TERMS OF TUT " AMCIUCAft."
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DAU JLN ILL) UJ iLO-
AMERICAN.
AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL:
' Absolute acquiescence in the decision of the majority, the vital principle of Republic, from which there ia no appeal bat to force, the Vital principle and Immediate parent of despotism. Jtrrsaaoa.
py Manner & Elnety.
8uniury Northumberland Co. Pa. Saturday, Oct 10, 1846.
bl. T Wo. 3 Whole Wo, 815
WB. B. FASTER.
The Democratic Courier, published at John
town, give the following account of tome of the
men appointed by Wm. B. Foster, agreeably to
the bargain and tale, by which he proenred lie
Pertloaa Passage rttia Great Vtra.
The Great Wratern on her laat trip to New
York encountered the pale of the 19th, and ti
I atained eome damage. The atorm waa a terri-
lie one, and the passengers, 126 in number, wr re
Can democrat, vote for a man who erkmaly alarmed. ttclrgioue wrvice.
nomination.
appoint officer that can't make out a common
account T Can they support a man who trade
hi office for political favors?
, The .Collector and npcrlntensleat.
CoMrrrMT Orrimn. We have recently
were
cakpbtxnos and oii.-or.ojif
utl the "CHEAP STOKE" iVo, 41 Strawberry
Phllndelplila.
OUR Suire reni uu.l o her eiun-rs lein very
liBht. we are ei.sM.d I,, a II ..ui CAKPfiT.
: 111 lC LOTH li.i'liiiBli tfnd rt'lsfl. ai the
lowest prices) In the city, and tmyers will find it
treat y to their advent rc to rail and examine the
' targe assortment we nlT.-r ihl season, of
Hen ul if ul Imperial 3 .N V
n.ul.e H.rrte.fine Ingrain VcjMPETJXGS
Fiua and Medium d. T .
Twill. J and plain V. tiilinn j
tngeihrfr with h lire k of OIL-nLtVPffst
from t feel l 2 feet will". xry chenp.t.if rn.'m.
hulls Ao al, Mtl"iK.,ri r ioiha, Kug. Cot
,n nd Ut "-anjie, , &c, with a aMid a
Ifenrlinent ilflncam T..tp tn f.o.ii to fiO Cnt,
id Stair and FaxUi (rM frum X I to 60 eta.
H)r!l(t: BROTHS K.
tO. 'iH.f'trah'iM'rry A t, mte &n !brve tThe
trtit. ire SPC.nJI Vhrlt. Viftadililiia.
1"I'rh Slt. 1840. 3m.
TO TUK CIVILIZED WORI-D1V '
fT U, i'Al.Mlil!. Aieircw Newpprr
V Agni t, iKt'y tmrfted anrl mp.iwered, by
the i ruprietoi of nio-l of the teA newxpir of
all the ritt.- and ninci;'l 'own in the U. S. and
Hanad, l. nc i aulwcrip Kma and mh'eni-e.
Client, and to ( receijii far them, resjiectfully
n. tific the u'..lic, that lie i prepared t. eaecuM
rdttiaYrvn'i nil jf TVs rvilt'd WorW. em-
1n.c'iig Inlivi lu iU, Fi'mn, Socieiie. '-CluS. Ke.
Hlini liKin tni!iii..n, c, at hi several cifll--e
in ih ritien riiMatlellria, Bsliimore, New
Vork and i)otim,iil tel.eie oinmunUaiion and
inquiriii, 'pt paid, may he d ree'.d. AMcm V.
It. PALMER, Philjdeli-hi. N. W. corner Third
Mud Clenu lr et Ualiiin re, 8. E- corner B.I
tnnnre and I'alverl rtieel ; New York, Tribune
Uuil.lings itppnaiu City Hall ; Uorton, ail Hrate at.
A no other t riu or per n are in any man
tier conne.-Uid wi'h the auhactibcr, in tho American
Picwi-pjiier Agenev, all letteis and cinimuiiieaiiiina
lor him. i-hould tie'can-fully dir.cted a' elkive, and
to no other r.u. Tl.i fca hecoma ne-
tMty. in aVw xa kvorl rfi.bk a. and put the pub
lic ou their ffauiA ug.innl ad pretended A cent-.
