Pmm the .atinnal Iiilclliitt nctr.
NATIONAL IXflTITt TK.
The Polar Plant nftlir 'Wratrril Prntrlts I
A tattle (imipiis.
PtR Sir : In offering through yon to tho
National Institution a dry-pressed specimen of
the Polar Plant of the Western Prairie, it is
proper that I should give a description of it,
and its location. It is a iqiecies of fern, witli
ono Inrg-c flat leaf, whose plain always point
1n the tinrfh and south. Tho leaf is symmolri
t.illy disposed about the stalk. It ottnins the
height of Ironi ten to sixteen inches, and it ia
believed it never blossoms. It is spread pro
fusely in large beds over till Western prairies,
from iholiir Northwest to tho far Southwest.
It Ins been seen in the prairies of Wisconsin
and other regions cast of Mississippi. It fs never
fi'iHid in tho forest, or in other words, outcfltte
prairies. It hnsbcen well known to the hun
ters and tfuppcrs oflho West, and to the offi
cers of dragoons ; but I believe tlmt its exist
ence has never (at least extensively) hern made
known to tho world. Its phnc is always in the
plane of the meridian, when not disturbed by
Jeigh winds or other external causes. The in
dications are almost accurate in the valleys,
where the beds are sheltered from tho winds,
nnd where tlie traveller finds them arranged
in parallel positions, faithfully pointing wut the
direction to tho meridian. The leaf symmetri
cal, nnd thus there is nothing in its indications
to distinguish the north and south.
The specimen which I tend was plucked
from the prairies near Fort Gibson, west of Ar
kansas. That its indications ore actually the same
wherever found is the universal testimony of
all who have known of it ; and I haw met ma
ny w ho have noticed it from the south of Fort
Towson to a considerable distance north of Fort
ficavenworth. In ninny instances those who
spoke of it derived their first intimation ot its
existence from that excellent officer and capital
woodsman, Captain Aatltuu Ummv, of 1st regi
ment U. S. dragoons, son of thy celebrated Dun
id Hoone.
The cause of the polarity of this curious
plant remains to be discovered. lleing symme
trical in shape, or rather the weight being c
qually distributed about the steam, it is pocvuble
that ils sapor fibre is so thoroughly impregna
ted with certain salts of iron as to be deviated,
from tho period of its infant growth by the ac
tion ol the magnetism of the earth, turning like
a compass needle on its stem or root as a pivot.
That it is not caused by the action of the light
would seem probably from analogy, as vegeta
bles acted upon by the light .tre noted for turn
ing their leaves or blossoms toward llw sun in
stead from it. At mid-day the pluneof tho Po
lar Plant passes through the sun, and thus it
shuns the light. I have noticed it in long-continued
cloudy weather, and could find no alteration
in its position.
As tlie existence of the torpedo and tlie -electrical
eel exhibit the influence of idoclriciiy on
animal lite, this plant is very interesting as
showing its probable connexions also with ve
getable life ; thus furnishing a link to supply
the chain of gradation. It is well known that
there are many distinguished raturalists nnd
professors of physiology who would go higher
btill even to the human frame, and predict the
final discovery of the intimate connexion be
tween electricity and thri opera! ion of the ner
vous system. Any fact connected with the ac
tion of electricity or magnetism (sup.osvd to be
one and the same agent) is now especially in
teresting, when therj are so many ingenious
minds throughout the world devoted to such
investigations.
I have ascertained to my sutisfctiithal this
plant has been well know n to trappers and to
ii. any of the Indian tribes, and that they have
been in the habit of availing themselves (in
tours over those vast tracts) of this humble but
omnipresent guide, which a kind Provideuce
has sprinkled over this region, and which is
thus available iu cloudy weather, when the sun
and stars arc denied them. Even if it is gran
ted that it is less needed by the red man, no
one will deny its uses to the whites in a
country destined still for a long period to be
roamed by litHiters, traders, pioneers, and o
ther white men.
I will here add that Captain TViom: also states
that there is spread all over the fivr West a
certain root, culled thu "snake root," whose jui
ces arc very gratelul to iiieneh thirst, uud
w hich ii found in the greatest, abundance in
those parts of the prairies ulis li arc high or
dry, and iimst likely to be deprived of water ill
a season of beat and long d.'oiiglrt.
