AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. BY SANDERSON & COUNMAN. . ■. - ■ t. *x \\ -I.W.iiJ M • \S v v\v' \V”V l i | ; •;» '/.V;a!/ 1 . CARLISLE: THURSDAY, MAV 23, y£J*'‘Sentx n —No. 3, is too caustic— be-' sides,, we think lie is paying more attention to certain 'characters than they deserve. — For these reasons we think it advisabic'to suppress the communication which, came to hand on Tuesday. We hope our correspon dent will, upon second thought, be satisfied with the course we.have taken, items of Importance Will lie found on-our first page—amongst others,an ■extract from the correspondence between our Minister at London, Mr, Stevenson, and Lord Palmerston, the BritiA Minister, on the subject of the Boundary question," Well—the long agony is pyitr, and the public now know who is the editor of the ln view of the position Mr,.Crabb occupied some four years ago, and the bitter ness. with which- ho denoonced the party whose mouth piece he now is, we may well exclaim—“wonderful, the strops and chan ges!” But, to the point, The'new editor ’acts out with the asseveration-to “extend alb ■due courtesy and kindness “to his brother editors. We are disposed to meet him on 1 this gr.rfund, and ifH&is sincere in this par ticular,' we proimsc’ T ’we shall be equally courteous atid 'respectful—in no case shall toe be the aggressor. He lias his choice— it is perfectly immaterial to us which course is adopted; although; in ah cases, we should prefer moderation anil kindrtess between as and a brother editor, no matter how much we may differ in political faith. Martin G. Rcpp. Esq. has been appointed Post Master at Shiremanstown, in this ■county in the room of Dauicl Shelly, Esq, removed. «, JC7*The nomination' of Thomas S. Bell, Esq. for the office of President Judged the 15th judicial district, has been.unanimously confirmed by the Senate—so also the nomi nation of H. H. Van Amrinoe, Esq. us re corder of the Mayor’s ’court of the city of Pittsburg. Awion 11. Read. —Thisgentleman, it ap pears, has been proscribed by the federal Senate, and the district to 'which he was .nominated left without a judge for the time being to the great prejudice of the interests ■of. the peopled The principal, objection ap peared to be, because Mr- Rend had been heretofore an active politician. The true reason, lye opine, is, that the prominent lea ders of that party have not yet forgotten, and cannot forgive him, the well merited casti gation he dealt out to their “great guns” in the Reform Convention during its session in -Philadelphia. But Mr. R. is above the petty assaults of this despicable anddespevate fac tion, and the conduct of the Senate will only •elevate him yet higher in the affections of the democracy; and we should not be at all* surprised if before twelve months shall have rolled around, this same . persecuted :.£yet distinguished] individual.is ;caUcd upon .to preside over this very saqaebodythat reject ed liis nomination to a situation which his talents and experience so eminently qualify ,ihim-to fill. ‘ ~ The following is the vote on Mr. Read’s nomination: YEAS—Messrs. Brown; Caldwell, Car penter, Case, Coplan, Frailey ; [Schuylkill] Hays, Kingsbury, MILLER, [Adams] MU 3er, [Berks,] Myers,. Parsons, Rogers, Sny der, Stevenson—-15.. y ■ , L ' - . NAYS—Messrs.-Bell,; Barclay; Fraley, ((city) FULLERTON, „ Kiljineer,. Maclay, McConkey, Michler, Miller, (city,) Pear son, Penrose, Purviauce, Sterret, -Strehtn, ’Williams— iSs- • i,,!... t3“The ’‘Buckshot war” bill is up again in the Senate, and several speccKesbavcal ready been delivered on.lbc subject. -The "House have commenced operations on the "New Constitution, -and. have entertained several propositions relative to (lie election of county and state odicers. A motion is pending to adjourn sine" die on the; 11th of June. r ,o : Beef, —The purchasing coluihittee-ofyhe Baltimore butchers Kavesucceeded iji pro curing a lot of. cattle within' the. prescribed price; which was;exhibiledpn Friday irtorn ing.anddistributed aniQrglho butebet'srep raseated by thb committee,' Flour is selling-in Carlisle at S 7. . ' , f. . ' 105Williams'of Allegheny is making some noise.in (he Senate about Gen. Mil-, leu’s speech. Like all whiffets, howevci', ho is morfe noisy than dangerous —and his puny efforts tannot effect the well estab lished reputation of our worthy Senator.