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Nut aleast, beautiful images ef, the picturiare
the moni4d ; 14 nedgentiernen: , An the 'inky
of Amble:pleads for : which . the English are Vie noted,
are , seen hare capatitemed tidily, and . mounted by.
thebest ridersitr•the vimlif. :, Rorsemimaltip may be
considered as en English virtxtepor eniinence. Fanny:
Kimble, *ho:nsidtoldiarePee up Chesnut street;the,
oafs .irith Months widienough to - swallow her and
the hang; inehidieig !pars and iniutingele; for her
riding 'quitlities4hetie only) woe* be hem unnoticed.
Play hulies tore now in view, who would leap yen a
%five-bar *le,* - uame in at the death. .., As for the
Englialunathhea kind of centaur, and seenisteln
ti past, of the tie ; either nations look as if they
finiglit:falloff. , fine arts, and in literary and milk-
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toy glow*, the French may dispute perhaps the palm
with this Wank; out on horseback, the Englishman
Japes the world, at his heels.
The i 4mdonlinerchant is.often rich enough to imi
tate. even Outdo, the splendor of the nobles; and
parades ;his at4uificence so presnmptnouslyin nil i
the public plact.s , that the latter are driven to hunt
distinction' is the opposite direction. it is comnion
enough e° arm it lord, with the blood of twenty gene . -
sr dons in his*ns, mounted in ititople gar 4 up,ot9i
nag, followed py has footman ' upon a full-blooded
' steed, in all the pomp of liveried greatress. • I forgot
to say *it aniAmesicart citisen,,of Philadelphia; is
seen dimly riding up Regent street, with, a hauteur
thatal-hefits the freedom of our- state.
The street +lights have each a broad walk, paved
with 4nare flags,and each covered with a full stream
of pedelerian&i, About '93,a gentleman used to ap
ear abroad with tyfotipee, and two curls on eaclicar,
'read a ehapette !ander , the UM : and to be properly
Ouzel Mid eolffettwas the affair of two or three hourd.
Toil:din:s thin exuberance of dressr was_one of the
achirrementstof the French revolution; and more
modern reforr continues to trench upon the elegan.
cies of life daily. Each class, however, still continues
upon the continent, to move quietly in itssemirate
sphere, and retains a peculiar mode of dress; bUt in
Engiai l id, no ftmployment disqualifying any one hem'
being i gentleman, pretension breaks up and confuses
the orders; and the very , uniformity makes the laws
of fashron inure absolute; for neatness to fit, and
the gentiial a l i ir,. ie ail that is left to distinguish the
master from the valet. Also in 'nations, which only
i copy, and do not invent, there will be less diversity.
A Parisian &Olen is always a -little less fashionable_
' in . Pans then .in foreign countries. Upon the
BouleVardsP i he Philadelphia Quaker, the German,
with his triangular het' and tic-wig, the troweered
Turk, end Cimstian raiced to the quick, all pass by
unnoticed. Ppon . Regent-street, any abrupt depar
ture fi - inn the simple, uniform mode, is a subject of
obgernition, sad with the low bred, sometimes, of in- i
: snit.
..•Bach !uniformity is-much less remarkable in
Aumn9 l fro i ta the constant emigration of foreigners
end the greater love for French fashions.
As ireii n' in London implies entire exemo
don he l m' b iness, the pretenders are on the strain.
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to disgoisep motional Habits. The cockney, aping•
the exgedsitet. carries awkwardly his snowy glove be
tween finger and thumb, and an inch of immaculate
cambri l eleioks out from his pocket; and the artist of
the balletjwalksJoes-in, to conceal the dancing-mas
ter. 4,11; affect to seem . natural; but e ff orts to con
ceal Inn disciiveries, and the affectations flash in the
eyes °jibe adept, in spite of the supereminent 'Steitz.
An English gentleman is iright neat personage, hay
ins no . ;jembrnidery, nor any attempts at finery; All
is approPriate iseatnetic. ' The coat does not draw
away thl attention of the wearer, who in fact is the
princiPelmait of the concern. Paris :is' the proper
region oaf holies' dress, but a Frenchman is magnifi-
cant only in ' his robe de chambre of damask s ; with
aralianiues f divers colors upon an emerald ground :
out of 'the; eis entitled to no sort :01 . commenda-,
tion. - 1 ' ' :
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Th En ish are anti-paganist ; whiskers are not
perrai spread open a British subject lower than
the ; . an they repudiate moustaches altogether.
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whiskared hi the eyes, is quite 'the go' in the very -
fashiottahle ' : eirchlii . % Their travellers often ridicule
your 4otnea's dressing on the street; their OWli smut
ty and fhlitlinous atmosphere making such a custom
tnennsiside :t in London. The Frenchwomen, too,
run aboutdressed in their filthy streets in the same
mapniini it whatever be the streets, I like the
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Engliahe . 'in in this.—Women should be relieved,
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on or , , ciccsions, from.. the inquisition of the
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toileti , a ' is „ favorably disposed to a leauty that
cau.atimiltutdesnabille. Beauty gains by contrasts,
and:iliii 1 1l is mote dangerous in- a well ordered
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neghgee, than to the extremest fashien. A woman
' '' ' who is dressed always. 1
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From the New York limes,
The, Ch rusts held a meeting at Newport, for the
. parties: eof getting-up an address to the Queen, pray
ing for th -.restoration' of Frost, Williams and Jones
froatiinnis. inept. There was no disturbance of the
public peat" aid the concourse, which consisted of
soma thotfrandi separated quietly. • -
Aland an - who bung himself at Rheims, was
found au but still alive; from a superstition
that lt unlucky to cut the rope of a gentleman
in sueli a osition be was allowed to remain till life .
was iszen 4 when the police cut him down.
