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Brooklyn Evening Star from Brooklyn, New York • Page 2

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Iht trial and laying iwn hit future plant, lit UKOOKLYN EVUKIHO STAB For tha Star. St. John's Church. Amidtl tha various im. proveracntt and erection of new churchet ia our city, permit me to notice thit now in progress in St.

John't Church in thit city. In mtequenea of the recent inerttte in the number of tha congie-gration, tha Vestry htvt delemined to erect Anothw AT.otioc Whio or thit morning' hat tone intelligence Irom Ohio, which my bt deemed oflht utmost importance ftrut. It it la tha Whigt, despair, int of Pennsylvania and Virginia, litre determined tu throw their whole forct into Ohio and New York. Immense amounts of money have been months. At the st mortem examination of bis remains, it wat found that hit enormous bulk had reached the enormous weight of more than fcf irr hundrtd ponmit! What prodigality of fatness wns here! what a mass-meeting of pork concentrated in a single individual.

The county of Essex ehallengea the world to produce his equal. Ilia usefulness ceased not with his life. By the From the Button Courier, REPORT or Committee on Swikc or THE ESSEX AGBtCUlTURAL SoCIETV. Th entries (hit year have been follows 1 Mr. Joseph Andrew of Essex pretented hit na ptrt maath old, weighing 0) This younger porker i a verv fine animal, very Corpulent ami very round shoulder, ed qualities whie'i would he conidered le.

formiiiet in other Young gentlemen, hut which are rmtial to a pig's perfection. He appearedJ in thriving Cnndilion. aad hud the advantage or the animal offered by Mr. William, in being one month bit enir The committee award Mr. Aujihrewa the first premium of $3.

Mr. rnl D. Patch ut Hamilton' introduced the eoiaintttee to a matronly ow, only yearold lt Mar, who had wild hereei her children. The committee did not inquire after the real ol the hut those present were thriving company of young tranter, and gave Winch eredtt 10 their mother for the excellent manner in which the hajt performed her maternal dutiea, the ha, ing reared this large family from the cradle to the prenrnt time without the assistant nf nurse help" of any kind, The committee had ome aJifficoltf in deciding between thia matron and one of the tow offered by William, but they felt boond to consider in their award the het breeding qualities, and 'at nor Hamilton friend beat her Byfietd competitor by a clear ennstitu. lienal majority of four pigs, they have awarded to her the second premium $3.

Mr. Moses French of East Saliabury, offered litter of foer pin not quite 6 moot hi old, weigh-iitt79lba. Thit waa a very interesting group ol young porker, of tha I indefinable liie between pit and pork which rendered it very difficult to decide to which claaa they belonged but the Committee, although they believed the ling pre dominated, yet in the absence of any standard to decide the precise time when pig cease be a fit and become! a hog, have admitted their pig- hood, and, awarded Mr. French the tecond premium of $3. Mr.

William William, of Bj field Parish, New-1 bury, offered ,1 breeding row with pigs, to which was awarded 1st premium of $5. (' I breeding sow with 7 pit. litter of 4 pigs, 4 months old, average weight 2tS 1st premium of $fi. 1 Boar, months old, to which was awarded premium of $2. I This is a very superior breed of swine, and the committee wish it might receive the attention of 1 the farmers of Essex county, and be extended in 1,1 its present purity over the country, Ft is the re-'' toll of a careful crossing of some of the natire breeds with a couple of English emi grunts who eame to this country a few years ago and (his improved breed is haV English, qunrler Mackey, and quarter Bvfield and appears to possess the fl, best qualities of all three.

We verily believe that nonen can adrouately describe their many admirable properties; our own shrinks inslinclive- Iv frota the effort, and we can only reler the com. tnissioner in twine's flesh to the Pens pf the locietv. r' At the show last year, the Committee were so well satisfied by a mere external examination nf Ihit breed or twine, that they awarded liams the two first premiums. He was however V1 aware pf the truth of the proverb that "the proof of the oudding is in the eating." and he according a ly tendered the chairman of this committee adel-, jcale, partion of the premium pork, for a more perfect test of its quality, in acknowledging the superiority of the pork, the rommillee take occasion to recommend the example of Mr. Wil liams for the general imitation of the farmers of Essex.

making this recommendation, we 1, hone no one will be disposed to the stale i err of bribery and corruption." The committee would resent such an imputation with the scorn il merits. Sooner than be influenced by auch considerations, they would consent to be burned irt the Byfield has become at celebrated for Ht breeds "'of swine at for her Drummer school and the many pupils of that ancient seminary may look back on ht delightful shades and associate in pleasant remembrance its science and its twine, i its litters at well at its letters, its pork and its nhiliisonhv. 9" X.u In immortality from associatsons connected with the swinish race. Ipswich has done herself honor by giving the name of Hogtown to one of her pleasant localities, and thus hat attained a high place in swinish annals. The town of Essex has alto her Hog Island, on which have been raised oine of the finest Chontet in the country, and ne of the most beautiful eminences in the town of Danvert is known by the name ofHogbill.