Y. IL PALMER,
American NewP'r Agent.
Editor th'O'inbout ihe United 8t .u a for whom
V. U. Palmer ia Ag.-nt, will pim .e the advantage
Jf all em.cen.ed. I.v i.ld ahiug the a'-ive.
L'SJltMC XOTICC V. U. P dmcr i the
only authoriaed Ag.nl fr 'I '.-raacaT
c," iu ritaof PbiUdelpbia, New t orV,
I), mi. mi ai d llJliiuiore, ol w:.icn iun
lien by given. ' March 14, 184L
x an n e it i i n c k k V.
TRUNK MAKER,
So. I AO Cliennut Street,
rzixx.ABEx.rnxA. ,. . ,
WHEKE all UiimU of lel er trunk, valiseaand
ir(Ht Isfis, of evety style and paiiem aie
inaniif ciire l. iu the h.t manlier and fruui the beat
rn'eruU. and a.i'd at the .eir Je.
performed during- the existence of the etorni,
and the sacrament waa administered to some GO
person. After the danger waa over, l- iter
of thtnka o the Captain and other officer .of
the ship waa drawn up, and the eutn of 3X)
waa raised fe nrcacnt to tlu officer and crew,
had glorioue illiistratinn of the propriety of rf wh;cl) C.'ptain'wai aa'kcd lo accept 30.
adopting the pnlicy.'which has gxiverned Wm
B. Poster Jr. in bis appointment. , Tie he re
Carded only the amount of the service which
he applicants could render him in forcing him
self upon the psrty, aa;tho rnminee,- withmit
any regard totompetency. The e fleet of this
is to Vende'i the offices which such persona fill
A fund was aluo started for the support of , the
widow and children of those who perUh a sea,
to be called the Creat Western Fund,
A correspondent of the Tribune has a long
account of the danger, from rhrch we make the
following gtract? ' 1 '
It was wonderful te see hew a few short boars
only .inicutcs,-thoy receive the etnolfttrrent. clBnccd ,hJ condilion ,nd Mmgn of all on
board. The grades and distinctions incident lo
so large a cowifany, varyrrtg tn social position.
citixens of a I mot all couvtries, and sjrofesstng
white they are incapaciatcd to dtf charge the
dtrtira. ,,Vegive the following ae egamplee.
ftecenflw, the . worthy and efficient xAttk in
th CoMectnr'a tiffice at :liia plac, was confined
to hia room for several days. . The Collector
himself, buinjf'eTiiirely uncjiialified to perform
the dntyet'mtVing out a clearance, waa com
pellet to resort to tho assistance of 4he hrta
in theaveral ware he.BBe, who were necess
Rated to make out their own. How lonj will
Hie people have to endure thia faverftiem, by
which thrvare robbed to reward those who
have no otlrr laim iiwn ttreir bonrrty, thkn
fawning attachment to the dispensers of official
favors 1
A "ain; TreS'jerrftte?haen,l of the Portage
Rjiil 'Road is probably one of the most illiterate
functionaries on the. , Improvement. He, be'
ing unable to make out a common voucher, has
to depend upon the aid of such as he can call to
his assistance. . Many of every batch ol vouch
er which he hat ecnt to Harriaburg, aRer the
diCerent payment he made on the) road thia
summer, have bee rettrrhed la oeinp; meorrect
Me waa compelled to entrust the arrangement
of hi laat mnnth'a account to hi instructor,
Wm. S
rjentlenian
these lact for the purpose or eliciting puwic at- under Mf ,h.,,ered t!,e parte of the ahip at
tention to the Improvemenla, who have, from . . i solin'er atruck XWe captain
necessity, to entrust their bnsiness to others. on fca whi;e ,iojing on (he poop, and the
who, if they think proper, can mantle mattera j,ow Ujethet with Ihe sea, canio)
in a way to benefit thcmselve at the expense him over the lee quarter, and he wa only eared
of the people. ' 1 Kir fiiM ni-ltinrrft. .