From , discussion of the loan in the ,Dutch
chambers ' appears that out of a revenue of filty:two
millionslf florins , forty million' are required for the
inteanst o the'debt.
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e Nile ha s risen to 221 feet this year, and the
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inundation is so great that incalculable mischief has
been done lo the country.
A man cript relative to the military and naval
position • o il' Corsica entirely written in Napoleon's
own touid, his been found inn librarY at Toulon.
.ir, wa an named Joneis,died last week It Dudley,
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above ni ety years old, leaving behind her 138 grand
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4 m ling for the promotion of Irish minder,
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tires w '-heldiu Dublin Theatre on • Thursday.—
The lira wen occupied by ladle', the pit and gal
ferY.heil the male part of the audience, and the
apelike:sirens on the stage. . . Mr O'Connell and
P' Butt were the principal performers.—
ThOugh -meeting was held in the day time, the
rafessot the
Theatrereal brilliantly lighted, .. . . ,
The gam ereial City of Leghorn is in the moat
enclanchaly condition, owing to the failure of several
and — rate houses.. -, ' 7 .
. ,Ilslamentable accident occurred at Dublin, on the
Stith 'WU, at the ;Roman Catholic chapel in Kinds'
at. 1„ On of tie timbers , of the gallery, which was
thrls l 4 with . People, was heard to crack—a crywas
:aired that...the bu il ding was , falling, and a rush en
eti4 iiawhirli three persons were trampled to death
andisisrl ivere dangerously injared.
• ITU men andinfaut Princes s /till. tujoy good
heath. . . • 1
i kun4er plan - against Louis Philippe's ,life ens
Oaken of as having been found in \ the pocket
of drivr of * Paris omnibus' Who committed
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' le imperil; said .10 base been found Wat being.
* inmilnir of a sectet aociety, hie ; turn had come by
1410 kin the Kings hat finding khuseir wale t3l-
e l'the-grime, he had-determined to hang him
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has... -----",
fi Lluite been severe frost' iti Pads, an dome
lois-
4toning up fhifies."—the Coi3rt for the Garet.
10-Eirors in New Ynrie hes decided OM cities
areitest*ipeueible for buildings tern dtinrn or Mown"
up to OIPP a COOtairelion.
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atimolkiedilthe are due _to &suitor
Timidity, for public ilocur ilen t i6 -
Wadha'• he he weathet is as variable and
as changeable and, es coquettish as a Miss in her
teem -A. , Yon don!t know hoW to take it; although at
this aeasorq of 'ate year it ta, generally preferred, to use
an ekting,4l4use expression , la , cold without sauce."
The Thermometer, about these days, and about "these
diggim:' is up and down, 'up and down, hke the
walking beam, Awe believe times the name,) of a
sttianrer's engine. `. Talking" of the weather, who
knows when there is a moon I We want to see the
Pottsville girls by_ moonlight. You' can't tell 'sin
horn s angebi then, though we dare Bayern= of 'em
are Ispitfires, after all. ' Wei like to look at pretty
girls so much, that we sometimes _thinkwe're moon.
strtck. Wonderif we are t Shbuldn't wonder ; for
we (once courted a fair creature unsuccessfully, and
bai l ie never been exactly right since,' We cut round
her for a year or two—whispered soft-words to her—
told her she was the lost Pleiad—and' all that sort of
thing. It was no go. One , day she well,
nolmatter. Who cares! There are more lost Mehl&
The roads between this place and Reading during
the past week were in excellent order, considering the
season of the year and the strange weather with
which we have been blessed with.
New Coiwty.—Petitions have been presented to
the Legisliture for the formation of a new County
out of parts of Schuylkill, Dauphin and Northum
berland. The new County will embrace the two
Mahantangos. We go for the new County.-:-
The Mahantangos have always been an expense to
Schuylkill, and the sooner they are cut off the better.
g:pTariff Resolutioris have been introduced into
the Senate by Mr. Ewing, of Washington County.
a:7•The Harrisburg Telegraph states that water
has
,been introduced into the Capitol. Glad of it—
we shall now have more temperate Legislation.
Wertier's Democratic Press.--To such of .our
friends as wish to subscribe to a good Democratic
German paper, we cbn confidently recommend the
Democratic Free Press," published at this place.
It is e,dited with tact, talent and ability, and is em
phatically most deserving of public patronage. We
observe in the last number of the Deinocrrtic Press
that the name of Judge DB4B is-placed at the head
of its col,timns as its candidate for Governor.
Resumption.—=The Baltimore Banka have resolved
to resume specie payments on the Ist of February.
The Virginia Banks have named the same day for
re sumption.
A Woman convicted'of Murder.—At Philadelphia,
on Saturday last, a woman named Sarah Ann Davis
was convicted of murder in the first degree. The
jury recommended her to mercy. Unless reprieved,
therefore, she will be hanged.
General /Karr/amt.—General Harrison left Cin
cinnati on Tuesday last, the 26th inst., for [ Washing
ton. It is expected that be will reach- the seat of
government on Wednesday or Thursday next.
