II II _. ~ -~ -- 8 OF .4. QUINCY AD A MS , 4 . 'tool the immune Mapsios. : ' ~,:, ttestion , is now-attracted Wit sax tiif hght, that glitters on the-apex Ol'il bald 'fi'ild - ttoble bead, !located' ott Melt** the 'tse, in the ottighborldied - of4h4penit, s chair. It procedilt! from' that -won ' iil - Man who, trrhis.ltertlonccoitibines .agifittor,poet,philosopheronateirrian , ticiend orator-John ' Quincy ' dans. hirthat terts'seen4iitrytirting bl'lneath cupo4 of- the Afill,•with the' Pays of t , :gattleritqfmidcgiancing -abiiiii his I „ gulaiirdisheA ' had,' hutlias ;likened 1 tdt.p oneViheiluminsries of the age, :Mpg 4itid glittering in the ; political- fir. ' mentor the Union. 'There he sits, hour, - - ter-hour, day after day, with holding I r iiende, never absent from his seat, never • v ' ling for an adjournment, vigilant as the jealous member of the, House, his ~t--iter everod the alert, himself always-pre, "IlaTattlogo4tt once into die prOfoundest -questious of *state, or the minutest points -cif order. What must be' his theughts as 'he ponders upon the past, in whicfli he has ' *eyed apart so conspicimus? We' tooli mit hirit and inatit:hisixild-trocl tedrhil eye; chic stern odd -abSt ose.ted ga ze,'a rill c - injure -up phantoms of other 4cenes. We see -him amid 'his festive 'and splendid halls ' -ten years 'back, -standing -stiff 'And ovilt,‘ ivard,,, and -shaking lc tall militarylooking man iv tike laind, 'in whose 'toner the • gala was giren,•to commemorate the most splendid lif 'America's-victories. 'We - see •him nom, -years afterwards, the bitter foe of the same • military chieftain,' and the - competitor with him for the highest ' gift of -a tree.peeple.We "Icifik upon a •• more then long, who has 'filled everrde‘. Ipartinent of honour - in his•native land, still 'at his post; he who was 'the President of •thillions, now the represeittative.Of forty 'odd thousand, quarrelling about trifles •or advocating high principles. To-day ' growling and sneering 'at the House with . an abolition petition in his trembling hand, and anon Lording o it over the passions, arid lashingOomatotiors into the wildest state of erilt,ftedasat by his indignant and eh). phatieeloquence. Alone, Unspoken to, ‘unconsulted, never consulting with Others, the sits apart, wrapped in his reveries; ond•with his finger resting on his nose, be :permits his mind to move like a gigantic .pendulum, stirring up the hours of the „past and 'disturbing those of the hidden -future; or probably he is writing,—his al 'most perpetual employment—but what 1 whottin guess? Perhaps some poetry in • ?a•young girl's album! He looks enfeebled, i'' but yet he -is never - tired; worn out, but '• - ever ready; for combat; melancholy, but :-let 'a witty 'thing fall from any member,. ally that old man's ' fiA is wreathed in smiles; he appears passive, but woe to the gpcsixttleate nivolatim s tu i roV than' Mr. Adams; with his agitat'ed, finger 'quivering in sarcastic gesticulation; he -seizes upon his foe, arid, amid the amuse ment of the House, rarely fails to take a •signal vengeance. HIS store of special knowledge on every 'subject, gradually garnered op through 'the course of his extraordinary life, in the wellorranged store house of a memory which is said to have'-never yet permitted w single fact to escape it, give him a great advantage over all Comers in encounters . - of this kind. He is a wonderful eccentric genius. Re belongs to no' party, nor does any party belong to him. ` He is of too cold a nature to be long a party leader. llle is original—of very peculiai ideas, and perfectly fearles4 and independent in )expressing and triainiairring them. He is remarkable for his affability to young-per- , sons; and, surrounded by them at his own: table, he,ian be as hilarious and happy.ns; the' gayelit of them. For one service, at least, his country owes hint a ciebt of gratitude. I refer to tfie.fine illustration which he afforded to the true character of our institutions, when he passed from the, Presidential ?since to his present post on, the floor"of the House of Representatives. Though the position which he has there made his own may riot be that which his friends might wish to see him occupy id that body, yet, in every point of view the example was a fine one. His manner of speaking is peculiar; he rises abruptly, his face reddens, and, M i tt' moment throwing himself into the attituffe of a veteran gladiator, he prepares for the attack; then he' becomes full orgesticula , lion, his body sways to and fro—self command seems lost—his heed Is bent forward in his earnestness till it sometimes -almost nearly touches the desk.; his voice frequently breaks, but he pursues his Huh• ject thf'dugh all its beakings-4.othing, daunts him—the house may ring with the order!cries of order! order!