i ii 'y. y 1 , 1 j 1 . j . . . . , , ... , , , . - , ' . ' , tiV V it. nUMXM " - ys4WMlWK AM lilt J. IjA.N. ' : ff' pjpfe"Awi ipao'PRiErQ''...;" .,'V??r-rB--:-fMrt' ."QgcE,;!MAitET-STraiEKTy." .opposite' the post offick: ' .noil I . t e. iV I? . r - carnal? flcWagrr-Pttott to oIKtti, attrrature, ,mraj,.?, jro fon'an Oomfstft ftetos, acfeitcr ft the flirts, SSftf ft ultut r, ttantts, mtwment, c. ' I r,, .1 . 1 "SEW BtOltlKS VOfj. 9, NO.'4 1. .WP PA , SATURDAY,- JANUARY' i n, 1830. OLD SERIES VOL. 10, NO. ftf. tumm 6p-Tiitj Ami:... V. THE AMERICAN I puutleheri every Saturday at TV DOLI.AI18 per annum- to he paid hulf yearly in adfsnes, A paiiat diac Mian Mail uii err earner, are Mid. I mii atMnmuiiicaiionet wueri mi imam! relating to lbs Km, 1 insure attcuU4i, must ba l'Ot f PAID, , " " to yuvBa. -; TarM rof!t loom adrfnrai, 1 .' r 300 lunu Vil'iaaa 1 L)0 : .... V ' an t it aoiiara in aavaiica will paf lut ihiaa faar'aaubarrip. jm U ilia Aimrteaa. - Savara nf IS linem, I timet, , j j, . fiN tcr auuaeqant uiaeriiun, . , , a aiqual, momha). ' .'vnn'-i e5M it m.aiiha, t tli I:.!." i- m vii 1a yaar, , j . .. t j HuaineH Card ff FIVi'KiK'a, per annum, ' ' MarrMMM alnl othcra. , atlvertiain av lha . ; 1 ' i J Sim am raar, with the pctvtlcge l inaariingilir farent advertiat'ineiita wrekly. aaP Larger Adrcrtitameiita, mi per agreement. 1000 A TTOlt NEY A T L A W , , , SOZfBtTRT, PA.1 : ;' Butinni ailrnJrJ lo ill lt Ciiuniiea of No liMWaorlind, Uniou. l.vromiiif anil i;lunili. P. A. A. RoTot'iiT, n Lowaa 4. Bauitnii, . on 4. Miiiuohim, ' . l'hilaJ RuaoLiit, Mctt.aii 8riat,''Ooa & C., iiMiji eooi'F.K. ... Bit I" A CAMEKUN COOPEH&CAMEKON ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ' porrsrii.i.K, fchuylhlll foinily, !.', : nriLL eollct moults, nllciul to liligatKl rmf. aul act at agent in 'the manafi-memt of Katatri, ic. IVrnona dcsiruigtlieir lemcn, may nfor U tha following gentlemen i ,' , i PHttAHELPHiA. ; ' Daeid S. Bmwril raiwr n. Daria, Gi.teon 6. VTeateolt. Haarr White. Franria . Buck, Win. H. Head.Ki.t Ckae. GiliVma. F.q. i 1 Cook, rq., B. H. Brewater, tM . Thi.ia,.ui Jouea, Ea.1. iST -Vp"K. .;,,'-; n Mn'ill. Grianell, H ii.Or1enH flr:mn, Haa. Jainea Mnirne, ' H"n. Kilnurd Cortia. II aa. Abbult Ijiwrenre, Damon John Aikra, Kaq, I .e will Jaaa , 1M9 CHARLES W.i IIECJINS, ATT'CSHTST AT L."77s rottMvllle, rn. Will promptly attond to co'.lcrtiona and all buai r. nra entrualed to lii care. Jan 16, 1649,- ,M . COMMISSION MERCHANTS, For the xnlr of Fish mid Provision.. . JVVO JMHT1I WIURVES; , PHXtADGLPHIA. Mackerel, v. Shad . vC.'od and Duri Fiali, Salmon, , llerriiifj, Clscene. , , ' ' rhiladtlphia, May fit'u, 1840. ly. , ; .' t ' '-' ' KORfiE . WF.AVEH IF.DWlN H. FITI.KR. Cicorgc .1. Weaver Sc. C KOPX MANTJP ACTUB BHS Bt SHIP CHATfOLEKS. iV."i9 y.irflVrS;., anW II iV. IFAarws, ' ",'Pl'lILATJEtPHIA. HAT? jmwtantlT on hnnd, a itenera wrtment of Mn-'M Kope. 'l'arteit B-pe. Itl'" H -pe, BleHpe aarf TWS, T.w r-inea. f-r riirt! B aita. B-w ainl Pteni Uaa,f .r d-.. Hemp ami Olfm eViiie Twine, I.m'n and Oattaa Carpet -Chum. Cumi Yarn, Can-tle Wielt. tr. rain BagaT Ijnen and Cotton. Tir, Pileh. Rnain, and akam. Bed Curda. Pkt limm. Haltrra, Traeea, 4c, all f wkieh Iher will diapnae of un rma nnllc lerma. Ktpaa "I jiiiy Siza or Dearnption, Made to Order, at afcartnatoa. . . ' " ' .r' ' "T " " railadelphia, Feb. 10, IMS. If ' . J ' AlaEXAXDKR O. CATTF.LI. iCCCrSSOR TO JAMF.S M. BOLTON. DECB. CAi.tfmoy FOltWARDISG MER. ' CHANT, Fir the ule of Graiu. Flour, Sitdi, Iron, Lura- Irrt fcf. ' ya. 13 Nmh U'harvts, . . PlIILailtCLPHIA. Goii forwarded witlt care, to all poinU on the ScbnylkU,,' Uuion, Suaquehanna and Juniata Canala.. " ... JSSalt, Plaeter, Grindatonea. &c, for eale at lata lowest pxicea. ' PUjladelpUiajJune 5, 1843 ly SAMUEL HART & CO. 160 MaRXET TBEKT, I'lllLADKLPHU. Iinforttr of 'Fretuk, Enrfik and Gtrmsn Fancy mid HtM Siatitmtry, - '! WAFERS. Sealing Wm, JU, Oraft and Rack cj5aminon.Buarda, Ta; Inkatanila,- lomi aea, Ciflott'a and ptlier'tsteel Tens, Ivoty anr) Bone Foldera, Papcteries; Uold and Silver Pencil Caaea, BrUtol Boards; Wliatiiian'a Drawing Pa peta, Envetof, Boud'f and Afnnld'a celebrated inVa for making Linen, Portfolio, Disaocted Mapa a 4 Gainea, Cheasmati, Cards, Gold Tena, &c. .failadalpaia, Juae ?, M9.