EBBE' DAYS „LATER PROM - EUROPE.
Arrival of the Steamship America
ADVANCE IN COTTON, &c:
.
By House's• Letter Printing 11:1cgraph i
• NEW. )(ORR', May 20.—The steamship
Africa Awn Liverpool with dates to the
dthinat., arrived this morning.
steamer City of Manchester sailed
froin Mersey, on the sth instant., for Phil
adelphia with 334 passengers and a cargo
.of over 500 tans.,
The steamship Herrmann, from N. Y.
arrived nt Cowes on the 2d inst.
The 'Africa brings 00 passengers.
LAwn.—ln the House of Lords, on
WednesdaY, the sth instant, Lord Lynd
burst submitted a bill, which was read a
first time; to remove all disabilities impos
ed by existing laws upon persons refusing
to taltethe oath ofabjuration.
The House of Commons has been enga
red upon the discussion of the militia bill,
but had come to no definite decision.
.4!xtinder Mackay,tho celebrated auth
.
er is dead.
The case of Col. Fremont came up in
the Court of Exchequer on the sth. The
Attorney Oeneral entered into the history
Of the bills in question, which had been
'drawn by Col. Fremont on the Secretary
of the United States in favor of a person
named Hutman, whii had made advances
for tho supplies required by the U. States
troops serving in Mexico—Col. Fremont
had stilted that he had bills of Exchange,
and that Hutman well knew this when he
received them. The bills were dated in
1847, and the plaintiffs became possessed
of them in the.rnonth of June, 1850. Af
ter hearing the arguments the Court thought
it was better that the parties go again be
fore Baron Alderson in order that the affi
davits might be amended and put into shape
for solemn decision.
A colliery explosion at Shields caused
the instant death of twenty-two persons.—
Them were 200 persons in the pit at the
time of the explosion.
The each Titania,which sailed the match
with the Amelica, was destroyed by fire
on the 6th inst., at anchor off Cowes.
Fearien.—lt is stated in letters from
Paris, that it is very generally believed
that-at the forthcoming Ibto on the 10th of
May, an address will be presented to the
President, calling upon him for the good
of the country and the stability of his pow
er, to change the present form of the gov
ernment, and assume tho title of Emperor.
The declaration of the Empire is looked
for certainly, and -if not on the 10th at u.
very early day.
The rumor prevailed in tho politicalcir
cies_ that Mr..Turgot was to be, replaced
at the foreign. office by M. Lavaletto, at
present French Minister to the Porte.
Mr. Passy, formerly Minister of Finance,
had received orders to leave France, in
consequence of charges against him of
having induced the Tribunal &Commerce
of Evrex to refuse to take the oaths of al
login ace.
Letters from Florence state that M. Mu
rat, French Minister at that city, had pro
tested to the Government in the name of
France against the reactionary measures
said to have been resolved on by the Grand
Duke, .;
, •
PARIS BounsE.—Four and a half per
=le. 100 f, 30c., Threes 701, 55c.
. Wednesday, the anniversary of the
death of the Emperor, was kept as a holli
day by the authorities, bu; created very
little interest among the public generally.
A marriage is talked of between M. de
Persigny and the daughter of the Prince
do la Meskowa, on .whom the President
would bestow a brilliant dowry.
A dinner was given to the President on
Sunday, by his uncle Jerome, which is
said to have been for the purpose of har
monizing several members of the Bona
parte family.
The Catholic party aro a good deal
scandalized at the President's visit to the
Dame. Aux Camellias, and his present to
M'llo Docne.
In the budget presented to the Legisla
tive body, the following is set down as the
effectual force of the army to be maintain
ed in. Algiers for 1853. Men, 70,066;
horses, 14,815.
All. the hotels and lodging places in Par
is aro crowded with visitors.
SPAIN.—The opinion is very prevalent
that the Government, having completely
succeeded in sacrificing the Press, the next
step will be the suspension of the elective
franchise. It is to be believed that Queen
Isabella has given Bravo Murillo full pow
er to act as he pleases. ,
It.was reported at Madrid that the gov
ernment had applied to the bank of San
Peptide for the advance of a sum feces.
sary to pay the dividend due on the Ist of
July, at the rate of 6 per cent. interest.
the government has ordered the sup
, pression of die Havana journal tho "Loa
ria de la Marina," and withdraw from
Croniea of Now York,. the subvention
paid it by the Government of Cuba.
