Ii POTTSVILLE. .Saturday 'Mort itcl, 3 eliay PA RTICUL A R NOTICO To DELINQUENTS All subscribers-who indebted to the Miners' Journal for a longer perkid than one year, will be clisr,,ved at the rate of $ 2 51. per •unnutn, after the Ist of July next, the commencement of another half year. On the commericement ofghe'next volume, the Jour nal will be enlarged to a double medium sheet, and patmem from that period'vfill be required in advance. iltr• All friends - cc the Miners' Journal, and particu larly our present subscribers, are earnestly requested to use their exertions to increase the circulation of the Journal, firmly believing that the advantages to be dc :rived from' its increased ci culation will be tnutual, as I Tar as regards the in terms of this community. the sub- SenbeTs mid tbe.Prnprieto , FiusT thejsolicitation of a number of our subscribers, we publish this week the "Revenue 131/1"--.-it will be Liund eM the first page. It is an extraordinary. bill, but '4 a cotemporary justly re marks, we have fallen upon "extraordinari" times aneregoire "extraordiniry" measures. The foreign news, which will ay. , o he found on the same page, ie highly impoitant. :mat Britain has settled her difltzulttes h the Cl inese, but not on as favora. IMEEIBMInye dictated; as it.is,',how- rveri her star is still i the ascendant in the East, And it must be admitted that our valuable tride with the •Celestials, is co:ntictely at her mercy. This should be looked to pr raptly. A respectable force should be despatetedi by our government to the fr coast of China at once for powder and ball after all are the best mediators nd negotiators. Theyspeek a language that ie und i erstood by all nations: Trade Ind m,aaufictures in pngland are dull--Dull—dull, and no; speedy prospe4 of- revival. In the manufae, tor; .-.... of Lancashire they are working short hours, ‘vhicil has caused gre.t. distress among the opera tives. We have no i ntelligence respecting the un- fortunate Steamship president. Various sum - uses are indulged in respedting her fate ; and it appears to , be the general belt that she must have been lost in those immense fields of ice which lately made their appearance in t e Atlantic. Tax COXING coy esr.—We are on the me of an important election an election which isto decide the fate of Pennsylvania for the next twenty years. It 'behooves' us; then,[ one and all, to pause ; to cast aside the fetters which party discipline have imposed, and to examine intr? and discuss those principles which rural the bast of our republican institutions. We believe that the Mass of the two great antagonis tic parties of the Coe atry, althiiigh holding opinions directly opposite, ar4 honest in their intentions; and ' .. that both pitties not can no longer be humbugged with the cant, the ellang, the rhodornontmle, the pro; fassion without pr4tice,‘ of political mountebanks and iistriguing poltm eis. That day has passed a way. A revolutior -hus taken place in the public mind, as „silent aslit has been sure. The people have resolved that i a complete, a'thorough' and a searching investigapon shalt take place in every de partmenb4of our State government, and the pruning knifc . of reform applied wilt an impartial and vigor ous hand until the good old commonwealth of Penn sylvania is restor4 to her wonted prosperity, and Wer laws adnfinisteied with equal and exact justice to all classes of her c4;zens. From a sense ofi duty, but still more from a sense of inclination, we shall cheerfully give our aid to con " summate an event 4o devoutly to be wished for. - We believe that the thculties Into which Perintylvania has been plunged re in a great measure attributable ' Co the recklessness nd extravagance of Co-. Porte r ' s fi administration ; mid we furthermore believe, that,no ' change for the !arter can take place in the finances and general prosp e rity of the State, until a vela has been puthy .the pople on David IL Porter and the / corrupt faction b whom he is surrounded. We make no charges that are not susc,eptible of immedi ate proof; and during the coming political campaign' it shall be cur /roast endeaior to lay before our only such statements as may be strictly relied upon for their verlwity. Our NA course is a pledge for the line of conduct, which we shall t itarsue in future. Those Who ap-. prove of that cou ee, we trust will now use their in dividual exertionsito extend the sphere of usefulness of the Miners' Jimiroal. It is all important in the campaign before tis, that the. people should be made acquainted with sound, ‘vlaolesorne truths—that they should ba made tri know who are the real' authors of the misfortunes mid troubles which have beim brought upon Pennsylvania—and to point out to them the true remedy for those troubles. In order that t i ne Miners Journal may he within the reach of all classes, we shall furnish it to subscri bers from the tsflof June to the Ist of December en suing—embracing the whOle period of the coming political contest i t it this State—at the follosving.ex ef tremely low rates : I . I Copy. 4' Copies ' 6 .. - ' 12 .., 1 CONVENTION cOF 81751 .5E54 Mcii.