Hunfingdr Breach.—The Legislature, has au
thorized the Treasurer to settle with the 11. States
Bank and the Harrisburg Bank for the funds ad
vanced to repair the breach caused in the Canal by
the great freshet at Huntingdon..
cy.The Delegales from Dauphin County have
been instructed to vote for Judge Banks mete State
Convention.
1 :6-A Ciimmittee has been appointed in the Sen
ate of this State to investigate the affairs of the Lew
istown Bank.—Favoritism on the partof the Direc
tors is charged against this Institution.
The Florteta War.—The Secretary of War says
that two million, three hundred and eighty-five
thousand dollars, and upward, is now necessary for
this War!
1)r. Eldridge.--Tlie Jury, in the case of Dr. El
dridge, titter being outthirteen days, on Tuesday last
was discharged, the Court being convinced that it
was impossible for them to agree. Eleven were in
favor of [conviction and one for acquittal. •
Dr: Eldridge is to be retried before Judge Doran.
The trial commenced on Thursday.
To Farmers.—We have received from Mr. James
Ronatdion, of Philadelphia, a small Pamphlet, in
which he gives his reasons for importing grain and
farming implements into this country. Mr. It, we
understand, is a gentleman of considerable property,
and appears to be actuated by a sincere and laudable
desire to improve , the agricultural and horticultural
interests of the United States. For a number of
years past, we believe, he has paid an annual visit to
England, for the purpose of making himself acquaint.
ed with iwhatever was likely to be of service or in
terest to; the Fanner.
Mr. Rortaldson has but recently returned from Liver.
poid, and offers fOr Ra le a great variety of seeds, &c.,
which he has procured at great pains and expense.
His addriss is, No. 200, South Ninth Street, Phila.
dolphin.
We learn •by the -Telegraph, that a rentOn'
sinner', against the appointment of Thaddeus Ste
vans, as Post Master General, has been 'signed by e
number of the democratic members of the Legisla
ture.
Com; tussles/J.—The sayings end doings during
the past week, of our Federal law make* at Wash
ington, may be summed up in a few words. ThOrit- -
tention Of the Senate has been almost wholly occu
pied with thediscussion of the, merits of the Pre-emp
tion Bill, and in the Rouse any number of speeches
have been made for and against the Treasury Note
Bill. It is doUbtful, from present appearances,
whether any definite action will be taken on either
of these , important bills for some days to come, at
least. 1
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The 'ltiladeliihiatas aro making a great noira-abotit
Mrid. Sefton.' the Vocalist. We hav9,„gard ,'her
strains in NorMa," and at the timeythought it boas
probable that she would go to pi,ws. She stuck hard
and fasi on any 'number offi6s.
OtrThe Ber#Faii;lty itank.-,-Thie Institution
has palsied • into:'. ether hands—. Elijah Deckert i l has
been elected-President—abd a new Board of Threc.
tors bas - ‘een selected. The Institution' pale a/few
, orber notes in spec* amlibe merchants have ad
vertisctto i'eceiva them at par for,goods.,
The ;Schuylkill Bank has also resuined specie
payments for her notes—and the deposites are , ' mid
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in note of other Banks. The charter is cocundered
very valuable, and worth presetting. I ,
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. 4 paper notices th e death of a Mr. Campbell, and
.politelyit4nests tts Cotetopotailes to I c.tipy and
gridify'bia. numerous friends." i ,
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' THE *MiNERi$ 1 .101610
me Public Debt and the Public
rivalry that exists.betireen the States.o
eta, litstibilla;NS4 fit*
49 1 ,4:obtails and,rets*thii!fast-** lll' nOltin• ,
creasing trade of the West, as known to ninety every
clan of our chines. This honorable strife and cumo
petition hitherto lies been thew* exeldrivelY ;coal*
ed between this Stateabd N,ew York,and the,vren•
derful mummies of : both, Stets have been !nought
into action, for the purpose of Offering earl Waite
ments-and facilities as each calculated would tnonop.
°Masi this lur.reitive I
lii eider to `eclipses with her rival of the - rnpire
Staie, this State was obliged to lay the fouidation
of a, system of Internal Improvementa—WhYl was
and is calculated, to make 08 of a homely lit fort
.s y
ble expression, hi make -or break her." Canals
were dug, steams were made navigable, and Rail
roads constructed. To carry on these public weds;
it was found necessary to pledge the faith and credit
of the State for millions..
Nearly all the works originally 'contemplated de in
an unfinished state, or only in part completed, and
from causes which we shall explain on, sortie future
pension, our Rail-roads and Canals, in tbe)Placelof
becoming a source of profit and revenue to the State,
have proved a beriberi and an expense—the receipts
for tolls, &c., not being sufficient to cover expenses.
Thus we see that Pennsylvania has incurred an
enormous public debt, amounting to upwards of
thirty-six millions, and that it will require the exer
cise of the - utmost prudence and economy on the
part of our Legislature to meet. the , annual interest
as it falls due on this. startling sum, to sayi nothing
of extinguishing the principal. The revenues of the
State thus far have not been sufficient tol pay the
interest of our publidlebt, and the State, year alter
year, has been obliged to add to the principal in or•
der to pay the said interest. , I
Thus situated, Pennsylvania cannot recede, but
must boldly push forward, and consummate he plans
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originally contemplated. With an exhausted treasury
and an impaired credit, it behooves those who have
been entrusted with the helm of Statz;to guard the
interests of the commonwealth, and to increase its re
venues, if possible, without imposing additional
bottoms on the people.. Let our Legislature remem
ber that among the assets of Pennsylvania fis her in
terest in th-g Public Lands; and that She can neither
be juggled 'tor swindled out of her portion of the Na
tional Domain with impunity. By reference to
another column it will be seen that a resolution passed
the Rouse of Representatives of this State,ion Setup.
day last, instructing our Senators and Representatives
in Congress to resist any and all attempts under what
pretence sower the same may be made, to deprive
the People pf this State of their just proportion of
the common inheritance in the public. lands. We
shall resume this subject in our neat.