Beverly has the enviable distinction of having the largest twinisb population in the county. By the last census she had 900 twine, which is several hundred more than any other town or city, and she is emphatically the banner town of the county for living poru. Ana wny snoum not be so? Beverly has long been celebrated for the excellence of its beans, and there seems io be a kind of natural and harmonious union subsist ri ing between these two admirable esculents. What would be the vegetable without the oily nnctiousness of the animal substance nd whs "Tu viand comparable to both united I With these two treat staple commodities, and clad in her bristling armor, the may defy the world but ever the suffers her vines to languish and her polet to bedriven.in exile, it it to be ieareil that her glory will also uepari. Lvnn too.

has her share of swinish honors, de rived from the extraordinary merit of a single individual of the race, of whom the committer "have it in their power to present a biographica sketch. We are indebted to Mr. John Alley 3d under whose patronage this animal waa reared and educated, for some particulars of his life. We shall omit his name, for the simple reason that be never had one, his parents probably thinking that without a name he would smell as Of his origin we know but little, except th.i he waa the son of his mother, who died sud denly when he was a few moths old, and left him an earlr orphan. He became remarkable for his nniit umwth and the excellence of hit appetite arrived at the middle age of twinehond when hit porkship appeared a living-epitome of rood nature and goon living, ne eonunuru io em.

ml in size until he became a Daniel Lam berl of the race, and possessed great weight in swinish society. He was a solid character, and his specific gravity was only equalled by his gra vitv of demeanor indeed there was nothing wag labored ander a cold, and did not appear lo enjoy hit accustomed flow of spirits. Tha most impor tant part of bit addrett wat bit approval of the views of th Ftdertlists, although ht declined being iht lender of that movement, and proposed Mr. Crey Porter. The Fedtralistt wish lo restore the Irish Parliament, without a repeal or the Union with England.

The Repeal rent fur the week ending the 23rd i itnn .1. 4 I 1 1 am week ending tha 30th. X3H 18, Mr. O'Con. net addressed the meeting of Ihe Association on Ihe 30th.

A special meeting of the Dublin Town Coun- cil was held onlheSSlh of September, to proposition of Dr. Maunsel, to address ber Majesty, praying her to hold her Court and turn-1 mon hel Ptrliamtnl once in three yean in Dub lin. France. The treaty between France tnd Mo roceo hat arrived al Pari. The Emperor agree to give ta Ihe French Goveinmrnt the name of the Moorish chiefs who invaded Algeria.

The troops of the two powers tr to pursue Abdel Ktder, who outlawed when taken he it to be disposed of nl France and Morocco thall deter. mine In the mean time to be treated with all consideration. Mogadore tnd Ihe lovvn ff Ouchda are lo be evacunl by the French, prisoners to be exchanged, and the treaty ratified within two months. Louis Phillippe has a complimentary letter to Marshal Bugeaud, on Ihe recent glo. rious" exploits in Morocco.

A grand banquet was given to Marshal Bugeaud nn hit return to Algiers. Upwards of five hundred person sat down to the table. The French papers contain an account of an action between 3000 Tahitians and 440 French sailors and marine. TbeTahitiant were routed with immense loss. Spain.

A letter from Btjonne of the 23d ult. in the morning Post announces that a movement on a grand scale had been intended by the Carlista of Navarre; money and munitions of wnr, along with a large number of printed proclamations having been for tome time past in readiness. The recent elections have resulted rather favorably to the Carlists. Tuiket. Turkey has adopted some stringent regulations with respect to passports; and a knowledge of the chh-f points may be useful to travellers in that "The subjects of foreign powers must provide thrmselvet with Ottoman passports, or with the vise nf an Ottoman Ambassador or Consul before they can enter Turkey.

The traveller must present himself within twenty-four hours of his arrival to the local authorities at the place where he has pei-mission tn enter Turkey, or otherwise his pass, port will not be vised for the interior. He must also then declare the line of route he proposes to take, or the place of his intended abode, and re-ceive permission for the specified lime he contemplates remaining. To obtain a permission of permanent residence he mast present himselfat the chief office, furnished with an authorization from the Chancery of his nation. Travelling passports will not remain legal, unless vised from each place which the traveller shall pass, where a pa-sport office or Municipal Conned is established. Other parting from Turkey, and along the line of land frontier, by which persons shall be arrested who attempt to quit the empire without previnusly naving their passports vli-ed rrom Hie iitad uinc." Sweden.

