TERMS OF PtJBIiICATION. , .gS 00 perannunvin advance—or ————gS-SOr-if-nol-paiiHrithin-the^ear. No subscription taken for a lessterm than six monthsi and nb discontinuance 'permitted until all arrearages are paid. -A failure to notify a discontinuance at the expiration of a term, will be cqnsidered a new engagement. , r •Advertisements^— oo per square for the first three insertions,' and twenty five' cents for every subsequent one. NOTICE TO CREDITORS* TAKE notice that we to the Judges of the Court of Cuhnimon Pleas of Cumberland county, for thebenefit of thelbsol vent Laws of this Commonwealth, and. they have appointed Tuesday the 31st of August in stant,;lor the heaving dfus.and our creditors at the Court House, in • the borough of Carlisle, when and where .you.may attend if y£u think proper. GEORGE CUNNINGHAM,* JACOB HECK. lB4-1. i-1 STRAY SHEEP. STRAYED away fronrv the subscriber, living in Carroll township, York county, 1$ miles cast of Dillsburg, on the 9ih of June last, 15 Head of Sheep, (10 old ones and 5 young lambfy marked with the letters 'A 8c F on the left sldeL Whoever takers* up said sheep and gives infor mation of the same, shall receive a llberarre ward. • ALEXANDER FULTON. st* * August 12,184! Estate p f George Myers , dec*d. ETTERSof administration on the estate Hi >f George Myers, late of Silver Spring town* ship, dec’cl., have been issi\ed to the subscriber residing; iu'fiast Pennsborough township: Ail persons Indebted-will make immediate payment, and those having claims will present them for settlement. . , August 12, 184! Estate of Samuel Bricker i dec'd, ;g| EI'XEUS'of Adininistratirn nn the estate ~-H A ot‘ 6'»muel Brh her, late of Newton town ’snip, flec'M/* have beep issued to the subscriber r'sidinftlu Hopewell township: All persons in ‘d-bled 'to *said estate will payment, and ’lhose haVmg'dlHims will present them for settle ment. * “* • . ' • s:\MUIiL HEBEjCUG, Ad’mr Julv 29, - 18’4l ** amijiwetfing in ft.isf High street, donr to ftev; J. V, fe. * Carlisle/August . . tf A CAMP ' be held under the direction of Min- V t isiers of the Methodist E- Clmyrh, on the land of Mr. \Vm. HrowivS null's eutft ofEuVHsle,; on the Mechamcsburg, road, to commence on Friday -the r lOih of Aptember. All persons friendly to well meetings are respectfully invi ted to Httend., [ No llucks'ers will be iiUpw: •id to tr«tlic witlmi ihe Ifmits hy the ‘law of the state. . THOMAS McGEH. August 12, i 841. WXL3C.XAXXC H. LAMBEHTON, A TTORNEY A T laYY. WILL practice and attend to collections in thr county ol Venango. In any business that may he entrusted to him, lie will “he assist ■c I by 4’aiiliiel A. Pnrvianre, Esq. of Butler. Franklin, August 12, 1841. if Mobe Conclusive Prooes, 'Of the efficacy nf Dr. flarlte/i's Celebrated Medicine*. Deau Sib: —l was afflicted with a bilious ami ■nervous disease to a very alarming degree, witli oil the symplons which so frequently effect a re laxed condition, viz: giddiness in the head, violent tremors; chilliness; with a fixed pain in the right ■side,: complexion bad, and ■costiveness; indeed I Was in the most miserable condition. 1 had tried tuny remedies, hutfound no permamont relief until 1 had purchased Dt. WlerJicli'e Compound Strength-' eningand German .Ipcnenl Dills, which from their superior virtues, !■ was Completely cured, and an able to pursue my employment, fjeo from pain or ■disease. (Signed) „ , ■ JOHN BOLES. ' Dated Xenia, Ohio, JimffT, 1840. OFFICE, No. 10 North EIGHTH street, Philadelphia, where testimonials may be seen. . * AGENTS.— Dr. John .1. Mycn , Carlisle; TVil liani Peal. Shippenshurg. REGISTER'S NOTICE. REGISTER'S OFFICE, Carlisle, July 31,1841.' . Notice is hereby given to all persons interested that the fidlo'Wing accounts baVe been filed in thie Office for examination, by the accountants therein Earned, and will bo presented to the Orphans’ Court of Cumberland County, for confirmation and. allowance, onTuesday-the Slstdav of Aueust- A, 14,1841.—^yiz: . . The account of Henry Rupley, Administrator of David Crops, deceased. The account of John F. Hummer, Administrator ' of Jacob Crptzer, deceased, . ,The account of Ephraim Common, Administnr tor of Eliza Spiset, deceased, / ■ The accoant of Jacob Kosh,' Administrator of . Benjamin Swartz, deceaseds , The supplemental and final account of Curtis Thompson, Administrator of Jane McFall, decea >-T sed., ■— ■ The account of John Coover, Executorof Mary Rupp, deceased. ’T T Tire supplemental'and filial account of Wiliam Hinney and John Coover, Executors of Andrew Fetrow, deceased. ■ j- ' The account’ of Jacob Engle, Administrator of Dr. Thomas Groer, deceased.' : ■ The.aceount of Samuel Bficker, Administrator , of Peter Firsti deceased. ' “ The account of Janies H. Eagiii, Executor of ..Martin Zerman, deceased. •The account of George Patterson and. Francis S. Hubley, Executors of Joseph Burd, deceased. ■ ■ The account of Abraham Brctz, one of the Ex ecutors of Jacob Miller, deceased. ' ’ The account of Philip Koontz, Administrator of John Moody. Moor, deceased. \ '' ' ' Theaccburit of Mary Cochran and Robert Qoch ran. Executors of Patrick'Cochran, deceaseds ' ; 1 The account ofDavid JBloser, Executor of Hen ty Bloser, depcased.'J Cv,; - ‘.V’ .' 