The next Cabinet.—The Cabinet makers seem to
be as busy as ever in' their humane and laudable de
sire to save General Harrison the troublesome and
delicate task of selecting hie Cabinet otficere. Accord
ing to'the last Bulletin, the following gentlemen will
'compose the new Cabinet rs
Mr. Webster, Secretary of State,
Or Mr. Ewing, Post-Master General,
Mr. Bell, Secretary of. War,
Mr. Granger, Secretary of the Navy,
Mr. Crittenden, Attorney General.
It is not settled who is to be the Secretary of the
Treasury, although all admit that Pennsylvania
should be. and must be, represented in the Cabinet.
We are inclined to think, that the 4 , knowing ones,"
in their various assertions, speculations, and prophe
cies, will be for once mistaken, and that General Har
rison will both speak and act for himself. is Olerip"
has a thorough aversion fot every silecieV of advice
which might be construed into dictation.
a Keep it before the People," that Congress has
been sitting nearly two months and that during that
time not even a single act worth speaking of, or
recording, has,be..en passed. The pay of the members
of Congress for that time would more than cover the
damage done to' the public and private works of this
State by the late freshet.
014 t is stated that the Farmer's and ;Mechanic's
Bank of New Brunswick, N. 1. has closed doors.—
The notes am sellimpat a very heavy discount.
0:y Commodore 8 :yens, Commandant of the
Navy Yard at Washington, died veiy suddenly Fri
dayiast. He spent the evening at a party—retired
to bed in his usual health—and was found a corpse
in the morning.
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At the last accounts; Recorder MOrris, Of New' 'rialto
bad not been removed, " quosque tandem abntere,"
&c.
Did you ever see an Irish Jeut or a dead Jackass 1
Take your time and don't answer in a hurry.
A man down east has got an Oyster so tame that
it follows him about the house, much after the fashion
of a pet cat or dog.
Whenever you see a neighbor's penknife or pencil
case lying on hbidesk, pick it up and pocket it, lest
some one should steal it
In Qonnecticut they have been making wine of
fine flavor and good appearance froni Tomatoes.
What next 1
Lehigh Coal Company.,--The Board of Managers
Of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company have
adopted the following resolution :
Resolved, That the preservation of the works of the
Company from further serious' injury, requires that
the ; tepairs be at once commenced,--and that in view
of the immediate and indispensable necessity for fundS
to enable th 4 company to accomplish without delaY
this object of paramount importance to 'all Persons inr
wrested, that the Finance Comrnittee;be.authorised
to defer for the present the payment of ; the principal
of any certi fi cate which may be presented. It being
understood that this resolution is not, intended to in.
terra° with the payment of interest, ;
It'itt understood that about $500,000 otthe-certift
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caws on loans fell due in January, and-the adoption
of this resolution cutting off the potnent, has caused
a considerable panic among tke'holdeni of the stock
and loans,the fortner,ing fallen to about $l5
per share , and the 8 per cent loans payable in 1845
are'
selhng as low as $65.
Reading Railroad Notes are received at par
for goods by the merchants of Reading: '
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Tice Slate Loaa.—Wo copy the folloWing important
paragraph' from the U. S. Gazette of Wednesday
morning last:—
We understand that the proposals for the • state
loan of 0800,000, which were opened yesterday, in.
eluded only about $56,000. Subsequently some of
the principal, capitalists and monied; institutions of
the, city , came forward and took The remaining
amount of $746,000, so that the payment of the state
interest on the first of neat mouth is made certain=
of thot,lhere can be no doiiht. — Indeed we could not
doubt fora _ moment that, whatever idemand might
exist foe money, the. faith Of the commonwealth
would be sustained, and it will be sustained. We
Ought, perhaps, here to repeat a remark which we
made some time since, viz: that i the tends for the
payment of this interest were pro Med by the Legis.
!attire. but were used for other *le purposes by. the
State Treasurer, according to a custom that bad ob.
tamed sanction in that office.
The Sunbury (fa.y2tinericali mention! that two
men biwaheen arrested in that town for 'pooling
counterfeit notation the Wein Bati l lihig Cotdpany
of New Jersey.
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clothing.
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ed around
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"New Era."
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twenty flee
ensconced me
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jority were ho f
every size.
I was very m t amused with the conversation
of two persons 'ho sat directly in front of me.—
Both, evidently, ere disciples Of Esculapius. The
eldest appeared tbe a veteran the service, and
talked with e m oat coolness and composure of
cutting up a e oar fellow's carcase, who had been
placed in ' han - for treatment, just as if he had
been carvin a ' laugh Goose or an ancient Rooster.
