VV Bfcgg- federalists could net permit the.banks to fall: they r ;-*irae forward .arid wrested from the democrats tlie ■government of. the State,, and will ..doubtless pro •teef-their darling .wild cat corporations from alli tUc with which they word menaced by the projected dcmocratic rcforms. • Waon shaU hfive.been nilod and Tid 'd enfor a‘ year or two by the united tyranny of fed ■ ,riral barikers.dnd federal office-holders, v •eomo.back tothe Democratic fold full of penitence * ' / arid cdntntidn for her present derileotioa fxorivihe ‘ path-ofduty. ; . ; ..-j...: '"lf youjiear a federal whig attributingpor.vic tory in Massachusetts to the s/npaipfg law, don’t ; f Well /Jonc.—On Tuesday last Esquire Snod grass of this Borough ontcrcd'judgmcnt against Mr. Adam Reiole of Mccbanicsburg, for having passed two shin plasters as change upon a boy in the employ of Mr. Henry J. Kelly of this place. Judgment was/dntored in both cases, as well for tbo debt ($1 00 each) as for the fine ($5 OIJ each) incurred by violating tlio law. J' f i r [} f lD i - It has boon rather a dear business .to Mr. R., as the debt, fine and costs amount to about $l6 or SL7. —lt will, teach- him a4osson,*howovcr,-that nfay bo-of service to him hereafter. Ho must,re collect that it is nolongcx the reignpf “Ritner and Shin . , . 2S s l»30. Borrowing.—^ Under this daption the Portsmouth “Old Dominion” politely charges us with jc-pub lisbing an article (“Confessions of a Victim,”) from that paper without giving tlio .necessary credit. All we have to say in reply is, that wo did not copy the article from that paper, but from another where it appearcd-wUhout any credit— 7 Wc selected it for our columns on account erf its merit; and if it originally appeared in tlio “Old Dominion,” some one 1 else, not us, has neglected to trace its paternity. Wo would not for the world steal a feather from the cap of our cotemporary. Dr* Siurgivi, —This gentleman appears to be rapidly gaining ground, as a candidate for the U. Si* Senate, and, if wo are permitted to judge from the tbrio of the democratic papers generally, wc arc of the opinion that lie is decidedly the strong est man among the many who are spoken of for that station.’.. _ ' ' If tho western section of tho State is to have-the man; and-V G believe that riglit Ls now erally conceded, we know, of no individual who has stronger claims upon tho democratic party than Dr. S, Firm and consistent as a politician, and withal talented and influential, ho would be an honor to tho State,rand a-worthy colleague of the. talented and popular Buchanan; The editor of Whig, Joseph Pn’iTTs, Esq. has issued proposals for publishing a work, in English and German, to contain 491 closely printed ootav.o pages, illustrated and em bellished with handsome and spirited plates. The book is entitled—r ' ’ “Incidents of Border Life, illustrative of the times and condition of tho first settlements in of,the Middle. and Western States, comprising NarrativeV'of strange and thrilling adventure—ac-’ counts of battles—Skirmishes and personal encoun ters with the of their man ners, customs, mbdes of warfare, treatment of prisr oners,&c. &c. Also', the history of the several remarkable Captivities and Escapes;,to which are added brief Historical Sketches pf the War in the North-West, "embracing the Expeditions under Gens. Harmar, St. Clair and Waynb, wjj&ah Ap pendix and Uqyty^v.” will be recoined at this of fice, and promptly forwarded to the publisher* Congress will meet at Washington* on Monday next., We shall endeavor to keep our readers’ ad vised of what is done during the j^sajon. . Quashing tty) array.of Jurors qp.peap? to bn tho order of the day, sinqu Judge PortcV first set tho 'example in Dauphin county. Since that time the arrays have been quashed for informality in Phil adelphia. city and county, in Chester, in Hunting don;* in-?Lclsanon, in Mifflin, and in Dauphin the second lime bn last Monday week. For a full ac count of the proceedings in the last mentioncdcase, we refer our readers to another column. JProfhonotary of Allegheny County. —On the 16th inst. the ballot boxes of Elizabeth township were brought into the Court of Quarter Sessions of Al -1 egheny county, for the purpose, of deciding on the_ "alleged error in the return from the township by which the judges were induced to give the certifi cate of eloetion to Mr. Sutton, the federal candi date. The ballots were counted, and at the con clusion of the examination the Court decided that there was a tie between the candidates. The general impression seems to be, says the Pittsbufg Mercury, that the decision of the Court •will leave the office vacant atrthe expiration of the term of the present incumbent—and it is provided in the new constitution, Art. VI, Sec. 3, that “va cancies in finy of Ihe.said offices [Prothonotaries, &p.] shall bo filled by appointments to T bo made by the Governor, to continue until the next gene ral election, and .until successors shall bo elected and qualified as aforesaid.” ’, Incendiaries Caught.