ITALy.'--The celebrated president of the
criminal court, Nervarra, died on the
9.2 d ult.
i ,Apcording toletturs from Florence to
the 28th ult., the ministerial crisis had
ended.
• The new phases of the Constitution were
to be abolished, in order to "deprive the
Jews of their civil and political rights, and
to . ineapaciate them• from holding public
functions. •
Eovrr.—ln the settlement of the diffi
culties between the Porte and the Paella of,
Egypt,. the powers demanded will be con
ceded for a limited period.
Ansa-min.—A .Cabinet conference was
Bold. at which Baron Von • Kubeck, and
,Archduke Ludwig were prosent.,The sub
ject :brought .under deliberation. Was the
present policy of Franc; and a note was
submitted from Mr.. Pelacour declaring
the sincerity of tho intentions of, the Nest
.dent of France, and his resolution not to
accept.tho imperial crown without the full
consent of the &eat Ppwors.
. A convention was about to be conclud.
ed between Austria and Swodcn, for the
mutual deliverance of criminals and do-
sorters
- - _
Rumors were rife in Vienna that the es
pousal of the Emperor Francis'josep,hwith
the Princess Lidonie of Saxony would take
place soon at Prague. '
TURIUM—There is no political news of
importance. In the course of four years
ti railway is to bo constructed to the Hun
garian frontier to join the European Rail
way ramification.
I tor.AN D.—The Freeman's Journal says
that the'reported escape of Francis Meagher
requires confirmation. Letters haVe been
received by some of the members of his
family from Smith O'Brien,'On Monday,
bearing date subsequent to the rumored es
cape of Meagher, but contain nothing rel
ative to the subject. -
GERNANY.—Lettors from South Ger.;
many state that the difi`crence between
Duke Augustenberg and the Danish Gov
ernment, in which the cabinet of Berlin
acted as mediator, have been settled.—
The Prince has accepted the offer of the
Danish Government of indemnity of two
millions and twenty-five thousand thalers,
for his property situated in the Duchies, in
order to avoid the necessity of proceeding
judicially against him. The Duke has COD
sequently no further connection with
Schleswig or Holstein.
LATER INTELLIGENCE.
By Electric Telegraph.—Lownolv,May
Bth, noon.—By the arrival of the steam
ship Harbinger at Plymouth, yesterday
morning, later advices have been received
from the Cape of Good Hopo.
' Lieutenant-General Catchlieart arrived
on the 31st of March, and would proceed,
immediately to the seat of war.
Sir Harry Smith had left King William's
Town and entered Waterloof, and proba
bly would follow the enemy to the Atria
tole mountains.
Another action had been fought, when
Hon. H. Wrothesley was killed and ten
men wounded. The Kaffirs still avoided
a general action. The cruelties they in
flicted on their captives are represented to
be dreadful. Col. Yarborough Ives woun
ded on the sth of March, at IVaterloof.
The troops took a number ofcattle and
were retiring when the Hottentots killed
Scargants Franc and Huggin, and four pri
vates of the 43d, and captured Sergeant
Lairy.
Tho Kaffirs wore afterwards repulsed
with considerable loss.
The colonists deplored the removal of
Sir Harry Smith.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, May B.
The Cotton circulars state that the holders
have been free sellers, notwithstanding the
increased demand, though there has been
no disposition to force the market. The
imports of the week amount tca44,000 bls
'rho brokers quotations are : Middling Or
leans sid ; do. Alobilesid ; do. Upland sd.
The sales on Friday were 10,000 bales,
of which 2000 were to speculators and
2000 to exporters.
Wright, Gandy & Co. remark in their
circulars, that on that day the offerings
were being more free, and that the full ad
vance was scarcely obtainable, and that
there are indications of the demand fall
ing off.
FEARFUL FAMINE IN GERMANY.