-flou't forget that the State Convention of Business Men will be 'held at Harrisbt.&-, de Tuesday, the 25th day of, May. It ia 'earnestly desired that persons having, any statin• tical infermatioaltelating to the Agricultntal„M alit]. facturing, Medi mud or Mining interests of Penn. aylvania, will taitc tie earliest opportunity of laying the same before i the Convention. The object of the Convention, as rthr tenders aro already aware, i to consider the present condition of. the various brar elms of industry pursued within the limits of the St?te—examine their immediate and prospective resources—inquire into the measures most suitable for their relief from pressing embaross ments, and for . heir future protection—and to lay the result befo e the people and our Legislative bodies. A NATIO:VI National Sank South than in DANK:M.7Ie feeling in farm of a appears•to be much stronger at tho the North=or rather, there le much more excitem t upon the subject in that section of the trniop. "he argu nents,lays the Richmond Compiler, whiich its original advocates adduced to prove it const i tutional, are now 'approved by men do who never li e admitted their force, and from Maine to Georgia, new converts are daily declaring that they believe a Natitmal Ban ential to carry out the powers delegated under the Constitution. Ike feef satisfied that I.iis revolution in popular sentiment, a lit4tion wh i ch is the inevitable consequence of.the .vents.ents of a ftv years past—will ensure in a few monists the ineorporation of a National Bank, and thel4:4lm 'lvill follow: things once more flow in :trielejnatural[channel ; and our country resume the itiettintLcveii tenor of its prosperity. t -CONNINT.FXECT CT. TilE BCSIYESS SEA'so%..--- Our town is oittmencing to assume a brisk and bu siness.like alpearance. The Colliers are actively engaged In bantling their coal to the different land ing,a, and a number of boats are:neer loading with the "great staple" of Schuylkill county. We pre sume beford the present number of the Miners' Journal retie les onr: subecribere, a fleet of !abate will be on their vay to the Philadelphia market. 1 7 . - the taints tei Philadelphia were cbsrd yea tcriO• ME READING RAM ROAD. ' We copy the following estimate of the. Expenses t i , % and Revenue of the Read g proud, when;finisb ed, from the National.Ga e to orMonday last i There will be two d ' y trains front Philadelphia to Pottsville—oneyiite morning and'one in the af• ternoon—therevtll also be two daily trains froth Pottsville to - Philadelphia—one:in the' morning end one in the afternoon—in all soon niktr TUAIINS. The average number of passengers in eactt train may be estimated as equal Ito sixty through passen 8 - ere, which at .3 dollars each would amount to 180 dollars daily fur each train, or 720 dollars daily for the four trains. Each train would be composed of one Engine and tender, three large eight wheel passenger care, and one baghlgo car. The expenses of the Engine for one day would ay. erago $2OOO The expenses for each passenger car would overage about 4 dollars per day, which for three cars would be The expenses for the baggage car, includ ing loading and unloading, would aver age per day about Company's agent with train, per day, Daily expenses of each train thirty-six dollars, which for sixty passengers carried on the average would be sixty centafot each passenger. The daily expenses of each train being 36 id4l - the total expenses for four-train's would be 144 dollars per day—equal to 52,560 dollars per annum. The total tonnage, other than coat, is estimated to equal 200,000 tons (through tonage) beteret n Phila delphia and'Potts;rille, - escentling,-and descending. As this trade is irregular, and includes the ex penses of loading and Unloading at the depots, it is estimated to cost double that of coal ,the coal being a regular trade and being loaded and unloaded from the cars by the coal dealers) which has been shown to be about tiny cents gy ton—say that for the ex pense df transporting freight other than Coal one dollar per ton, which for 200,000 tone is '200,000 d 'liars per annum. The total tonnage in Coal is estimated at 700,000 tons annually, which as has been shewn, will cost to (might it from Pottsville to this city on the river Delaware fifty cents per ton, which on 700,000 tons is 350,000 dollars per annum, Recapitulation of the Annual E'xpenditur'es on the Reading Rail Rood, when finished and in full operation. Interest on 5,000,000 dollars of Capital Stock and Loans, expended in constructing the Road, pur chases of Engines and Cars, Depots, Real Es tate, ecci $300,000 Wear and tear of Road [including fund to be set, aside fur renewal of the rond,] 1200 thillars per mile, for 94 miles is 112,900 Salaries of officers, Superintendents, &c. &c Expenses of four passenger trains as a- hove e,timated, Expense of transporting 200,000 tons-of freight, other than Coal, as above