It is need less to descant Uku these beautiful
and striking exampksof the wise prtiviswws of
Mature, fumi-Aing a regi lubU cum hiss and the
means of quenching thirst, ever ready lor the
wanderer, am! both located iu a region xrostined
perhaps for the longest period in the history of
tlie world to be occupied by a roving popu
lation. 1 am, w ith high respect, your obedient ser
vant. BKNJ. ALVOIU).
l.ii iili ninil l iiititl Stall Army.
To I' Maukoi:, jr. lvq.
Col responding Secretary if the Sutionul
Institution.
Elopement.-A gentleman, says the New
York Express, arrived iu that city on Tuesday
in pursuit of his wife and children, w ho a few
days since left without his knowledge or
consent. To his astonishment, he found the
ludy comfortubly quartered with another man
in the upper part of the city, lie is aUmt
to take legal measures to obtain hischildren ;
the wife, ho tuys ia of nut much consequence.
Pi Mil of Wnalilntitoil.
The following vivid nnd touching sketch ofthe
lust moments ofthe Hither of his Country is
from a letter in tho American !
Passing through the grcnt hall, ornamented
with pieturosof English hunting scenes, wo as
cended the oaken siair case, with its carved
and antique balustrade. We stood at the door
we pressed the handle the room and the
bed where lm died worn before us. Nothing
iu the loly dr.iuia of his existence surpassed
the grandeur of that final scene. The cold
which he had taken from exposure, in oversee
ing some part or his grounds, and which resis
ted the earlier domestic remedies that 'vero ap
plied, advanced in the course of two short days
into that frightful form of the disease of the
throat, laryngitis. It beenme necessary for
him to take to his bed. His valued friend, Dr.
Craik, was instantly summoned, and assisted by
the best medical skill of the surrounding coun
try, exhausted all the means of his art, but
without affording him relief. He atiently sub
mitted, though in great distress, to the various
romidics promised, but it became evident fiom
the deep gloom setting upon the countenance of
the medical gentlemen, that the case was hope
less. Advancing insiduously, the disease had (lis
tened itself with deadly certainty. Ixxiking with
perfect calmness on the sobbing group around
him he said-"(Jneve not my frivuds-il is as I an
ticipated from tho first the debt which we all
owe is now about to be paid I am resigned to
the event," lleyiesling Mrs. Washington to
bring him two wills from his escritoire, he di
rected one to be birnt, and placed the other in
her hnnds, as his last will and testament, and
then gave pome final instructions to Mr. 1car,
his secretary and relation, as to tho adjustment
of his business affairs. He soon atlcr became
greatly distressed, and as, in the paroxism which
became more frequent and violent, Mr. J.car,
who was extended on the bed by his side, assis
ted him to turn, he, with kindness, but with dif
ficulty, articulated, "1 fear I give you great
trouble, sir but perhaps it is a duty that we
all owe, one toanother i trust that you may
receive the same attention, when you shall
require it."
As the night waned, the fatal symptoms be
came more imminent. His breath became
more labored and sulli .eating, and his voice soon
after failed him. Perceiving his end approach
ing, ho straightened himself to his full length,
he folded his own bunds in the necessary atti
tude upon his chest placing his linger upon
the pulse of the left wrist, and thus calmly pre
pared, and watching bis own dissolution, ho a
waited the summons of his Maker. The last
faint hopes of his friends had disappeared.