—unmoved, contei'dp. tnous, he stands amid the tempest, and, like an oak that knows itsnailed and knotted, strength, stretches hyk arm forth and defies the blast. er' l L i d e 01% cr! a i. a~. MADRID.—A 'most horrible deed -of Vandalism is about to be perpetrated hert. The eold and silver jewels of theainvents add churches have, been collected at Ma drid; tire 'treasures of the celebrated cat be. drat of Toledo, the richest in Spain. ate here: The whole is about to be sold by Iveightl • Agents from England and Get. many are carrying of the scarcest and tplgst.pr~ecious books—the bells are beig acilih—thezonstirds and churches demolish. ed. it is ati chaos. • I :I, ; !Co. Aithim•thessew Lieut. GimortY. Camas, rs."•*gr EPtle.ad Dec. MEE - nE ANAIVEC C 1 f.:AXI'q;IF - THE 13N FLAGEliTION IN N SrYORIC, F , . gleteinhpr 16th; 1835. i • 1 i ." IT UM t.....llnme l hiaisv. Il - - - . b eaerit thou, %%rioter, op thy frosty page? memorierof thelpase ! flow thick - they ring! 1 env:deicer's theol toliteitfid sound. lid thmfitreatefill , 'Hall !limit/tingled Clang t y a tocalo--wh i l , le the +firm towers shake I h their ironton ae.• Wild, frenzied stouts the - steeping child. befouling* name its banner,',and thick; volontedymoke, i strove at first thead.ftil Wreck to veil, nit the-skies. flew wide The ruin spreads! Der roof laredderting ! Aron'pmed dome, marblecolumar wetted a tow crofattength, s the lashing ofithoseawful'fires, toe strong martyr at the - stake tioth bear Ter agony, then plunging, sinks, ideas wreck. Wei K4en And i Nigh ormi% l A Be w f ;It Tex WhiC Black Roo( Wh. As. A 1. A Am II sasethat hirildw'd spire ! 7 h iottg bath held,conitnartiod with the skies; wining like the serpents' that destroyed .n and. his sons; the hissing flames it in dire embrace. • Unpitying 'blasts with demoniac - baste, the - winged seeds uflagt Whr, But La , ,, %V ray Bear Of , Otte , ra'st gee offire - ... !P iromid. Vtle'dialarit masts turn red, the l uierwatensiwhere they lay led to madneae'aid het:title their foe. tills and wood-cgtrwned mountains, wonder 'rng; catch Un ontedlight. The whole vast concave seems orli 6 y oven. Still the wintry winds Jltel hitter sway; as it the monarch, Frost, Hurf'd them, in challenge, from his arctic throne Urdu the central fires: and, rustling forth Froth ancient prisons, they {had come. incensed, Tb flew-date Vie earth, The man of wealth Beiktilds•his millidmilluelting on the cidud, :tioeking his rem ast - !They take their flight.' Frost Waraw ith fire'? 'Strong engincirspen'd their force 14 vein. To ice the aspiring waters tuns, And in that reeking crucible, resolved , • 'Po ttMir own elements, inspire the flame As with pure oxygeu. The firemen stand .Disheartened, with their frost er.crusted'helrns And coats of mail, from Winter's ertnenry. , 'gainst feeble man, the elethents conspire : Id binds him, like Prometheus, mu the rock, And fire, the vulture; on his -vitals preys. lies : even the blessed water seems to turn A traitor in his need. suit, i Kih, Fax • What thundering shock! Ac if an earthquake spoke... Exploding domes, Where the pleased merchant stored the wealtp , - ofind. To vitunrs•9y—a sacrifice required For public safety, and, With patriot zeal, Full nobly made. 