—* Five of the heartless vag abonds who'bssisicd in setting Mobile.,on fire a month or two since, have been arrested and fully proven guilty of tho crime. The excitement con sequent upon their apprehension is said to have been very great, and it was thought that all the would be u lynched ” forthwith. Sell and Maclay. —Ourdemocratic friends in. lhe=Senatorial district /ms-represented by these in. prppnr and,spirited manner. ’Petitions for their removal are being circulated in!thcldifleferitl:oun ties,jand it is believed that a majority cf the votes in the wholeolistnct have, already attached their names thereto. Wc trust that one of the first acts of the Senate after the meeting.of the Legislature will.be to investigate this matter—and if it should be found that they were placed in that body by.a minority of the votes of their district,-(and of this wo think there can be but little doubt,), Jet them bo ousted forthwith and their places supplied by the rightful claimants, , . . ‘ ' William S. EBq., Sccrctai7;of tlio-Tor iltory of lowa, died at his residence in BurimgtonV the capital of the Territory, on tlrb Stli November, He is perhaps better known as being formerly the able and talented editor of the Cambria “Moun taineer,”. . . Henry Subkr Masschnan, who was convicted for the murder of a pedlar, in Lancaster, some time last winter, is to bo executed in the Jail yard of that city on the EOtli. of December. He Still per sists, it is said, iti alleging his innocence of tlre ■crimo for which lie is to suffer the penalty of the law. 1 Close Sharing,~ Qen. Hoot, one of the federal candidates'forlhe.Senate in the third district of New York, iVob elccted-;over the-highest domo oratie. candidate by a majority of. only one vote- out of about 49,000 polled. , Each and every democrat who did not vOteon that occasion, will have abun dant cause to reflect uppn the result of his negli gcnoc. Mr. Fobtec, ono of-tho Federal Senators in Congress from Tennessee, has resigned his seat in that body. Wonder whcther the reoreaßt Jadgo. V’hjte will fellew the sxamplel x ; VALUABLE WORK. -» dlnother Patriot War in Jteihryn. —-It is stated in the Rochester Democrat, that the Patriots, on both sides the lino are again preparing for Winter operations. 'Phis is rendered the more probable from the fact that the Seoretaiy of War lias ordered Gcni Scott to make the lour of the frontier, it is presumed for the purpose of observing the' move ments of the parties. Effects nf Temperance There may after all be more truth than.poetry.about the Whig.assuinption that the Democratic, success in Massachusetts is owing to the fifteen gallon law, A correspondent of the Now York Era remarks, that that law, by placing tjtp.intoxicating cupheyond the reach of the federal Whigs, may have given them a-favor ablo opportunity for taking that “sober second thought,” which Mr. Van Huron says is “hover wrong'ond always efficient.” iF/ica/.—lt is estimated that the surplus wheat alone of Michigan, Indiana and Illinois,. bo 15,000,000 of bushels, equal to oho half the defi ciency of lbe whole grain crop of England, and double the deficiency of the wheat crop of Great Britain. Thomas It. Sumpter, Esq. grandson of the revo lutionary veteran, Gen. Sumpter, has been elected to Congress .in South Carolina, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of the lion. J* F. Richardson. Mr. S. is a firm friend of the admin istration. Buchshol and Ball. —On Thursday last, Mcssts. Fray, McCaken and'Cux, who wew betito bail (q tho Dauplun Sessions for more than two terms, on; a chargq, I pf riot,'&c. last December, were dischar ged by tho Court, oh a motion made by their Counsel. Thus tho long agony is over—and the curtain lias fallen Upon tho last "scones, of Joseph ilitnet’a “much ado about nothing.” Two fires'occurred at llummelßtown, Dauphin county, last week—ono on Tuesday morning ‘which destroyed 2 largo barns and 11 stables, with several horses, cows and bogs, and a largo quan tity Of grain.