Popular disturbances have been occasioned by the rejection ol the measure nf reform recently discussed in the Diet; and there were riots on the 2ih and 29th of August. The method of their suppression was curious. The police hired a number of assistants, miners, others, all of them tall and powerful men, who mingled with the crowd, and who not only inflicted summary punishment for every attempt lo create disturbance, but also arrested Ihe most conspicuous amnng the rioters. Among the prisoners, fifty six( in number, were two opera dancers. i The Overland Mail.

A treaty had been concluded between the United States and the Ce lestial Empire, based upon the same principle as dictated that between England and China, in which America will enjoy all the advantages which Creat Britain secured. Thit can hardly fail to be gratifying to America. 1 The Mass Meeting at Fort Green. There will be a great gathering of the Whigs at For Green, on Thursday. The procession will form at 9 o'clock, A.

M. at the Fulton Ferry, and march thence to the Fort. Hon. Daniel Web ster, Hon. Rufus Choate, John Sargent, R.

In-gersoll, Cassius M. Clay, Gov. Ellsworth and other eminentWhigs wilj address the.aRsemhlage. We expect that not a single Brooklyn Whig will be absent the delegation from New-York and Queens will without doubt be large. Let us all participate in this mighty demonstration.

An Assault with Attempt to Kill and Ron. David Latta, who says he boards with Mr. Lake in Tallmin street, was brougnt before the Municipal Court this morning, charged with having attempted to rob John Mullea last night about half past eleven o'clock, while said Mullen was in Myrtle Avenue on his way home to Bush-wick. Lalta was on the opposite side of the street, and threw a stone at Mullen, which struck him on the right side of the head and felled him to the ground. Mullen gut up an I ran, Lttta retreating behind the duelling house of A.

Dixter, constable of the 1st Wnrd. Mullen went in front ol Dexter's house, anl tried to gel in, and before Dexter could get to the door, Latta threw another stone at him. Dexter then let him in. Lie Her and Mullen then followed Latta, and took him prisoner. He appeared perfectly sober, and knew what ha was about.

Committed to jail to stand trial before Court of Oyer and Terminer. He tays be is a ngle man 32 years of age, and trader between this city and St. Johns. Aan Dougherty, vagrant, taken op by the watch on Saturday night drank, was sent to the County Jail for 60 days. Ann McDonnell, a poor creature, brought in by the watch on Salarday night sent to the Alms House for 6 months.

Mary Jackson (colored; brought in last night drank, and discharged oa promise lo behave bet ter for the falure. Faia or the Amebican Institute. Tbe Fair will positively close oa Saturday aext. Those of ar readers who bsve aot yet visited it, bad belter go early ia the wetk, as the crowd will be great daring the last days. The managers have pro vided ample attraction mane both vocal and Innrnin-ntal, fireworks addresset from popular i tpeakers, fcc.

The RirtALr.it cr Bsooxltn have ttcir great arreting cf SisfUl. Mondat EmiNQ, Oct. 21, 1814. FOR PRESIDENT, HENRY CLAY, or KKNTtTKV. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.

THIiO. FKliUNGHUYSEX, OF KEW.TOSK. FOR MILLAKD 1'ILLMORlf, or FOR LIEbT, GOVERNOR, SAMUEL J. WILKIN, i Vi (. or 1 FOR CANAL COMMISSIONS, SAMUEL WORKS, of Niaeara.

SPENCER KELLOGG, of Oneida, i i ELIJAH RHOADES, of Onndar. JOSEPH H. JACKSON, of Franklin. TR coNGiucsa Ftrtt DUtric WILLIAM J. COGSWELL, or From Europe.

Twelve Day Luler. The British Mail Steamer Acadia, arrived at Boston Yesterday, with intelligence from London to the evening of the 3d, Llveipool to the morning of the 4th. Paris to the 2J. The Cotton Market Is heavy, and there are indications of a further de. cline, though pricet yet remain firm to quota lions by last tteimer.

Tbe produce market is inadive. Pricet are however well tustained. The cropt have been secured in good condition and are verr plentiful. In the manufacturing districts there had been a falling off in business, but stocks had not tccumulated owing to the ex lent of the home demand. At a meeting of the South Derbyshire Acri cultural Society, on Saturday week, Mr, Colville M.

who filled the chair, drew the attention of the farmers to the import of American cheese. for the purpose of calming their fear. Arrivals raoM the United State The Hibernia arrived at ten o'clock on the night of the 28th. The Great Western arrived on Sunday night, the 29th. The Siddon.