--3m ; BTEIT KAir HtS OWN PATENT AOBWT. " MUNN A Co, publwhera of the "SCIENTI FIC AMERICAN," have favoured ua with a Phamplilet containing the Patent I.awa of the United States, together with all the forma necessa ry for applying for a Patent, information f'sanl ! filing eateats, with remarks on it usee, etc., a mount of fee required at the Patent Otfice, and very other information that ia iiecesvary to instruct a person in making his own applications. ' Price PiJ cents single, or'l copies for ana dol lars aent ly mail to any partnftlut United Stales. Address MUN.N & CO., New. York. ' March 10, 1849 ' 3TR-4.W301TlTa.T. 1 HAT MANUFACTORY, Ni' 10. North Setond t!rttlt opposite Ihi f .:,., '. i 1jJ'o. House. .. PIHE auharriliera would call tlie atteulioQ of A. Cuuatry Mejrchanu and Milhnera to their ex teria assortment of fashionaMe Selino naaaa BniaiTat i Hits of the newest styles. Also, a larga and eoarL aanortinciU of French and American ArtiflciaJ Flowera, Kililions. Crown Linings. Oil Silk, Wirt. Uuillinns, Buckram, &c, which tlieroflbral oricra Uiat defy eoniurlition. N. 8. ralm Leaf UM by tlx caaa ot doaen. y. M. A-J. E. MAl.LL. , BoiiBst and Hal ManufacUirrra, ' i. - , i 30 North i) street I-Phils A-lplua June 2, . M ..a i V. ,.. , Wm, is. rclir.iti Co., is'. ,. Wkateaalaaaa KataH, ' . WINK AND LIQUOR MERCHANTS, N&.1Z Walnut Slretf, Philadelphia. " W It AVE- a'.way oa band ary burg atoek of P 4 WinavUqiiora and: Mgara, f their own aaaaartetion. Slors Keepers. Hal Ikespers. and rivaia gwaUaaan, will H Wpplaad. tha kua4 aaaral' twaaal fkVMpaia. Ka. IT, lfi M iSK JL. CT P,( J El li Y . r, f : - ' ) I From tha L uiai'll! Journal. ,-' LKsllIRE and shadow. : r ,. II . B., BAHRICK. 't j' Thft annffiine haih it shalow, i t'. i ' And ihe irlij;lit hnih a f?hail ; , , Tliorw't no Ivpe in ail-lilto nature, . I But nil uiililypi li;ilh made, I Thflty may be all azure, ' 1 L ' I Willi iis canopy aereue, I But n chmd will t-ome milmlJen r On the glory of lite acen. ,, . i ; , The) moon may be'of niWer," ' ; , Ami lh Mara of golden light ; . : But u apeck will dim llieir beauty, , , , '; ' lii the rjuisl, holy uifihl ; And our lives nre c-hani; iiiij ever,'' r Like tiie "prirt-t-time of the year J ! ' Somelimfs all ia April aniinhine, Then again 'lis dark ami drear. , , Z We 'ha vii our ilreams of pleaur, ' ' ' "And our monipnls frumhl with pain; ' Tho day may tlnvrn all lovely, Then put on its gloom nain ; We have our dreams ol rapture Our'a bliss none el may feel, But the mournful hue of sorrow, O'er the lighlel lirow will elwal. : We have nnr dniims of (ilailueKS We have wakinc iln-anis of rarej Th -re arv hoiii of kindly L'etiii(.', Then again no jov lo chare. ' Sonioiiinna life) it, ufl a suiifhine, . Nimelimi'S nil a ulnomy fli.ide j There's no type in art like nature, But an mil hype hath made. 'i ' . . We have trmiahts that soar far upward, In a free-born, cl'irious air; We Imve spirits liuht as fancies, ' To eommiine u i li aiioels there : . Soi'elitnes lidea of bitter feeling, O'er lh" ininnst siiit roll, . . Tlfit aaaiu some, wave of rapture, ... , , B eaks across ihe thaduwed soul." - . v When lh- h-art is freest, lightest, Like n biul on summer's wing Wh'Mi thi! spirit basks in uladne.'s, Then it will with sadness sing; When upon the brow of summer, Anirry storms and tern p"sts rise, , Thn anon unfolds the ruiuboir, And appear the smiling skiea. From the N. Y. Noll nml P.iliea Gazette. Kino Wlmt do you call tho piny? IUmi.it The ' M luae-trap, s) you shall aes lion : His a aiiuviali piees or vr 1c." r i ; "TLIE INFERNAL MACHINE. . v (Concluded.) : TIIR KAT COfNCIL. The conversation opened exactly as it had been laid out, and when Darlington communicated his pretended intentions against Warner, the countenance of Drury xhibited a smotlieri'il leroc.itv, mingled with an expression of delight that was per fectly demoniac.' " Thompson regretted that the first torpedo had not succeeded. Bill then addressed Thoinpson as if he (Thomp son) had been concerned it, but Thompson stopped him at once with the remark, that he knew nothing of the last ; that that was Drury's, but he hoped this one would be more successful. Here Drury broke ground. His savage exultation could contain itself no longer, and on the heel of Thompson's expression he exclaimed "I hope so; I did my best" then losinj himself in the inteiv!.t he f.-lt, he actually introduced hirn sell in the last affair by adding "But how are tt' to get into the house!" "I depend upon Bill to do that," said Thompson." . r, Bill assented. "Have yon hit upon any timer said Drurv, with increased earnestness. "Ys,M said Thompson, "Bill and my self are going to California by the nest steamer, if we can get off, and it most be done the night before. Bill will enter the doar with a pair of nippers, and we will do the rest." ' .. . '. . j ' "Well. I'm airrepd," said Drurv. "I went to see Warner . yesterday," said Thompson i I went purposely to see where it would be best lo place the machine, and how the . house was situated, . Damn him ! I'll blow him to hell thia time ! - He suspected me before j but you know knew nothing about that one. . I'm going to nave tea pounds of powder in mine I don't know how. much there was in yourt. "How much was them in yourt Drury !" sa d Bill. 