'Amid the deafening din, • Hark to woman's shriek ! Again it wounds The shuddering Cale She struggles with the• bands That hold her back. determin'd still to plunge Amid devouring flame. “Nly child! my' child!" Wnilu the wild lustre of her straining eyes, And eel:tures, pointing td herflanie-wrapt home. Reveal the rest. ..ice!seß ! Who dates the "Wreck?. Who mounts the•buruing stairs and gropes his "Mictsuffoctiting smoke dnd falling beams, And rafters charring where his footsteps tread? r_ .. utiteoLgagittams.. af st ic. t hleiten. to iv. :The unharm'dinfint in ' hie victor-arms— A hardy son of Neptune; roughly nursed 'By storms, and fearing nothing slave hisesod— A stranger-sailor, Oboe may speak his name; And ere the torrent of a .mnther's thanks Arid blessings buret upo4i him, he war gone. 'Yet shall it cheer tore oh thy Midnight watch, L.ine marines, 'mid farthest ocean's foam, While, with pore iiirehe.mis, the approving stars Lona down upon thee. And the loving smile Of that pure, rescued .innocent; who hey In its soft cradle,lnyine with the flame As with a -brother, shall right up thk - soul; Mid all the tempests of thy sea girt. path. Deeds•such ar these aremut for motet cold praise; Earth need not spread. her isunting anoal forth To be their chronicle. noble breast That gave them. birth, holds commerce with the skier. 1 was travelling abort lonr years ago in a re. mute district in Bengali and I came to the house of a gentleman belongtng to Portugal, 7 found him reading the licriptties, in the Bengalce, to seventy-of t eighty people, men, women and' chil. drcn of that conntry, who were all very attentive: This gentleman liold Ale that he had been led to employ some of' his leisure moments in this way. "And to-morrow 4' said tie, `•as you pass my farm .mention my name, and they will procure you bed, and you will then iiee the effects of reading the scriptures. the next day I called at his es tate, where I Dalai one hundred men, women, and children, who had all hecome converts to Chris tinnily within three oi four years. I .ingoired how they found theircelves; they appeared de lighted, and thocight ita happy thing for them that Enropcans hind translated the scriptures, that they may read, in their own tongue, the wonder ful works of God; 1 had some inte'remirse, also, with an official perqm in that district; and I men tion it, because some aeriions tell you that noth ing is done by. the Missionaries. l asked the magistrate what was the cimdoet of those Chris tians, and he said, "There is something in them that does excite astontsliment. The inhabitants: of this d:strict are .paftiewhirly known as being so ligniout and troubhasome, that they have scarcely any matter bht what they bring into a court of justiee„ But lduring three or four years not owe of; these people have brought a tame a. gainst any one, or aoy one against them." I mention this to chow chat Christianity will pro duce, in all conntriesi, peace and happiness to those who know the. truth, as it iii the Lord Jesus.—Cul. Mims. From late canton papers. • DREADFUL FIRE AT, SURAT. NARRATIVE. The late destructive fire at Surat com• merited on IVlOndaiy afternoon, the 24th of April, in the houst(of a Persie, which had been accidentally , set on fire' by boiling pitch or do:unmet.' which ignited. To whatever cauSe it Origin may be attributed, it appears that in consequence of the diffi culty of obtaining water s it was at_ first much neglected..lA freshnrytherly breeze was blowing at the time; the Barnes tread rapidly, and shortly afier sunset .eztvbited a fearibiNezteirt , a n t strength of fire: The l wind in the'evenino decreased, but the fire was augmented, ind the vett volume of dense artiolte which . rose in eentruous manes, 4i - u ! brilliant with the intense , 1 , gwa Yam Num. EFFECTS 0? THE 10111.2 MPON RIM ' • THE M lktE ew ki w iits .N rfitt. , • . • ,Iri some of the* Streets, crow Ted With 'lto epecioUst. the firei_eiiiuividlii fifice.pait end -, or discs' lotion. :Thetre . .wat so - fier • beat 'so intense,' the vidutne of fla mast, that nothing escaped. - ' !whirl - Jr the flames es it-were . belted _up every Walls fell in, and, Avlsen tbe'fire con with such. strength; tivery thing wits ed with the gr..und, heat and of die season aided the cotrthuAlo the' Conflagration 'was soon heyo power of wan :to co n trol. All ni fire raged fierce,-and within a fet from its coincneticetnent - nmst hay ed, it is Ed ated,:en area of three mil • ing its course as the wind varied. an interval of cairn, just at tlayl Tuesday, a breezesurldenlyspriing about S. W. and directed tire fire u column. of buildings, audit raged th of Tuesday in' the !saint awful m' before.