“ The Register asserts that a large majority of the Democracy of the State prefer Van Buren to any other candidate. This may be, but we can find many sensible men belonging to the 'Democracy,' who think Colonel Johnson is stronger in Illinois than Van Buren. Put that and that together.
2. Van Buren was cheated out of his election in 1840. He was, eh? These people! How they sometimes 'cheat' the office-helders! If turning corrupt men out of office, is cheating them, we will agree with the Register, that Van Buren was badly cheated. ”

“ It is a slander--yes a slander--upon a large body of the people--of the whole people, of this section of country; and the Statesman owes it to the cause of truth and justice to retract. We do not charge our brother of the Statesman, with intentionally misrepresenting the views and feelings of his fellow citizens: But, if we understand the policy and measures of the party with which we have always acted, he had been most grossly deceived in his estimate of them. We have been, and we desire to be, a law-abiding people ”

“ It is enough that the Prophet and his minions and panderers, should vilify and traduce us, in sermons and speeches from the stand, and in letters to the penny newspapers, without our having the epithets of 'mobocrats' and 'murderers' flung in our faces, by those who should be our friends. ”

“ Some smart chop at Nauvoo, who signs himself 'Viator,' is writing letters to a little paper at Boston, called 'The Bee,' in which, although professing to be no Mormon, his chief object appears to be to prove the Mormons the nicest most virtuous, and orderly people on the earth. ”

“ On reaching the great height, the various bodies diverged like the jets of a fountain in all directions--falling to the earth and upon roofs of houses, in some instances, as much as two hundred and fifty yards from the scene of destruction. ”

“ Van Buren, Calhoun, Cass, Johnson and Webster were all born in the year 1782.
It is said that peach scions do well grafted in the butternut.
It is the duty of every man to be a politician.
The receipts into the New York Post-office amount in a year to 300,000 dollars. ”

“ Again he says "the Message states that the preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted, and this statement he knows to be false, that he and many others voted in the negative" &c. Now sir, I happened to be at the meeting as well as yourself, and have no recollection that more than one vote was heard at any time in the negative, and that one was supposed to be given by a stultified Mormon, who was generally considered a cypher. And admitting that you did vote ne you say, and it does not alter the case in the
least; for as you are considered nobody, it was evidently no vote. ”

“ Editor:--Having read an article in your last Message under the caption of "The last case at Nauvoo," allow me through the medium of your paper, to enquire of those most likely to know, the reasons why Mr· Charles did not execute the writ mentioned by arresting Smith, and having him brought before the proper Justice, there to answer. Did Smith refuse to come? if so, has the con. stable no other power at command, to assist in compelling an individual against whom he has a warrant to obey? ”

“ A French dentist, failing, after several trials, to extract a lady's tooth, accounted for it by saying that 'nothing bad could come out of her mouth.'
t the late term of the Circuit Court in Rockville, Indiana, Miss Mary Brison recovered a judgment for $1000 damages, in an action for a breach of marriage contrct against Mr. Bryant Seymour.
American cheese is now taken to England, brought back, and readily sold as prime English cheese. Good.
A proposition is before the Boston board of Aldermen to pave the city with iron. ”