AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
BY SANDERSON k CORNMAN.
CARLISLE:
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, I».!(».
.Appointments bp the .Governor.
James Clarke of Indiana, Edward B.
Uubley of Schuylkill, and William R Pack
er of Lycoming, to be Canal Commission
ers for the ensuing year. , ■.
• George Sanderson, Prothonotary of Cum;
bsrland county.
Isaac ' Angney, Register of Cumberland
county.
Willis Foitlk, Clerk of the several courts
, and Recorder of Cumberland county.
Herman C. Piatt, Prothonotary, Clerk of
Oyer and Terminer, and Quarter Sessions
of Lycoming county. . ~
. Elias P. Voungm an; Register, Recorder
'and Clerk of the Orphans’ Court ot Lycom-1
ing county.
~ . . Alexander F. Topley, Prothonotary, Clerk
of Quarter Sessions and Oyer and Terminer
.' of Perry county. .
j ■ John Souder, Register, Recorder and
Clerk of the Orphans’ Court of Perry co.
Jacob Zeigler, Prothonotary and Clerk
of the several courts of Bntler county.
------ Josmh-McQeAsto^;- Hegistcrand Record -
• or of Butler county,
Jesse Samuels, Prothonotary of Lehigh
county.
Charles S. Bush, Clerk of the several
courts of Lehigh county. "
Samuel Marx, Register of Lehigh county.
S“".tMny Gangewere, Recorder of . Lehigh
ttkias Head, Prothonotary of Franklin,
jtoimty. • ~‘
John Wood, Clerk of the several courts
M.of Franklm county -
Henry -Ruby, Register and Recorder of
Franklin county.
Lewis JBurclifield, Prothonotary and Clerk
of the-sereral courts of Juniata county. "
Joseph Boggs, Register and Recorder of
Juniata county. .
Archibald A, Douglass, Prothonotary and
Clerk of the several courts of Mercer county.
Smith, Register and Recorder of
Mercer county. ' |
,j James T. Leonard, Prothonotary. Clerk
oTthe'several courts, Register and Recorder
oi Clearfield county.
Henry Dehuff, Prothonotary, Clerk of
Oyer and Terminer, and Quarter Sessions
i of Lebanon county. ,
George Lineweaver , Register and Clerk
.of the Orphans’ Court of Lebanon county.
, Tobias Kreider, Recorder of Lebanon
county. :
Samuel Roush, Prothonotary, and Clerk
of the several courts of Union county-
Rohert Render, Register and Recorder t of
Union county.
John B. Pugh, Prothonotary of Bucks
county. , /
Mannassi h 11. Snyder, Clerk of Oyer and
Terminer and Quarter Sessions of Bucks
county. ' ''
George F. Wagner, Clerk of* the Orphans’
Court of Bucks county. • , • .
David Marple, Register of Bucks county.-
David Brissel, Recorder of Bucks county.
Ihompson McKean of Fayette county &
Robert Quail of Washington county, to be
, Commissioners on the Cumberland Road.
fiichard Batturs, Auctioneer of the city
of Philadelphia, , .
Samuel W.:Sprott, Prothonotary, Clerk
of the Oyer And Terminer, and Cletk of the
Quarter Sessions of Reaver-County,
Samuel McClure, Register, .Recorder, and
Clerk of the Orphans’ Court of Beaver cb.
Samuel Pinkerton, Prothonotary of Ches
ter county. r '''
- ■ James W, ATnnard.Clerk of the several
- . courtsof Chester county. ■
Jesse Coulson, Register of Chester county!'
• George Hartman, Recorder of Chester col
Appointments nv the Attorney General.
Jeremiah M. Eurrill, Esq. Deputy. Pros
ecuting Attorney for Westmoreland county.
F. W, Hughes, IJsq. do.for Schuylkill co.
Richard Fldred, Esq.do. for Pike co.
Henry C. Florchead, Esq;. dp. Mayor’s
Court, Pittsburg.; . . ’ ,
■John P. Anderson, Esq. do. Allegheny co.
