A Second Pocahontas,
At the last session of Congress the following
interesting communication wa received from
the War Department and referred to the ap
propriate Conunlttce who reported a hill, which
wbb passed, granting n pension of eight dol
lar month to Milly, the Indinn woman men
tioned in the letter.
WA8IUS9TOS, April 13, 1843.
Sir : I have the honor to re port that, in my
re cent visit to the Creek nation of Indians, I
found a Creek woman named Willy, a daugh
ter of the celebrated Prophet Francis, the Creek
chief who waa executed by order of General
Jachson in the Seminole war of 1317-19 ; and,
believing that the circumstances of her history
presented a case of very peculiar interest, I
made it a point to obtain from herself a stnto
mentofher conduct in 1819, when as public
history Ins already recorded, she saved the
life of an American citiren who was a prison
er in the power of tome nf her tribe. Being in
the vicinity of the Indian girl, near the mouth
of the Verdigris river, and being acquainted
with a portion of her history, I rode several
miles to hear heratory from herself.
Slip began by saying that an elder Bister and
herself were playing on the bank of tho river
Apalachicola, when they heard a war cry, which
they understoodd to signify that a prisoner had
been taken. They immediately went in the
direction of the cry, and found a white man, en
tirely naked, tied to a tree, and two young In
dian warriors, with their rifles, dancing around
him, preparatory to putting him to death, as
waa theirright, according to custom, they hav
ing taken him o prisoner. She explained to
me that in such caspa the life of a prisoner is in
the hands of the captors that even the chiefs
have no authority in tho case. Milly waa then
but fifteen or sixteen years of age.
"The prisoner was a young man," said Mil
ly, "and seemed very much frightened, and
looked wildly around to see if any body would
help him." "I thought it was a pity," she said,
"that a young man like him should be put to
death ; and I spoke to my father, and told him
it was a pity to kill him that he had no head
to go to war with," (meaning that the young
man must have acted upon the advice of others,
and not upon his own suggestion in going to
war.) "My father told nie," continued Milly,
"that he could not save him, and advised me to
rpcak to the Indians, and I did so ; b'lt one of
them was very much enraged, saying he had
lost two sisters in the war and would put the
prisoner to death. I told him," said Milly,
"that it would not bring his sisters back to kill
the young mnn , and so, talking to him for some
time, 1 finally persuaded him; and he said that
if the young man would agree to have his head
shaved, and dies like an Indian, and live a
mong them, they would save hi life."
She then proposed the conditions to the white
man, which were joyfully accepted ; and the
Indians changed the contemplated death scene
into a frolic. They shoved the young man's
head, excepting the scalp lock, which was or
namented with feathers ; and, alter painting
him, and providing him an Indian dress he was
set at liherty, and adopted as one of the trib
Some time afterward the young man propos
ed marriage ; but Milly said she did not save
his life for that, and declined his proposals.
I asked Milly how she now lived. She told
me that she was very poor, and hud to work
very hard ; that her father wan put to death
in tho war, and her mother and sister were
dead. Her husband was aUo dead. Of eight
children she had but three living, two of whom
were young girls, and one a boy, too young yet
to help her. But she said that if she could
recover her property from tho Seiuinoles she
could live very well.
She is now about forty years of age ; and
after having seen her, and being entirely
satisfied of the truth of her story, I am in
duced to recommend that her case be laid be
fore Congress. Milly bus now no huidjand or
brother, or any near connection, to provide fir
her, and is in need with a fine promising
son indeed, but too young to be of service to
his mother; and, owing to pledges mode to
the Seminoles, it is probable she will not be
able to recover possession of some negro pro
perty, now held by the Seminoles, belonging
to her. Y'our obedif'tit servant.
n. a. niTcurocK.
Lieutenant Colonel yd Infantry, &c.
Hon. J. C. SrnxeER, Secretary of War,
Walter Forward.
