Mr. Miltcn' War vitamer.
- n appropriation was recently made by Con
t ivs for building a steam vessel on a new pi.ta
nijjpbtcd liy Ront'RT I.. L'trinicNs. I'mtn the
de.-ieriptiou ol thia new etrun',1110, as jivi n ly
the inventor, it promises to be a mo-l formida
ble engine ol war.
The vessel j? to be of iron, ami shot shell
proof, she is to 'have greater speed than any
vessel now afloar ; the engine an 1 propelling ,
tiparsutsarc to ue so piucuu 111:11 me inner sn.tii
bo submerged and the whole engine out ot the
woy of tho thct from the vessel of an enemy.
She is to be of 1500 tons burthen, will need no
figging, and with anthracite as fuel, it will
emit neither sparks nor smoke to attract tin-
t.ce. She will carry heavy (.una adopted t,.th
tor alrnt and shells. Her pott holes will be but
i.ttle larger than the mtmle oft gun, yet so
ar.nngcd as to allo v it to he fired at any an-
pie ; they will moreover be protected by move-
(: screen capable of Wing withdrawn ami
0
replnced with fact ity.
Mr. SiKriiENs litis alto invented a new spe-
1
vies ot shell lor the use , tins vessel. I hese
shells arc hermetically sealed, audare effectual.
ly secured from accidental expl.ah.ii,
from fire or from violent concussion thev are
perfectly safe, also, frtni injury by ubnierrion
in water. They are eo constructed as to ex
plode after having penetrated the object against
which they are discharged and being elonga
ted, contain three times as much powder as
the common shell of tho same calibre: they do
not icqniTe the use of mortars, but may be fired
from euns of the ordinary kind. Mr. Stephens
states that out of 120 of these shells which were
dicchargcd into timbers, or into banks of sand,
in nc teen exploded in the manner anticipated,
lendcring their action sufficiently certain, e
vineiug tho possession of properties not posses
sed by any other shell, and producing effects
which were actual iy tremendous. The follow
ing is an account of an experiment made by
Mr. Stephens, under the direction of the Gov
cniiutwt, to ted the quality of these shells :
A target of white oak was constructed in the
strongest manner, by one of the bet ship buil
ders : it measures five fret in thickness, and
the timbers were secured together by iron
screw polls passing entirely through, the whole.
This target was peiforatcil by the explosion of
a single shell, a hole being made in it through
which a horse might have passed. . Seven tim
bers of white oak, each measuring 12 by 10 in
ches, were torn into shreds, and scattered to a
great distance.
The plan which wc have 'thus sketched from
the statements of tho inventor, for constructing
and arming this new species of vessel, has been
matured,- with most of its details, for many
years. The present was thought to be a favor
able period liar its practical adoption : and in this
lel ief Congress has concurred. The necessary
appropriation for constructing the vessel with
promptness has been made, and we may expect
boon to hear that she -is afloat. Jla't. Amcr.
A Connecticut Story,
The following is related as a fact, having
actually 4iappcded some years since itithoStatc
of Connecticut:
A man in rather indifferent circumstances
surrounded by a large family, being entirely
cnit of meat, hnd recourse to the bheep-fold of
his neighbor, (a wealthy farmer,) for relief.
Tliu neighbor having a flock oftheep, did not
perceive that he had lost any, until one of the
liue.st in the flock, very large and fat, was
mi.ssiag and counting his sheep, found he had
Inst several. Unable to account for this ex
traordinary loss, lie resolved a few nights alter
to watch. About midnight he observed ait un
common disturbance among the sheep, by lite
sudden appearance of a matt dressed in dis
guise. Curiosity, us well as o observe tit
conduct of the person as to find him out, indu
ced him to he still. In the flock there w as a
rain with w hom, it seems t lie man w as in ha
bit of conversing as if he had been the actual
owner of the sheep "Well. Mr. Rain," says
the iiocitirnal sheep stealer, "I am come to buy
another sheep ; have you any more to sell !"
Upon which he rep! icd himself, as in the person
of the ratn, "Yen, I have sheep to sell." By
this time the owner of the sheep perceived him
to tie one ofhis neighbors. "What will you
tale for that lurge fut whether!" says the pur
chaser. "Four -dollars," replied Mr. Kain.
"That is a very high price," says the man ;
"but as you uru so good us to wak 011 tor
the pay, I think 1 will lake hmi.
Wll .Mr.