. Wilson Jleiley, Esq. do. Franklin co.
. Peter Filbert and J. Pringle /<mes,Eßqa.
do. Berks co,'
John //og’e.Esq. do. Mercer c 6. ,
Dunlap McGlaughlin, Esq.do.Butler co.
.Peter .vcA~o/y, Ksq. do.~Monrnp. rn.
• Augustus Drum, Esq. do. Indiana co.
, William C, 'Fiffany , Esq. do. Tioga co. ■
' Stephen Pierce, Esq. do. Bradford co. -
, Andrew T. McCUntock, Esq. do; Luzerne.
Hirdfa Payne, Esq, do. Potter and Mc-
Kean counties. ! .
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. Stupendou3>JSnterprise<~A. petitiofTis be
’ fofe : the Legislature of Missouri, praying for
the incorporation of a company, with a cap-'
. ital-of a million of dollars, for. the erection
of a bridge over the Mississippi river’ at St.
Louis. . The project is said.to. be.entjrely
I feasible. ... It.-is- proposed- to build'it with
thirty piera, each containing SOOO perches
.of soKil rock. ' '' • 1
S ■ Federal Proscription extended to the de
■ mocratic officers of the Cumberland Valley''
- Fail Road. —We learn that on Friday Jest,
at a meeting of the Managers of the Cumber*
*- land Valley Rail Road, a largemajority.of
whom ate federalists. Reinnick Anonev,
Esq., who held the appointment of Forwar-;
ding Agent and Collector, at the east end of
the road, and Jason W.EbV. Esq;, who held,
(along, with the Secretaryship, which office
he still continues to fill,) the situation of
Collector, &c. in this Borough, were dischar
ged, on account of their political principles
alone~~ for it is admitted that more faithful
and competent officers, or men who would
more sedulously devote th'emfelves to the in
terests of the company, could not be found
in the Commonwealth—and their places sup
plied with Thomas Craighead, late Clerk of
the Sessions, and Edward M-Biddle, Esq.,
two of the most brawling and proscriptive
federal antimasonsin the county. T
The enquiry will naturally arise—at whose
suggestion, or by whose agency or instrumen
tality was.this unlocked for change effected?
We, answer—it was done at the instance of
CHARLES B. PENROSE, die celebrated
“flying phenomenon,” who is one of the Ma
nagers, in order to gratify his malignant dis
position, by putting down every man who
1 has independence enough to speak his senti
ments fearlessly and vote as he
HE is the sole cause of the removal of Mes
srs. Angney and Eby, and it was to please
him that these able and efficient officers were
displaced. But his. revengeful disposition
did not stop here—he likewise attempted to
take the Secretaryship from Mr. Eby: In
this, however, he Was sadly disappointed.
Mr. E. holds this situation by,a vote of the
Stockholders’, and not by appointment—and
he will continue to exercise the. duties of the
office, untilnext October, despite the ravings’
and blusterihgs of C. B. Penrose and his al
lies. Failing in his attempt to have him re
moved, Penrose effected an arrangement
with the Managers to reduce his salary to a
mere nominal sum, expecting that, in conse
quence thcreof.hewbu Id immediatelyresigh
the situation; but in this Mr. P. counted a
little too fast. Mr. Eby, we understand, will
continue to exercise the duties of the office
gratuitously, and thus doom the Chief of the
Triumvirs to a double mortification.
But will the Stockholders of this road suf
fer the Managers to pursue this proscriptive
course? Willtheypermit them to. make use
of its patronage to advance the interests of
the federal party? WastherOad construc
ted for the" benefit of that party atone?-*-
Will they, at the commencement of a dem
ocratic administration, run counter to the
interests of the road by opposing, the party
in’ power? If they do, they may hpve cause
to regret this course of policy, hereafter.
new appointments for this coun
ty came to hand on Saturday evening last,
and whilst we (we mean the Senior editor)
feel very thankful to the Governor for the
trust confided to,our hands, we at the same
time think it necessary to inform our readers
that this arrangement of the appointments
was as unexpected to us as it can be to them
—certainly, we had nb, hand, either directly
or indirectly, in the matter. Thus much we
feel bound to say, lest some might be dispo
sed to doubt whether our course has been
candid and honorable in the transaction.