His comp n might havosseen some twenty sum
mers—fro • own account, just let loose from his
tnedical st ies. What he wanted in age and ex
perience h made up in enthusiasm, for from the
tenor of l a marks he was determined to .4 slay
and spare n " He said that business was very
dull at the ace which he luid le ft —l forget the
name—and at he intended to locate himself in
Philadelphia. If the young Doctor . should meet with
mss
the same su as Gil Blas did in his first essay,
under the tint n of Dr. Sangrado, in the renowned
city 'of Vallei ' , the bill of mortality of Piailadel
phia,for therbng y ear, w ill show a frightful increase.
I arrived ta , hiladelphia about 3 o'clock. The
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streets press ed a scene of unusual life and activity,
,and. in SizthStreet, the side-walks literally exhib
ited`n comt mass of human beings. I enquired
the cause of this excitement, and was soon made
acquainted w a sad and melancholy tate. Two
young and hi ly, esteemed Firemen had perished
on the prece g Saturday night, by the falling in
of the walls o i building which they were endeavor
ingl.ll, to rescue ' m the ravages otthe destructive el
ement, and t i t remains were to be buried that af
ternoon. Sh t and tragic was their career, and long
will they beurned and remembered.
Business o l kinds here appears to be in a dull
n „.
and languishi condition, although all look forward
to a good spri business. Whether their wishes
and espectatio s will be fully realized, remain yet to
be seen. The resumption of specie payments by the
Banks of thiscity has produced a singular effect—it
has caused money to be exceedingly scarce and to
increase' the value of Bank Stock. U. S. Bank
which was asiow as 45 and 46, now commands 53
and 541 bait is questionable whether it will ever
reach 66, as the losses of this institution have been
so great i that if she were to go into liquidation at
the presint moment, it would be found that the stock
is not worth more than half of its original par
value. f
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The ldridge case still remains in slefu quo.- ,
The J ge is obstinate and the Jury are obstinate.
and it hard to say which will give in first. My
own i resslon is that the famous Doctor will man
age to lip through the fingers of both the Judge
and thigury.
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I wet to see, or rather to hear, Bellini's Opera
of Nor a, at the Chesnut street Theatre, last even
ing, an it is almost Superfluous to add that I was
delightid. The House was crowded to its utmost
capaciti. The dress circle presented a splendid ar
ray of leauty and fashion, and what with the spark
ling ofhright, Mick eyes, it - half diverted the spec
tator rpm the glorious musical repast which had
been pfovided. I have seldom seen such an Orches
tra as vas there collected, or chorusses which were
more ejrective, Mr. and Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Bailey,
and Mr. Brough sustained the principal parts, and
clicker! the most lively demonstrations of applause
ever brad within the walls of a Theatre. The gem
of the. Opera is the concerted piece in tho first Act—
the music, itself, it thrillingly tender, plaintive and
beautiful, and most exquisitely was it sung.
It is getting late, and I must bury myself in sleep
and bury myself in *the blankets—Adien.
Finances.—ln the House of Representatives of
this State, on the 26th inst., from a report of the
Chairman of Inland Navigation, it appears that the
sum of $268,000 will be required to pay debts due
for repairs done before November Ist, 1840. The
sum of $521,206 is asked for repairs of public works
for tie current year ; and a further sum $1,835,000
for continuing the works of the State.
The Governor is authorised and required to sub
scribe for 750 shares of the Union Canal Stock and
give negotiation certificates ofloan to the amount
of $150,000 in payment thereof.
Also, for 100 shares of the Bald Eagle and Spring
Creek NavigatiOn Company.
The Governor is also authorised, in *lse of ex
traordinary freshets, to borrow moneyim the faith
of the Commonwealth.
For the purpose of prooidingfunds, the Governor
is authorized to.sell the Bank stock I held by the
State in the Farmers' arid Mechanics' Bank, and
the Philadelphia Bank, and also 1250 shares of the
Bank of Pennsylvania, if par can be 'obtained, and
failing that, tottorrow 02,800,000. at IM interest nut
exceeding-Aiye per cent.
-}7or . the ladies.--A lady at Washington writes
to the Cincinnati Chronicle as followt4:t
"Great attention is given by the foshionables to
the article of dress. • Velvets are mdch in 'vogue
the prevailing colors being blue, black and crimson.
Cloth ivalkint; dresses are also fatthictuable, though
but little walking is done where carriages are so
abundant. Tim great novelty of the season is the
introduction of very small, plain, flat gilt buttons
on dresses. They were at first confied to the cuffs,
but lately, nearly every dress has three rows, on
the front of the body also. De Woe are growing
out of anon the buttons make no contrast on fan.
cy goods. They look to the best advantage on
blue-black velvets for in.door dresses. and on blue
cloth for walking ar !carriage habits:L.—The most
admired morning dresses ate made of velvet, wry
full in skirts, tight sleeve, with embroidered cuffs
Twelve buttons on each cuff, twelve in the centre
row on trent, and on each of the opter. rows—the
latter gracefully curving to the shape 4 These dress
es are extremely beautiful, and as the rage for gilt
buttons is every day increasing, they will no doubt
continue long in use, for nothing eau be prettier for
dress momenta"
Gov. COOPER, of Delaware, has appointed JOON
1
W. Rourrou, Esq.. of Georgetown, Secretary of
State; and the r Legislature has eleCted Col. WIG*
LIAM D, WAPLES, of Sussex, State Treastirer and
L. A. HOUSTON ! Esq. of Kent, Andltor. , '
The Ruling Passion.—lt is stated by stank let:
ter writers in Washington, that , he Sergeant-at
`Arms of the Senate, who died last eek, had scarce.
