in
Orange street after wasting sickness o. several months
ATcuoHs APPLICATION ~ his business undermined his
hsth and about year i've sace he had severe AZ
. s,keess ROW which he partially recovered but the
zine mdon table perseverance, IN The discharge q BIS
auiy compelled him few weeks since 20 seek rcpose IN
country ie returned e. Boston only yesterday 20
DC y. ieaves vito and two daughters 20 lament his
hss lle va known throughout commercial world
- she ship ne~s reporter the Daily 4dr,t,'e, and bag
bes Asoc a'.d Enh nearly thirty years. Those 90 "
~bo have hal te PREPARATION ~ sii ~ ~ caD sppr,oI.
Ase IN constant abb Intense application and dscrml.
natng esfe which ~ displayed In h. reports 80 copons
~ correct ani FyFfrs'e were At his arrangement and
faithful hs application thai even those gho abarei 10
rival ban Gee JARED htm 70 be The prince ~ marine report
There y little Doubt that he h.s isar loss subs
lions % crcel-thaf h. had taken ~ own heath into
cons derafon. and worked like other raauh reat Ia -
been 4 sound 70 day, for be naturally vigorous,
and always exemplary 10 ~ habit ~ w4s NJ, onl,
fsIous 0r the CORRECTNESS ~ bis repors but uas also
rxxternan ~ superior education and able writer Had
~ bestowed haf the labor thc acquisition n arninv
th-i he devoted ~ ship believe he would hsve
b.r naore barnet than the "esrnet blacksmith Tor he
har rAracty and very ro,entive memory. An Who
kn~w h-r respected him. He honor 70 the preer
"a tvuc r~%yted ffend--n ehort an honest he vas
~ny Gty shree years II aga W. eympethse sincerely
vfh HE bercav - family Boacr s>-fng Tdr,er, OF J.
Jtooa Rowp tsq Postmaster al FREDERICK, Nd, under
s~r. Jsskton, died on The 80 inst
srrrwx NJ RAIrISr one q the Assocre Judges Of The
6ourK ~ Buc@ county, Pa, died suddenly AT his resi-
sesce % Dcnsac.G iONnsh y, on Friday, the lst inst.
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pce Of land which he purchased for ESQ he has been
ouered e 900 for His fellow citizens, just before IA
leaving Melbourne for England, subscribed f600 and ore
scented 70 him purchase piece OF plate IN the >oher
country, 70 be kept a. an heirloom in his family.
MARRIAGE BAHNs OF THE DUKE DE N a, xoyr.
Among the banns of marriage published ~ the Marie
Of the Fret ACCOMPLISHMENT, Paris 90 - leaA mn was
that OF Marshal Peisser, worded N <h fcow,nc man.
nerHs Excelency Amable W an aosacs Pelssier Duke
de Aaakon, Marshal Of nar.ce, member Of the Priyy
Council Vice President Of Oie Senate Ambassador II his
Majesty the Emperor Of rae Freuh TO her Majesty
Queen OF Great Britain and Ireland Grand Cross OF the
Legion Of Honor, deociated with the military medal &c
Ike. residing al Parp in his hotel Avenue DIES Champs
Eysees son Of the dcfunc Pierre Peisscr and Of Cathe
rine Charlton hs Wife and Mile Maria Isabel Sophie An
drea Francisco de Paula Valera dc Ia Panega residing
Paris, Avenue des Champs Eystcs ST. daughter of Don
Jose Valera Viana, Marquis de Papiega landowner and
Of Donna Maria de hos Dolores Alcala GalianQ Pereya
harqase de la Pancga, his wife, residing at Madrid
From Richmond &C. In the steamship Jamestown Mrs II
Greer, Miss McCsw, q w Moore Miss Mc,owsn. Mrs
kells, Major Ranney and Mrs 8 + Phelps, J
Ferguson, Wofshon, Schwartz w Kreuser II Blrnun
Fly, lady aud daughter: Miss McCaw Avres and lady
Mrs Barry. Cuddy and lady Capt Seth Faster. I
Levy, Miss Taylor, j w Haughwout JOS Wiley Z.