A Washington correspondent of the Com
mercial gives the following glance at the ear
ly life nd subsequent career of Hon. Walter
Forward, late Secretary of the Treasury ;
Mr. Ex-Secretary Forward has left this ci
ty t reside once more, in the comparative qui
et of Pittsburg. During his residence here he
has made many friemds. Indeed no one can be
long in his society without perceiving that be is
intelligent, honest and affectionate : and the
last two qualities, rare though they are among
mankind, are peculiarly unseen among politi
cians. Hence they are appreciated here. Ad
ded to these, Mr. Forward is a self-made man.
Horn in a little village in Connecticut, of poor
and worthy parents, he inherited but a Yankee's
birthright 'his father's blessing, and his own
wits.' The first of these lie deserved ; the
second were bountifully given, as the succeed
ing years of his life have shown. While yet
a boy, a gentleman in Connecticut gave his
father a hundred dollars, to bo used by Walter
whenever hedosired. When he was ten years
o'd, hisfiither removed to the Connectic ut Re
serve, as it was then called, (the Northern part
of Ohio,) near the Pennsylvania line. At the
age ol thirteen, Walter concluded that he would
take part of his money, and purchasing some
classical works, study for a year with a man
who h id offered to instruct him gratuitously.
'The year passed away, and so well had he
improved his time, in studying by fire-light, and
by the light of pine knots, as he could not pur
chase candles, that he was able to go on and
complete his classical education without assist
ance. . Another person then offered him six
months' instruction in mathematical and other
studies, which offer he embraced and improved.
And then with twenty dollars in his pocket, a
new suit of clothes, and his baggage in a pock
et-handkerchief, ho started on foot for Pitts
burg. There, as he read sign after sign, and
met person ufier person, uncertain what em
ployment he should select, he saw the name of
Mr. Baldwin, (now one of the Justices of the
Supreme Court of the United States,) and con
cluded that he, also, would be a lawyer. Mr.
Baldwin pleased with his simple-hearted intcl-
ligence,gave him a place in his office. Through
trials which it would weary mo to relate, or
to a full and successful practice at the bar ;
thence to Congress ; thence to the Coinptrol
lers's desk ; thence to the post of Cabinet Min
ister; and now he returns, respected and belo
ved, to the quiet of his home in Pittsburg, and
the practice of his profession.
A Great Discovery in Mesmerism. Dr.
Gibbeu, ofColumbia, whoso experiment in Mes
merism have attained much celebrity, writes
to the Editor of the Charleston Courier as
follows :
"I have parclyzed the tongues of two In
dus so that try could not use them until J
gave them permission. Numerous and res
pectable witnesses were present and saw the
process, and the ladies were both "wide
awake !' My first impression waa cntre nous,
that my discovery would be of immense prac
tical value in domestic life, where an inordi
nate action of this member existed ; but a
moment's reflection satisfied mo of a serious
difficulty it must be p'rftclly at rest for a
ft w minutes, w hile the iutjiieucc is being de
veloped ; and this, you know, in certain cases,
U a '"thing impossible."
Good hi (ill.
Where spades grow bright, and idle swords grow
dull,
Where jails are empty, nt where barns ire full,
Who church paths are wih fn qne. fe out-worn,
l.nw r. U'i y"ls weedy. silent and f vrtorn ;
V 1. 1 c do-i.irs ft it, and wl.e.e far mm ride,
IV I, s, e eg altouod and youth mdiiplied ,
W here UV ':s etelj indicate
A bi-jTy fft ' t; J ft te.
An Accomplished Villain!
The Charleston Courier of Tuesday cojitains
an exposure of a great scoundrel, who was in
troduced into the committee there as Dr.
Charles W. Applvtan, in thedisguise of a Bap
tist minister and declaimcr on total abstinence.
He ingraciated himself in the good graces of a
widow lady, a member ofa fumily whose hos
pitality he enjoyed, and ran away with her.