—Tito second fire took place on Fri day evening, and destroyed 3 hodscs and G stables, besides six horses. The greatest sufferer by the fires is said tb be Mr. George Fox, whose loss has been very considerable. The fires are supposed to bo the work of in cendiaries. Msaissippi. —The intelligence from Mississippi which has been received, renders it certain that, the democrats have swept tho board olean of federal whiggery, and elected by large majorities their Governor, members of Congress, and . Slate Legislature. This is tho State that presented in the last Congress by Prentiss and Word. Truly the “sober second thought of tho people is never wrong, and always efficient.” — Massachusetts Election.— Returns from Jill the towns in Massachusetts, rendcrit certain that the democratic candidate for Governor is elected over 11 opposition by a majority'of about 900. Tho Senate stands 1G democrats to !j> federal ists—nine vacancies'to bo filled by another elec tion, none of the candidates having a majority of all the votes polled. In the House, the democrats have elected 22-1 members, and the federalists 211. There arc 5G vacancies to be filled by a second election. ■ Truly has tho old Bay State performed wonders. The. stem democracy of Massachusetts engaged in the Contest with fearful odds arrayed against them —and nobly have they conquered. Tho hardy yeomanry there, who were rocked in the “cradle of liberty,” have shown by their deeds of noble daring, that they are worthy descendants of the patriots’who sited their bloodeo-freely at f.cxnig ton and Bunker Hill. Wc welcome our elder sister with joy into tho Democratic ranks, and trust that her sturdy sons may long maintain tho vantage ground they have so triumphantly wrested from tho enemy. From the Keystone, MORE QUASHING JURORS The recklessness of the Anlimasonic Com missioners of Dauphin properly rebuked! It .will bo remembered, that at the last August seSions of..the Court of Dauphin County, exceptions were taken to tl(c mode in which (he, Commissioners and Sheriff had selected the jurors, and a motion was made to quash numerous bills of indictment found by them, on the ground of informality in their selection.—One of.these exceptions.was as follows: “It was agreed upon by the Sheriff and Commissioners, that the name's of between 13 and 1400 of the competent citizens of the- Commonwealth should he selected from the list of tax-payers, and deppsiled in the wheel, and this number was accordingly marked off; and yet, after the pieces of paper contain ing their names had teen folded, two at least if the Go r ' ! '»pr3 msif of the Commissioners insisted, upon it that 4 Mr .500. of them, should be set aside, and only the remainder deposited; in the jury wheel, which was carried into effect, despite the remonstrances of the Sheriff against so nov el and startling a proceeding.”." The Sheriff and;Commissioners, ns also the Commissioners Clerk,; were thereupon examined in open Court, and the facts con tained, in the exception abouj'quoted, indis putably substantiated. The opinion the of court noticing this exception , is in the follow ing clear amf explicit language:; > ‘‘The act of assembly requires that the Slieriff‘ahd Commissioners, under the oath, which ft prescribes, shall every year select frbmthetaxiible inhabitants aSUPFICIKNT NUMBERpf sober, intelligent and judicious pcrsons to serve. as jurors-of" the: several courts of such counties for the ensuing year, and that sitfficie'nt number h to be so regu lated. fhat at the. end of the>year there shall remain in each wheelas neir.as.may be the number of names required, to cojinpose the pannels of jurors fur .onecourf atjeast, and not any greater number.^ —(Seo sectioris Lxxxvand Lxxxix.)—Here 950 was agjridjeJtl upon as'the required number. It that IS or 1400 were selected‘by the Sheriff and Commissioners, and' then some 400 of the jurors whose names were actually on the ballots folded up, were, drawn'out of,the number selected, not from the wheel, hut from heaps on a table into which’the naines of the. respective townships were thrown, where all'the ballots were exposed to view,- when part were removed, and .the balance only were-deposited in the.jury wheel.