Mrs. Washington, stupified with grief, sat at
the foot of the bed, her eyes fixed steadfastly
iijmn him; Or. Craik, iu deep gloom, stood with
his face buried in his hands at the fire his
faithful black servant Christopher, the tears un
controlled triukliug down his face, on one side,
took the lust look of his dy ing master ; whilo
Mr. I .ear, in speechless grief, with folded
hands, bent over his pillow on his last moments,
but the suppressed sobs of the a fleet ionatc ser
vants collected on the stair-rnse ; the tick of
tho larue clock in the hall, as it measured off
with painful distinctness, the last (h-etmg mo
ments of his existence, and tlip low moan of the
winter winu, as it swept through tlie leafless
snow-rovered trees; the laboring and wearied
spirit drew nearer, and nearer, to its goal; the
blood languidly coursed slower and more slow
ly through its channels the noble heart stop
ped si niggled stopped fluttered the right
hand slowly slid from the wrist, upon which ils
finger had been placed it fell at the 6iue
and tlie manly effigy of Washington was
all that remained, extended upon the death
couclu
When the steainboat, having on board Ti s
ni.M oi.i t: and other emigrating Florida Indians,
touched at Pensacola on its way from Cedar
Key to tho Mississippi, Tustentiggee left the
port to tralTic for some little delicacy with the
hucksters 011 the wharf; his dog followed him,
ami being as we suppose, tired of steam trans
portation, relused to return with his master.
Tlie moment arrived for casting off the fasten
ings ofthe boat, and still the dog remained on
the w harf. His atlectionute master took him
in his arms and carried him on board, but he
hud evidently made up his mind not to ex
xso himself again upon the ocean. It is ea
sy to conceive that the lust twenty-four hours
hud been the most, and perhaps the only, un
happy ihtskI of his life. Ho escaped from his
master and jumped on slmro at the instant the
boat got underway. Then came the struggle
of afleciion ; the stern warrior forgot the stern
ncss of his race in his anxiety to recover his
limine triend, and the poor dog seemed now
to regret the separation no less than his mas
ter. Tire bystanders olkred to throw the dog
into the bay, that the boat might stop and pick
him up, but with that dcotud ulUchmcnt
which looks alone to the safely and happi
.) its object, the old chief made extravu-
ness
gi.nl signs to prevent so hazardous an experi-
itM.t. We saw the dog the tame evening,
and .l exer deep seated grief was manifested
1 c
by a four lisited bea.-t, it was to be seen iu
that
of hi
noble and sagacious creature s sense
recent liercuvenieirU Pntsnrola Urn.
A 1 rr JVom the Public Album kept at
.iiifiorn Pulls. The falls arc clear quite so;
but lli ) do not luiiisar my expectations.' I got
thoroughly wetted by them, and lost my ut.
When the weather is 'ol, I prefer looking at u
henravmg of them in the'ouso.
V. , England.
lrath liy Light nliis;--A Scene of Terror,
The. Jnnesborough, Tennessee, Whig, says tint
on Saturday night, fiih hint., about ten o'clock,
whilst religious exercises wi re going on at a Camp
Meeting Ground, seven miles from Joncsboreugh,
the camp was rlrnrk by lip tit nine;, and Mi? Mary
Taylor, daughter of the Into James P. Taylor of
Curler county, in J o young gentleman, John C.
Miller, a undent ot Washington College, whose
parent reaidc in Rutherford nuiniy, IV. C, were
truck dead by lightning i to perfectly dead, that
no spaik of the nntural or animal life remained.
Several other person were stunned and Injured
The Whig says i
"David Gillespie, another student, whose parent
reside on the Tennessee, river, below Kingston,
was struck dead, apparently, and it in believed was
only anved by the application of cold wilcr in great
quantities. While Alias Elizabeth Hon, of thia
county, was equally pnraliml, and yet, together
with Mr, Gillespie, ia not regarded as out of danger.
Besides these, (here were some five gentlemen ami
four ladiea in thu tame camp the camp occupied
by James H. Jones of ihis place most of whom
weie (truck to the ground, and foi time, at leiM,
were wholly unconxciciua of what had occurred. In
the camp occupied by the I'rearhera, adjoining Mr.
Jonra on the north, were two clergymen, and three
other gentlemen, who were severely ahorkeJ, nnd
ome of them even prostrated. In the camp ore a.
pied by Mr. Piper's family, on the touth, there
were five gentlemen and four ladies, three of whom
fell to the ground, while tho rest were sensibly af
fected. The render will bear in mind that these
are half-facoJ camps, all three under one roof, al
most directly in the rear of the pulpit, and epaint.
rd, the 0110 from the other, lor thin plank partition!
some 20, 30 and 40 feet from the pulpit.