—Many oldie poor inliabita had removed . their property to places of fancied safety, from W tire had passed away, were surpli return there of the conflagration their all. At °. P, M. on Tuesdi at its heightli. then reached city gates, which; was destroyed timber which supported the r e • burned the tnidge I in. In the quarter eltfthe city inhabi ly by people oldie Buree Caste, t one entrance :only froth the str houses - thefinbabit. *4ll the me their homes tcrtid in extinguishin. which did not then appear' likely this quirter. This it unfortuna wards did, end . :before they con the only outlet was enveloped i and nuinbers of helpless Women dren perished, end the propert destroyed.—Sonic Borras are sat taken refuge in one of their where, it being •entirely built ,e they fancied themselves secure families and the little property thc won them. Surrounded eventua fire, however the building becalm ed the imnates were scorched to c all perished, literally baked as an oven. Corpses were discovered in so tion as to indicate that the parties ished in the sery'act of escaping 'ley and -OA, dm! silver ornam in their hands. The loss of hit immense, and as far as has heel no leis than 500 tot stated to In ed. Great numbers of cattle have been burnt and the whol one of nitle spread ruin and det The number tiltouses destro tote upward'of 600, Iliiil faun population Suait Contains, sohit of the misery_ and wretched , • • rifiem a e eft without food e . and life has been preserved hut der fatniiie and want. WITH have been dispersed, and paren mg their children and children al protectors; so that bids prived of all the property they numbers have 'to bewail the I nearest and dearest relatives PERILS OF THE S Mr. Greenleaf, Editor of e Sailor's Magazine, 4ias kept a registe of marine disasters which•have emote to his knowledge. withint , the past year, the result is ap palling. The whole number, connoting only those which resulted an a total loss of the vessel, was no leas than nit* HUNDRED AND NINETY, viz:. Ships and barks, Brigs, Schooners„ Slops, Steabutita, BM Most of the vessels inchirlcd!in this mel ancholy list Were Americans. Forty three of them were lost towards lie close a 1836; but the intbiligence of their fate was not rectived here until 1837. Thirty eight were lost in the month of January, fifty-- four-in rebruirry, twenty four in March, thirty in April, nineteep.in May, fifteen in June, forty-two iu Judy, - fifty to ,August, thirty-two in-September, forty three in Oc tuber, forty three in November, yid six in ;December. The precise time when the remaining vessels were lust could ribt b• satisfactorily ascertained. • in the above named vessels, says the Sailor's Magazine,) one thpustind two hundred .and ninety-five lives Imelreported as being lost. This probably bin a part of the whole, for , in many ihstayrces the crew are spoken of as inissino and in other caves nothing is said, where, perhaps, there was a totalloss. Surely wlii4 is ,done for sailors, shot k 1 be done quickly Y. Jour. of Com. "" ! ' - ILLEGALITY OF MABRY/NO i WkFES 1115 , TER.—At Oe sitting of the 4idiCial milt' minee of the Privy Council, ii Lilindrim on i!ie Bth Dec. Mr . . Baron Pit- eve judg mentlf on the part of their for slips, in an appeal, Sherwood vs. Ray, es ecting a marriage within the prohibit d lees, the appellant having married Miss E ma Sarah *ay, the sister of his deceased w le. - The case had been before Dr. Lu4lii gton, and also Sir ilerhert Jenner in th Arches' courts subsequently; th e pres s t appeal was made toillis late Majesty in_ The judgement of their lordship: the decree of the Arches' tour 1 the marriage) mat be altirmer. . . . Mg if 9 "URNA POW SATURDAY IRO: = er Pew:lads airds.s+w Ikatdbabi eenefy desc . /iiitconaumaypr leejatheloweseatplp It , e, t he ne so tress lung. levell ryness , and d the , ht the hours Apprent:iee : lii a Wanted laisj efriee, all a - . elligeht" hid; wbbiea`a read* ge about, ito or:16 youraitiA o die priatiuglitaiineka. - . In our last, wd published .n ow the plan.bf the - Flranklio In% tute, establishment of a School•of