ly, breathed hie last, before some .#
r y Candidata fur
the thus vacated' office, sprung up and were urging
their claieut open the Senate for an appointment to
the Station. - 1 I ,
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':Corariprpondence.-!
intik" te, 11114 u
dear, 1dir414.1 left-New
,
gueenr of the Wise, '9ll
hy- thie sw:wobie Train of Cars,
-" The Osty rur brightv -bid* find
it required very little effort to iro
ns, cola; and-forbidding winter, had
soft ;go winning. emlnaces of ijoyOrie
. The Islands tlat and the mag
of the N Great emporium," thej shores
Staten lidandlooming in the doitacce) •
covered with enoW- - -no longer Wore
alth . ough the trees, the fields, and
robbedof their green and Luxuriant
Edi
, ::ed Tenders of Newspapers collect-
Rail-road Cars and.taade a morning
their cries of 0 , 8033,h i.Heraid" and
vent a paper, sir—only one cent,"
Tt we, ate off—under a full head of
hing': wars) , at the rate of twenty or
an hoir. I threw aside iny'Cloak,
f in a gOod seat, and thea•took a
ow -passengers. A few belonged to
iter portion of creation, bat the ma
ma in breeches, of every age and
the fairer am)
~.T.;,. - ~~:~.°'i.}:;ems s .%~'"~ T ~i..Nn:`."~',~G~,'::x'
MEE
The Quo Werrauto Cott.:-Qd% mt doubtless,
recollect that in thec a e : of:;lnk WeiTillp
Isaac Darlington and Chistas Collins, tu Stine; 100,
that James M. Porter - i3e4O id -
Johnson, ELM
officiated as attaineyi, and that Governor Porter
took the responsaidity" of paying them $2OOO, in
the shape of fees, which he drew on his own warrant
front the Tree , iary. .
It will be seen from the following'resolution which
was into:aced into the Senate'on Saturday Wt. that
the whale affair wilt be thoroughly gifted, and an ef
fort made to restore the 4. sous" to a plundered
watt*,
RESOLUTIONS.
Mr. Swans, of Bailer, liatimitted the follow
ing, which was read twice, and passed :
Whereas, the Genitor of this Commonwealth,
did, tr. the month of Stine, 1839. draw hie warrant
on the State Treasurer in favor ofJames N. Porter,
and Ovid F. Johnson, Esqrs. each for the sum of
8500, as Attorney fees in the case Quo Warrauto
against Isaac Darlington and Orions Collins; and
afterwards in the months of August and September
of the same year, drew his warrant in favor of the
same Attorneys for additional, fees, of 8500 each in
the seine, cases, in all for the Sum of Szno;, which
said warrants were paid by the said State Treasurer.
And whereas, sundry other warrants have peen
since drawn by the said Executive upon the,present
State Treasurer and his predecessor, for certain
other Attorney fee4the payment of which warrants
has been refused on the ground that paynient there.
of is not authorized by law : whereof, It is import.
ant that legislative action should-be had in the pre.
mises.—Therelore,
Resolved, That the Judicary Committee be in.
strutted to take the subject into consideration, and
make report thereon as soon as practicable ; and if
in the judgement of said cotnmittee said disburse.
ments were not authorised by law. that they report
an act to prevent the recurrence of a similar error,
and providing for the retotery of said.sum thus il.
legally disbursed.
The Harrisburg Chronicle, cemtnenting on this
high handed proceeding of Governor Porter—to
make use of the mildest expression—holds the fol.
lowing language:—
THE EXTRA E 2,000.
We are gratified that steps have been taken in
the Senate which are intended , to lead to the recove
ry of the s2oooairawn from , the Treasury on the
warrant of Gov. Porter, for the purpose of reward.
ing his brother and the Attorney General for per.
forming Extra party services, and to put a stop to
there drafts upon the Treasury, toithout the author—
ity of law, hereafter,
Mr. Sullivan introduced a ;preamble and resole.
tion into the Senate on Saturday, setting "forth the
above fact;and further alleging that the Governor
bad drawn other warrants upon the Treasury, which
however, the present and the late Treasurer very
properly refused to - pay,and requiring the Judiciary
committee to enquire into the 'whiect with a view
to check their illegal draft's upon the Treasury
hereafter, and to recover the money which had al
ready been paid to J. M. Porer and O. F. Johnson.
Mr. Sullivan stated in the .coorse of an explanation
of his views for offering this resolution, that the ttvo
cases referred to when the Gctvernor's warrants had
not been honored were, one in the case of a Quo
Warrant° against Judge Lei , and the other in the
case of Stonebreaker, whicit if we are not misin
formed, was a personal offer of the Governor's
It is not the amount drawn from the Treasury that
constitutes the objection to this conduct of the Exec
utive, but it is because h in effect puts the Treasury
into his own control, which is expressly provided
against by the constitution:
PUBLIC L4NDS.
The following Resokaions, together with the
amendment offered by Mr. Ctix, passed a third read
ing in the House of Representatives of this state, on
Saturday last, by a vote 0151 to 44":
Resolved, ite. That our Seators In Congress be,
t. :
and they are hereby instruc d, and. our Represen
tatives requested, to resist an and all attempts, un
der what pretence soever the same may be made, to
deprive the people of this State of their just propor
tion of their common inhentance in the public lands,
and that they be and are hereby further instructed
and requested to innoduce and, advocate the passage
of a bill providing for the distribiltion of the proceeds
of the same among the anent! States, in the ratio of
their representative populatioof 1840.