ICT’Thc Supreme Court decided on Mon
day last, that the appointees of Gov. Porter
are entitled to the offices. ,
|C3“The quantity of .Flour inspected in
the city of Philadelphia during the'year 1838
was, of wheat flour 298,822 bbls. and 7832
half of Bye flour 40,1X1 bbls.
wmrmm Tfo '
SCPGen. Stephen Van Rensselaer died
at Albany, (N. Y.)-on the 26th ultimo, in the
’4th year of his age. Gen. Van R. was an
officer of some note in the late war with C>.
Britain, and commanded the American for
ces at the unfortunate engagement with the
British on Queenstown heights; ’ 1
We understand that’the Court Martial
of which Gen. Wool was President, which
was convened'at the Carlisle Barracks, sev
eral weeks since, for , the trial of Captain
Ringgold, of the U. S. Artillery, upon a
charge of disobedience of orders, instituted
by the commanding officer at tht Barracks,
have honorably 'acqttitybd' said officer, and
heKasagainresumedhlecoinidand;/?^;;/,
_ President of. the Uni
ted States has Appointed Hartman Kahn,
Esq./ProfessorH. Vethake, and 1 Alexander
D. Baclie, Esq., as aijditiorial cummisaiqiiera
to ; attend the Annual Asgay to be held at
the Mint qii; the; i lth inBt. v The commis
sioners ex-offidp, ate Judge( Hopkinson, of.
the U. S. District Court. John M. Rcad,-
EBq. U. g. District Attorney, and George
WoJf,' Esq,; Coilector 'of the Port of Phila
delphia. ' 1 "
: T |*P governor has Wsuei a; proclamation,,
revokingthepowcrEveßtedinDaniolStan
ard. John M’Cahan, William A. Loyd.
Edward Shoemaker, aa.the Chmiwmwealth’s
Agents for the Nkholson and Baynton landsJ
V $t SI *#***£ at* pCtt tt t.t;t t*
/"Zadies'. Companion .”—This trulycx
cellerit periodical for the current month-, is
again upon our table; and we would be do
ing theenterprising publisher injustice did
we not pronounce; it one of the very beat
numbers that has yet been issued. It is pre
faced with-a beautiful engraving of "Rebec
ca and Bois Guilbert;”inwhich -the Jewish
maidanis represented as standing upon 'the
edge of a pinnacle of the tower, and hurling
defiance at the knight who sought to “stain
her maiden fame.” The contents of this
number are entirely original, and among the
contributors-are. to be found the names of
Mrsr Sigourney, Professor. Ingraham, Wil
liam Comstock, and other'celebrated writers.
Each number of the work contains 48 pa
ges, and is published monthly at ®3 per an
num, payable- in advance. It is certainly
one of the cheapest literary periodicals in
the U. States, and is' worthy to receive an
extensive patronage; ■■■
We should be pleased to have the permis
sion of some of our fair readers to send on
their names to the publisher, as subscribers
to a work, which is truly, as its title imports,
d companion for the Ladies.
—Ex-President Jackson was at Na’shville on
the 19th ult. His health has considerably
improved within the last few months.
Horrible. —We learn from ah exchange
paper, that a Mr. Hempton, of Mason coun
ty, K.y. a short: time since, hung his own son,
ahoy about 12 years of ago, for accidentally
breaking a jug of rum. The wretch ought
to Suffer something worse than hanging,
himself. '
* Hon. Wnj.iAM D. Merrick, has bcen.re
elccted by the Legislature of Maryland, a
Senator of the U. States, for six years from
"the '4th of March next.. Hon. Ruel Wil
liams, has been re-elected to the same sta
tion, by the Legislature of Maine. The first
is a federalist, the latter a democrat.