Just after he disappeared with the victim ot his
arts, a letter was received from New Jersey,
giving a portion of his history, which showed
him to be one of the very worst of men. The
first we have of him is lit Richmond, Indiana,
where he acted badly deserted his wife, went
cast, married a young lady whom he lived
with for a short time, and deserted. I le return
ed to Indiana and to his wife, feigning repen
tance. He induced her to go to Illinois, there
left her again, came to New Jersey, w here, as
a Baptist milliliter, he moved in good society,
and married the daughter ofa respectable and
worthy gentleman of New Brunswick. He
soon left for the south on a temperance and re
ligious mission, and in Charleston won the af
fections of the lady before mentioned, whom he
will in turn desert. The guise of a mini.-ter has
been his chosen character, first appearing as
Methodic, then as Baplibt. It is to be hoped
that so successful a villain will not go long un
punished. He is said to bconc of very dimin
utive size, and rather emaciated, and thnt for
these peculiarities he may be known among a
thousand. People cannot be toocuulious with
regard to the itinerating classes. The Charles
ton Courier hopes tho disclosure of the iniqui
ty of this man will cause our citizens, who
have been so often deceived, to be more cau
tious in examining into the character of itin
erants before taking them into their confidence.
Vrsra visifiLE in tub Day-time. The new
comet is not the only celestial phenomenon
which lias been observed. A Bulngnal journal
states, that on the 2th ult. a truly marvellous
tact was remarked in that city. The planet
Venus showed itself distinctly in noonday: it
was visible to the nuked eye, and as it was
surrounded by an aureole, some persons took it
for a comet But it was impossible to be de
ceived ; it was Venus, which owing to some
atmospherical circumstances, appeared to the
astonishing spectatori Lttler fiom I'aris.
As Atnosimikric Phenomenon. On Sun
day afternoon, says tho Oswego Palladium
the wind easterly and the atmosphere clear with
some clouds we had the most extraordinary
vision of distant objects upon the lake and be
yond it that has occurred for many years. Ma
ny distant objects, which are far below the ho
rizon, became distinctly visible. It is not an
unusual thing in easterly weather for the Cialoo
Islands at ISO miles distant to loom up, and
come into sight. On Sunday they were not
only very plainly in sight, but seemed to have
diminished their distance one half. Tho Ducks
and Pigeon Isles, which are some 40 miles off,
and which are rarely seen, were in plain view.
But what is still moro wonderful, the whole
Canadiun shore from Point Peter to the Kings
ton Passage, and the entrance into the St. Law
rence, was visible. With a tuleseope tbe whole
I loomed up in plain v s v,
From the New Orleans Picayune.
t.ate from Texas.
We have dates from (Jdveton to the 15th Inst
and from Houston to the 14th, inclusive, brought
yesli tdsy by the steamship New York, Cip'ain
Wright. From our files we gather the following
summary.
The Texan papers, or at least many of them, ap
pear sanguine that a large portion of die Mi. r pri
loners hive made a successful relrent, although
we must confe-s that we have strong fears that
surh is not the case. That a few of them have
hern fortuna'e enough to reach the Rio Grande in
safety there is but little doubt ; but the Mexican
accounts of the recapture of the main body look so
positive, and give time, place and circumstances
with ruch an appearance nf truth, we cannot but
think the main body ofTeians are again in their
hnnds.
One account is, l' at on die morning of the Cth
ins)., a Mexican arrived at Mount Vernon, a small
town about thirty miles west of Washington, with
a loiter containing an account of the escape of the
Mier prisoners fiom their guard, of their arrival at
1'nmoreo, and of the taking of that place. The
Mexican w.is direct from the city of Mexico, and
crm-sed the Rio Grange the day afier tbe Texans
entered and look tho town. He was despatched by
one of ll.e San Antonio privnnrrs (by permission of
the Mexican government.) The letter is signed
by several of ihe Mler prisoners, and no doubt is
entertained of its genninenrss by those who have
seen it. II stairs thnt Ihe prisonrre, finding it Im
practicable, on account of the scarcity of wuler and
provisions,, to purt-uo the route wnicn mey origi
nally designed, the; crossed Ihe mountain at the
head nf the San Juan, and continued down that
stream until within a short distance of its mouth,
when they took the road to Comirgo. H iving be.
come desperate by long suffering, and probably sp
ptehemling tin attack from the Mexicans, while
cr ssing the RioGrandc, thy d teiniimd to hazard
an attack Upon ihe (own. When they cntcreJ the
plac.1 the Mexican troops were already drawn up to
oppose them ; but such wis the impetuosity of ihe
charge of the Texans, that the troops of the enemy
were routed in a few mii.utcs. lietwten six and
seven bun J red Mexicans were killed. The Tex
ans lost but twenty five men.