Davidson, Amend G CHM Mrs NJ A Decker. Walter
Peters James Alien Delaney and nephew Kuhn, Man
GAL, d Bremond, s q Davis, and 10 in steerageI
Prom Liverpool in the ship Marianne Notebohn-Mrs
Lamb, Miss p Lamb, Rockwell, all Of Connecticut
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The steamer Harriet Lane, Capt Faunce steamed from
The city yesterday afternoon and Quarantine
The report yesterdays paper that the Russian sae
General Admiral taken the Balance Thursday
incorreche storm having prevented her being moved
- did also ne heavy NV wind Of yesterday. !
Sur zuIsIEt, Simpson which arrived Calcutta Aug ~
ter nf DAYS from Port Philip Heads made the
round from Liverpool Calcutta Melbourne nclufng
detention hcre Of nye weeks IN the mort time o. I've
and few deys Having passed through Torres Sra hrr
average distance per week has been about 100 MUGS we u
der
nah had very heavy weather during when her s Ne'e
split masis sprung, Ac.
Bpc Cprot returned 10 New Orleans III Inst having been
In collision Hazcne at the mouth o. me msasspp'
river
scHp Copsor from Boston, At Philadelphia Tm INST los
foremost and main topmsst
scpp Cossycrrcrr Pratt nj Boston from tzahethpor On
the Let in squat OF Cape TOD lost her oecs oea o'
coal
arsa oAlxsA VISITS al Boston from Turhs islands on nc
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tENCONTkE AT COMMUNICATIONS PRINTER
SHoo1s ASoTH.R-An ARRAY occurred in the streets Of
Louisville KY on the 25th (u afternoon (which resulted
in the death Of printer named d. L. Ward II seems that
the printers Unon sought 10 get up strikeh IN the
CouST office, and failed Ono of the printers in that
Office named Lindsay, who declined 10 act with the
"Unon, incurred thereby the i'll will Of Ward who
% non' man Ward threatened 10 cowhidc Lindsay,
and had informed several persons that he watching
for him. Lindsay was passing down Third street, and
when opposite the doorway leading up the old Mlsonic
Hail. was accosted by Ward few words passed, Ward
using very abusive epthets towards Lindsay, calling him
a Odd rat, Ii. who works for rate OF wages
striking him in the face. Lindsay Immediately drew
pistol and fired the ball entering the left breast Ward
walked few steps entered the Democrat office, and died
in less than half an hour. Dr. Coescou called and
rendered whatever surgical assistance was possible.
Lindsay gave himself up, and With few friends went To
ia
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CLEARED
Steamship City Of Warrington lBrl Petrie LvcrpcolJ
Steamship Hudson 'i'rem' wsnte Bremea-elpcle Keu,
s,esm.hp ousisr city, shufed, Havana New orlosn.
stsamship Paupsco, IAyneli Bafirorc-H Cromwell
ship wl.sousln, Scott. Iorson- Durham n,mOn.
ss ys fsr.cn, r1 cs1S- Hs. bhss Parsons Co
shn OREGON b rGr,'r Agai"s hicsI.. w.isy
Bsrs it Gamble as fowsa soeFss s'h aa
Brig Linda. Elings Point Pctc-Mcicaf Duncan,
Brs Indusite eOlden wrasse, Kingston Ja-Iiennings
sehr Commersio dc Arroyo Aonrrrcr. Arruya-Koppch
schr Haye,oss tr'r,, Cole. HH..oro SR-n n newosa
Sehr Kate, Skitmnre, Tampa-Bcnncr A Dcakc.
scsr sspf , C n t ss. Sesse u.co
Sehr Thomas Holcomhe, Goscc SavannahScranton Tall
fehr Sabine, Day, Newsern-D,bsle a Bunce
s<hr u i John-;n D.s, NewiIeri,-Day- IIo,ae~
srhr Lynehiurr Harris, R,ehnond-C II Pierson.
schr II nantioy Hammond, Rchmond-yan Bruni a
aehr y Curri. Rossr. Rschmond--c u Pisr.cn.
schr Uroca Alien, Acxandris-ssnord n"ige -.
schr Fslsenburg, Rogers, acknowledgements 0olj
sehT Cabot, Hamilton Bos,on-J II Sichrrson
sloop Thomas Hun, Hull, Providence.