1 la m," continues the honest hcfji buyer, f own fuller. The circumstances is we learned
us ijee huw many shcejj have I bought of f." j tlreui, ore thest'. The elder IWr who is a
"If I urn not mistaken," sav Mr. Hum, this wealthy and high respectable gentleman uf the
make the filth;" and thun wciit 00 locust up iyof-tvidence, remarket! a few weekseince
the amount of the whole, and utter giving Mr. to h n, that unless he desisted from his at
Kama polite invitation to call on him fir Ins ; utust.i o evturn hv Guvernment of the State
pay, and bidding him good iiiltl, the man led thvv might in- brotiglrt u.lo collision witlieuch
hmi home, w hile the owner lay l.itihuro nt '.ne
rstvclty of the scene, as highly j;r.tlitit-d us if
he IikI received the ample pay lor the witole.
A few nights afterwards, wlieu he cuppt'd Jii
neighbor was nearly out of melton, he cuugl.l
the old ram and tied a little bag ttmier his neck,
and placed a piece f paper bi tvvtt n his horns,
011 which he wrote in lirye I. tiers, I I1A'K
l'().IK FOR M Y PAY. I'ihU r this line h j repiu o, ! 4ioii!,l not hesitate to murth our
footed up the wind uiuoiiiit of the fivv sheep, ' yor c-in.'jy prov iiied I cotililcarry my Hiinl
e xactly as hw neighlmr had done, as before re- " uv iilicr w ay.' 1'erceiving tVom this rc
l.i'ed : he then tsik the ram to his ueigbor's mark, vvhol a black-hearted rej.tde he had been
house, where he tied him near the door ami j nonro-long m h is UtHotit, his Iktln r very propt r
llien went home. When the neighbor ai in j ly tifih ted Inui to put his presence, and Kir
the morning, he was not a little surprised to ever. And his -xmple has been followed by
find a sheep tied at his own dour; but it is be- theotlitr membcrsof his family, who are among
ytd words to express his atiishimmt when ' Ihe timet respectable pceplt of the Slate. Troy
he found it was th o'.J rain with whout he had Duily II t ig.
lately been dealing so much in mutton, with
hia errand on hi forehead, and the amount of
five sheep accurately made out, aa he had done
a fi'W nights before in tho person of the ram.
Sndice it to any lie obtained the money, and af
ter tying it up nicely in the little bag, and
tearing the paper from his horns, net the ram
nt liberty, who immediately ran home, gingling
the money, as if proud of having accomplished
tllf, ()llje(,t of lis crralll3to the no Blllb grat
f,Ciltjim 0f ln2 owner.
A Remarkable Dream.
The Norfolk Herald contains the following :
The man who proteases to bo a believer in
dreams and other extraordinary auguries of
i coining event, ia snri? to lie; rrirardnil hv ninp
tontla of mankind as a simpleton, if not a stark
j Mif)t f yct tIjaf ,h(J mjrt callimitolI8 evcntslmvo
; !k.n u,e jn ,icatC( b jH nn
in(1:sptl.ablt. fucl , QIlJ jt js a ctirtai lla,
! M1(;h rypn(s havfi in M casrsbecn C0lltruItt,
'),., , .1 .1 .
; by a strict attention to the warnings thus mystc-
j rj01tsv jv,tl jj js tmnrcesrory for us to spe-
I ... ' ; r . .
1 cily instances or such warnings, as they must
, bc fo r?a (,ri,islHrinuI recorJ:,
Uut t,u.re js 0C Ci()I1l.cUh1 Wlt!l ,.. rec(nt 1C.
; ,aC,,(,v rvt,ltof th(! 1)Um intr ,,,, of ,hc jK.(1(r,,(
1 . " ; . 1 11 -
class among the most remarkable which have
fallen within our notice. Three weeks before
it ticcurred, the sad catastrophe was distinctly
represented in a dream to the mate of the Jew
ess (one of the line of Btc.imers fur which the
Medora was intented.) lie saw her making
trial of her machinery saw her blow up saw
the helpless victims of the explosion in the wa
ter round her, strugling for life saw the boat
sink, and identified dipt. Sutton (her comman
der) clad in a white dress. He told hisdream
afterwards -and was laughed at ! The Jew
ess it will be remembered, left here for Balti
more, on Thursday night, (after the explosion,)
and passed in the bay, the next morning, the
steamer Georgia, on her way down to Norfolk ;
and when perceiving the G.'s fings half mast,
he exclaimed in tone of jyrief "There ! my
dream is out the Medora is b'own up !" The
boats passed each other too far asnnder to hail,
and it was not known to those on board the
Jewess until her arrival at Baltimore, that
mull was indeed the melancholy l'uct
An Incident lit Ucorgla.