An arrival at Houston on the night of the Tlth
in-t. confirm the above, and Mates thai they had
all reached the Guadaloupo, and that some of them
had arrived in Montgomery county.
A rencounter, resulting faulty, occurred at
Washington on the 3 1 at ult., between Col. Jas. R.
Cook and a Mr. Adkins. In a dispute Adkins
struck Cook ; the latter drew a knife anil wounded
Adkins severely. Adkins ihen drear a pistol and
shot Cook dead upon the spot. It ws considered
as doubtful whether Adkins would survive the
wound received from Cook.
Copt. Elliott, II. B. M. Choree d Affaires for
Texas, arrived at Washington on the 5th insl.,and
after a long interview with the Piesident left for
Houston, It woa rumored that his visit was con
nected with Ihe recent despatches from Mexico.
O. Bulletin of
sun an a, 'i I iiui-aHMgggga...i I
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, Jtlay G, 1843,
We have on band sixty teams of print
ing paper, similar in site and quality to the sheet
upon which this Is printed. Also 38 reams of su
per Royal 21 by 28 inches, which will be sold at
enst ind carriage, for cash.
Qj On our first page we have placed an exceN
lent article in relation to the making ofbut'er, a
subject of great importance to our farmers. The
butter from Holland is worth from 25 to 50 per
rent more in the English mirket, than our own.
This is wholly our own fiu.lt. as no belter butler
c .n be produced than some made in this country.
But we regret to ssy, that for every pound of reilly
good butter brought lo market, there is ten pounds
of indifferrnt and poor.
An excellent temporiry bridge ba Wen e
reeled over Ihe bienk of the embankment above
town. The bridge ia peif. et'v aife, and is a great
convenience to the travelling public.
Mont j Matter.
The Money market is much ihe same as quoted
in our last. Relit f, according to Bicknell of Tues
day, is as follows i
Relief Notes of Penn Township, Moysmensing,
Mnnufactureis and Mechanics, Lewistnwn, Beiks
county, Erie, Northampton, Towanda, Wilkesbarre
and West Branch banks, Ca7
Pittsburgh hanks, Columbia Bridge Co., t er
mers bank of Lancaster, fijafi
Mechanics bank of Philadelphia, Northern Liber
ties, Delaware county, Chester county, German-
town, and Farmers bank of Burks county, par
Other Relief Notes. 5ja6
New ruuntfrfcit.
Lacistkh CocnTr Bias:, Lancaster, Ps.
f0's altered from Snuthwark Savings Institution,
dated Feb. 12, 1839 ; F. Roberts, Cashier G. F.
Benckerl, President, No such persons have ever
been officers of this bank.
Socthwass; Bank, Philadelphia. 10's altered
from Snuthwa'k Savings Bjnk, a fraud. Signed
F. Roberts, Cashier F. Burkelt, Pres. No such
officers of this hank at sny lime. These spurious
notes have recently been put sfloit at Pittsburg.
TowAsnA Baik, Towanda Pa. 2's, altered
from the genuine plate, Boyd and Dyr emission,
by attaching the signatures cut from I's of the reiiu
l.ir issue. Very well done." Hold up to the light.
The water was let into the ennnl, from Nor
thumberland lo the Junia'a, on Sunday last. We
stated that it would require two or three weeks to
make die repnits, but by the exertions of the su
pervisor, it has been accomplished in about one.
week. The engineer at Hsriisburg, we understand,
had an iiles that Ihe breaks could have been pre
vented. That they ought have been prevented
there can be nn doubt, if the guard bank had been
raised, which for the space of three or four miles
was two or three feet iinder water. Without such
a precaution, 10,000 men could not have saved the
canal.