'Three pounds," said Drury but here he suddenly checked himself, 'as if he had said too much. Thompson gave liim no time for refleclion, but closing on the re mark, repeated "Well, I'm going to have ten in mine, and lhat will blow the house, and all that is in it, from the foundation to the skies!" 'Well, it will give htm a hell of a hoist, that's a lact," said Bill, filling his glass; and at this point the diabolical trio enjoyed hearty laugh at the prospect of the gro tesque destruction. "If the windows had been down when the other exploded, the roof , would have been blown off then !" said Thompson. ' "Yi-s, I believe it would," said Drury. ' "Pitv it hadn't, been in the night," said Thoinpson, reflectively; "but in this affair we'll to better." ' ' '''"" . "II wv three .tick together all hell can't fetch ' iis !" ! said Drury, appealing to both his companions with a look. ; "You can depend upon me," said Thomp son, "I'm bound to have satisfaction." "You oeed not', doubt hut I am with you," said Bill, as if doubt of : him wer quite out of the question. Shortly aftfp thi th rsjufty roaa and ad jojroed after a sitting of nearly two hours, and the officers were let out ol the cloaet. They were pale with excitement and streaming with. cold" perspiration. They were ready for action, but on looking around found no,' person to arrest. They saw, however, the object for which they had bee brought, and communicated the horrible revelations thev bad beard. On the following eveniru they w ro taken be- fore Justice Lolhorp at his private room witn the witnesses to Ihe other branches ol the case) and oil Ihe joint testimony, war rants were issued against lather and son. - Un rnJay tbe.arresla were to be niadi and to bring Drury easily, to our hands, a meeting was projected between him and ltininrwin Ol llinae Irw 1 in Hi! mnenlnn' nviii'awii aa assist N viwi s aia tut 1 1 lJ I II 1 1 J" ot that day, on Ihe heights. At eight o' viuis we 1. 1 Usui -ii ine ta'iienne rerry, BC companied oy otneer A. M. U. Smith, Jen kins and Crassous. We did hot intend to take any action personally, but now: that matters wer drawing to a close1, We wish ed to see the climax of our work. , '! i. ' the rat caught. At nine o'clock Thompson and Drury were seen to meet at t ulton t erry. J hey oia not speak, but 1 liompson walked up the iiei"ins, ana urury loiioweu warily , in me rear, inspecting the street 'on all side?.. ' l-rassous, and Mr. smith and ourself held a post of observation in the extreme rear. liy and by Ihoitmson turned into an open lot upon the heights, and Drury followed him. They remained i in the enclosure some twenty minutes and then .came out and separated, shortly after the senary tion Jenkins and Crassous closed on him. and the lormer seized him by his one arm and while the latter took him by the collar on the other sine. Drury made no resist ance, but with the indignant remark that "he was a gentleman," demanded to be re used. Jenkins at this only held hiir. the ighter, whereupon Mr. Drury asked him "why tie squeezed his hand so !" Jenkins, who bad his eyes about him, thought it well to give his hand another squeeze, if only lor good , measures when lo, from the opening ringers of the prisoner dropped lour ol the altered lens ol the description e nail lurnislied to ftlirgaret U'fJontier. "That's what I wanted!" said Jenkins; picking up the notes. "Those were not mine," said Drury. "If they were not yours, how came you lo drop them?" said tikuis. " 1 hese pennies," said Diury, ex posing two coppers in his palm, hurl mv hand." "The.ii Jou should have dropped the pennies, not the bills!" said Crassous, It had doubtless been the intention of the wily prisoner, when he saw the ollicers pon his heels, to wrap the altered notes around the coppers, and throw the whole away; but having no helping hand for his one arm, he was unable to accomplish his hject, and was obliged to detain them, be- ause he did not dare to drop them in view I his pursuers. JJiury was then conveyed to prison and rivately locked up in the female depart- uent, in order to conceal his situation from the spies about the Tombs, until we could arrest little Sam and have an opportunity o search Urury's house. Tin: SKAKCH. This latter was a matter of great respon- bility. We had no search-warrant to back i.s, and if we failed in rinding nefa- ious property, Drury would prosecute us to the utmost. We recollected, however, the responsibility which we had been obli ged to assume in the search for the Go vernment Jewels, which we found in the house of the thieving Ann street Joneses, who had been suing us for libel, and de termined to "go ahead" again, as in that case. We therefore added, to Jenkins and Crassous, officers Joseph Dowling, Dennis Dowdican and Jeremiah Barker, all of the Sixth Ward police, and set out in a pair of coaches for Astoria. We arrived about one o'clock in the day at Drury's residence, which was an elegant two story frame house surrounded by out houses and cultiva ted fields. The place abounded with dogs and domestic animals, and several young children were playing about the grounds. Just as we were ready to enter the house, Young Sam was seen driving up to it in a wagon, whereupon Jenkins went forward and arrested him before he reached the house, and turning him back, conveyed him to the city at once, in one of the coaches. The search was then conducted .under the direction of officer Smith, and lasted four hours. 