( - After Ihia sea had naFsieil over. w- kiund the
Tun Povrenor Isrr-afEBawE --P.ttomac, w...r Mmi m ,he pump,; u,e wiudap-
the Wafhingt jn correspondent of tht. BiltirrK.re rd (o u B ,(t,e ind he hjpt ,iule
but atill blowing aetorm.' All the httchea, ex-
ceDt thoee made use of for paeainir into the en-
r . .
the a loon, drenching the bertha on tho larboard
aide, driving out their affrighted occupants,
while it smashed by it weight the glass over
the main cabin, and thus forced it way below.
' This waa period of intense emotion. 1 was
sitting in the upper saloon, striving to protect
some ladies from injury. So violent were the
shocks of the vessel, although firmly braced, it
wsa with difficulty we could prevent rturselvea
I mm being hurled from otir aeats, and dashed
with such violence against a part of the vessel,
a to endanger life or limb. Many received so
vere contusion and bruise, notwithatanding all
their efforts. ' ' ' " . , , . , ,
" Twaa an anxious hour. My eye wandered
over the different group in the saloon t resting
-one while on father pissing from one to ano
ther of hi family, ami cheering with kind
word an intereating group nf daughters; then
on yrmng wife, folded to the bosom of her hus
band without a syllable being uttered, but the
action spoke volumes, and again upon mother
whose children hsd been left in America, as she
clasped her hand as if in secret prayer, while
PBicia or ADvr.RTimjf a.
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column, 1 9, three squares, Iwo aquarea, f U t
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$it one square, $3 60. '
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length of time tliey are lo be published, will be
continued until ordered out, and charged aecord
Ingly. . . .-.
(Sixteen lines or les mak squsre.
diflerent creeds, in tire presence of so imminent her husband and hrr father gathered around,
danger, were alihoat instantly vnerged into one ! in( a eemed bowed down to earth in one com
comWton emotion of awe, aa we etood rige'fher j mon feeling of tender solicitude for those who
In the court the great leveller, Ieath. With tuioht so soon iiecome helpless orphans.
this intetrse feeling which bound us together aa
one, tame also another of an vppoeite and repel
ling character. Kvery heart wet deeply occu
pied with its individotl griefaand memories, aa
ffnot another shared tbeferiJ. IIosho, with its
hived ones, and a thousand cherished hopes and
joya. rose fresh to the view, and with power
like the storm, awept over the tniTfA.atid left it.
liketfcecei,tempest-toatand tronWed. ,8re,,
skid ipentleman to me, no one converge no
one Veada all are engaged, each with hie own
thoughts; and if my wife and children were
here, I confess tny feelings would e w the
rnoet dirtreeaiteg character.' 'BwV ' L thy
aufler in your ioaa.' , 'Vfry true; yet it ia only
a question of time, and, whether aooner r later,
God'a wrll be done.'
At noon, alorm and e raging in all ita fury,
sea atill breakmir over the eh in. 4 heavy at
Campbell, and lo t very competent Urfeoard pad o mahed it
n, John Bra wV. ' We mention (j i?fWg ,h .pnbe,.,, breakingtfte
It was an awful hour. The most thought tee
among ti cowered in their arcret heart before
a danger which none but a fool ore brute would
have mocked, and all therefore accepted the in
vrtttion to meet m the cabin for prsyer.
The Position of Osw. Taylor.
The New Orleans Courier enteneine rrave
The late tarthiiae)ie la the th of Kw
rap.
... a
The following ancount of thi Earthquake
and the effects produced by it in the city of Pi
ia extracted from a pamphlet on the suH'Ct,
written by M. Pilla, profetsor of Ge6logyih the
Universally of Piss ;
The day (the 11th nf August) opened at Pi
aa.aeretie and tranquir, like thoae which had
prereetled it At noon, I was, as usual in the
Museum of Natural History of the University,
and in the htll of mineralogy, where I wa oc
cupied in classing the minerals. In thia hall
are several windows looking toward the plain
on ih aide of the sea, and ove r the interior" of
the city. I felt aufToctting heat, accompanied
by an inexpressibly painful sensation, I attri
buted this phenomenon to the air of Pisa, which
ia heavy for my constitution, and which made
me say several times tn the keeper of the Muse
am, 'The air of Pisa ia on Bre to day.' Never
prophecy was more suddenly realised. At a
few Inintites before one, I wis alone in the hair
The atmosphere was perfectly calm, when I
began to hear sound which came rapidly from
the sea coast. '' The impression 1 felt, waa like
that nf boisterous wind advancing towards the
city, but reflecting on the inipoavibility of such
a phenomenon occurring so suddenly in the
midst of the preceding calm, I began to fear
some accident. I cannot belter describe this
noire than in a line of our divine poet; ,
V frocatto if un tuon p!en di tpavento ,
Dante lit.