Some two years ago the writer of this arti
cle stopped at a tow n in Georgia. .Strolling a
bout, he entered the graveyard. From a small
but chaste marble obelisk, he read this iiiscriji-
tion : A
mother's memento
to the memory ok an om.v son,
who fell at the .massac uk
or
Fannin's regiment in
MEXICO.
He felt an interest to learn the hislory nf its
erection. The story was briefly this. A youth
of nineteen, the only sjii of a widowed mother
a boy w hom she loved w ith all lira fondness
ofmuternal affection was returning to his home
from the University of Virginia, at the time
Fannin was ruising his regiment of Georgians
for the Texian service. Willi southern ardor,
and with all the chivalrous recklessness of
youth, he volunteered for the campaign. He
briefly addressed a letter to his mother the
day he embaikcd, inform ing her of his desti
nation, and his hope of being instrumental in
aiding the independence of Texas.
Judge of the mother's feelings, when she
received the letter. Without an instant's hesi
tation she departed for Charleston, and sailed
Iroiti thence to Galveelon, in hopes toovertuke
her truint boy. Unfortunately, the schooner
lost her foremast ; and w hen the moiher reach
ed Texa-s, she found the regiment had march
ed a week before for the scene of conflict.
New s finally came of the capture of Funnin and
his tinces by the Mexican army. Then came
the intelligence of their masbacre, by order of
the tyrant, Santa Ana. Her boy was in the
front rank, ami was among the first that fell!
Fur u lime she was deprived of her senses, and
when she finally recovered, with n broken
heart she returned to her home in Georgia.
She erected this obelisk td the memory ifher
son ; and one afteriMioii, a short time after re
turning from tfio church yard, she was found
dead, silting in her arm chair, holding the
mimaiure of her boy. The mother's troubles
were over! .V. 1'. Aurora.
TIkiiiims W. IVirr the arch-demagogue of
1 Klaalo Jiid, has U-eil "reiMidialed" by his
Mt'r-r, l,' ohserved the old gentleman, shall
oftiniie Tai''K inysv If tiHiti the ssle of the
l.ivvf, a-hl smeiig the friends tif order and gnnd
ooi iuiii nt. In ruse a rcsori to anus shall
become necessary to preserve the peace and
dignity of the State tmin violation, you audi
ni.i v ire arr tyed against t'Hch tith.'r in a Irotdile
i:it:Vo 11 .' 'In that event,' his wretched eon
Correipoudenee 0 the New York Tribune.
Hliotlc lilaiul Sheriff Arrenteri.
PaoTlnasct My 6, 1842.
Burlington Anthony, heiilT of this County un
der the "People's Contitution," wae this day ar
rested. He wit not arretted for treaon, there not
being evM.-ncc tint ho had actually attempted to
ererrise the office of Slirriir, but fur having
knowingly suffcrred bis name t.) lie ued a a can',
di.l. lie, and declaring that bc would nerve if elected.
The penally for thm in imprisonment fo. one ye ir and
M o thousand dolluts fine. He had atnto.1 junl be
fore hii uncut, it is laid, thut he would neither give
li iil nor go to prison, but would conn si the validi
ty of the law and ili.-pute the rifjht of any olllcnr lo
acl unJer the old Cli.ntor ; it it said, loo, th .t be
haddtclared hia dutermiiMlinn to a-riit Oov. King
on his return from .Newport thia afternoon! '1 hia
rxcitid very great hul'gniti.m although no re.nnn
alile mm ruuM mi'po.-e tint he would attempt
such a thing. When arraigned he pleaded nut
guilty, but the evidence being conclusive, he was
held In t.iil in the turn nf f t, 0(H), which wni redi
ly obtiiined. A procession headed by three milita
ry companies ia now firming to go down to the
wharf and earort (!ov. King lo ti qunrtum, 011 hia
arrival from Newport.