— "Cease Viper! you, gnaw a file.” What- can be the reason s—Penrose ap pears to be as quiet as a mouse since the re assembling of the Legislature. , Has he lost the use of his tongue, or has he not~yet re covered frOm the dose administered to him by Col. Parsons? His particular friends here are becoming alarmed at his extraordi nary silence, and are fearful that the,nau seous medicine of the Lycoming Doctor has ruined him forever. Would it not be well for his friend Guyer, of the Chronicle, to issue bulletins daily in relation to the state of the.worthy Speaker’s health? It would doubtless, be very satisfactoryto the people of this Senatorial District. 5: 10“ The vote on ■ sustaining the' veto <sf the Governor was 40 yeas—il nays. The Constitution requires two-thirds to-pass a bill without the sanction of the Executive —consequently the veto was sustained.— Our ’ representatives, Messrs. Gorges and- Woodburn voted in:the affirmative, |C/F*Xhe committee in the case of Thad deus Stevens have not yet reported, nor is it likely they will for some time - to come.— There is evidently a disposition on the part of a large majority of the members (Including allparties) tpgei rid of .this arch intriguer. In fact tilery isho more unpopular individ ual in the , State at.the .present ,time, and if the House purges itself of his cpntaniinating presence, it rail only be carrying out the wishes of at least three-fourths of the citi zens of Pennsylvania. |Q“ Greaf. distress, it is said exists in New l foundland. Hundreds of families, in a state of starvation, are living on one miserable meal adayof putrid-fish, : anrd also destitute of clothing. » Steamboat A evident. —-On the 6th inst, the pistoq rod of.the steamboat George Collier, on her voyage from New Orleans to St. Louis, when within 80 miles of Natchez, gave way, breaking the forward cylinder head and carrying away part of the boiler stands. The steam which escaped scalded 45 persons, 26 of whom died in the course of the day. ’ ‘ . ITOURini.E ‘ AXTE.HPT AT McRDER.--.TIIC , Montreal Transcript says, that a man named Dclarau, living at Salmon’s Well, in the vicinity of that city 1 , as ho was engaged in his evening devotions. While on his knees at prayer, his wife came behind him and struck him on the head with an axe, inflicting a ghastly blow on the skull. Some persons who happened to be within hearing, heard his cries, and came to his relief before she could effectually repeat the blow. The hus band’s skull was shockingly fractured, and Tie is not expected to survive. fCT* The doctrine of Thaddeus Stevens that “ conscience, ought to be thrown to the devil,” is likely to find favor with some of liis followers, if we are to judge from the in augural of a newly fledged editor of the great rfe/imct anti-maaoiiic party. Grand Parade at,. Trenton N, J. —The Philadelphia Spirit of the Times states, that the United States’ Troops, by order of the proper authorities, will concentrate from the different sections of die Union at that place, where they will be regularly encamped du ring the summer, to the number of several, thousands. Trenton has been selected in consequence of the 3 delightful location: and the superior facilities it affords for procuring the supplies of: provisions necessary .for so large a number of persons. The first Regi ment, it is thought, will arrive’in a week or tea. days. , ’ The charter election in Albany, (N. Y.) has: resulted in favor, of the federalists by a majorlty of 321. Last falltheir majority was 649,. whiggery appears to be on its last legs, even in that l bank ridden city. United States vs. W-. S. Smith'. —The defendant, formerly a "Clerk in the' General Land Office, 1 was,sued in the Circuit Court, at Washington, as a public iii.the sura of $10,503. On Saturday week, a ver dict was rendered'for. the plaintiff for the sum of 87,748 85. ■ I'. . . . Proscription.— Theßoston Post snmsnp the proscription account by a few lilies from the, Hampshire Republican,' thus: " ' Our friend Munn.bf. tlie Hampshire Re publican, al to the point when lib talks—par example: . ... . “When tbe.Federalists yelp 'proscription’ against the- Demo.ijratin party,jhathurLthe fact in their .teeth tbat tho Eederal Whigs of New’ York, have removed EIGHT, HUN DRED AND SEVENTY'Democrats from .pfS'cp ii&nthi'l;. ,‘tf thlnlacrdoes! hot stop, tellthem IJiab&}y. Ritner; 6f:PoitnpyJwfdift^ ■|ftiSbiqried2ib"De^mbe'r‘,TBsS,aid'diiMa'y, ! 1 836; he had REMOVED EVERY DEMO CRAT FROM OFFICE INTBE STATU! 1 HI # K WiM * * * fa** tt tf * f ♦ | United States vs. S. If. Governrdr.— We,learn from this New Ybrk'Evening Post, that- the jury came into Court on Friday afternoon last, with a verdict for the plain tiff of $26,006. 75 and 6 cents costs, “with out prejudice to the claim, of cither party to the following drafts, viz: 1833, Sept'. 24, pay J. Rceside $9000; 1834, March 24,"pay do, 31000; July 4, pay dp. 81500; Oct. 1. pay do. 8500; 1835, May, 5 pay do. 81000.”