'My suspicions were soon verified. The noise
kept ek'vancirr?, with ever increasing force, and
Church of Si. Michael ia ruined, but without
Injury to any person, lift had happened On
next day, at the earn hour, there Would hsve
been many I i'vea lost., A Cro fell from the
dome. The Campo Santo ulTered some alight
injury. TheCampan le (Leaning Tower) ia
unhurt. It lemtina lo be discovered by exam
ination whether lis inclination ha uecumu
. -t. - . i ' 4 an
greater. Finally, there i not a building in ri
aa which ha not been more or les damaged anu
cracked;'
Letter from Leghorn and Florence describd
the earthquake to have been still more terribh'
in those cities and the surrounding country. At
Volterra a fliate prison was thrown down, bury
fug several prisoner under ita ruine. Siment
the account from Florence sty that from thirty
to forty persons had perished in that neighbor-
hood, and more than a hundred were wounded.
I i . l.ii i ... . m-
ar.nrehrnsiona aa to the character of the next "'"-'y ' .iu. w .....
newa lo be received from Gen. Taylor' army, vibration succeeded a violent agitation in a ho
It devotee a tonrr article to the subject, in which rixontal direction, accompained by a bornbl
nWt (a set nrominentlv forth. and that ra that rumbling; accustomed lo these phenomena
the Mexicansof Ihe States of Tamwlipaa, New which n"1 "re y country, (M. Pilla ia
fv Roahuila. and oerhaoa even Zaeateeea. NapoH'") "ftw ever, n!J tnolioi.,
wit! r-npose to' the advance of the American ar- " of Ihe window which opened qo
my of invasion the most vigorous . resistance, the garden of Ihe neighboring house, and there
Independent of the regular tronpa under the I waa witness of one of the moat terrible specie
command of Ampudia in Montcfy or it vicinity, cle which are ever offeied lo the eye of man
it.. ir nitii enrniiniee from nt here re. The houses about were shaken in a dreadful
SIILU; KIIT'S I'A'I'KVr
flll IS Machine h.a n.w lii te.hsd by more
I i..n ikiriv famitie u this nciehb.att.sMi, and
baa given entire .ntUfetion ' I ia so siiaple in it
C4.strucliu, that it cai.irol et out of rdrr. ' H
cniilaliia no iron m l, siul no .piingsor rolt.rslo
v. i out of repair. Ii wdl d. lice a much wtsh
iiiii, with lMi than hall the wear and tear of an) of
the hie invent i.ui, and wh it i uf ari ater in.r.
Iai.rr.it coMs hut lil la over half a much a other
wattling iuc,..nis.. . i... ..,,.-.'t '
The Mi'hs. riU-r ha the eirlUMve nhl fr Nor.
thumherlatwl. Union. LvcmiinK. Columhia. Lu
tu'rne and Clinton Counties. ' Price f ile inn.
cbmf6. H. U.MASEIL -
1 The follow ion eeilifieal.- fioma few of Ihoae
Whu have thi'te iujt:liiis in uae.
Sunt'tiiy, Aug. 94, l4t. .'
We, the uWriSei. certify that we have now
iu ue, in our fsmilka, "Sliugeit'a i stent Wash
ing Mschineand do not btrittte )lna that U U
aninstixeell. nl iuveuti.ai. Thai, .in Washing,
it will av m.ire than one hall the Usual labor,
That It il.in 4 require mute than one third ihe
usual quantity of so p aud water Jind ibat there
ia n. rul.l4ng, and eHi qoily. H weai
Ing or lesrina -- I hH it knot k olT ne bullous, and
that the finMt eloiKea. such as Collsi.. Urea. luck.
frills. Arr.. mi lie wiulwd in a ve.V short lime !