Iinme.hulely lief.rrcthe arrest of Mr. Anthony, a
I uge crowd ol both parties assembled around tha
office of Justice Brown, where ibe examination was
held ; ami for a little while things began to look
serious, but it all pa-ed off without any outbreak
Orders have issued to the volunteer compiuioa of
the Suffrage party to nn el, and some of them are
probably under arms ; a few men from the coun
try are an d lo havccoine in aimed, but I have no
fear of any disturbance to day. There will he a
bout three hundred hivonetsin Gov. King's escort,
and the piece of the Marine Artillery are out Bnd
mounted. Tlieo will preserve or lcr, even should
a disturhauce bc made, which t rejieat I do not con
template. The Government deserves credit foi the
prudence and fnmness w ith which it has acted and
acting. ('axon iit's.
IlnliMt'a Alil-Rtlrlllnii Mrtal.
Mr. Choatk, from the Committee n Naval Af
fairs in the U. P. Senate, has reported in favour of
a bill iiithoi jzinst the Secretaiy of the Navy to pur
chase for the United Stntes the rii-ht to use Hah
I it's anti-attrition metal. This metal is u-ed in
uiuchiueiy especially in stej.n engines. The
improvement which the inventor has secured by
patent consists in the substitution if 1 soft, uuctious
metal, fur the hard brass or composition heretofore
used lo ust..in the jour. mis and other moving parts
of midlines. This soft metd ia enclosed in a
new improved marine., in ribs or ledges of harder
metal, lo prevent its being spread by the weight of
the shafting or by pressure.
The Committee consider that the improvement
is one which the Government ought to possess the
right to rise. It secures a great diminution of flic
lion, and a consequent saving of fuel, and saves one
half or more than one half the oil heretofore ne
cessary ; lcssfns the cost of the original construction
of the brasses which receive the journals since
they may bc made much lighter than bofore ; les
sens the expenseof repairs, liecaum; tho soft metal
wears longer than the hard, and the rib and ledges
may be rclitej at small cost ; communicates in
creased efficiency to the engines by the diminution
of friction, and prevents the heating of the jour
nals, crank-pins, and other moving parts of the ma
chinery. The accompanying leslimonuU healing witness
to the value of lhi improvement are from the most
respectable sources. Mr. Kuuicsov, the dis
tinguished engineer, now employed in the con
stiuclion uf the wur steamer under the superinten
dence of Capl. Stockton, spraks of the unti-attri
lion metal aa indispensable. Other experienced
engineers commend it very highly. Among the
letters on the subject e observe one from ('harlks
IIowahu, Cm. President of the lialtimore and
Susquehanna Kail hVad Company, in which be
stales that the metal in question baa been used
with eminent success in the company's machinery,
the right of Using it having !een purchased for
fl.OSO. So many valuable qualities as ate as.
crilred to this invention upon such good ambority
recommend it strongly to the attention uf Govern
ment. Pall. American.
AvtiHicis CatniT. The following is an ri
tract tioui a letter of the gteat poet N CHnawouTS
lo liisbop UotNE :
"The proceedings of some of the Statea in your
country, in money concerns, and the shock which
is given lo the credit of the Stale of Pruiisy Ivania
have caused much trouble under our roof, by the
injury dune to some of my moot valuable connex
ions and fi ieuds. 1 am not j emoiially and dm oil)
a auffi rer ; but my biolln r, il the Stale of Peunav I-
vauia should latl 10 fulfil its engagements, would
lre almost all tho little aavines of bis long and
geiit-ioua life. My daughter, through the perfidy
of the (Slate of Mississippi, has forfeited a tuin,
(hough I ul small in ilci II, large lo. her means ; and
a great ortkiu of my nnl valued friends h ive to
l.iunnt iheir misplaced cotill.lence. Topics of this
kind are not pk-asant to dwell upon, but the mine
extensively the injury ia made known, the moie
likely i it. that whe.e any remains of integrity, hi
nor, or e vu coniiiKMi btirnauity exint, tlbirls will
be made lo set and kt-i p things riyht."
A Hunalre.
Mr. Walker of ('handleiville in the lower
end of this county, having become tirod of rc
I tailing spirituous liquors from his store, at the
propo.sitton of the leniK'rance people i:i that vi
cinity, hist week, sold tatt his stock in trade
for their use and signed the pledge A' total
abstinence. Then began a novel scene. The
people collected from the neighborhatal round.