Charles Gk Wilcox, Esq. Chief Clerk in
Commissary GcneralV officerat Washing-"
ton, died suddenly, on Saturday the_26th
ult; while conversing ■ with a' friend, and
without any previous indications of illness.
He has left a large family to mourn their
sudden bereavement.
Governor's Messaged This truly excel
lent jState paper will be found ojl our first
page, and we bespeak for it an attentive pe
rHsal.ltisaplain.ljusinesß-likedocument.
4'S n !bed.in its style, and admirably contrasts
with tlie slang whang political messages of
his immediate predecessor. Notwithstand
ing the financial difficulties and embarrass
ments which have been brought about.by the
recklessness and extravagance of the late fe
deral. administration, the Governor speaks
confidently of the credit and resources of the
Commonwealth,- and its entire ability to meet
all its - engagements.
The Baltimore Chronicle, a decided fed
eral paper, has the following allusion to that
portion of the Message, recommending that
measures be taken by the Legislatureto pro
cure the location of a rail road from Pitts
burg to St. Louis, in order to spur up the
Marylanders to renewed efforts in the cause
of internal improvements:
A Great Project.— Governor Porter, of
Pennsylvania, has submittedayiroject of in
ternal improvement to the Legislature of that
State, which if carried/Into effect, will im
mortalize his TIe recommends to the
Legislature to takesuch measures as may be
necessary to procure the location of a rail
Toad from the city of Pittsburg, through the
States of-Ohio, Indiana and - Illinois, to St,
Louis,..-Now, says a writer in the Globe, if
these Western States should agree,‘in con
nection with.Pennsylvania,-to locate a rail
road between these two points, either by the
funds of the different S tates or of , companies
of private individuals,, in connection with'
those States, it would make one of the most
splendid lines of internal improvements in
the world-n line of continuous railroad from
the city of Philadelphia tortlic. -city of St.
Louis; being perhaps about 1 , one thousand
miles,... This scheme is equally, feasible and
magnificent; Nothing,can prevent the com
pletion of such a. road, one day or other, but
the establishment of'a better route, which,
undoubtedly, would be the connection, of the
Baltimore and. Ohio Rail Road .at Wheeling
and Pittsburg with roads running from the
latter points to theßanktfof the Mississippi. -
?ffa.M r ‘ ar '—By documents laid be-!
qjwiith? Legiglatarej it appears that tip .ex
pense °f .Gov. Ritner’g military, campaign
against tie people in December last, amounts
to the round suin of fCPone hundred and
forty-setmthoutand doUars!!!!*pi What
This is "Ritneitaiid Reforni” for you. The
ex-Governoß'reapß the glory of his military
achieveminfsTwhilst youJiaye to ?'pay: tie,
piper.”
American Cottege*.—There are at tjie
present time 88 Colleges in the! Union, be
sides 12. Law Schools, 96; Medicat and S 5
DiyinUy Schools. ; The number of students
inllofthe Law schools is 22r,in200f the,
Medical, 2489, and in SO -of the Divinity
schools, 1958.
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by onf Hynsturglpapers bf'this week.; *
llie Baltimore Republican has taken Gov.
Grason pretty severely to task for appoint
ing, in several instances, his political ene
mies to.office.;, We commend-the tone and
spirit of the in this respect, and
trust that its independence will be duly ap
predated by the Democracy of Maryland.
No democratic administration- can-prosper
if it warms and supports its deadly enemies.
Like the adder in the fable, they' will turn
round and sting to death the hand that feeds
them. We trust that our spirited cotempo
rary will not only continue to trouble Gov/
Grason on this subject, but that he will also
admonish the administration at Washington
of the suicidal Course tl|ey have heretofore,
and arc still pursuing in regard to retaining
or appointing to office, those who are daily
and hourly, engaged in villifying and abus
ing the democratic party and the adminis
tration of its choice." The republican press
should speak out on this subject. They
should thunder it in the cars of the Presi
dent and his Cabinet until a different kind
of policy is pursued,—and they, should not
cease their calls, until the Jlugean stable is
effectually and thoroughly cleansed. The
best interests of the democratic party require
a reform on this subject—the perpetuation
of our republican institutions demands it—-
and the sovereign people have willed that it
shall be done. Let our rulers pay attention
to the voice of their constituents.