Capt, Cohh, ari rived on the 2ilh, and the Columbus, Captain Cole, and Ashburton, Capt. Hottleston, on the 1st instant; and the Yorkshire, Capt' Bailey, on the 3d. The Great Uritain tietroship it on the eve of being relieved from her confinement in Ihe Bris tol dock. 1 Hon. Edward Everett, it is tid, has ask be recalled.

to The Queen was expected to arrive in London from Scotland on the 3d inst. Loois Phillippe was expected to land on Eng lish ground on the Tbe Ministry, it is rumored, intend to make another movement for the tupprcssion of Repeal. The Bank of England, at their half yearly meeting on the 19th declared a dividend ol 3 1-2 It was stated at the meeting lhat the branch Bankt yielded a amall profit, 1 It was rumored on 'Change that a new treaty between England and Brazil had been entered into. Nothing authentic of the lerms of the treaty wat known, but a general advance of 5 per cent on the importation ofBritish goods, wat mentioned at one of the clause of the treaty. Refcdiatiow denounced at the Butish Court.

Il it very commonly rumored in the city, that it is the intention of Government to exclude from the Court, and from the Ministerial parlies, all the foreign Ministers or Cha-ges d' Affaires, whote governments have not faihfully fulfilled their engagement with their credjors in this country. Such a proceeding would plice thej United Stales representative in a very emmrras- ling and nnenviable position. Dreadful Loss of Life near Sunderund. Accounli from Sunderland give an accouit of an explosion in a coalpit at Haswell colliery, abon ten miles from Sunderland, which has enured the destruction of ninety-six human beings I It i aid lhat at the time of the accident there ere a hundred persons in the pit, and that onk three or four have been saved. A shoal of whales, amounting to opwirds of five hundred, proved a prize a few days kick lo the poor inhabitanti of Zetland, who ctptured them all, tnd sold the carcases at 2 5s eich The Duke of Norfolk is about to give 5 teres of land to the people of Sheffield, for publicplea sure grounds.

I The Queen of Spain is dying. On Monday, a private belonging to tie 7ih Fusileers, at Plymouth Citadel, received 200 lashes for insubordination. Il is said that two crowned heads (the Kings of Denmark and Bavaria) have subscribed tie teto- tol pledge. Tartans are becoming fashionable, in eonse quence of the Queen's Visit to Scotland, sud the pattern being patronized by her Majesty. The report is confirmed lhat Bohemia iil join the German Customs Union, by way of tiperi.

ment, for five years. Ireland. The great National Banquet to O'Conoell and bis convicted associates took place at the Matic Hall, Dublin, on tha eveninr, of the 19th alt. Tickets were 1 each. Tbe Mayors of Dub in, Cork, Limerick, Waterford, Kilenny, Sir go, Cloamel, and Drogheda, with several of the aider men cf the respective cities, atltadeJ i together with three Pretbyleriaa ClerrTmer, several Romaa Catholic, aad one Church of Ea- glaad.

Mr. W. S. O'Briea ia the Chair. After toasting the Qaeea, the Priaee of Wales, and tie rest of tbe Royal family, Ireland aal ber people," tbe Cbairmaa gave Mr.

O'Cooiell't health mat bapwiaess, that be say live tec tbe darling object of kit life aeeomplitbed, the repeal of tbe Caioa, (load aal eathauatlic cheers, A repealed, lbs whole cots pat rmag, ladies vaviag their handkerchiefs, Ae.) Mr. 0CoaacU replied ia a lorf rns mwieg rtited for thit pnrpote, and lh New fcngitnu manufacturers JWnd ready tn give $100,000, if that um will secure the result. We hope that the A'cu'i will keep a sharp eya on Ihtt mwr, "wl1 km ney arrive. Political Ducussion at Huntington. A poitiea discussion between tha Hon.

Joseph White, on the pert of the Whig, and Hon. C. Cambreling, on the part nf the opposition, took tt Huntington, L. on Jwsturuny itsu The Tribune say that Mr. tamhreling aouacu the issue made hy hit opponent and contented himself with a general tirade' against Ihe Bank, Distribution and the Tariff.

It Mr. C. wat fairly floored, that the Whigs went away perfectly satisfied wilh the impression that the discussion bad produced, tnd that the Loco wert in a rery uinerem moon. The Lneo Focot are laboring1 to make a little political capital nut or the death of Mrs. Ciliey.

It has been again and again shown that Mr. Clay had no participation in the disastrous affairwhich led to the death of Mr. Cilleyi on Ihe contrary we hava hit own declaration, well fortified by other testimony, lhat he endeavored to prevent ih duel. How contemptible it it to reiterate charge pflen disproved. i We desire all who can appreciate quiet homor, to read (he report (in another column) of the Essex County Agricultural Society, on Swine.