1 , Theaccount of William Ijlo.serand Davidßlo ser. Executors of Peter Blosor, deceased. ■ * : The account of Petpr Barnhart, Administrator ■of Wilhelrai_nalCreilzer,deceased. ; ’ ,‘i The account of William Weakley, Guardian of Suaan Jane Weakley, . ■ The account of Johti Gillen, Guardian of Owen McGurgen. ( . :i >: - v; , t Tkb account of George Christlielf.Guardianof Majjafe.t Horny, now. Margaret Killidn., ; ■ The account of Jacob Shroiq, G uardlan of Wm. McKim.' i i ■ '’The account of Christopher Swiior, Admimstra^ . torof JohnS wiler, deceased. • .;. isaac ANGNEv.ite, , .STRAY STEER.-,:: :-r ; \ME to.the plantation tii lhc subscribers in; July last, abotit I}'miles from Newburg, iu Hopewell township, aßJact Steer.about'3 years old.has a letter B branded on one of hi* horns. : The owner isrequestedto come forward, ‘ prove property, pay charges; and take.hima wavi or he will be disposed of according to law. * ■ ELIAS STOUFRER. i fJQSEP,H HARSHEY. ' j Hopewell tp. Abg. 12, XML" , „ 3i* DAVID HUME, Adm’r ister. BY GEO. SANDERSON ] tWbolo Ho. 14X3. MESSAGE ■ or The President of the United . t States f , RETI7RNINO, WITH HIS OBJECTIONS, THE BIEL TO IN COUP ORA TE THE FISCAL BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, AUGUST 16, 1841. To the Seriate of the United States: ’fhe bill entitled “An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Fiscal Bank of (he U. Stales,” which originated in the: Senate, lias been considered by me, with a sincere de sire to conform my action in regard.'th it, to that of the two Houses of Congress. By the Cbnstitution.lt is made my duty, either to approve the bill by signing it, or to .re; turn it with my. objections to the House in 'which it originated. I cannot conscientiously give it my, approval, and I proceed to dis-. charge the duty, required of me by the Con stitution—to give my reasons for disappro ve:- , The power of Congress to create a Nation al Bank, to operate perse over the Union, has been a question of dispute from, the uri-' gin of our Government. Men , most justly and deserved for their high in tellectual endowments, their ‘ virtue, and their patriotism, have, in regard to it, enter tained diffui-ent and conflicting opinions.— Congresses have differed. The approval of one President has been followed by the dis approval of The People at differ ent times T have acquiesced in decisions both for and against. _'Jj'hfi,pounßy .has.be.eivsjpl■ agitated by this unsettled will suffice; my own u nSorml/' claimcd to be against the; exercise of any such power by this Government. '.On all suitable«cca.>i.»«s,jJusi/jg‘a, period twen-.j ty-five'years, the opinions thus entertained have been unreservedly expressed. 1 de- I clared it m the .Legislature of my , native j Stale. ,In the House of Representatives of, the United States it lias been openly vindi cated by pie. In the Senate Chamber, in j the presence and hearing-ofrmany who are 1 af (Ids time members of that body, it lias! been affirmed and reaffirmed, in speeches j and reports there made, and by votes there ■ recorded-. In'. popular assemblies I have unhesitatingly announced’ it; : and-the- lust public declaration which I made, and that but a short time before the late Presidential election, 1 referred to my previously ex pressed opinions as being those then enter tained by me; With a full knowledge of the opinions thus entertained, and never con cealed, I was. elected'by the’Popple Vice Presrdintt of thacUuited States. t'By the oc currence of a contingency provided for by the Constitution, ami-arising under an im pressive dispensation of Providence, I suc ceeded to the Presidential office. Before entering Upon the duties of that office, 1 took an oath that I would “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the U. States.” Entertaining the opinions alluded to, and having taken this oath, the Senate and the country will see that 1 could not give, my sanction to a measure of the character de scribed, without surrendering alt claim to the respect of honorable men—all confidence on the part of the People—all