'Its results consisted of two large boxes of gold watches, two boxes of watch works, a box of watch crystals, two boxes of jewellers oil, a small casket ot dia monds, emeralds and rubies, a box of watch springs, several promiscuous watches in various parts of the house, watch seals and chains, gold breast-pins, some of diamond, a variety of splendid heck-laces and other jewelry, and a five dollar altpred note on the Lagle Bank of Bristol. I hese things were found in the house. In a small out- buildini called "the office," in which doubt less the torpedo box was charged, we louud a large lever press for counterfeiting coin, small transfer press for bank n -let, a number of steel dies for Spanish doubloons and dollars, tome ol which hai marks ol the gold impression on them, Haylien and other coins, squares of glass for altering bank notes, acids lor the extraction of inks, punches lor making dies, lanry type for the insertion of letters, and all the materials for counterfeiting and making spurious coin. It was our impression at first that the watches and other jew-elry were, the pro ceeds of various burglaries which Drury had purchased at different times, but it has been ascertained lhaf the largest part of it consists of the jewelry which he swore wat destroyed at the time when lie fired his house and on which he recovered th- insu rance. What is not accounted for io this way, is probably stolen property. Following up our work, we on Monday morning produced oor witnesses before the Grand Jury and obtained two bills of indict ment against father and son, ' On the fol lowing day the Grand Jury found,' ag we are told, another bill of perjury against the old man in the matter of the. insuraoce case, .: v..,x .. ; ... -,.!: ... jS ... .,!.,. . THE BHD. . .. tit Thus ends our work, ant) thus we give it to . the authorities for prosecution. It has been to ut ft task of exceeding great Tisk and trouble, irot we ar full ttwirM bj the satisfaction of bringing the affair lo a Successful issue. When we first heard the report 01 the torpedo, it struck us we could bring the perpetrators lo justice; We had then just finished our great task of develop mg the fobbery of the Slate Jewels, and had time for a new endeavor ol importance. We went into it carefullv. expense in bringing the ends of our plan together, we had patience, and, at, last the. Power which directs the cause of justice, rewarded us with success. T , , , ' We now end our labors, and contrary to the custom of (hose who do police busi ness, make a full exhibit ol every movement in the case. There is neither'mesmerism, masicnorslool-piffeonine in it., .There is simply patience and good management, and having worked in the' character nf a nulilie ouiter, we conceive it lo he niir.lnlv In ..re.' : ' . . .. ... : " i port to the public What We have rfnne.-L; Whatever is performed in their cause they have a right to know, and if they are satisfied We are content. .; . .. ; We, in conclusion, desire to evnw nnr .1 I.. A .1 A. '. . . . I . tnanKs io me ntneers who have so intelli gently and courazeouslv assisted us in th arduous business, and relinquish to them our claims upon Me SI, DUO reward that has been offered in the case. . . CARUIEn s ADDRESS TO THE PATRONS OF TUB ''AMERICAM.' A iiappt New Yeah, patron's ali, " My blessing on you. great and small. I corne not now vviih news of strife, Of fire and flood and loss of life ; Or riss and fall of slocks and grain, Oi Sacramento's golden plain. Nur will I tell of tierce debate Aoions our nation's wise and great, Wh?) liht all day about a Speaker, An.l spend ihe evening o'er a beaker Of fragrant punch, and there discuss The quickest way to raise a muss, All this I bring you every week; A id ncy it U my turn to speak. Thi drtvil comes, lht hideous elf, To talk with you about himself,; You oft have t-eu m? stand, I think, Bdhind Iht roller, grirn wilh' ink j Or weekly calling at your door, Ta shire with you my bndg't's store. Nnr Ihnniiht yon then, I'd almost swear, What tniuhty men we devils nre. You've heard of battle j lint ami won, Of Buonaparte nnd Wellington, Of Ron,'h ami Rflady, Scott