In the case of Misa Taylor and Mr. Miller, who
exhiliited no sigua of life, but were killed dead, the
electric fluid teems to have vniered the ramp near
the roof, and to have continued down nn oak scant
ling, constituting the door post, alightly thirerins;
the post I II it reached her head, where its traces
cease to be vinihle. She was leaning against this
P 'Sl ofthe door Miller stood facing her, with bis
left shoulder Bjjainst the oilier post nnd Gillespie
betwten them, himsell'and Miller having tlieii nrina
around e.ieli other's waists, t iiliespie's arm touch
ing Mis. 'I'm Ini's xhouhler. In this po-itiou till.
espie mid Miter fell tmek wards iu (lie camp; and
nbeu an attempt was made to . K-rslo them, il
whs not without dilfiriilly and even a second trial.
Miss lloss wu sitting on the end of a trunk near
M i-s Tn lot, and tumbled over between the trm.k
and the Wall.
Tbeie were supposed to le some five or six hun
dred persons under the shelter, most of whom were
eng iged ill the exercises, ttien going on, while
nthe. s, crh:ips, had taken thelter from the rain.
Neatly this entire assembly felt sensibly the shock,
and so very much so indeed, that no sooner hud
the report of tlie thunder stioke died uwny in the
distance, than one long, loud, continued acream,
was heard iu every direction. Perhaps a scene of
more thrilling interest, mingled with such yloom
and terror, was never witnessed in thia section of
iho country !
A Nr.w Disco v eh t. A correspondent of the
N. II. Patriot, writing from the White Mountains,
says :
"At Pianeonia they have a curiosity which has
t seeped the diligent eye of the tourist Until the
present neason. It is called the "Pool." Il is in
ihe bed dflhe Peiirgewasaj liver. Professor Silli
man used to say in his gculogic.il lectures, that the
sinbt of the '-Hasiti," (that gem of beauty) would
repay one for jouinry of two hundred miles.
What the learnedl'rofessor would say ofthe 'Pool'
I cannot imagine. It ia the basin on an immense
calc. The circular walls of atone, which shut il
in, are about one hundred feet high, "carved
smoothly by the chisel of the whirling stream, out
f the solid rock'" The "Pool" ia four 01 five rojs
wide and the water in it is forty or fifty feet deep."
TfcrERAcK Toasts. The following were
prepaicd for a recent Temperance Cehbiation :
The Boaton Tea Parly. A real Temperance
party, who were all Tea-Tulullirt.
Tenierance and Biiti-Teinerance.--Emlik'iii
the one, a crystal, the other, a carbuncle.
Cold Water. It refreshed the children of Israel
when travelling to the promised land ; il lefreabes
the children of Alcohol when returning from the
"Spirit laiuf."
The Reformed Drunk aids. Although they have
been "Speclaclts" when full of "ardent spirits,"
may they never again bive any use fat glasses.
The Cold Water Army. Whose amunilion will
f;ti off without sluud.
The Old Bachelor. May he never uil (le) or
whine (wiue) on account of his situation auJ may
he never want any thing but "pop."
The Old Maid. May the never snp.pmi her
self, may she never have a husband to lick her
(liquor,) and may her children never be injured by
I a "red poppy."
Dysentery. As the season is at hand when
all classes of citizens arc liable to be atllictcd
with Dysentery, Diarrlnea, &c, wc deem it
our duty to make public the following siniplo
and eilicuciotis remedy, which has been known
' to us for several years, and which repeatedly
1 '! complete success. 11 is sunpiy 10
'; take tumbler of cold water, thicken it with
j wheat Hour to about the consistency of thick
t 1 1 . sin 1 1 ..
. . . - 1
creaui.GiiU urniK iu litis istoue repeaicu se
veral tunes 111 the course ot tne uay, or as onen
as you are thirsty; and it is not very likely
you will need to try it the second day. We
have not only used it in our case, bu. we
have recommended it to our friends in ma
ny instances, and we never knew it to fail
of t llecting a speedy cure, cw 11 in the worst
stages of dysentery. It is a simple remedy,
and coots nothing. Try it all who need it.