self-respect—. al l regard for moral and religious obligations;l without-an-observance of-winch,’ no- Govcrrtr-'j ment can be prosperous, and no People can be happy. .It would be to commit a crimp which I would not wilfully commit, to gaitf any earthly reward, and which would justly subject me 1 to the ridicule and scorn of all Virtuous men. : ■ . : . ... I deem it entirelylmhcccssary at this time to entef opon the reasons which have brought my mind.to the convictions I feel and enter pin“qnthis — subject". Theyliaye been liver and over again repeated. If some of those who have preceded me in this high office have entertained and avowed different opin ions, 1 yield all confidence that their convic tions vycre sincere. F claim only to have the same mcaaore nveted out to; myself.— VVitliout going further into tire argument, I will say that, in, looking, to the powers of this Government to collect, safely keep, and disburse.the publicrevcnue, and.incidcntally to regulate the commerce and exchanges, I havernot beonable to’satisfy" myself that the establishment; 'by thisGovernmenf, of a bank of discount, in the ordinary acceptation ' of that term, was a necessary means, or one demanded by' propriety, to execute those powers. What can the local discounts of the bank have to dd with the coilecting, safe keeping, and disbursing bf the revenucf— So far as the mere discounting of paper is concerned, .it.is- quite Immaterial to .this question whether the’disc.ount;is obtained at a ..State hank or a United States. Bank.-j* They are bothequally local—both beginning and both ending in a local- accommodation. What influence have local discouhtsygrantcd by .any form bf bank. in the regulating of the currency and the. exchanges? .Let, tile his tory,of the late United States Bank aid us in answering this-inquiry. . ■. i - For several yeaig'after the establishment of that iristitutiqir.it deal t al post excl usively in local, discounts, and during’ that period, the country was, for the-must part, disap pbiptediri the consequences anticipated.from ,its incorporatjum- A uniform currency-Was not provided, exchangeswcre not regulated, and little of-nothing was addedto tile gen eral circulation; ana i'n l'B‘io, its embarrass ment?.hail .become ao grqatj" that'•.'tKbdjrccr tors.pctilipned Gongress to repeal that artir pie, of- the charter which ’made Its . notes receivable every where in payment-of.-the lthail.upto thatperiod,'dealt to butya very smallextcntin exchanges, ei ther, foreign or domestic; and asjate as.lßgs, Itsbperationsinthatline Wmountedto'a-Tit tie more than $7',000,000 per annum; a very rapid augmentation soon after occurred, imd in-1833, Its’dealings T in the' exchanges, 1 mounted to upwards of sloo,ooo,OOpj.inclu ding (he sales of itaown drafts; aqil ail these 'n ■ f;.; ncmt Carlisle, JPa. Thursday August 'iG, 1841. immense transactions were effected without the employment of extraordinary means.— The currency of the country became sound; and the negotiations in the exchanges were carried on at the lowest possible rates. The circulation was increased to more than $29,- 000,000, and the notes of the Batik were re garded as equal to specie all over.the coun try; thus showing,'almost conclusively, that it was the capacity to deal in exchanges, and not in_ local discounts, which furnished'these facilities and advantages. It may be re marked, too, that notwithstanding the im mense transactions of the Bank in the pur chase of exchange, the losses sustained were merely nominal; while in the line of dis counts, the suspended debt was enormous, and proved most disastrous to the Bank and the'country. Its power of local discount has, in fact, proved to be a fruitful source of favoritism and corruption, alike destructive to the public morals and the general weal. The capital invested in banks of discount in the United States, created by the States, at this time exceeds $350,600,000; -and if the discounting of local paper could have produced any beneficial effects, the United States ought to possess the soundest curren cy in the world, but the reverse is lamenla’- ,bly the fact. . " • Is the measure now Under consideration, of the’objectionable character to which T have alluded? It is clearly so’, unless by the 16th fundamental article of the 11th sec -1 tion it is made otherwise. That article is in the following words: VThe directors of the said corporation "shall establish one competent office of dis “ count and. deany .State in, which "tSo‘ Itiousalifri&ppcs shall have been sub "sUb’sccibed, or-mny be held, whenever, upon, 3, &t>pfica£ion of thVLcgisluturc otsucirState, “Congress, may, by law, require the same. “And-the said directors'may also establish “one or more competent offices of discount | “and deposit in any Territory or District of “the United Slates, arid in any State, with I “thfc assent-of ,such State; and when estab-. 