Our readera will remember the report last year by a Committee whose appropriate names were Hogg, Ham Boar and Choate. It annenrs that the day fixed upon by Ihe Mil teritea fur the destruction of the world, that of Ihe Jewish ntonement, ihe 10th day of the 7lh month, has already passed. The Millerites say that the day fills on the 23d of October; (Wed-nesday) but it seems they have made a mistake. The seventh Jewish roonlh eommenced with the new moon of September, and terminated with the new moon of October. The 10th day of that month was the 23d 0r September, and it was celebrated by ihe Jews throughnut the world as the day of atonement.

These facts we gather from a learned letter from the Rev. John Dowling, published 'n the Sun of this morning. MiiLERiTFt IN Nr.w York DISPERSED. Franklin 1UII, in Chatham square, ami the Church corner of Delancy ami Chrystie ttreet, the places of meeting for the Millerites, were surrounded hy a dense crowd, throughout yesterday. In Chatham square the mob grew noisy towards dark, nnd the Mayor thought it prudent to interfere.

Tbe meeting was accordingly broken up. In Delancy street no meeting was held in the evening, but the crowd about the building continued, without however committing any violence. The Express says thai the Millerites left Chatham Square WUU SIlC imvuslwn Sa Sh IloigWta jn this city. 1 1 An Extra Midnight Cry," with an angel blowing a trumpet, and a villainous looking black eros upon it, has just bsen issued. It contains the following alarming announcement 3 o'clock in Iht mornine, 2 October, He will Come.

Child, believe it. the ninth hour of the night, Jeviih time. There ynu have it in black and white, Tomorrow morning at 3 o'clock, expect the hail stone. I Bodt Found. The; Democrat tays that on Monday last, the body of a man was discovered in Boshwich Creek.

It wai lhat of an athletic man in the prime of life between thirty and forty about, five feet ten in height, with a continuous and heavy black whisker un der his chin. There were two old sca'rs over his right eye, tnd he had on a pair of striped cashmere pants, a check vest, hoots each with a patch on one tide of the upper leather shirt of white cotton and no coat. There wat found in hit pocket a three dollar bill and from the ttate of the body when taken out of the water it was conjectured he could not have remained longer in it than three or four days. Verdict, Found Drowned." Congressional Candidates. William J.

Cogswell, of Jamaica is Ihe Whig candidate for Congress in the First District, composed of the Counties of Suffolk and John W. Lawrence, Esq of Flushing, is the candidate of the opposition. Lima. By an arrival at Boston, from Valparaiso, we learn that Lima was placed under martial law early in July. The city of Lima had been fortified, and all the inhabitants were under Much enthusiasm exi-ted in favor of El Us, and a determined opposition against Employment of convicts in mining.

The Albany Argus says lhat the experiments in mining, preparatory to the erection of a State Prison near Plaltsbargh, have resulted most satis' factorily. An excellent lot of iron was madelas( week in the presence of Gov. Bouck and bis Cabinet. FtuiTrci. A woman ia Barre, hat given birth lo four children within the year.

In teven years the hat borne ten children. The Eagle professes to be amused with our eimate of electoral volet for Mr. Clay. It will laugh on the other tide of iu mouth after Noveav ber. The Loco Focot of Queens are to boll a mass meeting at Hempstead on Thursday next.

Reward A Hickory Tree will be given by the subscriber to any person, (equal to the one cut on Saturday night or Saaday morning) for the names of those persons who cut it, said persons meeting wilh some obstacle left it oa the premises. C. Vaw Cleet. Flag IN TaoT. A fire occurred oa Thensdat evening in Troy, at the eoraer of First and Ferry streets wnsca coasamea nve or sn Douses, fi coaamenrcd ia aa old wooden building, formerly as4 as a public boase, aa4 froa appearances, wat supposed te bare been set a fir.

comfortable and convenient gnlleriet, the aeeesa to lha nine being from the body of the edifice instead of out tide at ututl thit it in accordance with tha original design of the founder, vit i that every person, whaleverr their worldly ciretim-stances tnav be, might be accommodated with a eoaveaient teat. Tbe work it it contemplate I will be completed In about two wecKt, anu mtny the pewt hive been already rtnlcd. GLEANINGS, luri Ktc or BeooKLYN Lot. The Trut. tret of the Jackson Estate advertise a tale for Wednesday next, Ihe ZJru oi hi.k: lota, which tppearta be favorably situnted for the residence ol'thote doing biisineit down town and ir, it we are iniormeu, urcj ai nn errater distance from the Exchange (in- eluding the river) than 9th ttreet, thry mutt toon bv our raoidlr increasing population, to whom the advantage! of a healthy tuinraer residence, not subject to epiuemic uisra.c., equally eligible for winter, must he desirsble.