. VETO MESSAGE Of the Governor upon the Local Appropriation Bin. To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Cqmmoritbealth of Pennsylvania. Gentlemen—The bill entitled “an act making appropriationsto certain turnpikes, state roads, &c. within this Commonwealth, atid for other purposes, has been presented to me for executive approbation, but as I cannot give that approbation to this bill con sistently, with my own sense of duty. 1 re turn it to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, with my objections., It makes large appropriations to the pay ment of the debts of several incorporated companies: to the building of bridges: the improvement of streams: the repair of- vari ous turnpike roads: and the building a hall in the city of Lancaster—many or all of which objects might be perfectly pfoper.and right.had the. Common wealth, a superabund ance of (funds'. But at atime when we are | laboringNupdcr an existing State debt of up wards of\thirty millions of dollars, it does not, appear to nie that it- would be either prudent or. proper ,to borrow money, or tax the people to raise funds to give away, with so profuse a hand .on improvements, many of which are secondary at least in character and general importances If it were even advisable to-increase the State debt’for this purpose, under any’circumstances, the pre sent is not a propitious time, as there is diffi-' culty in procuring money for existing re sponsibilities on favorable, terms, and that difficulty.would no doubt be increased by increasing the amount required. This bill makes the following appropria tion to the objects named, to wit; ' , (Here follows the different appropriations in detail/amounting to 127 in ally and ap propriating about two hundred- and'titty thousand dollars, which we omit for want of room.) In the message which I submitted to the legislature on the 26th day of January last, I took occasion, to communicate' at some length, my views relative to_the system of internal improvements in which this' Coto monwealth is so deeply embarked. .1 will .again state in a few words the gen eral principles that in ray judgment ought to regulate, the. action of .our government, in ‘-C nrr} Inj^—timt into ctlccX, the same have a direct bearing on the sub ject rftider .consideration. The primary object avowed by all depart-, raentsof the government in the commence-, ment of our system of internal improvements, was, to secure to.our commercial emporium a due portion ofthc increasing western trade or commerce, and to develope the immense mineral resources of this Commonwealth, distributed throughout the coal and iron fields in such cxhaustlfss abundance, and the agricultural productions of her fertile vallies in her interior, northern and western counties. To carry tills design into opera tion, the main lines between Philadelphia & Pittsbufg and the Lakes were first underta ken, and the coal and iron fields of the north and northwest penetrated by the Susquehan na canals. • j.t The immediate tributaries of the main lines, opening into rich and mineral d,epo aites, of course'form a part of the system, land arc necessary to Jts entire completion. To secure the trade of the western, states, and of the northwestern portion of N. York was also an essential object of the'founders pf.o.ur improvement system. ' Experience clearly demonstrates the wis dom and sound policy of .the undertaking. I liad all the energy and means of the Com monwealth been- devoted to the vigorous prosecution-of this system, in its original simplicity, the State would now be reaping the "full fruits of her expenditures, and-the. [public debt. Would not have been swelled to its present enormous amount: Influenced, lioweycr, by unfortunate causes ami . coun cils, the legislation of the State, has recent ly tended to distract the attention, and di vide the mean's of the public by the, prosccul - of various undertakings, unconnected with the main lines, and in many instances,' wholly for the benefit of private companies; thus .placing the public means under their Unlimited control when the faith of the Com mon wealth, was already pledged, to.apply its resources to the completion of its own works, arid the payment of its own liabilities. It is manifest aria glance, that just so.far.as the original system bos been departed from; so far has the money beep squandered upon unproductive . objects, I do not mean to say,, these objects may not have been of great, yalne to particular sections, and par , ticular individuals,, but the public at large, [had not the same interest in: them, .nqr could their commencement, or even completion, materially contribute to the prosecution of the main design. I rank them accordingly, amorig. that'dass of. secondary improvements which should not be Undertaken by the Com'- jnonwealth, while, others of much greater im portance, -remain unfinished arid unprofita ble./,:. ; . ...