es- timated Expense of transporting 700,000 tons of Coal, as above estimated, One million and forty-five thousand , three hundred and sixty dullars per annum, being a daily expendi ture of two thousand eight hundred and sixty-four. dollars [52864.3 • Thie•is a large annual expenditure, and the Read ing Rail Road requires a large annual trade to sup port it—with the trade as above estimated, what will be the • Annual Thome of the Reading Rail Road Four passenger trains daily averaging sixty passen gers each train is 240 - per day, and for 365 days is 87,000 per annum, which at 3 dollars each, amounts to $262,800 Receipts for transporting 200,000 tone of freight, other than Coal, at $2.50 per ton, EOO,OOO Receipts for •transporting 400,000 tons of Coal, et $1 50 per ton, ' 1,050,000 One million eight hundred and twelve thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, being a daily re ceipt of four thousand nine hundred and sixty-six ($49p6.] Daily Receipts, $4,965 Daily F,xpenditures, 2,864 Philadelphia, May I, 1841. To CORIIESPONDENTS.- 4, Lines to a friend," are not only "simple "—as the author suggests—but foolish. The piece entitled, He stood alone, "is sheer, rank nonsense. This may sound harsh and unjust to o,"'but it 'is nevertheless true. J. T. T's. t , Desultory Thoughts " etre the thoughts of one Alexander Pope=vide Temple of Fame:— In that soft season, when descending showtre Call forth the greens, and wake the rising'trovvers; Whet. opening bulls salnte the welcbme day, And earth relenting feels the genial ray : As balmy sleep had charmed my cares to rest, And love itself was banished from my breast, &C. N io How do you feel now Mr. T. T 1 Don't you stand convicted of plagiarism 1 Hereafter confine the circulation of your verses among a few seleet friends. SUNDA! t.s.—Much to our 'surprise, and we need not add, gratification, our town was favored with a mai: Iron: Philadelphia on Sunday last. Whether all the mails will be carried on Sunday as usual, which were discontinued by Mr. Niles, is still a mat ter of conjecture ; but we do hope that Mr. Granger will continue to favor us with seven mails per week in the place of six. Pottsville is too important a point to be neglected ; and owing to the close connection which exists in the Way of Nosiness relations betteen this town and Philadelphia, it is the duty orthe Post Master General to increase as much as possible the facilities of intercourse between the two places. RO I IIIIED IN • Bass.L—We have heard of a per son being shaved in a Bank, but not until the other day did we ever hear of a person being robbed in a Bank. Our townsman, Captain Dean, a few days since, bad occasion to transact some business at the Philadelphia Bank, and ,whLe there a light-fingered gentleman eased the Captain of his pocket book, containing some $130; in cash, and several promisso. ry notes, in all amounting to about $7OO, The promisory notes, or coarse, will be of no avail to the thief, as payment for the same has been stopped, but the rascal, no doubt, is ;row tusuriating upon the said $l3O. In our next number we shall publish the ail dress of the Democralie Whig members of our Le gislature to the People Of the State. The system of extravagance, and we 'might odd corruption, pur sued by 'Gov: Porter's administration, is beyond beflef. Tntscrurcia..—Notwithstanding the hard times, there are four theatres in full operation in Philadel phia—the Cherinut, The National, the Walnut and the Arch ;, and if faith is to be placed in newspaper puffs, each of the aforesaid theatres is coining money —mints on e small scale. , . li-rensavis - o SrArzwrics.The subjoitied table, from the Madivonian, has been eon:tided 'Vritti all convenient accuracy from` the Blue Book of 1840, and the returns of the census of 1840, as they have been prepared for printing'et`the - Btate Department, Though not exact, the? will probably be - found very near the truth. There area large number of officers and agents not named in the Blue Book, which are not included. And there are a number probably hundreds—named there, whose places of nativity are not designated. These are not included in the table. The sum total does not comprise the het of post masters in the U. S., nor are the persons employed in Washington included. STATIM. 5? , . oo Maine, N. Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Delaware , Maryland, Virginia, Snuth Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, Florida. C. of Columbia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri. Arkansas. Michigan, Wiskonsan Ireland, England, France, Germany, Scotland, Norway, ' Spain, Wales, Prussia. Sweden, Italy, Canada, Sicily, Belgium, Greece, • Cuba, Switzerland, 2 00 2 00 $36 00 • Returns from nine counties wanting, 7 of w contained in 1830, 55,881. t Returns from five counties not included. Four of the five counties contain, according to the Marshal's returns 85.701. t Returns from Carter county wanting. The amount of population in 7 counties of Georgia in 1830, and that' of 4 counties of Alabama, menu oiled in this note are included in the sum total. 