Parmer's Uuiettc.
XjTyJ
THE AMERICAN.
Satnrdoy, Jlttfunt 27, !842.
Veinocralte Ticket for .Mrt number land
County,
ton lonantM,
Charles G. Domicl.
SKUiToa,
William Forsyth.
A'SEMniT,
Jurota (irnrlinrt,
siiitNirr,
Felix JIoHifr.
conojiM,
Charles Weaver.
rOTHOROTABT, KTC.
Samuel l. Jordan.
leisTia, nicoRiiia, etc.
i:lwnrd 1'. Itrlglit.
co.KMissioma,
David Martz.
Al-niTOB,
William II. Kase.
Subject to the decision ofthe Conferees.
The New World is reproducing, in extra
nunibeis, some of the latest and Iw-t productions of
English and American writers, at a most rapid and
cheap rate. We have just received, in two extra
numbers, price 12) cents, a new novel by Bulwer,
entitled Godolphin.
(J ScwacBT Ct A large number of hnnds
are busily engaged in prosecuting this woik. This
canal, when finished, will aff-rd the finest and most
extensive water power in Pennsylvania. Sur
rounded as wc arc with nn abundance, of iron and
coal, furnaces and forges, and proviinns nt a cheap
tale, we know 110 location to compare with this for
extensive manufactories.
CTj There ate mnny rumora afloat in relation to
a change in Capt. Tyler's Cabinet. Among other
tiling, report says that Mr. Secretary Spencer is to
go on Ihe bench of the Supreme Court, in place of
Judge Thompson, who is to resign. Proflit is to
have the War Department, Stevenson the Depait
ment of Slate, Judge Lewis of Pa. tho Post Olfice
Department, and Cushing the Navy. Forward is
to be Collector at Philadelphia, tv'ir Roberts, who
will go out ; L'p.-hur is to be Minister to France.
Mr. Vcbtcr, it is said, will resume his sent in the
Senate, Mr. Choate resigning to make room tor
him.
Sf.jatk or Pekksiltaxia. Eleven va
cancies will occur this fall, of which five ate De
mocrats and six Whigs, viz: District 1. Philadel
phia city Jacob Gratz, Whig. 2. Philadelphia
counly Thomas McCully, Dcm. 3. Montgome
ry, Chester and Delaware, Nathaniel Brooke, Whig,
fi. Lancaster and York John Strohm, Whig. 7.
Dauphin and Lebanon Levi Kline, Whig. 8.
Perry, Milllin, Juniata, Cnion and Huntingdon
Robert P. Maelay, Whig. 12. Lycoming, Centre
nnd Noithundierland Rubert Fleming, Dem. 10.
Westmoreland John C. Plumer, Dem. 17. Wa
shingtonJohn II. Kwing, Whig. 18. Fayetle
and Greene William F. Coplan, Dem. 22. Jef
ferson, McKean, Potter, Tioga, Venango and War
ren Samuel Hays, Dem.
tfj The Tmeatt with (J real Britain was rati
fied on Saturday night, Aug. 20. The vole was 39
to 9. Against it, Allen, of Ohio, Benton, Linn,
Conrad, of La., Bagby, Buchaunan and his col.
league, Smith of III., and another. Il ia said that
Mr. Calhoun made a great secch in its favor.
Coal Tradr.
The amount of coal brought from Shamokin to
this place, during the present season up to Aug.
I5lh is 4,789 tons. In consequence of the severe
presaurs ofthe times, but little has been done thus
fsr. The weekly shipment at present amount to a
bout 6 or 700 tons. The demand is, however, in
creasing. Mammoth Humbi.
We have received, from Mr. Daniel Drurke
miller of this place, a specimen of the largest yellow
plumbs that we have ever seen. Tlie one presen
ted, (and the tree was full of such,) measured in
circumfeience, one way seven and the other way
seven and a half inches, and weighed three and a
half ounces. The tree was transplanted three years
since in his garden walk, and waa for the last few
weeks viaiied as a curiosity by a number of our
cilitens.
The Tariff.