Without Ihe lesat u.juiv, end in fact wiik.mi any
Patriot, thus speak of the Itte l eitx u
Connell: ' , . .
Now that General McConnell ia dead and
gone, people begin to remeniWr that there were
hri.-lit snot in hia character. . I knew him long
ago in Alabama, and while he waa in Uongreea
and some nf the newspapera and letier-wriiera
were handling him , roughly, be ' would oftun
como In me, on account of our old axqaetctenc'
iu, perhapa, and with teara in hi eye beg of
me lo intercede in hi behalf, and try te gel the
ditnra and letter-writera fordaid to let him a-
lone. Ho would sty that he akea it, not tor
his own take, but for the sake of hi excellent
wife and children. On these occaaion I more
than once told him that he knew a well aahe
could be told, Am be could put a atop to the a
buae he comolained of. He would reply. 'I
know it. I know it ; you ' would have me atop
drinking end frolicking, ami thut up this wajk
ing grocery! But I can't do it, . I have tried
many times, and it is impoMlble. 1 can't atop
but inut go on. I once aakud him what he ex
pe'cteil hi would be ! lie replied aerioua
tf..r ha waa ober that he knew not. ' Hi
rtttarfco nut lea determined nor per ha pa less
effective,
' The tancheroe w(It rise en masse at soon ae
their tire'-eidra are invaded. So long aa the A-
manner, the trees in the garden, bv t'oeir mo
tions, announced Ihe violent agitation of the at-
ninepheie , these mi lions joined to those of the
hall in which I win, gave me a vertigo, which
inerican army wa etalionid upon the banks off compelled me to support myself by the window
the RioGrsnde, they Imik no part in the con
trnVerey, inasmuch aa on this side of that line
the country ia very Uiinly settled, and on this
account p" issceat'd no favorable 'rrilly ing point of
Jelfnce; but in p'roportioti aa Gen. Taylor pn
netratet into Mie interior, where ihe towns, vil
lages; haniieta and rancloe become more nuuie
frame. The agitation continued, evidently in
a horizontal direction, going and coming, but
with extreme violence. Iu this horrible situa
tion the plastering begin to fall from Ihe
ceilinir, the cries which trose from lh neigh
boring houses augmented the horror of tbe
seen it. There was one moment when I thought
gine room, were natterea (town, ana we sy-
lighls partially coveted. The weather contin
ued the "same until midnight, at which time it
lulled for half an hour. , ......
The loir cwvey to the reader aorne idea of
- . .W" i w
ihe elate of the htp and effect of thv atorm on
Sunday at noon. . . It effect on luoae below cao
beat be given in ihe word of gentleman who
remained Ihe greater pari of the Hut) ta Ihe
cabin,." i 1.. ? i iw
, To convey an idea of the appearance of all
iruuud ia out of my power. ' In lie word of
Sheridan, 'the t em peal roamed ia all the terror
of ita glory.', The atmosphere wa surcharged
with a thick spray, rendering look lar out to
seaward impossible, . T he wind howled, roared
aod bellowed, like the contrtanl multeringa of a
thunder cloud. , Huge waves, of Iremeiidon
height and volume, rose in mad displty around
the ahip, threatening every moment to break o
ver u amidships and crush the vessel. Sea af
ter aea striking us with terrific noise, ctused the
gallant ahip to atop for an inttant, tremble and
rinis and more deeply populated, it w II b more the city would be swallowed up.- Then, impel
easy for the Mexieene lo organ ite a system of led by an instinctive feeling, I mounted Ihe
defence in which they may a'vtil ihen.w lves of window teat in order lo jump into the garden.
wife, he Mid. M. good Chri.ti. od would a every f ffom hef ,tern.ti rro
go to Heaven. He hoped hi children would i
but aa for himself, he could only aay thit at one
period uf hi hfu he waa for thirteen months a
aincere exhorter in the Church, and if the God
above did not look back lo that period of hia life
with favorable eye, and aave him, why then
J he would be lorf, for he could do nothing now
appaient wear and tea', hte-r. We therefore-) inward leaving himeelf it wa too late! : Poor
ciieeifully reeoiiiineud it lu our friend and l the
lAibiic, a a most uaviul and lrt.r savin marnine,
CHARLKS W.HtOINa,
- A. JOKIIAN.