o. rts; i certainly think that no' refle lin g . court' have 'peruied it with t bet pressed with a deep convicti n df portnnee to the Vast interest ofll inonwCalt h. •In! this region wet feel a . paramonot interest . its accomplish ment4 because a hocil is becoming every day of grater lance to the successful prosr_ , ‘putio fling operations It is tru that: moderate shorn of racticl 'k i tici I derived from further experie ee,!i many instances'lpurchased ta v rate, the busineSs of minin may vied on•successibilv and pr fitabl absence of untriieil ditficultfes;'y are none who will not admiral t of scientific attainments itb knowledge is indispensabl to i systerh. Let it be remelt' ered, of the objects of the Franin lir i, to impart this scientific info math establishment a a School f MI this institution 101 l tbe - vari ius . 8. ! mining will be hitt-Ott Tint e sol accurate mineralogical nu geOl vestigation! Here, all wilt tan+ is necessary'totcomplete t e ed the scientific hlineil How . lifer pared would one be who hgun' such a course of instructi •T n fo' on the pursuits of mining, o in who have undertaken theft) wi previous instruction? What va motley, so frequently mi plie ied, would be :saved ther by? 1 amount of time and labor fruit ' aumed in idleL experimen s, wo starved for better purpos ? that our region is deeply mere proposed prati,, and the hap/beta should heartily unite and' eo-ol the friends of the measurto p the lbgislature nh adeir e ap 1 to effect the contemplate , (title cover s shift- After gift on p from 11111133 a - hate tltitr as is who distant ich the •d by a 'tad lost 1. it was e of the ttnd the being d chief ere war :1 to the had left the fire, I to reach 'y after -1 return games, and chi!. Was all 1 to have vrjeeds, stories, with their ly carried I ly by the so heat cash, an 1333 T h a posi had per with mu nts found has been reported ye perish• • lt4ewise ,[I:I3EM The .Weather.—A nt , wiuter we have thus far , rature of the weather in oititiun eJ is said 'the detise 'faint idea ate of the J Y most tithe pait 'rather the p esenc of Spring ..1 . than Wint%., TkiF o lain.? :: ..; 416...... rnin •.., duit to .cethanted" or, e. ept tin the principle • which often I olds old In the pursuits of bee as welt s in aural and . 1 moral phenomena, that stre, :.s pr o duc e each other. . -We have ad ree snicces. met cold win terenich coldness w s by -mile: attri buted to the proximity o a he• tibsnrbing comet, and by others, lila sud , en change of climate from unknowb can -is, in oppo. anion to the 'former thefiry 01-progres sive melioration of cliinute. Bylwliiitever causes produced, the faft. is Certaiti that we have had : three veryiculd Winters; and / the fact is now no less ce tainlhat we have had thus .fhr a very mil one. e have' not ourselves'itept a rep, er of th weather, hut we have understood that the:therino. meter, un Thursday las stood Wiiiiiii two degrees of Summer he t. This, lin .the Middle of January, 'ts a most unt4tal oc currende, and is well ivorthy c f record. Now- the poet's idea of 4' roses ii Decerti t ber, ice in. June," as tin s whic Iwe may ekpect in vair), play corn to pass rifler this without exritthg much rprise. litiis well . . r shelter, O sink ms le families , are seek• Iwir natur- being de possessed, ss of their 94 135 234 12 15 i known that the weathe is . a miner of no little concerti ro as i the emit region. Without wishing tiny h rni to any eluss of the community, rich or poor, for dur.own i profit or benefit, but on e contriry, seek ing—to met-it the char cter of 1 universal philanthropists,, we hu bly corkeive that' a little more cold we4ther woOl be of. advantage to the coal "trade. NO doubt 1 that the weather, just ab it is, ifti just as it ought to bet howeveri and . peitilps the foregoing observations s but th 4 result tf short sightedness. 