20,000 52,560 We regret to state that General Leigh Reed, of this place, was shot in the street on Monday morn ing last, by Mr. Willis Alston. He expired in about U hours afterwards. We forbear making any comments, as the affair will undergo a legal inve:- tigation. Two other persons were ( accudentally we presume,) wounded. one severely, though we trust not mortally."— Tallahassee ( Fe.) Senitnel. 20'0,000 350,000 $1,045,360 It is evident from the perusal of the above para graph that still another infamous, disgraceful and bloody scene has been enacted in a southern city. Notwithstanding the ambiguous manner in which the paragrph is worded, it would seem that a street Set has recently 4. come off " in Tallahassee, in which some four or five parsons were engaged, and the result of the fight may be summed op thus—one killed and two wounded. We forbear making any comments," says the editor of the Sentinel. Is there . not 'cause—ample and sufficient cause—in the pres ent case, for comment and condemnation 1 How long a time must elapse before the Tallahassee Sen tinel and paper& of that stamp will speak freely, fear lessly and independently upon such subjects as are properio animadvert upon? THE ExTnA Sr-sato:v.—On the 31st of this month, in compliance with the proclamation of the late Presi dent, an Extra Session of Congress will convene. Having a majority us the House of Representatives and Senate, the leading measures of the administra- tion wilt be fully sustained; and almost the first act of Congress, after its organization, will be to abolish the Sub-Treasury law. An alteration, doubtless, in the tariff will be made; and last, but not least, there is every probability that a National Bank will be es tablished. in regard to ix National -Bank, a great revolution has taken place in public feeling relative to the policy of establishing such an 'institution. This change is not confined to the North or to the South ; . but from all quarters of the Union the peo ple are demanding of the government, what they have a right to expect—a safe and unifeknt curren cy, which experience teaches us can only be furnish ed through the instrumentality of a National Bank. $1.812,800 $3, 1 02 COLUMBIA Rs tittoan.—We find the following paragraph in the Pennsylanian of last Monday. It looks _like 1. driving a good business." a We understand that during the month of April there arrived at, and departed from, the head of the Schuylkill inclined plane,im the Columbia and Phil adelphia rail-way, six thousand eight hundred and eighty-one cars, being the largest number that ever passed in any one month since the opening of the road, and exceeding •the number,in the El anie month of last year by one thousand and seventy four cars We are also informed that on .a single day of this month, (May,) there were despatched from the.plane, two hundred and three tars. A NATIO.VAIIIIOIK.—The Washington Corres pondent of the Charleston Courier says—•. The Sec retary of the Treasury has prepared a plan for a Na tional Bank, which he intends to lay before Con gress in his report, at the commencement of the com ihg session. In its main ieattres it will resemble the late Bank, but will be surrounded with such cheats, guards trod retitrictions, as experience has in. dicated as maul' and necessary. Ha Will propose a capital of thirty-five millions. He has;not determin, ed, it 'is said, upon the locality of the mother bank. N. Y. Minitotti—We neglected to notice in our last the plate number of the New York Mirror, and must now make the amende the best way we can. Know, then, that the engraving in the 'said plate number, in point of exquisite finish; is equal to any of its predecessors; and that the original, selected, and editorial matter is worthy the reputation which the Mirror as a popular parlor pef,calical.— How do you like that, General Morris—not the allit widen, but the notice ? tsrtionoan:-I'he Weekly Louisville Journal has teal] 'enterged, and can now 'claim kindred with the New %Wilds tina the B'roiher Jenatliens aid 'the Universal Yankee Nation Tire largest paper in, all creation. Philade'lphia Wee* Ledger he not only been - enlarged, but it has changed its name, and here after, under the alias of the" United States," it will pay its regular visits to its subscribers. In point of iypographic..ll appearance,. the UnilediStales"stantls without a rival in this States at least. azl. bawd Agnew tuts been spftointediStst Maker . 1,4 Wheeling, THE. MINERS' JOURNAL. N 501,793 284,574 737,699 310,01 106,830 37 30' 111 42 291.94: 2,428.921 373.306 1.'724 0221 78.0851 969.232 1.239,79 594,392 375.651 829,2 1 0 54,207 93,712 753.110 *677.197 t 569,645 351,176 116 127 25 a 23 221 52, 16 15 1,519,467 683,314 474,404 1. 381.102 25.642 211:705 30.752 43,068 HE 2 2' 1 11 1 13 1 2 11.7,100,572 I' 1136 G =ME Tas ST. Leers Otrraftacs.