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 topics of conversation were, moral, religious, and miscellaneous subjects and we were glad to learn to our satisfaction, that Mr. Clay was firm believer in the ChristaiH religion that he read his bible, and attended, with his excellent lady and family, the Protestant Episcopal Church in Lexington, and fre- 1 quenily hears ministers of other churches" !" THURIoW WEED, ESQ.

 The Oliver Ellsworth was yesterday chartered, we are told, to carry Thurlow Weed, Editor of,he Alba to the packet ship which sailed for Liverpool. MT. Weed, after long career of varied ortune has final lv amassed handsome independence out of the State l printing We wish him pleasant voyage.-Sun Mr. Weeds circumstances have been as various as those of almost any other man today upon the top of fortune's wheel, and to. morrow down again. Soon after we saw the | inside of printing office, we also saw Thur low Weed installed over us as Editor and foreman. This was in Rochester, N. Y. some twenty years ago. Weed came pen. l nyless to the place. bringing his family with him. He asked for employment as a prin. ter or assistant editor of the little "seven by nine" journal, then and there printed once in seven days. He was told by the worthy publisher that their was nothing for him to do. Weed thought of his family, away from their friends, and of his own impover- ished condition. In spite of his efforts to prevent it, tear was gathering in his eye, and he turned abruptly away to hide it, But the sympathising and benevolent gentle man 10 whom he applied saw and feh i-for he called MT. Weed back and at once made him liberal offer to take charge of his pa. per and printing office. The proposition was accepted, and Mir. Weed gained repu. tation immediately throughout the village as an able editor.

 The next year his political friends sent him to the legislature by very generous ed through the village, Rochester became a great place, and the sphere of Mr. Weeds labors and inf1uerce, was proportionably en. larged. He at length got deeply into the antimasonic excitement, and lost much by it. 1 His circumstances continued for some years to alternate from state of prosperity to ad. versity until he reached Albany, but at all times, and under all circumstances, his tnl. ents caused him 10 be known, and felt throughout the State. He at length settled down in Albany, upon the Evening Journal, anG we are glad indeed to hear that he has reaped a fortune from it.; yet it is impaired ito improve which he now visits Europe We too wish him "a pleasant voyage" The perseverance and industry of MT. Weed from his youth up, afford a noble example to all young lads of whatever occupation, as his pecuniary success and favorable reputa- tion are but the fruits of those virtues.

 New Hauen Palladium

 The Influenza is more prevalent this year than it has been during any other season wo remember. In this city great number of persons engaged about our office are af- ficted with it-the offices of the Commer- cial, Courier, and other papers make the same complaint-about sixty of the North Carolina are troubled by 1.-the hotels have been visited, ard several boarding houses within our knowledge have not escaped In Albany the editors, reporters and prin- ters, and others employed in the offices of the Journal, Advertiser, Argus, and other papers, are afflicted with it. From Phila- delphia similar complaints reach US.

 W. Y. Tribune.

 Immense Repeal Meetings had been held in various parts of Ireland, and at some of these British troops had been present as spec. :ators. Al our last accounts, however. no disturbance had taken place. Still we can. not but see danger in the aspect of affairs.- It seems almost impossible for thousands oi rcpealers to meet together, with troops sta. toned near them, without collision. In the early part of last month a repeal meeting was held at Mullingar, which was attended by upwards of 100000 persons. After the meeting, about 400 sat down to public din. ner at which Catholic Bishop presided and a number of the Clergy were among the guests. We are assured that there are more troops, in Ireland at the present time, than have been stationed there for the last sixteen years. In the city of Dublin alone, there arc 45OO.

 THE CALF CANDIDATE.-This euphonious title is applied to w. w. Wallace, the Loco, loco candidate for Congress in the second district, from the following circumstance :- On certain ocasion recently, Wallace in addressing his fellow citizens, in the absence of his competitor, said that he didn't know what 10 compare Mfr. Sen:er to but a large brindle COW, which had long been in his fath- CTS family, and although she was large and fat she gave but little milk and that little very blue." This beautiful comparison reached the ears of Mfr. Senter, and the next time he met his opponent on the stump he alluded tc it in the following way :-He said he had nc doubt but that it was true that such COW was in the family of Mir. Wallace, and tha she gave but little milk, k,and even that that lit tic was blue, 'and as an evidence of the fac said he. Il present you fellow citizens, with one of the calves" turning round to his dis comftted and bIushing competitor. This o course raised a high laugh. and Mfr. W. ha' since fallen heir to the tittle of the"cali candidate. "-Cb0fiGnargo (Tenn.) Gazette.

 A PROFITABLE Cow.-The Wheeling Times says "a cow, known 10 be extraordinary for milk, owned by S. Spring Esq of this city, which has been uRde aLa hnxu