The city papers are filled with accounts
of the devastations of the flood. In the city
of New Yortt'olone, it is estimated that, pro
perty to the amount of $1,000,000 has been
destroyed. We have madeseveral extracts,
which will be found in another column.
BC?“The Court of Common Pleas of
SchuylkiU county, have decided-that Justi
ces of the Peace have no jurisdiction in ac
tions against individuals or Corporations for
the recovery of the penalty for issuing small
notes. So says the American Sentinel.
|C7*Mr. M’Ehvee's rcsolutiontosuspend
further operations on the Gettysburg Tail-
Toadron the Ist of March, has passed the"
House of Representatives and is nOw before
the-Senate. It will doubtless become U law.-
The Washington Globe throws the follow
ing suggestions for the benefit of the Inves
tigating Committee now in New York, en
gaged-in-making inquiries-intwthe'Swart
wout defalcations. We hope they will be
attainted' to; i’A'.
"The largest defalcation in any onequar
ter was in the first quarter of 1837. this was
the period of extreme pressure, and the-Jo
sephs’ and other heavy failures have occur;
red towards the close of it. The whole a
mount taken wa5»5540,060, of which the
bonds not accounted for'in that quarter a
mount to $496,335 32. ' ~
■ “This was prior to the suspension, and,
according to the Treasury regulations, the
bonds ought to have been placed in the banks
thirty days before they were due in order
thatnotice may be given to the merchants.
“If these bonds were collected by the
banks, how could' Swartwout appropriate
half a million-in one quarter, to his own use,
withholding so much from the credit of the
Treasurer of the United States, without the
knowledge of the banks? ■ - > . .
“If they were collected at the custom
house, did not the merchants know they
were paying them contrary .to the regulations
of the Treasury?; —:: -
“Where did this 9540,000 go?
“How many of the credit system friends
of Swartwout shared in it?
“Did no part of it go to sustain, at that
crisis of extreme pressure, his associates in
the celebrated speculations in the stock of
the Morris Canal, and Banking Company?
or, in the New Brighton Association? or In
any, other of the “fancy” stocks?. ..
“One thing is very certain, Swartwout
could not-have required • $540,000 for his
own use in any one quarter; and it is equal-'
ly certain that others havcMhared the plun
der with, him,'and we hope the committee
will ferrit it out.”
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From the Pennsylvanian. .
INCIDENTS OF THE ST6RM
The papers' from thejnteriorcome .to'us
teeming with' accounts of. the devastations of
the. storm, so as, to render it impossible to
make anything like record of.(he ruin caused
by the winds and floods of Saturday last.-
■We-,‘subjoin, however, notices 'of. several
Striking incidents pfftfaetempest:
TThe Norristown Register has the follow
ing-- ■ - I ;■' v.',
™he Loch. House bntheSchuylkill Canal,
opposite this place, occupied,.by a widow
and three chifdten.' becSme almost instan
taneously surrounded by the'rushing tor-
widow and children
varioha. atteiripta weremade, which owing to
masses of ice, proved unavailing,, ‘Although
many stout hearts arid willing hands were
ready to, encounter the bazaraous underta
king, theywerc finally compelled togive up
in despair, the floating masses,extending
some hundred yards around the house.. . The
outhouses, opeafteranother, departing from
their foundations, and the'dwetling at length
left standing structure {amid ' the
desolating ruins. Again and again did,the
widoyr appear at the gable: end. window,,,,
wafting a ijjhite cloth in token of - distress
arid as an, appeal for ‘ succour, or relief;
nought could ne done but watch the momeri
•tarily expected doom of the' disconsolate
widoW apd her orphans. But Heaven-willed
H ' lingering 100k 1
of the anxidusobserved the water recedinir
hope revived, and atHhe morning’s'dawn!
after a night of watching and suspense a
rescue was effected and the widow and her
children'landed in safety and conveyed to a 1
neighboring dwelling, _amid the heartfelt
g'ratulations of a sympathising people.