mid Co?ar, Yel ne'er n warrior deemed me, sir. Though each day you may see nm stand With my g ijj sj-iUnj stick in hand, Forming my coi'imns deep mid lonjr, A id selling up my tellers strong. Minitms my every wich obey, Diamonds and p-.arls about me lay ; While x'ooiny mink and friar prey, And themselves, must own my sway. The proudest mimes that mortals know From my hand la the galleys go. And daggers, lesl my foes I fear, To my right hanJ are ever near. Ye men in Kent and Biaukstone read ! In tha same learned path ( tread; No pleader sticks in Chancery Mure closely to his caxe than I; No advocate 11 1 proof more ready, No Judge adheres to rule more steady. . , And ihaiigh a devil ; (t is no lie) I've sometimes "leave la justify. My claims in hunting are not new, The ehase is ever in ray view. Or when lo courting I incline, j .. t : No M- in more close than mine, Nor lives there one moie true and warm Than I, in locking up a fonn. . - . And though a man of letter', I . . Have sometimes stooped lo making pi. Now, fiiends, you see the virtues I possess, The many callings, I, an imp, profess; "An universal genius" you may nay, ' But yet there is a briar in my way. For coigns, at present, I am quite hard run, 'Your aid I crave lo save me from the dun And before 1 close my peroration, . Claim n shilling foe my Information, r RATES OF INLAND POSTAGE. A letter, not exceeding half an ounce in weight, (avoirdupois,) sent not exceeding 300 mile. t 5 it. Snt over 300 miles, - '. to " ' Tha putage of a single letter to Oregon or Ctliforuid, viaChagres and Panama, i 40 cts lo bd prepaid or not el ihe option of the sender. O.i each newspaper sent lo Oregon or Cali fornia, the posing is 41 cents,' pre-paid, ex cept when sent from the office of publication. Every hill' ounce, and any excess over every half ounce, the same rales of postage ; and when advertised, two cents per letter additional. .. Etch drop letter, not to be mailed, two otnila. ,, : All Hand-bills or Circulars, printed or litho graphed, not exceeding one sheet, 3 cent each, and to be pre-paid. , Etch newspaper, not over 1,900 square laches, when not mailed by the publi.ers, 1 cents, uu4 lo be pre-paid., . . . Any pamphlet of .magazine, periodical or other printed matter, tansmiiiable by mail and having no written communication ou it, of on ounce or lean, or lor a jieu spapet ex oeediug 1900 aqtUM inches of surface, 1 cenis for each additional ounce or more than half an ounce, 1 cent; newspapers of 1900 aquara inches, when aenl from the offi ces of publication, one cent per sheet, to any place not over 100 miles tlisMtnt, 01 to any placs in tbs State where published, i - ; if sent over 100 miles, aud outol livftjBtAlii, lj esnta J t1"' '" hiIi iut j m i. ' VA.LUABX.Xl table, ' SSiwingthe numB;t of days from one dale in one msiUk ti tin earn! dale in any other moniA. vert vskrix ix banking And othbr ' ' -i TT : v.J . I ifj 11 mi aw ST:iWM sa 11 i iu,ii mil aw t:i .ua .hki aii : :n i m i7sl M mi-.i ni wr laf iw ll en.ilfl S7S r.ii in uh, i vi iKiyu'mt pis sii-nov S.i SI I M Hi MS;? .tit Mi WIS1 .HI! 62, ii 1V1 im an 111 Vii I.W m.1 0 ' i 143 IS'I .'III Oil IU lihl mi .HiV III I S3 IfMiSIS SIS 4?: 1 331 36! ri-i i.i3, if i em aw 9-3 wei :m .Htil fro, 8i. fit ia. w.i I'iIiipu to 1113 ar3,.ni.'-,1:in-,l 111 n lai l Ail mil I1.11 iNlpiitMs tin :m itwl.-m-, :m isiilisi'it-a.aiaaiailawiaBlMj 3i, ei EXAMI'LE.-rTo find how manv ilnva from oth Fclirunry to 5(11 'and Olh of April, look for renruary at (lie left hand, nnd April at the top, in the aiiulc is 59;. add the four Hays, which is the dillorenre lietween the two dates, and the answer or ne wi quemoit is C'j days from 5th February to Olh April. .1 1 .,. ,r .,. WEIGIIINO GOLD COINS WITH V S. SILVER. A IInlf-1 jietc is eqnal in weight to 39J cla. ailver A Rn-ereiirii ia npial In welpht to 3n eta. airref ANspolo"" is a stiaile lie liter than JScls. silver An X Tlinler is ahaile lighter tlinn 50 rt. nilvar A lO Onilii.T iserpml in weieht til ' 4.5 eta. silver A DmiliHon iaequnl in sreielil to 1 silver. -In weighing the lialf-ent'le, una two dimia and a fair Spanish ' shitting. .:.. . ' . 1 ; ,- ' . COMMISSIONS OF POST MASTERS. On l!u 11 mou nl of teller ios!agp, nol exceeding 1 100 in uuy one Jj "i ; ' quarter, . .' . - . 