A letter in tho London Times says :
"Poor Souther and Central Germany, still
suffering from the recent political convul
sions, has now in addition been visited by
disease and° famine." The place alluded
to in the letter are Wurtemburg in Bavaria,
Grand Duchy of Baden,
Nassau, and the
northeast part of the Duchy of Hesse, of
which the writer says :
"In these localities whole villages are
being deserted for want of food; their un
fortunate inhabitants, who in times of com
parative prosperity eke out but a scanty
and miserable existence, have been want
lag their staple food—potatoes. In other
parts trade is standing still , of 18,000
looms, in a single province in Bavaria,
almost exclusively inhabited by weavers,
not half are at full work. Tho people are
deprived alike of the produc:ions of nature
and the fruits of Industry ; and to consum
mate wretchedness and despair and an
extreme dearth of pgisions, whole herds
of cattle and sheep are killed by a rapidly
spreading disease. All feelings of human
nature begin to be more and more pervert.
ed and convulsed. The most loathsome
food, meat infested by mureian, is eagerly
sought after; in some instances dogs have
been slaughtered and ravenously devour
ed by a famishing population. In one case,
in Wurtemburg, a dog buried for some
days has been dug up, and, what will
scarcely appear credible, the flesh in its
advanced state of decomposition has been
actually •made use of as food,"
This tho writer says, explains the rea
son why Germans in yet unheard of num
bers aro literally besieging every port
available for emigration. Hunger knows
no patriotism, and sauve qui puet is the
anxious cry repeated from village to village
by hundreds and thousands,and is driving
them to search for a home in foreign and
distant countries.—Pcnnsijlvanian.
IMFORTATIONOF SUGAR AND MOLASSES.
During the year 1851,' the importation of
brown sugars into the U. States amounted
to 366,531,861 pounds, value 812,882,-
274 ; of white or• refined sugars, 17,000,-
000 pounds, value $1,009,000. Of mo
lasses there was imported 36,378,772 gal
lons, valued at $3,707,581, making the
total valuation of the importations of thesti
two articles $17,789,855, or nearly one
twelfth of the value of the entire imports
for the year, which amounted to 8216,-
224,032. The principal import of sugar
isfrom Cuba ; 276,000,000 pounds; valu- .
ed at 810 000 000 coming from that Ist
and.
otrThe printers of. Harrisburg who re
fused to demean themselves, working with
a rat have been indicted for conspiracy.
MANUFACTURERS BEST PROTECTED WHEN
SELF-PROTECTED.
In this sheet will be found an advertise
ment Of a now method of constructing
, floors and roofs, which shall bo perfectly
fire-proof. This is.effected by an ingeni-
Ous combination of iron rode and arches,
in which the greatest possible strength is
attained, with theleast proportion of metal,
and consequently at the least cost. Tho
invention first suggested by Mr. Pell, we
understand, and improved by Messrs: Bog
ardus and Hoffman ' is to be seen at the
office of the Liverpool and London Insur
ance CoMpany, No 501Vall street. • Its
nature is such that, in its application to
buildings, it cannot press the wall out
wards, and the rods and bars of which it
is composed are so light that when a
houso is taken down they may be easily
handled and laid by in order to be used in
any other building.
The cost of a house built in this manner,
and perfectly secure from fire within as
well as without is estimated not to very
greatly exceed, under the present prices of
iron the cost of a houso errected with
wooden beams and rafters; while the largo
saving in the insurance, which would be
reduced to an almost nominal sum, and
the safety of the inmates and their goods,
will give the new method an immense ad
vantage. Tho attention of the public has
of lute been much called to the enormous
destruction of property and the frequent
danger to life by the fires which are con
stantly breaking out in our city, and the
belief is pretty generally entertained; that
if our ware houses were fire-proof within
as well as without, not only a vast waste
of the amens provided by human labor for
the comfort and sustenance of the com
munity would be prevented, but a good
deal of villainy also.
We give more prominence to this inven
tion because it illustrates a position in polit
ical economy which we have taken in this
journal and deem of great importance. It
shows the effect the cheapness of iron has
in multiplying the modes of its application.
If iron were twice the price it now is in our
market, there would be little or no encour
agement to devise methods of substituting
it for wood. One of the great recommenda
tions of the invention for rendering build
ings fire-proof, which wo have described,
is its economy—it makes you and your
goods safo at almost as little cost ns you
now pay fof the buildings in which you
and your property are in constant peril.—
Make iron dear in the market, by any
measure of protection, as it is called, and
you raise an objection to fire-proof build
ings which it will be hard to obviate.
In the Tribune of this morning, it is
said that there aro several iron mills in
New Jersey, the owners ,of which think
seriously of abandoning them on account
of the cheapness of iron in the market.—
The Tribune advises them to wait till an
other Congress is elected, in hope of get
ting, soma increase of the duties on iron,
and then proceeds thus:
"But we would not rely wholly nor
mainly on Congress; we believe there is
help nearer at hand. Men who know far
more of iron than we ever expect to, as
sure us that there are processes within the
reach of our iron-masters, which, even
now, would greatly improve the condition
of the business. Especially in the matter
of mixing ores to better the quality of the
iron, we aro assured that great improve
ments are immediately practicable.