ARRIVED
steamship Pstarsco rayoed BALTIMORE s7hours with ndse
ship Ms,i.nns Ss.I.,caru, Lamb Liverpool, aug p WIN
n %ass Y ssf smpSdo sfgs . -
been days from Georges Banks with Sro1g westerly winds
W Elwell Co
echr Connecticut Nelson, rajardo Pr Sept IS with sugar
A. 80 sept lat s. rs Ion q ~ spoke ship u Louis
schr m shaw, cornvals ss II days with ro,a.
sshT Edward Kiaaer rlarsscn. Wilmington Nc. ,davs
scsr trssees ssl',Iy sospsr wlnllnsion NC days
Schr " W Brown, Andrr vs., Wilmington, Nc, days-
Schr 4 Fox, Ward Virginia, 9days
Sfhr Superior Robinson. Rnckland, 2 DAYS
schr Joseph Fsrwsll; Packard. Rccklaud sdays
Schr Globe, Ellis, Salem 2dass
echr T. Barnes, Staples, Boston for Albany.
ScIr J Ra ymond, Handy. Boston for Albany
sehr Buena Vista Doane. Boston. ; days
Scir L.esturg, swift Boston, 2daye
F<hr Compliance, Chase, New Bedford.
fchr " iiihhe, Snow New Bedford.
sehr Emma MAY Mayo Providence.
sioop Rhode Island, Hull Providence.
steamer Boston scllew Philadelphia
eseauer Wssfcheser, Clark Providence.
Steamer Chas Osrood, smith Norwich and New london,
BELOW
Ono bark, and three brigs, In the ofhne nj sunset
SAILED.
ship Abner Etasson, New Orleans
Wind n sunrise NV. froah. al sunsc, gw ilght
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The exchanes market was heavy for all kinds. Prime
sterling sA sd al and the range for clear bills 70
nom ios fcsx while bill o adng drafts rnc at ic7
New Fork, ~ a2K per cent discount Sight droop
ing, and not oasy 70 sell outside al r. We quose ~
lEr cent discount. The banks check ut u, y and n
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STEAMERS TO AND FROM HAVANA AND NEW oaLEANs
az Ha y,mfrs% New ferk "a striving At Havsa. IN
arriving At New York tsh
CAnlws.-From New York 18TH arriving at Havana I7ts
and New Orleans 18Th From New Orleans tn, 3s
arriving at New York Sd.
New York 7th arriving at Havana 27A
arriving At New York 18th
BLACK MAnnoE-from New York .5th arriving at Havana
Let and New Orleans I'd. From New Orleans 9TH Havana
18th, arriving NJ New York 18th
lsnSi-trom tkarleston sh and 10Th due AT HsvanG eh
and sist
When the above dates fan Sunday the will sal
on Monday, except from New Orleans.
THE OVERLAND NAIL TO INDIA AND CHINA.
The following be OF value 70 those having eorrespon
d~nc~ with the East
The mail leaves southampton on the 4h and 2 OF each
Gibraltar abou, he 9th and 18th of same month
Arrives II Malta about the lath and 3Jh of
Arrives st A-aandri. about the iSt OF ,th OF fol-
lowing month.
sbou, 2b or 2si Of same and 9Th OF 9Th Of
Arrives Aden about the 18th 18th of and 10th
Leaves Alden abou, 2h or 9th of same and day OF ar
rival for Bombay. and lith 10 sotn for Chin, ke
Indian Navy steamer arrives At bombay about the 81 to 9Th
r. and q Point Gale about the 9th or
IN and III or xd OF following month.