A dwelling on French creek, together with
the family, was carried away by the freshet,
and in passing down the Schuylkill, near
Lumberville, struck a tree and broke a hole
in the roof, through which the man (we have
not learned his name) escaped upon the tree,
but only to perish. It is said he sustained
himself for. some hours, in sight of several
citizens, but finally, stiff with cold, fellfrom
the, tree and perished. The other inmates of
the house also found a watery grave.
The Reading-Democrat says:—-
Owing to the goodness of Providence no
lives were lost in this vicinity, although
some persons were rescued from" imminent
peril—five boys were confined on the roof
of-Jackson’s rope walk, and were rescued
by our intrepid and humane citizens, when
the water was within a few inches of the
apex. The family ,of Mr. Peter-Phillippi
were carried out pf-his house <pi the should
ers of some of the bold-fellows from the fac
tory and rolling mill, who were obliged 1 to
wade into the raging stream when it was
breast high. Such conduct reflects the high
est credit on those who so fearlessly risked
their own lives to save others in the moment
of.peril. . "
The Flood at "Albany— Further Parti
culars.—The North American steamboat lies
on Cuyler’s bar, some distance below the
Railroad depot, under water, it is said, to,
her guards. Her furniture had been nearly
all removed, on Saturday night. It is hoped
that this noble boat may yet be saved.
At Troy four sloops and two schooners
were forced oft" by the flood. The, steam
ferry boat and twelve or fifteen canal boats
lying at West Troy, were carried down the
stream. Some damage was done.to the goods
of various kinds in the lower stories and cel
lars of the stores on River’street.
By the breaking up of the Catskill Creek,
the steamboat Umted’States and the Illinois
were driven out into the the latter
Said to be -almost a total loss. Nine tow
boats were sunk or otherwise injured. A
steam ferry boat.was completely wrecked.—
Most of the craft which camc“down from
Troy ;.aa.well. asthat which broke-away from
the pier and wharves', are in the ice below,
or thrown Upon the islands.
The new steam ferry boat "Chancellor
Lansing is safe, with 2 or 3 sloops, but high
and dry upon the Island below the city.
From the Philadelphia Exchange Books.
" Chester, Jim;' 30th, 1839.’ ’
J. Coffte—Sir—The means of conveying,
to you early information, .as -heretofore hav J
ing been cut off by the recent* destructive
inundation,- I am obliged to embrace any
casual mode whereby to forward you intelli
gence of moment. The river Delaware pre
sents ohe vast field of floating-ice, miniature
Islands!- interspersed with The fragments of
wrecked vessels, houses, the contents of
lumber yards, wood wharves, -and all other
floating matter which lay upon themargin of
the different streams emptying into the De
laware, comprising one heterogeneous mass
of wreck and ruin. Three Canal boats and
a small schr. have been drifting up and down
in this vicinity, imbedded in tpe ice the
whole day, and several attempts, have been
made to save them but without effect. Many
persons find successful employment in pick
ing up the variety found floating, There,
are few vessels at the piers, but such as are
there are in safety. Nearly fall the mill
dams ib this county are carried away or ma
terially injured; the loss of property is im
mense, and It will require much time to re
pair ,the damagcr Yours, L. SECKEL.
Prom the Spirit of the Times.
THE STORM-t-FURTHER PARTICU
, LARS.
' In addition to the particulars bf'thedisas
trous effectpipf-lthe storm-stated yesterday,
we note the more-important of the many sad
tales that salute usiffonv fevery‘quarter-to
day. Every mail, or .rather every arrival of
any kind, tor we have but few mails, but
serve to swell* the dreadful tale.