Resolved, That the Gov mot be requested to
i t
cause a copy of this resolution to be forwarded to
each of our Senators andepresentatives in Con
glees, and to the Governors o the several States, with
the request that the - same ru y be laid, before their
respective State Legislatures'
Mr. COX then moved as en additional resolution
--.. That our Senators in Congress be further in
structed and our Represent4ves 'requested to vote
for such a modification or adjustment of the tariff
laws as may increase the reveune upon imposts equal
to the wants of the national lgovernment, so that at
no time hereafter, under any pretence whatever,
shall the moneys received frinn the sales of the put,.
tic lands be used by the general government"— ,
Which was agree.] to—yeaS 56, nays 37. z
The following are the Yeas and Nays or. the pas
sage of the Resolutions, which we publish for the
.information of the people. it is all important in the
coming Gubernatorial contest imthis State; that the
people should know who site advocates and op
ponents of this import-measure:
YEAS—Messye.- Banks, Bard, Bell, Brunner,
Crisman, Chutch, Clark Cony, Cox, Cummins,
Darsie,Dilworth, Dunlap, Eyre, Fauss, Foreman,
FunkFUthey, Gratz, Hanna, Higgins, Hirichman,
Holiman, Johnston, (Armstrong) Xennedy, ken,
Law, Letherman, Lightner, Livingston, McClure,
McCurdy, MiddleSwarth, Miles, Montgomery, Mus
ser, Mayer, Pearson, Pennell, Furaroy, Rush, Skin
ner, Smith, , Bmyser, Snively, Sprott, Steele, Titus;
Von Neida, Washabaugh, Crabb, Speaker.-51.
NAYS--Messrs. Andenon, Apple, Barr, Bean,
Boal, Bonsall, Brodhead, (Pike) Brodhead, (Nth'n),
Cortright, Crousillat, DOuglass, Ebaugh, Felton,
Fenton, Flannery, Flenniken, Flick, Fogel, Fuller,
Gamble, Garreston, Gillis, Haas, Hahn, Hill, Horton,
Johnston, (West') Kutz, Leidy, Lusk, May, Mc-
Cully, McKinney, Moore, Painter, Penniman, Pol
lock, Scott, Snyder, Tract:, Van Horn, (0- Weaver,
Wilkinson, Wright.-44,
Every Locofoco, except two; Messrs. Church and
Holeman, voted against the resolutions, while on
the other hand, every democrat 'votedin their favor.
Destructive Tornado in Mexico-500 Haws Des
trayed.—A tornado was experienced on the Pacific
coast of Mexico early in November, Which is repre
sented to have been nearly as violent as that Which
visited Natchez, and to have been far more extensive.
They had ; already learned of itskravages for a Length
of 70 or flo miles, by X 2 to 15 miles in width, proat
'rating almost every thing in its course. AtAcapulco,
More than 200 louses are !laid to have been blown
down; white at Cayuce the number destroyed is
stated at 350, Conrarnetiodend distress wire
,vernal among the entvivitig inhabitant's. •
News from Florida.. , -Intelligence is received by
the southern mail that dol. Harvey; has had trundler
action with the Indians, near Key West, and cap.
tared fifteen of them.
Chakika, the chief 0 thosi3 who phindered and
destroyed Indian Key, vas killed, it is statedi by
private Hall, of the 241 dragoons. The chief was
engaged in cutting wood when the soldiers landed,
and on finding himself discovered ran for the grass.
Several started 'in putatut, but they all gave out ex.
cept Hall; who-followeduritil he , had aimed overtak.
en him, i when Chakika smiled and extended his
hand. tall levelled hie rifle, and the ball sinking
in the brain of the chi ,he fell dead in the water,
but a short distance fro'. the Island which was the
depot' of his plunder. . . •
ISMMI=MWM
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From the Pennsykratio Tr :
StNATE. •
Satiorkw; Sammy, 48,1841.
_ ins SiciOtt
Mr. Ballinid °Odd a terloitttioo relatiia.to theo
$2OOO feei, paid to, 0. F.. foimion sad James ittl
Porter, which was read a maid tilos mid adopted.
imacTiori or Coro cossissiorzas.
The bill forth° election of two Mind commission:.
era by the tegislitture,. and thb appointment of one
by the Governor, ima taken op and pissed finally
by the fallowing vote i 1
YEAS—Messrs. Blooke, Case, Coehnin, Ewing,
Relator, -Huddlemn, Maclay, Millers, Pearson,
Smith, Spackinan,,Steiteti, &whin, Sullivan Pent
rose Opeaker)-t .k
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: NAYS- 7 Messrii. brown, COplan, Cr ispin, Fege.
ley, Fietaming, Gibbons, nays, liesidly,Kingsbmyl,
Miller, Patterson, Plumei, Snyder,.-18;
A message was received from the Goiter:los 'Remit
eating Charles Evins and Christian Melliii,lb`tAsi
sociate Judges of Clarion County.
PUBLIC LA 8.
Tho resolutions relative to the Patine Jabal); 111
amended and pureed by the House, wasrtairen up: 1
Mr. Miller moved to concur in the amendmenti.i
After some discussion on the phraseology of the -
amendments, they were concurred in without divi• •
• !
an
ANTI I)un.Tazis wit'atacitrridss.
.