Leaves Point De Gale for PUlo Penang the n
steamer has already arrived which takes the mail
Arrives q Puo Penang about the lah i3h and 18th
Arrives al Singapore about the 18th 10Th and 3ist il OF
following month
Leaves singapore about u hours after arrival
Arrives At Hong Kong about he ri Gath aud Eth lob
Of following month.
Two raais leave Enrlandone the 9Th and 10Th each
monlhvia harseles snd each arrives Alexandria about
the same tme as The Southern mail.
sS- An packages oad sntena>i for tie new YoRx
HEAD should b. soalof.
ALsAsAc roR rEw roRK-rHs
svr nrrs........... Q. soos ssrs 81
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CITY COMMERCIAL REPORT.

FEmsy, Oct ID NJ
ATrsThe market steady but quiet at &C. for po,s
and NJ exc. for peach.
RRrlnIrTrs - Four-Thc market war again heavy and
lower and closed a, further decline Of about SC loc
per Dbl The sales embraced about 900 bsls. closing
a NUT hc ftllnw mr. rang ~ rnt,tailnna
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Total sli $40 aol u Iea aIs eig2ig1 ieIel 81

The following table exhibits the respective amounts Of
exchange held By The banks and also the sums
due 10 distant banks the latter being comprised in The
table q deposits, as shown above;-
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The New Orleans Picayfn, thus notes the money and
exchange market Of tina, city IN saturday ast--
The money market showed no change 70 day There IL
abundance o. capital outside and The banks fush,
notwithstanding the rapidly increasing business which
begins 20 call for more accommodations We bear a
further transactions in prime paper - sh per cent
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Total l2s,lts l25 159 7.343 1881 les 900 90 a7o
The exports q hour and grain for The week ending Oct
s, were 1885 bbs. -four, ,e5s bushels wheat and
81 2lT bushels corn
Corm Tho markct was steady, with sales Of 100 baga
Aaracaibo al IKE 10 arrive the cargo Of 900 bags Rc
en- Flying Cloud was sold al ~ and 100 do At 10rc
Corros.-The sales Of cotton embraced about q 900
bales, chiefly in tranetu closing with easier feeling
prices.
fRt1Gns dull and engagements quite light To
Liverpool 10000 bushels q engaged n skj
and 300 bbs four reported At 1s AID Cotton
at SD To london, rs boxes tobacco were engaged
2e, There to,hng for Glasgow or the Continent
vessel engaged 10 load with cotton Savannah for
Liverpool at I'd.
WooI-Tbc market has improved the present week IN
demand and the reported sacs have been large and 10
some classes @ ~oo higher prices have been obtained
We notice sAlee Of foreign woos, bales Smyrna and 10
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canadian was heavy and easier with f1cF OF 100 500
bbls. closing within tho range % agurcs southern
-four also lees buoyan, and transactions embraced
about 800 bbls within the above prices Rye foW
dun ut quotations Corn meal quiet and prices IN
changed Wheat was duh aud lower by about &C. per
bnsbel The sales embraced about ~ 600 bushels In.
cladinR white Canadian st 81 49, white Western Al al 10
~ 20, white Southern at ~ Is OIL 30; mixed
Western n 81 IL. and red Southern NJ 81 10
81 Is. Corn was stcady, with saes 81 about ~ noD
bushels, including mixcd Western AZ Toe n TIC: white
do at Tpc 500. and yellow do ~ sac poc Rye con
tnred 20 rule dnll AZ Zoe 7tc barley nairs Of about
70 600 bushels made at ~ % 81 % Oais were IN
active and priccs unchanged Tho following table
from VIM. q. Cuttings circular gives the receipts and
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DRY GOODS TRADE.

The following s a comparative statement OF the i'm
ports Of foreign dry goods at New York for the week
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So An packages ond Lfsa. ATTENDED for tie NEW 70
HSsAiD should b. soaioi.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-09-01
Parties in the South.