Brooklyn is in effect but a part of seem to altracl more than ill proportion onart-ilies, coming here from abroad and we freely admit lhat the comparative value of property anil rent are greatly in it favor. This ale it the lat old family estate within the tame distance to be told out, and we are told that in no instance within the recollection of our Informant have purchaser! of timilar properly in regular timet, failed to realize a rapid increate of value, from improvement consequent of ill passing into many handt. Com. Jdr. Pedestaianisji.

Gildersleeve, the winner at the great race on Wednesday last, in reply to a challenge from Barlow, one of the English runner, to run any American 10 mile for $1000, propose to ran any man in the world for that amount for either 12 or 15 miles. It would appear by the running on Wednetday last, that Barloa it the best 10 miie runner, but that Gild. rsleeve is superior for a greater distance. It is highly probable, however, that a match will be msde between these men, and if it should be effected it will create even greater in terest than the great race last weelt. news, Schooneb Capsized.

On Wednesday night between 9 and 10 o'clock, the schooner Martin Van Buren, Capt. J. Philip, belonging to Ana-pol', but employed for the ue of the Government, in surveying the coast, under the direction of Mr. Wise, wat capsized off Bear Creek, between Hawkins' and Sollert' Point, during tbe heavy blow about that lime. Some hourt afterwards the wat fallen in wilh by the tchr.

Dorcas, of Talcot county, and was then righted and towed up by the" Dorcas as fnr as Cnrlit' Creek. The steamer Ericsson afterwards look both in low and brought them into Baltimore. Tha charti and inttru-mentt belonging to the Government were all tared with injury. Mr. Wise, Surveyor, and the crew lost most ol'lheir clothing.

Philadelphia Murder Case. At 9 o'clock Saturday afternoon, the jury in the ce oflsaae Hare, one of the Kensington rioter, tried for the murder of Joseph Rice, brought in a verdir-t of Murder in the Second Degree, wilh a reeommen-datiun to the mercy of the Court. The Trenton State Gazette says, that Capt. R. F.

Stockton ia again quite ill of one of those attacks, resembling bilious cholic, to which he hat been subject since the bursting of the Peace-maker. Several of the officer! and crew nf the frigate Princeton have been liable lo timilar at- siaaa that unfortunate occurrence LOVft-isLAUD MASS JTIEETI.IG. ID" The Whig of Long Island will hold a Grand Mast Meeting on FORT GREEN, in the City ofBrooklyn, on THURSDAY, the 21th of October, instant. A procession will be formed at Fulton Ferry, at 9 o'clock. and proceed thence lo the place of meeting.

The meeting will be addressed by Hon. DANIEL WEBSTER, Hon. RUFtTS CHOATE, CASSIUS M. CLAY, JOHN SARGENT, J. R.

INGERSOLL, Governor ELLSWORTH, and other distinguished speakers. The Whigs of New York and the surrounding country, are respectfully invited to be present, and will receive a cordial welcome from tbe Whig of Long-Island, on (hi occasion. Fort Green is Revolutionary ground. Here our Whig Fathers entrenched themselves in the glorious conflict for American Freedom, and here will their sons meet'and counsel together, for the perpetuity of those blessings which Revolutionary valor achieved. Again shall the American Banner float on Fort Green, and CLAY and FRELINGHUYSEN shall be written on its fulds, Whigs, one and all, let us rally around It I Committee of Arrangementi i Arraham Cbist, David Leavitt, Frederick Lf.e, E.

H. Kimball, M. Van Cott, Leonard T. Colis, Henrv G. Cooke, Joan A.

King, Wm. H. Stort, Arraham T. Rose, James R. Burton, John A.

Cross, Oct. 21 3t JUBILEE! (TT The Repealers ofBrooklyn will kindle af Bonfire on Bergen's Hill, adjoining Court street, ia the Sixth Ward, Soulh Brooklyn, on MONDAY EVENING, October 1814, in commemoration of the great moral victory achieved by the' release of O'Connell and his martyred compatriots-from the odious prison of their persecutors. They invite the Repealers of Long Island, New York, the Hudson River Counties- New Jersey and ALL who are in frvor ol asserting the rights of man and advancing the blessing of constitu tional liberty la join them en this occasion. A stand will he erected on the ground, from which several eminent speakers will address Ihe People The Repealers of Brooklyn will assemble a I Sweeney't Columbian Hall, foot nf Atlantic St. South Ferry, for the purpose of meeting and ecorting their friend lo the ground, by a procession to be formed at that place precisely at 9 o'clock, headed by the Executive Committee' The procession preceded by a band oi Highland Pipers will march from the South Ferry through Furmaa street to Fulton Ferry, up Front lo Main, up Main to York, ap York to Jack sob, dowa Jackaow to Nassaa, ap Nassau to Jay, down Jay to Smith, and ap Smith to the ground.