"Necessity is the mother of invention."
Seasons of adversity, trial and privation
teach many valuable truths, which, in
prosperity, were overlooked or forgotten.
May it be thus with the iron interest in its
present depression! Ifour iron men would
hold a meeting once a month, as we think
they ought, adjourning from New York to
Philadelphia, thence to Harrisburg, Read
ing, Wilkesbarro or Pittsburg, and so to
Baltimore, Cumberland, and even farther
west, each master readily imparting all that
experience may have taught him, and re
ceiving suggestions in return, we are con
fident that great advantages and economies
would be realized, and perhaps the iron
business saved from the fate now so palpa
bly impending.
"Especially to this matter of mixing ores
do we trust that attention will be speedily
and generally drawn. In England, very
little goad iron is made from a single ore,
but different beds are blended to combine
the qualities needed; and especially to give
that fibrous toughness which distinguishes
good iron from most other metals. Hero
the opposite course is quite common.
This is good counsel, with the exception
'that it should not refer the iron-master to
Congress at all. No 'individual prospers
who. makes office-holding his profession
and is continually looking ,to government
for appointments and promotions. In like
manner, no branch of business can pros : .,
per as it ought, which is dependent on leg
islative interference for success. The iron
masters must take their chance with other
classes of men; with the farmers, who
never think of asking for an act of Con
gross to make up their losses When the
market for produce is low; with the. prin
ters and booksellers who get up no potiti
one for aid from the . treasury when the
book trade is embarrassed, and failures
occur among the dealers in books. ' , aw l
iron-masters must rely, as other classes'
aro obliged to do, on their industry, their
ingenuity, their judicious enterprise. In-'
stead of conspiring to make iron.dearer, let
them join their efforts to make it cheaper
and of better quality, and they will have
acquired a basis of prosperity on which no
act of Congress could place them. •
A vast number of those who own shares
in the iron mills have it in their' power to
encourage the new ways.of using iron in
buildings which . make them, safer from
fire.: Let them give the country a few ex
amples of fire-proof . buildings, and they
will do more for their , Own interest than
by holding conventions once a week to
memorialize Congress, besides the advan
tage which they would confer upon the
country.—N. Y. Evening Post.
THE REPUBLICAN.
CLEARFIELD Pa., May 28, 1852,
Foil.'. PRESI DENT,
JAMES BUCHANAN,
CiF PENNSYLVANIA.
(SigjeCt to the decision of the Democratic
National Convention.)
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
Po the State at large--Senatorial.
GEORGE W. WOODWARD, of Luzern°.
WILSON M'CANDLESS, of Allegheny.
ROBERT PATTERSON, of Philadelphia.
DISTRICT ELECTORS.
1. Peter Logan, 13. H. C. Byer,
2. G. H. Martin, 14. John Clayton,
3. John Miller, 15. Isaac Robinson
4. F. W. Bockius, 16. Henry Petter,
3. R. IllcKay,Jr., 17. Jas. Burnside,
6. A. Apple, 18. M. McCaslin,
7. N. Strickland, 19. Jas.McDonald,
8. A. Peters, 20. W. S. Colahan,
9. D Fister, 21. Andrew Burlc,
10. R.E.. James, 22. TVn&. Dunn,
11. d\Mcßeynolds, I 23. 3.B.2lTcCalnzont
12. P. -lanzon, I 24. G. R. Barrett.
POR,CANAL 005111116310 N ER.
WILLIAM SEARIGHT,
OP FAYETTE COUNTY.
A NARROW ESCAPE.-A most daring at
tempt on the lifo of tho boy that carries tho
mail from Bellefonte to this place, was
made the other day, with the intention no
doubt, of robbing the mail. A shot was
fired at him from a gun in the hands of a
man standing a few rods from the road,
the ball taking effect on his hat, scraping
it two or three inches. This is the story
told by the boy; who also says, that he
had met with the same individual on two
or three occasions previously, and always
having a gun with him.
FRUlT.—Notwithstanding the late hard
frosts, the prospect of an abundant fruit
crop is very good. The severity of the
late winter, however, it is thought, will
render peaches an exception.
