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POTTSVILLE.
.Saturday 'Mort itcl, 3 eliay
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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
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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
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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 :
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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.
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-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 ,
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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.
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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.
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501,793
284,574
737,699
310,01
106,830
37
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111
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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
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221 52,
16 15
1,519,467
683,314
474,404
1. 381.102
25.642
211:705
30.752
43,068
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11.7,100,572
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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