"There are few benighted individuals in the south, who imagine that there is a whig or an American party Ill existence, and who daily rattle the bones of these defunct organizations with most vehement and commendabe energy. They deceive no one, however, but themselves Those parties are dead and 1t is the madness of the moon to speak of them as living things On this subject the New Orleans Bee. one of the trust whlg papers that ever had an existence --one that was whig when the name meant somethlng--has very sensible article It argues that the whig and American parties are dead, crushed out, used up mere mummeys of a past generation, poweress for good, and inn potent for evil. No doubt, says the Bee, there are thousands of old-line whigs and Americans m the slavehoding States who entertain an abiding and traditionary hatred of democracy; but this is merely a sentiment, and has ceased to be motive power, for 1t has no fulcrum to support it.. There is no national party existing the republic antagonistcal to the democracy If there were, the southern opposition might rally with some hope of success As there is none, the southern whigs and Americans either unite with the democracy, or stand aloof from political contests.
 After some additional remarks in the same spirit the Bee adds
 This being the state of fact, how can the south act otherwise than tacltv, at least, to ac- quieSe in the rule ofthe democratic party? We who were wont to form the opposition cannot certainly affiliate with black republicansm We cannot strike hands with a party the first article of whose creed is, "No more slave States" We are pertorce driven into neutrali- ty, or compelled to cooperate with the democ- racy as the minor evil of the two. We may dislike the alternative. Al our instincts revolt at It. But there is no help for Us. Black re- pubhcanism Is more hateful more loathsome and more dangerous than democracy. The lat ter, despite its false principles its manifold cor ruptlons, Its abuses of power, its system of par tsan tyranny, has some pretensions to nation- ailty There is such thing as a northern de- mocratlc party, and though beaten once and agaln, 1t strives manfully at every strugge- There Is no other national party in the north, and but the ghost of one at the south.
 The Bee is undoubtedly right The next contest for the Presidency is to be a stand up fight between the democracy on one side, and black republicans on the other. However much old wings and Americabs may detest the princi- ples or the usages of the democratic party, no southern man can hesitate as to what duty re- qulres of him. He who hestates must either be fool or knave, and in great contest like the one before us, the south will be apt to con- found both together, and punish them accord ingy.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-09-01
The Influence of the Dog-Days.

We verily believe that the editor of the Ga zette is mad. His friends should take out commission of de hmatfco inquirendo. And since the dog days set in, he has been growing worse. His leading article in the last issue is string of assertions of the most wonderful char acter He gravely tells his readers that the ad- mlnistration and the democratic party denied kansas admission into the Union because of her pro-slavery constitution. Well-well, how this world is given to lying. How woefullywe have been deceived! The journals of Con- gress-the newspapers of the day-all history IS wrong. The President did not urge the i'm mediate admission of Kansas. The democratic senators and representatives from the south, to man, did not vote for the passage of the bill. The north Americans and 8 part of the south Americans did not vote against it. And the bill was not finally lost because of the treason of certain know nothings from southern States, who voted with the black republicans All this we are gravely told by one who says he writes "to vindcate the truth of history"
 It is but few weeks since the opposition denounced the President, for what it called his despotic attempts to force the bill through Con. gress. The original bill was defeated by know nothings forming a reasonable alliance with abolitionists and this crazy man tells us that the democracy are responsible for this treason. All that could be done was to pass an act for its col ditional admission and this the democratic party did, despite the combined influence of the abo- Gtioniss and their know nothing allies.
 When an editor distorts facts so recent; when he states things so exactly different from the history, are we not warranted in saying that he is deranged? Can anything be more absurd? There was heretofore, some attempts at rea- soning, lame efforts at sophistry, and some in- genuity displayed in his endeavorng to make "the worse appear the better side" but these downright Notifications of history carry their own refutation and leave us nothing to answer We wish, for the sake of the readers of the Ga zette, that the dog days were over