1 . ' 490 The evil ofliasty and itnproviiieut legis- lation have been so often felt 4 in every state of the 'Union - , in the passage'cif bills of a private charaeter, before the parties most deeply ":interested therein nitd injured thereby ,have. an opportunity ofl*ing heard or.even beingraware of any int i e4cled legis- lative action do the subject mat er, that it council. = was., hat 'dissolving IMEIMMI BEI =ET • L OF Au- sell° appeartto us high(ime for the egisiatore of Pennsylvania to. take the Itia in Apply. log a proper 'remedy. This coul he easily erected, by requiring parties applying for pnvate acts of incorporation and other speeinl acts,, to give.public notic'eiif their intentions through the newspapers pub lished at the seat of .government, and in the neighbdrhood where such acts are to ti. go into operation, fora reason ti .period prior to their application. T ict subject then would , undergo, beforeha tl public scrutiny, investigation, • and discussion. And this ptiblitity could be ell no disid. vantitge to the applicants, proidgd their aims were Air and honest, and if -older- wise; their 1 aims ought to 'ha defeated. This . is a country in which we ibda . st that all' Our righ t s, both public and itniltte, tut bettur secur ed than in any other ! country in t h e Tor i,, by the laws of thd• lend. But . • ~ 4' - • qt 1 . .. .~ .~.ti'r..~+v4w how iltialisittiOttaiii ' *Kent" unty for the enjoyment oflprivate properly; if the 1 legislative authdrityli 'liable to be abused' to thirW4titt of purposesoinerelyi for want t or proper ;untie:o6 the Xrties m i deeply interested? 'W'elire'liware that iterels a prorated amend4H to tturcoasqtutiort to this effect; but . might MA' the legislature itself regulate the subject at once by fkass inean act of italtaAbzeir liries? I .No time eu._ght .to itelost.:* ticting mita) it, when daily ;buses abuses demand this)action. W MIS /lad! aka at ,° !!!21 !ffl Itim : arIP -I, tiO it publish in ,another a Bill reported by 'Mr. Steikinsba, Committee on Banks. 'lt will be seen that this bill contains ia number of. new ,and salutary,provisitins. It *ill be! seen that I it provides for theresurnpt ion: of . specie l i pityments - in the i month 1838. 1 This is thdt_perlicid the. law rOnuirds the New York banks' to resume. It iii phatically a i• Restraining Act." - It re l . strains dividends -to' eight percent. It restrains lanes to-directors beyond a cer ! lain amount. -Jt restrains the liabilities of banks, by notes in -circulation or, otherwise,' to tt s certairi per centage on their capitals respectively, and ii4kesithe directors who .assent to violittinni of the law in this,re spect, individitally liable to the parties-in.' jured thereby. We would refer obi rea• dpre, however, toihe Bill itself, as one in %/Mai all 'classes' oT the - eOrntifunity are deeply unerdsted. R f or ibe • nd yve persbn l e coin ' to speedy t mines impor _or rui . with a wledge, but too ry high be car-. • , in. the • t there rtmtm E 521 perrect !that pne 6 titute tv by.the nes. . In , items- of ,basls of glcal in t ht.which i elation Of ( fitly pre. 1 through entering • t of those I tout such t sups of and Was ! What an •••tislyicon. - he re. e . repeat ted in the .10 thereof • rate; with enreifroin . •"rbpijation fudiciat "DecisiortS.Judge Arnside lately decided in Mifflin county, tl at steal"- ing ship plasters is larceny. • t , • Judge Rix; of Doylestown, has decidpil that a negro has no right to vote in PAtin: sylvania. - Treastrry Notes.--These notes, as was predicted, are already- below par ; and the Globe annobnces that the. President has authorised au issue bearing interest at the rate of five Per cent which it is suppos ed will make them pass current. The Ball in motion•—lie conserva tives of Hartford, Connecticut, have an address to the public recommending a Convention to held shortlyi in thTt,i3tate,. for the purpose of organizingfa, new party, and severing all coniseion with the Loco Focus and destructies. UNITED STATES BANK IN liONDON. We tied in a London paper of the 9th of December, an article 'ft= Which we ex• tract the following paraffraph: "The opening of the United States - bank, which has been established liere, conduct. ed by Mr. Samuel Jitudon has already been of material importance to the Ame rican trade, in providi.ig the means of easy and safe remitta nces. The orders received mr arms!? manufactured and other goods, by packerships'Orpheua 6nd Sampson, . which have . editie in this week, are'con.si denable, by which increased employment will be given to the inhabitapts of the ma nufacturing districts, during, it is"hoped, the greater portion of the inclement season of the year." rnorslinury he tenipe;• a rot softie =MI had, icati _ . • The Whip or Rhpde Island have no minated the Hon. William - Sprague as their candidate for governor.' , New Hampshire.