1 “fished, the said office or offices shall be only “withdrawn or removed by-the said direc i “tors priorltD-tlie expiration of this charter, I “with the previous assent of Congress-: Pro [ “aided, in respect to any Slate which shall I “nut, at the first session of the legislature | “thereof held after the passage of.this act, “by resolution, or other usual Legislative j “proceeding, .unconditionally.assent-or dis-. “sent to the establishment of such office or “offices within it, such assent of the said “Stale shall be thereafter presumed : And “provided nevertheless, That whenever it “shall, become necessary and proper for "carrying into execution any of the powers “granted by the Constitution, to establish “an office or offices in any of the States “whatever, and the establishment thereof “shall be directed by law, it shall be the “duty of the said directors to establish such "office or offices accordingly.” It will be seen by this clause the directors are invested with the fullest power to estab lish a branch in any State which has yielded its assent; and, having once'established such branch, it shall not afterwards be withdrawn exceptby order of Congress. Such assent is to be implied, and to have the force arid sanction of an actually expressed assent, “provided in respect to any State which shall not, at the first session of the Legisla ! ture thereof held after the passage of this 1 | act, Uy resolfilion or other ttsttpl legislative !' proceeding, unconditionally assent or dissent to the establishment of such office or offices within'it, such assent of said State sltall be thereafter presumed.” The assent or dis 'serit ii' to be expressed unconditionally at [the first session of the .Legislature by some formal legislative del! and, if not so express ed, its assent is to bp implied, and the ■di rectors are thereupon invested with power, at such time thereafter as they maV ’pleaseT -to establish branches,' wliii-li cannot after wards be withdrawn, except by resolve of Congress. No matter what may be the cause which may Operate'with the Legisla ture, winch either prevents it from speaking, of addresses itself to its wisdom, to induce -^^tejf»/ife;aTOefajt*is - t«»_be'ii»|»lied.' This iron rule'is to give way tqrto circumstances—it is unbendirig and inflexible. It is the lan guage'of,the master, to the vassal—an-uncon - ditional answer is claimed forthwith;’ anti delay / postponemcn tr.or incapacity “to an- produces an implied-assent, which-is ever after irrevocably. Many of the State elections have already taken place, without any knowledge, on the part of the People, that such a question was to coirie up. The Representatives may desire a submission of* the qliestion to their constiluents preparatory to upon it, b’ut .ihis high privi lege is denied; whatever may be the.motives aijd. views entertained by/the, Representa - tives of the People to delay, their asscqt ts to be presumed, and Is ever .after wards binding, unless their 'disseht yiiali be. unconditionally expressed at their first ses sion after the passage of. .this bill into a law.. They.may by formal resolution declare, the question of assent or dissent to bcenijectded and postponed,'and ypt, in ’ opposition 1 Vo .their, express,- declaration-to the.; contrary,; llieir'assent is, to.be 'implied. Cases, innu merable plight be.ciie<|’ to manifest the ir falioiia|i(y ofjsuch an inference, .Let one or two iriatiditiph, suffice.’ ’ Tlie.popular branch of its dissent by. an unariitnous’ vote," ’jjntl Its' resolution may be defeated by a fie vote ofthe’ Senate; anp yef t) le assent is to be 'implied,'.’ Both branches of the Legislature, may concur'lii p resolution of decided dissent, aiid yet the Governor may exert .the veto, power. con-- , fefred op him by the State constitution; and their legislative actiori-be defeated; and yet the.arisen t.'uf dm legislative authority is tin-1 plied, .and the directors of this contemplated institutiori .are authorized .to establish r .a branch or branches in such State, whenever' tliey mayvfind it conducive'to the interest of the stockholders to .do so; arid havirig-ohee established it; they can,'under no circum stances* withdraw it, except bydet of Con- , ■ 0 “OUR COUNTRY RIGHT OR WRONG.” gross. The State may afterwards protest against such unjust inference—but its au thority is gone. Its assent is implied by its failure or inability to act at its firstsessiun, aud its