—r THTS IS NOT THE MODE OF SELEC TION. WHICH THE LAW DIRECTS. The Sheriff/and Cbmmissionere arc to pass judgment-upon each person,'in making the selection, and NOT SUBMIT IT TO LOT, and especially, to a lot so objectionably con ducled. ,> " ■ Would it.be believed, that .despite this unequivocal and emphatic, opinion of the President Judge, subsequently coiifirnied hv numerous Courts in Pennsylvania, including the SUPREME COURT, the antimasouic Commissioners still pertinaciously and reck lessly adhered to their accuslonied mode ol selecting jurors, and REFUSED to select them _in any other than. the...OLD. WAY, which had been so emphatically condemned as CONTRARY TO THE MODE PRE SCRIBED BY THE ACT OF ASSEM BLY. On this subject we prefer furnishing the .statement of Sheriff Cochran and Com missioner Whitley, and ask the public to note thestartlingevidhiiccsof federal RECK LESSNESS and AUDACITY which it de yclopes: September 23, 1839. This being the day appointed by the Sheriff and Commissioners of Dauphin Coun ty, to select from .the taxable inhabitants of DaUphin County, a jury to put in the wheel agreeably to the order of the Court, the 27" th of August, 1839. Sheriff and Commission-, ers met. All present. They,, proceed to empty the wheel of die .former jury tickets and put them into-a large box. Sheriff wantqd to destroy the tickets. Commis sioner Hummel objected. They then proceeded to fix on the num ber of jurors wanted for the time specified in the order of Court; Taxables in the coun ty 6262. Seven .to every hundred taxables, amounting to 442, the number required by la\y. Sheriff moved to proceed- to the select tion of 442 jurors, for the purpose of filling the wheel. Mr." Hummelj.agrecd to select, but wished to select a greater number than was wanted, and then draw out of that num bin' when in the wheel tickets enough, until reduced to the proper number. -The Sheriff and M. Whitley (orie nt' the Commissioners) objected, as not being irt accordance with the provisions of the act of Assembly. Adjourned. 1 ", Met aga‘n» athalf past two.—Mr. Hummel and Bishop, (two of the Commissioners) ad hered to their previous determination.— : No selection made., Adjourned. September 24, 1839, ■ Met agreeably to adjournment at 9 o’clock. Sheriff moved toqirocccd'-to- the selection of jurors. Agreed to. Bishop anil'Hummel refused lo select UNLESS IN THE OLD WAY, that is to select" double. the number required, add then draw from the w heel, un til reduced to the necessary number. Sheriff and Whitley dissenting. -Ifunitiiel proceeds to select and Bishop .docs the same—Sheriff and Whitley proceed to select one half of the jurors wanted. ' Adjourned. .Met again at S o’clock. All present. — Shcnffaml'Commissioner Whitley having selected from the duplicates the one half of the jurors wanted, proceeded to write (he tickets to put in the wheel. After writing for some time, Sheriff observed to Hummel and Bishop, that they.should be preparing their tickets. Mr. Hummel replied, that he had nbt finished liis selection. Having been engaged in looking oyer the duplicates.— Sheriff repeated his, request to proceed to writing the tickets. Hummel said’.he would not select In any other than the old way, as it had been done before. Sheriff moved to proceed according to the act of assembly, and select individuals to the number requir ed to serve ii'S Jurors—lens, Sheriff and Whitley, 2— Nays, Hummel and Bishop, 2 —Hummel then moved to proceed to select fit for jurors, write them on tickets, put them in the wheel, draw out the,superfluous number, and adopt those remaining in "the wheel as jurors— Yeas, Hummel and Bishop. 2— Nays, Sheriff and Whitley, 2—Hummel and Bishop then left the room, and for Want of a quorum Sheriff & Commissioner Whit ley retired. Certified by ■ William CbcmiAN, Sheriff. - . M iciiakl Whitley, Commissioner. Thus the matter rested prior to the last election. After, the federalists had succeed ed in elec ting a Commissioner inthe room of Col. Whitley, whose.' term of service had expired, thereby securing the whole board, they still manifested the same reckless, dis regard of the opinion of thc-Court, and se lected the jury “IN THE OLD WAY,” despite the- continued remonstrances of the Sheriff, W HO TOOK. NO PART IN THE SELECTION, viewing it; very properly, as contrary to the act of assembly-, and in utter ■ contempt of the expressed opinion uf the Court. , . At the opening of the sessions on Monday last, before any bills were acted upon, the Attorney General,'actuated by a high-mind,- ed regard for the laws, stated to the Court the pertinacity of the Commissioners in ad hering to their own illegal notions;, and de sired an investigation ipjijdbc facts. _ .This being granted, Mr. HtfSrsffitTj'o'iTe of the fed eral Goimnissioncrs;)- himself substantiated the facts, as