It will he seen by the Congressional proceedings,
that the great TaiifT or Revenue Bill, alter a hard
snuggle, passed the House by a vote of 105 to 103,
Ihe Pciini-ylvanij. members, with a few exceptions,
voting for the bill. The Southern democrats and
whig generally voted iu the negalive. Three of
the Northern whig also voted against the bill, viz:
Mr. Adams and Messrs. Foster snd Linn. The
bill is precisely the same, as the one last vetoed,
excepting the land el.iu.-e and tho duty 011 colfee
and tea being ktikken out. The Globe so) a, it
will pn the Senate and l signed by the Presi
dent, The Tariff bill which passed the House a
few diyttince, has received sundry amendments
in the Senate, among which was 'a reduction of
duty, from 10 to j'.l 011 'is l,ou, and laying a
duly of 2t eU. per p. .tin. I on brown clayed migar.
The lion.1 it'M'hid 10 a.ljoum on Monday next,
Aug. 2'Jth,
Tlie Clmngf iu t lie Tiiliinrt.
It la said that Uapt. Tyb r will change his cabi
net immediately aflct the adjournment of Congress,
nnd the Lycoming Gazette says that It is rumored
that Judge Lewis will be 0IT1 red sent in the cabi
net. The Judge's distinguished abilities and great
ai quiremeiits, joined with his high character as a
jurist, eminently qualify him to fill any post in the
cabinet with honor. While we would be satisfied
to see him advanced to a station where he would
be able to render more distinguished seivicea to his
country, we should rxtiemcly regret to loose him
(rum the Bench of this district, for the loss would
not easily be supplied. But as we have the utmost
confidence in Governor Porter, and know that in
making judicial appointments he regard the legal
abilities and integrity ofthe appointed, and is more
disposed to consult the wishes of the Bir, as well
as the people of the district, than the private ar
rangements of political partisans, we believe that no
one whose character and legal attainments were not
entirely satisfactory would bo selected to fill the
vacancy, in case Judge Lewis accepts the distin
guished station which it is said will lie offered to
him.
(J3 We do not pretend to be able to satisfy our
neighbor of the Gazette that he is wrong in hia o
pinions in relation to the TarilH If he will, howe
ver, read the speechea of a majority ofthe democra
tic members of Pennsvania, he will find that they
are, except in the matter of the land distribution, of
the same opinion with us on the subject of prolec
lion to manufacturers, which has also been con
firmed by their vote on the Turilf bill jut passed.
j- Oliver OMschool of tho U. S. Gazette, thus
descrilies the Hon. Tha. F. Marshall, lately cele
brated as a Temperance lecturer, but more recently
as a calf shooter:
"Mr. M. u a man of showy talent a fluent
and at times an eloquent sneaker : but his elo
quence is rather of the stump cast, and he has
no business talent whatever, lie is nn tinso
cial, solitary disposition, and cnmioi sit down
quietly or apply himself to any thing, especial
ly business. His temperament is nervous, and
he is restless, nnd must have a large quantity
of stimulant ol some kind; tobacco (which he
uses in enormous quantities) or flattery ; or 1m it It
since ho has ubaiidoned ardent spirits. Hid
speech was respectfully li.-tencd to, but made
110 impression whatever."
MlSfF.LL.WY.
Kflltorlal C'oiileiinl ami Selcclrit.
No more apprentices are to be shipped in the
Navy. There are at present ubout 2000 in the
service.
A musk melon weighing 40 pounds was lately
tent to an editor in Norm Carolina.
Next to LnuiMuna, Vermont is the greatest su
gar growing stale in the union. The crop of ma
ple sugar in 18 10 was over 2,500 tons, worth about
$.200,0110.
Politeness does not consist in straining after
certain foimsor rules of etiquette. T1110 poliu'iieis,
says one oflhc ni'mt learned snd profound men
that ever lived, is the effect of spontaneous good
fe ling.
Fruit is abundant in this neighborhood, though
the apple crop is generally light. Peaches of the
finest quality have been selling at 50 els. per bushel.
tiov. King ot Rhode Islandhas made a requisition
upon Gov. Hubbard of New Hampshire, for the
surrender of T. W. Dorr,
Tire Farmers' Bank of Reading refuses to take
its small notes, and is preparing to tesuine.