-1,.:.!;,:./.,'' ’-'ll Has only been that this:infroctibn of the internal improve ment system has been carried to the greatest: extent., ’ The. drains : ppont tho. of the'C*prampnwealtli,.througha ( thoußand : un seen channels,-iuycM sonfcos.Vrippied'her endrgids’,;and involved a perapnVnpl intimately acqiiaiuted; with the ■%tBi , question: not easily- tp solve, from an examination of.the recehtap proprintion bills, whether- the main lines of our improvements.were prosecuted on ac count of their 6\vn intrinsic importance, or mel'cly as pretexts for lavishing upon'num berless other subordinate objects, millions of dollars of the money of the people. In some instances, as in thatof the'bill under consid eration, the appropriations to secondary ob jects have been made first, while the appro priations to the main lines have thus far fail ed entirely. It will be blit one step further in the departure from'the original system, to drop .the main lines altogether and hence forth disperse the treasure of the Common wealth, among incorporated companies; lo cal prejudices, local interests, and expert bargaining to secure in the general scramble,' the largest share of the public money. It is far from: my intention to attribute to any of these motives, or to the influence of any of these, causes, the formation of the present bill. I am speaking of the, direct tendency of this course of -legislation—to what consequences if must inevitably lead, not to what result it has already reached-in its progressive influence on lhe.lcgisla.tion of the Commonwealth. Unless a radical change of my opinion should take place, I can rjever yiejd my sanction to the predominancy of this inno vation oh our internal improvement system. I conceive it to be at open variance with ju dicious economy; sound policy apd,enlight ened legislation- _ Thus viewing it, I should be recreant to r my duty, were I to sanction this bill. No man can be more reluctant than I am to ex- < ert the veto power. I shall never do it on ■ light or trivial occasions; still less shall 1 j claim to set up my Opinion, in-opposition to that of the two.houses of assembly; but when the completion of the main lines ofimprove- j ment and the interest of the people are all, involved in ajneasure I,_caunot-hesifate in the adoption of my course. | '“Tt" is highly desirable, no doubt, to those concerned; that the debts of all turnpike companies, and in fact all other companies! in the,Commonwealth should be paid. But, the. question is at this time, shall we borrow, money to pay them, when it requires the, joint exertion of every branch of the govern-, ment to sustain its credit, which has been 1 already ..stretched.to its utmost-liinlt.to.saL j. isfy existing liabilities, and to defray the' ex-1 penses incident to the management of the public .affairs. I .cannot believe the people ; of Pennsylvania are prepared to answer this question in the affirmative.' If. I have mis. conceived my duty, or misunderstood the' public sentiment, it is a gratifying consider ation- that an ample,, remedy is provided by ; the Constitution. Claiming only the merit of! rectitude of intention; I cheerfully commit this bill to the action of .the legislature, ami to the, final judgment ofthc people, satisfied ) that on this as on all .other subjects, they are \ "£lio boBt,-judgc& oPuicir own Interests, ami of the fidelity of their public servants. ! Although not, necessarily connected with ) ■the main subject of this communication, it, seems to me not to be improper, to call the J attention of the legis'ature again to the; means of increasing the credit of the State,', and of rendering it at all times more certain- ! ly available. During the existence of our present currency, mainly composed as it is ) of paper, fluctuations in our pecuniary af- 1 fairs to a greater or less degree, are perhaps j unavoidable. Apprehensions of this state of i things, frequently operate to deter capital ists from advancing money to the-Statecwhen ' required for public purposes. It is believed : t|ia,t this evil would bo principally removed, j if provision were made by law, for paying, the loan holders the interest on the loans, atall times, in gold and silver, or in equiv-.! ’ alcrit funds at their own discretion. - I This would bo right and just, because, the money looped to the Commonwealth was of. the same kind, and the interest on it should be, paid in a medium as valuable to