—The 'political con test in this State goes on with gre.it spirit. Each party is doing its utmost - . We have a manifesto from twenty.two laboring men hitherto Administration, of Naghua, Hills borough co. who set forth their reasons for going over to the _ mississitph- We find in the Nationallntelligencer, of ) esterday, the following very agreeable piece of news: " News has reached this city of the meeting of the legislature . of and (what we were not prepared to hear,) that • there is a Whig majority. in both branches of the legis lature. As an evi "Once of whia, A. L. Pongarnan was chosen President of the Senate, and lir. King, of Franklin county-,'speaker of the Housed Representatives, both these gen tlemen being decided Whigs." • From the Harrisburg biteHigenner, Jan nary 18,th 1838 : "DlED—Last evening, at Mr. Wilson's) Hotel. in thisborough, e 'JOSEPll M'IL XAINE, Esq. a memherpf the House o, Representatives from the.clity of Piriladel ph:a. • ..13y the deceitie of this able an&disSip guislied man, the 'couneils.Of our Common- r wealth haVe been deprived of prie of its Irightest ornaments, and his colleagues o a warm and sincere fiend:' •The J,egislature and +immunity tire the depth of sorrow. The death of Mr. M'lli vaine, has cast a gloom over all—and the sorrow of men, which *me not forth it tears or wailing, but is . sitent and deep, is marked the suleme tread, the meaning look, the compi•esseil lip, Indicative of a re , gret commensurate with the loss we have sustained, . - The manner of Mr. IVl'llvaine's death was peculiarly afflicting. He-was found in the morning dead .tte bed. Por some. days he had• been slightly unwell, but was understood to be reroverO)g. Last night he retired as usual, and this morning was a corpse, having to all appearance slept away his latest breath. We !believe that his mother and sisters in Philadelphia .were not apprized; of his illness ;'and the stoutesi heart must .feel when. a thought-is spent on the stroke it will prove to them. Haw of ten are we reminded, thai An the midst of life we are in death.' " j r , _:._ E MIN The-flarrisburg bitelligenceron an ar-. ticle on the subject 'Of the resumption of , specie payments, says:" . ..,,,, 5 , . Coog;isi could in two Weeks' ? 664 about a general iresusitption. Let a law be. !passed d e _ elatitig that . the notes of all aolvehObanke,-7 i n gotid coni4tion,osboll bef:reeeived in payment' of thekriittiliOlgeii.;-let the".Gorekrithent,i in short, agree ia - do - wilt.tbd . currency - of the people-- awl the,bitliti:will get on Iluiir legs aid be able yi,poitiiiiiiiitieaKtolp .:It iattie.uoinat policy of the Geoer a l Piiiernuritit Which is grinding the people tcistheoloit. :, '.. ~ : .. 1 . Mit, Plitrntesikstr — iWe learn h 'thatit is id contemplatioti ambit? e young ined of this city, a/,ithiiiit lite - &Motion of •party, and scrupteinnily tiviii i fii* u nction I aiini - that might impart .to aig iteluid grave. . question of principle, arty hue or tinge; derived from knere tempokry ques tions, lo i lwrd It public meeting, ib condemn - the resolution intrhA,--uced by Mt:. Patton - info the - Ili:mite of Representaiiiies: • . I. *: • . N. .Y. Ainericati. ' t6r7tEStEE.= - Resolution's like.' been introduced in the legislature . ofi, This state, WA - awing . the Bon. Felix Grundy: , ,to vote airain4 the auto reisury, or i any, other :meat for 'the • Collection 'and disburse. :meat a the '.public revenue, Which may 'draw injurious distinctions between the !people and:the government, or !which does not provide for establishing•bi sound and, uniform .currency.. f. M. CALuourr.-+Btit one sentiment ap. pears-tolorerail at the Nortlin relation to the recent course of this. gentleman in the Senate of the United, State.. It is be lieved to be erre . ince diary , ' and-better calculated to shake the Union and excite t unkind feefkl_l__ , ,s between he . N_Orth'and the Soutt, 'than any thingat haeMccured in the histerfof our count y . .. The following paragraph ' upon the s bjeut its from the Albany Daily Aavertise , whole: editor, lb° it reniembered, - reiided for seiTral year, in Virginia,' and is therein e wel t qualified to speak as to . Southern se time. rit .: "We are sorry 'tosa it. Mi.