—We cut the following from a SG Louis paper of the 29th tilt : Some developernents have already been, made. which, it is-thought. will lead to .the detection of the wretcheslerho produced the timOedy of the 17th,: is the'hanking , house of Messrs. Colliers gift:Pettus. A feiv 'days - Since, a free negro, in - ii - dilinken - fit at Alton, disclosed that he' knew alfebout it. lie was taken possession of, and subsequently disclosed that the horrid deed was perpetrated t?,y four pegroes one or 'twb 'of them belong here. one to Cincinnati, and the other - and leading spirit to New Orleans. Measures have been taken fur the arrest of all of them. They are all slaves but one or two. The informant has given a particular account of the matt. net of the murder: the particulars of which will ap pear in the papers here as scrim de the officers are satisfied that their publication will not interfere with the arrest. I understand that he says that Mr. Baker was killed by a blow over the head with a bar of iron, struck by the slave from New Or- Icans.—Weaver was struck over the head several times with a bowie knife, but fought manfully, hav ing discharged both his pistols without effect : fi nally they got him down, and drove a marlin spike through his head ; yet feeling that he was not dead, they struck his head with a crow-bar. After la great many fruitless efforts to get into the vault of the banking house, they set fire to the house in va. limo places and fled. The feeling of the community here is intense : and the only apprehension is, that when the cut• prim are secured, the indignation of all may burst out in some uncontrollable act of violence. I hope it May not be, and I know that every thing will be done by the legal authorities to stay ii Officers have been despatched in pursuit , of those parties who are absent from the city. 10 MITCHELL, THE TO RG ett.—Stitchell, the notori ous forger, was captured a few days since at Longue Pointe, two or three miles from Montreal. A letter from police officer Bowyer, addressed to the editor of the N .S Y. Herald, furnishes the following particu lars: " I have at length secured the Hon. M. C., and much pleased I am, but blush to say that he is an American. He didn't attempt to pse his contingent friends, Gat tried hard to escape. lam much in debted to the untiring vigilance of Alexander Co menu, Captain of Police, and two of hisofficers, for his arrest. He had been concealed for a week at Point au Tremble, ahunt ten miles from here, and on attempting to arrest him, he leaped from 'the garret window, and made for the river St. Law. rence. 'Finding himself pursued, plunged in, when one of the Officers told him to stop, or he would fire. He then took from his bosom a paCliage ofMon'ey containing 5'2700, and said "there is the last " threw it out into the stream, and said—'. am now ready to die. At this moment a companion of his before he could be prevented, shoved off a canoe to him in which he got, and made fin- an is land in the rivet: but soon atter he was captured and brought here. He is now sere under bolts, and bars, swatting the requisition of our Governor, hich . 1 hope I will soon receive, as I am anxious to get home with Min," Ell LIM EllO% TEX i'S.—The New Orleans Picayune of May 2d, says —"The steam packet Savanna, Capt. Wade,, arrived yesterday morning from Galveston, bringing us dates to the 2Sth of April from that city, to the 24th from Houston, and Austin to the 14th. Commodore Dumonoir and other officers of the French frigate Sabine visited Houston a few days ago, and were invited to a collation, at which the Mayor presided, and In the name of the City Council tendered them the freedom of the city. Previous to the entertainment, a salute was fired, and, says the Houstonian, they whole affair passed off very plea santly. • Internal improvement seems to be going on in the We'stern part of the Republic. Gen, Sam Houston arrived at San" Augustine on the 9th ult., said to be in fine health. He was greeted by his constituents in the warmest manner and tendered a public dinner which he declined. On the frontiers every thing appears to be quiet. No furthes news of Indian or Mexican 'invasion-8. SPOTS ON THE SUN.-A correspondent of the ltoston Daily Mail says, that "with one of my large Diverging '1 elescopes, five distinct clusters of dark spots en the sun may now be seen, (May sth.) The two'clusters near the centre of the sun extend upwards of fifty thousand miles in length, by about twenty thousand in breadth. They will be visible a few days longer if the atmosphere is clear." The above, perhaps, may account for the cold weather and backward Spring we have had. Fifty thousand miles in length by about twenty thousand in breadth," is a mere matter of moonshine on such a large carcass as the Sun can 6.320 of.— As for the spots having any influence over the wea ther we don't believe ; belt we do believe that more desirable residences could be found in the spots on the Sun, than in many spots we ate acquainted With on this tirredtial-dphetO. A FRENCH TaAnkuv.