" TOO PATRIOTIC."
It is now pretty certain that General
Scorr, will be the candidate of the Whigs
of the Northern States, for President, and
it may sound strange to those who have
not made themselves thoroughly acquaint
ed with whig tactics, that the great incen
tive to his nomination is the fact that he is
not quite so patriotic—has not made such
strong, bold and recent professions of at
tachment to the Union, and proved that
attachment to be paramoht to all other
considerations, ascertain other distinguish
ed whips, such as Messrs. FILLMORE and
WEBSTER. These two gentlemen are ac
knowledged statesmen of distinguished
abilities, and the name of the latter has
always been held up as the leading ex
pounder of the Constitution of our country.
Heretofore, there has been an honest sus
picion of Mr. Webster's fidelity, in the
minds of many of his countrvmen,and du
ring all this time he was the perfect idol
' of the whips ; and to hear them talk, one
would have supposed tha4 they would think
of nominating no other man, were it not
for certain indiscretions in his early polit
ical life, that cast a shade of suspicion over
his patriotism. Now, however, since Mr.
Webster has established a character of at
tachment and fidelity to the Union, second
to no man living—having won the reputa
tion of a thorough and undoubted patriot,
his whig friends give him the cold shoal
der, and throw him aside for another of far
less .attainments as a statesman, as if it
was for no other reason than because of
this very manifestation of National prktri
otism, or Unionism. Gen. Scorr refuses
to pledge himself publicly in favor of sus
taining a certain measure that is esteemed
by many as controlling the fate of the Un
ion, and is therefore available as a whig
candidate. Mr. Webster and Mr. Fillmore
are both closely identified with that meas•
ure—have pledged themselves its advo.
cates, defenders and executors, and there
fore, they are not available—not accepta
ble as whig candidates. Whr4 a picture
for a great party in these United States !
How stands the Democratic party on
this point ? why there is not a single man,
who made the least baulk at the Compro
mise measures, Fugitive bill and all, has
had his name mentioned for President oven
dowd to the forty-ninth chance. All our
candidates occupy one and the same posi
tion on Allis subject, and all and each of
them aro as firmly and .soundly identified
with the preservation of the Union as either
Mr. - Webster or 'Fillmore, or any other
whig.
07I'he attention of our readers is call
ed to our new advertisements. They can
there compare prices of certain articles
here, with what they sell for other places.
'o,rThe frierids of President Fnmione
hold a large and enthusiastic meeting in
Philadelphia, on last Saturday. The pro
ceedings are very spiey r —at least Gen.
Scow will think so.
- BY TELEGRAPH.
• Reported Revolution in New Mexico.
WASHINGTON, May 20.-1 understand
that a despatch was received at tho State
Department today, by telegraph, frcrn St.
Louis, giving the , account of a revolution
in New Mexico.
SECOND DESPATCH:
VVAsniNoTori, May 20.-11(r:evening
21.1egraph puhlishes the following in refer
ence to the reported revolution in Now
Mexico :—"We learn that private des
patches were yesterday received in this ci
ty from Now Mexico, via Bt. Louis, to the
effect that a revolution was apprehended
there, and that Gov, Calhoun, who is con
valescing, after a protracted illness, had
availed himself of such military assistance
as could do procured, to resist and. quell
whatever of opposition fo the laws should
arise."
THIRD DESPATCH.
WASHINGTON, May 20.—Official &S.
patches from Gov. Calhoun,_ says that the
threatened revolution portends serious trau
' bles. Volunteers were being raised to
subdue the rebellionists, and preserve or
der.
FROM TIL SOUTII.
BALTIMORE, May 22, 1852.—The South
ern mail from New Orleans has arrived.
The papers contain Galveston dates to
the 11th inst. Caravajal and his followers
wore still at Corpus Christi, preparing it
is said for another dangerous demonstra
tion on the Mexican frontier.
The Rio Bravo says tho Camanches
are devastating the Rio Grande country by
frightful murders and robberies. Both the
American and Mexican population aro in
many instances abandoning their houses
and seeking safety by flight into Mexico.
A Mr. Patton, ono of a guard escorting n
Sherifrof Star county, having fallen behind
the party when near the Rio Grande, was
attacked by four Mexicans and killed.—
Three of the murderers escaped ; the other
was arrested.
The ship t,evi Woodbury had cleared
from Now Orleans for Boston, with the
largest coastwise cargo ever shipped from
there.