, There has been great destruction of pro
perty.atManayunk, the particulars of which
our..limits will not permit.Us to .note.in de
tail. Several houses have been'washed away
—and we regret to state several lives were
lost. In one case, that of a carrier of this
paper, who resides upon, the Schuylkill, the
water rose so suddenly that it was . with the
greatest , difficulty that he .escaped.'with his
faraijy. His raother hetook in.hisarmsarid
waded with her waistband deep in . water,, to
a place of safety. -
. Several hundred tons of coal, upon the se
veral;.wharves upon the Schuylkill, indeed a
much largerquantity than we Intimated yes
terday, was floated away. Wood, and every
other article that was not firmly rooted to
thc soil was swept ofT., : .J-!’■! __ ;
the storm.'standingonthe n\eadows, which
werelhuridatedformilesaround.ltQthe
depth, of., several feet, fast frozen in! the .ice,’
though-stillalive. ... It. Js -supposed that a
large number .of, cattle, have been drowned,
by killed by the driving,ice. ;
The train of earS that left Harrisburg on,
Saturday, at Sd’clock, in crossing a culvert
which: had been undcrtnined beyond Doyles
towh, the Ibcomotive and forward car pass
ed, safely oyer, the centre car brokje through,
and was crushed to atoms. This Was upon
thesouthern section of the road. A similar
catastrophe iwe learn,'. bbfel that upon''the
northern train, which,left this city for Harr
risburg at the samo hour. It was with' the
greatest difficulty that they could proceed,
arid did not reach here until latb on. Sunday
afterpoon.‘ Nearly,rill the bridges andcul
verts upori the road are iribre or less injured,',
ajad wilh the greatest care are parsed, with
most . Imminent peril to the traveller.
_ On:, Saturday morning, the—Westtown
stages with>three toassengers and the driver
was swept off Holland’s, Prjdgc, near,Boat
‘ty’s Mills. The people- Wore fortunately
saved, after having floated two miles down
“\ e crc .®j c ‘ The stage and horsea .wcre lost.
• "f,? I‘‘lnlsq 1 ‘‘Inlsq suffered 'severely.
■ All. the bridges upon the Rail Road be
tween this and Baltimore, we learn; are ear
ned away. So great a freshet,.and so great
1798* P r °P has not occurred since
rtJlWan* 18 n ? w c “ rr >ed between
q tho Company’s
Steam _TOwboa . We had a strong cold
wind during all yesterday, from the west,
which drove the ice some miles below the
city, where it jammed..
A letter to Col. J. Pago, P. M. dated Al
lentown, Pa. 26th ult. states, “that so great
was the storm' and freshet there, the mail
sent hence on Saturday, was. lost in the flood.
“—the driver arid one horse were drowned
nod of dollars worth of property*
have been destroyed in the neighborhood.’’’
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
Serious disturbances have occurred in
Greece; MartiaMaw is talked of, and the
project of establishing a bank is abandoned.
Guerilla bands continue to-.’-infest-'the
mountains of Portugal.
„' I ' l ' c /°' V(1 y- nobleman, the, Marquis of
Waterford, was keeping open house at Car
raghmore’s for thV Christmas holidays. .
- Sir Charles W'ethcrlll, the barrister; has
marmed a third wife, worth £60,000.
The, competition between . the Bath and
Bristol couches has reduced the fare from
London to Bristol, to X2s. inside, and 6s.
outside. The Great Western'rail road will
drive them all off. _ ‘ - '
.The Baltic winter has been early and se
vere.. The Neva, at Petersburg, w n s walk
ed over the 23d November, and the Isac
bridge was about being - ';
Tne Melbourne ministry is in aticWish
way. W e hear that the Premier lias express
ed a wish to 1 throw O’Connell overboard, and
coalesce with Peel, Wellington, anti the
manageable tones. ' Durham heads the ultra
Radical party. Brougham..will be .against'
ill I« w ' “,
The Queen, it is said, goes to Brighton
next week. The reason,she did not go bc
fore, Lord Melbourne has had the gout, and
he must be.in London pretty often at Cabi
net Councils—thinks seventy miles too much
tojraxel, —Hisigameis to_b&constantlyjvith
the Queen. His nick-name is Lord Sponge,'.