—A law student in Paris, aged 20,fitiding his proposal of marriage to a young and beautiful Spaniard of 16, rejected by her pa. rents. shut the young person throngn the heart, and then blevient his own brains.—English paper. r , !arc student " was a very foolish fellow, and seems to have forgotten the old adage about bi ting off one's own nose. To be sure. it is a hard case to be refused a young and beautiful Spaniard of 16, and we can readily sympathize with any unfortunate wretch under those circumstances, although we nev er had the pleasure of courting a Spanish gal. The law student would have set a better example, if, in the place of introducihg a hole into the 'heart of his beloved, and then disposing of his brains in such an eccentric manner, he had licked the parents of his dark eyed one," and then ran uffwith their darter. Them's our sentiments. A lizvommo Sctsic.—We are informed, says the Richmond Star of the 6th, by a passenger in the steamboat from Norfolk on Tuesday, that the dead body of an apparently young white female was lying on the shore at the water's edge, about 8} miles down the river. It was told that it had been lying there fur three weeki past iv:thotzt any attention be ing paid to; t. When the boat passed, buzzards were tearing and devouring the dead body, whilst a man, about 300 yards off was ploughing in a field ! This horrible tale, althoiigh well narrated, seems almost incredible. . A CATI.D.—The vituperation and abuse which have been so lavishly heaped upon the new collector of Philadelphia, Mr. Roberts, in consequence of the re. mOvals which he has made in the Gaston!' 'House in that city, hss elicited from that gentleman ea card." It is a courteous, Manly, Cita. well written appeal to the public, and 'jinx Whet might have lieen expected from such a staunch-old repCblican as Mr. Roberts has always proved himself to be. &rm. Astyrnsn.—Tlm corner atone of a new Methodist Church in Philadelphia, N. E. corner of Race and Eighth streets, was laid on Moriday,clast with appropriate religious services. ft is to be called the ”Trtnity Church." A large concourse of peo ple were assembled on the occasion who were ad dressed in a most eloquent and impressive manner by Bishop Redding. NEW Yona.—The number of houses mined in the foreign trade in New York'is 459, employing a copil o t of $48,809,401. The capital employed in the Retail . Dry Geods, Groceriel, and other stores, $41,481,551. A LanA'ara.--The Legislature of Alabama adjourn ed oo the, 27ih ult. The 20th of May is the day fixed on for the congressional election in this state. Forrest has been playing a highly ineciastul en gagement New York. CLIPPINGS• The British ship i Speed, cleared from Mobile on the 28M of April, for Liverpool, with 2750 bales of cotton, weighing 1,316;t40 -pouriils, did valued at ; $140,647'60. A Paris psi:sr:W.4s a'stoty . of ifyoun; &inset:we of Bordeaux, who becalm) insane from ilisappointed love, and made several attempts to Cifr.inianialle. Among the passengers intim Britat.nis. arrived at Boston, from Liverpool, was . Captain Barclay, the celebrated : English pedestrian. • The rates of freights from Pittsburg to Philadel phia have been reduced on flour, cotton, baccM, but ter, lard, porie and bacon. The last case of, absence of mind is that of a young lady at church, who intending to take out her purse and give contribution, pulled out her bustle and thtew it into the plate. She did not discover her error Until hdr beau deserted her on account of bar poor form. No man ever regretted that he Was virtuous and honest in his youth, and kept aloof from idle com- pantuns. A female set her tongue to gding at such a rapid rate, the other day, that it flew out of her head aid went quite thrlitgh a two inch pine plank. The anti-core law excitement appears to be higher than ever in England.'''Petitions a-e in circulation, same of which contain upwards of twenty thousand names. The Conservatives of Connecticut are to hold a Convention at Har,tford on Wednesday, the 19th of May. Fresh salmon• were served up at the Bangor House Bangor, Me., on the 30th ult. The New York Courier and Enquirer was never conducted with more tact, talent, and spirit than at the present time. The New Orleans editors aro kicking up a dust on account of the dry, scorching weather in that region. We'd soon cool them off if they would pay a visit to Schuylkill county. Dow, Jun., of the Sunday Mercury has raised a new hat. Preaching must be profitable. The captain of the French barque Paquebot de Rio, arrived at New Orleans, from Martinique, states that the yellow fever prevailed to an 'alarming extent at that place, and that many deaths had occurred. An editor out west heads his list of marriages with Noose Items. ' A negro preacher once; observed to his hearers at the close of his sermon as follows :—'My obstina. cious bredren, I tied it's no more use to preach to you den it is fora grasshopper to Wear knee buckles.' Take every man to be a rogue as long as he lives, arid whenever . he does an honest act; be sure it is to cheat you the better the next time. The