King Alcohol was brought outf and being un
able to Kiy aught in dcltircc of the long li.-.t tf
crimes urrayed against him, was condemned to
be burnt ! Tho pu'ikshment seemed a bar
barous one, but in view ofhis sanguinary life, it
w as llnaioht not mora than he dctcrved. The
liquid Monarch was conveyed in tubs to a
small hill, and poured upon tho ground the
subtle stream flowed down the torch was ap
plied tho flames arose, and the grim monster
took his departure amidst fumes which filled
the air ! Village Iti rurd.
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, .Woy II, !842.
Cj There will Ire services in the Episcopal
Chinch to-morrow (Sund:iy) evening, by the 15ev.
Mr. Mitcheson.
( We refer our readers lo a number of new
advcitiscmentt in this weeks paper, among some of
which, almost all clashes uf readera will find some
thing of interest.
(jj- In consequence of absence from home and
a press oT other business, we are nt able to fur
nish our readers with the usual quantum of rdi
torial. iXj By an advertisement in another column, it ;
will be seen that Major Charles Borrows has open
ed a new Hotel, in Williamsport. The Major's
houi-e is no only comfortable and welt arranged,
but what is better tho Major is an attentive, gentle
manly and obliging landlord.
fXjr The Batlallious ot this place arid Mahnnoy,
hi Id on Monday and Tuesday la-t, were uu- !
merously attended. Politicians of all grades and
classes were busy in their various avocations,' A
more formidable anay of civil and military office
huntirs, and office holders, had probably never
been collected together on any i casino before in
ibis couury.
iXj The great race between the Virginia horse.
Boston, and the Jersey mare, Fashion, the former
nine vena old and the h.trer fie, was run over the
Li ng Island course on Tuesday last, for jf 20,000
a sue. contrary .0 me genera. o..u.ou, r ..s....... (
t t , . . .. 1 1. . 1 : .
p.oveu wic winner m vwo ..ears, oeaung ... u.r ,,rs,
by a length, and the second by five lengths. The
time was the least ever made in this country, and
it is said the I est on record. I imr I l hi at 7 .i".
second do., 7 4.).
(Eclipse and Henry a time ,1
7 an ami 7 w.)
The course was crowded, and a great deal of bet-
ling-lhe odds in favor of Boston.
,
(TV rhcdifhculues in Rhode Islaml have not
: . . , . . , , , . .
yet been settled, and it is feared thai some collision
..... 11
..III I.KC iai.Q II l"IIIC Ulllll Ul'll' I I .lll,i:ill( HID BIV
not soon made. The old charter goveriiine.it holds
its sessions at Newport. The suffrage arty who
lifivi f 11 1? Mi'itu it 111. .11 llif. rii-ur e.uislil uli.in h.itil
their sessions nl rrovidenre. President I yler has
... '
iiiuntu Kitrriil romp inirn lu .t wifii lu nuru llie.ll
selves in readiness in case of emergency.
fTj" Pitt'MiiKXT TtLiiH has given orders for the
removal of 38 clerks iSic, employed in the Phila-
lelphia Custom House. Mr. Huberts, the collector,
went on to Washingrnn lo remonstrate with ihe
President upon the subject. Tho President, it is
slid, uni ted ilmt the removal should be made, or
that Mr. KoU-rla should resign, Mr. li iberla 111
loiined the President, lb it be would do neither,
and left him. We never approved of the appoint,
incut of Mr. Kulirrls, nor the manner in which ma
ny of tho appointments were made und r hi 111.
M . Itoln rta was not, lion ever, an appl cant for
ihe office, and we presume will not submit lo the
tyranny of such proceedings. The President is a
much more vain, weak and vascillaling man than
we could hjve possibly conceived, judging from
his previous political standing in Virginia.
Cj- The editor of the U. J. Gazette, speaking in
n l rente to the .landers against Governor Porter,
aav a, "the worst of all species of slanderers is, the
no parly presi,',
irnnxTsnri nr thi i.ovihvob.
William F. I'uihcr of Lycoming county, to be
Auditor G.'nrral.
Andrew I'utttrtan, F.iq.,o be Notsry Public in
and for the county of York.