It ia hoped the friends of the cause will term out ia auch numbers as may be worthy of Ihe occasion. The Repeal Wardens will act ae aide to the Grand Marshall. N. B. No money will be collected at thit Brooklyn, Oel.

17tb. 1814. By eider of the Execativ Committee, R. S. CHUKCH, Chairman.

CoXWITTCg. Is eter O'Hara, James Coltros, Daaile McNamera, William Lee. Xeal MeAnley. Joba McCkraa. Oct.

17 following estimate from Mr. Alley wt are made acquainted with tbe value of his remains, ennsid errd merely na an article of domestic economy. They would have fumi-hed a public dinner for riia i.cenency the Governor, Hit Honor me Lieutenant Coventor, the Executive Council, and all the Mayort and Aldermen of the three ciurt of the Commonwealth, and have sopplied a second table (or th Committee and Common Council of the CitV ofSnlem besides enabling this latter body lu stive a cold shoulder io me Clergy. Ther would also have provided fnl nnd rahers for the chowder of the City Government nf St em, on their annual visit to ihe harbor t.t contemplate the two Miseiies and Cat Hand. 1 Solid fnt for one hundred and twenty teven pott nf beans.

i Liquid ditto to fry seven hundred and fifty-Bv pniindt of fiesh fish. Ditto lo saturate six hundred tnd teventy-rour Mxliflt nfult flitlO. Shortening lor mneiy-iwo tupcmsiai short cake, tad Ditto for two thousand three hundred anu tev niv-eiaht erv eornulent rtongh-nnls. It oalv eemains. in closing this memoir, so five som necount of his munnrr of livingi and herr eandnr comnets sis to the admission that he lived and died a bachelor, but In extenuation we have the best of reasons for believing that like mnny others nf that unhappy clas, thit was his niisfor- tune and not his fault.

Ho was Careless or His personal appearance, and gave no employment to the tailor, dentist or barber. He was equally unconcerned about the furniture of his habitation, and hit camel, although of home production, had all the so An ess if not the variety of colors of the Brussels. He was irregular in his habits, eating when hungry, drinking when thirsty, and sleeping when inclined by nature to rest. Mr, Alley informt us, with appaient sincerity, that he sub sisted on raw Indian meal and potatoes. The Committee know Mr.

Alley to be a gentleman strict verncity, and they do not liKe to question his statrments hut they had mppnsed it more likely that he lived on green turtle soup nnd pound cake, with an occasional menl of boiled salmon and canvass back duck. Indeed they have the evidence of some of the neighbors thai fragments of these and other delicacies were fre quently teen about hit dining trough, which, if true, would go faup account lor the extraordinary bulk lo which ne attained. It ia a tource of much gratification to your Committee that the knights of the snout nnd the brittle have had their advocates among the wise nnd learned of all ages. Perhaps the race is as much indebted for the consideration in which they are at present held to that pleating writer, the late Charles Lamb, as to any other author. It is highly gratifying to see this prince of modern Kssayists, essaying to apeak the praises of pork.

We cannot lorbear quoting a few sentence from his Dissertation on Roast Pig, as published in the Essays ofE iat Pig let me speak hi praise i no lest provocative of, than he ia satisfactory tn, the criti-cnlness of the censorious palate. strong man may batten on him. and the weakling refuted! not hi wild juicet." There ia no flavor comparable, I will contend, to that of the crisp, tawney, well-watched, not over-roasted, crackling as it is well called the very teeth are invited to their share of the pleasure at this banquet in overcoming the coy, brittle resistance with the adhesive oleaginous --oh call it not fat bat an nndafinaklo sweat ness growing np to it. The lender blossoming of fat fat cropped in the bud taken in the first innocence the cream and quintessence of the child-pig's pure food the lean, not lean, but a kind of animal manua or rather, fat nnd lean (if it must be so) so blending and running into ench otner, mat oom sogeiner mane Hiuviuoiatai result, one common substance. Behold him while he is doing it seemeth rather a refreshing warmth than a scorching neat ne is so passive, to.