the creditors as the original advancement. I respectfully suggest to the legislature the propriety of enquiring into the subject, and of adopting such measures as are compatible with sound policy and enlightened-justice. No occasion should be spared either on the part of the executive or of the legislature, to impart to the credit and standing of this great Commonwealth, all, the strength and stability to which they arc entitled' by her native resources, and the industry, enter-, prize and integrity of her citizens., DAVID R. PORTER. . Executive Chamber, May 9, 1839. THE FRENCH PIRATES. The horrible pa) liculars of the' diabolical acts on board the Alexandre, of Marsaud and Raymond, ‘‘the abducted Frenchmen,” whose arrest at Newport, R.T., and subse quent “abduction” from this port, have made so much noise, and excited so much interest, are published.in Galignftni’s Mes senger, as they appeared:-upon the trial of those wretches before the Maritime Tribu nal of Brest, onthe 12th ult. Tlve charac ter of the disclosures, arid 'the i excitement which -the affair has been, the cause of pro ducing in this community, induce us to give the horrible detail a-place in burl columns. The Braganza iaffair; dreadful-as it wad, sinka’intq insignificance in cbmparison with it. The result of the trial'we! have before marked, was- the conviction of thc accused. —Pennsylvanian.- C .-a.ii !' - .n’to.j’-v'' ■: Messrs- Michaud & Go; of Bordeaux; the owners of'the Alexandre, sent her out to Batavia; in: June; 1837j : ’tii :bring home' tin; coffee', audjrterchandise. The orew amount ed -to 17 men, - with M._ Louis Bonet,'. alias Dubois’,ns their captain,[&• Benoit Marsaud, a coUsiri of one of the owners,. as second in command. /; Theship arrived /at Batavia, Octn2di pn_tho;29th proceeded. toSamarang to/complete/her-cargo, and-, bn Nov. ; 15th, sailed again; with/property. on aboard worth .COO.OOOtV. All .went well till daybreak*/oh Nov. 27th,. when .Captain;;Bpuet . took the morning.waldh.at 4\o’clock. He had called to/the cook? to bring hint some tea, when several of the crew came' ' out' giving, him. a moment’s, time, to defend himself, seized him and threw him over board-" Andre, the boatswain, who witness-' ed this premeditated act of murder, hasten ed down to the cabin of Lieut. Morpain, and informed him of what had taken place. The lieutenant, arming himself with an .iron bar, went up, and finding Marsaud on deck, demanded, what had become of the captain, but he, instead of giving .him any answer, grasped Morpain round the body, and with the assistance of three of the sailors, named Audrezet, SandeV, and Gordon or Gording, an Englishman, tnrcw him also into the sea. These men next went to the other, aide of the ship, and served Audony, n sailor in like manner. Here the master, seeing what had passed, and expecting the same fate, drew his knife, and made a desperate resist ance, but was felled by the butt end of a pistol from Gordon, and was quickly buried in the waves. These four being despatched, Gordon ran forward, and called upon the rest of the men to come on deck. Dosset, a youth, wascallcd upon toappear, and was dragged aft with threats of being thrown in to the sea. The terrified lad begged hard for his life, and to be allowed to write to his.family before he died, and offered to sign a bond for 20,000 francs, if they would save him, but Gordon and Audrezet, reckless of his cries, hurled him into the. deep. Their j next object was Lcomoinc, another boy, on |ly, IT years old, whothrcw.himsclf upon his l-knees to Marsaud, imploring mercy. After a short parley between Marsaud and Gordon, (lie'was spared, though but for, a time: On I December 2d, the Alexandre was overtaken I by a gale of wind, and she became unman ageable. She sprung a leak; arid to lighten j her the coffee and tin were, thrpwn over j board. This storm afforded Marsaud a pre sence for accounting for all those whose | lives had been_sacrificed, as-if they bad■ | been washed overboard in tips storm; but before the entries of their deaths were made in the ship’s books, the men determined to get rid'of the;boy.Leomoine, whose mourn , Cul countenance was a constant;reproach to .them. On December Stfi,. the .poor lad was , cast from the poop by Gordorii On the fol , lowing day this fcro'cious brute. met with a 1 similar fate. H.e.iiad suffered to escape from j.him.an’idea which -he had enlcrtaiiicd'of rc j during the survivors to three, namely, Mar saud, Audrezet, and himself; so having made ; him drunk by mixing brandy with his wine, Marsaud threw him oft’his guard by request ing him to do some act in the management 1 of the ship, and while he was