(Tj- A public meeting was recently held at Mil
Ion, in relation to the discount demanded at Phila
delplua on country Bank notes. The meeting ad
vised tradeis carrying produce to Philadelphia, to
demand in payment our own Bank noies, or the
siecio. Bicknell'a Reporter, in reference to this
course, says :
"The above plan ia murh easier suggested than
carried into elfect. Wa may add here that on ihe
fust of A pril, many of Ihe Country banks, were
induced, as usual, to ditcouut foi iheir customers,
notes luuuing from thirty days to four months, in
order to a If or d those customers fariluiea to get
their produce to maikrt. The result has been an
increase uf Country paper in th 1 City, and hence
the panic. Uy ihe first uf August, the Country
banks will have a large portion of these notes back
again, in addition to Ihe exchange which theit cus
tomert will in the meantime receive from those to j teres! (if so much) than the Farmer, whom For.
whom they have sold, or will sell Iheir produce. rjgn nations sedulously shut out from thrir mar
The natural operation of affairs therefore will K,u Wbeu other nations insist upon feeding
seedily remedy ihe evil complained of. Our city ,heir own men ny with their own loud, it is the
people, should remember, moieovir, thai the bat- nrt, July of the Farmer here to raise up about him
auc of trade, is under ordinary circumstances , . and women lo eat what he cannot send lo
against the city. The country banks have in ibis fonign counliiea 10 be eaten.
instance, discounted not only with an rye lo their
own interest, tmt for the benefit of the wholesale
dealers hi Philadelphia- for without euvh dtacouira
the cuuiitiy merchants would dot have visited the
city at all. Il will be seen thriefoio, that th obli
gation is ntulaal on the city and country. Both
parlies should endeavor to ait and not lo injure
each othet."
Military.
I'll annual Dattallioii training took place in our
borough on Monday last. The field officers made
quite an imposing appearance. Among them we
noticed Major Geneial Green, splendidly uniform
ed, and striding a beautiful white steed. The Gen
eral looks like a aaldirr wiih iron nerve and right
good will to battle in his country's cause. He is
the first Major General of thia brigade who has in
curred the eipense of uniforming himself, and he
deserves much credit for his military spirit and the
interest he takes in the proper oiganiz ition of the
militia.
Major.
Ma- EniToa I understood that Capt. Wui, I,.
Dewnrt has contented to I a candidate for the of
fice of Major of the First Battallion, 4th Itegi.
menl of ihe Pennsylvania Militia. He possesses
the right military spirit, and Ihe ability to make a
good officer. He now commands the company of
' Greys" in Suubury, and the appearance of the
corps, as well aa their proficiency in the drill,
proves that the captain has a thorough knoledga of
tartta. I have heard a very general expression of
opinions in favor of hia election, and I believe that
a Iretler person could not be selected.
A MILITIAMAN."
Coroner.
Permit us, through ihe columns of your paper,
to recommend Fun I.mcii, of Slumukin town.
u 1 1 i 1 1 fn r I ti a nfll.'o g( f .,.. i. AT liav. I,...n l n
I ...-, .... ...w v...... ... wur, ...... v limp, II.FII
I acquainted with Mr. I.erch, and know him lobe a
staunch lcmoci.il, and in every rcqrect qua'ifird for
I the office. Wc hope he may be unanimously no
' minuted by the Ilemorralic County Delegation.
' Mast DsMocaATS or Avuista.
Tlie Money Market.
Money matters have underline very little
change in Philadelphia since our lat. The rates
have varied aomewhst at times, but they may now
Instated at from 9 to Is! per cent, per annum. The
feeling gene.ally better and the prospects brighter.
Business however, continues limited, and as the
warm weather approaches, we must expect it to
prow yet more contracted. Still the aspect of af
fairs generally, is more cheerful, and the opinion
seems to prevail very generally, not i.nW at the
N 01 til and South, but in the East ami West, that
the ciisis has gone by that we have pissed the li-
pry otJm h(, r1g,M nJ iro.iefily of ,he 1
; c(uii(? wj, gIlu)ujly eefUil,y lcvive.-The
. CtnflU arp jn n actions, the crops hold out
j ,ie m(Ji eilcour.,gillg f,roslHxt, the general health is
good arid our currency is improving. We say
rUrrnev in a national sense, for the ereat work
! of resumption is now in progress in the most of ihe
j 8,ilM0f ihelV.on. In Philadelphia all goes well,
J The Uil)Vli ,lat conlinue , ne., ,y sCie
for all iheir obligations, and at the present moment,
j , , ,. , . .