40 por Cent. On any sum between $100 and S400, in any one year. 334 " "" On 11 11 v sum between $100 and SatOO in n yeur, - - 30 " On any sum over $2400 in a year, - . ' '- 12 On ihe amount of letters and packets received for ilistribu- . tion at office designated by thn Post Master General, for ' ' thai purpose. - 7 ', " On all sums arisinc from the .', postage on Newspapers, Ma-' ' ' . gnzines and Pamphlets, :- 50 . Box rents lint exceeding 82000 per annum. .' AMERICAN FOREVER ! , The Marseilles correspoiiilent of tho N., Y'. Tribune says : ' In the ports of tho Mediterranean I see somethina nl ways tn make me exclaim, A merica forever! This morning I had no snoner ra ch d the tvhar' (lh!s fa the only port nflhe Medilerranenn which has wharves) than I heard brooking forth from ft neighbor ing alle-, the following well known strains: "Oh, Susanna, . , Don't you cry for mo, I'm a goiii to Ala'.iaina With my banjo on my knee. I nccosted ihe singer, an Irish lad of four teen, and askeil him where he had learned lo sing the niis of Virginia, and he said in London, of the negro simrers that came from America. I passed a little further, to ihe head of ihe basin or harbor, and there was a Inge and well-built si ftp, "L'liiterminable," advertised lo sail for California.. America forever, said I, and went aboard. Sure enough there were a seme of ship caipenters filling her tip all inlo berths fur 200 passengers: nud so there are lo be mingled in the popu lation of the golden California, two hundced of the black-eyed Marsellnis. Several were on board looking themselves up berths, and examiug with marks of cariosity the huge copper cooking furnace that stands in tbe centre of the deck And what do you expect lo gain in exchanging La Bclre France fur California said I, lo a young man iu whose peculiarly dark fealures I discoveied a ulighl dash of Moorish blood. "Ah! Monsieur Eh bein. Look at me, Monsieur. ' I nm one of four. My mother is dead, my father is dead. We hold the least bit of land. For one it is good, ' For two It is passable. For three it is loo petit- For fonf it is impossible We are fonf biolhota, Monsieur. We are all on Monxieur. Ve cannot be -paiated, We cannot be one in France,., We will be one 111 America forever: 1 mwarilly ex claimed America 1 ;Laud of hope to how many in whuse bieasts hope has been extin guished ! Thou inly nst ienew . ll.e ; light, thou land of promie the oipl.ai s of ihe world turn tn ihee! Thou art the common mother of the oppressed the home of ihe unfortunate, the asylum of Ihe exile. This thou hast ever been, and this maysl ihou continue to be : for there are more des pairing eyes turned lo thee across the wes tern wave now, since leagued oppression has triumphed over ihe old world! Dr. Franklin. ll ia related pfDi Fiank- lin, lhat ouce while in France he had a dis pute with a nobleman upon the question whether the majority ought to rule in Stale adairs, or whether educated and well inform ed few ahould govern, The nobleman advo cated the latter proposition, and Di. Franklin defended the former. Afier some debate, the nobleman proposed lo ItU the matter be decided by Ihe company present,' and being surrounded by his own friends, they all rose at once 011 his side and left the Doctor alone. "Wei!," said he, 'according' lo your own principles, I have gained my cause ; you re present the ignorant majority, and I, the wise minority, decide, that you are wrong and must yield." . , ' , ' ... 1 What the Providence Star ia pleased to call it 4,lough story," in regard lo Iwn boys and a sled being caught by a locomotive and whirled uudei it, the lad escaping injury, is true. Tbe accident occurred at Pottsville, iu ibis State ." ; in . . Tub Ooesov Wbllikoto baa cost Eng- land .boot Vm&;- "St-., s 'l Jnn. (.UK, at Si l . . .;m .10 , March. April. May run Jury1.1 Aug. 8..,l. Oct. N.y. , Dec. PAlNE'S, DISCOVERY OT LIGHT FROM ' t . ..; . WATER. .... Some months ago, the Ledger referred to a letter sent to (his office giving the result of some experiments by Henry M. Paine in pro ducing light from water, of which most im portant things were anticipated. We have heard but little more of the discovery till yes terday we picked up the Washington Union when we found the following article refering Jo ir, nnd which is highly interesting : . I. A Important Invention. The following communication was handed ' to Us by the author, Unfits Porter, Esq., who is well known to us as Ihe former editor of the Scientific Ameiican, and as a man well Versed in a knowledge of the nrts nnd invention. He is a man of superior Intelligence and of great honesty of character, end we do not hesitate to say that any fact stated upon his own knowledge may Jbe relied .upon implicitly. We do not know whelher nil the great results which he anticipates from the invention, which he describes, can be realized; but he ha stated to us some, remarkable facts, the rosults of his own experiments, which would seem te justify the anticipations in which he indulges. If tho invention shall turn out to be what the inventors now promise them" selves it will be, it is certainly a most won derful discovery, and will create a new era in the arts :nd in civilization : " For the Uuion. ( Messrs. Editors. 