adage,— 'Take every man to be a rogue until he proves him self to be honest,' has exploded. A benevolent man Is one who has grown grey in grinding the poor, but whose conscience, as he ap proaches the grave, begins to gnaw, and consequent ly he returns his wealth in small sums. A young lady, Miss Sarah Mllexander, residing near 'Urbana, Ohio, put an end to her existen.ie a few days ago by ,hanging herself with a•bridle. • Why was Lot's wife a nautical person Because she became an old Sall. The price paid in lowa for tying the knot " which binds two willing hearts," is two cons and four bushels of potatoes. Sir W. M. O. Colebrook°, K. H. assumed the Government of New Brunswick on Tuesday last, the 21th tilt. The Boston Mail says there is a man in that thy who eats so much pork, that he squeals in his sleep. Tne perpetrators of the late burglary, murder and arson committed at St. Louis, have been discovered, although not arrested at the last date. The Jews are elegible to the Chamber of Deputies in France, to either branch of the American Con gresi, and to the House of Assembly in Jamaica. The difference-between love and law is this—in love the attachment precedes the declaration ; in law the declaration comes before the attachment. Locke, the Superintendent of the Boston Farm School, bus been arrested and held to bail for mal treating some of the children. Commodore Beverly Kennon has 'been onlefett to the command of the Navy Yard, Washington, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Commodom Thos. H. Stevens. A Ni i =The following hunorous article we find in a late Baltimore American :-- The Columbia South Carolinian is regarded as the peculiar organ of the states' right party in South Ca rolina. It goes to the full extent of the most violent measures, in support of what is denominated the sov ereignty of the state. The following paragraph ex hibits a touch of its quality Let the Congress of the United States be admon• jelled by "ouracts, that when they pass a fifty million bank and protective tariff, they must pass it with a bill for a standing army of one hundred thousand men. This, though nit in veese, belongs to the heroic measure : Of the same sort are those emphatic lines, so erpreasive of resolute determination: trhoeverddrets these boots displace, !Mist meet Bombastee face to faces r•OcrT WET."—We cut the following from the Picayune, for the benefit of those who have ray Mer an extravagant notion of the country on the western side of the Alleghenies:— Some of the Yankees who go 'Out West,' think ing they are to find a perfect El Dorado, do not make out so well after all. One of them, who recently re turned to his .native town, was interrogated as- fol lows by, an old friend and school fellow : 'Well, Zeph, how have you made out by your mune); 'How have I made out ?' OM .Why, I've made out daw/don well. I've made out to get hum agin, snd that's what I call dole a pinny good business, considerin every thing.' Tssu IN.-A thief recently robbed a passenger on board the steamboat Sultana, while on her way from New Orleans to Vickehurg, of a large package of money containing $15,015, which, unfortunately fur the rascal, tarried out to be all in notes of the Brandon Bank, 'the exception of $l5. A lizsrt.;---Some very sensible married lady begs some country editor to drop ihis significant hint to the young 'tithes. She says she has been married twice, and each time bad a numerous train of suitors, end yet she never wore-----orsets. Da. Dxtrix.—..This celebrated individual has been pardoned by Governor` Porter. Does the Governor expect ,to be reelected by the votes of pardoned convicts 7 (r:) , . Twenty-seven very delightful showers of nazi last week. On the whole, the country about our immediate neighborhood may be Said to have quite a damp appearance. The road between this Oleo and Orangeburg, e very CAAtdt up, ott.;t t > the Meet heavy =I Rase Tare !—The following is a comparatlie view of the.expenditures o the different Governors —with the average amount yearly expended—also, a recapitulation showing how much each Governor expended above the other. From 179110 1841, 50 years. Names. 1. Mifflin,* . 2. M'lCean, 3. Snyder, 4. Findlay, 5. Heister Shultz, 7. Shultz, 7. Wolf, 8. Ritner, 9. Porter, • ' 5Ol $8,964,748.00 Effil RECAPITULATION . : M'Kean s(3,3s4—✓Mote than itiftlii). Snyder 19,560—M0re than MICA!). Findlay,. 28.184—More than Snyder. 'Heisler 18,586—Less than Findlay. Shultz 22,734—M0re than Heister. Wolf • 26.533—M0re than Shultz. Ritner 55,85b—More thiin WOIL Porter 108,820—More than Ritner. Fellow citizens, is not this statement a startling onel,, Hew is this Governor Porter—with econa. , my, retrenchment, and reform continually oh his lips—actually spending $108,820 a year more than was found sufficient during, Gov. RitnerVadininis tration! This is profession and practice with a ven geance. GOOO ADVICE.