voice can never afterwards be heard. To'infierences so violent, and, ns they seem to me, irrational, I cannot yield my consent. No court of justice would or could sanction them, without reversing all that is establish ed in judicial proceeding, by introducing presumptions nt variance with fact, and in ferences at the expense of reason. A State in a condition of duress would be presumed to speak ns an individual, manacled and in prison, might be presumed to be in the en joyment of freedom. Far better’ to say to the States boldly and {frankly—Congress wills, and submission is demanded. It mny.be. said that the directors may not establish branches under such circumstances; but this is a question of power, and. this Sill invests them with full power to do so. If the Legislature of New York, or Pennsyl vania, or any other State, should be found to bq in such condition as I have supposed, could there be any security furnished against such a step on the part of the directors?— Nay, it is not fairly to be presumed that this proviso was introduced for the sole purpose of meeting the contingency referred to?—■ Why else, should it have been introduced? And ! submit.to .the Senate, whether it can be believed that any State would be likely to sit quietly,..down under such a slate of things? In a great measure of.public inter est their patriotism may be successfully ap pealed to, but to infer.their assent fromcir-. cUmstanccs at war with such inference, I cannot but regard.ns calculated toexcite.n feeling at fatal enmity with the peace and Harmony of the comUyy.-.,l must, therefore,’ regard as-asserliirg-the-pSwer to be in Congress to establish officesof discount, in a State, not only without-its assent, but against its'dissent; and So regarding.it, I cannot sanction it. On general principles, the right in Congress'to prescribe terms to any Slate, implies a superiority of power and control, deprives tips' transaction'of all prer fence to compact between them, and termi nates, as, we have seen. in the total -abroga tion of- freedom of-action-on the part of- the States. But further; the State may express, after the most suleinn form of legislation, its dissent, which may from time to time there after be repeated, in full view of its own in terest, _which.can never he separated from’ the wise and benificcnt operation of (his Government; and yet Congress may, by vir tue of the last proviso, overrule its law, and upon grounds which, to such State, will ap pear to rest on a constructive necessity and propriety, and notliing more. I regard the bill as asserting fur Congress the right to in corporate a United States Bank, with power and right to establish offices of discount and deposit in the several States of this Union, .with or without their consent; a principle to which I have alwqys been opposed. And which can never obtain my sanction. And waiving all other considerations growing out of its other provisions, I return it to the House in which it originated, )vith these my objections to its approval. 1 JOHN TYLER. Washington, August 16, 1841. " Uurning of the Erie. We find in the Free Circulating Adver tiser, a.letter from a survivor of the terrible disaster on Lake Erie, from which we make the following: “ When 1 wrote you last, I said I thought of going to Mackinaw and perhaps to Chica go: I intended to have taken the Illinois, but meeting Captain Titus, a few days since,- 1 needed but little persuasion to wait for the Erie,' for we were old friends. Some of my acquaintances we it going/, arid we proposed to iiiakc it i parlty r a plc;iSUre 'CXCUt?ion7and to talte along a band of music.'''Monday came,.the day for starting. '. But the west).- pr had been squally during the night, and in the morning’ the blue white capped waves were dashing against .the pier, as. we have so often seen them in a gale. ' 1 went on board at the usual time, and found her well filled with passengers', and among thc-rest about one hundred German emigrants, bound 1 lor. the West, who were on ■ the tor-ward deck, quietly engaged in arrang ing their baggage. to make their voyage as comfortableaspossible—and every soul, in a few short hours-, iri rolling flames; arid the rolling waves'; made their last voyage to the eternal world. ■ , ■ . ' ■There was a beautiful complement of ca bin passengers, .'just enough to;'make her comfortable, such as uyiallyfor business o.r pleasure, travel, at-this season pri the .western lakes. I was standing- by the’office talking with the Cnptain; vyhen Squires, qf the Clin ton, caihe/on ■ buard, playfully said, “Come. Tite. why don’t you cast off—what’s (ho use of laying over on the night boats?