The Bloomsburg Itppistor, speaking of the
I .te fieshct, rha'g'-s us with having said, that ' a
hick of the Sunlmry Canal, nearly finished, was
undermined and carried away."
The Rrejs'er cerlainly never saw any thing of
the kind in our paper. Part of the embankment
above the lock was carried away, but the luck, which
is htised on a rock foundation, is as firm as the rock
itself.
Tint Mux Piusosfrs. The N
the21t publishes a li tter from Monterey which it
says mut silence nil dou''t as lo the recapture of
130 of the Texan pr s mers who made their escape.
Two 6Urcefs've o il. n hv b en g cn ly lh Se
en tary of War at Mi xico lo shoot every ten b man
of ll e number, to be derided by lot. Gen. Mex'u,
who disobeyed the first order, his been arrested,
and there is no doubt ihe second mandate has been
executed on the road to the r.ipilal. The sick and
woumb d weie secretly marched out of town on
the 4ih ult. Tl e w liter ad!a. that the case of Ihe
prisoner who were taken at Uexar, and confined in
the Cs-tle at l't-tote, is onu of peculiar hardship.
The gre iler pari of them are gentlemen of talents
and high respectability, connected with some of the
first families in the I'nilnl Slates.
fj" The following named gentlemen were elec
ted borough officers for the ensuing year, at an
election held nn Monday last :
Chief Rurgess John II. Pur.ty.
Second Burgess Francis Boeder.
Issiilant Burgesses Alexander Jordan,
John Budd,
Jesse M. Simpson,
Silas II Enuel.
Common Council James II. Ilu-ted,
George B.Youngman,
Georce Lyon,
Samuel J. Fry,
Frederick Lazarus,
Thomas A. Rillinet n,
Charles J. Bruner,
David T. Trites.
High Cimstahfe Edward Lynn.
Clerk Peter W.Grav.
Tttai SI ul Infers.
Four of the men recently tried on board the Tex
ss ship of war Austin were found guilty and sen
tenced to death. The sentence has been before this
rs'rid into execution fsys the N. O. Troic. Two
of them were found guilty of one of the charges and
sei.t' need to receive one of them 100 lahes, the o-
iber 50. A letter from Commander Mooro to the
Edoors of the Tropic detailing these farts says :
By ihe evidence presented lo the Court, a regu
larly concerted pln had been forming for some
time. t' scire tins ship and the s.diooners San An
tonio ami Sn B-rnard, (ihe only ves-els at sea.)
arid run them into Veri Cruz. I have thought it
le;-tto give you this inform ition, as in the course
of human events we m ghl all goto ihe bottom.
The lenience of ihe Court in the ce of Mid
shipuiau K. II. Clements, will nqui'e Ihe action ol
Ihe Pre-ident of Texas tho other I will carry out
in a few d.ivs mvi-elt.
Wc ail lirsl for G Iveston, where I contemplate
slopping for a f w hours, when I will sad direct to
attack the squadron olf ihe co.t of Yucatan.
!Yrva from llraxll.
We have received lotell gence from Rio Je Janei
ro lo Ihe 20th of March.
The Prince de Joinville and suite arrived there
on the 1 9th, in the frigate 1, i Belle Poole, lo marry
the Princess Januiio, the youngest sister of the
Emperor. The frigate anchored at Fort Santa
Cruz, and it was rxpected that the Prince would
land on the 20th. He would immediately leave for
the country seat of the Emperor. Extensive pre
parations were making in Rio to receive him.
There wero on English and five French ves
sels of war in port. The U. S. frigate Columbia
was daily expected there from Moutevedin.
Troop writ daily looked for from Rio Grande.
All ws- quiet at St. Pauls. It was said that the
difficulties in Minos Gacras remained unsealed.
The late Merlin; at the Capitol.