--MC CUP the folloWing from an exchange paper without knowing to whom the authorship is attributable : If 1. possest the most valuable things in the world, and were about to will them away, the fol— lowing would be my plan uf distribution. I would will to the whole world truth and friend ship, which are very scarce. I would give an additional portion of truth to ed itors and lawyers, traders and merchants. would give to physicians, skill and learning. To lawyers, merchants, brokers, public officers, &c. Honesty. To old women, short tongues and legs. To young woman, common - sense, large waists and natural feet. To servants, obedience and honesty. To roasters, humanity. Ti.. farmers, punctuality and sobriety. To old men, preparation for death. To' young sprouts or dandies, good sense, little cash, and hard work. To old maids, good tempera, little talk, suitable husbands. To old. bachelors, a love for virtue, children and Q2ll Tue. STP.AMESIIIP PaxsinENT.—ln an extra from the Halifax Morning Post, giving the news by the Britannia, we find the fallowing. It is an extract from tLe Dublin Evening Mail : THE PRESIDENT-LMPORTANT "lust as we were going to press, the following facts «ere communicated to fig:- "A letter this day reached DUblin, bearing the Havre post mark, of the 10th of April, which was posted at Quebec on the 2nd March, and directed to be sent by the President. "It bears the New York date stamp of the Bth of March, thtee days prior to the day fixed for the sail ing of that vessel ; therefore it is inferred that the letter came by her, that she is safe, or, at all events, that her crew and passengers have, escaped the fete to which it was feared They had been doomed." A Scarfs.—The Richmond Star says that a con versation something like the following took place recently in one of the Courts of that ciiy, during the trial of a person charged with murder. A witness was called, a fine looking white woman, sworn anti examined. Counsel—Are you a married woman ? Witness.—No, sir. C.—Have you any children ? W.—Yes. C.—How many • C.—Are they white or black ? W.-13 Lick! This evidence was given without either blushing faltering. LOOGER/IS•D£l.—The Governors of New York and Virginia are still at loggerheads4bout the fugi tives from justice claimed by the Executive of the °Old Dominion." The correspondence is conducted with all the formality which characterises the diplo matic notes of foreign courts. The farce—for it amounts to that—might be still better carried out by each state appointing a minister extraordinary to settle the differences. Tits FinsT.—President Tyler gave a large din ner party—the first, vie believe—last week, at which the members of his cabinet, several officers of the ar my and navy, and a number of distinguished strand gers were present. The President, we understand, trill leave Washington for a few days prior to the meeting of Congress. A RUMORED liCEL.—Tbe Louisville Gazette of - the 2nd inst. says—'.lt has been mentioned here for several tlays past, that R. Wickliffe, Jr. tint C. M. Clay, EsquAs, of• Lexington, had `trussed the Ohio at some convenient point, for 'the purpose of ending some personal feud • by on kpp`aal to arms. It wa's said that the marshal of the state - had made ineffec• tual efforts to intercept them." WUAT ♦nE WE COWING vio—Our e4.chiirike pa pers for the last week have been filled with steamboat accidents, railroad accidents, and Stage coach acci dents—with robberies and defalcations—with mur ders and suicides—and with dettrtictive freshets and destructive fires. Alas ! we have fallen upon evil times, sad times, and hard times, and there is no help for us. MOBS OCEAN Sraistias.—lt is said that Cunard's line of Atlantic steamers is to be increased, so that one will leave 'England every week—that half the line will run to New York, and that they will con nect with the steamers, now building, to run to the West Indies. FlL£SHET.—lmmense damage has been sustained in Northern Misaiesippt by the heavy rains which have fallen there. No estimate has yet been made of the extent of the losses sustained. U. S. Bass.-9 proceeding to forfeit tho charter of the United States Bank is now under trial at Phil adelphia, before tulip Randall, of the Court or Coth: mon Pleas. pi McLeod is in the city of Nov York tinder the custody of the Sheriff of Niagara county. No restraint is put ciii his movements ; and he tinges about the city el 'pleaSuie. cr, , Washington was visited by ni seven) gale of wind on Sunday last. Considorable damage Was done to the gardens, fences, outhouses, &c. Q' IT. S. Bank stock has ini . provid ,sliglitty in price during the last week, but the notes are rani id a ruinous discount. Inntsiis.—The returns from Indiana its may gratifying. As far as beard from, there it A gain of three ruembertiO Congress-. Whole amo'nt expn'tl by etch Governor. Average s mear year ly ex pred. $121,871 00 141,125 00 160,785 Oh 188,969 00 170,380 Oh 193,114 00 219,653 Oh 275,508 00 384,328 Oh $1,696,837 00. 1;274,025 001 1,447,060 00 566,907 00 511,1 . 40 00, 1;158,680 00 1,317,91 . 8 00 , "6,524 00 1E8;67 cob
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