thus engaged,, he was suddenly knocked down, and fell ' overboard. He was an excellent swimmer, and followed the ship for a long time, sup plicating Marsaud to take him in, but his cries were unheeded, and he sunk. I On the same day, anil before the death of Gordon, Marsaud and Raymond, without any necessity, but merely to give an appear ance of the snip having suffered from a storm, and corroborate the report they afterwards .made, cut away the mainmast; and A fow days afterwards made a leak below the wa fer line o( the ship, and threw into the sen pr damaged several articles, which were af- I forwards stated to have been lost or da maged. The effects of the murdered men ■ were divided among those who took part pi | their destruction, but part were restored to j their places, to keep up appearances oh corn ling within sight of the Island of Maritius where they were obliged to put in to lepair damages. The Alexandre entered Port | Louis on December 15. On the next day j the pretended certificates of'the death of , those who had been murdered were laid be | fore the Vice Consul and verified. The j ship was repaired at an expense of 75,000 fr., for which a charge was made upon her. j A portion of the remaining cargo was sold at 50 per cent. loss. Having obtained some j additional men, including three Englishmen, j and taking more hands onboard, Marsaud ■ assumed the command as captain, and Ray mond-becamp-his first mate or lieutenant.— They also took on board two women of col or, one of whom was Adeline Paris, Mar snud’s mistress, who has -followed him to Brest, and Marsaud had in his possession from forty to fifty pounds:weight of gold, and boxes of diamonds valnednt 30,000 fr. The Alexandre sailed from the Maritius .with papers,for Bordeax, but when at sea Raymond , effaced the natne of Bordeaux, and substituted Boston, On,the 20th May, 1838, the ship arrived 51- Newport, U. S., where life Vice Consul,, M. Gournard, im mediately, discovered 1 that her papers had been falsified, and summoned Marsaud be fore him.; Instead of obeying, the self-ap pointed captain attempted to;sail for Bos ton, but was prevented by the' promptitude and resolution of,M- Gournard. The sub-, sequent proceedings in America, which end ed in the man being arrested', and sent to France for trial, have alreadybeetVlaid be fore the public. {- A letter published in the Herald of this .city, gives the following additional-particulars: Bordeaux, March 24,-1839. “Captain Marsaud. tvhp murdered the Captain and part of the crew. and took com mand ofihe French,ship Alexandre, (which vessel was seized at Newport,‘R. I.’, some-' time since) and sent ! ilnderlthc command rtf an officer from on board a-French man-of war to Bordeaux;)'has been tried, found, guilty, and executed 4t Bordeaux for the a bove crime. A young man; his second offi cer, has also beeri +ned ;atid found guilty, but on.account of been recom mended to mercy.,--TKefeiecntipn;of Mar- : 'saud toiikpiitee three hdUiVaffepthfe parsing of the; senterice. 'Before death ; he made a full; cdhfeaaion bf ’all this said that sevenraehwet-e, thriwn; overboard by his prdbr, jaffiFttint ‘the-matb'hf'thenhiyhW-- ploringlybegged-ofhim'only oneAayAonr’s time in order thatiiOTnight writy to, and ■take' a last farewelbof his mother) anil offer ed him" ('Msrsandpths'Sdin;()f'Bd;o6‘o' ffanps for- said ha!f hour, buthe uurnen;)fully : de nied him, :i -- ys ' ’ ‘ 1 AWPUIi THUNDER STORM. , A Mother Struck Dead lu the midst of her Infants. 'Prom the correspondence of thaTqronto Patriot, we learn that Vnorning of the 28th March, a dreadful stormpf thun der and lightning visited-: .river St. Clair, and that “soon after daylight the in habitants were made "acquainted-with the following melancholy and heart-rending accidents Mr. Henry Agar, residing on the river batik, about a mile above this place, who, with three others, had been out alt night, doing duty as volunteers! about day light returned home with the intention of taking rest. On his near approach to the house, he discovered the ridge boards some what put of order, and on approaching still nearer he discovered fragments of wood, broken glass, &c., which impressed his mind that the house must have been injured by the alarming storm. _ He opened the door, when he found one of his little daughters, six years old, and another three years, taking care of (lie infant of nine months, all- mying and sitting on the foot of the bed. .. The first words uttered by the elder girl were—“Oh, father, the housedias been on fire, and mam ma is sleeping so sound we cannot wake her.” It is scarcely possibledor the most suscepti ble to form an idea of, or for