UHrt. WEAVER. r
CMa PLB 8ANT8,
" ' ' fitOEON MAKKLE,
Hon. OBO. U. WELKER,
HKNJ. HENDRICKS, .
. . ClUEON LE18ENRINO.
tltaa' Ilortt, (fomnrly Tremonl House, No.
116 Chesnut stieet,) Philadelphia, tptember
1st. 1844. '
" i.. 8hueerrs PsUel Wasbiog Machine
in say houe upwards of eight months, and do not
bestial to lay that I deem it one of tbe moM use.
lul and valuable lahor-aing machioee ever inveo
.i i t.rnu.rl krnt two wemenr continually oe-
cupied ia waahiug. wh. now do aa moth ia Iwo
davTa they then did ia on week. 1 bar ia no
.... in auhine. and it require not mon
.l. .h..A !ka usual anantilV of soap. I base
ati BMBxe-,aais a - . . .
had a oamber ef ether mina ia aay famdy, bet
thia ia ae decidedly eperio lo every thing else, , ao4
W UiUe habbj lo get out of lepau. UJal 1 wW Bo
da wilhoqt on. . they herb
t.,irm Ikss SIS OM Wr. "
jrt The higheel price wU hi
iaa lor Plat reed. svore ot
given wr r uatiSKR.
Mac pencq tahea!
Ussrit IttroaiiaTio?!. The Engliab bushel
uf wheat weigh 70 pound 8 bualiel, equal to
5G0 pounds, being quarter of a ton weight.
0 bushtla American whwt, or CO pound to
the bushel, equal to the Lngln-h quarter. 1 lie
English aack of flour weigh VWO pounds, and
7 sack 10G0 pounda, equal to 10 American
barrels. Tbe bushel ol fine Liverpool aalt
weigha 56 pounda j the sack containa 4 bushel
224 pounda.. Tea sacks mak ton weigh',
2,340 pounda ; the bushel of ground alum aalt
weigha 64 pound, the each eontainaS bnabela,
equal to 224 pounda ttn aack mtk a ton,
To bring English tterling money to dollar and
cent double the pence, lh answer I cent.
Am Immbm EaTATT.. A Quaker family na
mad Cbaae, residing in Yarmouth, Ms., claim
to ba tb hair of tha Towoley eeUt. ia Eng.
land, which is valued at 52,000,000 potiad
tterling.
every possible ad vantage of their position. They
will carry on against us a guerilla warfare, and
to ted the truth,' the nature of the country up
on the route which General Taylor ha selected
lor advancing upon Montery givea thetn, howe
ver tmatl miy be their numbers, great Jvtn
lge over our troop.
'"At tho distance of thirty or forty inilea from
the Hio Grande, by the upper rotite that is, a
little this aide of Cerralvo--commerice lhat
chain of niountaina which traverse a portion
but remnant of reflection held ma back, and
by degreea the ground became tranquil :
'Aseooa as ihe shock waaover,! went out
o the Aitiseum anu tound tne atreeta niieu wtin
IHfopie, who wore in their countenance tho
traces of tho terror t which they bad Buffered.
Every where reigned thit silence of which, Taci-
tu speaks, which seizes the people when agita
ted by a CHiiiiion feeling, ,. , '.
'Aft- r having assured myself of the safely
of the persons w ho are most dear to me, my
of the State btC-hihuthut,' Coahuila'tnd New first th.jughtwea for the Ctmpanile de Pite,
ling and lurching, tossed to and Iru ; again
would ahe gather fresh atrength, and with her
wheela half hid ia the wild waters, again and
again receive '.be thundering blow of an ele
ment lhat seemed armed (or our destruction.
The sail on ih ysrd. strongly ecured by
rope and gaskets, were blown from their furl
nd streamed out to leeward in ribbon. " But
all thia wa nothing. About 1 P. M , while
moat ol ua wera aeated in agonising suspense in
tha lower csbio, holding fast to the table and
settees, a sea atruck the vessel, and a tremen
dmie crash waa heard on deck. . Instantly the
cabin wa darkened, and torrentaof walercame
pouring down upon ua through the akylight.