I there is not the slightest apprehension of anotber
j ....
susie.ision, e are occasionally annoyed, hoiv-
ever, by the changing rates of country notrs. Thus,
last week our brokers refused lo buy the paer of
maiiv of our interior banks, ur.b ss at enormous
i discounts ; and vviihout, as far as we could d.scov
1 ..
i er, any positive cau-. nr c lunl'V han'a. gi-ncr
I ally speaking, are in very fair condition, and in the
' course of a short time, we dou'.l li t, will be able
j to keep tin ir paper at par. They should be dealt
j wiih kindly under existing circumstances, for every
honest man and true-hearted Pciinlvanimi ia in
terested at the pre ent nn ment, in ihe effort to
maintain sjecie payments, to purify nur currency,
and to sireng l en our credit and character. Hick
uc.Tt Hi port ir.
F.rle St ilpt.
I'lub r an arrangement wiih the Gavemor, the
Erie Bank hus commenced the issue of if 35(1,(100
under the act of May -f, 18H, for ihe payment of
the Domestic creditors. It is said by tha Erie (ia-a-tle,
that this sum is now being paid nut to the
contractors, and will pay the whole sum due 0.1
the Erie Extesion lo May I, 1811, within 5 000.
Although some of our contemporaries are dispo
sed to complain at this act of the Governor, we
give him credit for it. We wlh every domestic
creditor in the Hiatc could bo paid in tho same
way. The only objection that can he made to this
course, is that it will depicciale the curreucy. But
if the Legislature docs its duty at the Extra
aion, il will be a good currency, bcttei in our opi i-
ion than any bank currency. A lax to pay the in-
terral, and the whole interest a certain and sure
lai will resuscitate our credit, and .1" the Stale
credit is good, thia currency will be good also.
Itarritburg Intclligrnnr.
Y'rrr Trade all einc alitr,
"Free Trade" is s beautiful theory lo t.lk of,
but neither France England, nor any other Euro
pean nation sets us any example in it. If it is all
tight nobody over sea believe in any action upon
the right.
The question now, when necessity compels us
to raise nur Tariff, to raise a revenue, is, w hether
we shall practice upon this Free Trade, that nobody
else practices upon, or whether in raising the reve
nue, we shall discriminate, as other Peopl -, lo pro.
tert what li e raise and what toe make, aa other
pple discriminate lo protect what they raise and
what they make.
It is a great mistake to suppose that only manu.
facturera and mechanics and a.tizana ure interested
iu a discriminating duty. Nobody has more in-
Thus we have prepared a Table lo show ihs pri-
ecsolf.Kxl at !.ivcin.l and at Cincinnati. Now
if Ohio Farmers could send their produdc lo Liver,
pool, they might have Liverpool p.icta, but in the
exclusion ol that duty, it ia iheir interest to have
Manchester this siJe of the sea.
The following comparative view of the prices of
some of the iitcailt of hie 111 England, and the
Western United Stntes, is made up from ihe pri
ces current of Liverpool and Cincinnati, on Ihe 1st
of April.
Liverpool.
t H5
1 20
T2
18 00
61 sV
10 80
11 96
13 38
Cincinnati,
ft 2i
Flour, per bid.
Wheat, per CO lbs.
Indian Corn, do
Oats per 4.") lbs.
Poik mesa, per bbl.
Beef, mess, do.
Bacon, per 1 'i lbs.
Hams, do.
Lard do.
1 j
6 50
8 00
3 08
4 43
6 04
John Bull levies the following duties on the a
bove articles from the U. 8. (which are to be some
what teduced by Sir Hubert Peel's proposed lariff l
viz.
On Flour, (1st April) $3 8.) ; Wheit, pef
bumel, 80 cen s; Indian Co-n 60 ; Oats 55 ; Pork
and Beef pet bbl $5 76 ; Bacon rind Hams, per
cwt. fti 72 ; I.ard, per cwt. $1,82.
If John would only allow us a little'Free Trade'
how we would feed him ! N. V. Erjiresi.
Ait Ktcitlng Seeue In Congress)
A disgraceful scone took iace in the House on
Wednesday. In the course of the debate on Ihe
New York Custom House Keport, Mr. Stanley aU
luded to a certain Committee, and said 1
"But I refer to the proceedings of thia and of all
other investigating committees especially lo this
especially to the gentleman himself. He dog
ged the Secretary of Ihe Treasury, the Secretary of
State, the Postmaster Genrr d, and I think others,
and riamined them. Many of his questions were
voted down one, I rcmcn,lcr, his own Whig
friends on the committee against him he solitary
(delicate) ami alone! Sir, I said Mr. Whitney had
been bull dogued with a vengeance before the com
mittee. The gentleman undertook, with an affec
tation of great regard for an absent friend, to defend
Mr. Peyton. tSir, I never assailed Mr. Peyton. I
had forgotten at the time he was on the committee ;
and w hat I said on thai subject referred entirely to
the grntleiwin liimsrlf. I referred to the statement
of Mr. Whitney, or io the seech of the gentleman
himself, in w hich be "interposed in a friendly man
ner," when he said, "if that arm had moved an inch,
he (Whitney) should have died on the spot."