We have heretofore neglected to noiice the pro.
cecdings of a meeting compo-rd of Democratic
members of both branches of ihe Legislatuie, held
at tha Capitol, a few days before the final adjourn
ment. An addiess and resolutions were adopted,
in which the necessity of union nnd harmony in
the selection of a candidate for ihe Presidency is
strongly urged a decided preference is expressed
in favor of Mi. Buchanan tbe 4th of May is de
signated as Ihe proper lime for the meeting of the
National Convention, and it is recommended that
the delegates lo the Convention be selected by a
State Convention, and not by Congressional
dietiic'ts.
The members of the Legislature had not, of
course, any authority from their coniituent to act
for them in regard t' these subjects, and their pro.
cerdirigs are to be regarded as nothing more than
a mere united expression of individual opinion,
which emanating from a respectable body ol gen
tlemen, will have due weight, hut cannot be con
sidered as sn expression of the wishes of the De
nver icy of Pennsylvania. The Democratic yen
manry ol the State will in due time make known
Iheir opinion upon these suhjerts, accorrding la the
usaaes of the parly ; and until they do, we pro
test ngiinat any attempt by members of the Leuis
lature lo fores'al thai opinion, by an apparent as
sumption of ower never delegated to them.
We believe thai there is but one opinion among
the Democracy of Pennsylvania, as to the proer
lime and place for holding the National Convention,
and ihe proceedings of the meeting express that o
pinion ; but in regard to the person to be nominated,
there is not quite tho some unanimity. There has
been very little said in the public prints about the
mode in which ihe delegates ought lo be chosen,
and we have yet seen no expression of opinion by
the psople in their primary meetings in regard to
it. A great deal ran be said in favor of both mode,
and we intend lo notica the subject again at our
leisure.
It is due to the members friendly lo Col, John
son, to say, that they did not attend the meeting al
luded to.
A servant girl, says, an English Paper lost her
life at the hou.e of Mr. Ally, of Donoughmore,
Queen's county, last wk;he wa brushing a
greit coat, in tha pocket of which there was
loaded pistol, which went off and shot ber through
! heart,
fj Our friend of the Reading Gazette speaks
of a new ladies' shoe alore, esubliahed in that place.
Old maids, we presume, are not embraced in Ihe
category of neui ladies, although they rosy te oil
one.
Gtusaai Casi bss bven appointed Rageot of
th Mtrhisn Vni'etsi'y.
MISCELLANY.
K1llorlal, Condensed anil Selected.
Specie to the amount of $598,000 was received
at New Orleans on the 21st ult. Of ibis sum
i f251, 4CI were from New York.
The number of white persons in connection w ith
the various Methodist Churches in the rity of
Philadelphia and its immediate vicinity, is said to
be 10.8G8.
Fanny F.ls ler's investments in this country, ac
cording to the Boston Post, have increased in value
upwards of f 15,000 since she left Amnio. They
are all in Mr. Wickuff ' name, and controlled by
his agent.
The Commissioners of all the counties of Massa
chusetts, except Franklin, have refused to grant
licenses to sell anient spirits.
Improvements in nitnliurg.h is said that in
Pittsburg more contracts for buildings have been
entered into this season, than for the last three
years.
Stopped Work. In consequence of sn attempt
on the part of the i mplyers to reduce wages, the
factory girls of Pittsburg have united themselves
in'oa body, and discontinued woik.
Judge Sharkey of ilri'sir'ipi. Judge Sharkey,
who, about five years ago, killed one or two, and
wounded several more, of a mob, which attempt
ed lo lynch him on account of some objections to
his decisions in a certain case, has been elected by
the people to the office of Chief Justice of ihe St ,te.
A Rroutiful Cactus. Tha Low. 11 Courier says.
Dr. Boyden, on Central street, has in his store one
of the most beautiful cactuses we hive ever seen.
It i about 7 feet hih ; an J has nearly 100 buds,
many of which are ju.t breaking out. Ii wo th
looking at.