Scarcely had lha water reached tha floor,
whea all in the ctbin and tlala rooma prang
to their feet, and imuStaaeoutly, a if by con
cert, Ihe ladie uttered a ecreeut of agony, to
ferful, and o despairing, lb ound of it will
never b forgotten and Heaven grant lhat such
a wail of anguish may never again ba heard by
me. Several fainted other clasped Iheir
haul in muU despair, while many called aloud
upon their Creator.
Tb crash lo which tha writer allude wa
caused by tha tearing up of the Unche and
that wood work on the quarter deck. These
were burled with violence againal lh skylights
I by the tame which broka lis window af i
t 7 J
leori. which terminatee in the neighborhood pf
Saltillon. Tlie route which Gen. Taylor ia pur
suing skirt thing the font of Ihese mountains,
One may readily conceive v. hut advtn'.tgea
these rancheros will ponesa knowing aa ihey
do an intimately every loctlity, all tha defiloa
and retreats which the face ol the country pre
tents for preparing ainbubcudc and for harrta
sing dtily our tnaipa.
We do not wMito'sty lhat tl Americans
will not triumph over all ihe difficulties of their
route ; but we are "persuaded that they will not
succeed save by great sacrifice. Nov if Gen.
Taylor liae set forth, a all the accouula from
thii Il!o Grande aeein in represent, with a in-
cle column of only five or eix thousand men, we
(the leaning tower) t ran to see how it waa.
What wa my eurprise to see it standing ad
firm. What a spectacle it must have - preseni
le d in that fcuriul moment ! . People who had
an opp irtuuity tu observo it, during tha shuck,
tell me that its balancing waa a terrible thing
In behold. Hit before examining tha effoctaof
the earihquvke, let us ace what waa it direo
lion and its duration.
'The first motion of the earth wa manifestly
Vibratory ; then ramu a violent unuuiatory mo-
lion, wh ch lttd till the end of the shock, ex
cept a alight leesening of Ihe action toward tha
middle nl it, which linuhej by on duubla vio
lent. The horizontal directum must have been
the savin: of Pisa. I observed it in lha moal
Waoes or Labor From an instructive ar
ticle on the subjeel of agricultural labor in dif
ferent countries, it wages, and the compara
tive condition of the 1 borer in the London
Mark La" Ex pre, we condense the following
fscts: In our eslimste wo ntve canea m.
ehillingaterling 22 cents, though it value is ,
trifle less ; and comparison though instituted
ith the English labnr.'can be easily made with
those of thi country.
In England the average rate of agricultural
wage for an able man with a family, is 0 shil
lings or SI 98. per week. From thi is deduc
ted cottage rental 35 cent per week, leaving1
$1 63 per week, to provide himself with- they
necessaries of life. In France, a laborer in the
same situation receives 81 04 per week; in
Prussia, 60 centa ; in Germany $1 02 per week,
in Holland and Belgium, $1 20 ; in Italy and
the Austrian States, 01 15. It will be remem-!
bered lhat these average are those of the eora-v
mon laborer ahepherda, carmen and mecha-..
nica receiving rather more. The food which,
the wagea named above will purchase ia tUe
several countries, ia stated in tbe Express .
follow:
In England the laborer can obtain for his lft
cent or hi Week's wges, either 30 lbs. oC
bread, or 11 J lbs. nf meat, 71 lbs. of btrtter, 12 y
lbs. of -cheese, or 174 lba. of potatoes.
In France, with hia 104 cent he eta buy.
cither 46 lbs. of bread, 13 lbs. of meat, or 25 tx
lbs. of potatoes.
In Prussia, with his 66 cent per week the'
laborer can buy either 36 lbs. of bread. 16 lbs.
mett.or frjlbs or butter.
In Germany with. 102 cents he obtains either
43 lbs. olbretd, 18 lb, of meat. III lbs. of
butter, 24 Ibf. of cheese or 54 1'iart of beer.
In Holland and Belgium, 120 centa will buy
either 58 lbs. ol breaJ, 22 lb of beef, or 400 lb
of potaloe. i . '
In Italy and Austrian States, the laborer.
with hi 115 cents, can by either 50 lb, of
bread, 22 lbs. of beef, 6 lbs. of butter 8 lbs. of
cheese, or 16S lb of potatoes.