The Hon. A. V. Parson is spoken of as succes
sor to Judge Baiton of Philadelphia.
JFii.. Some fellow, in ihe Caslon Sentinel,
says he wants ft 0H). A queer chap, that.
Sohfe. The Harris! urg Signal says that Mr.
Nicely, of Dauphin county, has given 7'ieu ui
drcd bushels of wheal to the H)or, as a thank oiler
ing for his bountiful harvest. That was nicely
done, snd may be as nicely followed.
Itounilitiut Way nf unnmmeing a F act. The
Liverpool Standard says The Ijueen, it is under
stood, is again in the way of adding to the impedi
ments already existing to the King of Hanover's
chance of ever reaching ihe throne of England.
It is said that Mr. Savage has cleared 10,000
on his contract foi completing the Bunker Hill
Monument, and that as he has the control of it un
til the limit of the contract expires, he will make
aa much more by conveying pasnengers to the top
in his steam car. It takes a live Yankee to turn a
penny slick.'
Scandal in i'A Life The papers pretty open
ly slate that Lkdy Winchester had stolen the jew
els of Lady Augui-ta Gordon ; at any rate, they
were found in her possession after they were stolen,
and jmt as she was on the point of starting for the
Continent.
By the failure of their agents in Calcutta, the
Ameiiean Baptist Board are likely to lore the sum
of ?7,M7, in their hands foi the use of their Mis
sionaries at the time of the failure,
A laboring man died in New York last week
from the imprudent use of colJ water.
Two severe shocks of nn earthquake were fell in
the island of Anligus on the 25th ult.
Commodore LU 11 an w ho bus been very ill, is,
it is now stated, much better.
The funeral oflho Duke of Oilcans was celebra
ted with guat ceremony.
It is uudeistood that ll.o Duke ef Nemours w id
be tho R.'ijent of Fiance, t real fears were enter
tained for the stability of the ininisiry.
The French papers announce, the death of liar
on Laney, the fimous surgeon, whose name soot,
ten occurs in the history of Napoleon's wais. He
died at Lyons on ihe 25th July. He was It) j ears
of age.
The Gazette de Fience was condemned on ihe
"'.Hll of July for a libel against the frown, in ar
lieles wriiten on the occasion of the Jeuih of the
Duko of Oileins, to a line ol" St.OOof. and an 1111-
prisonment f..r two yenrs of M. Paul Au
brey, the responsible editor, The sentence Is pen-
erally considered to be one of uncalled for severity.
It was said that Vang, an imerial commissioner
from China, was en mute to ofTer 40,000,000 dol
as a compensation to the British for the expenses
of the war, and the surrendered opium also tho
cossion of Hong Kong ns the price of peace.
It hns been computed that nearly two years
sickness Is rxpeiienced by every person before he is
70 years old, snJ therefore that ten day per an
num is the average sickness of human life. Till 40
it is but half, and after 60 itiapidly increases.
The Albany Cultivator remarks thai the long
necked squash, sliced snd cooked like egg-plant, is
as good, if not better than the egg plant.
A man by the name of Michael Kenel riving
nt Newpnit, Del. kicked his wife to death oil
Monday week.
A splendid rose-wood piano, manufactured by
Lemuel Gilbert, of Boston, has been shipped for Li
verpool, on board the steamer Columbia.
New Counterfeits,
CtTtxtRs' Bark, Baltimore, Mn. 1's, 2's
and 3's, altered from Citizens' Bank, Augnsts, Me.
All signed 3. G. Langdon, Cash., P. C. Johnson,
Prest., all spurious. This Bank ha never issued
sny f 1 hill.
Bars, or Wilmikotos asd Brardtwir
Wilmirotow, Del. 5's, letter A., pay W. Har
rison, June 20, 1840. Sparks, Cash., Seal, Pres't.
Struck from a Lithographic plate and poor imita
tion. Has the nppear.uicc of being from the same
plate ns the firmer counterfeits on this bank, though
slightly altered. On these last the small boat is
very plain, and there it a period after tho word
bearer.