Doings at Washington. The corre p indent of
IheN. Y. Express states that T. L. Smith, the
Reisti r of (he Treasury, has issued nearly four
hundred thoxnand dullirs worth of Treasury
Xotes hryond the amount uuthuriscd by the lute
law of Congress befure he discovered his eiror !
Northampton Bank. The New York TiT'une
says: "The Northampton Bank, Pa. has made an
assignment, in which all ita creditors are secured i
excepting those who ate unfoitunale enough to!
hold the bills of the hank signed by John Rice, I
Pre-ident. These, ai we understand it, are repu
diated." The Paris National estimates the profits realized
by the French government from the monop .y of
the tobacco and snutT manufacture t-etween July
the first, 181 1, and December the thirty. first, 1 812
at 1,488.123.613 francs, a sum exceeding two hun
dred and seventy-six millions of dollars.
Nutritious Iteminiseence. The Cork Examiner
nyg"At present the Scotch poor are not fed,
they exist on tho recollection of what they ate in
former years."
Upwards of $3G,000. in counterfeit notes, were
lecently discovered in the upper pari ofa darn near
R. ading, supposed to have been placed (here fifteen
or twenty years since, by Mr. Zuck, who ab
sconded under a charge of passing counterfeit money.
Light fur the Blind. The American Bible So
ciety has computed the printirg of ihe Bible f r
ihe Blind, under the superintendence of Dr. Samu
el G. Howe. The work has be' n done at great
coit and Inbor, and stand a monument of the no
blest philanthropy,
Death of an Old Tar Henry Moreland aged
6.1, and a Virginian by birth, died en Sunday in
New York from the effete of inb mperate habit.
He was one of the boat's crew that conveyed Com
modore Perry in the battle of Lake Erie from his
own vessel to that of Cap!. Elliott's.
The Bsnk of the State of New York has de
clared a dividend of 3 per cent, for the last ail
months.
Stuart, the American painter, painted a whole
length picture of Washington, for tho Marquis of
Lansdowne, . Trom lhi a copy was taken, and an
engraving made from it by James Heath, engraver
lo the King, from which he realized fi0,000 the
largest amount probably, ever made by one en
graving. Mr. 8tuart did not receive one cent
therefrom.
Abolition n Ofuo. The nhio statesman says
that il is (he intention of the abolitionists of that
state to run a candidate for Congress in every Con
gresssional District in il.
The Maine Banks, at Portlond, Me., are do ing
their concerns, and pay their liabilities en heing
prsxantrd at boras.
Gen. J. H. Cocke, of Vs., has resigned t!i Pre
sidency of ihe American Tempsranre Union, and
Chancellor Welwortb, of New Vorkj ha been
chosen in his stesd.
We see by a Montreal paper that a gentleman
with wooden legs, in that city has challenged a
friend in the same condition to race, which was
to come off in a few days.
The Bri ish Government has, it is said, officially
informed the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery So.
ciety, that Slavery has been aliolished at M duces,
Singapore, and Penang, including twelve millions
of people who have been in bondage.
A new copper mine has just lieen di covered id
Warren county, Ya., west of the Bine Ridge. The
investigations have been made by Captain John
Penman, who has spent nearly three years in de
vtloping the mineral resources of that St. te, The
mine is said to be very rich.
Col. R. M. Jonvso. arrived at New Orleans
on the 29th. He wss honored by a public recep.
lion.
There wore in Connecticut 1481 voluntary ap-
plications for the benefit of the Bankrupt Law.
Superintendent of Indian Affairs It is stated
in a letter from Washington in the New York
True Sun, that Mr. T. Handy Crawford, has been
removed from the office of Superintendent of In
dian nff .irs, lo make room for Mr. J. Washington
Tyson of Philadelphia.
John W, Paulding, a son of one of the captors
of Maj ir Andre, has been appointed one of ihe high
constables of the city of St. Louis, Missouri.
Cinai.nsL. Scm.iTTtn, E-q. has resigned his
Commission ssChiof Engineer nf this State. We
unders ond that Mr. S. has recently been honored
with a commission from James M. Porter.