These resolutions were again taken up. the cries.
tion being on *the motion made by Mr. Heazily, rept:
ring that , a .substitute shall be provided before the'
Sub-Treasury shall be repealed. '
Mr. Penrose addressed the Committee of the
Whole in opposition to the amendment.
When Mr. P. concluded, the Senate adjourned. , '
From the Pennsylvania Telegraph.
Damages on Dektwari Dimion.—A report from- .
Mr. Huffnagle, engineer, who was despatched to tis
certain the damages which has been sustained on the
Delaware Division by the recent freshet, Was sent
to the House on Saturday by the Canal Board. It
appears that the following estimated appropriations
wilt be required :
Damage to Mechanical work
'Canal
Ordinary repaint on work not affected
by the freshet, as per Ann. Report 10,500 00
$150,410 90
This total will be required to restore,the.naviga'
tton. We trust that speedy action will be taken.—
It is the most lucrative division of the state works,-
the toll last year basing amounted to more thin
$90,000.
The Census and Apportionment—The New
York Sun remarks that the total population of the
United States, according to the census, will stand
about ad follows—whites 14,250,000 free colored
400,000, slaves 2,354,000—t0tal 17,000,000. T he
ratio of 60,000 which has been proposed as the begs
of representation, would deprive many of the States
of part of their present representation, and leave very
large fractions unrepresented in a majority of the
States. The Express contains a table showing the
effect of such a ratio compared with the present. Ely
this it appears that the thirteen nod.slaveholding
states, which under the present ratio 0f,47,700 have
a representation in the House of Congress o,f 142
members, would, by the ratio proposed have such re.
presentation increased t 0 .114 members, Oils the
thirteen slaveholdingsitates have now 100, would be
decreased to 95, making 249 members in the House.
A ratio of 50,000 would increase the House to about
300 members.
Extra Session.-48 The Spy in Washington7,Bl.
lading to the fact that the nation was, in ,debt almost
twenty million of dollars, the writer says
46 I hear that an informal meeting of the W hig
Senators was held last evening. All in thetah.
whose health permitted, were present. The sites.
tion of the Treasury, and the demands upon it, With
the means provided to meet those demands, were duly
considered. The result of their deliberations was, ,
that without an Extra Session, the Goverment
would be disgraced. This, I understand, was the !cry
general impression of those in attendance.
I now consider it reduced to a positive certainty,
that an extra, Session of Congress will be held, and'
that, probably at an early day. Such Legislatures tuf
may be in session, and which by law, cannot .elect
their members of Congress before May, should forth
with provide for the contingency. Virginia has yet
a Senator to choose. The Locofocos, it is supposed
by some, will defeat the election if they can,—Sneh
a movement would be consistent with the en* of
the destructives.
North Caro lina.—John M. Morehead was inaugu- •
rated and entered upon the duties of Governtir of
North Carolina on Fridair last: The following is an
extract from his inaugural address:
Nothing do .surely indicates the happiness and.
prosperity of a people, as numerous school haunt ,
well filled, during the week; and churches well•
crowded on the Sabbath, and the latter is curate follow;"
the former. If we desire to perpetuate our glOrione
political institutions, we must give to all our iveopk-,
moral and intellectuid cultivation—that min wit° fat
proves his intellect for six days in the week, and on ,
the seventh, endeavors to give It the proper direction,
from the precepts of our Holy Religion, who learn" to .
do unto others as be would they should do untqbim •
that man will never become.a tyrant—anti can
never be made a slave. _
An Atlantic Steainer - on Fire.—The Philadelphia .
Inquirer learns from a passenger, that the steam ship
Columbia, • from Liverpool for Boston, took fire on
Monday morning last, at 2 A. M., when within about
four hundred miles of Halifax. But few priesSusess -
were awake at the time. The Captain was immedi
ately called up, and succeeded, by great exertions, in
the course of half an hour, through the ageh e y of f
the crew, who conducted themselves niariftdjy-, on
the occasion, in suppressing the flames. &Ws few
minutes much , consternation prevailed, and the-Yes
eel was pat for the nearest land. The life preservers
were collected together—the - boats were placed • in '-
readiness, and due preparations were made for the
worst. The conduct of the Captain was co4l,
possessed, and creditable in the highest degree.
Florida.—A letter has been received at ,Pilatko
from Colonel Looirs, dated eiViut Olinch,', stating,
that thirty Three Indians had come in at tliat post:L
Trozn TAIL had also come in and was going to'
Tampa. It is thought that in all about six 4tendree
Indians have presented themselves at Talons posts
along the coast of the Gulf side.
A party of the enemy lately attacked Fort Walker,
killing two or three negroes and wounding one white
woman. Fort Walker is between Micanopea and
Newnansville.
A National Bank.--TheGovernor of Delaware,.
in hie message, tos the lgislature, recomm'enda the
adoption of resolutions in favor of a National, Dank,
- and ids° 'ofother resolutiona expressive of !lingual&
ed disapprobation 'of the!act passed at the laid session r
familiarly known its theSub4ressury law.
The - Whale Ships alone in tba Pacific ocean
number 460 sail, amounting to nearly 200,000 tonsr
and are manned by 12.000 seamen: Not We than
$12,000,000 ofeipital has been invested in, and as,
lively employed by, one brand'ot the whale fishery'
alone: andin the whole trade bk. dtreqtly, involve??
not less than from 50 to $711000,001
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$58,410 90 ,
83,510 UO