•Calhotins course'in'the Senate is . aicu4tedto.shake the Union to pieces a tl ousandfimes soon er •, than all the petition for etiolition that have ever been sent - to VialtiegUrr. THi3 firebrald is now burte frciralflie'BOtith-- . the apitation of the 'iel d Atietiiien comes, 1: front - that quarteri, and it iepublislied with , an arrogance and*n air of brew ,beatineat . which the North hyoid be• ii rusted, were it not for the conitious ess ofberstrength. These everlasting threalts oiseparation are in very bad taste,l noro they result.in the intended effect ; !that f. inti idating - the 1 ) north.- Far- better wuld it be to appeal to the. justice--the e nit' , he fraternal g feelin mf 'the North en. ,1 et Mr. Cal- - i Noun beim:we—the Scitren h e every thing to lose and nogling It o gaip, by cutting morefromthe OUT . , Fl e North does r not wish trmiart fro , her--4-the North is - I :trite in Relit to !the I Man.'. Would that weNcould say ailiiiiCh of Mr -Calhoun I" 1, THE COMM,o NW BAI: II BANK. The failureofthis Instituti n hi - excited considerable sen3ationlL:. It i saki that Ms. Simpson, its Isti .President is debtofto the invitation, to the Ittiouni of %250,0Q0; ; and that his 'pro'perty livill be 134cient to cancel ,'but a sand!' Portionl of that large„. sum. It is further said that be stockhold ers will sustain an almost entire lois. i • The Boston Atlas. in re narking ypon this failure, quotes from its ovin columns, to prove' ;that it has all along warned the pubtiu 'mot to trust it, for* was a mere office ,lichlers' slinving sho , managed by men ivlio cried "Dowp wit the Banks," -,-"Hardmenei"L-"lSub. reasury," and who yet all thefinie iveYe'u nig this pet of the Treasury `tv, feather' th - eit Wniie:sli„The Atlas'also remarks, that the. Government is said to have 0380;000 sniam,ped by this f ‘ failure,—that three or four of the priqcipal stockholders are indebted !to it to ,tan al mount exceedinkthe actual; capital, that' the fishermen oi e Glinceste3., Marblehead and other l towns, seapo tvho on the first of January appl i ed for the payment Of the Government bounty tipon the ptoductenf their industry and enterpris , were paid by the Collector of Boston in. ecks upon the Commonwealth. Ban , (i which he lea large stockluilder,) f y wlMch they receiv ed the bils of, that ititution, and that, in r addition to the tams emboied above, the amount of bills in cirM m ilati n by the Com onwealth Bank' on iSatu day _week - , was 1 . $236,000, and that the -,,, 4, ... J3l auttiunt issued. since. that time was S9O,Q 0. The Atlas also, states that the. Cominomvi.alth Insurance Office has concluded Ito w d up its affairs, that institution Bolding stook in the - broken Batik'to the amount iof triore thaol2oo,- - 000-. The Atlas the ti gods on la say that in justice to the otheif.Ban t its of:thecity, k should be distinctly I imp l eased upon the publio N mintt. that the!threid Boston Banktt which have thus far yieldeo to-the devasta ) ting effects of Jacks "n's Td Van Bureh'i war upon theirt.en i . „,ii bsclusibtriid ministration Banks, managed britiaiiidu alsminediately Bank ~, ly t h ill'Ortiiitilsira tiono.ind receiving fr in We Jtdministration their tn \ eans of expan ion . nd tlitir facilities for speculation," .1 • • v . ResnikA tion of •V , eie ' dyments.—The following bill wasie once` in the- House of kepr.esentlitives or` , tis tate on Tuesday 'last, by. Mr.'teee Blau, ,- ctiairman of the committee on Banks: I • Ax ACT for the butter' regoitlons .oT the *leveret . flanking tui4l Raving! In . titutions and loan Companies within this Coinmunwealth. Section. 1.. Be it enacted lby the .Senate and House o( Representatives of : the,.. Commonwealth a i of Pennsylvatuk in Geseral r Assernbly met,' end it is hereby'enacted by the dimity of the sans --`That from and atter Abe a. l'lntlf yearly 60.
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