The amount ofspecie imported into Bo ton from
the 1st of January, 1813, to the 22 I inst was $3,
919,739 in gold, and ;M9,520 in silver. These Im
ports were almot exclusively fiom England, by
Cunard steamers.
A letter published in the New Orleans Tropic
states that since the lata Earthquake the Island of
Martiirque had changed its level ; on ihe north
ern side it is two feet higher shove high water mark
than formerly, and on tho nppo ite side il ia sunk
two feet. The letter adds that all the houses have
an inclination from the perpendicular.
Dralrucllve Fire.
On Tuesday night the 25th inst., ihe large and
extensive Carriage Manufactory of Messrs. A. D.
Ac R. Patterson of our Borough, wilh all its con
tents, was totally destroyed by fire. The fire broke
out a few minute before midnight, and so rapid
was its progress, that before either of our En
gines could be brought on the ground, the whole
range of buildings w is wrapped in flames, threat
ening Ihe destruction of all the surrounding build,
ings; and it was only through the noble exer.
lions of our firemen, that the dwelling h ues of
Mr. Wise and Mr. Morrison, and the Stor- of Mr.
Correy, with several oth' r buddings were saved
from sharing a like fale. But while we record with
pleasure the exertions of our fireman, we must not
forget the ladies miny of whom entered the ranks,
and handed buckets to supply the Pat Lyon En
gine with water, during the whole time the fne
raged ; while ah ut one hundred twnl ged ani
mal, we will not call ttv m gentleman, for such
tip y certain'y were not, stood by and looked on
with perfect indiff rence, notwithstanding the ap
I eats ma le lo them to render assistance.
The loss of Messrs. Pattersons is estimatid nt
between four and five thousand dol'ars which is
total, ihey having no insursnce.iVtVuliuit.
C4nTVTF.nrF.IT Coi. Spurious hilf dollars
madH of German silver, and closely resembling the
genuine coin in appearance, are in circulation in
this city. They are dited 1.33, and like sll coin
polished with quicksilver, have a greasy feel when
ruhb d lietwcen the fingers. The counterfeits a
bove alluded to are so well executed that they will
readily deceive iheincauti us. Bait. American.
A letter dated South Carolina, March 29:h,
says :
I have been impatiently awaiting the approach
of spring since I came to this slate, but the weather
here is still what the inhabitants call winter. The
S"ason, I am told, is more than three weeka later
than usual. Fields of Indian corn were planted in
the deginning of March, which must de replinted,
and the cotton planting is deferred for fine weather.
The peach and plum trees have stood in blossom
for weeks, and the forest trees, which at this time
are usually in full foliage, are as bare as in Decem
ber. Cattle ore dying in the fields for want of pas
ture." Joax Qeivcr Aiiams. The following is given
as an accurate account of the domeatic habits of
Jortv Qi-isct Arams the most wonderful of living
Statesmen t
At Aume John Quincy Adams is universally re
spected, and on all occasions acts the part of a
genuine republican. He always rises at day-break
and long before the sun is up you will find him at
his desk in his chamber, writing or poring over
paper which have been handed down to him by
hi patriotic sire, who served his country so zeal
ously and advantageously in the stormy day of
the revolution. Mr. Adams enters heartily into
the wants of his fellow-townsmen ; he often offu
ciate a moderator al the town meeting in Quin
cy, and as often acts ss arbiter in settling disputes
which occur between bi neighbors. He ior.
live and full of instructive anecdotes. Ha attends
church constantly, snd notwithstanding he keep
two or three carriages, he always wa ks.- When
ihe tiJe suits, he is fond of walking lo th beach.
about a mi f'om his house, to have a solitary
swim in ihe 'salt sea;' and this is pretty well for a
gentleman of his advanced ags. Mr. Adams is now
over osvrnty years of ag, 'and being exceedingly
temperate and methodical in every thing, he al
ways enjoys excellent health. His constitution ia
ss seund ss it wss thirty yesr ago.