The St Louis Republican has Santa Fe
dates to the 11th of April. Mr. Allen,
Secretary of the Territory reports every
thing quiet. The rumors of disaffection
on the part of the Mexicans aro greatly ex
aggerated.
Governor Calhoun was recovering.
Governor Cobb of Georgia has appoint
ed, the Hon. M. J. Welborn and the Hon.
A. Hull to attend the meeting of delegates
from the thirteen original States, at Phila
delphia, on the 4th of July.
The new government steamer made an
expeiimental trip ns far as the Capes, yes
terday. Her machinery worked beautifully.
Secretary Graham and many other distin
guished persons were on board.
A Costruom ISE MONUMENT,—We learn
from the New Orleans Crescent that Wm. P.
Ferret, nn esteemed citizen of that arty,
projects the construction of a Union monu
ment, at some point in Canal street, New
Orleans. - The monument is designed to
perpetuate the memory of the Compromise
measure, to typify the solid 'and noble na
tional harmony they restored, and to foster
by its visible teachings the love of unbroken
and enduring Union. This is a noble and
patriotic idea. The Crescent states that as
"a whole the monument will be an excel
lent specimen of the composite style of ar
chitecture. From a base of about 46 feet
in breadth and 18 in height, rises a grace
ful Corinthian shaft, 42 feet high, upon the
beautiful capital of. which rests.a block of
masonry on which will be itsr.tribed the
names of Cass, Webster, Downs, Phelps,
Mangum, 13right, Cooper,King, Dickinson,
etc; abovo . this again there is a place for a
town clock, and above all, standing on a
pedestal, will tower a statue of Henry Clay,
the large hearted old statesman, of whom
to day, in all human probability, there is
left only his memory, and his unperishable
fame."
HORRID DEATH.—On Friday evening, a
good deal or excitement was caused in the
neighborhood of Cadwalader and Master
streets, Kensington, by the accidental suf
focation of a man in a cesspool. It appears
that they were building, and were about
tapping the privy well, when the man fell
in. His brother, in his efforts to save
him, came near losing his own life. The
deceased, we understood, was named
Flood, and lived in Little Green street.
SHOOTING AND ARREST.-LUSI evening,
at about 7 o'clock, officer Hickman, of the
Marshal's Police, attempted to arrest man
of the name of dra ham, on a charge whiCh
has been pending for some time. The
culprit endeavoring to . escape, Hickman
drew his revolver and fired three shots at
him, one of which took effect in the lower
part of the body of a woman who stood up
on the steps of her &Veiling in George
street, below Schuylkill' Sixth. Another
took effect on the person of the prisoner,
when he yeilded, and was taken to the sta
tion lipase.. Very considerable excitement
was exhibited in the noighborhood,for what
is alleged to be very criminal carelessness
on tho part of the' officer.
Later from. Havana ; Arrival of the Geor
gia—tumors of another _lnvasion.
NEw Yonic., May 23,P. M.:—The steam
ship Georgia , with Havana dates to the
19th, arrived this evening. It is reported
that much excitement existed 'at Havana in
regard Higlinother invasion.
The'CWOrgia being somewhat behind her
usual time a report gained currency that
she was coming with a large force to capt
ure this Island. This, of course, - was
ridiculous rumor.
The Georgia transferred at Havana,2oo
passengers to the steamship Philadelphia,
which vessel sailed for Navy Bay, on the
18th, with 300 passengers.
KrThe Demof:ratie National Conven
tion will assembl4 qt Baltimore on Tues
day next.°
MUT THEY THINK OF HS,
Wo cannot vouch for the truth, but wo
can for the probability, of the following
anecdote which we copy from the" Walks
and Talks of an American Farmer in Eng.
land:"
: ”The tender-hearted wheelwright could
hardly believe that. we. .were born: and
brought up in America. Ho never thought
any foreigners could learn to speak the ,
language so well. He too, was rather fa.
vorably struck with the idea of going to
America, when we' answered his inquiries .
with regard to mechanic's wages. He.,
was ,very cautious, however, and crosi:
questioned us a long time about the cost of:;
every thing there—the passage, the great
heat of the climate, the price of beer; and
at length touching his particular weakness,
he desired to be told candidly how it would
be if to should marry before ho went.—
If he should got a wife ; a real handsome
one, would it be safe for him to take her
there? Lie had heard a story—perhaps
we knew whether it was true or not—of a
man who took a handsome wife out with
him, and a black- man that was a great
rich lord in our country, took a great li
king to her, and offered the man ten thou..