ExcnAnr. Bak, PiTTsacno, Pa. 2's, relief
i-suo, letter A, pay bearer, May 15, 18-11. The
word "bearer" in the conntcrfeit commences the
3d line in the true bills it ends the 2d line. This
is sufficient toduticl them. Bictc. Hep.
Thk Tmeatt or Wasiiixctoji. The Tr.Mty
with England, the fir-t, we believe, ever negocia-.
led with that Pow. r in the Coiled States, was
HA i iFiin ut tiik Sejiate on Situi.lay evening
(at about nine o 'click ) after s discussion of four
.lavs. The proc. clings are not mide public ; but
it Is generally understood that the vote of ra'ifica
tint! was no less strong than TiiHTt-Mst jfiu
against i"k imii. Treaty is supp .sod to embrace,
their magnitude, and the obvious and acknowledged
difficulty of some of them ; and when we consi ler
the state ofthe country, and the etlects of that un
happy party spirit, which, in regard to other im
pottant subjects, so much distracts oar public coun
cils, this strong and decisive majortiy, necessarily
made up of members of all parlies, reflects tho
highest credit upon those who have conducted
the negocialion, and gives the fullest as-urjneo
that tho National honor has been maintained,
and nil the great interests a lfected by the Treaty
effectually unheld and promised. Bait. Amcr.
Mr.KTiMi or Loud Asiibuiitos axd Lovis
PitiLLirr.. In the year 1798, Lord A. with ona
or two fiiends, paiJ a visit to the Falls of Niagara.
I'pon their return they stoped to view the Falls
of the Genesee. It was late when they bad fin
ished ther examination; and as there was no
houe in tho neighborhood, they encamped out for
the night. They were somewhat fearful that the
Indians might try to plunder their camp, and they
kept a good lookout. In the early part of the night
they heard a rustling among the leaves and a crack
ling among the dry branches ; but whether they
pr.K-eeded from the trend ef Indians or wild beasts
they could not tell. The footsteps were however
evidently spproaching their tent. They kept strict
silent snd axnious watch, for some view or sound
that should reveal the character of the viaitort.
Soon ihey distinguished human voices, and saw
the shadowy outline of human forms. As the par
ty came nearer they heard them conversing in
French ; and in a few minutes Lord Ashburton
gave Louis Philfippe and his companions a cordial
welcome to his tent ! They had before met a
midst the artificial splendor of Eurnn Courts
and now, surrounded by the sublime and stupen
dous natural scenery of the American wilderness.
Ituchahr Putt.
Ma. Jacuon. There is a volume of wisdom
embodied in the fid stated, snd the deductions
drawn, in the following paragraph from the Ger
mantown Telegraph. It says, "Mr, Saml. JauJon,
the chief actor under Biddle, the great Emperor of
Finance.it is said to be comfortably ensconced be
hind the counter of of a broker's office iu New
York, and looks twice as contented and happy as
when he started for Europe with the marble palace
in his breeches pocket.
A letter from Berlin, 21st n't , in the German
Journal of Fiaiikford, says : 'ThefCily of Ham
burg has just contractu), through the house of
Rothschild ar.d other bankers, a loan of 32,000,001)
of crowns, at 03 rix dollars, with interest at three
and a half per cent. This sum has been placed at
the disposal of ihe Senate, and is destined to the re
building of Ihe houses which were destroyed.
Goon SrieriATioR. Major Ray bold, we un
derstood, who owns a rplendid Peach Orchard near
Delaware City, contracted with some New York
ers the other day, to deliver 10 000 baskets of
Peaches. One thousand of them have already been
delivered, and the balance will be forthcoming short
ly. The product of this Peach Orchard appear
incredible, yet it is nevertheless true. Tho Peach
es hue been contracted for at jf 2,50 per basket, so
that the owner, will realize 25,000 !
I'ftHn. Pi-ening Journal,
Miller, the judgement day prophet, has suc
ceeded in driving sonic people literally mud,
and one respectable farmer who has been
wnt to the lunatic asylum, w holly possessed with
the notion that the world is coming rapid'y
to an cud.