— Vpu ! have g()f passchgers enough.” ‘Titus innile Sume remaiks abuet the wcather. and thought it was'ustless to mnke all the pas yengi;i‘B;sea-sick. ‘ .“I. shall' go sfronj” said Snuires/“it any rate-fit wilfUri' themgood tq' be sitk^—there is ! bis use in waiting and fleecing tlie-passengers.’’.''-' . lie left, arid at about twoVclock passed us. On seeing the Clinton put out, notwith standing thegale, many ' of . our passengers were niiaidua tofqllow. The (Jermans were gettinglijipatiferit: td'be on their and the.'workmen on hoard;' the* poor painters, Who werri the/uriforturiate cause of tlie disas ter, 'wishing to. lose do time, and being acr enstomed to the lake in all weathers; were especially clarncrous to start. ‘' '" Yieldingto.the wishes of his passengers; kriowihg tnaf there was no real dangerTrorit the gale, which also seemed’to lujl; arid not liking to be beaten by the Clinton, the last bell was rung,, the fast fareWell^tp.hoW many the.lastT—the lineß cast oir, 'arid the gallantoErici'-’foc'the' Idst-time rounded the light-house; This.wps-about half past five, on Monday afternooriV The Clinton was jgat seen in the-distance. :;. .. V. Wm ccr. [AT *TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. New Series—Vol. 6, No. 11. The waves were running high but the boat pitched easily, and the whole company was in.high spirits, and those whn expressed any fears ayere laughed nt for their timidity. We sat down to tea, and selected our berths ex pecting a pleasant morrow. At about-8 o’clock I-was sitting in the sa loon, Pannerlee, the bar keeper, had just made me a punch, and we were playing a rubber of .whist, when all at once, we heard a slight explosion, a Kissing sound, and a cry of fire.. So many accidents have occurred, and I had so schooled myself to the thought of such an accident, that I was comparative ly cool and self possessed. I sprung to the. door; 1 followed by Parmclee, and we were met by a mass of scorching flame. I rushed forward. . He followed, but no. the-dozen or fifteen in the saloon at that mo ment, not another survives. .. In a second all that part of the boat nearest to where the flames burst out, the boiler deck was in flames, and they must have perished horri bly in the saloon, from which there was no escape. Op going forward I saw iri a moment the whole terror of the scene. The flames burst out in immense maSscs, and were driven back by the wind, enveloping in one minute the whole body of the boat. Titus sprung to the w’heel and headed her ,to the shore,- and the wind how drove the flames into every part of her, arid she rolled.over the seas a iriass of-fire—for she had been.lately paint ed, and her panel work varnished, so that ■she caught as if dipped in'spirits of turpen- tine. Then the air was filled with shrieks'of a gony and despair, 1 shall never forget (he; wail of tjetror that went up 'from the .poor German .were gather eh "(he to their husbands, mothers (ranticly press •ed their babes to their bosoms, lovers clung madly, to each" Other. One venerable old "man, his grey hair streaming in the wind, stood on "tlie bows, and stretching out his bony hands prayed to God imthe language of his ■ . , But if the. scene forward was terrible. that aft was appalling, for there the flames were raging in the greatest fury. Some mad ly rushed into the fire. Others, with a yell like a demon, maddened with the flames, which were .all around them, sprung head long into the waves. The officers of the boat, and crew were generally cool, and sprung to lower the boats, but those .who threw themselves into them, regardless Of the execrations of the sailors, and of , every thing, but their own safely. I tried to act coolly—l kept near the cap tain who seeined to take courage from des pair, and whose bearing was above all praise. The boat was veering towards (he shore, but the maddened flames now enveloped the wheel-house, and in a moment the machinery stopped. The last hope had left us—and a wildcrshriek rose upon the air; at this mo ment the second engineer, (lie one at the time on duty, who had stood by his machin ery as lung as it would work, was seen climb ing the gallows head, a black, mass with the flumes curling all around him. On cither side he could no.t go, fur it was one mass of fire. He sprung upward, came to the top, one moment felt, madly around him, and then fell into the flames. There jvas no more remaining on board, for the boat now broached round and rolled upon the swelling Waves a mass of fire- -I.seized upon a settee near me, and gave one spring, just as the flames were bursting through the deck were I stood—one moment more and I should have been in the flames. One moment, and 1 found ,'myself tossed on a wave, grasping my trail support with desperate energy. At one moment I saw nothing but the yawning deep and the blackening sky—at the next the flaming mass was before me, as the wave pitched merfp;nmUar(iundwere my fellovr pasSfengers struggling with the waves, some supported with nothing but their strong arms : —every,moment growmg.weaker, while the wild agonizing shrieks, of those .'whoiwr.re' every moment taking,their last .look at the upper World, and those who worA still cling ing to the bulwarks, but every moment drop ping with .every ; pitch. ofthe" vessel, made such a sceue.