above.detailed,, without.being able tooft’er a single word in justification of the course pursued by himself and colleagues,, except that “they had always made the se lection in that particular mode, and would not depart from it.” The learned and up right, President "Judge,* with characteristic promptness and independence, immediately ordered-the array of Jurors...again to be QUASHED, and very properly directed, that the expense of their sunjihoning and at tendance devolve.upon the federal Commis sioners and not .upon the citizens of the County. The consequence was, that "the hearing of a targe: number of criminal and civil prosecutions has again been deferred, and parties and, witnesses"have--.a-second time been put„to much vexation and expense in consequence of the delay-all the result of the unparalleled recklessness and disre gard of the letter and spirit of tlie law, evin ced by oor federal Commissioners! We •Tillich mistake, however, if the lesson- of Monday morning will, not serve to . teach them a different cuufse-for.the future. 1 BRIEF; SENTENCES, very proper’to be i remembered at the present time by all ' Democrats: selected.from the modern.wri : Biddle, Esq.- some lime ' President of the Bank of the U. States. avenging hour has at last come. It cannot be that?, pur free nation will longer endure .the, yqilfar dominion of ignorance and profligacy. ;llve, td.see the lans establißhed. Thes&bandltti will Be scourged back to only remembrance which history will preserve of them, is the energy' with which the people resisted and defeated then;.” —[Princeton Address. ' •’ • • ». » • ' “It was ah original misfortune in the structure of the Bank, that it was in any way connected with persons in office. The’ in spects of all pfilitical power make that as sociation dangerous—useful to neither party, injurious to both. . * * *. My effort was, at all times and,at all hazards,.to main-' tain the rights of the institution, respectfully, fearlessly and calmly yielding nothing to the madness of popular delusion, compromising nothing with official power. How that strife was conducted, you : all know; how it has ended is proved by .the events of this day, wliich renders the‘Bank safer, .stronger and more prosperous than it ever was. Of that unfortunate associate 1 desire to speak with all ■ gentleness and forbearance, nor will 1 mar the pleasures of this meeting, by any recurrences to the past. He will soon leave us. He shall carry away not only a just but generous portion of our earnings; but then he. will depart in peace, forgotten and for given.”—Address to the stockholders' on presenting to them the Pennsylvania rechar ter. -••• • • • “In the midst of these disorders, the Bank’of the United States occupies a pecu liar position, and has special duties. Had it consulted merely its own strength, it would have continued its payments without reserve.”—Letter to Mr. J. Q. Adams after the suspension of 1837. •■» . • » “Of the duties devolved on the bank of the country, the first regards FOREIGN NATIONS, the second our own.”—lb. : '# ■ » • #• ' » ■■•' “The result of (he whole is, that a great disaster has befallen the country —its exis tence thus far is only a misfortune, its con tinuance will 'be a reproach from which all true men uiust rally to save her.”—lb. • • • - * “The Bank (of the United States) was tjje-last to suspend, it will be first to re sume.”—lb. The established credit, large capital Sec.- of the Bank of the United States, render.it the natural rallying point of tin; country for the'resumptioffof specie payments.”—lb. ~,*» * » . * ? ‘Aware that the- first intelligence of the suspension would degrade .the.character, ol the country, and subject us to the reproach of bad faith and insolvency I addressed lo you a published letter, which went to Eu rope'at the same time with.the news of the suspension, in which 1 ventured to pledge myself for the fidelity of my'countrymen.”— Letter to J. Q. Adams Apri1,.1839.' ». • ■ • • • “There prevails a notion that [he credit of the country abroad will be injured by not re suming. Not so in the least. What the general merchants ol France and England desire is that we should take tficir merchan dise—that we should trade with them. The state of our currency is a very subordinate concern. They know little ami care less about (he sort of currency in which you deal with (he South and Wes - . Besides, who arc to reproach us depreciation ol our notes? TITe English? But the Bank of Eng land suspended specie payments fur twenty five years, [twenty two’j during nearly all of which time, every American bank paid specie—The cotloifbag letter to J.Q. Adams. The credit system of the United States,, and the exclusive metallic system, are now fairlyrin tlreTicld—fnee-t<>--l'aeLS-Witb-joacU other, and one or the other, must fall. There can be no.other issue. It is not a question of correcting ernirs or informing abuses, but of absolute destruction, not which shall con quer but which shall survive.”