1 am authorized to an nounce the discovery and practical test of the most important scientific invention ever yet produced or brought to light since the world has been inhabited by man an invention which must eventually, and almost iinme tliately, produce an immense revolution in the commercial intercourse aud business general throughout the world; aud, although it will bieuk down and ruin many of the most im portant branches of business nnd avenues of wealth, with hundreds of wealthy incorpora tions and business establishments, yet it will build up thousands of others, and contribute hundreds of millions td the benefit "of man kind, especially lo the American community. The first and main feature, and foundation of this invention, and which at once opens a field fur hundreds of other inventions, is the discovery by Henry M. t Paine, Esq., of a ready and nlinosl expenseless mode of de composing water riixl reducing it to the gaseous state. By the simple operation of a very. .small machine, without galvanic bat teries, or the consumption of metals or acids, and only tho application of less than one three hundrelli (1 300) pait of one horse power, Mr. Paitio produces 200 cubic feet of hydrogen gas, nnd 100 feet of oxygeu gas per hour. This quantity of these gases, (the aelual cost of which is less than one cent) will furnish us much heat by combusliou as 2000 feel of the ordinary coal gas, and suffi cient lo supply light equal to three hundred common lamps for ten hours; or to warm an ordinary dwelling house twelve hours, in cluding the requisite heat for the kitchen ; or to supply llio lequibile heat for one horse power of eleam. This invention has been tested by six months' operation, applied to Ihe lighting of houses, and recently ihe ap plicability of these gases to the warming of houses has also been tested with perfectly satisfactory results. A steam engine fut liace and a parlor stove, both adapted to these gases, have been invented, and measures taken for securing patents therefor. Mr. Paino has one of his machines, new and elegant, now in full operation and pub licly exhibited, aud may be expected lo ex hibit the tamo in this city within twenty days. The only actual expense of warming houses by ibis apparatus is that of winding up a weight (like ihe winding up of a clock) once a day; and the heat produced may be us easily graduated and regulated as the I la me of a common gas burner No smoke whatever f is pioJuccd, but a very small quantity of steam, sufficient to supply lite requisite moisture to the atmosphere. " In its applications Io the productions of jleam iower, it will reduce the expense thereof lo 1 he mere wear of machinery, and will imme diatuly pioduce an immense demand for steam engines, and induce the establishment of thousands of manufacturing mills, reduce the expense of traveling, and increase the demand for agricultural produce, while it ruins Ihe coal and gas business and such inaiiufactuiing establii-hmeuts as depaml o.xhory," exclaimed Ihe aunt of the younj ladyk monopoly aud high prices. This invention, moreover, removes completely the only ob stacles which have hitherto existed lo ccrial navigation the difficulty of procuring hy drogen gas, and carrying a supply of fuel ; and it may now be considered a matter of tolerable certainty thai men will be seen swiftly and safely soaring in various direc tions before the first of May next. These fact, being of immense .importance, should not be longer withheld; and 1 therefore would avail myself of your widely circulating jour nal to preseut them to the public Yours, respectfully, It Poster. .. Washington, December 22, 1849. . ' " Wiio can look upon the tears of the moth erless and the fatherless,' as the bleak winds of winter howl terror Into Ihe ears of sorrow itself, and say, as he clutches the- money In hi hand, "oil tlijs is mine !'! . U would bo well if many h"d suffered once iu poverty, fur then many a heart woakl know its duty. Tnr say it esy o discover tha sex pf egg-. The large, long-shaped eggs, pro duce male birds, the round,' plump ones, f. mats ditto! This, If Hu, may b rf sryitta. .U- i.i- I 44 ;u ;. j. ; THE PARKMANMIRDER. " Tl: , Tha Boston Mail, alluding to the report set''' afloat by a correspondent of tha Albany Eve- ' tit'ng Journal, that the remains found in Dr. Webster' apartment were identified as Dr. ' ', Parkmatt's by a tuft of hair on one shouldef and the scar remaining from a surgical opa ; ration, says! The above statements, furnished to thej Albany paper , by some penny-a-liner, are manufactured entirely out of whole clolhi T without the semblance of a shadow of founds' tion. . This we state upon good nnd sufficient authorityi 1 Statements of a similar character and quality untrue, have been furnished to numerous papers at a tlistanop, tend exten sivcly copied throughout the