-as nightly haunts my dreairis, arid can never be obiitelatcd wldl.e memory remains. —I had been- inthe water but a short time. though each iriomeat seeined an age, when. ! heard the voice of Captain Titus, uho, the last.to leave the vessel„w,as now in the wa ter, calling out with,a firm voice, “Courage —hold on—heip is coming!” '.Oh, words of hope! how dt ; cheered us in that hour of gloom. A moment after I saw the lights of a steamboat, and,’ in a short time, the hull of the Clinton, which, upon seeing the fire, had .'Hastened jo, our assistance. Tier boats,were reaijy lowered, and, guided,by the light of the ycssel and the prayers for. help, twenty seven of us were saved from a watery grave. Some were fqnribly burped, and some in the Ipst stage of exhaustion, blit aU ihankful fur their preservation. . ■ - . Of the poor Gcra)nn .emigrants, Ido pot kpriw .that ..one was saved. '■ Barents, and children seem to have found one, common grave, and. lay at the bottom of the lake, all - locked, together. There was hut one female ofthe, whole number saved, and Among' the passengers were some' of superior elegance and rare beaiity. The nuinbeV burned and drowricd/canhot be'.lesri'thhriltwbJiundred.: It may.be inore. Oh 1 never on earthVmay, I witness such a scene of horror. • It seems JjkeafrightfuTdream ■ That pale. old-ynan. hapnts met .'The agony of impresa ed uppririny mind forever, and I would'that I'coald forget the horrible sight 'of that poor fellow calting in the alr for ffooi the flames.wliich were ragiriri nllraandllini. It was' AlI; terriblc! 'dreadful | horrJl»|«i I -1 can find no language which .will-jjorfray my feelifigs. Adieu. : --£i "ji-VJr ; Why is a eatbiting hef tail like an mist? f She make? the AGENTS. _JoHjLMojDHE,_Esq._Newyille , Joseph M. Means, Esq. Hopewell township. John Wunderlich, Esq, Sfiippcnsbutg. William M. Maeeeb, Esq. Lee’s t*! Koa<l«i John Mehaffy, Dickinson township. .John Clf.bde'nib, Jp. Esq., Hogestown. ‘George F. Cain, Esq. Mechanicsburg Frederick Wonderlicu, do. Jobs Sroucn, Esq. Slougbstown. Daniel K'Rvsuf.r, Esq. Churchtown. Jacob Longnecker, Esq. Wormleysburg. J. B. Urawbaugh, Cedar Spring, Alien tp; Martin G Rupp, Esq. Shiremanstown. ! “Seeds kno'wn (o' Imve been nearly one hundred and fifty years old,, were planted about thirty years ago, -by a gardner in Vi enna, and vegetated as promptly and 'vigor ously, as if they bad been the product of the preceding year. Seeds believed to have been one thousand years old' \vcre_made to vegetate in London. Blit the mo§t memo rable instance of the kind remains to be mentioned. The city of Herculaneum was buried by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius, in the latter part of the first century of the Christian era. In this state of exhumation, it continued about 1700 years. In exploring its ruins, a foreign traveller found some an cient Roman beans in a place where they had lain from the time of the catastrophe.—• He planted them, and they grew as readily as 1 they had done during the reign of the Cassarsr From that source are derived the 'old Roman beans, now cultivated in several parts of Europe. Again, wheat is no w grow ing in France, the seed of which was taken from an Egyptian mummy, where it had lain upwards of two thousand years—possibly more than three thousand.” . JTessidn Fly. —Mr. Edward Tilgliman, of Maryland, says, in a communication to the Albany Cultivator, that many years ago he sowed his wheat bn tlie 19th of September, 20 or 25 days earlier than ,he had usually sowed.' Shortly after the' wheat came up, he made critical observations with the view of determining whether tire Hessian fly does deposite its eggs upon the growing plant.