—ll). n*' * » * Let (he banks imitate the condutt of the American troops, at New Orleans, and keep behind'*their cotton bags.—lb. ■ There can be no safe or permanent re sumption until the enemy (i. e. the Demo cratic Administration) is driven out of the field.—lb. “Until then (i. e. until (he Democratic enemy is driven nut ni the field,) let (be banks remain precisely as Jjtey are, that 'is preparing to resume, but riot-resuming.”— 'lb. ■ ' '' ■ . ■ • ; “I see now, what until now I hail not seen, the means of restoring the currency.” —Letter tu: J. Q: Adams after the N. York Sanks had resolved toj-osufne in May. «■•• p . • “In mylefter of the 7th ultimo, I stated my belief that there could be no safer or permanent resumption of specie payments by t]ie bahks, u ritil the policy of the Govern-; ment towards them was changed. The re-' peal of the- Specie Circular by Congress make the change.”—lb. ' • ■ , • • . • * rejoice, very sincerely, at the termina tion of"this unhappy controversy, and shall" cordially co-operate with the Government, by promoting what the Banks are, I am sure, anxious to etteef; an earlyresumptiun of spe cie payments, throughout the Union.!’—lb. • » .■ - • • . • . . » "I leave the Bank, in a state of great pros perity, and in the hands of faithful, able.pnd experienced directors.’’—'ldle, hegira, i. e. (light letters, March 29, 1839.;; ; ' ; . "~' v - Fire os the Ra;l-Road. —The. U. States Gazette gives the following particulars rel ative to the burning of the buildings at" the head of the lnclincd Pjane, near tlie Schuyl kill, on Thursday last: ' It commenced about ten o’clock in the morning, in an put-hpuse, used for deposit-, ing woodland resulted, it is conjectured,; from the spmksjssuing : from the pipe of a locomotive which not long before'had stafted : for Columbia,.and which sparks had lodged in the wood-house. • . .' , ■ ‘ Before aid could be ; rendered effectively, the flames had communicated to the fine oar house, which was burned out. The good locomotives therein were safelv removed; but a number, of condemned' engines, were de stroyed. • ; ? ' ;■ , A- row of brick houses, immediately; in the rear of the car-ho.use,; was ;ajgp consumed— the, two, cqsternmostpvere.tenanted i houses—the wcstefn cnd' W’as used ;.B8 a blacksmith shop.. - In adilßion to these, a building used as a carpenter shop was burned do'wn» The Joss to the state is estimated at from twenty to thirty thousand dollars; among other articles of.yalne consumed, was B:rope for the use of the Plane, the cost of which was two thousand seven hundred dollars} bet from the preparative seasoning which It Had undergone, its value’probably \vas about three thousand dollars. The cardi.ouse, one would chavcsuppnscd, to look at it; to have been perfectly fire proof; but by an unfortunate oversight, the eves had been built of wood, and thus the fire reached its interior. The.copper roof, fell in almost entire, and much Smouldering fire.is still’ probably beneath it. c V " T ' Many of our fire companies, notwithstan ding the distance,‘Were on .the'ground and did what men could do' under the circuliir stance's. i > V BOUNDARY-. TROUBLES Missouri^ and jowu have planted dragons tcetlfpn a patch oTground "lying and being” in duhio, hut “butting and bounding” on the wst to the Mississippi river, on tile, south and west to the Dcs Moines river, and on the north to a line of latitude forming in the main the Northern boundary of Missouri.— From which it will be seen that the said land is shaped, a little like a tomahawk, which accounts for its having irritated. the flesh and stirred the black bond of the Two powers.’ " The Governor of Missouri, seeing that this little delta was'another Egypt of fer tility, ahounding in corn and oil (of hickory) did send certain valorous, knights (of the shear) shentls and others to levy black mail thereon.. These,Tike Other Jasons;Tmsten'. ing after-anolhei; golden fleece, found to their unutterable indignation and dismay, that the lowa sheep had more horns than wool. They were themselves fleeced, and antlered other wise^.uncomfortably. Thereupon the Gover nor of Missuin'! (lid manufacture and set up a mighty proclamation, which went up from the seat of government awful as (life Genius out of the nose of the demijohn in the East ern talc, making no inconsiderable smoke.