t'be .Baroness_Lehien.&.Lord Melbourne
are openly accused now of keeping ’the
Queen in a state of pupilage The other day
the Qucen went to London, rather unexpect
edly- A private carriage was ordered out
J>y., the Baroness to take one of the maid ser
vants out, but it \vas the Baroness .herself
who 1 went in it, arrived in London twenty
minutes before the Queen, had a Confab with
the Premier, and thus gave him the cue!
Grace Darling, the heroine who saved a
P°& on ,° f the crew an<l passengers of the
borfarshire steamer, in-England, has been
received at Alnwick castle, and been pre
sented with a splendid shawl by the Dutch a
ess.andwith two-gold medals by tlitTDufcc”
of Northumberland,
A new piece called "The Wre.ck at Sea,
i 0 >s doing wohders.nt the
Adclphi,.tn London. Grace Darling i&.the
heroine. The real Grace Darling, 'a heroic
girl, has had great offers if she would appear
on the London boards-in. a piece of which
she shall be the heroine I ■
The English Parliamentary paperskfor
1837! and 1838, amount exclusively of ipaps
and plans, to 34.0Q0 folio, pages. A fat job
for the state printer. „
A descendant of fhe‘celebrated philoso
pher, Descartes, died recently at Pans. He
•was a clerfcyat The Prefedure of the Seine.
Owing-to his gr.eat ancostohs ndmer he had
been pensiQned.byJitmis XVI. the Repub
lic, Napoleon, Louis XVIII. and Charles X.-
He has left a family, in Die utmost poverty.
ARRIVAL OF THIRTY-FIVE PRISON-
ERS FROM CANADA;
LivEßPopLi Monday.:—This morning, .in
consequence of information having been re
ceived that the Captain Ross Kad v arriycd
with .prisoners from Quebec, a,great number
of persons, were congregated on the St.
George’s Pier. The Captiiih Ross anchor
ed in Bottle Bay, and a’steamer was sent
out to being back the. convicts, who arrived
about, 4 o’clock, and were immediately con
veyed to the Liverpool Borough ' Jail. - A
desperate, attempt yvas made fp mutiny .dur
ing, the passage home, but, it was, happily
frustrated by the determination of Captain.
Mortop, who placed: the prisoners in heavy
irons, ■ I 1 “..'./‘‘V / ■
. Names of, the prisoners 'brought ‘ by. the
Captain Ross, which , sailed 'from Quebec,
22d ult. Alexander M’Leod, T. Malcolm,
Jphn Grant. jrM’NuUy. B. West, John
Vernon, N. Mallory. Paul Bedford, J. Wag-
2 1? l r J, S -,s ha,ld^r ' L.Watsdn, W.
Alye?, Robert
pamraeU, JacobiFjq-;'
fiu *> G-’Van Camp. jamqa Brown, fra Ah
demon,%tidal.Wilson,
Jarafts Lynn, 'Bi O’Harc.' Joaeph Langys,
Joseph Hamel, James.;
Provost, ' Isidore, pace, 1, Charles M?l*od, 4
Parheri. apd Bas-r
tisfe Cadieri, Eleven of the! prisoners are
hcayilylroned, [, V^" • ; ;
, ’earii from Hale’a
■News Room Books, that' letters have been
received, which state that a, bill has pissed
Hie Texan-Congress, authorizlgg a grant of
MO acres of land tp each'settler who has a
Jainuy. and SSO acreß to 'asingie man.—
Theyfurther state that the sc-at ot govern
mentis to be removed from jfduaton, pro- ■
babjj. to-BastrdpV about 'sO-, inUes west -of
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