-? He discovered a number of small black flies, which the best judges pronounced to be the genuine Hessian,, la the. very,act. of-deposit ing their eggs. --Some of tlie eggs he took*’ -hp.mem'n^^lade-offgi^^^placedrithei^pAvi Tumbler, anilTbn tlic fifteentfrdaylliscovli’nfl” a small maggot pass down the blade, ami 1 conceal itself between the-blade and stem of ' the wheat. Sonic farmers adopt - the prac tice of late sowing, in order that the' cold may prevent the deposite. or hatching of the inseetjegg, and assert that in this way they have protected their wheat frotn all -injury from the Hessian fly. ■ • PATENT SERMON OF Dt)W, Jr, Hear how he discoursed] upon Handies. They are mere walking sticks for'fema I c flirts, ornamented with brass heads, ami. barely touched with the varnish of etiquette. Brass heads, did Isay? Nay, their caputs arc only half ripe musk-mcllons with mon strous thick rinds, and all hollow inside, containing the seeds of foolishness swimming about'with vast quantity of sap. Their moral garments are a double-breasted coat of vanity; padded with - vanity, and lined with the silk of self-complacency: their outer apparel is all ip keeping, and-imported fresh from the devil’s wholesale and retail clothing establishment. Tinkered up with broad cloth, finger rings, safety chains, soft sodder, vanity and impudence; they are no more sil ver than a plated tea spoon is solid silver. I detest a dandy as a cat docs a wet floor. There are some vain fools in this world, who, after a long incubation, will hatch, out from - a hot bed of |)ride a sickly brood of'fuzzy ideas, and then go jlung4he path of pomposity witli all" the sclf-im portance-of a speckled hen with a black chicken. I have antipathy to such people. * f ' The Dark Day.-,— The following anecdote ia told to show a characteristic trait in the character of the Hon. Abraham Davenport, of Stamford, Conn., who, was a member of the legislature in 1780. ■ Under every circumstance, he was fond of ‘doing his duty.’ ‘The I9lh of May, 1780, waa-a remarkable day. Candles were lighted inmnny houses; —the birds were silent and disappeared, and the fowls retired toroost. The Legisjature of Connecticut ..was then >n session at Hartford. A very general opin ion prevailed, that the day of judgment was at hand; The Hoii3e of Reprcsentativcs,-being un able to transact their business, adjourned. Apro position to adjourn the council was under consid eration. When the opinion of Mr. Davenport was asked, he answered, .-‘Lam- against an adjourn ment; if it is, I choose to be found doingtay duty. 1 wish therefore that candles may be brought.’- A Bachelor’s Opinion of Matrimony., —Look at tho great mass of marriages that take place o ver tl|p whole world; what poor contemptible af- - fairs they are. A fe\y soft looks, a walk,_a,.dance, a t squeeze of the hand, a popping oflbc question, ;! purchnso of a certiiin number of-yards ofwhito — satin, a ring, a clergyman, n stage or two in a hired carriage, anight in a country inn, .and the whole matter is over.; For five onsis weeks two j sleepy looking persons are seen dangling on each 1 other’s a™;. looking at waterfalls, or making morning calls, and guzzling wine and cakes; then every thing falls into the most monotonous routine; ’ the Wife sits on one side of the hearth,, the hus- ■ band on the othe’r, and little quarrels, little pleas ures, little cares, and little children gather around them. , This is what ninety-nine out of a hundred find to be the dclights.of matrimony, '* A~ View of Born Oceans. —The lofty point on which we stood was perfectly clear, the atmos phere'was of transparent beauty, arid looking beyond tho region of. desolation, below us, at a distance of perhaps two thousand feet, the whole country was covered with clouds, and the city at the foot of the volcano was invisible. By degrees the most distant clouds were lifted, and oyer the immense bed we saw at the same moment, tlie At laritic.and Pacific Oceans. This was the grand spectacle we had hoped, blit scarcely' expected to behold. My had ascended the volca no severariimea, bulon account of the clouds had onlyrieen the two seas once before. Thepoinlsat which they were visible were the Gulfof Nicoya ahd-the harbor_of.SanJ.uap, not directly opposite, but nearly at right .angles; to each .olheT, rib ;tha\ we saw them without turning the body. In a right line over tb'o tops of the mountains neither was more than twenty miles.distarit, and from the great fierght at which we>stood they seemed al- ' most atpur feetr It is the only point in the world Whiclrcoinmands a view of the two seas;, and I, ranked with thoseriiost sions, ! w|ljw|pptn the top of Mount Sinai 1 looked ‘ out- upbntfflßDesert of Arabia, arid front Mount . Hor 1 saw the Dead' Sen—Stephens' Ineidenle if Travel in Central America. 1 : - ; ; • Courting is generally unsuccessful, un less flone sig/t-enliEcally—so says cotcm poraryi . ’
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