Thi table is interesting, a showing nnt on
ly tha price of labor in the countries named
but aim the price ofbread, meat, butter, cheese.
&e. It is true, the bread is stated by the pound
instead of grain by the bushel ,' but aa tbe flour
of a bushel of Wheat, say 40 lbs. will make from
63 to 65 lb, of bread, an estimate may easily
be made of the quantity uf wheat or flour a man
in ny of the conntriea named would receive
for a week's work. t The laborer in this coun
try, who receive hi bushel ol wheat a dty, or
other article in proportion, will readily con
ceive the meagre fare, and alender ehanc of
'laying by anything,' which must attend the
foreign agricultural laborer. In all these eour
Irie it will be seen the value of provisions i at
least a great as here, and in some instance
much greater. It is only by the comparison
uch authentic statements enable them to
m'tke, Ihtt the free laborer the ftrmera or
mechanic, of thia country, can fully appreciate
the advantages of their position.
doubt very much if he will ucceed in reaching dUlincJ imnner postible. If the vertical shock
Monterey with two third of this number j and
should Ihts prove true, then Ihe seigo and ctp
lure orihtl city which is pretty well fortified
nol only by it artillery, but by its natural poai
lion, and which is besides garrisoned by fivo or
six thousaud men, troops uf the line and nation
al mil.lieappear to us not a littl problemati
cal.
bad the same intensity, the rfTecta of Ike di
ler would have been much more deplorable,
'A to the duration of tha oscillation, count
ing from the moment when the distant rumbling
wa heard, I think it fitxu tweuty-fiv ta thirty
second. Some person reduce it to twelve or
fifteen secoud but these dale it only from the
moment when the shock wis most sensibly fell
It is true that the upper route i prcfertble lo If the inhabitants ui the country visited by the
the other on ceounl of water, wood and forage, earthquake are queatiwied as to the duration ol
which are to be found on almost any part of it, ihe gitaiion they all anawer, half a uiinute,
and of which our Iroops have the utmost need, mora ur las. .. m t .... ' '
especially in tha season of extreme heatj but , 'It wt lobe dreaded thai lh phenomenon
apart from these advantages, which by no mesne WuUy m cesM with the Ural shock. , Two mo.
outweigh it difficullir and danger; tha two Xwan were afterwards tell distinctly, but of a
lower route on from Matamora direct, anu lnor, kind. A great pari ol tbe popui.
lha other from Camargo, uniting at Linares, )CMrd lh night following in tha squarea
and thence leading to Monterey by the way of ,j -lrtet, ovrpoweied with the nd new
Caiderryie would hav been much more sure, which wa constantly brought in from neigh-
boiing place.
A doubl headed child ia exhibiting in New
York. What splendid whig politician, lh
little fellow wil! rttke.
The disaster th city of Pisa ba uf!ered
ar tligbt in compariaon with what they might
have been. No on perished. Tbe roof of lha
Aaai'vtL or a STtaaiaAT. On Tuesday
morning latt a veritable Steamboat arrived at
the port of Reading, from Philadelphia, via tha
'raging cana wl." She left th city at 7 o'clock
on Monday morning, retched Pottstown etrly
the same evening, and the next morning start
ed for Reading, where the arrived safe and
sound, after an expedition passage, freighted
with the President and Manager of the Schuyl
kill Navigation Company, who came to examine)
the work along the line of the canal to thi
place. She is called "The Phusnix," bt an en
gine of 20 bora power, ia provided with the
Ericcaon propellers, and carriea 00 tons bur
then. She waa built for tho iraneportation of
fieighL Her paseage wa delayed eoneiderably
by the difficulty of getting through lha bridges
which ar entirely loo low for such craft ; bug
we ara lold they are ahortly to be altered to thej
required height Wilh thi defect obviateJ.
the Captain estimated lhat ha could eawly mak
5 milettn hour in th etna!, and 0 betweeo Una
dam Tbe boal cloared this porton her reni'ia
voyage to the city, oo Thursday morning, will,
cargo of grain and produce Heading Gas,
Au
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