country. Another and a still less justifiable species' of romance and stupid malevolence, arising from the horrible death of Dr. Parkman, is the continued allusion made to Ephraim Lit tlefield, as participator in the murder, if not Ihe actual criminal. It was rumored yester - day, and the story obtained considerable cre dence in the city, that Litllefield had become! ' suddenly conscience stricken, and had mads) ' a clean breast of it, by acknowledging him . self the murderer! Mr. Litllefield has thj reputation of being an amiable and inoflen sive man, but it is by no means impossible that ho may, if such senseless allegations are) , persevered in, call upon parties to prove them. - The Mail has an article on Dr. Webster, from which we take the following: Dr. Webster is incarcerated in the same cell where was imprisoned for so many month Captain Pedro Gibbert, of the brig Mexican, who died upon the scafTuld with Ihe lest of his condemned crew. A gentleman Who vi sited him a few days ago, says that the cell js not more comfortable than those occupied , by other prisoners, with ihe exception of the) bed clothing, which has been furnished by his family. He does not partake of the pri ' son fare, but is allowed the some privilege of . other prisoners, to buy such extra food as he , sees fit to use.' His health is very little im I paired by confinement, and his conversation and demeanor seem to denote that a man . being martyred lo singular and untoward cir cunistances, rather than that of a conscience stricken criminal, seeking some legal fallacy ; lor escape or merited punishment. , Our in' . furmant stales that Dr. W. is now and haa been engaged, (luring his imprisonment, In writing a defence, in which he states all his business dealings with Dr. Parkman up to . the time of the alleged murder. In this state , ment ho does not attempt to controvert the ' circumstances connected with the discovery of the body, but takes the broad ground of conspiracy to fix upon him tbe odium of a deed, for the purpose of obtaining the reward offered, believing that the remnants of a body found was not the body of Dr. Parkman, but another body, ingeniously placed whers it ' was found by other hands Such, we learn . will be one of the points taken by his eoun-' sel in his defence. ' r We are also informed that that the fami- ' lies of Dr. Parkman and Dr. Webster bava ever been on the most friendly terms, recei' ' ving and changing visits constantly ; but as . regards ihe money dealings between the de ceased and Di.W. there can be no doubt; and lhat the only cause of serious difficulty between the parlies, grew out of the prover bial punctuality of Dr. P , and want of pru dence and forethought in Dr. W. Since this dreadful occurrence, Mrs. Park man has several times written letters of friendship to Mrs. Webster at Cambridge, in which, without in the least degree alluding to the murder, she oilers the hand of fellow ship and christian sympathy lo her sister iu misfortune,' pointing out the path lhat the Great Ruler of all things has ofTered to the aillictej. In addition to this we have heard of another luct well worthy to mention. A day or two after tho mmoj became general that Mr. P. was mi.-sing, and rewards offered for bis bo dy, a conversation took place in presence of Dr. Webster amfhis own family circle.' Hie daughter, in speaking of the rumored m order said. '-You, Pa, it is staled here, was the last person lhat saw him alive, for he was seen to enter the College at noon, and he most have wandered away away out of town af terward ;" aud she made some exclamation of pity. "The accounts are quite inllamma "and what a dreadful thing it would be if they should go so far as to charge your father with the murder." This was said, of course without any point or meaning, and elicited an answer nf indifference from the young lady, but it turned out too true' fori t. Web ster was that very night arrested by the offi cers and carried lo prison and Mia W. aunt, which her prediction or thoughts wer fulfilled, fainted and remained for a long time ia a stale of insensibility. T Tub Islanb op Japan is said lobe t , country where a change in tho , .. i t. . ii- fashion or dress hris not occurred during r . . . thousand five hundied year n- j . . , .. . ... All individuals, from Ihe highest to the . . , . I dom, wear lbs it., . ' or gown, and the 01ll y d((r b jn 'T m m nr..W worn, soma of Iba richer claj Wp, - ,M ...' . . of var tur-. ; iOUS c. "iore, and, exceedingly lirjht te f -w. MM, wui m "HospiTAirTT at Sam FaAKcuco.' Terms of admission to the San Francisco Hospital; lo a room, with oris bed flo per day) te worn a iik two bed 10 do j to ward, f OOt V - v.. i ,, . 1. . i - a , i.l l j - 'JO ) -i .' iX y-w
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