any one to de scribe the state of agony and distraction which at this.instant seized the mind of the unfortunate and bereaved' Mr. Agar. He tremblingly approached the bed, and there he discovered his kind and affectionate part ner, whom but a few hours before he had" left in good health and spirits, now-a lUeless corpse. It was soon the fatal messenger had entered at the gable end of the house, by forcing its way between the the logs, close to the bed in which the unfortunate Mrs. Agar with the three.chil dren was lying two at the foot, and the in fant at her bosom. - It is-.supposed the fatal shock struck her on .the head, as part of the hair on her forehead appeared as if it had been collected together and burned with a pair of curling Tongs; the upper part of the breast appeared as if it.had boon struck with great violence by some hard substance, leav ing a mark resembling a star; and all that part of the body which was in contact with the bed, even, down to the feet, was much discolored, rather .resembling pur| le ..than black. The ejdesf'cKild said that her mam ma’s cap had been On fire! and most fortu nately she had the presence of mind to ex tinguish it, which in one so young is most wonderful’. No doubt this was the means of ■ preserving the house and all from being burned.. It appears the cap had been forced from her head by thefatal stroke, as-it had been lying on the blanket covering the breast, and was scorched nearly to a cinder. The child also states, that when the storm was raging with great violence, she asked, hermamma if she. was afraid, and she replied, "No, my dear, the great ,God will take care of ns all,” but she never spoke again. She also, added, when the infant was crying she endeavored to wake her mamma, and when she could nnt do so, she took the infant away and she and her sister endeavored to keep it quiet, and had been a long while so engaged, as it was quite dark when she jfir.st took the child away.—Saturday Courier. THE NEWSPROM ENGLAND, There is now no longer atjv. doubt, in re lation to the pacific feeling of Great Britain towa'rds (his country, and of the general wish .of the British Parliament to come to an am icable adjustment of the boundary line which has been so long in dispute. The temporary embarrassment to commercial, transactions is therefore now nearly, if. not entirely, re moved, and business of all kinds will pro bably assume a brisker pace. To whom should credit be given for,this favorable state of things? To Daniel Webster, who would have—if he could have done it—in volved the country .iH war, and have taken forcible possession of the disputed.territory on or before the fourth of July next? Or, to the calm and dignified'message of Martin Van Suren; \vherein he made no compro mise of principle or national honor; but firm ly and wisely asserted our national rights, and pointed out a- way whereby this long vexed question may be brought to - a close: and the powerful and energetic action of Congress, in accordance with the expressed views of the - President? The’ federalists have charged the . government with making war upon the Banks, and as being opposed .to the interests of the mercantile class. Mr. Webster, who''has always’been a petwith the northern merchants . may, , with much more propriety, be charged with making tear upon the'merchants. ; The course which the President and the friends of the Administra tion 'have taken in. this matter, must meet the approbation-—it has alrebdy-7-of all clas ses and occupations,'and silence 'the unwise rt not unprincipled oppositioh of the, merch ants, "to 1 the . government,of the people’s choice.— 'Bay. State Democrat, ’ Patent Corn planter'.—A very ingenious and yet simple contrivance for planfingcorn has'-been Invented, .and' patented , by,JVlr. . Jphn_M. Forrest of. Prineess Anne;county. It is in the form oft a plough and asjthe fur row is laid .off by tlje share, the grains, are A dropped into ‘it through sin aperture in . a round revpjving box, which contains" the coni, and a'ceupleof hoes, adapted forthe purpose, throw {he earth from both sidesof the furrow grid coyer, them'up. 1 The.ppera tion is petformed with mathematical' preci sion and certainty; .'and the fixtures; are not liable to be thrown but of orderby ahy cmh mon casualty or want of raUentiohv time and labor, saved by tfiejushpf.this hew implement of husbandry, ! is iinihehsei—iAfor foik itirdld.:, - 1 . ■■ ,0t» !3ju(;B(Jay tK*s I4tkinst T 'iby. the Rcv„ A.' B. Quay, Maj rSamudr Clark,~o{- Monroe township <o Miaa MaH/ Jli Matter; eldest daughter-6f MajV A. Matecr; of Liaburh. - ;' 0 :T T '-S
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