How equably he lurnein rounci the string. Now he it just done. To see the extreme sensibility at that lender age, he nam wept out hit pretty eyes radiant jellies shouting liars. See him the dish, his tecond cradle, bow meek he lielh. WouldM thou have had this innocent crow ud to the grossness and indocility ich so often accompany maiurer swinenoou i Ten to one he would have proven a glutton.

sloven, an obstinate, disagreeable animal, wal lowing in all manner ol filthy conversation irom these tins he is happily tnatcneu away Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade, "Death came with kindly care." Ploughing Match. The Ploughing and Snading under the direction of the agri eullural committee of the American Institute, having been twice postponed on account of tha rain, at length took place at fordham on fcatur The number of spectators wa not as great as at the ploughing match last year at Peterson, N. J.i vet some two or three hundred were pre sent. The ground selected was on the farm of the Rev. Mr.

Powell, lying about a quarter oi a rn ile from the railroad. The snading match aAer considerable delay, eommenced about one o.cloek. The conditions were, For the best spading, ground twenty feet long and ten wide, a silver cup, valued at second best a silver medal third best a diploma." There were six entries, and the work eommenced Joseph Lodge coming out in twenty min utes. The premiums awarded were as lonows: Joseph Lodge, firsti Wm. P.

Lodge, lime thirty minutes, second and Matthew Roach, thirty-four minutes, third. The ploughing then began. There were ten entries, and all from Westchester eo. but two- Cornelius Bergen from Brooklyn, and Henry Moore of Ithaca, who had horses. Two others Charles Bathgate of Morrisiana, and Malhew ol West Farms, drove also horses.

The rest had were, John Ray, Morrisiana John Savage and Moses Rogers, West Farm Lewis G. Mori is nnd Oliver Cromwell, Fordham Jeremiah Tiens, Yonkers. The conditions were, For Ihe best ploughing performed in one hour on one-eighth of an acre of greensward, a cup, value eight dollars) second best, a silver medal; third, a diploma." The best ploughing has no regard to time, yet as nsual there was great stiife to come out first. The oxen as last year beat the horses. Moses Rogers with oxen eame not first.

Charles Bathgate second; and Cornelius Bergen third; the latter two having horses. Mr. Cromwell came out fourth. I he premiums were i. awarded I me uri to jona, uv caurcuui fifth second to Moses Rogers, and third to Ma-ihew Rar who eame out seventh.

Success de pends more on the plough and the skill of the bolder than on the team. An Ihmcnsc TaAilt. The locomotive Ontario, built by Mr. Baldwin, of thia city, brought down the Reading Railroad, on Wednesday last, one hundred and lily iron ears, folly laden with al. The t-ain wat at least one-tnira oi a miie song, and the coal thas carried weighed sevea hundred anj fifr.

me ions tbe aggregate weight of Ihe coal aad ears bring the eaormous amount of elevea hundred and eicbly Ions. 1 beeagine waica performed the anpara leied feat raas apoa six driving wheels, and. with the immense iraia aiuom, moved along at a rapid rate. Ditratsxac. A gentleman named MrSay, passenger ia the brig Aaa Etna, froas New Voik, i.

m.fr mi the Soatbara loflee House, ia Aftaiacbkola oa Saturday evening Si inst. aad i transact tome Iratiaett wnea ae roald aot be foasd. Sue it tuppoted tm kara heea MrUallT deranged aad wandered lata the wools- party of fraJetwa wcat ta leareh ter. i rt it's 1 gish about him but his tail. He now became a worthy member the I.

O. of Fat Fellows, and rv attained to their hishest degree. Hi corpulency prevented him from travelling, and although he Jtad never been to roam, he was familiar with the irh stores of ancient and modern grease. He possessed neither title nor trust deeds, but was aevertnelest enuuea io oe irusieu ior ni deeds. The ttate of the money market gave him no concern, and he cared litile for the rise and fall of ttocks, except corn stalks, which he always appeared aoxions to gel down.

He early acquired a disfust at party politics, by observing the greediness with which tome partisans have thrast their snwuts into the public swill pail. He even thought that some aspiring individual! bad much better have a sty in their eye than the White IToose at Washington. In his political views thert seemed to be something like inconsistency, at it frequently the rase w.ih i hose who profess neutrality. Ha was ia favor of protection, and was a ravenous advocate af borne consumption. He also favored large corporations, and at the same time was a strong advocate vt retrenchment, ana oengnira in cm-rine sows etlUnct, He aerer was a candidate for any pablK statin, and it it believed that his SDodetty woald prevent bin from accepting the offer of any office, fro that of Committee oa Swine dowa to the President of the United Nates.

a(wilhstaadig be was tea fret long from rt- re Duty txtresnity, tbe event proven mat ae was ant long for this world, aaj ia a is iai exuo aaity ao friend was lang lo save aim Irosa lae liarf of tbe atatia. He wat rapidly inrrratseg ia te ami! time af bisdrpartare, which wat 2Cvcfc at Ac aye twa jar tad.

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