sand pounds for her, which she refused;
and so the great rich lord went away very
wroth and vexed. When ho had gone,
the woman upbraided her husband : "Then
fool, why didst thee not take it and let me
go with him ? 1 would have' returned to.
thee to.morrow :" Then the man followed
after the black lord, and sold his wife to
him for ten thousand pounds. But the
next day she did not return, nor the next;
neither the next ; and so the man went to
look for her; and lo! ho found her all
dressed up in silk and satin, 'lighting from
a coach, and footmen waiting upon her.—
So he says to her, "Why didst thee not
return the next day ?" "Dost take .me for
a fool, good man ?" quoth she, and stepped .
back into her fine coach, and drove off;
and so ho lost his handsome wife."
A man who cannot or who does not
read in the nineteenth century, might just
as well have lived in the twelfth. We have
heard of as remarkable instances of igno
rance among the same people as the above,
and we are not at alt inclined to doubt
its truth.
0: - A remarkable escape from death by.
lightning is chronicled by the Canadian pa
pers. The Kent Advertiser of the :30th
says, that on the previous Saturday night
the lightning struck a house owned and oc.
copied by Mr. George Bennett on the Ra
leigh Plains, about four miles from town.
The fluid entered at the top of the house
and passed down to the wall within 18
inches of,the bed in which Mr. B. and his
wife 1 sleeping, from whence it passed
entire over the bed, and struck the floor.
in front. From this it passed to the chim.
ney which it threw down entirely. A young
mau, son of Mr. Bennett was sleeping in
a corner of the room, neer tho fireplace,
and fortunately the chimney fell on the
other side—so that no ono of the three per
sons in the house received the slightest in.
jury. A cow lying near the house was
killed. The roof took fire, but was put
out by the rain. The young man's coat
lying, near' the head of his bed, was also
set on fire and, ho afterwards put it out
with his hond.
OUR COUNTRY.—In 1702 the corner.
stone of the present capitol at Washington
was laid. At that time, General Washing.
ton, in whose honor the new seat of goy:
ernment was named, officiated. Fitly
eight years afterwards, viz: on the 4th of
July,' 1851 the corner-stone of an exten
sion of the buildings was' laid, and the
Secretary of state made an address, in the
course of which he presented a sketch of
the comparative condition of our country
at the two periods.
Then we had no railroads, now we have
8,500 miles of railroad.
Then we had no telegraph, now we
have 12,000 miles of it.
Then we had 200 post-offices, now we
I have 21,000.
Tho revenue from postage th'en was
$lOO,OOO, now it is $5,000,000.
Then we had fifteen States, now we
have thirty-one.
Then our whole population was three
millions, now it is twenty-three.
Then Boston had 18,000 people, now
it has 136,000.
Philadelphia had 42,000, now it has
409,000.
New York had 33,000, now it has 515;
000..
Then our exports wore 831,000,000,
they aro now $151,000,000. .
The era of our territory was then 800,.
000 square miles, it is now 3,300,000.
0:: ( .2 - No reflecting man can fail to see
that fifty-two visits m a year of a careful
ly conducted newspaper, must exert a great
and blessed influencs upon , domestic life
and happiness.
THE PANAMA RAILLIOAD.- - One of the
passengers, Mr. S. L. Corwine, brother
of the United States Consul at Panama,
erossed,on the 6th instant, from Panama
to Aspinwall, on Navy Bay, performing
the entire distance from point to point, ia.
side of twelvo hours. .
MARRI ED.—On Thtirsday afternoon,
May 20th, by the Rev. M. T. Merwin, Mr.
Stewart Reed, to• Miss Mary Clyde, &ugh.
ter of Sam' I . Clyde, Esq.; all of Lawrence
township, Clearfield county.
A most delicious cake of very respects•
ble dimensions, accompanied the above no•
Lice, for which the bride, and all others
concerned received the hearty thanks and
best wishes of , Tun Flamm,
MARRIED—On the 13th of April, by
Francis Pearce,Esq., Mr. Allen Cupler of
Warrencounty, to Miss Elizabeth Graham,
of Bradford tp., Clearfield county.
On the same day by the same, Mr. J,
cob Graham, to Miss Mary Nelson all of
Bradford township Clearfield county.