Mr. 'i-r. Does the gentleman aay I bull-dogged
Reuben Mi Wbimey ?
Mr. Sianley. I mads the rema.k to you in re
ply to what you said about "dogged" at the heels
of the commission, rs.
' Mr. Wise, after re e ding what Mr. Stanley had
I formerly observed, sa d this bull-dogging was in re-
I rdv to that. Whitney was la-fore Garland's com
' mifee : it was with Bailie Pevton be had the onar
tel. I was present as a memlrer of that committee.
I a-k the geut'rman from Noith Carolina again,
if he meant to say I bull-dogged Whitney in the
committee.
Mr. Stanly. I say again distinctly I made toe
reply about bu'l-doging for tho genl'em n from
Virginia, and intended it for him, and him alone
let him take it.
Mr. Wise. That is evnctly such a reply as I
should have expected from a coward.
Mr. Stanly. Mr. Speikcr t am aware of that ; I
' expected all I hut. I hae seen him pursue that
j i,BM before. It is all old trick. This sett will tes-
I tify who Was "a coWard"ut Ihe eitra session ; we
j nll know who g .t ihe worst of that. Lei the gen-
tlemin try me; he ahall see who is a Coward. Hd
has mistaken bis man. I was not burn yesterday.
I know his unworthy arts to get the advantage,
buthe will nut succeed. I said, deliberately, he
had acted like a bull dog lo nn unarmed, defence
less man, a Mr. Whitney Was.
Further on Mr Stjnly remarked;
"I regret, Mr. S,ieaker, that I have been com
pelled to say anything of a rcrsonal character. I
have told the House thai t quit all communication
with the number from Yirgiaia; believing that lo
submit to his insolence or tight was necessary. I
rould not submit ; as to fighting, when the gentle,
man desms that. I shall give him an answer. And
now, sir, in conclusion, I have only lo say to the
member ffom Virginia, "Lay on, McDutT" lam
ready to meet any issue lo which it may b ad."
The above is fmui the Intelligencer. The
Madisonian also has a statement of the all air, which
concludes thus :
Mr. Wise then said, "Sir, the answer to my
question ia Jnt such a one as I eifted to oblun
1 from A t ow amii," and, pointing hia ringer directly
at Mr Stanly, added, "who now ataads before me."
A Washington letter says : "There is some
talk of a duel btlweeu Messrs. Wise and Stanly ;
but I apprehend there ia little danger of such a re
sult. In accordance with the code which operates
in uch matter, ihe onus of the challenge would
rest with Mr Wise. Uut to Use his own expression
on a former occasion, "there w ill be no fight."
An AnYay.
The Washington correspondence of the I. S.
Gazette, gives the following account of an all'rsy
between Mr. Stanly and Mr. Wises
Aa Mr. Stanly and Mr. Wise were coming from
the race con rue yesterday evening, it unluckily so
hapened that they rode out of the yard, in which
theit horse had been tied, nearly abreast of each
other, and proceeded in that way some distance on
the road. Wise, as I undeistand, keeping hia eye
fixed fiercely upon Stanly, and the latter, occasion
ally, turning his upon him. As they were ap.
proaching a large mud hole that encoded aeiuaa
the road, Stanley's borne which was a head-strong
awkward, clumsy animal, shyed off lan against
Wise's w ith such force as lo throw the right leg
of one, and the left leg of the other rider out of
their stirrups, Stanley's horse at the same time
passing ahead. Mr. H. endeavored to hold up, and
wa in the art of turning to apologise to Mr. W.
and slate that it was an accident, rhen Wise
i kMirrrd r).i ward and with a loaded rattan, struck
i Mi. S. over ihe head. The force of the blow was
o great that the ball of the rattan broke through
the crown of hw hat just above the leniple, and the
rim was also broken. Fur an instant Mr. S. was
coinj letilv stunned, and lost bi sight, but stdi