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VIeoR. COURAGE AND MANHOOD OF OLD
ROUGH AND READY.-The Louisville Journal
says:
When Gen. Taylor was young man, he
and an older brother, William, long since dead,
swan from the Kentucky shore across the
Ohio river to the Idiana shore, and back again
without resting. The feat was performed IN
the month OF March, when the river was swol-
len and chill Il greatly surpassed the famous
one OF swimming the Hellespont, which is
about mile across, and Of delightful tempera-
ture. The Taylors were not accompanied by
boat, as Byron was when he swan the Hell
lespont, which makes all the difference in the
world. One winter, when, Gen. Taylor
was stationed at Prairie du Chen, he used to
walk every morning from his lodgings to the
barracks, without great coat, when the Their
mometer was 40 degrees below Zero


ASSAULT ON Mr.. HAWKINS We learn from
the Montreal Transcript, that mob Of ruffian-
ly fellows made violent attack on Mr.. Haw-
kins, few Sundays since, while he was lee
turing on the wharf A stone weighing a
pound was thrown at him, which he intends
sending to Father Mathew, that he may learn
the treatment he received in city containing
1000 teetotallers. Such treatment as this, shows
very palpably the influence of strong drinks in
debasing the mind, and the importance of re-
doubling our efforts to rid the world ofthis aw-
ful curse. II will only nerve friend Hawkins
to still greater efforts.-Er


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Gen. Waddy Thompson, in his recent book
on Mexico. has the following depression on our
great national river: s


1t would seem that..the only valuable gift
which bountiful Providence has withheld
from Mexico is that Of navigable streams.--
There is no such thing as steamboat running
single mile in any river in the whole repub-
lie. Perhaps there are not five hundred miles
Of all their rivers which are navigable for
boats of the smallest size. 1t may be that the
progressive improvement in the science ofrail-
roads may furnish the means Of supplying this
defect.


A Roman Catholic Church is about to be
erected at Leonard Town, Md. The building,
says the Beacon, is to be of brick, sixty feet
long, forty y-three feet wide, and twenty feet
pitch


A CoMPL IMLNT.-The London Standard
speaking Of Manufactures, says that nearly all
the recent mechanical contrivances introduced
into our factories for dispensing with human
labor, are Of American invention.


Convicted AND SENTENcED.-The Fairfax,
(Va.) News says:


John Petit was convicted at the last term of
the Supreme Court of this County of horse
stealing, and sentenced to Imprisonment in the
Peniten tiary for five years.


DEATH OF Mr.. DwIGHT-Theo. Dwight,
esq, one of the oldest New York editors, for
merly attached to the Daily Advertiser, now
the Express, died on Friday morning in the
8lst year of his age.


CoNEEcrIcUT.-Th House OF Representa-
tves, by decided vote, on Thursday, repeal
ed the license low of lS45





The receipts of the Long Island Railroad
Company. for the month of May, were some
thing over $4,000.


SMAKT.-A boy being told that his coat was
rather short, said he thought it would be long
enough before he got another.


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ONO RIYER-At Pitishurp on Thursday