— But the Governor of lowa no way disheart ened, but rather like a crow in a mist, be coming huger in the vapor which The other had evoked about him, did issue a still mighti er ami. more smoky manifesto,which it seem ed, must clean strangle the jnen of Missouri, before, they .could sivalfifw it. - But these r two, proclamations,-, being so'valient and wrathful, did the rather infuriate and put into, an ecstacy of btundy-mimledncss, bulb par ties, wliii are called the Boggilcs and Enca shes. The press’on bulb sides began to • abound in pikes, blunderbusses and other atrocious weapons, and (heir “voice was still for war!” The tax gatherers and publicans of Missouri went out again to gather the tyl.hes, but.' were .met with scull's ami jeers, the men o'f lowa being in no sort of bra mb of the Anglo-Saxon tribe w ho, in the opinion uf-a wise statesman, do delight in paying debts. They on the contrary have as deep an abhorrence to pulling out their purses as to. pulling out their teeth, and indeed far more quick to show the latter; than the funner. They therefore took, hold'of the publicans, which were of ami shook them furiously; and setting.their faces towards the South, did make to them many and sore applications of the toes of lioiiis, threatening also to row them up a very fright ful branch of the river Styx, which is culled the Salt River, anil leadeth, as is supposed by learned gcngrapheis, more than half way to the dominions of the “Old Ifarrv.” Tims stands tlie provocation. Tire two governors have raised each a great army of - -very t r indie a\ mil.- aml phrases, having alsi> several iielil pieces of newspapers tliat have already thrown a vast number of “cai cases” ami oilier offensive llungs among each other. There is also talk, as soon as the militia get through thrashing the crop that there will be other thrashing on hand. —Charleston Mer cury. Earthquake in India—Hirer turned Lack in its course —3oo Persons Swallowed-vp! I Distressing particulars have reached us of an awful earthquakewhich look place at the .city Alva, (India) on (he 23d of March- The earth was rent in several places into wide, chasms and fissures from ten to.twenty feetwide, from which deluges of water had-., gushed, and. a large quantity of gray earth was thrown up, covering the place around several feet deep and emitting a sulphurous sniejl, TJre rapid current of the Irrawaddi was cycnreversed at the time of the shock, and ascended up its bgd for a while. v The old, cities of Alva and Tsagaiu, with, their numerous pagodas and other edifices, haye also been reduced'to heaps of ruins, and their wglls shattered and thrown down. The luwns-a n d—vi I li-ges—a hove—a iid—below— I he capital have likewise Suffered, and it is re ported that some have even been swallowed up and others destroyed by innundation.— The number of persons that perished here, and the surrounding towns and villages, n nuuint to between'2oo and SCO, whichnumV her inay, of course, be expected to swell as reports-arrive, from more distant places,—, .Amongst those who died are Mr. Hafrapeat, the wealthy Armenian merchant, and three children of Mr. Avanpse. ' These were the survivors of a family of six children,-and'-hc ha's ' now been deprived of them too. VVe have, indeed, to be grateful to Providence, that though' we have been,in the inidst of so many dangers, and where so niany have per ished, none of us have suffered either fit per sqnJ-pri--property.. .We owe,certainly, our escape, to tire houses not being builtof the same light materials as (he generality, .of buildings, here, but We had nigh been swal lowed .up by some of (he openings and gaps in the earth; forgilme of these were noturany. yards froth our residence. An occurrence like- this is not in, the recollection of the oldest inhabitants, in] fhis country, nor is there any) mention of tihe in their historical • records;, y}'- 1 On-the 19tli inst. by the Rev. D.P. Ros enniiller, Mr. John, M. Ktnagy to Miss Ma ty Jinn Cope; both' of Dickinson township. On Thursday-last, by theßev.;Mr.Thorn- ■ ton, Mr. Jacob fenatemacher, to Miss Nan cy Evinger, both of Carlisle. . . t, On Tuesday morning last, Johh'Sfintslek Gibson,. son of tließon. i.n\; ytc stll year of his age. f